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The Atlantic: Mitt Romney’s Missed Opportunity ‘The moment calls for a leader who understands the economy, management, and the art of empirical decision-making. In that regard, Romney’s résumé looks tailor-made. His career in strategic consulting and private equity began in the 1970s during a recession that defied the best efforts of politicians and business leaders….

Must-reads 28 oktober – 3 november

The Global Mail: Syria’s Civil War Spills Over in Sydney RFI: Rape doctor Denis Mukwege wants to return to DRC despite murder attempt The Caravan: The Departed -The return home of Kashmir’s disillusioned militants BBC: Mali crisis focus for Clinton’s Algeria visit Hopscotch on the greenline: Bomaanslag verdeelt Libanese christenen Danger Room: The Kremlin’s New…

Must-reads 21 – 27 oktober

Bloomberg: Spain’s Robin Hood The Guardian: Fear and loathing in Athens: the rise of Golden Dawn and the far right Foreign Affairs: Broken BRICs – Why the Rest Stopped Rising The Atlantic: ‘Perplexed … Perplexed’: On Mob Justice in Nigeria National Geographic: Cuba’s New Now Time: Dangerous Tahrir: The Vicious Circles in the Square CS…

Links 9 – 14 oktober

The Wall Street Journal: ‘Japanese Streets’ Blogger on Harajuku Street Fashion and Self-Expression VICE: Death of the American Hobo The Global Mail: The Swingers’ Guide To Islam Outside: The Beautiful Game The Atlantic: Why Turkey and Syria are Heading toward War Niemanlab: Twitter’s real-time debate analysis, and the rise of mobile news Hopscotch on the…

Links 2 – 8 oktober

The Atlantic: It’s Vladimir Putin’s Birthday! What Would You Want to Get Him? Hopscotch: Ongestraft en vergeten: Sabra en Sjatila Time: The Balkan Wars: 100 Years Later, a History of Violence Vanity Fair: A Home at the End of Google Earth Foreign Policy: The Myth That Screwed Up 50 Years of U.S. Foreign Policy The…

Links 17 – 25 september

The New Yorker: Total War- A New Look at Conflict Photography Vanity Fair: Obama’s Way The New Republic: How the Arab Spring Killed Hezbollah Rolling Stone: Apocalypse in New Orleans The Atlantic: ‘Every Person Is Afraid of the Drones’: The Strikes’ Effect on Life in Pakistan Al Jazeera: ‘Untouchable’ no more Mother Jones: The Other…

Links 9 – 17 september

GQ: Paddled The Billfold: Crushing Debt Drove Me to Kosovo — And Then to Iraq The New York Review of Books: The Tragedy of the European Union and How to Resolve It Newsweek: Putin’s God Squad Foreign Policy: Libya’s Downward Spiral The New York Times: Was Photo of Dead Ambassador Acceptable? Der Spiegel: Albanian Tourism…

Links 4 – 8 september

VICE: De vechtende boerinnen van Mexico DeJaap: De verschillen tussen Arabische en westerse porno Reuters: Did Reuters kill Hitler? New York Magazine: Joe Biden Isn’t Finished CPJ: Venezuela’s private media wither under Chávez assault nrc.nl: Nieuwe Green Lantern wordt ‘meest prominente Arabische superheld’ The Daily Beast: War Photographer Trains Her Lens on Military Suicide at…