Foreign Press Review - April 22 2006 0422-2006f
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H1 UPI Commentary: Talking to Tehran At least three unofficial Iranian emissaries have been in Washington this spring with the same recommendation: Send a high-ranking current or former U.S. official to Qom for secret talks with Ayatollah Ali Khameini. By Arnaud de Borchgrave
Financial Times US and UK develop democracy strategy for Iran The US and UK are working on a strategy to promote democratic change in Iran, according to officials who see the joint effort as the start of a new phase in the diplomatic campaign to counter the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme

Washington Post New Nominee Chosen For Iraq PM Al-Maliki Opposed Hussein And the U.S.-Led Invasion

Iraq After Jaafari - Tony Karon, Time

BBC Shia stalwart A profile of the man nominated to lead Iraq, Jawad al-Maliki

AP Lawyer: Rice leaked defense info to AIPAC lobbyist

NYT CIA Fires Senior Officer Over Leaks Several officials said Mary O. McCarthy disclosed classified information on secret prisons to the Washington Post.

U.S. National Archives Web Site Uploads Thousands of Diplomatic Cables A Major Step for On-Line Research

Asia Times Deadly serious war gamesIf Washington is seriously considering attacking Iran, why is it doing so much to trumpet its intent, even providing details of the kinds of weapons it plans to use and staging war games with Iran as the target? It would be easy to dismiss the public posturing of the Bush administration as bluster and saber-rattling - but it would be folly to do so. - Ehsan Ahrari

WSJ Fear of China How to bolster the U.S.'s role in the region. By ROBERT D. KAPLAN

Morgan Stanley Global: Bad Advice

Foreign Affairs The Globally Integrated Enterprise Samuel J. Palmisano A new corporate entity based on collaborative innovation, integrated production, and outsourcing to specialists is emerging in response to globalization and new technology. Such "globally integrated enterprises" will end up reshaping geopolitics, trade, and education.

IHT The missing middle class SAMI ZUBAIDA Rebuilding the middle class is crucial for democracy in Iraq.

FT Editorial Bush and Hu talk turkey over halibut

H2 The Economist American politics Taking on George Bush
Americans are fed up with George Bush's Republicans, but the Democrats still have a lot to prove

Great powers in the Middle East
Russia is not a piece of furniture

America's Democrats Happy days are here again—or are they?

Lexington Time for him to go George Bush is a fool for keeping Donald Rumsfeld in his job

Reshaping the IMF Not even a cat to rescue

Guardian Leader - IMF Reform - First, make it democratic What is the International Monetary Fund for? And do we really need it?

Mother Jones Iran: The Day Afterby Phyllis Bennis

Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati

US Report: 10,000 Terror Attacks Last Year

US in Massive Military Buildup in Asia to 'Defeat' China

NRO David Pryce-Jones: Why’s Ahmadinejad so mad?

Iran is Behind the Soaring Price of Gas - Christopher Dickey, Newsweek

Weekly Standard Confucius Say--Caveat Emptor What China means by "peaceful rise." by Gary Schmitt

The Seinfeld Summit What didn't happen when Bush met Hu.by Dan Blumenthal

CBS Former CIA Europe Chief Blasts Bush on Iraq Intel

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Foreign Affairs The End of Israel's Dream — or Nightmare? by Tom Segev
The New Middle Ages John RapleyThe Middle Ages ended when the rise of capitalism on a national scale led to powerful states with sovereignty over particular territories and populations. Now that capitalism is operating globally, those states are eroding and a new medievalism is emerging, marked by multiple and overlapping sovereignties and identities -- particularly in the developing world, where states were never strong in the first place

H3 Aslı Aydıntaşbaş Rice, 'Geleceğe bakalım' diyecek

Semih İDİZ Rice'ın ziyareti peşinen başarısız görünüyor

Rice: PKK konusunda bilgi paylaşıyoruz
Milliyet Harekâta destek yokTürk istihbaratı, Tahran rejiminin iki yıl içinde nükleer bombaya sahip olabileceğini tespit etti... Ancak... Utku Çakırözer
Prospect Breaking up Iraq Gareth Stansfield (repeat)
Aksiyon Devletin Kasasındaki Üç Kürt Raporu - Faruk Mercan
Farkları hazmetmek - Ahmet Taşgetiren
Cengiz Çandar AMERİKA İRAN'A SALDIRACAK MI?
Impressions of optimism from Tehran Cengiz Candar
Lale Sarıbrahimoğlu ASKERLER, KUZEY IRAK'A GİRME RİSKİNİ ALIRLAR MI?.. BENCE, HAYIR..
Gürkan Zengin "Batı Kürtleri" ses verin!!
Murat Yetkin - Cumhurbaşkanlığı sorunu ve Özkök fırsatı
MİT'ten rapor, ''PKK füze arıyor''
The “Great Kurdistan” threat

Iran shells Kurd positions in Iraq: Kurd official

Turkey Strengthens Forces Against Kurds

US Military Wary of Ethnic Strife in Kirkuk

M.Ali Kışlalı - AKP'nin asker korkusu

Kıbrıs’ta çalışmaya başlayan Tazmin Komisyonu ilk celpnameleri gönderdi

Abbas Hamas’ın Ankara ziyareti yanlış değil; ben de destek veriyorum

US Ambassador to Azerbaijan recalled

“The US is concerned over Russia’s growing presence in the South Caucasus”: Azeri press digest

Turkey warns against 'unfair' EU conditions

The Kars-Akhalkalaki Railroad: A Missing Link Between Europe and ... Baku Today

Independent Chimaera: Turkey's well-kept secret You feel the folly of civilisations that refuse to believe they will pass away and be replaced by living things.

Memorial Week of Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey to be held in California

Pakistan, Turkey to Help Resolve Iran Issue
mavi boncuk
H4 New York Times Shiites Settle on Pick for Iraqi Premier
The decision to nominate Jawad al-Maliki, a hard-line Shiite leader, could resolve Iraq's political deadlock.

U.S. Presses Other Nations to Penalize Iran on Arms

CIA Fires Senior Officer Over Leaks Several officials said Mary O. McCarthy disclosed classified information on secret prisons to the Washington Post.

Prewar Intelligence Ignored, Former C.I.A. Official Says

Abbas and Hamas Clash Over Militant in Security Post

Political Memo: Democrats Try to Use Katrina as GOP Used 9/11

Puzzles: Think Global! By ROBERT LEIGHTON, AMY GOLDSTEIN and MIKE SHENK Solve seven puzzles to answer this question: How did worms become the first environmental activists

MAUREEN DOWD The Great Chinese Fake-Out Dick and Rummy's "Art of War."


H5 Washington Post New Nominee Chosen For Iraq PM Al-Maliki Opposed Hussein And the U.S.-Led Invasion

Russia Rejects U.S. Appeal on Iran Disputed Sale of Missile System to Proceed, Moscow Says

Editorial Power Shift The IMF and World Bank must adapt to the rise of Asia.

IMF Expands Role Addressing Imbalances

CIA Officer Is Fired for Media Leaks The Post Was Among Outlets That Gained Classified Data

Lawyer: Rice leaked defense info to AIPAC lobbyist

Afghans' Uneasy Peace With Democracy In Discord Over Convert's Trial, Muslims Say They Identify With Islamic Law First

H6 Guardian Leader - IMF Reform - First, make it democratic What is the International Monetary Fund for? And do we really need it?

Iraq: don't pull out, break up David Goodhart Iraq's fragmentation cannot be avoided, but it can be managed.

Leader Hu and cry No great expectations were attached to President Hu Jintao's visit to Washington this week, and indeed nothing of great consequence emerged from his meetings with George Bush.

Thank you, President Hu James K Galbraith and Warren Mosler China's inaction is the best America can hope for.

Abbas vetoes Hamas police Wanted militant named to lead new force but the Palestinian president blocks the attempt.

The presidential hopefuls Clinton v Rice remains the dream ticket for Washington's political classes. Bush clear-out of loyal Texans

Darfur relief operation close to collapse, warns UN

This all-powerful government is prone to creeping authoritarianismJohan Steyn: History shows majority rule is no guarantee against tyranny. Post-9/11, the portents for our democracy are alarming.

We live in changed times. The Euston group, alas, does notMartin Kettle: A manifesto of the 'pro-war left' is a cry of pain and an argument about ownership of a corpse.
H7 Iraq After Jaafari - Tony Karon, Time

NRO David Pryce-Jones: Why’s Ahmadinejad so mad?

Iran is Behind the Soaring Price of Gas - Christopher Dickey, Newsweek

New Republic TRB FROM WASHINGTON Rummy Punch My nominee would be Brent Scowcroft. I'm not a big fan of his rather amoral brand of realism. But, in Iraq today, it hardly matters.

Ken Pollack at the Council on Foreign Relations (audio – transcript)

Weekly Standard A Few Good Liberals Liberalism stands strong in the United Kingdom. by William Kristol

Hu vows peaceful pursuit of prosperity Washington Times

Gregory Djerejian, Belgravia Dispatch The Tragedy of George W. Bush

Rising oil prices worry finance ministers

William Arkin I'm the Idiot?

ArmsControlWonk Get Enriched or Die Tryin'

Iran Uranium Reserves

New Statesman The real first casualty of war John Pilger Censorship by journalism is virulent in Britain and the US - and it means the difference between life and death for people in faraway countries. [read article]

BUSTED AT THE CIA: Senior director for intelligence programs under Clinton [appointed by Sandy Berger], Kerry supporter...
'Failed polygraph, admitted giving reporter information'...

H8 Kevin Drum Referendum in Iraq?

BBC Iraq poised for new premier Iraqi MPs meet on Saturday to vote on a new premier and other posts after months of wrangling .

Shia stalwart A profile of the man nominated to lead Iraq, Jawad al-Maliki
Jaafari: The Stubborn Iraqi PM Who Lost Battle for Post

Missile exports to Iran alarm US Washington asks Russia to reconsider selling Iran anti-aircraft missiles as the nuclear row goes on.

Lebanon tribunal UN and Lebanon gear up to try Rafik Hariri's assassins
Ex-CIA off.: US knew Iraq had no WMD

The Presence of Saudi Nationals in the Iraqi Insurgency

Iran's Ahmadinejad Wants Dual Pricing Scheme for Oil

USIP Political Oppositions in the Arab WorldMuslim World Initiative Project

Michael Rubin – Juan Cole Is Poor Choice for Mideast Position
H9 Ha’aretz – Fatah: Meshal igniting and preparing for civil war

Olmert accuses Syria and Iran of involvement in Tel Aviv bombing

U.S. Judge allows defense in AIPAC trial to summon Sec. Rice

The Economist Hamas and the world Isolated, in its violent corner

Israel preparing to retake Gaza Strip

BBC Hamas defies 'security force' ban The Hamas government defies a veto on its plan to form a shadow Palestinian security force led by a top militant

Jerusalem Post 'Mashaal's remarks do not reflect Hamas's position'

UPI Common Ground: Avoiding failure with HamasBy ROBERT MALLEY

BMD Focus: Israel's next ABM shield

Der Spiegel JEWISH CARICATURE CONTEST Kosher Anti- Semites Following the outrage over the Muhammad caricatures published in Western newspapers, Israeli artists staged a contest. They were looking for the best anti-Semitic cartoons. The results are in
H10 Christian Science Monitor US to report huge rise in terror attacks But experts say what's needed is a common definition of terrorism.

Asia Times Al-Qaeda finds its missing link in Iran Having established a base in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area on the border with Afghanistan, al-Qaeda has resolved one of its most pressing problems. Unwittingly, perhaps, Tehran, by being perceived in the Muslim world as a champion of the anti-US cause, has set itself up to take a lead role with al-Qaeda in orchestrating worldwide resistance movements. - Syed Saleem Shahzad

The Gordian Knot of the nuclear crisis Iran has to choose where its true interests lie: in the destruction of Israel or in energy independence? If Tehran keeps speaking with two voices, it makes an aerial assault not only more likely, but also perhaps more justifiable in the world's eyes. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

UPI Analysis: Just how safe is nuclear power?
Walker's World: Does Britain's monarchy have a future?
Analysis: Britain's bitter energy battle
Diplomat: Britain, U.S. collude on torture
CER A new European approach to China Mark Leonard
CFR WORLD BANK STALKS CORRUPTION


H11 IHT The missing middle class SAMI ZUBAIDA Rebuilding the middle class is crucial for democracy in Iraq.

Merkel to press for EU unity By JUDY DEMPSEY Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking ways to revive the European constitution and take Europe out of an impasse that is preventing it from playing a strong political and economic role on the world stage

Business wary of Prodi's image By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO Romano Prodi needs to put the economy and business at the center of his agenda.

Europa: In Europe's struggles, an echo of Asia's past?

Arrivederci, Silvio: George W. Bush's Italian problem RICHARD N. GARDNER The wafer-thin victory of Prodi over Berlusconi ushers in what is likely to be a complicated period in U.S.-Italian relations.

This time, too, the UN has no intelligence SIMON CHESTERMAN Enhancing the capacity of the UN to handle intelligence and form independent assessments will greatly enable it to defuse crises.

BBC Cultural shift Dutch think-tank challenges stereotypes of Islamic values

Climate change 'moral' says Brown UK Chancellor Gordon Brown talks for the first time of the "moral need" to tackle climate change.

Le Monde Pour relancer l'Europe, par Ulrich Beck

H12 RFE/RL Iraq: Displacement Crisis Worsened By Violence

Analysis: Is The Kremlin Looking To Dissolve Ethnic Republics?

CIS: New Stimulus For Resolution Of 'Frozen Conflicts'?

Chechnya Separatist Leaders Admit To Logistical, Financial Problems



Russia not sure whether sanctions will persuade Iran

Russia to open consulates in Irbil, Basra -- says diplomat

BBC Chernobyl's legacy Ex-leader Gorbachev tells how he responded to nuclear disaster

Azerbaijan, Armenia in dispute over graveyard
EDM EUROPE REJECTS GAZPROM'S ULTIMATUM
- KYRGYZ PRESIDENT WARNS OF DEADLINE ON AMERICAN AIR BASE
H13 The Times Shia strongman nominated as Iraqi PM

Russia backs Iran's nuclear programme

WSJ Fear of China How to bolster the U.S.'s role in the region. By ROBERT D. KAPLAN

The Virginian Will Sen. George Allen bring a "libertarian sense" to the White House? By FRED BARNES
H14 Financial Times US and UK develop democracy strategy for Iran A newly created Iran Syria Operations Group inside the State Department is co-ordinating the work and reporting to Elizabeth...

Nomination of new Iraq premier paves way to resolution of political crisis

Editorial Chernobyl's death tollIn the run-up to the 20th anniversaryof the Chernobyl disaster next week, supporters and opponents of nuclear power have been trading wildly different estimates for...

Editorial Bush and Hu talk turkey over halibut

Hu makes friends in business Hu is leaving behind an enthused local corporate community but a more subdued Washington struggling to make progress on key security issues

Rato set to get green light to boost emerging economies' role in IMF

Rising crude oil prices very good, says Ahmadi-Nejad

G7 raises pressure on suppliers as oil tops $75 Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven leading economies raised the pressure on oil producers to increase supplies after oil hit a new record of over $75 a barrel in New York.

Republicans act on rising petrol price fears

COMMENT: France's lady in waiting By John Thornhill A poll this week showed that the French Socialist party’s Ségolène Royal had surged ahead of all other likely candidates in next year’s presidential elections

COMMENT: Why monarchy is back in fashion By Christopher Caudwell People feel distant from government and are bored by its complexity. It is actually in the democratic republics that we see the strongest drift into monarchist-style thinking

H15 Los Angeles Times CIA Fires Employee Over Leak Worker allegedly leaked classified information to news media, including intelligence details.
Intelligence Director Says His Office Is Making Progress

The generals vs. the generalissimo By Rosa Brooks It's the civilians at the Pentagon we need to be worried about.

Global warming gets real By Laurie David The world is wide awake to the problem, but the U.S. is lagging.



FT BOOKS ESSAY: Jumping the gun By James Harkin The principle of deterrence that had reigned throughout the cold war, the new national security strategy document argued...

FT WEEKEND MAGAZINE - FEATURE: Peking order Richard McGregor offers guidance for those doing business in China By sticking to formal settings for the meetings he hosts, Hu is following the time-honoured Chinese traditions governing...

COMMENT: In the desperate hunt for returns, can cash be king again? By Andrew Hill As the prices of more traditional assets scale new peaks, retail investors are searching for something – anything – that will offer them the elusive “alpha”: returns that beat the market.

COMMENT: Kow-tows in Korea do not buy public trust Hyundai and Lone Star say swaying the course of justice never entered their minds. So what explains their unusual exercise in corporate social responsibility? It is, at heart, a telling example of the tensions set up when global markets and western capitalism collide with the traditions of an ingrown national business culture

Editorial Inflating the BeebRoom 101, George Orwell's fictional torture chamber, was supposedly modelled on a room in Broadcasting House in which he had endured endless meetings during his...
H16 DID CHENEY FALL ASLEEP DURING HU VISIT?

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

Turnout Is DestinyKarl Rove's new assignment is to get the faithful to the polls.by Fred Barnes
H17 Daily Telegraph Exclusive 'He means a lot to me' In an exclusive extract from his new book, Con Coughlin interviews George Bush and talks about his relationship with 'the guy at Number 10'.

Nominee for PM agreed by ShiasShia factions in Iraq have agreed on a nominee for prime minister, clearing the way for the formation of a long-delayed national unity government.
H18 Independent Sunni and Shia Muslims unite over nomination for Iraqi PM

Jeremy Warner's Outlook: After Gazprom's tirade, security of supply as much as global warming drives us to nuclear

Israel to target 'terrorists' in Hamas-led government

Exposed: BNP's campaign of lies Lies, half-truths and propaganda: how the BNP fuels racial tension in pursuit of seats in next month's local elections

China's enemy within: The story Of Falun Gong

Robert Fisk: All change in the Temple of Truth
H19 U.S. National Archives Web Site Uploads Thousands of Diplomatic Cables A Major Step for On-Line Research

BBC CIA worker sacked over leaks
H20 Slate Rove to the Rescue: Is Karl Rove's new assignment going to help Bush? John Dickerson

Defending Rumsfeld From the Generals: But just a teeny little bit.
Fred Kaplan

I Spy Your IP: The latest chatter in cyberspace. Michael Weiss

FT WEEKEND MAGAZINE - BOOK REVIEWS: In brief - KUBLAI KHAN: The Mongol King who Remade China

What’s right with Asian boys When author Gautam Malkani was growing up in Hounslow, assimilated Asians were called ‘coconuts’ (brown on the outside, white on the inside) or ‘batty boys’ (gay). Today, he says, new forms of integration are flourishing.

WSJ When Blogs Rule We Will All Talk Like ---- Using the Internet to self-medicate. By DANIEL HENNINGER

Learning Globalization From Football

“One more roll, and I’ll get it all back.” Gambling uses evolved pleasure centers in the brain, which makes it all the more dangerous... more»

In the post-religious world of Philip Roth’s fiction, humans do not have immortal souls. Death and desire is all we are... more»
H21 The Economist Survey Online Media Among the audience

Intellectuals: the Brits like to dislike them. There is something a little too foreign about intellectuals, says Ben Macintyre, a little too self-conscious. In truth, a little too French... more»

Mandarin is the most spoken first language, way ahead of English. China wants it to be the world’s second language of choice... more»

Prospect Hammer and tickle
Ben Lewis Communism is the only political system to have created its own international brand of comedy. The standard interpretation is that communist jokes were a form of resistance. But they were also a safety valve for the regimes and jokes were told by the rulers as well as the ruled—even Stalin told some good ones.

Water, water, everywhere Fred Pearce Desalination—the removal of salt from seawater to make it drinkable—has long been a possible answer to the world's water shortages. Can technological advances bring it into the mainstream, or will it remain too expensive and energy-inefficient?
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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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