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OCTOBER 2011

VOLUME 3 | ISSUE 10

COLUMNS

DISCONTINUITIES | Scott Smith
HUMAN FLESH SEARCH ENGINES
How China's move from market to maker will shake up the global technology balance

THE QUIET AMERICAN | Jon Western
AFTER LIBYA AND SYRIA: CAN R2P SURVIVE?
Whether or not it has a future is almost certainly dependent on whether or not the current decline in war continues.

XENOPHILE | Stephen Saideman
TEN YEARS AFTER 911: BIG AND SMALL LESSONS
Is the US is better off than it was ten years ago? The answer is clearly no.

THE AGENDA

SUBCONTINENTAL | Eric Randolph
The Love Commandos, Delhi's Bribery Battle, Vulture Extinction, Why Terrorist Attacks Can Be So Pathetic

EMISSIONS | Mari Luomi
The City Dark, The Arab Awakening and the Environment

REVIEWS

BOOKS | H-Net
The Emergence of the Hardware and Software Industries in China and India

BOOKS | H-Net
The Archaeology of Politics and Power: Where, When, and Why the First States Formed

BOOKS | H-Net
Britain, Ireland, and the Second World War

BOOKS | H-Net
Identifying Citizens: ID Cards as Surveillance