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30 November 2006
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H1 NYT Iraq Panel to Recommend Pullback of Combat Troops

Washington Post Iraq Study Group to Call for Troop Drawdown spacerThe panel will recommend a major withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, shifting their role from combat to support. No timetable was set.

Financial Times Iraq’s civil war ‘set to worsen’

CSIS Anthony Cordesman on Iraq WATCH THE BRIEFING | READ THE TRANSCRIPT

Eli Lake / New York Sun: Baker Panel Aide Expects Israel Will Be Pressed

FT - NATO to the Rescue : The United States can't save Iraq. Here's who can. COMMENT: An international way forward in Iraq As the US begins to acknowledge the magnitude of its defeat in Iraq, the conflict looks more than ever like a speeded-up, scaled-down re-enactment of Vietnam, writes Jacob Weisberg.

Pentagon Eyeing Further Iraq Deployments

IHT U.S. Senator Urges Use of NATO Defense Clause for Energy

Los Angeles Times Some Sunnis in Iraq have a plan for peace

Iraq study group wraps up talks

It's losing we hate, not wars Jonah Goldberg: Those who compare the lengths of WWII and Iraq ignore what we really don't like in far-flung wars.

Max Boot: Iran and Syria aren't our friends in Iraq Our enemies have no interest in bailing us out, unless they win major concessions.

Going further than a cease-fire

By Amos Oz A lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace will require painful but long-overdue compromises from both sides.

Newsweek Bush Stands His Ground - Richard Wolffe & Holly Bailey, Newsweek Adjust the Course — Despite the Democratic congressional victory …

Ha’aretz Rosner Position papers and fighting spirit The secrecy that envelops the Baker-Hamilton commission only magnifies the expectations of it to nearly grotesque dimensions.

Geopolitical Diary: Iraq's Evolving Relationship with Iran
Stratfor

Saudi Arabia: Consequences of Stepping Into the Iraqi Fray
Stratfor

Geopolitical Diary: Twisting the Rubik's Cube
Stratfor

Guardian What now in the Middle East? Joschka Fischer: Intervention in Iraq has not led to a domino-like democratisation; instead we are threatened with a domino effect of descent into chaos

McClatchy Experts question proposals in leaked Iraq memo

Iraqi Sunnis put faith in Jordanian leader to represent them

Ahmadinejad's letter to Americans

The Washington Note on Saudis and Iraq

Baker's Sellout Plan - Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, New York Post

Boston Globe America's shrinking global prestige

(By Nikolas Gvosdev and Ray Takeyh)

Der Spiegel "The United Nations Has to Take Over in Iraq"

The Times 'London's bridge is falling down' A US official has said that Britain's role as a bridge between America and Europe is now 'disappearing before our eyes'

'Blair's bridge between Europe and the US? It's falling down and he is left with nothing'

Leader Foggy Thinking The Anglo-American link is stronger than some in the State Department assume

Special relationship A close embrace will still be in our best interests

Analysis: Nato deal on Afghan troops Events on the ground will determine whether the deal struck over Afghan troops is workable - but the Nato general still has no reserve force

The Root of the Problem By: Dilip Hiro | The Guardian
Iraq may seem to be sliding towards civil war, but one thing unites Iraqis, Sunni and Shia alike: the need for non-Muslim occupiers to go.

Rand Corporation Air Power Against Terror: America’s Conduct of Operation Enduring Freedom

Beyond al-QaedaSource: RAND Corporation+ Beyond al-Qaeda: Part 1, The Global Jihadist Movement:
Summary (PDF; 300 KB) ||| Full Document (PDF; 2.5 MB)

+ Beyond al-Qaeda: Part 2, The Outer Rings of the Terrorist Universe

IntelDump 10 lessons from Iraq

EurasiaNet Azerbaijani President Hints at Nagorno-Karabakh Settlement

H2 Harper’s Lost in the Valley of the Wolves Did Special Envoy Joe Ralston broker a special deal between Turkey and Lockheed Martin?

FT EU struggles to avoid rift with Ankara Europe’s leaders sought to prevent Turkey’s troubled European Union membership bid from plunging into a full-blown crisis, as Ankara responded angrily to a call for much of the negotiations to be put on hold.

Analysis: Turkey’s EU bid ‘still on track’

FT interview: Turkish negotiator Ali Babacan

Mark Mazower: Why Europe still matters

Take Cyprus out of EU talks, Ankara insists

Morgan Stanley TurkeyIsland of Isolation

ANALYSIS-Turkey seen shrugging off EU setback, risks ahead

NYT Christian Schism Is Focus of Pope’s Second Day in Turkey

IHT Benedict's post-secular vision Pope Benedict is in Turkey to engage with Islam and Eastern Orthodoxy in the hope of persuading both to join his project of overcoming secularism.

EU may suspend key areas of talks with Turkey The enlargement commissioner says Turkey failed to keep its promise to open up trade with Cyprus, forcing the European Commission to recommending freezing about a quarter of the negotiation program.

Pope seeks unity with Orthodox Christians in first trip to Turkey

Skepticism in Europe greets pope's remark on Turkey and EU

NPR Pope's Turkish Visit Renews Aya Sofia Dispute

The Times EU pulls the rug on Turkish talks over refusal to lift Cyprus blockade

Blame game is a dangerous one to play

Who is most to blame for the sudden deadlock between Turkey and the European Union?

Pope comes through most dangerous day

Guardian Ataboys Cartoon: Steve Bell on the Pope's visit to Turkey

EU on collision course with Ankara over membership
Brussels takes unprecedented step of partially suspending negotiations.
Cyprus problem stalls accession

Pope defies security fears to visit Virgin Mary's house .
Pope tries to build bridges
Audio: Ian Traynor in Ankara

BBC Historic divide
Catholic and Orthodox tensions colour Pope's talks with Patriarch

Turkish tensions
Mark Mardell finds Turks wary of Pope's spiritual agenda

Independent Benedict honours murdered priest on Turkish pilgrimage

Turkish failure to open ports to Cyprus jeopardises EU hopes

Turkey Set Back in Bid For EU Membership Washington Post

Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati

The Pope's Push to Protect Minority Christians TIME

LA Times Pope Meets With Turkish Christians

McClatchy Pope's meetings with patriarch highlight rift between religions

Ruşen Çakır Türkiye Irak’ta açığa düşüyor

PKK: Ya konfederasyon ya sınır

İyibilgi.com Gönül ilişkileri dış politikayı etkiler mi? Orgeneral Saygun’un ABD ziyareti sırasında, Beyaz Saray girişinde üst arama girişimine maruz kalması ile Newsweek Dergisi’nde yer alan “darbe” söylencesi arasında nasıl bir bağ olabilir? Türkiye hakkında çıkan tartışmalı haberlerin arkasında gönül ilişkilerinin etkisi tartışılıyor! iyibilgi’den iki örnek vaka! iyibilgi özel

Department of State Organization Chart pdf version

Türkiye-İran ilişkileri Nuray Mert

Sedat Laçiner Will/Can Syria and Iran Help the US in Iraq?

Kurds' relationship to their "others"
Kurdish Aspect

Chewy topic for Europeans vis-a-vis Turkey

Derya SAZAK Federasyon uyarısı

MÜMTAZ'ER TÜRKÖNE - 'Ovada siyaset'

Terör örgütü Listesine Mahkeme Müdahalesi

Iran, Syria to connect power networks via Turkey

ABD’de PKK lehine yargıç kararı

Erdoğan İran’ı en üst düzeyde uyaracak

Türkiye, kara komutanı

Sibel Edmonds: The Highjacking of a Nation

HÜSEYİN GÜLERCE - Papa, Erdoğan ve Bardakoğlu...

Taha AKYOL 'Ökümenik' tartışması

Ahmet Hakan Patrikhane düşmanlarına

Cengiz Çandar Tüm yazıları Papa’nın Türkiye’ye AB desteği: Regensburg konuşmasını bırak; Ankara açıklamasına bak...

ERDAL ŞAFAKAyasofya-Brüksel

Türkleri seviyorum

Ayine Türkçe başladı Türkçe bitirdi, Türk bayrağı salladı

Dış basından yorumlar

Can Dündar Papa ile katedralde

Serdar Turgut Papa'ya doğru tavır

Güler Kömürcü
PAPA ve başka gerçekler...

Katoliklerle Ortodoksların ayrılığı TURHAN KAÇAR

Türkiye Papa'yı iyi ağırlamak zorunda

Ziyaretten hem dini hem de siyasi sonuçlar çıkacak

Sorun Papa değil, diyalog eksikliği

Ömer Lütfi Mete Bardakoğlu'na karşı boş bardak

Diyanet Le Monde'da haber oldu

Madde 301'e dair bir soruTurgut Tarhanlı

PAPANIN TÜRKİYE DESTEĞİ AB'DE TERS TEPTİ DEVAM

H3 Ertuğrul Özkök Paşa darbe yapar mı

2007'de darbe olur mu? Hasan Celal Güzel

ŞAHİN ALPAY - Türkiye'de askerî darbeyi kim ister?

Darbe ihtimali sıfır - Tarhan Erdem

İlnur Çevik A coup threat?

Turkey's coming coup?
Burak Bekdil

Sedat Bozkurt Coup based on theory of probabilities

Zeyno'dan tenzili rütbe!

Nuh Gönültaş Maksat darbe yapmak değil, bağcıyı dövmektir!

AB'den sert fren AB Komisyonu, Türkiye'yle 8 başlıkta müzakerelerin askıya alınmasının yanı sıra, Rumlara limanlar açılana kadar hiçbir başlığın kapatılmamasını tavsiye ederek müzakerelerin durmasına kapı araladı ... Haberin Devamı>>>

Komisyon: Sekiz başlık açılmasın, 27'siyle devam
Kaza değil, sarsıntı

M Ali Birand Avrupa, Türkiye’den özür dilemelidir…

Cengiz Aktar Kötünün iyisi

Semih İDİZ Türkiye-AB müzakereleri fiilen askıda

Dışişleri için zamanlama ve 8 başlık sürpriz oldu

Ankara'dan Komisyon'a yumuşak tepki

PM's aide: Commission's decision unacceptable for Ankara

AB-Türkiye arasındaki krize dünya basınından tepkiler

Barçın Yinanç Fransa 18 aylık dondurma önerdi

Koç: AB ilişkilerinin yavaşlaması herkes için yararlı olacak

ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞTürkiye yine de büyük

SOLİ ÖZEL Türkiye'nin ödülü

Taviz vermeyiz

Blair: Hata

AB, Türkiye'yi Kıbrıs limanına bağladı Murat Yetkin

Sami KOHEN Tren böyle gitmez

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Altın gol AB'nin pasına bağlı

FEHMİ KORU AB'nin kararı, Türkiye'nin yolu

MEHMET OCAKTAN
AB, Rumlar'ın elinde rehin

Hasan CEMAL Evet, AB treni yavaşlıyor ama...

Altın gol bekliyorlar Avrupa Birliği Komisyonu, Türkiye’nin liman ve havaalanlarını Rum gemi ve uçaklarına açmaması nedeniyle 35 başlıktan sekizinin müzakerelerinin başlatılmamasını tavsiye etti. Komisyon, diğer başlıklarla ilgili müzakerelerin başlatılabileceğini belirterek, kapanış şartını yine limanların açılmasına bağladı.

Cüneyt Ülsever Başbakan’a teşekkür ediyorum

Güneri CIVAOĞLU En uzun 12 gün

Yalçın Doğan Finlandiya’ya biz önerdik

Oktay Ekşi AB dişini gösterdi...

Serpil YILMAZ Avrupa Komisyonu Kıbrıs'a demir attı

MEHMET BARLAS Papadopulos Avrupa'nın en güçlü lideridir

İsmail Küçükkaya
NATO'da Papa rüzgarıyla...

Türkiye'den Afganistan'a asker yok

Türkiye NATO'ya askeri destek verecek

Gül’ün kritik Atina ziyareti ertelendi

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası - Dış Basında Güncel Türkiye Bülteni - Dış Basında Türkiye - Google News Turkey - Turquie- Türkei - Kurdish Media - FPR Archive - Quickread - Google News - Iraq -Iran - Syria Kurdish - Greece - Azerbaijan Cyprus - Israel - BBC Turkish 0700 -TurcoPundit - Stratfor Mideastwire.com

Travma (2) Gündüz Aktan

Engin Ardıç Atatürk'ü kurtaralım!

ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU
Homurdanma...

Vakıf reformu Köşk'e takıldı

'Kürdistan Airways' sefere başladı

'Kürtçe yazılım' için soruşturma

Vedat YENERER Irak çok şeylere gebe!..

Fikret Ertan NATO ve Afgan ordusu...

UMUR TALU Afgan halısı

NAZLI ILICAK

İsrafil K. Kumbasar Mason localarını kapatmaya neden güçleri yetmiyor?

Yılın ikinci YAŞ toplantısı bugün yapılacak

Askeri birliğe APS ile esrar servisi

Çakıcı 19 yıl 4 ay ceza aldı ama 1 gün bile yatmayacak

Paşa’nın şirketine silahlı baskın

Ercan Kumcu Uzun dönemde dış açık gelişmeleri

Ters para ikamesi terse dönerken
Mahfi Eğilmez

Açık pozisyon açısından sonuç ne?
Fatih Özatay

Deniz Gökçe Şubatta kriz?

H4 New York Times Iraq Panel to Recommend Pullback of Combat Troops The Iraq Study Group final report will call for a gradual pullback of 15 brigades but stops short of setting a firm timetable for their withdrawal.

Iraq’s Premier Abruptly Skips a Bush Session The cancellation occurred on a day that a classified White House memo expressing doubts about the prime minister was disclosed.

Democratic Leaders Seek Special Iraq Envoy to Try to Stem the Violence

The War Last Time By THOMAS POWERSThe year was 1965 and the choice was clear: lose the war or expand the war, find a formula of words to mask failure or send more troops and increase the bet on the table.

Bush and Iraqi Premier Meet in Jordan 2:51 AM ET

Editorial A Crack in the Stone Wall

The White House will give the Justice Department inspectors the required security clearance to review the administration’s domestic wiretapping program, but Congress should also mount its own independent inquiry.

DAVID BROOKS Waiting to Be Wooed

The G.O.P. has become like a company with a great mission statement, but no domestic policy products to sell.

Former Russian Premier Falls Ill; Poisoning Seen as Possible Cause

News Analysis: Peace of the Weak? Olmert and Abbas Balk

Iran’s President Criticizes Bush in Letter to American People

H5 Washington Post Iraq Study Group to Call for Troop Drawdown
spacerThe panel will recommend a major withdrawal of
U.S. forces from Iraq, shifting their role from combat to support. No timetable was set.

Bush, Maliki Renew Vital Talks The two leaders began consultations on halting the deteriorating security conditions in Iraq.

Bush, Maliki Put Off Meeting Iraqi Premier Faces Boycott by Key Bloc; U.S. to Shift Troops

Dinner With Jacques

» Jackson Diehl | Jacques Chirac's planned dinner date with Vladimir Putin upstaged this week's NATO summit in Latvia.

'Fair Trade' Foolishness

» Robert J. Samuelson | For trade obstructionists, Globalization becomes a convenient explanation for many economic discontents, from job insecurity to squeezed living standards.

Editorial Israel's Offer

Afghanistan Called 'Key Priority' for NATO: Member Nations Pledge at Summit to Drop Some Restraints on Use of Troops

Analysis: Sadr Casts a Shadow Over Bush-Maliki Meeting

One War, No Answers Does anybody have a good plan for Iraq? Not President Bush.

Democrats Reject Key 9/11 Panel Suggestion

Neither Party Has an Appetite for Overhauling Congressional Oversight of Intelligence

Plutonium Lifespan in U.S. Weapons Much Longer Than Thought

Iranian President Makes Direct Appeal to Americans

State Department Dismisses Letter, Which Excoriates U.S. Policies in Iraq, Israel

H6 Guardian What now in the Middle East? Joschka Fischer: Intervention in Iraq has not led to a domino-like democratisation; instead we are threatened with a domino effect of descent into chaos

The voters must decide if they want world-class research universities
Timothy Garton Ash:
Oxford is having a great debate about its future. But ultimately everyone in Europe must make a conscious choice.

Fighting over a civil war Harold Evans Whether Iraq is now plunged into civil war is a question of definition but President Bush has a vested interest in attempting to avoid the term.

From damaged pride to prosperity John Lloyd: The murder of Alexander Litvinenko has brought Russia and the problems it is currently facing to the attention of the world's media.

Liberal elitists who ignore the context of power and privilege
A Sivanandan: The challenge for Britain's minorities is not who speaks to government, but the policies which threaten and blame them.

Radiation found on BA planes
Moscow flights contaminated with radioactive material linked to inquiry into death of former Russian spy.

Maliki postpones Bush summit after memo leak Secret report shows deep US distrust of Iraqi PM.

Blair: Nato is winning Afghan war
British PM surprisingly upbeat on progress of conflict.

Sarkozy says he will run for president
· Leaked interview likely to sour Chirac's birthday · 'Clean break' with French establishment promised

Leader Conflicted meanings
Arguments over the words used to describe crises and wars may seem academic, but they can often mark the point at which the public's understanding of reality definitively parts company with that of government. So it is with
Iraq and the phrase 'civil war'.

Intrusion not investigation
In this country only one group of people claim the right to bug whomever they like without any form of authority. They are called journalists.

The great conservative partisan Thomas Palley Milton Friedman's monetary theories may have been discarded but the policy agenda he supported lives on.

Living separate lives Madeleine Bunting Segregation isn't always a useful term in the debate about race, but that doesn't stop people playing to the fears it provokes.

Iraq's hard numbers Peter Lynn Judging the validity of the Lancet's survey of Iraq's death toll is difficult even for experts.

Proportionate force

Jenni Russell States legitimately back diplomacy with the ultimate sanction of force. The same principle applies to smacking and parental authority.

H7 The Washington Note on Saudis and Iraq

Baker's Sellout Plan - Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, New York Post

Boston Globe America's shrinking global prestige

(By Nikolas Gvosdev and Ray Takeyh)

Der Spiegel "The United Nations Has to Take Over in Iraq" Is the US about to change its Iraq strategy? SPIEGEL ONLINE spoke with Yasar Qatarneh, director of the Regional Center on Conflict Prevention in Amman, about how the Iraq problem could be solved.

Washington Realist Paying for Superpowerdom

Peter Galbraith Iraq: What Next? Divide the country

Time Bush and Maliki: Postponing the Inevitable?

Is Iraq Headed for Genocide?

Democracy Arsenal Why Leak the Maliki Government Memo?

The Iraq Study Group: Official damage control and cover-up
Center for Research on Globalization

Tom Barnett The talent gap in foreign policy

Message of Dr. Daniel Drezner to the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

CSIS The NATO Summit PRESS BRIEFING | REPORT

From New Statesman, can sharia law be good for women?

Globalization and God: Religious revivalism may win a few battles, but secularism will ultimately win the war.

UN v. US: Will new UN leadership alter the longstanding battle over US domination of the world body?

From American Diplomacy, a review of A New World Order by Anne-Marie Slaughter; and an article on understanding democratic transitions.

From HNN, a look at why the US loses "small wars".

Here are ten of the worst myths being spread in the media.

Bush Stands His Ground - Richard Wolffe & Holly Bailey, Newsweek

Helena Cobban Battle for the soul of al-Maliki, etc.

The 'Hadley memo' on Maliki

OpenDemocracy The partition temptation: from Iraq to Latin America | Juan Gabriel Tokatlian

The upside of down | Ehsan Masood

Rupert Murdoch's debasing taste | Sidney Blumenthal

H8 BBC Bush begins delayed talks on Iraq The US president begins a delayed summit in Jordan with the Iraqi premier aimed at tackling escalating violence.

US memo raises Iraq doubts

Mutual fears
Alarm at the chaos in Iraq draws Baghdad and Tehran closer

US starts to blame Iraqis

Search for justice
An interview with the chief prosecutor in Saddam's second trial

Rebuilding Lebanon
A mammoth task as economy recovers from war with Israel

“Will There be a Last Minute Compromise in Lebanon?” by Firas Maksad

UPI Analysis: U.S. power stays in Middle East

Politics & Policies: Saudi worst nightmare

Benchmarks: Iraq's failing grades

Analysis: Old Gates memo raises questions

McClatchy Experts question proposals in leaked Iraq memo

Iraqi Sunnis put faith in Jordanian leader to represent them

Iraq sinks deeper into utter confusionAs the civil war in Iraq fast approaches terminal velocity, the Bush administration is fighting a war of words, and it seems to be losing that one, too.

Saudi Diplomatic Smackdown - Jed Babbin, RealClearPolitics

Iran's nuclear ambitions seen similar to ...

ANALYSIS-Iraq's oil industry in grip of despair

New Statesman The real Afghan war The Taliban and the insurgency are not Afghanistan's worst problems. The country is now ruled by a new mafia of corrupt police and officials, who are crippling any hopes for a democratic future.

New UN Report: Afghanistan’s Drug Industry

MEMRI Nov 29 IA# 304 - Lebanon on the Brink of Civil War (4)

Sunni PM Saleh Al-mutlaq takes over Kurdish properties

H9 Ha’aretz - Print Edition

Daily Alert.org

EJC Israeli Press Review

Forward With Eye on Iraq, Washington Applauds Olmert Initiative

Iran UN Resolution, Still Not Final, Drops Mention of Sanctions

Burden of Proof in AIPAC Case is "Not Insubstantial," Court Says Permalink

CFR Siegman: Olmert’s Latest Speech Marks New Conciliatory Tone to Palestinians But ‘Magic Word’ Missing

Olmert’s Overture

IDF to establish Hizbullah enemy training units

MAYNARD: It’s the Jews, Stupid

How Iraq and Palestinian Issues Came to Be Twinned in Revised Bush ...
DEBKA

Samet New Winds Blowing Across the Mid-East

H10 Christian Science Monitor Three 'more' options for Bush and Maliki A leaked memo suggests three ways the US might help the Iraqi leader: more troops, more money, and more regional diplomacy.

Is Iraq a civil war? Media debate. Sensitive to bias charges, news outlets have avoided the term 'civil war,' but that's changing.

OPINION Don't give up on Ukraine's Orange Revolution By Matthew Spence

US sees Afghanistan as test of NATO role At this week's summit, the alliance's success against Taliban insurgents was seen as key to its long-term relevance.

UN: Afghan government officials are protecting opium trade A new report says wiping out heroin production in Afghanistan could take a generation.

H11 IHT U.S. Senator Urges Use of NATO Defense Clause for Energy

NATO to offer Serbia partnership

Putin's RSVP to Chirac: 'Non, merci'

EU lawmakers demand debate after report on covert CIA prisons

Leave the yuan alone
A revaluation of the Chinese currency will not help the United States address its imbalances and may instead end up hurting global growth

BBC No transformation
Nato's mission in Afghanistan dominates alliance summit

2006 European Competitiveness Index (Highlights Only, Full Text Fee-Based) - Summary 1 ||| Summary 2

Annual report 2006: the state of the drugs problem in Europe
Source: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

Sarkozy declares presidential bid

EU embarks on tough carbon cuts

The European Union sets tough carbon emission limits for 2008-2012, causing anger from national governments.

Law and order
Should a religion's followers be able to use their own courts?

Are Immigration Policies that Induce Skilled (Unskilled) Migration Beneficial (Harmful) for the Host Country?
CESifo

Party Crash: Neo-Nazis in Germany By: Alexander Prescott-Couch | The New Republic

H12 RFE/RL Azerbaijan Authorities Intensify Pressure On Media Moves this week to curtail broadcasting by an independent TV and radio group have cast doubt on the future of independent media.

On The Brink Of Civil War Following attacks by suspected Sunni insurgents in a Baghdad Shi'ite district that killed over 200, the cycle of violence may have reached a point of no return.

Russia's Interest in Litvinenko
Stratfor By George Friedman

EurasiaNet Azerbaijani President Hints at Nagorno-Karabakh Settlement

What Does Putin Want? - Leon Aron, Commentary

Washington Times Ukraine, the WTO

Seven Questions: Russia’s Cloaks and Daggers

H13 The Times 'London's bridge is falling down' A US official has said that Britain's role as a bridge between America and Europe is now 'disappearing before our eyes'

'Blair's bridge between Europe and the US? It's falling down and he is left with nothing'

Leader Foggy Thinking The Anglo-American link is stronger than some in the State Department assume

Special relationship A close embrace will still be in our best interests

Analysis: Nato deal on Afghan troops Events on the ground will determine whether the deal struck over Afghan troops is workable - but the Nato general still has no reserve force

Irshad Manji The reaction to my defence of the Pope forced me to rethink what being a "moderate" Muslim really means

Anatole Kaletsky
The prime responsibility of any state is to protect the lives and property of its citizens

Mary Ann Sieghart
If we want a Britain that is racially harmonious and at ease with itself, white Britons have to make an effort

Sarkozy, the hard man of France, to run for president

Go big, go long, go home - or go to the Axis of Evil?

Iraqi leader falls out of favour with US on eve of allied summit

WSJ America Doesn't Cut and Run . . .
. . . but nor does it write blank checks. By AMIR TAHERI

Majority Think Iraq Is in 'Civil War'

A majority of Americans think Iraq is in the midst of a civil war, a new Harris poll finds, and few are confident that Robert Gates's nomination as Secretary of Defense will improve the situation there.

When Should the U.S. Withdraw?
Ask the Iraqis. Only they know if U.S. troops are welcome.
By SCOTT TUROW

Buy This Newspaper!
The newspaper industry has a future.
By HOLMAN W. JENKINS JR.

H14 Financial Times Iraq’s civil war ‘set to worsen’ The civil war in Iraq is likely to deteriorate significantly over the next few months regardless of which combination of options the Bush administration chooses to exercise, according to a report released by a leading Washington think-tank.

US sends more troops into Baghdad

NATO to the Rescue : The United States can't save Iraq. Here's who can. COMMENT: An international way forward in Iraq As the US begins to acknowledge the magnitude of its defeat in Iraq, the conflict looks more than ever like a speeded-up, scaled-down re-enactment of Vietnam, writes Jacob Weisberg.

Sunni Arab states wary of Iran’s role

COMMENT: Asia's emerging behemoths have little in commonAn alluring vision has gained lustre from Hu Jintao’s visit to India last week, the first by a Chinese president for 10 years, and by both sides’ sonorous pledges to set aside past quarrels and stride together into the future, writes Guy de Jonquières.

Nato makes limited progress on troops

Nato discord mars Afghan headway

Bruised dollar finds relief in growth data

Dear America, from Ahmadi-Nejad President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad of Iran seeks to appeal to the US public over the head of Washington by releasing a “letter to the American people” asserting his criticism of US policies in the Middle East.

COMMENT: Royal chimes with the change of mood in France

The favourite topic of the French elections is not who is going to win but what Ségolène Royal’s first moves as president should be. This is not necessarily good news for the Socialist candidate, writes Dominique Moisi.

Putin calls Gaidar after mystery illness

COMMENT: A shadow falls over the Caucasus as Georgia edges closer to conflictThe current crisis in relations between Moscow and Tblisi originates in Georgia’s Rose Revolution of late 2003, which brought President Saakashvili to power. His policies are aimed at bringing his country closer to the EU and Nato.

COMMENT: The Ugly Capitalist bogeyman is back again

Editorial The voice of business We live in a world in which almost everybody agrees that there is no credible alternative to market capitalism. In the UK, most even accept globalisation.

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Portals under pressure: the internet's giants seek to make a virtue of scale

Yahoo is the latest portal to fall out of fashion on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley. Its shares have slumped as it has failed to catch the tidal wave of search-related advertising that is powering Google.

H15 Los Angeles Times It's losing we hate, not wars Jonah Goldberg: Those who compare the lengths of WWII and Iraq ignore what we really don't like in far-flung wars.

Max Boot: Iran and Syria aren't our friends in Iraq Our enemies have no interest in bailing us out, unless they win major concessions.

Some Sunnis in Iraq have a plan for peace

Going further than a cease-fire

By Amos Oz A lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace will require painful but long-overdue compromises from both sides.

Bush's new agenda raises doubts Summit is threatened as administration officials hope to demonstrate progress in stemming strife in Iraq.

Iran's president urges Americans to back Iraq exit

Editorial

H16

Why does the GOP control the South? In a word, racism.

The election defeat was inglorious for Republicans because it ratified worries about the cost of chasing away the GOP's moderates.

The Scariest Guy in Town: With subpoena power, Henry Waxman could be the Republicans' worst nightmare.

realclearpoliticsABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec - Blogometer

Washington Times '25-by-'25' assumptions The new bipartisan theme enveloping Capitol Hill these days is called "25-by-'25." The idea is that the United States should -- and can -- use renewable fuels to supply 25 percent of the country's energy needs by 2025.

America's energy policy

H17 Daily Telegraph Britain's special relationship 'a myth' Blair has got nothing in return for supporting Bush over Iraq, according to State Department analyst.

Lop-sided alliance has lasted 60 years

Law lord attacks 'totalitarian' Bush regime

Blog: Blair is America's 'poodle'

In quotes: Kendall Myers

Winning Muslim hearts and minds
These wars will be won or lost not just by soldiers, spies, and policemen, but ultimately by the wider public, says Michael Burleigh.

Leader Nato's divided allies
The Nato summit in Riga, which ended yesterday, confirmed the alarming gap between military requirements in Afghanistan and the political will to meet them.

God knows how Carty and Brown will repent
Before we go all the way with Dawkins and chuck out religion, we should look at the savage and remorseless faces of Carty and Brown, and reflect that, if we are to have any hope of changing them for the better, then God is a useful card for society to keep up its sleeve, argues Boris Johnson.

H18 Independent Bush delays meeting with Maliki as leaked memo casts doubt over Iraqi PM

Conflict in the Middle East: Symbols of life and death

David Miliband: We cannot curb global warming without EU action

Lord Ramsbotham exclusive: Justice system is absurd. Broken. Chaotic The former prison chief lambasts a justice system in meltdown after Tony Blair's decade of failure on crime and punishment

Soaring prison population sparks safety fears

Is the criminal justice system fair?

Inmates verdicts: 'Nothing to do except sink further into the system'

Leading article: New Labour's reactionary agenda has failed

The Big Question: Ten years on, has Tony Blair fulfilled his pledge to improve education?

H19: “This book examines terrorist groups that, while not formally allied with al-Qaeda, pose a threat to Americans, at home and abroad, and to the security of our friends and allies. Although the temptation for policymakers is to set aside as less dangerous those groups that have not chosen to join al-Qaeda, such terrorist or insurgent groups and criminal organizations still pose a threat to the United States, its interests, and its allies. The authors first look at violent Islamist terrorist and insurgent groups without formal links to al-Qaeda, such as Hamas and Hezbollah in the Middle East and Islamist groups in Africa. They then examine a number of non-Islamist terrorist groups — for example, the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, the FARC and ELN in Colombia, Maoist insurgencies, and the violent antiglobalist movement — and explain how these groups might fit into the al-Qaeda agenda and how they use criminal organizations and connections to finance their activities. Finally, they show how the presence of these threats affects U.S. security interests, and they identify distinct strategies that the United States may take to neutralize or mitigate each of them.”
Summary (PDF; 300 KB) ||| Full Report (PDF; 1.2 MB)

From The Wilson Quarterly, articles on the case for and the case against nuclear power (and more).

From The Economist, a shift in Australia's stance is a sign of the times: all over the world governments are rethinking the politics and economics of nuclear power

the more there is, the bigger the risk: Why proliferation gets harder to stop.

UPI Intelligence Watch

· H20 Slate

Wikis Save the World:

New York Times Magazine on the power of open-source media.

Despite the vast common sense and analytical clarity of its business and political analysis, The Economist wears the ideological blinkers of a Victorian free-thinker. It racks moral arguments on the Procrustean bed of Mill's libertarianism. What is wrong with utilitarianism?"I used to think. Now, I just read The Economist," Larry Ellison, CEO of IT giant Oracle Corporation, has admitted. The list of political and business luminaries who read it religiously is long and impressive. "The magazine I spend most of my days reading is The Economist," says Microsoft's Bill Gates. "An important part of my life support system," says Chris Patten, Chancellor of Oxford University. Even its rivals are glowing in their praise. Here's the International Herald Tribune: "This unique journal in which sheer intellect, backed by integrity and a bold welcoming of new ideas has held sway over statesman and governments." And Germany's Die Zeit: "The paper of the global ruling classes." And if you're still not convinced, Vanity Fair: "The magazine is probably read by more presidents, prime ministers, and chief executives around the world than any other... The positions it takes change the minds that matter."

America Speaks: A Demographic Profile of Foreign-Language Speakers for the United States: 2000

A rule for narrating history as poetry

Improving Mathematics and Science Education
Rand Corporation

Reforming Teacher Education: Something Old, Something New
Rand Corporation

H21

After five centuries, the printed page is giving way to PDFs and HTML. Does that mean the end of reading and the beginning of information processing?

For $150, Third-World Laptop Stirs a Big Debate The debate is centered on whether cheap laptops are the best way to improve education in the developing world.

Will Vista keep my PC safe?

Decoding history
'Jaw-dropping' design of 2,000-year-old computer

Ancient Greek artefact was an 'astronomical computer'

Der Spiegel BLOGGING TOWARDS DEMOCRACY From China to Iran, Web Diarists Are Challenging Censors

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Orta Doğu'da Durum Raporu 25 Mayıs 2011
Bin Ladin’in Öldürülmesi Üzerine Notlar 25 Mayıs 2011
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ABD ve Karadeniz Nisan 2011

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Amerika-Sonrası Dünyanın Provası Olarak Libya Krizi ve Türkiye 22 Mart 2011
“Demokratikleştiremediklerimizden misiniz?”: Orta Doğu’daki Değişim Dalgasının Neden, Şekil ve Olası Sonuçları 10 Şubat 2011
Analiz Üzerine Notlar 14 Ocak 2011
Wikileaks Üzerine Notlar ve Yorumlar 23 Aralık 2010
Enerji ve Güvenliği Üzerine Notlar 29 Kasım 2010
Amerikan Travması ve Kongre Seçimleri 23 Kasım 2010
Füze Savunması Üzerine 20 Soru ve 5 Seçenek 20 Ekim 2010
Obama Ekibinde Yaprak Dökümü - Beyaz Saray’dan Kaçış mı? 12 Ekim 2010
"Kürt Devleti" Üzerine Notlar ve Çeşitlemeler 23 Eylül 2010
Mullen’ın Ankara Ziyareti 7 Eylül 2010
ABD’nin Afganistan’daki Seçenekleri 24 Ağustos 2010
Financial Times Haberinin Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Üzerine Düşündürttükleri 18 Ağustos 2010
İsrail-ABD-İran-Türkiye Dörtgeni 26 Temmuz 2010
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Rus Casusluk Olayı: "John Le Carre mi, Austin Powers mı?" 5 Temmuz 2010
“Mahalleye Hoş Geldin”:Türkiye’nin Orta Doğu’da İlk Günü 02 Haziran 2010
Nükleer Takas: “Savaşı Bitiren Anlaşma” mı, “Acem Oyunu” mu? 20 Mayıs 2010
ABD Irak’tan Çekilirken Riskler ve Hesaplar 1 Mayıs 2010
ABD-İsrail İlişkilerinde “Normalleşme” Sancıları 22 Nisan 2010
Obama’nın Nükleer Cazibe Taarruzu: Bardağın Üçte Biri Dolu 9 Nisan 2010
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ABD bu işin neresinde? 29 Aralık 2009
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"Obama’nın Savaşı":AfPak Üzerine Notlar 20 Nisan 2009
Obama’nın Ardından 17 Nisan 2009
Obama’nın Türkiye Gezisi ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri 19 Mart 2009
ABD ve Orta Doğu Barış Süreci Mart 2009
Obama’nın “Kırkı Çıkarken” Mart 2009

ABD-PKK “İlişkisi” Üzerine Notlar Şubat 2009
Mahşerin Üç Atlısı: Ross, Holbrooke ve Mitchell 5 Şubat 2009
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Obama Döneminde ABD ve Asya 15 Ocak 2009
Obama’nın Güvenlik Kabinesi Üzerine Notlar 4 Aralık 2008
Yeni ABD Başkanı Obama ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri 6 Kasım 2008
ABD Başkanlık Seçimlerinin Türk-Amerikan İlişkilerine Muhtemel Etkileri 30 Ekim 2008
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Obama’nın Biden’ı Tercihinin Bir Tahlili 26 Ağustos 2008
Amerikan Sağı Üzerine Notlar Ağustos 2008
Gürcistan Krizi, ABD ve Türkiye 11 Ağustos 2008
Obama'nın Dış Gezisi 29 Temmuz 2008
Başkan Bush’un Avrupa Gezisi ve Transatlantik İlişkileri 18 Haziran 2008
ABD Seçimleri (ppt) - 10 Haziran 2008
"Sessiz Tsunami": Global Gıda Krizi (ppt) - 29 Nisan 2008
Amiral Fallon'un İstifası 13 Mart 2008
ABD ve PKK İlişkisi Üzerine Notlar 22 Kasım 2007
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K.Irak'a Ekonomik Müeyyideler Üzerine Sorular 25 Ekimy 2007
Irak "Hamle"sinin Muhasebesi Eylül 2007
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Arzın Merkezine Seyahat: ABD Ulusal Güvenlik Konseyi - Journey to the Center of the World: U.S. National Security Council Avrasya Dosyası 2005
Dört Tarz-ı Siyaset: Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri ve Başbakan Erdoğan’ın Washington Ziyareti Temmuz 2005
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The Middle East: A Land of Opportunity and Peril for Turkey - May 2003
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Türkiye, ABD ve Irak Harekâtı: Hayır Diyebilen Türkiye? - Şubat 2003
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İyi, Kötü ve Çirkin: ABD'nin Orta Doğu Politikaları Ocak 2002
Unilateralism corrupts, absolute unilateralism corrupts absolutely Turkish News, May 21, 2002
ABD ve Afganistan: Çıkış Var mı? Kasım 2001
Realism and Change
Crime and Punishment - Deterrence and its Failure in Theory and Practice 2001
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“ABD-AB İlişkilerinde Metal Yorgunluğu” Haziran 2001
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