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About wp.me/P29aop-2 via WordPress.com Catch out Tim Foxley for some of the best Afghan analysis around!

NYTimes: Syria Denies Attack on Civilians - plot the massacres and you will start to see the Alawite corridor nyti.ms/PX2kEk

In Syria, an oasis from the war: wapo.st/NJRCPm Shows the often overlooked micro level brokerage between factions In civil war.

“Global Peace Index: #China can play key role in promoting #peace in #Africa gu.com/p/38zkd/tw via The Guardian” Yeah and I can fly.

“BBC News (World): VIDEO: Assad 'will use chemical weapons' bbc.in/LmpNbQ” Disagree. He knows it would legitimize intervention.

Unites Syrian Kurds Against Assad almon.co/1o3” W Looks like the Kurds are strengthening their hand for post Assad

Food prices continue to rise. Watch for ripple effects across the Middle East through winter. cnbc.com/id/48151948l

NYTimes: European Union Tightens Sanctions on Syria. Get ready for a showdown with another Russian vessel. nyti.ms/PzBfGo

Creating the New Plans and Assessment Systems Needed for the Afghan Security Forces and a Successful Transition: csis.org/node/38522

Is Assad Carving Out A Haven For Syria's Alawites? n.pr/Ogrl9p

If Mitt Romney is "racist" for linking religion and economic prosperity what does that say about Max Weber and the protestant ethic?

#PussyRiot's Alyokhina: I'm not afraid of prosecution. So-called court can take away my so-called freedom, but inner freedom always remains

My oped on insider threats and how they relate to Taliban strategy: nytimes.com/2012/08/22/opi…

To all you oil and gold traders - Iran unlikely to be attacked this week due to international conference in Tehran: almon.co/29z

Will the #Syrian conflict lead to a Kurdish Spring? Al Jazeera meets #PKK leader Karayilan in northern #Iraq | aje.me/Rum7LV

General Zinni Warns U.S. on Strikes. From the Washington Post: "'The one thing we should learn is you can't get a little bit pregnant,'

Eisenstadt has some great points about the limits of coercion in Syria washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysi…

Don't play chess with ex-KGB. They tend to cheat.

Thoughts on coercion. New Syrian diplomatic push Is more an attempt at compellenxe than deterrence if indeed Assad ordered the attack.