Thursday linkage
by Sam Roggeveen
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4 March 2010 1:10PM
- Some excellent advice for incoming ICC Vice-President John Howard on how he can use his diplomatic experience to improve world cricket.
- How profitable are China's state-owned enterprises?
- Yesterday James Brown mentioned that increased strategic competition in the Arctic could be a harbinger for the Antarctic. Here's a report from a Canadian conference on the Arctic, in which the phrase 'arms race' appears.
- On the status of women in Pakistan.
- Why is Shrek so popular in Iran? That's the hook for a long piece with plenty of deep thoughts about Iranian cinema and politics. (H/t AL Daily.)
- Where's the threat? The Joint Strike Fighter is militarily unnecessary for the US, says one analyst.
- Not really relevant to international policy, but this review of Clive James' latest book is too good not to share.
