December 2011
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Oh, WaPo, I see what you did there
Look who’s both out and in on the Washington Post’s 2011 to 2012 List:
(second to last if you missed it)
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NY TIMES: In moving across the International Date... →
The politics of time zones.
inothernews:
The Pacific island nation of Samoa and its even tinier neighbor Tokelau are skipping Friday this week, jumping westward in time across the international date line and into the shifting economic balance of the 21st century.
The time change, officially decided in June, is meant to align Samoa with its Asian trading partners; it moves the islands’...
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Sick of Finals? International Development Ryan...
http://developmentryangosling.tumblr.com/
Thanks to Jon for sharing this!
Anonymous asked: on your list of other student memes, the film link goes to foreign languages instead D:
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The 2012 Election and the Republicans' Foreign...
foreignaffairsmagazine:
The man who gave us “Ubeki-beki-beki-stan-stan” has dropped out of the Republican primary. But the remaining GOP candidates will still struggle to sound out a clear message on foreign policy that is different from Barack Obama’s. Read James Lindsay’s take.
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“We wouldn’t have an embassy in Iran. I wouldn’t allow that to be there.”
– Rep. Michele Bachmann, on how she wouldn’t allow a U.S. embassy in Iran if elected president. The U.S. hasn’t had an embassy in Iran in more than three decades. (via officialssay)
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These presidential hopefuls… Someone sign them up for Intro to International Relations.
Drezner, thank God, tears down Herman Cain's... →
…and then adds his own analysis:
Chile: “Strategic, mountainous ally”
Turkey: “Sultry Minx”
Saudi Arabia: “Ask John Bolton”
Lebanon: “Good kebabs”
Hawaii: “This one’s ours, right?”
Uzbekistan: “Wait, that’s a real country?”