THINK TANK SCHEDULE
APRIL, 2012 - MARCH, 2013

DATE TOPIC
March 23, 30, 2013 Death Comes for el Comandante: Hugo Chavez (1954-2013)
(TIME, March 05, 2013)
March 9, 16, 2013 Send in the clowns
(The Economist, Mar 2nd 2013)
March 2, 2013 Smoking gun
(The Economist, Feb 23rd 2013)
February 23, 2013 Two steps forward, four back on North Korea
(Asia Times Online, Feb 13, '13)
February 16, 2013 The Shadow War Between Iran and Israel: The Bulgaria Front
(TIME, Feb. 07, 2013)
February 9-10, 2013 Think Tank 1.5 Day Ski Tour in Kandatsu
February 9, 2013 Return to Military Rule Sits Uneasily with Egyptians
(The Daily Beast, Jan 31, 2013)
February 2, 2013 Algeria defends hardline response to hostage crisis
(The Christian Science Monitor, January 22, 2013)
January 26, 2013 Why We Need to Talk About Guns
(The Newsweek, Jan 4, 2013)
January 19, 2013 HOLIDAY
January 12, 2013 Nothing to be proud of
(The Economist, Jan 5th 2013)
January 5, 2013 A homecoming
(The Economist, Dec 19th 2012)
December 27-29, 2012 Think Tank 2012 Ski Tour in Shizukuishi
December 22, 2012 Will Russian Science Be Stunted by Putin's Fear of Espionage?
(TIME, Dec. 13, 2012)
December 15, 2012 Why the Coconut Craze Isn't Helping Farmers
(TIME, Dec. 05, 2012)
December 8, 2012 Survival of the biggest
(The Economist, Dec 1st 2012)
December 1, 2012 Now, hug a Republican
(The Economist, Nov 10th 2012)
November 24, 2012 HOLIDAY
November 17, 2012 Now, hug a Republican
(The Economist, Nov 10th 2012)
November 10, 2012 To Lose Weight, It Helps to Train the Brain First
(TIME, October 31, 2012)
November 3, 2012 A sense of place
(The Economist, Oct 27th 2012)
October 27, 2012 Will the World Go to War to Save Mali?
(TIME, October 17, 2012)
October 20, 2012 After Malala Yousafzai Shooting, Can Shock Therapy Free Pakistan?
(The Daily Beast, Oct 12, 2012)
October 13, 2012 Presidential debate: Mitt Romney injects new life in his campaign
(The Christian Science Monitor, October 4, 2012)
October 6, 2012 Why Being a Leader Is Less Stressful than Following
(TIME, September 26, 2012)
September 29, 2012 Could Asia really go to war over these?
(The Economist, Sep 22nd 2012)
September 22, 2012 The Agents of Outrage  (3 pages)
(TIME, September 13, 2012)
September 15, 2012 Snow dragons
(The Economist, Sep 1st 2012)
September 8, 2012 Swipe, pinch and zoom to the courtroom
(The Economist, Sep 1st 2012)
September 1, 2012 The attraction of solitude
(The Economist, Aug 25th 2012)
August 25, 2012 My Brain Made Me Do It: Psychopaths and Free Will
(TIME, August 17, 2012)
August 18, 2012 Forged Transcripts and Fake Essays: How Unscrupulous Agents Get Chinese Students into U.S. Schools
(TIME, July 26, 2012)
August 4&11, 2012 SUMMER HOLIDAYS
July 28, 2012 At London Games, a New Record for Doping Tests
(Businessweek, July 18, 2012)
July 21, 2012 Austerity Bites: How the Remedy May Just Make Things Worse for Spain
(TIME, July 12, 2012)
July 14, 2012 Gotcha!
(The Economist, Jul 7th 2012)
July 7, 2012 Mohamed Morsi's Great Burden: What's Next for Egypt
(The Daily Beas, Jun 26, 2012)
June 30, 2012 Tax the Rich? French and British Leaders Spar over Plans to Make Wealthy Pay Up
(TIME, June 21, 2012)
June 23, 2012 Will Ethnic Violence Kill Burmafs Fragile Reforms?
(TIME, June 11, 2012)
June 16, 2012 Power politics jolt Aquino
(Asia Times, Jun 9, 2012)
June 9, 2012 Michael Ware on the Things War Makes You See
(The Newsweek, May 28, 2012)
June 2, 2012 Long-Term Uncertainty Remains in Nuclear Talks with Iran
(TIME, May 23, 2012)
May 26, 2012 Facebook's IPO One of World's Largest
(TIME, May 18, 2012)
May 19, 2012 President Hollande
(The Economist, May 12th 2012)
May 12, 2012 Colombia's Hot Spot: The Not-So-Secret Services of Cartagena
(TIME, Apr. 26, 2012)
May 5, 2012 HOLIDAY
April 28, 2012 Difference Engine: Tailpipe truths
(The Economist, Apr 20th 2012)
April 21, 2012 Why Germany Should Leave the Euro Zone
(The Economist, Apr 12, 2012)
April 14, 2012 Eastern El Dorado?
(The Economist, Apr 7th 2012)
April 7, 2012 Frighteningly common
(The Economist, Mar 26th 2012)