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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

How NOT to overthrow dictators....

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http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20110711-libya-and-problem-hague?utm_source=freelist-f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20110712&utm_term=gweekly&utm_content=readmore&elq=b4ae648d1058450394404a2fd1874416

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Curse of Genghis Khan?


On Mongolia:


"Sandwiched between a rising, authoritarian China and an often pugnacious and, in these parts, still very powerful Russia, Mongolia is the only nation in the vast expanse of territory conquered by Genghis Khan in the 13th century that holds regular elections and lets power pass peacefully between rival parties."


To be fair South Korea is now a democracy as are modern Poland and Turkey, parts of which fell to the Mongols.


Read more here
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/06/20/what_can_obama_learn_from_genghis_khan