RAND Publications by Thomas Schelling NYT Friedman Silence and Suicide If the Sunni Muslim world does not act to halt the ethnic cleansing campaign against the Shiites of Iraq, the Sunni Muslim world will eventually be consumed by it.
Financial Times Financial Times Retired Nato generals blast European military Two of Nato's most respected retired generals will issue a stinging indictment of European military capabilities, arguing the continent may be unable to meet mounting security risks
Foreboding over Iraq war spreads to conservatives Even among the strongest advocates in Washington of the war in Iraq there is a sense of alarm these days, with harsh criticism directed particularly at the draft constitution
BBC New muscles in the marketplace Brazil, Russia, India and China, the so-called Brics, are predicted to emerge as major world players by 2050.
The Inevitable Peaking of World Oil Production: Atlantic Council of the United States "The era of plentiful, low-cost petroleum is approaching an end. Without massive and timely mitigation, the damage to the world economy will be dire and long-lasting.” Report full text [PDF 10pp] Slate All Pain, No Gain: Nobel laureate Thomas Schelling's little-known role in the Vietnam War. Fred Kaplan
KR Letter from bin Laden lieutenant outlines hopes, strategy in Iraq 6,000-word letter from Osama bin Laden's second-in-command to al-Qaida's leader in Iraq outlines the terrorist group's strategy to oust American troops from Iraq, create a militant Islamic state there, use that as a base to overthrow the governments of other Muslim nations and finally destroy Israel.
Friedman Silence and Suicide If the Sunni Muslim world does not act to halt the ethnic cleansing campaign against the Shiites of Iraq, the Sunni Muslim world will eventually be consumed by it.
Next: A War Against Nature By ROBERT D. KAPLAN The U.S. military is emerging as the world's most effective emergency relief organization.
Editorial Germany's New Chancellor The new chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, will have to cede some of the more dubious planks in her platform of reforms for which German voters clearly withheld their mandate.
The case for the opposition In the interest of democratic reform, the Egyptian government must allow its electoral rivals some success, writes Brian Whitaker.
To boldly go As Schröder hands over the helm, Luke Harding assesses the progressive chancellor's mixed legacy.
Pakistan will not forget Tariq Ali Lahore: Why have US, German and British forces in Afghanistan not been mobilised to save lives?
Boston Globe Searching for hope in Israel (By Geoffrey H. Lewis and Theodore W. Asta) WE TRAVELED to Israel together, Christian and Jew, to explore a land of history, faith, and conflict.
H11 IHT Don't write off UN reform just yet By GEORGE J. MITCHELL Effective reform of the United Nations is possible, if there is a coalition of democracies, the United States centrally among them.
China can't move further on the yuan By QU HONGBIN The U.S. treasury secretary John Snow has called for more revaluation of the yuan but China can't deliver, whether it wants to or not.
EDM KAZAKHSTAN STRENGTHENS TIES WITH NATO PBS Newshour China's Cities Boom; Its Peasants Suffer In recent years, China's government has channeled investment into urban and business development, leaving its enormous peasant class poorer. This week, the government pledged to bridge the income gap by altering economic strategy.
Leader Trading offers across the Atlantic At least six months too late, the Doha round of World Trade Organisation talks has finally started in earnest, with opening volleys from the US and the European Union...
Leader Engaging Asian giants First, the easy part. John Snow, US Treasury secretary, began his Asia tour in Tokyo, where he praised Japan's economic recovery and urged the eurozone to follow its...
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Do not fear the rise of world-class science in Asia Retreating into a scientific version of protectionism is not an option. More innovation in Asia does not mean less in Europe, write Charles Leadbeater and James Wilsdon H14 Financial Times Iraqi politicians 'near deal to avert boycott of referendum' Iraqi political leaders were reported to be closing in on a last-minute deal in Baghdad that could avert a widespread boycott by the Sunni Arab minority of this Saturday's referendum on Iraq's proposed constitution.
Retired Nato generals blast European military Two of Nato's most respected retired generals will issue a stinging indictment of European military capabilities, arguing the continent may be unable to meet mounting security risks
EU3 look to Russia to influence Iran on nuclear talks With time ticking away to next month's meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency the EU is looking to Russia, China and domestic Iranian opinion to persuade Tehran to revive nuclear talks.
COMMENT: How an economic theory beat the atomic bomb Thomas Schelling’s lateral thinking has been so spectacular that his colleagues sometimes thought the economist had lost his mind, writes Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist
Asian Earthquake: Why this is no time for compassion fatigue This will be remembered as the year in which nature made clear its indifference to the fate of mankind. First came the tsunami, which wiped out 225,000 lives. In Niger, famine engulfed the country. Then came Hurricane Katrina, and now the Kashmir earthquake
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