1. "Something Real for a Change" by Walter Russell Mead
- The US and India share two paramount strategic concerns:
i. China might seek hegemony in Asia
ii. Islamic extremism will destabilize the Middle East and beyond
- Brazil achieved their independence bloodlessly when the son of the King of Portugal declined to return to the home country after Napoleon’s defeat allowed the exiled royals to go back to Lisbon. “I remain,” he said, and became the Emperor of Brazil. That empire ended bloodlessly sixty years later when his son peacefully abdicated and sailed away to Europe.
- Former president Lula was elected on his fourth try
- Lula’s successor, Dilma Rousseff, was tortured by a US backed military dictatorship as a young woman
2. "Is Multiculturalism Dead?" by Abdul Malik Gismar
- idea of multiculturalism became fashionable in Indonesia after the Reformasi in 1998
- the national language, Bahasa Indonesia, is a second language for most Indonesians
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