Kerry Brown | Open Democracy | 17 August 2012 "This is a system predicated on unaccountable power, where at the heart of governance a few individuals engage in coalition-building and mutual support to advance each other’s interests without input from public opinion" Comments Yanis Varoufakis | Yanis Varoufakis | 17 August 2012 ECB under Mario Draghi is enforcing disastrous "Ponzi austerity" on eurozone periphery. There is a way out. The catch is that it involves an irreversible move. Will those with the bargaining power now be prepared to give it up? Comments Andrew Curry | National Geographic | 16 August 2012 How did Rome's obsession with borders contribute to its downfall? "Think of the empire as a cell, and barbarian armies as viruses: Once the empire’s thin outer membrane was breached, invaders had free rein to pillage the interior" Comments Pankaj Mishra | NYT | 16 August 2012 Visiting former cricketer, turned politician. "For many in this new generation of Pakistanis, there is little choice between the untried and evidently incorruptible Khan and such repeatedly discredited leaders as Zardari and Sharif" Comments Gabriella Blum | Hoover Institution | 16 August 2012 What do you get when robotics and nanotechnology meet 3D printing? A world full of home-made weaponised and surveillance drones the size of insects. Tech is basically there. Just a question of when it gets cheap and popular (PDF) Comments Salman Rushdie | Guardian | 17 August 2012 On the classic novel. "It is the rare achievement of Ishiguro's novel to pose big questions – what is Englishness? What is greatness? What is dignity? – with a delicacy and humour that do not obscure the tough-mindedness beneath" Comments | 
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