[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Centauri Dreams argues that humans have a deep-seated instinct to explore.


• Crooked Timber looks at how Greek debt is a political problem.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes an unsuccessful search for gas giant exoplanets around a white dwarf and looks at a new system for classifying exoplanets by mass.


• The Dragon's Tales looks at a report that a Patriot missile battery in Turkey got hacked.


• Geocurrents notes how the eastern Yemeni region of Al Mahrah is seeking autonomy.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the failure of the United States' Cuban embargo.


• Marginal Revolution speculates as to the peculiar dynamics of political leadership in China.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw reflects on Greece.


• The Planetary Society Blog notes that Pluto can now be explored via Google Earth.


• Registan looks at the decline of Tajikistan's Islamic Renaissance Party.


• Strange Maps shares a map that charts out the City of London and its threats.


• Towleroad notes an upcoming vote over a civil partnership bill in Cyprus.


• Window on Eurasia reports that most books published in Russia have small print runs.