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H1 CSIS Rethinking the Challenge of CounterinsurgencyWarfare:
Anthony Cordesman

Washington Post Senate Presses for Concrete Steps Toward Drawdown of Troops in Iraq

The Threat of the Current Regime in Iran By Newt Gingrich

Financial Times COMMENT: The profit motive may be universal but virtue is not By Martin Wolf If millions of people are desperate to buy and millions more desperate to sell, the trade in narcotics, counterfeits, stolen artefacts, arms, slaves and organs will happen, whether we like it or not

Gregory Djerejian The Freedom Mono-Narrative
Asia Times The Confucian renaissance It is little surprise that Chinese leaders are seeking to rehabilitate their country's most famous and influential thinker. In the moral void opened by the decline of Marxism and the abundance of material temptations, Confucianism can help provide the nation with a much-needed ethical anchor. And keep the leaders in power. - Todd Crowell
KR Senate calls on Bush to lay out Iraq exit strategy
Jim Lobe Republicans Cut and Run from Iraq and Bush

H2 FT LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Turkey rewarded for economic stability By Egemen Bagis Prof Hanke is very wrong.

SlateToday's Papers / Blogometer realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird thru GovExec - antiwar.com / Wikipedia / technorati

Jerusalem Post Greece, Israel progress on defense pact Mofaz tells visiting minister: "I hope our relations will continue to be close."
NYT Letter From Azerbaijan: Soviet Leftovers, Where Statecraft Is Stagecraft
RFE/RL Ukraine FM: Moscow Violating Black Sea Fleet Deal
Guardian Troops may leave Iraq in May The government is aiming to begin a phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq as early as the middle of next year.

The man who could bring about a revolution in Israeli politics Jonathan Freedland: In less than a week Amir Peretz has revitalised the Israeli peace camp and brought a rare optimism to the Middle East.

Blair should stop playing fall guy in Rumsfeld's war games Simon Jenkins: Britain is throwing up a stooge's smokescreen to cover US withdrawal from Afghanistan. There is no need for such folly in Iraq.




H3 Turkey and Europe

Turkey and the U.S.

Greek press on Cyprus and Turkey

Turkey and the Middle East

Turkey, Russia, Caucasus, C. Asia

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Iraq: Pan-Kurdish conference debates Kurdistan independence

OpenDemocracy Europe takes the demos out of democracy
Dialogue is not enough. Real democracy means accountability, markets, community - and national identity. It starts where we live, says German-born British Labour MP Gisela Stuart
Wall Street Journal. The Iraqi T.E. Lawrence? Local Knowledge: In Iraq, One Officer Uses Cultural Skills To Fight Insurgents; While Talking Like a Bedouin He Sees Smuggling Routes; Spotting a Phony Kurd; Army Has Recalled His Unit

H4 New York Times Torture Alleged at Ministry Site Outside Baghdad Iraq ordered an investigation of allegations that many of the 173 detainees discovered in the basement of an Interior Ministry building had been tortured.
Senate Presses Administration for Iraq Plans

For Rice, a Risky Dive Into the Mideast Storm Before the Gaza agreement, Bush and Rice had avoided taking risks in the conflict.

Editorial Ms. Rice and the Mideast Shuttle Rice may soon find out that the past week she has spent involved in Middle Eastern diplomacy was just a rehearsal for harder work to come.
Letter From Azerbaijan: Soviet Leftovers, Where Statecraft Is Stagecraft
Globalist: Asia's Continental Drift Changes Terrain for U.S.

America's Future Is Stuck Overseas By STUART ANDERSON The United States should make it easier for international students to study in America.

Friedman 'Why Us?' Sunni Arabs Should Ask, 'Why Anyone?'
A civilization that does not delegitimize suicide bombing against any innocent civilian is itself committing suicide.
11 Top Jordanian Advisers Resign in Wake of Attacks
China to Vaccinate All Its Poultry

H5 Washington Post Senate Presses for Concrete Steps Toward Drawdown of Troops in Iraq

Amendment Is Rebuff to Bush Tide turns in GOP senators' war view as they demand an exit strategy from Iraq and to bring U.S. troops home.–

Paper Shows Oil Chiefs Met With Cheney in 2001 Energy task force meeting was denied as recently as last week by industry officials testifying before Congress.–

Getting Spy Reform Wrong Sept. 11 Commission's Proposals Were Turned Into Bureaucratic Bloat By John Lehman,
Since Sept. 11 there's been no real action to fix our government's most glaring failure: the dysfunctional intelligence bureaucracies whose incompetence exposed us to surprise attack.

Woodward Testifies on CIA Case Senior administration official told Washington Post editor about operative Valerie Plame nearly a month before her identity was disclosed.

Tragedy as Impetus in Jordan By David Ignatius

Editorial Ms. Rice's Dealmaking With a crucial push from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israelis and Palestinians have at last taken a step toward converting Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip into a sustained movement toward peace

Hagel Defends Criticisms of Iraq Policy: Administration Calls Statements by Democrats Harmful to War Effort, Troops

Torture Alleged After U.S.-Led Raid Uncovers Iraqi-Run Prison: 3 Marines Killed in Western Offensive; 3 GIs Die Near Baghdad

The Puzzle Of the Suicide Bomber By Anne Applebaum,


H6 Guardian Troops may leave Iraq in May The government is aiming to begin a phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq as early as the middle of next year.

The man who could bring about a revolution in Israeli politics Jonathan Freedland: In less than a week Amir Peretz has revitalised the Israeli peace camp and brought a rare optimism to the Middle East.

Blair should stop playing fall guy in Rumsfeld's war games Simon Jenkins: Britain is throwing up a stooge's smokescreen to cover US withdrawal from Afghanistan. There is no need for such folly in Iraq.

Landmark Gaza deal reachedUS pressure contributes to opening of border crossing with Egypt.

173 Iraqi prisoners found starvingInquiry into torture allegations after reports of corpses among inmates.

Warsaw seeks shelter of 'son of Star Wars' Poland signals its eagerness to become key European partner for Bush administration's controversial missile defence.

Met chief calls for policing debateBritain's most senior police chief calls for a wide-ranging debate on the kind of force the country needs after the London bombings in July. Interview: Sir Ian Blair

Internet battle ends in stalemateTechnology: Tentative deal is struck which allows the US to retain overall control of the medium for the foreseeable future.
H7 Gregory Djerejian The Freedom Mono-Narrative

Foreign Policy Spinning Russia Cold, dark, drowning in vodka, and ruled by the KGB. That’s how the West sees Russia. President Vladimir Putin has officially declared that his country has an image problem, and the Kremlin has launched a PR campaign to burnish its image before it hosts next year’s G-8 summit. Too bad Moscow is more eager to impress foreigners than its own people.

Fred Halliday The “Barcelona process”: ten years on

Washington Times Can the U.S. find a substitute for the U.N.? By Betsy Pisik America's representative at the United Nations said yesterday that the organization must become better at solving problems and more responsive to U.S. concerns or Washington will seek other venues for international action.

Jim Lobe Republicans Cut and Run from Iraq and Bush

Weekly Standard PatheticThe me-too Republicans wimp out on Iraq. by William Kristol

NRO Rich Lowry: Why is the McCain Amendment necessary?


H8 KR Senate calls on Bush to lay out Iraq exit strategy

U.S. military discovers apparent torture in Iraqi jail

US Confirms Using White Phosphorus in Iraq

Iraq Is Seen as Training Ground for Wider Violence

BBC US 'troubled' by Iraq abuse claim The US condemns the alleged abuse of 173 prisoners held by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad.

Stereotyping The West's image of Islam has been hijacked by extremists

Washington Times Al-Sadr's role key in upcoming elections (Oliver Poole)

Chalabi Defends Iraq Invasion, Outlines Road Ahead
Human Rights Watch report examines internet freedom in MENA region Report full text

Leak: 13,415 Iraq detainees, five jails

Shocker: Only 2 percent of detainees convicted...

Jordan Catches Iraq's Fire by Paul Rogers

Afghan, Iraq Laws Link Islam and Democracy
UPI Analysis: Iraqis worried about wives Robert Fisk says Iraqi civilians are worried about how to save their wives from becoming prostitutes.
H9 Ha’aretz – Don't let up on Iran Israel cannot allow expressions of sympathy to suffice when it faces an enemy threatening to destroy it and aiming to arm itself with the means necessary to do so.

Poll: Sharon's lead over Netanyahu is growing

Analysis / Rafah deal is Sharon's last act on the PA stage

Ministry official: Saudi Arabia to lift economic embargo on Israel

BBC Question of trust Opening Gaza's borders is unlikely to lead to bolder steps
Washington Institute Zarqawi’s ‘Total War’ on Iraqi Shiites Exposes a Divide among Sunni Jihadists The leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq is escalating terrorist attacks against Shiite civilians, widening a political and, sometimes, moral rift between Sunni supporters of the Iraqi insurgency.

Der Spiegel Legacies of Syria's Occupation in Lebanon: Searching for the Disappeared

H10 Christian Science Monitor Nudging China toward world citizenship

In leading the US to war, did Bush purposely lie to the public?

On the hunt for a conspiracy theory

How Bernanke would fine-tune the economy The nominee for Fed chairman has called for inflation targets, but he has also promoted flexibility.

French heads tilt right After weeks of unrest, anti-immigrant stances are resounding with a broader section of French voters.

Religious liberalism on the rise in US

Deal opens Gaza borders Israel agreed to ease restrictions on Palestinian movement, travel to Egypt.

One year later: Fallujah mending, but still volatile Security remains tight in the city that was the site of the most ferocious urban assault since the Vietnam War.


H11 IHT A rise that's not so 'win-win' By ELIZABETH ECONOMY Chinese President Hu Jintao is poised to score another diplomatic tour de force.

H.D.S. Greenway: Jordan's predicament As the fallout from Iraq destabilizes the Middle East, Jordanians can expect more exiles and terrorism, too.

BBC Hard bargaining Merkel revises reform agenda to cement German coalition

New Republic Why there were no riots in Germany by Andrew Curry

UPI French riots boost far right

Analysis: CIA camps row heats up in Europe

Heritage Foundation Nothing in Common: A Policy Review for President Bush's China Visit by John J. Tkacik, Jr.

BBC Asia matters George Bush aims to shore up US role as China's power grows
H12 RFE/RL Bosnia-Herzegovina Will It Stray From Dayton's Path?
South Ossetia Has Harsh Words For Georgia

Iraqi Sunnis Accuse Government Of Cleansing Operations

Balkan Defense Ministers Discuss NATO Ambitions

Azerbaijan Annuls Vote Results In Fourth Constituency
Russia: Kremlin Reshuffle Prompts Speculation About 2008 Presidential Elections
Russia: New Presidential Aide Supports Power Vertical

EurasiaNet Uzbekistan and Russia Sign Mutual Defense Pact


EDM COLLECTIVE SECURITY GROUP SEEKS TO ESTABLISH ITS IDENTITY, AVOID MERGERS
- TWO YEARS INTO THE ROSE REVOLUTION, ECONOMY SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE

Russian-Belarus Union Moves Forward
H13 The Times Paris weblog - Charles Bremner The old Gallic story emerging from the riots is that "the theory" is noble even if the reality is a mess

Rice plays 'hardball' to secure deal over Palestinian borders

WSJ A Tribute to Peter Drucker A tireless soloist, a one-man-shop of ideas. Drucker's genius for prophetic insight came from a combination of intense curiosity, right principles, a deep understanding of the perfections and imperfections of human nature, and a profound understanding of economics. By STEVE FORBES
Wall Street Journal. The Iraqi T.E. Lawrence? Local Knowledge: In Iraq, One Officer Uses Cultural Skills To Fight Insurgents; While Talking Like a Bedouin He Sees Smuggling Routes; Spotting a Phony Kurd; Army Has Recalled His Unit

H14 Financial Times COMMENT: The profit motive may be universal but virtue is not By Martin Wolf If millions of people are desperate to buy and millions more desperate to sell, the trade in narcotics, counterfeits, stolen artefacts, arms, slaves and organs will happen, whether we like it or not

COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Last round? Intransigence on trade calls into question the multilateral approach Difficulties with the Doha liberalisation agenda point to the likelihood of a delayed outcome that would fall well short of earlier ambitions to boost the earnings capability of people in the developing world

Senate tactics raise pressure over Iraq The US Senate raised pressure on the White House over the war in Iraq but rejected demands by Democrats that the US set a timetable for withdrawing US troops next year.

Democrats face struggle to win support for Iraq war 'lie' claim

Rice secures deal on border controls in Gaza Strip

Widespread irregularities in Egyptian polls Hopes that this month's parliamentary elections in Egypt would be fairer than in previous years began to fade amidst reports of widespread irregularities and scattered violence in first round run-offs.

UN chief acts in Hariri murder probe Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general, has become directly involved in efforts to find an alternative site where international investigators can interview Syrian officials over the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri.

H15 Los Angeles Times Senate Calls for Prompt Handoff to Iraqi Forces Resolution, approved on a bipartisan 79-19 vote, is seen as Senate's first step toward tightening the reins on the war in Iraq.
Jafari Vows to Investigate Abuse Claims

Iraq Pledges to Investigate Torture Facility

Financial Times New Fed chairman favours inflation targeting Ben Bernanke extolled the benefits of inflation targeting in his confirmation hearing to be the next Federal Reserve chairman, saying that a well-defined inflation objective was consistent with the Fed’s current practices.
Ask the experts: After Greenspan

An untangled web As the internet's importance has grown, so has controversy over its control. Governments outside the US argue that it should be regulated by a multilateral body - an...

Copper puzzle raises questions for Beijing China's surging growth and rapid integration with the world economy is pushing it to play an ever-more prominent role in a host of global markets. This is a natural...

COMMENT: A First Amendment for the internet Any new international system of internet governance should be conditional on a clear declaration of freedom for the global flow of content

COMMENT: What Bush should tell Koizumi about the neighbours It is Koizumi’s failure to pay attention to the countries nearest him, especially Korea, that may bring problems

Bush urges China to move towards democractic reform
H16 Partisanship is Getting in the Way of Our Success in Iraq - Senator Joe Lieberman
Conservative Coalition Falters - George Will, Washington Post

KR Ex-intelligence officials want Rove's security clearance suspended

Chinese immigrants accused of stealing U.S. Navy info...

Bush raps China over freedom, vows to promote democracy in Asia

Bush Should Surrender to McCain on Torture - Ed Koch, RealClearPolitics

How Hillary Seduces Her Haters - Kristen Lombardi, Village Voice

Esquire MAG: Clinton is world's 'most influential man'...
H17 Daily Telegraph


Asia Times The Confucian renaissance It is little surprise that Chinese leaders are seeking to rehabilitate their country's most famous and influential thinker. In the moral void opened by the decline of Marxism and the abundance of material temptations, Confucianism can help provide the nation with a much-needed ethical anchor. And keep the leaders in power. - Todd Crowell
H18 Independent Raid on torture dungeon exposes Iraq's secret war

On the line: the internet's future

Sarkozy blames French model for riots Chirac's riot speech criticised as timid

Hamish McRae: Blair, not Bush, has the right ideas about how world trade can help the poor
H19 Report on the Status of 9/11 Commission Recommendations Part III: Foreign Policy, Public Diplomacy, and Nonproliferation

Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development AgendaWorld Bank A 425-page report illustrating the benefit to global welfare that would accrue from the abolition of tariffs, subsidies and domestic support programmes

H20 Slate Tough Love: Why the GOP wants us to be harder on the Iraqis.
John Dickerson

Nouriel Roubini A Post-Mortem on the Argentine Debt Restructuring; and How to Deal with the Holdout Creditors

United States Senate, Nov 15, 2005Statement of Ben S. Bernanke before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs United States Senate

OECD, Workshop on the Globalisation of Production: Impacts on Employment, Productivity and Economic Growth - Program & Papers

H21 MIT Crafting Laptops for Poor Countries

Chronicle of Higher Education article on the synergies between blogging and the academy

The Economist A tussle over America’s internet hegemony  ¶ 09:45