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Monday links: PNG witchcraft, cyber defence, Russia meteor and more

by Sam Roggeveen - 18 February 2013 12:16PM

Why Obama's new cyber defence initiative won't amount to much.
Open borders bring peace: when people immigrate, they rarely take their conflicts with them.
Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology is going on my reading list.
What's the best aid blog in the world? Nominations sought here.
About that Russian meteor: what if it had hit a nuclear weapons facility?
The PNG witch-burning story got worldwide attention. The Global Mail explores further.
The University of South Australia's Amrita Malhi on the Xenophon detention (thanks Dave):

The Malaysian government’s problem with Xenophon is likely to be that his visits and statements amplify domestic critiques of the way in which elections are conducted in Malaysia. These critiques are both articulate and, importantly, the Malaysian public is increasingly receptive to them. They target widely-reported electoral problems such as gerrymandering, malapportionment, phantom voters who are registered but cannot be identified, problems with postal voting, and so on.

Public discussion of the electoral system and its weaknesses has dented the ruling coalition’s electoral prestige, and so drawing attention to them in a manner which is both public and international enables the opposition to advance its message.

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