Reviewhttp://www.terraplexic.org/review/CT-LAB Reviewen-GB2008-07-04T13:27:32ZSquarespace Site Server v4.1.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Geneva Conventions 2.0http://www.terraplexic.org/review/2008/7/2/geneva-conventions-20.htmlMike Innes2008-07-02T21:51:42ZIssuesCharli Carpenter, an Assistant Professor of at the University of Pittsburg's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, has just published a short piece on the Geneva Conventions in the war on terror in The National Interest. Writing at Duck of Minerva, where she's a contributor, Carpenter notes the challenges involved with crossing from academic publishing to  writing for a policy audience (or at least, involved with dealing with differing degrees of editorial license). More important, though, is the subject of her paper. In "Geneva 2.0", she sums up many of the basic issues that inform this particular debate, getting right to the heart of the problem when she writes]]>Anonymous v. State of Israel (June 11, 2008)http://www.terraplexic.org/review/2008/7/2/anonymous-v-state-of-israel-june-11-2008.htmlCTLab2008-07-02T17:20:53ZCasesMapping Lebanon's Vulnerabilitieshttp://www.terraplexic.org/review/2008/7/1/mapping-lebanons-vulnerabilities.htmlMike Innes2008-07-01T19:46:01ZResourcesRemember when geopolitique.com released a map of Hezbollah's telecomms network in Lebanon? Well, another organization, Lebanon-Support, has done one better with its map of Lebanon's vulnerabilities, showing political, confessional, security and deprivation layers in the Lebanese landscape. Worth noting.

H/T to Middle East Strategy at Harvard for reporting it. 

]]>Tactical Wall Hugging in Baghdadhttp://www.terraplexic.org/review/2008/7/1/tactical-wall-hugging-in-baghdad.htmlMike Innes2008-07-01T16:53:51ZBlogsBaghdad's Teetering Floors," Bryan Finoki writes about new barrier construction in that sunny peaceful spot on the Tigris:]]>Arar v. Ashcroft (2d Cir. June 30, 2008)http://www.terraplexic.org/review/2008/7/1/arar-v-ashcroft-2d-cir-june-30-2008.htmlMike Innes2008-07-01T16:33:07ZDecisionsnd Circuit has affirmed dismissal in Arar v. Ashcroft , the civil suit brought by Maher Arar against various US officials based on allegations that the US removed him to Syria in order to be tortured... below I reprint an excerpt summarizing the ruling:]]>America's non-reciprocation for Afghan affectionshttp://www.terraplexic.org/review/2008/7/1/americas-non-reciprocation-for-afghan-affections.htmlChristian Bleuer2008-07-01T05:17:35ZIssuesMe on Rubin on Rashid... on Deaf Ears?http://www.terraplexic.org/review/2008/6/30/me-on-rubin-on-rashid-on-deaf-ears.htmlMike Innes2008-06-30T17:26:08ZBooksBarnett R. Rubin, on Ahmed Rashid's new book Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of National Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia (Penguin, 2008). ]]>The CTLab Line-Uphttp://www.terraplexic.org/review/2008/6/29/the-ctlab-line-up.htmlMike Innes2008-06-29T22:29:54ZBlogsGhosts of Alexander Self-Outshttp://www.terraplexic.org/review/2008/6/29/ghosts-of-alexander-self-outs.htmlMike Innes2008-06-29T10:14:29ZBlogsChristian Bleuer, the formerly anonymous author of the Ghosts of Alexander blog, has self-outed. Bleuer writes "I have come to the realization that there is nothing controversial or confrontational about this blog. I therefore have no need to continue with my pseudo-anonymity." A PhD student in the research phase of his degree at The Australian National University’s Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East and Central Asia), he states his blog is "about conflict related issues in Afghanistan: politics, culture, society, reconstruction, civil-military relations and insurgency." Other qualifications:]]>United States v. Benkahla (4th Cir. June 23, 2008)http://www.terraplexic.org/review/2008/6/29/united-states-v-benkahla-4th-cir-june-23-2008.htmlMike Innes2008-06-29T10:03:00ZIssuesThe Constitution Project's Critique of National Security Courtshttp://www.terraplexic.org/review/2008/6/29/the-constitution-projects-critique-of-national-security-cour.htmlMike Innes2008-06-29T09:55:48ZIssuesImpact of Boumediene on the Hamdan prosecutionhttp://www.terraplexic.org/review/2008/6/29/impact-of-boumediene-on-the-hamdan-prosecution.htmlMike Innes2008-06-29T05:49:56ZIssuesSCOTUSBLOG’s Lyle Denniston offers the following update on developments in the Hamdan prosecution, where the parties now are focused on whether Boumediene compels the conclusion that detainees are entitled to constitutional rights beyond just the right to habeas itself. Captain Allred, the judge in Hamdan’s commission proceeding, has given the parties until July 2nd to brief the issue.]]>Another Human Terrain Operator Killedhttp://www.terraplexic.org/review/2008/6/25/another-human-terrain-operator-killed.htmlMike Innes2008-06-25T20:21:18ZNewsIW: Subduing the Echos of Historyhttp://www.terraplexic.org/review/2008/6/24/iw-subduing-the-echos-of-history.htmlMichael Tanji2008-06-24T23:25:34ZBooksSoldiers of Reason- a history of the RAND Corporation by Alex Abella – I was struck by how familiar a story or series of stories from the 50s and 60s so mirrored the problems and approaches being undertaken today in the virtual realm. What follows is not a robust review of Abella's work, but I think these high-points are illustrative:]]>Neurocognitive Implications of Nation-Buildinghttp://www.terraplexic.org/review/2008/6/24/neurocognitive-implications-of-nation-building.htmlMark Safranski2008-06-24T02:09:16ZCognitionPerhaps my favorite entirely apolitical blog is The Eide Neurolearning Blog run by the Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide, two physicians who specialize in brain research and the resulting implications for educating children. With great regularity I find information there that either is of use to me professionally or has wider societal importance.

A while back, the Eides posted "The Thinking Spot", which adds to the existing mountain of evidence regarding

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