[NON BLOG] Six Things You Should Read

From Brian's Study Breaks, a note on an American scholar's perspective on Morocco and foreign languages there:

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From the Los Angeles Times, a pessimistic article about East Germany's prospects, particularly for women:

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The Asia Times' article "Of aging societies, lost women, lost consumers" ends with an interesting comparison of the two Asian demographic giants' future prospects:

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The Economist, in the meantime, examines the question of what will be the European Union's common language in "After Babel, a new common tongue":

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Over at the Head Heeb, Jonathan Edelstein writes about the ways in which non-sovereign entities in the Pacific, like French Polynesia and New Caledonia, are tentatively emerging onto the international stage:

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Finally, Radio Free Europe tells us what it would be like if Tom Clancy's books closely emulated America domestic policy by analogy to Russia:

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