Interesting start to the new year: Iraq Flag Hoisted Over Baghdad Green Zone, Britain Ready To Take in Guantanamo Prisoners, Hundreds of Iranians Storm British Compound In Tehran After Gaza Attacks (shades of 1979?), and just in case you thought it was all about the war on terror: Russia Cuts Off the Gas Supply to Ukraine.
Where to begin? Krasner? Foucault? Agamben?