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Battle Lines Want to understand the jihadis? Read their poetry. By Robyn Creswell and Bernard Haykel New Yorker Politics and Literature June 8, 2015 Issue Jihadi poetry circulates online and makes self-conscious use of the genres, metres, and language of classical Arabic verse. Credit Illustration by Chad Hagen On October 11, 2014, according to Islamic State-affiliated Twitter ..

Incarnations: The 50 men and women behind India's story By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi BBC 17 May 2015 An epic new series on the men and women who made India has been unveiled on BBC Radio 4. Incarnations: India in 50 Lives - being presented by historian Sunil Khilnani, director of the India Institute at King's College, London - takes listeners on a journey from ancient India ..

Democracy in Retreat Ellen Bork World Affairs Journal 11 May 2015 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the threat of a nuclear Iran, and China’s maritime ambitions are just a few of the issues that will make foreign policy a larger issue in the 2016 presidential campaign. As candidates assemble their advisers and get briefed, they should devote some time to considering whether the..

Patrick Winn on Apr 1, 2015 @ 10:26 AM Dog Thief Down: Pet lovers turned vigilantes in Vietnam (VIDEO) GlobalPost Editor's note: This article is part of a GlobalPost in- Dog Thief Down: Pet lovers turned vigilantes in Vietnam (VIDEO) Editor's note: This article is part of a GlobalPost in-depth series. See also Eat, Prey, Love: Vietnam's dogs double as family members and dinner...

France’s Grand Illusion David Rieff The National Interest April 20, 2015 Teaching schoolchildren about French greatness can’t save France... ARTHUR RIMBAUD’S great 1871 poem, “Morning of Drunkenness,” concludes with a famous prediction: “Now is the time of the assassins.” The poet’s ecstatic vision may have been off by 150 years, but, between them, Saïd and..

Countries With Maximum Rape Crimes Ejaz Khan, Wonderlist, 2014 Rape is a particularly complex crime to analyse, in several parts of the world, it is very rarely reported. Women in some countries are much less likely to have their complaint recorded, due to the extreme social stigma cast on women who have been raped, or subjected to violence or the fear of being disowned by thei..

米シェール革命と原油価格 OPECではなく市場が決める？ 2015年03月24日（Tue）　 岡崎研究所 世界の流れは、時々刻々専門家によって分析考察されています。それらを紹介し、もう一度岡崎研究所の目、日本の目で分析考察するコラム。 グリーンスパン元..

베트남에서 느낀 '중진국의 함정' 중앙일보 2015-03-21 22:39:39 지난주 베트남의 수도 하노이를 다녀올 기회가 있었습니다. 하노이의 뜻이 ‘강 안에 둘러싸인 곳’라는 하내(河內)를 베트남식으로 읽은 것이라는 것도 처음 알았습니다. 베트남 화장실에 붙은 ‘NAM(남)’이라는 표지판에서도 ..

A Russia After Putin Even if the president reappears, his absence reveals the chilling degree to which he has consolidated power in the country. Matt Schiavenza Atlantic Monthly Mar 14 2015, 6:22 PM ET Russian president Vladimir Putin (R) attends a press conference at the Kremlin with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (L). Putin hasn't been seen in public since. (Sergei Karpu..

American poodle to Chinese lapdog? America and Britain at odds over how to deal with China Mar 13th 2015 The Economist social buttons > BM|event80" data-ec-omniture="bookmark|social_buttons|bookmark_saved"> IT IS extremely rare for Britain to take a foreign-policy stance at odds with that of its closest and most important ally, America. It is perhaps unprecedented for it to do ..