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  Here are today’s hot links on strategy and international affairs: 1. Why don’t the Europeans just do it?  Nice (and simple!) explanation of some of the difficulties in developing a response mechanism to the Euro crisis.  Plus a view on how China could help and the attendant concerns   2. Oil and glory – [...]

Here are today’s hot links on strategy and international affairs:   1. ‘We want the Union to stay very strong. At the same time we recognise that we have to do more in terms of coherence, integration of the governance of the euro area’: Barroso’s statement, plus comments from Merkel, Rompuy, Sarkozy and Tusk at [...]

Here are today’s hot links on strategy and international affairs: 1. View from Hong Kong on Gaddafi’s fall – another step in a long trend away from autocracy.  Other  positive and not so positive views on what might happen in a post-Gaddafi Libya. 2. The difficulties of being EU High Rep – balancing responsibilities as: [...]

 Here are today’s hot links on strategy and international affairs: 1. Reuters’ special report on How to win business in Libya: getting in quick…perhaps a high risk strategy for the UK’s reputation given the Libyan success story could still easily turn unpleasant.  Worth checking out if only for the depressingly honest quote from the French Trade [...]

Another update from Chris Stephens, Observer journalist in Misrata: ‘I am working on the war crimes story here in Misrata and also waiting in the hope of seeing the Apaches. The Misrata rebel forces are now well organised, in fact every aspect of this town is incredibly well organised and I think this will be [...]