WEB OF INFLUENCE: Daniel Drezner and Henry Farrell have an article in Foreign Policy looking at blogs and foreign affairs.
If that interests you, you might also enjoy The Diplomad, a group-blog by foreign service officers. (Right now there are some interesting observations on how the election is playing within the State Department).
Those who have read Keith Laumer, as I know many InstaPundit readers have, will find the tone familiar, somehow. . . .