Fearless Predictions Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner Dec 27 + show topics 2011, the year of unexpected collapses Will the protest movements in China and Russia grow? North Korea’s choice—and ours Dan has a hunch that Romney will be the next president Has Europe saved itself? Heather: There will not be an attack on Iran

The Struggle For Reform In Saudi Arabia Robert Wright & Hala Al-Dosari Dec 26 + show topics Has the Arab Spring passed Saudi Arabia by? The opportunities and hazards of online activism Is Hala in danger for advocating political reform? The saga of the Saudi women drivers “Guardianship,” where patriarchy becomes law Popular resistance to popular resistance

Science Saturday: Celestial Couch Potatoes John Horgan & George Johnson Dec 24 + show topics Sayonara to Science Saturday Radon tests and other scams John: The Higgs boson is a marketing tool Particle physics, the ironic science Newly discovered Earth-sized planets! A new book explains why we deceive others and ourselves

Values Added: Refuted By Facts Mark Kleiman & Harold Pollack Dec 22 + show topics Russia repeats all of America’s old mistakes in the drug war The fallacy of putting drug dealers in jail What liberals get wrong about drugs When Mark met Newt to talk crime and drugs What would really happen if California legalized marijuana? Solutions to the astounding drug violence in Mexico

The Week in Blog: Lightning Is Delicious Bill Scher & Kristen Soltis Dec 21 + show topics Republican vs. Republican on the payroll tax cut Kristen: The GOP is playing into Obama’s hands After Kim’s death, what should our North Korea policy be? Is Hitchens in Heaven? Why many on the left could never forgive him Announcing a Newt-related TWiB hiatus

Images On Your Eyeballs Noam Scheiber & Megan McArdle Dec 20 + show topics Noam: Weirdly, Republicans are right on the payroll tax cut Megan: Junk the payroll tax cut—and the Bush tax cuts, too What the unemployment rate isn’t telling us Can the European Union survive by muddling through? Why it’s so hard to stop being poor The best case scenario in North Korea is terrifying

Worldwise: Live From the Indo-Pacific Sam Roggeveen & Robert Farley Dec 19 + show topics Australia controversially sells uranium to India How a “middle power” like Australia sees the world Rob: Maybe the era of drone warfare isn’t coming The future of aircraft carriers The Navy and America’s China policy Sam: China should be granted its sphere of influence

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