TiVo

I think the most exciting moment of the book tour so far was seeing my name and Mona's in the TiVo programming list.

Iran sanctions and NYT mag cover

Last week, China and Russia agreed at the UN to new sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program. Of course, they were not the tough sanctions the US would have preferred. But they are playing on our side, if not according to our playbook.

In terms of the NYT magazine cover story last Sunday, we will do a fuller response, but, for now, suffice to say that we dont see the world like Khanna does. His central idea of a "global, multicivilizational, multipolar battle" does not ultimately hold up. What is the battle over? And what about the common, and dire, threats that big powers face in climate change, disease, terrorism and proliferation? Those surely make cooperation in many spheres possible. Or, more exactly, essential.

Starting out--china incentives on climate crisis

Today I read an AP story about how rising sea levels are making the clean water challenge for China, which is already immense, even harder. In Shanghai, salt water is leeching into the acquifer. The BBC had this yesterday "China is facing its worst drought in a decade, with water in parts of the Yangtze River at the lowest level in 142 years." Ships are running aground. Clear incentives to tackle global warming if the US leads. It's mostly our carbon out there.