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| H1 Sunday Times SIMON JENKINS: We must partition Iraq and get out now
OpenDemocracy Iraq's partition fantasy Supporters of the "controlled division" of Iraq ignore the lessons of the nation's complex history, says Reidar Visser
Christian Science Monitor Biden gets real on Iraq Reorganizing Iraq along ethnic and religious lines would be the best hope for that country's stability. By Patrick Chisholm
Iraq's new government aims to promote peace Prime Minister Maliki says he will focus on fighting insurgents and disarming sectarian militias.
Guardian Leader A daunting agenda Few governments have ever entered office with as daunting an agenda as that faced by Nuri al-Maliki in Iraq
New York Review of Books The Storm over the Israel Lobby
Washington Post The Weapon Iran May Fear to Use Withholding Oil Exports Could Wreak the Most Havoc at Home
Iran's Iraq Strategy Tehran Could Retaliate Against Washington by Striking Next Door By Steven Simon and Ray Takeyh
A Missile Strike Option We Need By Harold Brown and James Schlesinger
5 Myths About U.S.-Saudi Relations By Rachel Bronson
Newsweek Zakaria: What
Morgan Stanley Global: A Tale of Two Asias The China-India comparison is central to the Asia debate. It is also of great importance to the rest of the world. In the end, it may not be either/ or. While China has outperformed India by a wide margin over the past 15 years, there are no guarantees that past performance is indicative of what lies ahead.
Time Why Iraqis Aren't Cheering Their New Government U.S. officials are more optimistic than the locals about a new cabinet that looks a lot like the old one
National Journal Experts Consider Ability to Deter Iran
The Times Leader Sovereign authority Foreign troops should not be prematurely withdrawn from Iraq
The impact of Israel’s retreats on US interests
Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS: Olmert's trip to U.S. is a first lesson in diplomacy The outside world is not interested in Israel's Jewish majority, and is not concerned with costs of pullout
Analysis: Civil war is closer than ever in Palestinian territories
Boston Globe Editorial An anti-Bush allianceCOUNTRIES large and small are rejecting President Bush's foreign policy by intimidation, and are banding together to counter the US superpower. The next example may come from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a regional grouping that is considering adding Iran to its membership.
Financial Times COMMENT: Neo-con ideals lose out to practical necessities By Edward Luce
"Report on the Progress of the Director of National Intelligence in Implementing the 'Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004'," May 2006. PDF Version
| H2 New York Times U.S. Exercise With Turkey Is Aimed at Iran The exercises are part of a U.S. effort to restrict financing and suspect commercial transactions for Iran, North Korea, and other countries seeking nuclear weapons.
Financial Times Editorial Turkey's travails
Turkish rift widens after general's call A rift between Turkey’s Islamic-rooted government and the influential military widened at the weekend as the prime minister criticised a top general’s call for more demonstrations in support of secularism
Guardian With Turkey in the club, Europe can forge a fresh engagement with Islam Madeleine Bunting: The EU should stop fretting over questions of identity and grasp the chance to bury 'clash of civilisations' sloganeering.
Awaiting the invasion As skirmishes between Turks and Kurds on the Iraqi border intensify, Katie Scott focuses on the Kurdish guerrillas currently living in the mountains of northern Iraq
Biting the Hand that Fed Them: Kurdish Insurgency Tests Iranian Conventional Military Power Terrorism Research Center, Ali M. Köknar
Turkish-Iranian Relations By K. Gajendra Singh
Los Angeles Times US Seeks to Curb Iran With Neighbors' Help The plan calls for missile defense systems and interceptions of nuclear technology. Gulf states are receptive but eager not to anger Tehran.
Independent Robert Fisk: You're talking nonsense, Mr Ambassador All the while, new diplomatic archives are opening to reveal the smell of death - Armenian death
Der Spiegel The EU has faced an apparently unresolvable territorial conflict ever since Cyprus became a member state.
IHT Racial attack on politician angers GermansA German politician of Turkish origin was attacked in East Berlin Guardian Voters give boost to hardline president in Cyprus Result seen as an endorsement of President Tassos Papadopoulos' tough stance towards Turkey. Greek Cypriots back centrist party
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Turkish PM: Sanctions against Palestinians are a mistake
NYT Turkey and Armenia: Call It Genocide (2 Letters)
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NRO VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The U.S. cannot just put up with hypocritical anti-Americanism. “Anti-Anti-Americanism”
From Foreign Affairs, on The New Middle Ages: Now that capitalism is operating globally, those states are eroding and a new medievalism is emerging, marked by multiple and overlapping sovereignties and identities.
UPI Commentary: The global roulette wheel
Transcript: AP Interviews Envoy to Iraq
| H3 Ali H Aslan [WASHINGTON] Darbe ‘out’, fiske ‘in’
Yasemin CONGAR Danıştay cinayeti sonrası
Yazarlar Cengiz Çandar 2006 SONU- 2007 BAŞI VİZYONA GİRECEK BİR “FİLM” Mİ ÇEKİLİYOR?
Hasan CEMAL Ankara ile yeni kriz istemiyorlar
Taha AKYOL Laiklik, demokrasi ve asker
Start of downhill trend for Erdogan govt Cengiz Candar
Nuh Gönültaş ÜÇ İTTİFAK, 11 ÖRGÜT, ÜST BİRİM ERGENEKON
Taha KIVANÇ Müthiş benzerlikler
Taha KIVANÇ 'Eylem planı'
Metehan Demir Helikopter ihalesinde ABD geri mi dönüyor?
Erdoğan’dan ABD’ye: PKK ile mücadele artık başlasın
US cold to 'Turkish mediation' on Iran
US: We welcome Turkish suggestions on Iran
Hasan CEMAL Brüksel, Ankara'yla kriz istemiyor ama...
ABD Elçisi'ne Bahçeli'den şok yanıt
İslam âleminin umudu Türkiye'nin AB üyeliği
Sami KOHEN Gene gündeme gelmeden...
Ege Cansen Medeni vahşet
Osman ULAGAY İç ve dış kırılganlık çakışırsa
Güngör URAS Dövize hücum kimseye bir şey kazandırmaz
ABD-İran krizi hakkında üç senaryo Nejat Eslen
Lavrov to visit Turkey for wide-ranging talks
Alpogan to visit Russia ahead of Lavrov's Turkey trip
Cüneyt Ülsever Görünen ve gerçek
Enis Berberoğlu Bence katilin örgütü yok ama çetesi var
Üçgenin iki kanadı paralel olmaz
Şahin Alpay Sorun, kimin cumhurbaşkanı olacağında
Yazarlar Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu ANNAN PLANI TEMCİT PİLAVI... İKİ AYRI DEVLET TEZİNİ İŞLEME ZAMANI
Kafaları karıştıran Paris görüşmesi
Iran, Turkey to bolster economic ties this year
TDN Chaos Accomplished: US Congress hopeful Bengur wants US troops back home
Bush's Hopes in the Hands of Kurdish Gangsters
Have your say: Reversing the Arabisation of Kurdistan KurdishMedia |
| H4 New York Times Iraqis Form Government, With Crucial Posts Vacant
Pressed by U.S., European Banks Limit Iran Deals Even without Security Council sanctions, the U.S. is using antiterrorism and banking laws to pressure Iran and wants Europe to do the same.
U.S. Is Proposing European Shield for Iran Missiles A new U.S. antimissile site in Europe would be designed to stop attacks by Iran against the United States and its European allies.
Pro-Independence Movement Leading in Montenegro Vote
Misjudgments Marred U.S. Plans for Iraqi Police
How Iraq Police Reform Became Casualty of War Confidential reports by trainers display a startling mix of heroics and incompetence, dedication and criminality.
As New Leaders Seek Unity, Fresh Attacks Deepen Rifts
News Analysis: For Some, a Last, Best Hope for U.S. Efforts in Iraq
Editorial Gambling on a Weaker Dollar A weakening dollar, on top of budget deficits and a savings shortfall, is a recipe for recession. The question now is whether the country will change direction in time.
Western Powers Disagree on Elements of Iran Proposal
Darfur's Fleeting Moment By ANTHONY LAKE and FRANCIS FUKUYAMA Unless the U.S. acts now, the only peace in Darfur, Sudan, will be on paper.
The Rove Da Vinci Code By FRANK RICH The ad campaign for "The Da Vinci Code" mimics the bamboozling of Christian evangelists by politicians.
Putin's Baby Love By VIKTOR EROFEYEV If Russia stops drinking, and the Kremlin stops thrashing around in search of new friends and enemies, the children will start coming.
U.S. Should Close Prison in Cuba, U.N. Panel Says
Seeking United Latin America, Venezuela's Chávez Is a Divider Some of Venezuela's neighbors have expressed rising impatience at what they see as Hugo Chávez's meddling.
| H5 Washington Post Iraqi Leader Vows 'Maximum Force' Pledge to Curb Violence Follows First Cabinet Meeting; Attacks Kill More Than 40
The Weapon Iran May Fear to Use Withholding Oil Exports Could Wreak the Most Havoc at Home
Iran's Iraq Strategy Tehran Could Retaliate Against Washington by Striking Next Door By Steven Simon and Ray Takeyh
A Missile Strike Option We Need By Harold Brown and James Schlesinger,
5 Myths About U.S.-Saudi Relations By Rachel Bronson
Putin's Hubris By Jim Hoagland
Parliament Approves New Iraqi Government
Midterm Election Is Key To Republican Strategy Bush aides see Nov. vote as best way to end slide and are building a campaign strategy around tax cuts, immigration and national security.
Reclaiming the Democratic Agenda By Jackson Diehl, Page A17 Though you'd never know it from surfing the Internet, there exists in the Democratic Party a substantial body of politicians and policymakers who believe the U.S. mission in Iraq must be sustained until it succeeds; who want to intensify American attempts to spread democracy in the greater Middle...
Abuse Trial Revives Old Questions Involvement of Superior Officers at Abu Ghraib to Be Raised
Hayden Distinguishes Himself From Goss CIA Nominee's Testimony May Have Been for Agency as Much as for Lawmakers
Intelligence Update On Iran Is Requested Senate Democrats Write President
Two Cabinet Posts Yet Undecided Incoming Premier to Present Nominees Minus Defense, Interior
Editorial A Palestinian Lifeline Hamas has only benefited from the West's attempt to starve its government.
In Gaza, Politics at the End of a Gun Foot Soldiers Carry Power Struggle of Hamas and Fatah Into the Streets
Military Prison's Closure Is Urged U.N. Panel Faults Detention Policies
This is a Saudi textbook. (After the intolerance was removed.) Saudi Arabia 's public schools have long been cited for demonizing the West as well as Christians, Jews and other "unbelievers."
Editorial More Bucks for Mr. Mubarak President Bush promised to defend democratic reformers such as Ayman Nour when they faced repression.
Top Israelis Meet With Palestinian Leader
Bomb Blast Wounds Key Palestinian Official
Lessons For Liberals By George F. Will, Peter Beinart is an advocate of liberal -- not "progressive" -- nostalgia.
| H6 Guardian Iraqi PM vows to end chaos New prime minister says he will use 'maximum force' against terrorism as Blair plans talks with Bush
Leader A daunting agenda Few governments have ever entered office with as daunting an agenda as that faced by Nuri al-Maliki in Iraq.
Montenegro splits from Serbia
Abbas acts to stop war in Gaza
The Observer The Age War is here - and the young are losing it to the old
Baghdad deal raises hopes
Should Britain recommit to nuclear power? The Observer panel
I've no plans to stand for US presidency again, says Gore Former US vice president Al Gore has denied rumours that
Yes, Hirsi Ali lied. Wouldn't you? |
| H7 Newsweek Zakaria: What
NRO VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The U.S. cannot just put up with hypocritical anti-Americanism. “Anti-Anti-Americanism”
National Journal Experts Consider Ability to Deter Iran
BBC Asian test
UPI Policy Watch: 'Libyan model' for Iran and N. Korea? Weekly Standard Reading Ahmadinejad in Washington
A Plan for Victory in Iraq
Kofi Annan's Confession - Nat Hentoff, Village Voice | H8 BBC No quick fixes Who's who in Iraq's new cabinet
Helena Cobban The elephant in the Iraqi chamber
Rice Rejects Kissinger Call for Talks with Iran
BBC Satellite jamming EurasiaNet Unexpectedly, Iran’s President Breaks a Few Old Taboos
IRAN OKS 'NAZI' SOCIAL FABRIC
Tehran denounces `baseless' report
Iranian Jewish MP denies badge story
SyriaComment Landis Responds to Michael Young
Iraqis Keep Flooding into Syria
"The Attempt to Disarm Hizbullah is Ruining Chances for Reform in Lebanon," by Reinoud Leenders
KR Strains start to show in the U.S.-Egypt relationship
Newsweek Brits Struggle in Basra | H9 Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS: Olmert's trip to U.S. is a first lesson in diplomacy The outside world is not interested in Israel's Jewish majority, and is not concerned with costs of pullout
Analysis: Civil war is closer than ever in Palestinian territories
U.S. to give Olmert 'new ideas' for talks with PA
The only cop in town Mubarak is the only one who can keep the region relatively calm until the convergence.
The birth of the book
Libya and Iran - Jerusalem Post
The impact of Israel’s retreats on US interests
JINSA Clearheaded Egypt Policy Urgently Needed
Olmert: Iran Close to Atomic Bomb Know-How...
Boston Globe Olmert in the Oval Office (By Daniel Levy)
CFR Brown: A Time for ‘Quiet Diplomacy’ Between Israel and Hamas?
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt respond to Philip Zelikow.
From NYRB, an essay on the storm over the Israel Lobby
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| H10 Christian Science Monitor Biden gets real on Iraq Reorganizing Iraq along ethnic and religious lines would be the best hope for that country's stability. By Patrick Chisholm
Iraq's new government aims to promote peace Prime Minister Maliki says he will focus on fighting insurgents and disarming sectarian militias.
Critics argue that war in Iraq has sapped US ability to influence world events.
Is modern China's founding legend history or myth? How the truth of the past emerges in China is a subject of great importance and invisible struggle.
Israeli economy leaves Palestinians behind As West Bank and Gaza teeter on the brink, Israel grows at a torrid pace.
Bush's border plan: technology-focused Yet as was the case before the Iraq war, critics contend that the strategy lacks the necessary manpower.
| H11 IHT Olmert goes to Washington Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel's visit to Washington will not provide answers to his key problems.
Stabilizing Darfur The European Union has a crucial role to play in stabilizing Darfur
Four arrested in Romania for spreading bird flu...
UPI ? Regional aspirations alive in Spain's Basque country
| H12 RFE/RL Official Discusses U.S. Relations In Region Richard Boucher was recently sworn in as assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, a region that is becoming increasingly important. He spoke with RFE/RL about how the U.S. government sees its relations with this vital region.
PINR "National Maturity and Putin's State-of-the-Nation Address" Full text of report OpenDemocracy In the forums: Russia's failure Vladimir Putin's "state of the nation" address was a acknowledgement of his country’s social collapse, says David Wall
EurasiaNet Kazakhstani Government Moves to Reassert Control on Mass Media |
| H13 The Times Leader Sovereign authority Foreign troops should not be prematurely withdrawn from Iraq
Decline and fall in the US Iraq, healthcare, a possible Bush impeachment. The Republicans are in trouble on all fronts
Militias will face maximum force, says new leader
How $45m secretly bought freedom of foreign hostagesDocuments seen by The Times show three countries paid ransoms in spite of denying it in public
Palestinians turn on each otherAs Hamas and Fatah vie for control of security, Israel relaxes its stance to ease hardship
Sunday Times SIMON JENKINS:
It's no time to quit Iraq — we're winning William Shawcross reports from Basra on how Britain is training a new Iraqi army — but warns against too early a handover
Bulgarian mafia turf wars to hit EU
WSJ
Asia Times Basra: Britain's Mesopotamian mess revisited
Ahmadinejad: A study in obstinacy | H14 Financial Times COMMENT: Neo-con ideals lose out to practical necessities By Edward Luce Much debate in media and academic circles has focused on whether the American neo-conservative school any longer holds sway in Washington, writes Edward Luce
Iran likely to top agenda as Olmert meets Bush in US
Disarming Iraq's militias may be Maliki's toughest task
Oil ministry appointment lifts hopes for industry revival The appointment of former nuclear scientist Hussein al-Shahristani as Iraq’s new oil minister raises hopes that the country’s main revenue earner, currently beset by corruption and party patronage, may be revitalised
Saudi Arabia agrees $6bn oil refinery deal with Total
Kuwaiti emir dissolves parliament Kuwait’s emir has dissolved parliament in an apparent bid to reassert control over increasingly rebellious members.
COMMENT: High stakes at a time of rising global inflation By Wolfgang Munchau At a time when inflationary pressures are rising in the US and in Europe, which central bank would you trust more to deliver price stability?
Montenegro votes to end union with Serbia Could speed up accession to EU
Views of the world Who is the most influential commentator in China? Or the most powerful voice in Iran? Or Britain? FT foreign correspondents gave us their picks, and came up with a revealing list that says as much about the world’s political elites as the media that analyse them
COMMENT: Let more of the world access the web By Eric Schmidt The web has broken down many of the barriers that exist between people and information: effectively democratising access to human knowledge, writes Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google
Share of world production falls as China surges Britain's share of the world's manufacturing has fallen from 3.8 per cent to 3 per cent in the past decade,
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: How Jacques Chirac failed France
Russia says new states damaging EU relationship
| H15 Los Angeles Times US Seeks to Curb Iran With Neighbors' Help The plan calls for missile defense systems and interceptions of nuclear technology. Gulf states are receptive but eager not to anger Tehran. Iraqi Government Takes Office After Deadlock The first full-term Cabinet since Hussein may be too diverse to prevail with 19 Shiites, 8 Sunnis, 8 Kurds and one Christian. The incredible shrinking Palestine By Sandy Tolan THE HISTORY of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be glimpsed through a series of maps.
Troops See Safety in Reenlisting The military has steady wages, housing and a health plan — benefits sometimes scarce in civilian life. Determined Iraqis Overcome Final Hurdles
Southern Europe Seeing a Breakup Boom
FT COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Germans aim to spring a World Cup surprise: they're fun For the host country, next month’s football World Cup is about a lot more than its (pretty slim) chances of lifting the trophy. An image overhaul for Europe’s largest economy is the prize in its sights.
COMMENT: Business has a vital role to play in fighting Aids By Richard Holbrooke and Mark Moody-Stuart
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Disunited front: how Washington and Seoul are pulling different ways on North Korea US and South Korean divergence not only casts a shadow over a 50-year-old military alliance but also threatens further to complicate international efforts to convince Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons programme
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| H16 1 in 136 US residents are behind bars
10% of Mexico's population now living in United States...
Prosecutor snuck Powell aide into court in CIA leak probe, paper says
Boston Globe The choice(By David Greenberg) As Democrats struggle to shape a post-9/11 foreign policy, two defining moments in their history, the dawn of the Cold War and the '60s antiwar movement, present stark alternatives -- and reflect a lasting rift within the party.
KR Millions of Americans soon will face gap in Medicare coverage
Americans don't like President Bush personally much anymore, polls show
Blogometer realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird thru GovExec - | H17 Daily Telegraph Montenegro divided The Balkan state of Montenegro has voted on whether to become independent from Serbia and write the final chapter in the break-up of the former Yugoslavia.
Expansion of settlements Israel has continued its policy of expanding its settlements in the West Bank by approving an extension to the boundaries of four existing projects.
Sunday Telegraph Wishful non-thinking won't stop the economy vaporising Last week, after years of drifting downward, writes Niall Ferguson, financial volatility came back with a vengeance. Stock markets plunged just at the very moment they were approaching their pre-dotcom-bust highs.
Plan for 'EU navy' The European Commission has drawn up plans to set up a European coastguard, which critics fear is a back-door attempt by Brussels to create an EU navy with its own powers to stop and search shipping.
Weekly Standard Could 7/7 Have Been Stopped? Only with more wiretaps and interrogations. | H18 Independent Ethnic cleansing takes hold in Iraq Across central Iraq, there is an exodus of people fleeing for their lives as sectarian assassins and death squads hunt them down
Why Sunni are key in sectarian warfare
Iran's Jews struggle in the shadow of Holocaust denials
Montenegro votes to break away from Serbia
Independent on Sunday Bloody day heralds birth of Iraq's new unity government Iraq's new unity government has been approved by parliament in Baghdad in what may be the last chance to hold Iraq together
Ethnic cleansing takes hold in Iraq
Will Montenegro unshackle from Serbia?
Hamish McRae: Global growth is no longer the gift of the West. It won't stop till after the Olympics |
| H19 NRO RICH LOWRY: The CIA's performance won’t fundamentally improve until its institutional culture changes to be more risk-taking, in a way the risk-averse, second-guessing Congress can’t abide. “Nothing Covert About It” Congressional Research Service "Nuclear Command and Control: Current Programs and Issues" (pdf), May 3, 2006. "Iraqi Civilian, Police, and Security Forces Casualty Estimates" (pdf), May 8, 2006. "Social Unrest in China" (pdf), May 8, 2006. The full transcript of his May 18 confirmation hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence here (pdf). | H20 Slate
Index of Global Philanthropy (PDF, 83 pages)
CFR Rachel Bronson: "Thicker Than Oil"
Montenegro’s Referendum on Independence
Montenegro Weighs Independence
Hayden Scrutinized on Surveillance
Former Top CIA Official Says Agency Can be Revived Through Leadership, Focus
Olmert Visits Bush as PA Chaos Spreads
| H21 Jeff Jarvis reacts to that piece with a laundry list
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