Joshua Keating, in "Can Chaos theory teach us anything about Foreign Policy", at ideas.foreignpolicy.com, May 23rd 2013.
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What, after all, is a better example of chaos theory than the harassment of a street vendor in Tunisia leading to a civil war in Syria?
— Joshua Keating on Chaos theory
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About Joshua Keating
Joshua Keating is a foreign policy analyst, staff writer and author of the World blog at Slate, and a former writer and editor at Foreign Policy magazine.
About Joshua Keating
Joshua Keating is a foreign policy analyst, staff writer and author of the World blog at Slate, and a former writer and editor at Foreign Policy magazine.
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