Foreign Press Review - April 04 2006 0404-2006f
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H1 Washington Post Editorial Breaking the Iraqi Tie President Bush could do more to stop the political squabbling in Baghdad

Stratfor Second-Quarter Forecast: The Presidency, Iraq and the Waiting Game ... (Part Two)

Yedioth Ahronoth 'Iran far from nuke bomb' Ex-inspector Blix: Tehran at least five years away from nuke bomb, peaceful settlement possible

Guardian If one side in a conflict goes nuclear, the other is bound to follow suit David Hirst: The Iranian crisis can only be understood as the inevitable result of Israel's US-backed WMD monopoly in the region.

Daily Star Disintegration of Iraq would pose multiple problems for Israel By Asher Susser

The Times Report: Zarqawi Booted for Bloody Tactics

Asia Times A silver bullet aimed at Iraq's head Sunnis, Kurds and now even a key faction in the dominant Shi'ite bloc, all with the support of the US, are lining up against Ibrahim al-Jaafari to prevent him from carrying on as Iraqi premier. This is all very well, but Jaafari departing the scene will only create a new set of circumstances, including rival Shi'ite militias, that will make it even more difficult to form a stable government. - Ehsan Ahrari

Slate Real Vague: The Democrats' national-security plan is bland and banal—but the Republicans' is worse. Fred Kaplan

FT COMMENT: Myths about Chinese manufacturing By Guy de Jonquieres To call China a manufacturing economy is something of a misnomer. In reality, it is the world’s biggest final assembly shop, with minimal local value-added

The epic 21st-century contest between the Chinese dragon and the Indian tiger is at the level of ideas as well as economies.

IHT So pro-Israel that it hurts DANIEL LEVY The role of the pro-Israel lobby in U.S.-Israel relations may need to be rethought, and either reformed from within or challenged from without.

James Carroll: The thread of anti-Semitism Recent developments suggest that contempt for Jews and the Jewish state can involve more than meets the eye.



H2 Arzın Merkezine Seyahat: ABD Ulusal Güvenlik Konseyi Avrasya Dosyası

Gurur ve Önyargı: ABD İran Gerginliği ve Türkiye - Stratejik Analiz Nisan 2006

Financial Times COMMENT: Dialogue can stop Iran at the nuclear threshold By James Dobbins and Ray Takeyh It is time for the Bush administration to appreciate that the only way to act against Iranian proliferation is through direct negotiations

COMMENT: When the logic of vigilance undermines freedom of speech By Mark Mazower It is all but impossible to have a sensible public discussion in the US about the relationship with Israel. The reasons for this – and the cost – warrant merit further consideration

NPQ How to resolve the US-Iran nuclear standoff: Brent Scowcroft on why the US is wrong to address proliferation by dividing the world into friends and foes.

Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati

Le Monde Le club nucléaire doit rester fermé, par François Heisbourg

BBC Alternative model? Why China's influence in Brazil is setting off alarm bells in the US
UPI Walker's World: France's two faces In politics, as in fashion, the French are subtle, artful and capable of projecting an alternate truth.
Der SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH BILL CLINTON "I Tried to Represent a Better America"
Christian Science Monitor Russia aims to limit pull of the West The Kremlin has watched former Soviet states stage pro-democracy revolts over the past three years.
The Threat of Global Poverty Global poverty is no longer just a humanitarian problem, writes Susan E. Rice. It is also a threat to U.S. National Security. The National Interest (Spring 2006)
WSJ The Wrong Time to Lose Our Nerve A response to Messrs. Buckley, Will and Fukuyama. By PETER WEHNER

New Yorker George Packer reports on what American soldiers have learned about battling the insurgency in Iraq



H3 US-Turkey Relations - E. Anthony Wayne

Morgan Stanley - Turkey: (Dis)appointment

Turkey's unskilled workforce and EU labour needs are mismatchedSeniorscopie.com

EurasiaNet Turkey Aims to Foster Dialogue Between West and Middle East BY YIGAL SCHLEIFER

NYT Iraqi Kurdistan: Sex and Islam Author Says He Fears for His Life, but Some Call Him a Publicity Hound

Washington Times Quelling Kurdish unrest (Tulin Daloglu)
SyriaComment "New Year, Old Problems for Kurds in Syria," by Denselow and Taa'i
US Condemns Bombings, Regrets Ongoing Violence in Turkey
The Kurd question Khaleej Times
Iraq's Kurds Satisfied with Status Quo: Official
KurdishMedia The KDA condemns the killing of Kurds in Northern Kurdistan The Kurdistan Democratic Alliance What has happened in Turkey and other parts of Kurdistan is a clear lesson for the Kurds that they can no longer live within the political borders of the current states ruling over Kurdistan.

Turkey: strategy of chaos! By Goran Sadjadi

"New Party Platform!" By Dr Showan Khurshid It seems that the two Kurdish ruling parties are unwilling to reform and allow a genuine liberal democracy to take root.

FT BILLIONAIRE OZYEGIN CAN AFFORD TO BE CHOOSY ABOUT HIS NEXT INVESTMENT Nineteen years ago Husnu Ozyegin created Finansbank.

OBSERVER: Greeks and the Citi Few analysts expected that National Bank of Greece, a cautious state-controlled outfit, would dare to outbid Citigroup...

Kurdish Mountainous Culture Rejuvenized in Iraq's North: Official

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H4 New York Times Americans in Iraq Face Their Deadliest Day in Months At least nine members of the military were killed in the insurgent stronghold of Anbar Province.

Iran Says It Test-Fired Underwater Missile

Chávez, Seeking Foreign Allies, Spends Billions He is spending his country's oil windfall on pet projects abroad, with the aim of greater influence in the Americas.

Editorial Mr. Schröder's Gag Order It is a serious breach of trust for a former elected official to make money off projects that he began. The conflict of interest is far more grievous when it applies to a former head of government.


H5 Washington Post Editorial Breaking the Iraqi Tie President Bush could do more to stop the political squabbling in Baghdad.

To Become an American Compared with every other country in the world, America does immigration superbly. Do we really want to junk that for the French approach? By Fareed Zakaria


H6 Guardian If one side in a conflict goes nuclear, the other is bound to follow suit David Hirst: The Iranian crisis can only be understood as the inevitable result of Israel's US-backed WMD monopoly in the region.

Global markets rise to record heightsBusiness: Economic strength and takeovers spur investors · Buffett bets $14bn on upturn lasting 20 years

They'd do better sticking Saddam's head on a pole Sadakat Kadri: The trial of the Iraqi dictator, promising justice while presuming guilt, is a parody of Nuremberg and legally irredeemable.

Iraq's government refusing to deploy US-trained police · Plans for non-sectarian force under threat · Rice insists that power of militias must be curbed

Bulgaria and Romania to join EU in 2007 Restrictions may be imposed amid fears about widespread corruption.

The new McCarthyism Are liberal academics being silenced in the US? Gary Younge reports.

Leader More than a distractionLike malaria, the relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown seems to be characterised by sudden feverish outbreaks, followed by months of apparent tranquillity.

Law hinders UK troops - ReidDefence secretary calls for Geneva conventions to be redrawn to free British soldiers from its restraints.
H7 Le Monde Le club nucléaire doit rester fermé, par François Heisbourg

BBC Alternative model? Why China's influence in Brazil is setting off alarm bells in the US
UPI Walker's World: France's two faces In politics, as in fashion, the French are subtle, artful and capable of projecting an alternate truth.
Outside View: Iraq's civil war waiting for U.S withdrawal By Barry Rubin
The Dangers of Unintended Consequences by Arnaud de Borchgrave Those who assured us Operation Iraqi Freedom would be a walk in the park are now telling us Operation Silence Mullahs would be casualty-free -- at least for the good guys.
Jim Lobe Bush's War Hawks Edged Out of the Nest
Outside View: Why block India's nuke deal? Why block the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal when history has shown India to be a responsible nuclear power?
U.S.-U.K. Relations After Blair: A Bit Less Special - Peter Brookes
The Threat of Global Poverty Global poverty is no longer just a humanitarian problem, writes Susan E. Rice. It is also a threat to U.S. National Security. The National Interest (Spring 2006)
an interview with Noam Chomsky on failed states


H8 UPI Analysis: A civil war by any other name Despite President Bush's repeated denials, the figures are clear: 900 sectarian killings in a single month in Iraq means a civil war is well under way.
CFR A RIFT AMONG IRAQ'S SHIITES?
Iraq: Has Al-Zarqawi Been Sidelined? Stratfor -
BBC Zarqawi 'not leading Iraq unrest' Al-Qaeda's Zarqawi steps down as the head of a coalition of Iraqi militants, a leading Islamist claims.
Profile: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Debka - Six Iranian Ticking Bombs in the Shiite Prime Minister’s Bloc

Coalition Tussle Blocks Formation of Iraq's Govt

An in depth look at the state of the Iraqi police - US News & World Report.

Amnesty Intl Charges Syria With New Crackdown on Government Opponents
Boston Globe Editorial Averting civil war in Iraq
SyriaComment "New Year, Old Problems for Kurds in Syria," by Denselow and Taa'i
ArmsControlWonk Vanunu on Israeli Nuclear Arsenal [1]

Heritage Foundation Kadima's Victory and U.S. Policy on the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Ariel Cohen
H9 Yedioth Ahronoth 'Iran far from nuke bomb' Ex-inspector Blix: Tehran at least five years away from nuke bomb, peaceful settlement possible

Why we're building the wall Sad reality: For time being, it is impossible to live with the Palestinians, Yair Lapid writes

Jerusalem Post View from America: The paranoid style of American anti-Israel politics
'I dream of a map without Israel' Doesn't rule out Jews, Muslims and Christians living in an Islamic state. "The Palestinians never hated the Jews, their only enemy is the Israeli occupation."
Outside View: The mother of all sins By ALON BEN-MEIR - Committing an act of terror against Israel at this particular juncture, or even condoning it, is the worst mistake Hamas can make.

Daily Star A 'soft coup' using bread instead of tanks By Geoffrey Aronson The policy debate in Washington sparked by the parliamentary victory of Hamas has ended. The decision is taken: support for a soft coup against the democratically elected government of Palestine. There is logic to this policy. The Hamas victory removed the fundamental rationale underlying American support for Palestinian self-government.

UPI Analysis: Hamas' diplomatic dilemma By Claude Salhani Hamas' leadership will have to make a tough choice: remain steadfast and suffer the consequences, or recognize Israel and engage in dialogue with the Jewish state.

H10 Christian Science Monitor Russia aims to limit pull of the West The Kremlin has watched former Soviet states stage pro-democracy revolts over the past three years.

British consider effects of an attack on Iran Blair government, military will examine possible role in 'inevitable' US-led attack

In Iraq, US troops widen role as soldier-teacher Cultural differences strain military educators as they ready Iraqi forces to take over.

US nuclear plant security: Is it enough? Concerns over their vulnerabilities, particularly to air attacks, raise calls for more safeguards.

H11 IHT William Pfaff: Deregulation gone mad Economic and human harm has been caused in recent years by unthinking submission to the prevailing ideologies of deregulation and privatization.

Mixed message for EU on Balkan expansion The European Union's enlargement commissioner suggested that Bulgaria and Romania are doing their best to prepare for EU membership next January, but the jury is out on whether they will be ready to join.

So pro-Israel that it hurts DANIEL LEVY The role of the pro-Israel lobby in U.S.-Israel relations may need to be rethought, and either reformed from within or challenged from without.

James Carroll: The thread of anti-Semitism Recent developments suggest that contempt for Jews and the Jewish state can involve more than meets the eye.

UPI Analysis: Merkel's govt. stability tested
H12 RFE/RL Interview: Two Iraqi Legislators Comment On Al-Ja'fari Nomination

Russia/Belarus - Is A Gas War Brewing? The head of Russia's state gas monopoly has announced that in 2007, Belarus will be charged European rates for Russian gas, a fivefold rise that could unbalance the economy

EurasiaNet Central Asia: Rethinking the Anti-Democratic Crackdown BY STEPHEN BLANK
Russia won't seek U.S. nuclear parity

EDM RUSSIAN-KAZAKH "STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP" LACKS EXCLUSIVITY
- KREMLIN CASTS LONG SHADOW OVER RUSSIAN BUSINESS

Azerbaijan is getting ready to enter WTO
H13 The Times Who says prisons don’t work? Libby Purves They can deter, restrain, protect the public — and rehabilitate. But not if they are overcrowded

Terrorist Al-Zarqawi 'kicked out as leader' Al-Zarqawi, the notorious commander of al-Qaeda in Iraq, has been stripped of his political duties, according to his mentor's son

Terrorism, the Iraq war – now we can blame one mysterious, powerful group David AaronovitchDistinguished academics have claimed that US domestic politics is influenced by 'The Israel lobby'

9/11 terrorist can be executed Jurors have decided that the death penalty can apply to the only 9/11 plotter yet to have been tried

In Times Online weblogs: Irwin Stelzer notes a merger mania sweeping Europe;

Charles Bremner on "a demonstration of impotence" by the French president;

WSJ The Wrong Time to Lose Our Nerve A response to Messrs. Buckley, Will and Fukuyama. By PETER WEHNER

A New Era for Ukraine Voter support for European values is growing. By VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO

Morgan Stanley United Stated: The Great Global Growth Debate
H14 Financial Times COMMENT: Dialogue can stop Iran at the nuclear threshold By James Dobbins and Ray Takeyh It is time for the Bush administration to appreciate that the only way to act against Iranian proliferation is through direct negotiations, write Ray Takeyh and James Dobbins.

COMMENT: When the logic of vigilance undermines freedom of speech By Mark Mazower It is all but impossible to have a sensible public discussion in the US about the relationship with Israel. The reasons for this – and the cost – warrant merit further consideration, writes Mark Mazower of Columbia University.

Middle-class Sunni take up weapons to counter rising sectarian threat

Iran’s war games see oil futures rise by $2 Crude oil prices jumped to their highest level since Hurricane Katrina amid uncertainty about Nigerian supplies and as Iran announced it had tested new weapons during war games in the Strait of Hormuz.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Draft is no answer for the Iraq conflict

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Job move not linked to article on Israel By Stephen M Walt

COMMENT: Myths about Chinese manufacturing By Guy de Jonquieres To call China a manufacturing economy is something of a misnomer. In reality, it is the world’s biggest final assembly shop, with minimal local value-added

H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial



Financial Times - COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Roman evasion: how a diminished Italy is enduring an electoral dialogue of the deaf By Tony Barber Forza Italia’s time in office may be coming to an end and a revival in national economic fortunes seems still out of reach

COMMENT: Blair's endgame looks bleak for Brown By Philip StephensThe story is of a governing party riven by factionalism and a new leader set to abandon middle Britain for the ideology of Old Labour

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: With much still to do, Blair feels the agony of renunciation By James Blitz

EUROPE: Messy mixing of politics and business By Quentin Peel

Editorial When gas stinksGerhard Schröder, the former German chancellor, might well have been remembered as the man who spearheaded difficult reforms in the world's third largest economy...

Bond market sell-off is not the big one, yetThis year is shaping up to be a miserable one for bondholders.

EU nations accused of overstating aid figures

Focus on bilateral trade deals, Bush is urged
H16 Report: CIA leaker revealed

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

CIA jet torture report to be released Tuesday...

New Republic Bush and immigration The president must choose between Rush Limbaugh and his soul. by Peter Beinart

H17 Daily Telegraph 'Iran is watching us' Iran has set up a sophisticated intelligence gathering operation in southern Lebanon to identify targets in northern Israel in the event of a military confrontation over its controversial nuclear programme.

Iraq needs leader America and Britain have increased the pressure on Iraq's leaders to find a new prime minister acceptable to the whole country.

Finns blaze nuclear trail In its patient, pragmatic approach to the generation of electricity by nuclear power, Finland has much to teach the rest of Europe.

Blair to stay until 2008 Tony Blair has defiantly outlined an agenda to keep him in Downing Street until 2008 as he fought back against attempts by supporters of Gordon Brown to force him to quit by next year.
H18 Independent Patrick Cockburn: Do Rice and Straw realise that Iraq has broken up?
H19 UPI Work begins on non-nuclear deterrents U.S. Strategic Command wants to deploy conventional weapons on Trident submarines within two years
Department of Homeland Security: Charting a Path Forward by The Honorable Michael Chertoff The Department of Homeland Security is building an architecture for managing risk that addresses the serious risks, deals with them effectively, but does so in ...
H20 Slate Real Vague: The Democrats' national-security plan is bland and banal—but the Republicans' is worse. Fred Kaplan

The end of Jaafari?: The latest chatter in cyberspace. Bidisha Banerjee

H21 New Yorker The Reasons for Reasons: Malcolm Gladwell reviews Charles Tilly's Why? (and here's the first chapter again).

China Surpasses USA In Internet Use...

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winds of change - political theory/
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