The Short List

• Questions of security emerge in the aftermath of the Moscow bombing.  The Washington Post has a graphic of the attack location, in an area of nearly every international airport is lightly policed.


• Lebanon has elected Najib Miqati, a member of Hezbolah a member of the Harakat Majd and the March 8 Alliance, to lead the government.  Some protests have broken out.


• President Obama gives his State of the Union Address tonight.  It's widely perceived as the most important policy speech of his presidency so far.


• The British economy contracted .5% in the final quarter of 2010.


• The Economist briefly considers the rising tide of pain states will experience in the face of budget crises.