There are a few posts you might wish to take a glance at.
Things are heating up in the conflict between the Turks and the PKK. Coming Anarchy considers the situation and Turkey’s options along similar lines to those I considered a little while ago.
I wanted to link to this one earlier this week but somehow it got away from me. Joerg Wolf reports at The Moderate Voice that American journalists are losing their early enthusiasm for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. I was surprised by the sort of coverage she was getting over here when she assumed office and wondered why. Are American journalists thinking in terms of categories rather than in terms of individuals?
Arif Rafiq corrects some misconceptions commonly held in the West (America, especially) about Pakistan.
Matthew Stinson has a new blog, Like Cooking a Small Fish. Take note for informed commentary on China.
Lounsbury on the prospects for reform in the Middle East and North Africa.
More later as time allows.
