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1 Atlantic Monthly
If America Left Iraq by Nir Rosen
MEMRI
Nov 15 IA# 252 - Iraqi Elections – Round TwoFrom the Archive- Rand Corporation –
Assimilating Immigrants: Why America Can and France Cannot Robert A. Levine
Institute for International Economics, Richard N. Cooper,
Living with Global Imbalances: A Contrarian ViewHa’aret –
Returning the Mossad to its basics The latest upper-rank Mossad appointments show that the man who heads the group finally understood that he is running an intelligence organization three years too late.
Washington Institute
The ‘Freedom Agenda’ in the Middle East: Balancing Democracy and Stability Robert Blackwill and Samuel Berger
Washington Institute
Israel's Search for Peace and Security: The Challenges Ahead Former IDF chief of staff Moshe Yaalon
UN Assistance Mission for Iraq publish latest human rights report
Report full text [MS Word doc]Misjudging The Jihad: Briefing Osama on All the War's Wins and Losses, By Brian Michael Jenkins and Gregory F. Treverton
Middle East Forum
Domestic Threats to Iranian Stability: Khuzistan and Baluchistan by Michael Rubin.
New Yorker
The Young IraniansThis week in the magazine, Laura Secor writes about Iran’s new generation of dissidents and the collapse of the nation’s reformist movement. Here, with Matt Dellinger, she discusses the situation.
H2 FT
Kurds seek to draw investors to 'the other Iraq' While senior Iraqi politicians are knocking on the doors of the Bush administration seeking pledges of support for whatever government might emerge from next month’s parliamentary elections, others have come to Washington with a longer-term view
Turkey pledges no bombing cover-up The Turkish government promised that there would be no cover-up in an inquiry into whether members of the security forces...
IHT
Turks in Germany are in bullish moodGuardian
The US used chemical weapons in Iraq - and then lied about it George Monbiot: Now we know napalm and phosphorus bombs have been dropped on Iraqis, why have the hawks failed to speak out?
Leader
Edging towards the exitIraq: From London comes something slightly new: confirmation by Tony Blair that Britain's 8,500 troops could start withdrawing by the end of 2006.
Bush's vision fails to win over Middle East Simon Tisdall: Jack Straw said: "It would be a disaster if this region thought democracy was an American idea." Many in the region appear to think exactly that - and have ideas of their own.
Financial Times
COMMENT: The prognosis is poor for EU integration By Wolfgang Munchau
Putin ally in prime position to take over as Russian leader Putin promoted Dmitry Medvedev, his powerful chief of staff, to a top government position in a move observers said initiates the succession process for the presidency
Daily Telegraph
Bicultural Europe is doomed In a democratic age, argues Mark Steyn, you can't buck demography - except by civil war.
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Vakifbank makes Istanbul debutRFE/RL
New Generation Looks To The Future A new generation of young, sometimes Western-educated Azerbaijanis are looking for new answers to Azerbaijan's political realities
Another Administration Official Dismissed In AzerbaijanEDM
AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION SET TO CONTINUE PROTEST RALLIES, BUT TIME IS RUNNING OUT-
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I Was Wrong, but So Were You: Parsing Bush's new mantra. Fred Kaplan
H4 New York Times
Senate Republicans Pushing for a Plan on Ending the War in Iraq A Republican proposal calls for Iraqi forces to take the lead next year and for the Bush administration to lay out its strategy.
Blair Calls Troop Cut a 'Possibility' Next YearWashington Memo: Bush Hones War DefenseU.S.-Iraqi Assault Meets Resistance Near Syrian BorderKristof
Iraq in the Rear-View Mirror In order to end our nightmare in Iraq, we need to set target dates for withdrawing our troops.
Pentagon's Fuel Deal Is Lesson in Risks of Graft-Prone Regions The former president of Kyrgyzstan may have pocketed hundreds of millions of dollars from Pentagon fuel contracts.
Editorial
Decoding Mr. Bush's Denials It's obvious that the Bush administration misled Americans about prewar intelligence on Iraq. We need to know how that happened and why.
Prisoners of the SenateBy ANTHONY LEWIS It's as wrong to deny habeas corpus now, to the detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as it was in 1869.
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5 Washington Post Editorial
Dealing With Detainees HERE'S A QUIZ: What is the proper congressional response to an administration that is holding prisoners in secret facilities with no Red Cross access, asserting the right to treat those prisoners cruelly and inhumanely, and insisting that the president -- and the president alone -- can make the...
Zigging and Zagging Toward Democracy By Adrian Karatnycky,
Just a half-year ago a million nonviolent demonstrators in Beirut led a Cedar Revolution that forced Syria's military withdrawal from their country. In April mass protests in Kyrgyzstan, dubbed the Tulip Revolution, forced the country's corrupt president to resign. After Ukraine's Orange Revolution...
U.S. Widens Offensive in Far Western Iraq insurgent positions near the Syrian border, killing about 50 insurgents in precision airstrikes and house-to-house street fighting.
Germany's Grudging 'Grand Coalition': Parties Finalize Deal for Government Neither Really WantsRussia-Uzbek Pact Allows Use of Bases Military treaty helps forge an alliance that reasserts Moscow's influence in the former Soviet republic, which until recently was a U.S. ally.
Senators Agree on Detainee RightsDeal Would Allow Some Court Access
By Jonathan Weisman, Page A01
Compromise would grant captured terrorist suspects a final recourse to the federal courts but strip them of some key rights.
Another Set of Scare Tactics By E. J. Dionne Jr., Mr. President, it won't work this time. With a Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll finding 57 percent of Americans agreeing that George W. Bush "deliberately misled people to make the case for war with Iraq," the president clearly needs to tend to his credibility problems.
H6 Guardian
The US used chemical weapons in Iraq - and then lied about it George Monbiot: Now we know napalm and phosphorus bombs have been dropped on Iraqis, why have the hawks failed to speak out?
Leader
Edging towards the exitIraq: From London comes something slightly new: confirmation by Tony Blair that Britain's 8,500 troops could start withdrawing by the end of 2006.
Bush's vision fails to win over Middle East Simon Tisdall: Jack Straw said: "It would be a disaster if this region thought democracy was an American idea." Many in the region appear to think exactly that - and have ideas of their own.
Leader
Fine words - now we need action World trade: The single thing rich countries could do that would most help developing ones would be to dismantle subsidies for agriculture.
Chirac admits riots reveal malaise· 'Irresponsible' parents to be punished · State of emergency extended
Spanish police expose CIA links to flights of detainees· 42 operatives traced going through Palma airport· Names unearthed match Italian and German inquiries
US arrests after Iraq invasion leads to few convictions Only a tiny fraction of the Iraqis detained by American troops have been convicted of wrongdoing, the Guardian has learned.
In a fix Rory McCarthy finds a wide gap between promises and practices in Egypt's parliamentary elections.
UK to form Afghanistan coalitionBritain attempts to build coalition of troops to target al-Qaida and Taliban after US withdrawal next year.
Arafat the obstacle has been exposed as a myth Karma Nabulsi: The Palestinian leader's portrayal by the west and Israel has been a barrier both to understanding the conflict and to peace.
Putin reshuffle gives clues to choice of heir · Defence minister Ivanov promoted to deputy PM · Decision helps quell rumours of third term
H7 Misjudging The Jihad: Briefing Osama on All the War's Wins and Losses, By Brian Michael Jenkins and Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)
UPI
Analysis: American dynastic diplomacy Former U.S. president George H.W. Bush told an audience in Beijing Monday that when it comes to American ties with China, "We can't afford to get it wrong now."
Zarqawi’s Big Mistake - James Robbins, National Review Online
American Conservative
The Weekly Standard's War by Scott McConnell
Weekly Standard
The Bubble Bursts Only it's not the bubble you think . . . by Irwin M. Stelzer
U.S.-Japan: From "Grrr" to "Great" - Peter Brookes, Heritage Foundation
In The Ghetto With Sarkozy - Ullrich Fichtner, Der Spiegel
The Economist
Merkel’s marriage of inconvenience “grand coalition” programme of government is an awkward compromise and may fail to revive Europe’s largest economy
H8 Middle East Forum
Domestic Threats to Iranian Stability: Khuzistan and Baluchistan by Michael Rubin.
MEMRI
Nov 15 IA# 252 - Iraqi Elections – Round TwoUPI
Politics & Policies: Assad's game planAnalysis: Can Syria and Iran be persuaded to fight terrorism?Commentary: Time of testing for Jordan King Abdullah II of Jordan is popular and pro-American, as was his father, the late King Hussein. But 65 percent of the people are, for the most part, anti-U.S. Palestinians with Jordanian passports.
Senate Pushes for Plan to End WarWinds of Change
Iraq Report, 14 Nov/05Daily Star
Arab League comes back strong after an extended slumberDeadly Stability In Syria - Ralph Peters, New York Post
H9 Ha’aret –
Returning the Mossad to its basics The latest upper-rank Mossad appointments show that the man who heads the group finally understood that he is running an intelligence organization three years too late.
Washington Institute
Israel's Search for Peace and Security: The Challenges Ahead Former IDF chief of staff Moshe Yaalon offers his firsthand perspective on Middle East affairs in remarks delivered at The Washington Institute. Read a transcript and watch video of the entire event.
Jerusalem Post
The Region: A new paradigm By BARRY RUBIN
AIPAC Judge: I'll Decide What's HarmfulBBC
Rice stays on for Mid-East talks Condoleezza Rice extends her visit to the Middle East as hope grows of a deal to open up a Gaza crossing point.
Washington Times
Israel's Labor lurches leftTerrorism and the legacy of Oslo By Joel Himelfarb Sharon rebuilds Israel's deterrent capability
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10 Christian Science Monitor
excellent adventure Investigated over ties to Iran and wanted for crimes in Jordan, Iraq's deputy PM tries to rebound again.
From yellowcake to 'Plamegate' How mishandled intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war led to an indictment in the White House.
Yard by yard in IraqBush moves on to friendlier turf: Asia Rebuffed in Latin America, he is set to push China to broadly open its markets.
Charges of fraud and abuse follow Egyptian vote Journalists, politicians say Mubarak is using intimidation tactics to squelch criticism.
Asia Times
Why Western governments fall apart The punditry dismisses US President George W Bush as dumb, British Prime Minister Tony Blair as smarmy, President Jacques Chirac as arrogant and Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as bent. But they are not the reason the West cannot field a single functioning government. It's the people who elected them into office who are the problem.
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11 IHT
Amman attack: Is America to blame? RAMI G. KHOURI The main point of 11/9 in Amman is not about the specific attack, but the wider war it portends.
Is microlending all it's cracked up to be? RASHMI DYAL-CHAND / When it comes to poverty in developing nations, are microloans really the miracle cure their many supporters believe?
Growth of innovation in Asia leaves U.S. frettingGermany: The coalition may do some good MICHAEL HEISE Contrary to current perceptions, German policymakers, and the electorate at large, are acting on the need for change.
Obituary: Peter Drucker, 95, economist who prized value of workers BBC
Chirac in new pledge to end riots The French leader vows to create new opportunities for young people, saying France faces "a crisis of identity".
UPI
Walker's World: Bleak week for EuropeH12 RFE/RL
Putin Reshuffles Cabinet, AdministrationEurasiaNet
Observers: Dip in Azerbaijani Voter Turnout Signals Apathy EDM
AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION SET TO CONTINUE PROTEST RALLIES, BUT TIME IS RUNNING OUT-
PUTIN'S RUSSIA AS AN UNCERTAIN PROPOSITION-
ARMENIA ADOPTS LANDMARK BUDGET FOR 2006-
WHO ARE YUSHCHENKO'S TRUE ALLIES?BBC
Uzbek tinderbox The end of the Andijan trial is unlikely to quell simmering tensions EU Says States Could Face Sanctions for CIA JailsH13 The Times David Aaronovitch
It's the latest disease Why are there so many good, sensible people saying stupid things about Muslims?
WSJ
Drucker on Everything If every manager read Peter Drucker's books, the business world would be a better place.
Old Age Tsunami Asia's graying populations could roil the global economy. By NICHOLAS EBERSTADT
Foreign Student Enrollments in U.S. Top 565,000 in 2004-2005 Report finds India, China top senders; U.S. students abroad in record numbers
Institute for International Economics, Richard N. Cooper,
Living with Global Imbalances: A Contrarian ViewFederal Reserve, Chairman Alan Greenspan, Nov 14, 2005
Stability and Economic Growth: The Role of the Central BankFT
Russia's nightmare: cocktail of chemical weapons and terroristsGraft 'on wane' in most former communist states Corruption is on the decline in most of the former communist states of eastern Europe and central Asia,
Banks warn over Basel delay The world's largest banks warned that the new global framework for regulating their capital could be undermined by delays in its adoption in the US.
COMMENT: It is time for Asia to co-operate on energy supplies By A F M Maniruzzaman
H14 Financial Times
COMMENT: The prognosis is poor for EU integration By Wolfgang Munchau
Putin ally in prime position to take over as Russian leader Putin promoted Dmitry Medvedev, his powerful chief of staff, to a top government position in a move observers said initiates the succession process for the presidency.
UN inquiry fuels fears among Syria's Alawite eliteCOMMENT: A way to win young Muslim minds By Philip Stephens
COMMENT: Why a sick France needs a true cultural revolution By Nicolas Baverez
China's rural question No domestic priority preoccupies China's leaders more than preventing a collapse of its rural economy. Alarmed by the idea of hundreds of millions more workers...
Merkel's Faustian pact The "grand coalition" agreement between Germany's Christian Democrats and Social Democrats foresees sharp increases in income and value added taxes and no genuine...
COMMENT: Britain's future lies in entrepreneurial talent By Gordon Brown
COMMENT: Urgent tasks for Bush ahead of the Apec summit By Jeffrey Bader and Matthew Goodman
COMMENT: The battle for free speech in Asia is not yet won By Victor Mallet Asian authoritarians are repeating their mistake of a decade ago, seeing the free flow of information as a preventable evil promoted by misguided western liberals. In fact, it is an inevitable adjunct of global modernization
COMMENT: How to resolve the deadlock holding back world trade talks The poorest countries must come on board, although some hesitate to liberalise trade that lest they lose tariff revenues on which they rely, writes Jagdish Bhagwati, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
H15 Los Angeles Times
Some Insurgents Want a Deal, Politician SaysEditorial
Fixing a mistake in IraqTHE IRAQI GOVERNMENT THIS month belatedly got around to reversing one of the worst errors of the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority, which ran the country after the invasion: the disbanding of the Iraqi army. Some officers had been called back into service earlier, but the transitional government issued a
U.S.-Iraq Troops Raid Government Jail Where Abuses Are AllegedDéjà vu in Kabul By Chris Mason
THE ROADMAP for Afghanistan crafted by the international community in Bonn in December 2001 has been followed to its end. A constitution is in place, and two elections have been held.
Red plus blue equals purpleBy Niall Ferguson THIS TIME last year — just after George W. Bush had won his second term — you would have thought the second Civil War was about to break out. I lost count of the number of times I heard the phrase "a country divided."
This isn't the real AmericaBy Jimmy Carter IN RECENT YEARS, I have become increasingly concerned by a host of radical government policies that now threaten many basic principles espoused by all previous administrations, Democratic and Republican.
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The Long, Hard Autumn of Dick Cheney - Mike Allen, Time
BBC
Tough times The US vice-president may have fallen out of favour Is Hillary Really A Centrist? Let's Look At Her Votes - Raymond Keating, Newsday
This Isn't The Real America - Jimmy Carter, Los Angeles Times
REDISCOVERED TESTIMONY FROM EX-CIA CHIEF SUGGESTS PRE-WAR IRAQ INTEL MANIPULATED9/11 commission slams U.S. on nukes Members say U.S. not doing enough to stop the spread of nuclear weapons
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17 Daily Telegraph
Bicultural Europe is doomed In a democratic age, argues Mark Steyn, you can't buck demography - except by civil war.
EU's spy satellite network The European Union is building its own network of spy satellites allowing Brussels to ensure nations and private individuals are obeying its policies.
UN condemns Iraqi jailsThousands of people are being locked up without adequate legal protection in Iraq's prisons in conditions at times reminiscent of those under Saddam Hussein.
H18 Independent
The fog of war: white phosphorus, Fallujah and some burning questions Afghanistan and Iraq: A tale of two conflicts Afghanistan: The war with no end * Four years on, British troops still being sent to terror-torn nation* Lawlessness rife as suicide bombers strike again in Kabul* Minister vows forces will stay until stable democracy secured ...so what chance of leaving Iraq next year?
Jeremy Warner's Outlook: The cost of public sector pensions is twice the national debt. Is that a crisis or isn't it? Conor Gearty: 'To work its moral magic, human rights need certainty' H19 Congressional Research Service -
Pandemic Influenza: Domestic Preparedness EffortsRand Corporation
The Quality of Personnel in the Enlisted RanksAir Force Instruction 31-401,
"Information Security Program Management," 1 November 2005 (87 pages, 1.9 MB PDF)
"The Mosaic Theory, National Security, and the Freedom of Information Act" by David E. Pozen, Yale Law Journal, Vol. 115, No. 3, 2005
ISS
Occasional Paper nº 60 The EU in Moldova - Settling conflicts in the neighbourhood
H20 Slate
I Was Wrong, but So Were You: Parsing Bush's new mantra. Fred Kaplan
Believe It or Not: Are you sure you want to keep saying we were fooled by Ahmad Chalabi and the INC?
Christopher Hitchens
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If Books Are on Google, Who Gains and Who Loses? New York Times
Google eyes online book rental planTeam beats Google print'King Kong' with inch-wide teeth who walked alongside early ManFossils from the largest ape to walk the Earth have been dated to the same era when humans are thought to have inhabited the area
No, the Swiss aren't boringJohnjoe McFadden: Personality tests show that national stereotypes are constructed from hearsay and prejudice.
TV News Blogs Offer Insider ViewBy Matea Gold
Network news divisions go online to provide more transparency about their operations.
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