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2 August 2012 15:29
- 'Very respectfully yours, Patrick Hitler': An extraordinary letter from the Fuhrer's nephew to FDR, begging to be allowed to enlist in the US military.
- Near the bottom of this excellent post about the way China is viewing these Olympics, Evan Osnos describes the pressure Chinese athletes are under. Sounds awfully familiar, doesn't it?
- A transcript of Defence Minister Stephen Smith's speech to ASPI yesterday. Bit of a yawn, I thought.
- 'Only Beautiful, Please' is a memoir by Britain's Ambassador to North Korea from 2006 to 2008. The title refers to instructions that North Korean guides give to tourists taking photos. Here's a review.
- Japan made warm gestures towards South Korea in its latest Defence White Paper, but not warm enough.
- Oil companies are ignoring Baghdad and treating Kurdistan almost as an independent state.
- Seven years on, the US-India nuclear deal has mostly been a damp squib. But cooperation on missile defence would present a new challenge.