Foreign Press Review - April 21 2006 0421-2006f
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H1 BBC Is it civil war? Lawrence Freedman examines historical parallels with Iraq

WSJ Bush and Iran A threat that can't be outsourced any longer

Iran still years away from having nukes: US intelligence chief...

Intelligence Reform: Making It Happen National Press ClubDNI John D. Negroponte Full Story

Kevin Drum Talking to Iran

Daily Star Strong or weak, the nation state remains alive and wellBy Ralf Dahrendorf

Al Awsat Iran: Tactical Success Could Lead to Strategic Disaster : Amir Taheri

NYT Editorial A Glimmer of Hope in Iraq

Thursday's Daily Briefing on Iran

IHT Debunking America's China syndrome By ERIK BERGLOF / IHT It is time to be realistic about the global effects of China's economic ascension

Jason Leopold: Grand Jury Hears Evidence Against Rove

WSJ U.S. Firms Feel Loss of Arab Spending Attention has focused on Arab investors' waning interest in the U.S., but a drop in Middle Eastern spending has also hit sectors such as tourism and education, triggering business-strategy shifts across the country.

Iraq War Costs May Hit $1 Trillion

Helena Cobban Daawa-Sadr bloc on brink of victory?

Financial Times COMMENT: After Hu, who? The next guest says more about Bush The president of Azerbaijan will struggle to be recognised in the US capital, yet his visit says more than does that of China’s President Hu about the direction of US foreign policy

Brookings Institution Creating an L20 Summit Forum document in PDF (99KB) Policy Brief by Johannes F. Linn and Colin I. Bradford, Jr. (April 2006)

Weekly Standard Illiberal Democracy on the Rise?Recent events highlight the need for liberal institutions in the Middle East; here's how to promote them.by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Nir Boms

China's Emerging Military A new report studies how the Chinese are developing their military in response to America. by Christian Lowe

Rand Corporation Chinese Responses to U.S. Military Transformation and Implications for the Department of Defense)

H2 Washington Post Analysis U.S., China Stand Together but Are Not Equal

The Generals' Dangerous Whispers By Charles Krauthammer, A dissident party within the military that is alien to America will be created if Rumsfeld's critics force the rest of America's generals to take sides.

Don't Blame Just Us By John W. Snow, Major economies other than the U.S. must promote increased domestic consumption and move away from dependence on exports.

Fix the Intelligence Mess By David Ignatius, The reorganization of U.S. int.elligence agencies is not working. It needs to be fixed, now.

Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati

CSIS - AFTER LIBERALS BACK DOWN Western-influenced liberal elites no longer are democracy's most vocal advocates in the Middle East, writes Jon Alterman, READ MORE

Der Spiegel Merkel's Double Approach with Bush In public, Chancellor Merkel has spoken warmly about the Bush administration and stated her intention to improve trans-Atlantic relations that suffered under her predecessor Gerhard Schröder. But lately, the chancellor hasn't shied away from giving Washington critical advice about how to manage its foreign policy.

Newsweek Why Americans May Never Leave Iraq ‘Compassionate Colonialism' As Iraq fractures along multiple religious and ethnic lines, only one force seems to be holding it together: American involvement. So what might this future look like?

Weekly Standard Reuel Marc Gerecht "To Bomb or Not to Bomb"d (repeat)

War game will focus on situation with Iran

UPI Experts warn against Iran sanctions

US & Iran Nuclear Sanctions VOA 20 Apr 2006 -- The US said momentum is shifting toward the imposition of sanctions against Iran

KR - Report documents major increase in terrorist incidents The number of terrorist attacks documented by U.S. intelligence agencies jumped sharply in 2005, crossing the 10,000 mark for the first time

Ha’aretz – Ze’ev Schiff A different war outline Israel's strategic situation is no longer viewed only on two planes - a large war versus prevailing quiet - but there are also intermediate situations that can be called "limited war" or "asymmetric war."

Amnesty publish annual survey on worldwide use of the death penalty Press release

YaleGlobal Online The US and China: Friends or Foes? – Part II

The US and China: Friends or Foes? – Part I

H3 Replace Turkey as a Strategic Partner? by Jonathan Eric Lewis Middle East Quarterly* Spring 2006

CSIS - Turkey, Europe and the U.S.: The Emerging Triangular Relationship – Nabi Şensoy (audio)

Turkish-American Relations Recovering Gradually

FT Early retirement dreams fade as Turkey tackles its growing social security deficit

Unrest presents setback for Turkey’s Kurdish minority Recent rioting by Kurds in southeast Turkey, with ominous echoes of the 1990s when Turkey was at war with Kurdish separatists, could suggest that nothing has changed in Kurdish Turkey, but such a perception, widely held by the Kurds themselves, does not tell the full story.

Alternatives - TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS FROM 1945 TO 2004.Omer G. Isyar

CSM Denmark, again? Now it's under fire for hosting Kurd TV station. Turkey says the satellite network Roj TV is a mouthpiece for Kurdish terrorists.

Turkish army sends 40,000 troops to southeast-source
Rice Trip Putting Focus on Turkey
Abbas to Visit Turkey 'Alone' for Financial Aid

Sensoy: Turkey will act responsibly to help defuse Iran issue

Rice Visiting Turkey, Greece; Plans To Sign Base Deal in Bulgaria

Ertuğrul Özkök - Beyaz Türklerin tasfiyesi mi

Reading and interpreting Iran from within, and windows of opportunity for averting warCengiz Candar

İran'a örtülü harekâtM.Ali Kışlalı

Dışişleri'nin inandırıcılık sorunu Haluk Şahin

TSK doğruladı: Sınırda yoğun operasyon var Murat Yetkin

Amerika'nın Ortadoğu'daki umudu Türkiye mi?

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Turkish prosecutor fired for 'degrading army'

Turkey could seek international arbitration over customs union Financial Mirror

Less of Iraq and more of Kurdistan

Views About The Politics Of Kurdistan Hilmi Muhammad.
RFE/RL Ethnic-Armenian Forces End Military Exercises in Karabakh
H4 New York Times Shiite Drops Bid to Keep His Post as Iraqi Premier

Editorial A Glimmer of Hope in Iraq A new prime minister in Iraq will have a chance to make a fresh start and begin undoing some of the costly mistakes Ibrahim al-Jaafari has made since taking office.

NEWS ANALYSIS; Criticizing an Agent of Change as Failing to Adapt

Analysis: Bush's China Predicament

Hamas Names a Militant to Security Post The move is likely to increase friction between the Hamas-led government and the Palestinian Authority's president

Editorial So Much for Those World Trade Talks Susan Schwab, the woman President Bush has nominated to become United States trade representative, has neither the respect abroad nor the access to the president to be good at the job.

PAUL KRUGMAN The Great Revulsion The 2004 election now looks like the high-water mark of a conservative tide that is now receding.

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The Greenest Generation Why doesn't every college make it a goal to become carbon-neutral — that is, reduce its net CO2 emissions to zero?

No Proof of Secret C.I.A. Prisons, European Antiterror Chief Says



H5 Washington Post Analysis U.S., China Stand Together but Are Not Equal

The Generals' Dangerous Whispers By Charles Krauthammer, A dissident party within the military that is alien to America will be created if Rumsfeld's critics force the rest of America's generals to take sides.

Don't Blame Just Us By John W. Snow, Major economies other than the U.S. must promote increased domestic consumption and move away from dependence on exports.

Fix the Intelligence Mess By David Ignatius, The reorganization of U.S. int.elligence agencies is not working. It needs to be fixed, now.

Bush and Hu Produce a Summit of Symbols President presses Chinese leader to open markets and do more to curb nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea, but comes away with no agreements

Iraq Leader Cedes His Nomination As Premier Reversal by Al-Jafari Raises Hope of Ending Government Stalemate

Negroponte Cites Intelligence 'Innovation'

Hamas Picks Guerrilla To Lead a New Force Move Seen as Challenge to Abbas Over Control of Security Services

In Iran, Jobless Youths Turn to Drugs Lack of Economic Opportunity Leads Many to Drugs - While the world focuses on its nuclear ambitions, nation's young people see theirs denied.

The Power Player Who Faces Charges for Talking Case of Lobbyist Fired by Pro-Israel Group Puts Spotlight on a Murky Type of Advocacy

Bush, Hu Produce Summit of Symbols
Protester Screams At Chinese President

Rove's New Mission: Survival By E. J. Dionne Jr., Karl Rove's power has not been diminished; his role has changed to fit the times.

Moussaoui, Shoe Bomber Link Called 'Highly Unlikely' by FBI

Editorial Planning for Flu Pandemic preparation plans still don't deal with the central question: How will America's hospitals cope?

Editorial A Victory for Scholarship
At last, Germany may open a vast Holocaust archive to researchers.

Win a Date With E.J. Dionne! By Michael Kinsley

H6 Guardian Sectarianism divides Baghdad suburbs Shrines store arms and host weapons training · Fears grow that fiefdoms could turn against US Shias hope election will break deadlock

Baghdad mosques become vigilante forts as sectarianism divides suburbs

The most important meeting in the world Martin Jacques: For the sake of all of us, Hu Jintao and George Bush need to get on.

Revolt of the generals Sidney Blumenthal: The denunciation of the administration's handling of Iraq by former US army chiefs is unprecedented.

China and US make no progressChinese leader's visit overshadowed by human rights protests.

EU accused of ignoring human rights abuses in gas rush · Trade agreement with Turkmenistan revived · Fate of gas-poor Belarus 'provides telling contrast'
H7 Der Spiegel Merkel's Double Approach with Bush In public, Chancellor Merkel has spoken warmly about the Bush administration and stated her intention to improve trans-Atlantic relations that suffered under her predecessor Gerhard Schröder. But lately, the chancellor hasn't shied away from giving Washington critical advice about how to manage its foreign policy.

Washington Realist Neo-Conservative Realist on Iran?

Council on Foreign Relations has posted an interview with Joseph Cirincione entitled “Time For Clear Public Understanding of Iranian Threat.”

New Republic Royal Screwupby Caroline Elkins From 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Elkins: Why Malaya is no model for Iraq.

Progress Report Progress Report, 4/20/06 CHINA: A Delicate Balance

UPI Intelligence Watch

The War on Terror Is Over, and China Won by Leon Hadar

CFR ON IRAQ, GENERAL DISCONTENT

NRO Peter Brookes: International partner or peril?

Cheney has tapped Iranian expatriate, arms dealer to surveil ... Raw Story

FP’s new blog.

H8 BBC Iraqi PM says party will decide Jaafari says it is up to his political bloc to decide if he should stay on.

BBC Is it civil war? Lawrence Freedman examines historical parallels with Iraq
Al Hayat Next Iraqi Government and Shiite Militias

CFR ARAB WORRIES OF A RISING IRAN

Washington Times Editorial Can Iran be deterred?

War game will focus on situation with Iran

Weekly Standard Iran's War on the West Have the mullahs really stopped aiding anti-American terrorism?by Thomas Joscelyn

Reason When Hawks Play ChickenMutually Assured Destruction and Iran By Michael Young

Larijani interview Taking matters in handAl-Ahram Weekly

UPI Analysis: U.N. says Iran aids Hezbollah

Asia Times Coup and counter-coup: The struggle for Iraq By Sami Moubayed

Daily Star Lebanon's national dialogue needn't be limited to crisis management

A neutral Lebanon will be a peaceful one By Wissam S. Yafi

Newsweek Why Americans May Never Leave Iraq 'Compassionate Colonialism' As Iraq fractures along multiple religious and ethnic lines, only one force seems to be holding it together: American involvement. So what might this future look like?

The Pakistan-Jihadist ConnectionStratfor
H9 Ha’aretz – Ze’ev Schiff A different war outline Israel's strategic situation is no longer viewed only on two planes - a large war versus prevailing quiet - but there are also intermediate situations that can be called "limited war" or "asymmetric war."

The UN versus Hezbollah Nearly six years after IDF completed its withdrawal from southern Lebanon, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has taken the next required step, calling on the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah.

The Haaretz factor and the Walt-Mearsheimer paper

Middle East Forum At What Cost Israel-China Ties?, by P. R. Kumaraswamy
Jerusalem Post Katsav to Iran: Your regime hurts you Exclusive: Diplomatic bid to thwart nuclear drive has failed, says president.
BBC Hamas reveals new security force The Hamas-led Palestinian government announces a new security force drawn from Palestinian militant groups.

Hamas's failure to recognise Israel will not be an issue if Palestine itself is recognized

Tony Judt, the New York Times, and the anti-Israel bandwagon Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America
H10 Christian Science Monitor Jordan uneasy after Hamas arms find The Palestinian militant group has denied it is scouting targets within the American-allied kingdom.

Editorial Five minutes to midnight for Hamas

Generals underline Rumsfeld's folly The flap over Rumsfeld shows what can happen when ideologues manage a war. By Daniel Schorr
The ground we walk on: It's part of global warming

Why strong economy is no asset to the GOP Republicans have struggled to get credit for low unemployment, steady growth.

Iraq corruption probe to expand to military American businessman Philip Bloom pleads guilty; several US Army Reserve officers now implicated.

H11 IHT Debunking America's China syndrome By ERIK BERGLOF / IHTIt is time to be realistic about the global effects of China's economic ascension.

Bulgaria reform lagging, report says An internal European Union report says what EU officials are unable or unwilling to say publicly: Bulgaria's strategy for judicial reform is chaotic and out of touch with the principles of the bloc.

Europa: In Europe's struggles, an echo of Asia's past? RICHARD BERNSTEIN In the realm of the grand sweep of history, something like a full circle has been completed.

The strangest bedfellows Neither Iran nor the Bush administration is eager to acknowledge publicly that they need each other to help prevent a full-scale civil war in Iraq.

Italy's real election flaws embarrass the EU By MICHAEL MEYER-RESENDE AND MICHAELA KÜFNER Italy's recent elections provide a troubling example of how the EU does not properly enforce its own democratic standards.

BBC Feudal EU Mark Mardell on a medieval balance of power in Brussels
Washington Times Europe's 'Muslim' hoods By Lorenzo Vidino Where jihad and criminality converge

Europe: Resisting AssimilationStratfor
H12 RFE/RL

Daily Star Into the labyrinth of Russia's intensifying Islamism By Alexey Malashenko

UPI Analysis: The changing face of Asia By CLAUDE SALHANI When we think about the rapidly changing face of Asia, we tend to look towards the Far East. But what of Kazakhstan?

EDM MOMENT OF TRUTH IN KYRGYZSTAN FOR U.S. POLICY

EurasiaNet US Military Base in Kyrgyzstan Comes into Play as Domestic Political Confrontation Brews

BBC Gazprom warns EU to let it grow Russian energy giant Gazprom, one of Europe's main gas suppliers, warns against moves to block its expansion

Kremlin watchers wonder what Vladimir Putin is up to with Hamas and Iran. .

Der Spiegel Natural Gas for the EU: Gazprom Warns Europe not to Interfere
H13 The Times I will never vote for a leader who makes an ethical spectacle of himself Ethical politics are a desperate attempt to compensate for the melting away of principles

William Rees-Mogg joins the blogging community with his unique perspective on the interface between politics and economics

WSJ Bush and Iran A threat that can't be outsourced any longer.
H14 Financial Times COMMENT: After Hu, who? The next guest says more about Bush The president of Azerbaijan will struggle to be recognised in the US capital, yet his visit says more than does that of China’s President Hu about the direction of US foreign policy.

Editorial A golden opportunity for pursuing reforms Economic outlook 2 decks

Iraqi PM's climbdown helps ease deadlock

Iran's former nuclear chief makes call for 'less emotion'

BRUSSELS 'WASTED MILLIONS' IN AID TO FORMER SOVIET NATIONS

Russia's new crisis - more cash than it can handle Record oil prices and a doubling of its oil exports since 2000 have brought petro-dollars flooding into the special...

COMMENT: A plan to prepare global business for bird flu By Niall Fitzgerald Avian flu is an international business problem as much as a global threat that needs to be met by a high degree of co-ordination, writes Niall FitzGerald, chairman of Reuters

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Exchange rates, fair play and the 'grand bargain' What remains under-appreciated is the role that perceived “fairness” in exchange rate policies can play in the broader goal of sustaining globalisation and resisting protectionism, writes Morris Goldstein of the Institute for International Economics

Bush puts pressure on Hu over trade and security

Search for clean energy puts climate change on agenda

Editorial A sore loser sulksIn spite of the decision by Italy's highest court this week confirming the narrow victory of Romano Prodi's centre-left coalition in the country's general election,...

H15 Los Angeles Times EditorialNot yet, Vladimir Why Russia isn't ready for the WTO.

Iraq's Prime Minister Submits to Will of Alliance

Generals' Criticism of Rumsfeld Gets Mixed Reaction Among Troops

Coddling the enemy of freedom
By Nancy Pelosi Chinese president's visit is nothing to celebrate, says top Democrat Nancy Pelosi.

FT Welfare costs threaten Merkel reform agendaSpiralling welfare costs could add €4bn to Germany’s 2006 budget deficit and undermine Chancellor Angela Merkel’s efforts to bring her country’s finances under control, members of her coalition have warned

IEA backs nuclear power study An expansion of civil nuclear power offers the best hope of tackling global energy insecurity, the west’s energy watchdog is expected to show in a study that will strengthen the hand of governments looking to build new reactors


COMMENT: A surprising case for a basic income By Samuel Brittan Many people who have struggled with the complexities of income tax and state social services must have wondered whether there might be a simpler way: net off the benefits against the tax bill and have a single financial transaction.

Editorial Click credibility A simple click of the mouse has become the most basic unit of activity in the new internet economy. Clicking on an online advert or a link to a website expresses a...

H16 BBC Karl Rove The man charged with ensuring Republicans hold on to power
KR Forget Goldilocks, U.S. economy feels more like Jekyll and Hyde For much of last year, Wall Street analysts referred to America as having a Goldilocks economy, one that wasn't too hot or too cold. Now into its fourth year of expansion, the U.S. economy might better be described as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Novak: Feds know who outed CIA agent...

How Great Powers Become Great - Patrick Buchanan

Post Ports Debacle, Lawmakers Threaten Economic, Foreign Policy Interests - Ian Bremmer & Willis Sparks

Bush Approval at New Low: 33%

Blogometer realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird thru GovExec -

Shake-Up What the changes in the Bush administration mean for 2006.by Fred Barnes

Change to Win and the Immigration DebateStratfor
H17 Daily Telegraph Taiwan: China warned America and China have exchanged barely veiled threats on the future of Taiwan, as President George W Bush welcomed China's leader Hu Jintao to the White House.A good reason for keeping Rumsfeld

Hamas risk Israeli actionHamas has defied the international community and risked provoking a violent response from Israel by appointing a notorious militant as Palestinian security chief.
H18 Independent Bush and Hu fail to make progress on trade and Iran

Iraq's PM agrees steps down to break political stalemate

Russian gas giant could leave Europe in the dark

Tiny Montenegro takes on might of EU with vote on independence from Serbia
H19 New Republic A shock pick for Rumsfeld's replacement by Peter Beinart

Weekly Standard Planning to Exploit Iran Thinking in advance about post-action DOCEX should be part of any military plan.by Michael Tanji

Analogizing Iraq: not Vietnam, but USSR in Afghanistan?


Think Again: International Courts
As Charles Taylor faces trial, international courts are getting more and more attention. Tribunals in places such as Rwanda were supposed to bring justice to oppressed peoples. Instead, they have squandered billions of dollars, failed to advance human rights, and ignored the wishes of the victims they claim to represent. It’s time to abandon the false hope of international justice. By Helena Cobban
H20 Slate Worse Than Bush: Why Tony Blair deserves more blame than the president. Geoffrey Wheatcroft

The Abuse Excuse: Zacarias Moussaoui's lawyers float the "Impoverished French Muslim Syndrome." Alan M. Dershowitz

New Republic THE LIFE OF LEO AFRICANUS. Peripheries by Peter N. Miller Printer friendly

“The aesthetic dignity of the Hebrew Bible,” Harold Bloom writes, “is simply beyond the competitive range of the New Testament”... more»

Is there a Human Right to Free Movement? Immigration and Original Ownership of the Earth
H21 Washington Times reports that the CIA mines ‘rich’ content from blogs

Enter the Da Vinci Code Quest on Google

New York Times Magazine Google in China: The Big Disconnect

Elizabeth the Last The Queen, who is 80 today, is the best thing about the monarchy. But the institution is finished, says Jonathan Freedland.

Chronic Fatigue Linked to Genes Mutations in DNA hamper nervous system's ability to properly adapt to stress, new study finds.

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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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