Some links of interest before the final:
- Amartya Sen on comparing India and China: does democracy matter?
- Marc M. Howard on similarities and differences between 1989 and the current Arab revolts. I respond on my public blog.
- The new status symbols in North Korea.
- Evidence that aid does not necessarily help the development of democracy in Somalia.
- How to characterize the Chinese political system.
- A not very convincing theory that dictatorship is caused by germs. (Can you spot the problems?).
- Timur Kuran on the weak foundations of Arab democracy. (Is his pessimism warranted?)
- New Syrian tactics to evade the police during protests. And will the treatment of Hamza Ali al-Katheeb become a "focal event" (see Karklins and Petersen) for Syrian protesters, and help them achieve new tipping points?
Enjoy!
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