– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Its ever-contentious relationship with America is unlikely to change, but the time is right for a reassessment of U.S. strategy in the region.

– Geopolitics / New York Times Magazine – If Ali Abdullah Saleh and his generals believe they can defeat protesters, they are taking an enormous risk.

– New Yorker – The unintended consequences of American funding in Pakistan.

– Chatham House – Niall Ferguson on the future of China.

– Wall Street Journal – Henry Kissinger on the future of China.

– Esquire – Thomas P.M. Barnett analyses the revolutions in the Arab world.

– New Yorker – Jon Lee Anderson asks can a ragtag civilian army defeat a dictator?

– New Yorker – Dexter Filkins asks can protesters find a path between dictatorship and anarchy in Yemen?

– New York Times – CJ Chivers assesses the state of the Libyan rebels.

– New York Times Magazine – The sudden, bloody transformation of normal citizens into rebels.

– New Yorker – Jon Lee Anderson gives an excellent look at the war on the ground in Libya.

See also: Who Are The Rebels?

– Defense Technology International – Excellent look at the war in the air in Libya.

– StrategyPage – Excellent analysis of the current situation on the ground in Libya.

– National Interest – A surprisingly optimistic global strategic assessment from Robert D. Kaplan and his brother.

– Newsweek – Niall Ferguson writes that most rebellions end in carnage and tyranny. So why are Americans cheering on the Arab revolutionary wave?

– Daily Telegraph – For 500 years Western civilisation was full of self-belief, but now, historian Niall Ferguson argues its dominance is coming to an end.

– Washington Post – Robert D. Kaplan writes that with the toppling of autocratic regimes in Egypt and Tunisia – and other Arab dictators, such as Libya’s, on the ropes – some have euphorically announced the arrival of democracy in the Middle East. But something more subtle may develop.

– New York Times – Thomas Friedman on just how difficult a democratic transition will be for the Middle East.

– Newsweek – Niall Ferguson on Obama’s Egypt debacle and the vacuum it exposes.

– Esquire – Thomas P. M. Barnett on why the “China Century” will be the shortest on record

– New York Times – Robert D. Kaplan writes that the West stands captivated by Tunisia, where a month of peaceful protests by secular working- and middle-class Arabs has toppled a dictator, raising hopes that this North African country of 10 million will set off democracy movements throughout a region of calcified dictatorships. But before we envision a new Middle East remade in the manner of Europe 1989, it is worth cataloguing the pivotal ways in which Tunisia is unique.

– The Diplomat – Maritime strategy seems increasingly focused on the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. It risks leaving the Navy vulnerable in the Pacific.

– New York Review of Books – Ahmed Rashid writes on the current situation in Tajikistan.

– Washington Post – Robert D. Kaplan mourns the end of the American Empire.

– Foreign Policy – An interview with Robert D. Kaplan on his new book Monsoon.