Joseph Stiglitz | Vanity Fair | 31 May 2012 "There are good reasons why plutocrats should care about inequality — even if they’re thinking only about themselves. The rich do not exist in a vacuum. They need a functioning society around them to sustain their position" Comments Owen Bennett-Jones | London Review Of Books | 29 May 2012 Who are the MEK? Iran's leaders in waiting? A cult? Terrorists? They have some high-powered US lobbyists on their side and friends in high places. Is Hillary Clinton about to take them off the US's official terrorist list? Comments Catesby Leigh | Standpoint | 30 May 2012 Picasso reportedly said: "They say that I can draw better than Raphael. And they're probably right." Indeed many think of him as an Old Master manqué, who learned the draughtsman's skills in traditional fashion. But is this correct? Comments Evgeny Morozov | Slate | 28 May 2012 "Instead of basing cyber policy on outlandish scenarios from second-rate films, we have to remember that those who would deploy cyberweapons have real agendas and interests—and would have to pay real costs if something goes awry" Comments David Garland | TLS | 30 May 2012 Review of The Collapse Of American Criminal Justice by Republican lawyer William Stuntz. "His viewpoint is refreshingly unpredictable and runs against the grain of conventional wisdom. It is a devastatingly critical account" Comments Robert Kaplan | Atlantic | 25 May 2012 Vietnam could be a vital ally for America in balancing China's rise, if only America could get past its memories of the war, as Vietnam has done. Most Vietnamese were born after the "American war" ended. And besides, they won Comments | 
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