Foreign Press Review - April 01 2006 0401-2006f
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H1 Los Angeles Times The tall tale of Tall Afar By Lawrence F. Kaplan Bushes uses Tall Afar as model for Iraq, but Americans surrendered it in 2004, and will unleash civil war when they leave.

Financial Times Editorial America and Israel Freedom of academic debate, political polemic, populist prejudice, outlandish exaggeration and even mildly slanderous innuendo …

Daily Star Old hat that calls out for open debate By Rami G. Khouri Why do so few prominent people in the United States publicly criticize Israel or its American supporters? Because - modern history suggests - this is a sure, speedy route to political and professional oblivion, especially for politicians, academics, writers and others who work in the public realm.

CFR SECURITY COUNCIL FAILS TO MOVE IRAN

Forbes publish annual list of world's largest companies Forbes home

William Anthony Hay (MSU): What is Democracy? Liberal Institutions and Stability in Changing Societies

Tackling the Moscow-Tehran Connection Ilan Berman, The Jourmal of International Security Affairs

AEI Event Video - Dissent and Reform in the Arab World

Heritage Foundation Preventing a Russian-Georgian Military Confrontation by Ariel Cohen

WSJ Tough Love in Baghdad
The U.S. is raising the heat on Iraq by telling Iraq officials they may have aid cut off if they don't quickly put together a unity government and purge police of sectarian militias.

Asia Times - Iran: Options for a face-saving After three weeks of grueling haggling, the UN Security Council has laid its Iran nuclear cards on the table - or some of them, at least. Still unresolved is what to do about Iran if it fails to comply with the council's demands. Tehran's hand remains hidden, but it holds options for a face-saving compromise - if the International Atomic Energy Agency plays its cards right. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi
H2 The Jourmal of International Security Affairs ISTANBUL: A Problematic Partnership Sami Kohen
The Turkish-American entente faces some harsh new realities

From The Nation, Stiglitz, Hutton, Galbraith, Faux, Rogers and others on taming global capitalism

From the Archive - Turkish Civil-Military Relations and the EU: Preparation for Continuing Convergence – November 2005

Türk Sivil-Asker İlişkileri ve Avrupa Birliği:Süregelen Buluşmaya HazırlıkDavid Greenwood (Raportör) (November 2005)

Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati

Rand Corporation - Toward a Theory of Intelligence Full Document

The Jourmal of International Security Affairs Thinking Beyond OPEC Frederick Cedoz The world’s most powerful cartel is headed for oblivion. Here’s how to move on

Nuclear Deterrence for a New Century Keith B. Payne How, and why, the United States is moving beyond MAD

Jerusalem Report. Moscow’s New Twist Russia’s new policy of engagement with Islamists in Russia and across the Middle East risks alienating the United States, Western Europe, and especially Israel. Ehud Yaari

National Journal Isolationism Redux - Paul Starobin

UPI Analysis: China's Middle East energy agenda

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H3 Washington Post Tensions Rise in Turkey's Kurdish Southeast
FT EU urges Turkey to help Kurds The European Union yesterday called on Turkey "urgently" to improve economic conditions and cultural rights for Kurds,...

BBC Istanbul blast amid Kurd tension

Exiles return Turkey pays Kurds damages but delays fuel discontent

UN envoy urges Turkey to reform terrorism law

Turkey could be 'out in the cold' on JSF work Jane's

EU Official, Study Criticize Pace of Turkish Military Reform DefenseNews.com

RFE/RL Turkey: 'Unique' Army Complicates EU Membership Bid


Iraq: Kurdish Media Complain Of Harassment


U.S. Ambassador Wilson Speaks to Journalists at the ATC Meeting in Washington (March 29, 2006) -- Audio
Natural Gas Crisis Changes Russian Route to Turkey

Travel Warning Follows Istanbul Bombing

Mexmur refugees march for people of Amed

Viva Talabani the best ever Iraqi president! -

War Talk: Bellicose statements from Azerbaijan and Turkey obstruct the search for peace over Nagorno Karabakh

Turkey Starts NATO Patrol of Baltic Skies
H4 New York Times Editorial Rescuing Reform in Paris The mounting protests over France's new youth employment law threaten to dissuade the government from attempting the broad social and economic reforms the country needs.
Chirac Offers Labor Law Compromise; Protesters Reject It
Iran Fires Versatile Missile in a 'Defensive' Test
Politics: Senior Shiite Cleric Urges U.S. to Replace Envoy in Iraq
Rice, in England, Concedes U.S. 'Tactical Errors' in Iraq
Strategy: Top General in Iraq Aims to Shoot Less, Rebuild More

H5 Washington Post U.S. Troop Fatalities Hit A Low; Iraqi Deaths Soar

'Tactical Errors' Made In Iraq, Rice Concedes

More Bush Staff Changes Ahead
White House overhaul set to widen president's inner circle, tighten West Wing operations.

Stalinism Forever By Anna Politkovskaya, MOSCOW -- We are using Stalin's methods again, this time to fight terrorism. I am writing for this American newspaper on a subject that one can no longer write about in Russia -- islamskiy terrorizm, or Islamic terrorism cases.

H6 Guardian Stop ignoring the neighbours and obsessing about the US Martin Kettle: We have so much in common with Europe. To remain cut off is lazy and damaging.

Pentagon plans record-breaking explosion in Nevada The Pentagon is preparing to detonate 635 tonnes of high explosives and send mushroom cloud into sky over desert
H7 National Journal Isolationism Redux - Paul Starobin,

National Interest - The Culture Club by Lawrence E. Harrison: Not all cultures are equally conducive to progress.

Washington Note - Stephen Walt, the "Israel Lobby" paper, and Academic Freedom

NRO Victor Davis Hanson: Cynicism meets fanaticism.

Who is Steve Cambone? Rumsfeld's Right-Hand Man - Victorino Matus, Armed Forces Journal

It's Bolton Time at the UN - Mindy Belz, World Magazine

CSIS Chronologies - Iraqi Security and Military Force Developments: A Chronology
Low Intensity Conflict: Violence Against the Iraqi People
Low Intensity Conflict and Nation-Building in Iraq: A Chronology
H8 Iraq Moves Ever-Closer to Civil War

Iraq Conflict Grows Even More Confusing

KR U.S. military deaths drop in Iraq

U.S. officials: Iraqi insurgents educating Afghan, Pakistani militants

Washington Times Editorial Mixed signals on Iran

AntiWar - War Against Iran,April 2006 by Jorge Hirsch

Asia Times What they think in Tehran Iranians of all stripes agree that their nation is a victim of Western propaganda and double standards and they're adamant about their right to a civilian nuclear program. - Pepe Escobar
Syria Rescinds Ban on Religious Lessons in Mosques

Democracy Arsenal - Bush Likes Democracy but Doesn't Like Ibrahim al-Jaafari

H9 Ha’aretz – News of successful Iranian missile test worries Israel, U.S.

U.S. suspends ties with Hamas-led government

Weekly Standard The Palestinians' Real Problem is Aid We should have learned the lessons of Africa: unconditional aid destroys economic growth and infantilizes its recipients.by Irwin M. Stelzer

UPI Analysis: Israel's new political landscape

BBC Unsettled future Why some Jewish settlers are alarmed by Kadima's victory
New Republic – A guide to the results of the Israeli election by Martin Peretz

And you thought Edward Said was dead by Michael B. Oren

The origins of Israel's settler movementby Gadi Taub

British MI5: Israeli PM Worked for the Kremlin's Intelligence
H10 Christian Science Monitor

UPI NATO general calls for proactive alliance

Asia Times HOW TO LOSE THE 'WAR ON TERROR' PART 2: Handing victory to the extremists The takfiris - those who view all Westerners as infidels and condemn moderate Muslims who talk with the West - have their counterparts in the West: those who fail to distinguish between terrorists and nationalists, between al-Qaeda and legitimate Islamists. With this "they're all the same" attitude, the takfiris in both camps undermine their own causes. Mark Perry and Alastair Crooke have tried to bridge the gap between the West and political Islam.PART 1: Talking with the 'terrorists'
H11 IHT The morning after the elections AARON DAVID MILLER The election in Israel may well prove to be the most consequential in the country's history.

Milosevic, Saddam, Taylor. Who's next? REED BRODY Africans deserve justice. Now that Charles Taylor is in the dock, Hissène Habré of Chad must be next.

BBC Unions reject Chirac 'compromise' Trade unions and students denounce the French president's decision to enact a modified youth labour law.

H12 RFE/RL Georgia - Moscow Pledges To Complete Military Pullout On Schedule

Russia: Withdrawing From Georgian Bases

Territorial Tensions Build Between Russia and Georgia

EurasiaNet Georgia Pursues Campaign Against Espionage

EDM RUSSIAN STRATEGISTS PONDER POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF UKRAINIAN POLL
- PROTESTS, ACCUSATIONS, AND RIOTS SHAKE GEORGIA
- RUSSIA'S NEW CHINA-BOUND GAS PIPELINE PLAN SPARKS CONTROVERSY

Heritage Foundation Russian Spying for Saddam Demands a Careful U.S. Response by Ariel Cohen

Armenia transferred important energy objects to Russia. Who will receive compensation?
H13 The TimesPunish, O Lord, those of us who, through our own fault, are ungreen Matthew Parris Friends of the Earth are Elijah’s new recruits. Eco-apocalypticism is the new religion

Dubai starts to circle on world's leading airports With its oil due to run out in ten years, Dubai is transforming itself into the Middle East’s leading centre for tourism and trade

Iranian militiamen were brought in by Britain

WSJ Tough Love in Baghdad
The U.S. is raising the heat on Iraq by telling Iraq officials they may have aid cut off if they don't quickly put together a unity government and purge police of sectarian militias.

The World's Regulator Brussels turns globalization into an exercise in soft power.

Who Will Be the Next Indian Idol? Globalization, market forces and Western mores. By NEELESH MISRA

Caspar Willard Weinberger The most gracious man. By JAMES WEBB
H14 Financial Times Editorial America and Israel Freedom of academic debate, political polemic, populist prejudice, outlandish exaggeration and even mildly slanderous innuendo about anything from Britney Spears to...

Shia cleric urges US to remove Iraq envoy over 'Sunni bias'

'Embarrassing' Arab League lost for a purpose

Tough bargaining after Israel election

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: France's reckless general By John Thornhill Dominique de Villepin has certainly been leading from the front in attempting to reform France’s inflexible labour laws but – for the moment, at least – his charge seems more reckless than brave

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Migration debate is out of control By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELLFor many reasons the price of easy-come, easy-go immigration has risen higher than Americans are willing to pay. Now that Congress is trying to clarify US immigration rules, a clean, logical solution may be beyond its grasp


H15 Los Angeles Times The tall tale of Tall Afar By Lawrence F. Kaplan
Bushes uses Tall Afar as model for Iraq, but Americans surrendered it in 2004, and will unleash civil war when they leave.
Immigration Reforms Could Backfire, Experts Say The measures could force wages down by swelling the pool of legal workers without reducing the number of undocumented.
Intelligence Office Has Swollen, House Panel Says

FT Not-so-dismal science Why economics has little to do with GDP and everything to do with paying £3.50 for a latte is explained in Tim Harford’s The Undercover Economist.

Chinese puzzle The arrival of a new Asian tiger on the block has repercussions beyond commerce according to James Kynge in China Shakes the World.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Water systems are vulnerable because they are dominated by political issues
H16 BBC Bush backs 'controlled' migration George Bush says he wants to give legal status to undocumented workers but calls for more border security.
Q&A: US immigration debate

William Buckley - Top conservative: Iraq war 'failure' Father of conservatism says Bush will be judged solely on 'failed' war in Iraq.

GOP in danger of losing control of Congress, Gingrich says

Weekly Standard Y is for YahooTurning the GOP into an anti-immigration party could dash Republican hopes of becoming a long-term governing party. by William Kristol

George W. Bush's To-Do ListFour keys to a successful comeback. by Fred Barnes

PBS Experts Debate Need For Immigrants In U.S. Economy
Republicans Split on Immigration Reform

Blogometer realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird thru GovExec -
H17 Daily Telegraph Leader - Fighter plain foolish At a time when we have no new aircraft carriers, when regiments are being disbanded, when we are short of missiles, military computers, drones and satellites, the Eurofighter - six billion pounds over budget - is a disgraceful misallocation of resources.

Jack's date with CondiCondoleezza Rice arrived in Blackburn as anti-war activists vowed to dog her every move during her two days in the north-west of England with Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary

Dalai Lama: 'Westerners are too self-absorbed'At his base in India, the Dalai Lama, the spiritual guru to East and West, finds time to grant a rare and exclusive interview to Alice Thomson.
H18 Independent
H19 UPI Outside View: Joint Strike Fighter blues To replace the F-16 and to provide large numbers of multi-purpose aircraft in the next decade, the United States plans to buy the Joint Strike Fighter.
National Audit Office publish report on the role of UK reserve military forces Press release
British Medical JournalAvian influenza: Preparing for the pandemicFive papers (PDFs):+ Using lessons from the past to plan for pandemic flu+ An iatrogenic pandemic of panic+ A slippery disease: a microbiologist's view+ Hard decisions will have to be made: view from intensive care+ Dealing with uncertainty: perspective from primary care



H20 Slate The British (Podcast) Invasion : Why the U.K.'s newspapers are worth listening to.

Tales From the Nursery - The health benefits of breast-feeding may not be what you think.

Weekly Standard Being a ManHarvey Mansfield ponders the male of the species. by Christina Hoff Sommers

Terry Eagleton reviews Absent Minds: intellectuals in Britain

Drezner - What's the purpose of the quasi-popular IR book?
H21 Guardian – Books - Thriving on diversity Britain is in thrall to a wonderful love affair with the book. Last year, 216 million of them, worth more than £1.5bn, were sold, nearly 6% more than the year before.

Getting to grips with the unimagined newspaper Emily Bell: The template of a newspaper has given us a rich culture of written journalism that has found a vibrant new home on the web.

FT Weekend - Not tonight darling, I’m online When pornography met the internet the result was as instantly addictive as crack cocaine - in the US alone 70 per cent of young men log on in search of porn every month. But what does the rise of accessible virtual sex mean for flesh-and-blood relationships?
Ext links Blogs - memeorandum - Slate's Today's Blogs - Blogometer - Juan Cole - Kevin Drum - Belgravia Dispatch - Thomas P.M. Barnett
Joshua Marshall - Daniel Drezner - Laura Rozen - the washington note - Syria Comment - David Corn - William Arkin - Phil Carter - Helena Cobban - Matt Yglesias - Oxblog - Brad DeLong
winds of change - political theory/
CounterterrorismBlog OutSide the Beltway - InstaPundit - Kausfiles - andrewsullivan.com - Becker Posner-- armscontrolwonk - Registan Arts & Letters Daily/
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