- Why does China have such a hard time with soft power? ChinaFile hosts a conversation.
- 50 years since The Spy Who came in From the Cold. John Le Carre reflects. (Thanks Michael.)
- While Adam Scott boosts Australia's image overseas, the NY Times is weirdly focused on Chopper Read, the feared criminal who became 'one of Australia's biggest stars'. Really?
- A ray of light in the strategic gloom surrounding the Senkaku island dispute. (Thanks Malcolm.)
- China was once as isolated from the world as North Korea is today. We can learn something from that.
- An online spat between Paul Krugman and Estonia's president is now an opera.
- Why does the US take Iran's potential nuclear weapon so much more seriously than North Korea's actual nuclear threat? (H/t Sullivan; the Atlantic article referenced in the clip is here.)
Monday links: North Korea, soft power, Adam Scott, Paul Krugman and more
Published 15 Apr 2013
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