Actually Alive and #IranElection

I’ve actually been very active online recently, but through twitter.  Just keeping up with twitter feeds on #iranelection is taking most of my time (and the rest goes to actual work), but check out @mmckone and @georgetownDG.

Next Week’s IR Events (7.14-7.20)

Transforming Development? The Role of Philanthropic Foundations in International Development Cooperation
7.14.08
12-2 PM
German Marshall Fund
RSVP by email to Asha Davis at adavis@gmfus.org

IISS Book Launch: ‘Political Islam in Turkey: Running West, Heading East?’
7.15.08
9-11 AM
RSVP by email to events-washington@iiss.org

McCain and Obama: Comparing Their Economic Platforms
7.15.08
12-2 PM
Cato Institute
More information available online

YPFP Speed Debates
7.16.08
6-8 PM
More information available online

Interesting Links

• Mugabe is not the worst dictator in Africa.
• Stop Mugabe by cutting off his supply of…. paper.
• British mercenaries try to take over Guinea.
• The rise and fall of European and Arab cities.
• Advice for fixing the global food crisis.
• The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart – Bill Bishop
• A debate about evolution and the origin of life from a Muslim perspective.
• Possible good news for veterans with PTSD: give them ’shrooms.

The Rebellion Within

Just in case you didn’t see this or haven’t yet read it, this was an excellent article in the New Yorker about the internal struggle within radical Islam about the legitimacy of violence.

New Postings in Writings

I’m slowly adding to my portfolio on the Writings page.  Topics include:

• Ethnicity in Nigeria
• Liberation theology and apartheid in South Africa
• The Milliennium Challenge Account
• The state in Botswana and Sierra Leone

And my recent review of “Wither the Darfur Mediation” and “Beyond Darfur” is also posted there.