Snacks for thought - April 25, 2009

1. Is now the right time for peace between Israel and the Arabs? Kishore Mahbubani thinks so - http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/mahbubani4
2. So apparently enduring all that nagging by my parents was for nothing!! - http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/04/do_parents_affe.html
3. A debate on the strategic role of the sole superpower army at the beginning of the 21st century - http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/debate.cfm?q=1
4. What does an emboldened IMF mean for international finance? - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8015979.stm