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1 New York Post - Ralph Peters: “…the best hope for the region would be the emergence of a Kurdish state that joined northern Iraq and the Kurdish territories in Syria (and other Kurdish regions in the future); a greater Lebanon that included Syria's coastal provinces; a rump Sunni-Arab state formed of Syria's desert provinces and western Iraq — and a Shi'a-Arab state at the head of the Gulf.”
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Spotting the Losers: Seven Signs of Non-Competitive States by Ralph Peters Parameters, Spring 1998
Guardian
The forward march of liberty has been halted - even reversed Britain, America and France have all reduced civil liberties since the twin towers fell. But has this made us any safer? Timothy Garton Ash
Asia Times
Sex, shopping and the death of a regime Syria is under threat more from internal problems than American challenges. Its economy is a mess and ripe for the picking by the relentless forces of globalization, which will exacerbate the rifts within the country's military-merchant complex. Throw in a disenchanted, and frustrated - in more ways than one - youth, and the regime is in trouble. - Mark LeVine
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
High Costs of Crude:The New Currency of Foreign PolicyMEMRI
Nov 17 IA# 253 - The “Second Islamic Revolution” in Iran: Power Struggle at the TopIHT
China No. 1? Don't hold your breath ROSS TERRILL / The Boston Globe A Leninist-ruled Chinese superpower eclipsing the United States is not on the horizon.
WSJ
Fouad Ajami Blowback Zarqawi, a Jordanian export to Iraq, now wreaks havoc in the land of his birth
H2 Dan Fried
US Wants To Work with Europe in Afghanistan, Elsewhere Washington File
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Cash-strapped Greece cuts arms purchase (Andrew Borowiec) Slate
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China Joins the Great Central Asian Base Race STEPHEN BLANK Although apt to make public denials, China seems eager to expand its strategic influence in Central Asia.
Azerbaijani Opposition Faces Important Tactical Choices Subtle divisions are emerging within the movement, with opposition leaders preferring moderate tactics while some rank-and-file activists are arguing for non-stop protest rallies.
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WILL AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION CHOOSE TURMOIL AS A STRATEGY?RFE/RL
Opposition Struggles To Keep MomentumStratfor
Realism in Russia? From an American perspective, the Eurasian landmass can be both an intimidating and endlessly invigorating place. Intimidating, because it is the only landmass on the planet save that of North America that has sufficient resources to nurture and give rise to a truly global power; invigorating, because the existence of many disparate powers there make the task of preventing a single power from arising relatively easy. The sheer size, internal geographic divides and myriad states and ethnic groups that are native to Eurasia are perhaps the strongest factor guaranteeing U.S. national strength -- and on a subconscious level, all U.S. policymakers realize that.
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What Did Bob Woodward Know, and When Did He Know It? - Jack Shafer, Slate
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Several killed in Turkish clashes Turkey Pushes Syria to Cooperate With UN ProbeIran-Turkey trade to exceed $5b this year: officialAEI Event Video
Revitalizing NATO for the Challenges of a New EraDer Spiegel MERKEL'S FOREIGN POLICY AGENDA
The World According to AngieLos Angeles Times
We Should Pay To Plan For Nation Building - AMERICA REMAINS an empire in denial. Max Boot
Financial Times
Foreign inflows drive dollar Foreign iinvestors poured a record $101.9bn into US assets in September, according to Treasury data that eased market concerns about funding the US current account deficit and propelled the dollar towards two-year highs against the euro and sterling.
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: The south's rise is hindered at home By Quentin Peel Leading the globalisation charge is a new generation of southern multinationals, from China, Korea, India, Latin America and even the odd one from Africa, aggressively seeking investments
H4 New York Times
Too Few Good Men By DAN SENOR and WALTER SLOCOMBE
Why it made sense to let the Iraqi army disband.
Editorial
A Timetable for Mr. Bush No matter how the White House chooses to spin it, the United States Senate cast a vote of no confidence this week on the war in Iraq. And about time.
General Rejects Any Call for Timetable for Withdrawal of TroopsRiots Worsen Europe' s Leadership CrisisBrooks
What Palestinians?The dream of peace in Israel has been replaced by another dream, the dream of disengagement from the Palestinians.
American Faces Charge of Graft for Work in Iraq Philip H. Bloom has been charged with paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes for jobs in reconstruction.
Banned Egyptian Group Gains Parliament Seats in Runoff VoteCheney Says Senate War Critics Make 'Reprehensible Charges'Iraqi Rift Grows After Discovery of PrisonVietnam Archive Casts Shadow Across DecadesCongress Nears Deal to Renew Antiterror Law Negotiators entered last-minute wrangling tonight over several narrow points of the USA Patriot Act.
New Disclosure Could Prolong Inquiry on Leak The emergence of a new source hinted that the special counsel had failed to learn a significant fact after his two-year inquiry.
Woodward Faces Questions on Multiple RolesH
5 Washington Post
Among Insurgents in Iraq, Few Foreigners Importance of foreign element under growing debate in U.S. military, intelligence circles. Analysis of offensive in Tall Afar suggests U.S., Iraq may be inflating foreign role in insurgency.
Iran Ignores Pleas to Halt Uranium Work Move to begin converting uranium threatens to derail meeting between European and Iranian officials meant to reinvigorate negotiations.
What's French for Lost? By Jim Hoagland, The French place language at the center of their culture and their politics. But words have failed them in the nearly three weeks of urban violence that has scarred the country's self-image.
Editorial
Mr. Putin's CounterrevolutionVladimir Putin's paranoia is set to become the basis for a far-reaching crackdown on civil society in Russia. President Bush cannot ignore this assault on freedom.
Shortfalls of Special Operations Command Are Cited It was an unconventional move in an unconventional war when Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, nearly three years ago, assigned responsibility for the military's counterterrorism effort to the U.S. Special Operations Command and provided more troops, helicopters, gunships and other equipment to...
Europeans Probe Secret CIA Flights Questions Surround Possible Illegal Transfer of Terrorism Suspects
Congress Arrives at Deal On Patriot Act Revisions Limits would spare some controversial powers, such as government access to library, bookstore records in terrorism probes
Editorial
Moderation Needed WATCHING Republican moderates stand up to the congressional leadership is a bit like experiencing Indian summer: It's enjoyable even though you know that it can end at any moment. Last week's display of moderate backbone was especially refreshing because it was bicameral.
Cheney Denounces Critics of Iraq WarWoodward Could Be a Boon to LibbySunni Arabs Tell of Abuse at Secret Iraqi Prison Student Alleges Torture With Chain, Shocks
H6 Guardian
The forward march of liberty has been halted - even reversed Britain, America and France have all reduced civil liberties since the twin towers fell. But has this made us any safer? Timothy Garton Ash
Blair can't govern alone. He must learn to listen - or fail There is a new mood in the Labour party, and the prime minister's conflict with it risks turning into a Greek tragedy.
A hero of Guantánamo As the Camp Delta hunger strikers grow weaker, the US Senate is denying them justice.
As China rises, so does Japanese nationalism Japan is stuck in its past, and its refusal to come to terms with it threatens to define its future and that of the whole of east Asia.
Ludendorff, not Lincoln Sidney Blumenthal Bush's White House is dismissive of history, yet increasingly desperate to rewrite it.
Baghdad brutality Two new items must now be added to Iraq's daily tally of horror and misery. It is right that the Baghdad government is to investigate how 173 prisoners came to be locked up in a secret bunker, many of them showing signs of severe hunger, beatings and torture.
Rising from the ashes The aftermath of France's riots has seen both Dominique de Villepin and Nicolas Sarkozy's popularity soar, writes Jon Henley.
For whom the wedding bells toll Luke Harding wonders how long the union of Germany's two biggest political parties will last.
Operation Steel Curtain Travelling with US marines in north-western Iraq.
Watergate journalist was given CIA nameH7 Der Spiegel MERKEL'S FOREIGN POLICY AGENDA
The World According to Angie Washington won't be shedding any tears at the departure of Gerhard Schröder. His successor as German leader, Angela Merkel, is promising to repair the damage he did to US-German relations. But hopes of a big shift in German foreign policy are likely to go unfulfilled. Changes will likely be more in style rather than substance.
AEI
The New Bolsheviks Understanding Al Qaeda By Frederick Kagan
Bush Risks Alienating GOP Over IraqCheney & Pre-Iraq War IntellNational Security Ahead of Partisan Advantage - Senator Joe Lieberman, U.S. Senate
The 'No Exit' Strategy - Ari Berman, The Nation
Washington Times
W., Washington and war (Michael F. Scheuer)The Pathetic Me-Too Republicans Wimp Out On Iraq - Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard
Needed: A Strategy For An Exit From Iraq - Rep. Jane Harman, The Hill
McCain Stakes Out Brave But Risky Stand On Iraq - Robert Robb, Arizona Republic
H8 Asia Times
More at stake than regime change The American line on Iraq is that the war is fueled by foreign fighters infiltrating from Syria and Iran, making these two countries prime targets for military attack. Syria is certainly the easier one to deal with, but the consequences are likely to be as devastating as they were with the invasion of Cambodia, a sideshow to the Vietnam War.
Wag the dog: Crisis scenarios for Bush In the run-up to the Iraq war, the Bush administration had no hesitation about employing "wag-the-dog" scenarios in which manufactured crises wagged the "dog" of national politics - and that was when the administration was riding high. Similar ploys are likely with regard to Syria, Iran and North Korea if the situation grows too desperate and elections get too near. - Michael T Klare
BBC
Iran 'processing more uranium' Iran starts processing uranium into a gas that can be enriched into nuclear bomb material, diplomats say.
Saddam 'punched by court clerks' Saddam Hussein was attacked by two court clerks while undergoing questioning for his trial, Iraqi television reports
Police under fire Iraq's latest prisoner abuse crisis may have sectarian roots NBC:
Massive bid-rigging scam alleged in Iraq U.S. says businessman bribed coalition officials to land rebuilding contracts
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Syria proposes UN offices in Golan as venue for Hariri probeNixon worried about Israel's nukesIran says its Sina-1 satellite is capable of spying on IsraelUPI
Netanyahu interview: Rise of radical IslamFormer Israeli PM Wants US to Pull Out From IraqTikkun
Noam Chomsky Interview One of the world's most respected (and vilified) public intellectuals challenges conventional wisdom on Israel and much more.
Daily Star
Arafat is dead, but despair survivesBy Michael Young
Arab opinion is not monolithic when it comes to religion By Rami G. Khouri
Weekly Standard
Striking a Syrian Pose? Hezbollah looks to explain its photo op with a subject of the Mehlis probe. by Seth Colter Walls
New Republic
Why Sadr appeals to both Sunnis and Shia by Spencer Ackerman
MEMRI
Nov 17 SD# 1024 - British MP George Galloway at Damascus University to Support Bashar Al-Assad: If the U.S. Invades Syria, The People will Fight the U.S. Occupation Like the Brits Were Ready to Fight the Nazis H
10 Christian Science Monitor
China's high-tech army within an army Its new force is designed to conduct lightning attacks to paralyze smaller foes, using an all-out missile attack
Senate flexes muscle on the Iraq war From detainee policy to war strategy, it's asserting itself in White House dealings.
Not all Muslims want to integrateUS advocates for jailed SyrianAs the US has been trumpeting the plight of Kamal Labwani, internal Syrian opposition has distanced itself from him.
Discovery of abused Iraqis sparks outrage Sources say the Iraqi prime minister and US forces had been told about 'torture cells' months ago.
Iraqi torture practices could be widespread Revelations that the Interior Ministry abused detainees in a secret prison may be just the beginning.
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11 IHT
China No. 1? Don't hold your breath ROSS TERRILL / The Boston Globe A Leninist-ruled Chinese superpower eclipsing the United States is not on the horizon.
Waking to a new threat OLIVER SACKS AND JOEL A. VILENSKY The bird flu, if it comes, may bring more than influenza.
BBC
US on fine line White phosphorus use sparks chemical weapons debate "Eurabia" Defined - Andrew Boston, The American Thinker
Washington Times
EU setting up system of spy satellites (David Rennie)The New Republic
Group Think by James Forsyth France's integration model differs from those of its neighbors, but they all have one thing in common: None of them really works.
H12 RFE/RL
EU Says It Will Continue Dialogue With IranCentral Asia
Trampling Religious Rights? The head of a U.S. body that monitors religious freedom has criticized the U.S. State Department for failing to list Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan among the most serious violators.
EDM
PUTIN PLEDGES TO BACK UP KARIMOV IN A CRISISRUSSIA'S WARMING TOWARD UZBEKISTAN MAY DAMAGE RELATIONS WITH THE WESTATTEMPT TO PURGE YUSHCHENKO PARTY FAILSPINR
"The European Union's Tough Message to Belarus"Russia, India & $10 Bn Arms Contracts RFE/RL 16 Nov 2005 -- Russia & India are discussing some $10 billion worth of arms sales contracts.
Russia to Host Military Exercises With India in 2006-2007 London Review of Books
Jade and Plastic Andrew Nathan: How bad was Mao? Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday
H13 The Times
US defends its control over new domains in last-minute global deal The US has won its battle to remain in charge of the internet in an eleventh-hour deal that averted a clash with other nations
Kaletsky
Brown's treacherous road The Chancellor will become PM just at the point when the economy goes into a tailspin
WSJ
Fouad Ajami Blowback Zarqawi, a Jordanian export to Iraq, now wreaks havoc in the land of his birth
Why Did the 9/11 Commission Ignore 'Able Danger'? - Louis Freeh
Bush's Approval Rating Falls AgainBush's job approval ratings sank to another low, according to the latest Harris poll, with 34% of Americans giving him a positive rating, while 65% rank his performance as "only fair" or "poor."
Woodward Was Told Plame's Identity Woodward's revelation that he was told Plame's identity in 2003 spotlights his unusual role as a reporter, book writer and television commentator.Financial Times
Benefits of a target Ben Bernanke's testimony to the US Senate offers a precious insight into how US monetary policy is likely to evolve once he succeeds Alan Greenspan as chairman of the...
COMMENT: China's exchange rates are a domestic problem China’s fixed exchange rate is complicating domestic economic management, write Paul Cavey and Bill Belchere of Macquarie Securities
Google's digital page-turner ife in the digital age is searchable: that is the best thing about it. Why not let Google do for books what it has already done for the rest of online life: link everything together?
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Way of the web: start-ups map the route as big rivals get Microsoft in their sightsJapan's divided policymakers The recent news about Japan's economy has been increasingly positive. The same, alas, cannot be said of its top economic managers.
H14 Financial Times
Foreign inflows drive dollar Foreign iinvestors poured a record $101.9bn into US assets in September, according to Treasury data that eased market concerns about funding the US current account deficit and propelled the dollar towards two-year highs against the euro and sterling.
COMMENT & ANALYSIS: The south's rise is hindered at home By Quentin Peel Leading the globalisation charge is a new generation of southern multinationals, from China, Korea, India, Latin America and even the odd one from Africa, aggressively seeking investments
COMMENT: Remittances are an effective weapon against poverty By Norman LamontThe top destination for migrants is the European Union, currently with 71m, followed by the US with more than 40m, writes Norman Lamont, British chancellor of the exchequer 1990-93
COMMENT: Europe must be heavy on values, light on red tape People fear an anonymous European bureaucracy getting involved in too many aspects of our lives, write Atzo Nicolai, Dutch minister for European affairs, and Douglas Alexander, UK minister for Europe.
Merkel eyes early US visit to mend tiesUS tries to step up pace of UN reformIran’s former president hits out at Ahmadi-NejadMuslim Brotherhood strongly supported in Egypt pollBush opens Asia trip with rebuke for ChinaBush eager to talk up health of US-Japan links during his visitPhosphorus ‘may have killed’ in IraqH15 Los Angeles Times
We Should Pay To Plan For Nation Building - AMERICA REMAINS an empire in denial. Max Boot
Battle of the fatwas By Reza Aslan
The real jihadist battle is Muslim against Muslim. Can the clerics mobilize to protect Islam?
Editorial
Condi gets it RICE has finally demonstrated what a little roll-up-your-sleeves diplomacy can achieve in the Middle East. Tuesday's agreement between Israel and the Palestinians on opening the borders of the Gaza Strip and allowing freer movement of Palestinians between the West Bank and Gaza reflects Rice's involvement in advancing the peace process.
Iraqis Probe Inmate-Abuse Claims Prime minister vows to get to bottom of allegations that Iraqi police tortured detainees.
Zarqawi Has Edge in Deadly Battle of WitsWoodward Touches off Furor in D.C. Speculation grows over the identity of the famed journalist's source in CIA leak case.
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We're Not Going to Sit By and Let Them Rewrite History - Vice President Cheney
Don't Rewrite Rewritten History - Richard Cohen, New York Daily News
Woodward 'sorry' for hiding Plame infoNational Security Adviser was Woodward's source, attorneys sayRaw Story
GM shares hit lowest level since crash of Oct 1987...Senators demand oil execs re-testify -- under oath...CIA: Castro has Parkinson's disease Assessment based on his public appearances and the opinions of agency doctors.
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17 Daily Telegraph
This coalition is grand in name only Kate Connolly says Angela Merkel, who is set to become Germany's first female leader and the leader with the most talked about haircut of recent times, will disappoint with her coalition.
Saddam beaten for insult Saddam Hussein was beaten up while being interrogated by a judge after he insulted two of the most revered figures in Shia Islam.
The world of bin Laden Osama bin Laden wants the United States to convert to Islam, ditch its constitution, abolish banks, jail homosexuals and sign the Kyoto climate change treaty.
Chinese trio on US spy chargesA Chinese-American engineer has appeared in court accused of passing naval secrets to China in a case that will intensify the Pentagon's concerns over Beijing's military threat.
H18 Independent
Incendiary weapons: The big white lie The Iraqi government is to investigate the United States military's use of white phosphorus shells during the battle of Fallujah - an inquiry that could reveal whether American forces breached an international weapons treaty
US wins right to keep internet control after warning of censorship risks Sunnis demand UN inquiry into Iraq ministry's torture chamber Leading article: Bush is betraying the founding values of his nation H19 Lords committee examines migration to the European Union
Report full textThe US Current Account Deficit and the Expected Share of World Output. Charles Engeland John H. Rogers.
H20 Slate
What Did Bob Woodward Know, and When Did He Know It? - Jack Shafer, Slate
Taking Clintonism to the Next Level: She's for the war! He's not! Wacky consequences ensue. Mickey Kaus
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Attack of the Career-Killing Blogs: When academics post online, do they risk their jobs?
The new commentariat Oliver Burkeman meets Britain's most influential political bloggers.
Meanwhile: Literature, one screen at a time ALEX BEAM / The Boston Globe Amazon Pages, which will allow customers to purchase books by the page, is starting next year.
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