Links 26 October 2010

• Paul Pillar | The National Interest
  Pillar is being much too nice and Ken Pollack much too sensitive — plus he deserves what he gets.
• Succession in Egypt: A complex issue as old and new worlds clash - The Globe and Mail
  I like that this report looks at the economics side of the Gamal claptrap.
• FT.com - Mumtalakat seeks to diversify its assets
  Yet another sovereign wealth fund.
• FT.com - Bahraini Shia groups refuse to be cowed
  “How do you know you are in Bahrain? You’re arrested by a Yemeni, tortured by an Iraqi, and sentenced by an Egyptian.”
• The Egyptian Refusenik
  An attention-seeker doesn't want to do his military service and loves Israel. I sympathize about the service, though.