I’ve just published a foreign policy-related post at Outside the Beltway:
Recently I’ve been a bit chagrined at OTB’s increasing movement in the direction of headline-of-the-day and domestic partisan bickering. In reaction to that I’ve started a new feature there, tentatively called OTB Foreign Desk, in which I’ll give short takes on a number of overseas stories and stories with international relations implications.
In my first edition of the feature I comment briefly on Hu Jintao’s state visit, Australia’s floods, the return of “Baby Doc” Duvalier, and the Tunisian revolution with links to the NYT, Washington Post, Bloomberg, and BBC.
I’m hoping to put more focus on South and Central America, Africa, Asia, less on Europe and the Middle East. As the series develops I plan to go farther afield for my media news sources, more from the foreign press, more from the non-English language press.
I welcome suggestions, links, etc. Just as an aside my strongest modern languages are English, Russian, French, German (in that order). I can read most Slavic languages with fair facility, some Italian (because of my Latin). I can struggle through others.
You could make it more in line by adding a section on Sarah Palin’s foreign policy views with every post.
Steve
I’m hoping to put more focus on South and Central America, Africa, Asia, less on Europe and the Middle East. As the series develops I plan to go farther afield for my media news sources, more from the foreign press, more from the non-English language press.
Works for me! More importantly, since that’s what you’d like to do, I say go for it and don’t worry about what others might prefer.
BTW Dave, in the off-chance you don’t already have him bookmarked, Patrick Chovanec maintains an excellent blog. As a professor at Tsinghua University, one of the most prestigious in China, Chovanec’s unique viewpoint and depth of experience are both worth your consideration.
Thanks, RW. I read his article on Chinese highspeed rail a bit ago. I’m glad to find his blog.