Must-reads 17 – 29 december
IFEX: Pivotal moments in free expression in 2012
Foreign Policy: 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2013 – From Turkey to Congo, next year’s wars threaten global stability
Rolling Stone: The Sharp, Sudden Decline of America’s Middle Class
Vanity Fair: Disaster Movie – On the actors who unwittingly starred in The Innocence of Muslims
Slate: Putin the Pitiful
The New York Review of Books: Will Saudi Arabia Ever Change?
Mother Jones: How Dark Money Helped Democrats Hold a Key Senate Seat
Los Angeles Magazine: The Tip of the Spear
CS Monitor: Venezuela – South America’s most dangerous country
Harper´s: Harper’s Finest- Two Christmas Mornings of the Great War
Boston.com: The story behind Mitt Romney’s loss in the presidential campaign to President Obama
nrc.nl: De Arabische Lente in 2012: het is veel minder erg dan we allemaal denken
Danger Room: Pentagon Preps Stealth Strike Force to Counter China
Der Spiegel: Ethiopian Kids Using Tablets to Teach Themselves
Al Jazeera: Bhutto’s boy or Zardari’s stooge?
The Guardian: Russia’s ban on US adoption isn’t about children’s rights
Salon: Triumph of the Tea Party mindset
New Yorker: Atonement – A troubled Iraq veteran seeks out the family he harmed
CJR: Must-reads of 2012: political corruption in out-of-the-way places
