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Mexico, Vietnam could be key trade hubs under TPP - Nikkei Asian Review November 4, 2014 7:00 pm JST Mexico, Vietnam could be key trade hubs under TPP YASUHIKO OTA, Nikkei senior staff writer Representatives at the ministerial-level talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership attend a joint press...

Siege of Port Arthur: Verdun in Manchuria | The Diplomat Siege of Port Arthur: Verdun in Manchuria A crucial battle in the Russo-Japanese War anticipated many technological and social changes we now associate with WWI. By Joseph Hammond November 04, 2014 The recent centenary of the Great War...

U.S. Trade Gap with China, 80% of Trade Deficit, Hits Historic High - Real Time Economics - WSJ November 4, 2014, 10:30 AM ET U.S. Trade Gap with China, 80% of Trade Deficit, Hits Historic High ByIan Talley The trade deficit data’s likely to revive U.S. lawmaker calls to penalize Beijing...

The Asian Paradox by Yoon Young-kwan - Project Syndicate ECONOMICS YOON YOUNG-KWAN Yoon Young-kwan, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, is Professor of International Relations at Seoul National University. NOV 4, 2014 The Asian Paradox SEOUL – Given that the 21...

I hadn't heard of this before. Which battles did Israel have others fight for them, and who fought them on Israel's behalf?

Agreed, my vote is for the girl with the gun, but we need to find one wearing a stars and stripes bikini.

A companion piece to the previous post. Again, apologies if this kind of post falls outside the parameters of the thread, or if it's too dumbed-down for the main readers of this thread. ---- The Army Wants To Fully Integrate Conventional and Special Operations Forces - Defense One The Army...

@SvenSvensonov Thanks for opening this thread to provide a much-needed mini-forum for the US. I see that much of the thread thus far seems to focus on various systems or military history, both of which are beyond my area of competence. However, I try to keep up to date with the high-level...

Excellent idea--have you heard anything from the admins about whether they have agreed to create such a forum, and what the timetable might be? Sorry for the late reply, but I seem to be missing a lot of functionality these days. My bookmarks are gone, and now I don't seem to get alerts...

Russia’s Economic Woes Are Hitting More of Its Neighbors, the IMF Says - Real Time Economics - WSJ November 3, 2014, 11:00 PM ET Russia’s Economic Woes Are Hitting More of Its Neighbors, the IMF Says ByIan Talley Russia’s sanctions-fueled economic slowdown is sapping growth in the Central...

Tunisia Treads Cautiously Over Energy Reform in Postrevolution Recovery-Carnegie Middle East Center Tunisia Treads Cautiously Over Energy Reform in Postrevolution Recovery Source: Getty Carole NakhleOP-ED OCTOBER 29, 2014GEOPOLITICAL INFORMATION SERVICE Tunisia opened a new chapter in the...

I have confirmed that this works. To clarify @Sinan 's advice, when you click on the "choose file" button, just paste the image URL into the file name field, and the image will be uploaded. Then click on the "insert full image" button next to the attachment to embed it in the article you are...

Why Argentines Are Unmoved by Sky-High Inflation - Frontier Markets News - Emerging & Growth Markets - WSJ November 3, 2014, 1:47 PM ET Why Argentines Are Unmoved by Sky-High Inflation ByTaos Turner With a handful of exceptions such as Iran and Venezuela, inflation isn’t much of a problem for...

http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-blocks-china-efforts-to-promote-asia-trade-pact-1414965150 U.S. Blocks China Efforts to Promote Asia Trade Pact Tussle Involves Regional Influence, Billions of Dollars in Trade By BOB DAVIS Nov. 2, 2014 4:52 p.m. ET BEIJING—The U.S. has blocked China’s...

Asia Factory Conditions Worsen - Real Time Economics - WSJ November 3, 2014, 5:31 AM ET Asia Factory Conditions Worsen ByTom Wright Conditions on Asia’s factory floors largely disappointed in October, with worrying signs that export orders are failing to recover amid a tepid global economy...

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/11/03/will-ecuadors-success-stand-up-to-cheap-oil/ Will Ecuador’s success stand up to cheap oil? Andres Schipani | Nov 03 14:41 Of the generation of radical Latin American leaders that have won office in the last decade, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa – perhaps...

Asia Unbound » Myanmar Not Yet Attracting U.S. Companies Myanmar Not Yet Attracting U.S. Companies by Joshua Kurlantzick November 3, 2014 Staff work at a Coca-Cola factory during its opening ceremony outside of Yangon in this file photo from June 4, 2013. The facility was the first to locally...

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/11/03/zimbabwe-ponders-the-struggle-to-industrialise/ Zimbabwe ponders the struggle to industrialise Tony Hawkins | Nov 03 16:31 As the world’s least industrialised region with a youthful and fast-growing workforce, African policymakers have for decades...

I am no longer able to access my bookmarked posts. Is this a glitch, or was the feature intentionally removed? If the latter, why?

@AUSTERLITZ Thank you for flushing out all of the Nazi apologists and Hitler worshippers for me to add to my ignore list.