Brexit: Six Months On (PDF)
Comprehensive analysis from the LSE.
(tags: brexit eu ukpolitics )

It's the Settlements, Stupid: Security Council Failure Is Entirely Netanyahu's
@barakravid nails it for @haaretz.
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The Tom of Finland biopic
“The whole Nazi philosophy, the racism and all that, is hateful to me, but of course I drew them anyway- ( Read more... )

The Pope's digital guru His Holiness online.
(tags: religion ) Don't call this Government pro-European A Moldovan speaks out.
(tags: moldova ) Cameron on Muslim women: shoddy and shameful Good on @RobinLustig.
(tags: ukpolitics migration islam ) Toxic Workers Great paper by @MichaelHousman and Dylan Minor on the cost of hiring assholes.
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The Illegitimacy of Aragorn's Claim to the Throne Fair points.
(tags: tolkien ) Disarmament is key Kazakh foreign minister wants to get rid of nukes. (Rightly.)
(tags: kazakhstan nuclear ) How the UK's housing crisis builds a case for Brexit Everything is connected.
(tags: ukpolitics eu housing ) 92-year-old woman faces deportation UK Govt cracks ( Read more... )

• The latest #softpower rankings and key UK soft power assets
  A bit rose-tinted in my view...
  (tags: ukpolitics politics )
• How My First Boss Taught Me How to "Work Happy"
  Lean in, relax, have fun.
  (tags: lifehacking )
• New nuclear fuel bank a welcome development
  My former boss writes.
  (tags: nuclear uspolitics )
• Fan Is A Tool-Using Animal
  Maciej ( Read more... )

• Cameron’s renegotiation plans: The view from Warsaw
  @AgataGostynska points out that it's not easy.
  (tags: ukpolitics eu poland )
• Hiroshima - the full text of John Hersey's 1946 article
  Read it.
  (tags: war japan nuclear )
• Forgotten Conflicts
  How many had you heard of?
  (tags: war )
• Say goodbye to the weirdest border dispute in the world
  A sad day for ( Read more... )