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H1 New York Times Bush Adviser’s Memo Cites Doubts About Iraqi Leader By MICHAEL R. GORDON President Bush’s national security adviser expressed serious doubts about whether Iraq’s prime minister can control sectarian violence and recommended new steps to strengthen his position. Text of the Memo
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Ten Months or Ten Years We need to face our real choices in Iraq: Either we get out in a phased withdrawal or we start over, reinvade and rebuild from the ground up. See Friedman's False Choice
Deeper Crisis, Less U.S. Sway in Iraq American fortunes in Iraq are ever more dependent on feuding Iraqis who seem, at times, almost heedless to American appeals
Iran Resolution, Still Not Final, Drops Mention of Sanctions
Washington Post As Iraq Deteriorates, Iraqis Get More Blame Growing chorus of official voices blaming Iraqis for continuing violence may mark the beginning of the end of U.S. involvement, experts say.
President hints at growing impatience with l-Maliki and Iraq's ability to sustain itself.
Tom Ricks: View at the Pentagon, throw in our lot with the Shiites.
Anbar a No-Win Battle For US, Marines Say
U.S. Military Predicts Rising Violence in Iraq
Hagel's Moment? By David Ignatius It's a measure of the step change brought about by the Nov. 7 elections that Chuck Hagel is now seriously exploring a GOP presidential bid.
Stepping Into Iraq Saudi Arabia Will Protect Sunnis if the U.S. Leaves By Nawaf Obaid, Saudi Arabia Must Protect Sunnis When the U.S. Leaves ABCNEWS: PENTAGON MAY PULL TROOPS OUT OF DEADLY AL-ANBAR PROVINCE... Should the US Stay in Iraq or Go? The President Takes Charge on Iraq - Mike Allen, Time
The Five Fatal Mistakes of Bush's Mideast Policy
New York - At 83, Henry Kissinger wears two hearing aids and is blind in one eye. His hair has turned snowy white, but his presence is startling... As another failed war threatens to tarnish his legacy, Henry Kissinger attempts to clarify his record—by evading, skirting, stretching, hedging, and stonewalling like the diplomatic master he is.more»
Financial Times Financial Times COMMENT: Europe must not lose sight of why it still matters by Mark Mazower There is a fault line running through Europe right now – one of outlook rather than age – which the recent political earthquake in the US will probably widen unless European policymakers begin paying more attention to it, writes Mark Mazower, who teaches history at Columbia University. COMMENT: Tear up the Bush doctrine and revisit America's real values by Martin Wolf The signal feature of this administration has not been merely its incompetence, but its rejection of the principles on which US foreign policy was built after the second world war, writes Martin Wolf. COMMENT: A shadow falls over the Caucasus as Georgia edges closer to conflict The 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: Why fairer trade does not mean an end to free trade President George W. Bush’s pro-corporate trade agenda has delivered an $800bn trade deficit, stagnant real wages and the decimation of the US manufacturing sector, while exacerbating human rights abuses and inequality, writes John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO. Iran, Iraq, and the United States: The New Triangle's Impact on Sectarianism and the Nuclear Threat by Dr. Sherifa D. Strategic Studies Institute WSJ Bush and Maliki The real enemy in Iraq is not a "civil war."
Digital NPQ Samuel P. Huntington: SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON REVISITS THE 'CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS'
HENRY KISSINGER: IRAQ NOT RIPE FOR DEMOCRACY; TIME FOR A RETURN TO REALISM IN U.S. POLICY
Martin van Creveld: THE FALL: CONSEQUENCES OF THE COMING U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ OECD World economy facing rebalancing of growth, says Economic Outlook The world economy is facing a rebalancing of growth rather than a slowdown. In the US and Japan the slowing pace of activity should remain well contained while a solid upswing may now be underway in the euro area. The Global Reach of Iran's Ballistic Missiles JCSS Iraqi Force Development and the Challenge of Civil War (PDF; 2.4 MB) Source: Center for Strategic & International Studies Report of the China Price Project (PDF; 313 KB) Source: Merage School of Business, University of California-Irvine - Chinese manufacturers have the capability to significantly undercut prices offered by foreign competitors over a wide range of products. Today, as a result of the “China Price,” China has captured over 70% of the world’s market share for DVDs and toys, more than half for bikes, cameras, shoes, and telephones; and more than a third for air conditioners, color TVs, computer monitors, luggage, and microwave ovens. It also has established dominant market positions in everything from furniture, refrigerators and washing machines to jeans and underwear. This report examines the eight major economic drivers of the China Price and provides estimates of their relative contributions to China’s manufacturing competitive advantage. Lower labor costs account for 39% of the China Price advantage. A highly efficient form of production known as “industrial network clustering” together with catalytic Foreign Direct Investment add another 16% and 3%, respectively. The remainder of the China Price advantage is driven by more mercantilist elements. Export subsides account for 17% of the advantage, an undervalued currency adds 11%, counterfeiting and piracy contribute 9%, and together, lax environmental and worker health and safety regulatory regimes add another 5%.
| H2 NYT Editorial Benedict Goes to Turkey Pope Benedict XVI’s role in furthering the debate over minority and religious rights and promoting better interfaith relations may prove to be helpful in both Turkey and the West.
NYT Pope Backs Turkey’s Bid to Join European Union The gesture of good will, a reversal of his position, was aimed at blunting Muslim anger toward him
FT EUROPE: Brussels to punish Turkey over Cyprus by slowing entry talks
Turkey claims Pope's backing for EU bid Rehn Türkiye ile 8 başlıkta müzakerelerin dondurulmasını önerdi Turkish Opinion of US War in Iraq Taints Relations PBS
Resurgence of Nationalism and Islam Threaten to Turn Turkey Away ...
Der Spiegel Pope Benedict XVI in Turkey: In the Shadow of Muhammad
The Radicalization of Turkey
The Times Pope gives blessing toTurkey's EU campaignHe appealed for Christian-Muslim reconciliation and called on all religious leaders to refuse to support violence in the name of faith
Washington Post In Turkey, Pope Reaches Out to Islam: After Enraging Some With Earlier Remarks, Benedict Calls for 'Authentic Dialogue'
BBC Historic divide Finns strive for EU-Turkey deal
The Pope's Tense Tour - Owen Matthews, Newsweek
Bombing Campaign a Response to Ankara’s Kurdish Policies, or “ ... “Deep State” Plot? Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Washington Post Provisions in Bush Anti-Terrorism Order Ruled Illegal “The ruling marks a victory for (those) … who are seeking to provide support for the "lawful, nonviolent activities" of two groups designated terrorist organizations by the U.S. government: the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Turkey …”
Washington Times Pope Benedict in the lion's den A teacher to unwilling students across the world.Editorial The pope in Turkey Judge deals blow to key parts of Bush anti-terrorist order
RJ Eskow: 'Screamers' and Genocide: A Talk With Serj Tankian From System of a Down
Guardian Pope tries to build bridges on first visit to Muslim country
LA Times Pope reaches out to Muslim world
Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati
Mehmet Tezkan Papa’nın ‘arzu ederim’ demesi iyi de.. Siz, 1.5 yıl Avrupa’yı unutun..
ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Türkler Avrupa'da...
Gülay Göktürk Huntington'dan Türkiye değerlendirmesi
Gazprom seeks strategic cooperation
cnnturkblog: "Bırakalım geçsin mi?" Türkiye, Fransa ile ilişkilerinde Ermenistan konusunda tam bir ikilem yaşıyor. Fransız Meclisi'nin Ermenilerin soykırım iddialarının inkarını suç sayan kararı yasalaşsa bir dert, yasalaşmasa başka dert.
’PKK terörünün uzun namlulu silahı olmayın’
Türkiye Doğu'ya da entegre olsun
Ghosts of Massacred Armenians Could Haunt Turkey’s Chances To Join European Union
Ayrı devlet istemesinler diye 'milletsiniz' dediler Ambassador Wilson meets with True Path Party Leader Mehmet Agar
İktidar ve muhalefetten Osman Baydemir'e eleştiri yağmuru
Political Landscape of Northern Iraq
Three policemen, gunman killed in Tel Afar
Kirkuk governor survives attack
Study: Erbil enjoys a healthy economic atmosphere - Iraq
Bombing Campaign a Response to Ankara’s Kurdish Policies, or “Deep State” Plot?
EurasiaNet The NATO Summit: Energy Security, Georgia Are Hot Topics
Guardian BAE money linked to arms broker Secret payments from Britain's biggest arms company linked to arms broker for Saudi Royal Family. Geopolitical Diary: Syria's Militant Islamist Traffic Stratfor
A Second Strike: Homing in on Al Qaeda Prime? Stratfor Daily Telegraph Accept Taliban victory, Pakistan tells Nato
US setbacks see dollar plunge to near 15-year low
Washington Times Iraq exit via Iran? Iran can either facilitate or humiliate a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq
UPI A two-state solution for Iraq?
CFR Perkovich: Iran-US Competition in Middle East Holds Seeds of ‘Tragedy’
McClatchy Bush tries to strengthen `Sunni bulwark' to contain Iran
Ha’aretz Editorial Cease the fire in the West Bank, too
| H3TAHA KIVANÇ Sabrım var, beklerim
Cengiz Çandar Tüm yazıları Papa-Patrik, Doğu Roma-Batı Roma, Türkiye-AB
For the reunification of Rome: Vatican to Turkey; Turkey in Brussels AKP-PKK ve TSK M.Ali Kışlalı
'Alt subaylar darbe için daha istekli' Expected military coup, Zeyno Baran, and a meeting at the Hudson Institute Onder Aytac & Emre Uslu Tamer Korkmaz Darbe-Toto!
Cüneyt Ülsever Türkiye Irak’la ilgili ne yapıyor?
"NATO, Kuzey Irak'ta PKK'ya son verebilir"
ABD'ye Irak salvosu
Ağar Silahlının muhatabı askerdir
Naci Bostancı 'Kürt sorunu' nasıl çözülür?
Darbe komploları yasalarımızda suç
Erdoğan, Çankaya ve yanlışlar Avni Özgürel
ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Vatandaş iki anahtarı da Erdoğan'a verir mi?
Baykal: Erdoğan'la TRT'de tartışalım
Baykal: Kimse demokrasi dışı oluşumlardan fayda beklemesin
Ünlü yatırım gurusu Mobius 'Erdoğan'ın Köşk'e çıkma olasılığı risktir'
[Haber Analiz] Brüksel'de dengeli karar arayışı
Bilal Çetin Babacan ‘müzakere sürecinin donduğunu’ teyit etti
AB Komisyonu’nun tavsiyesi bugün çıkabilir
Sami KOHEN AB treni yavaşlarsa ne olur?..
MUHARREM SARIKAYA Dondurmak kopmaktır...
Fin Başbakan Ankara'ya geliyor
İsmail Küçükkaya Papa'dan NATO'ya, Riga'dan Brüksel'e...
Merkel: 'Türkiye AB Üyeliğine Hazır Değil'
Dünyayı ısıtan ziyaret ... Haberin Devamı>>>
Vatikan, Patrikhane ve Türkiye ELÇİN MACAR
M Ali Birand Bizim de Papa’dan beklentilerimiz var
Welcome to Islamdom, Your Holiness
Abdülhamit Bilici Papa ziyaretinin hatırlattığı ekümeniklik tartışması
ALİ BARDAKOĞLU İslam'a 'şiddet dini' yakıştırması insafa sığmaz!
Ali Bulaç Papa ve patrik NAZLI ILICAK Erdoğan doğru olanı yaptı
En ruhani destek: Türkiye'nin yeri AB
Papa'nın ziyareti, Erdoğan ve Sezer Murat Yetkin
FORUM: Papa'nın Türkiye ziyareti
Papa'nın Türkiye ziyareti için dünya medyası ne dedi?
Fikret BİLA Papa'nın ziyaretinde karşılıklı jestler
Hasan CEMAL Papa ziyareti: Güzel başladı!
Osman ULAGAY Papa, Batı, AB ve büyük düşünme zamanı
Papa sahiden Türkiye'nin AB üyeliğini ister mi? İsmet Berkan
MEHMET BARLAS Erdoğan Papa'yı karşılayıp, spekülasyonları bitirdi
Emin Pazarcı Papa ve nabız yoklayan ABD
Mustafa Ünal Ankara'dan Papa geçti
Mumcu Papa iyi niyetli gibi görünmüyor
Yaşar Nuri Öztürk Papa'ya Sert Çıktı
Hasan ÜNAL
Oktay Ekşi Ziyaret de kritik, ziyaretçi de
Hasan DEMİR Papa’yı korumak için Türkiye MOSSAD’a niye muhtaç
ERDAL ŞAFAK 111'inci Papa
Al Hayat A Guest in Turkey Elias Harfouch
Mehmet Y Yılmaz Demek ki eleştirilerden yararlanmak mümkünmüş
Ertuğrul Özkök Bir Fenerbahçeli'nin hisleri
Ahmet Hakan Türk sinemasında bir devrim: Takva
Mason Locası'nda soruşturma şoku
Undersecretary Tuygan appointed to UNESCO
OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU 'Özel sektörün dış borcu risk değil'
Mobius Zenginlik için laik kalın! Seyfettin GürselPara politikası çökebilir
Ercan Kumcu Bankacılık sektöründe risklerin ölçülmesi
Kayıt dışılıkla mücadelenin reçetesi
Deniz Gökçe Yaşlanıyorlar, sıra bize gelmeden reform gerek
Saruhan Özel
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
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H4 New York Times Bush Adviser’s Memo Cites Doubts About Iraqi Leader By MICHAEL R. GORDON President Bush’s national security adviser expressed serious doubts about whether Iraq’s prime minister can control sectarian violence and recommended new steps to strengthen his position. Text of the Memo
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Ten Months or Ten Years We need to face our real choices in Iraq: Either we get out in a phased withdrawal or we start over, reinvade and rebuild from the ground up.
Deeper Crisis, Less U.S. Sway in Iraq American fortunes in Iraq are ever more dependent on feuding Iraqis who seem, at times, almost heedless to American appeals
Iran Resolution, Still Not Final, Drops Mention of Sanctions
Editorial Iraq and the Facts of Life When President Bush and Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq sit down in Jordan, we hope they will use the time — finally — to impress on each other the brutal facts of life in their respective capitals.
Memo From India: Report Shows Muslims Near Bottom of Social Ladder
Billionaire Ally of Dead Spy Issues Statement
Opium Crop on Rise in Afghan Provinces
Report Rejects European Denial of C.I.A. Activity
Man Mistakenly Abducted by C.I.A. Seeks Redress
In Amman Enemies, and Allies, Await Bush
U.S. Troops Kill 5 Girls in Assault on Insurgents
Bush Declines to Call Situation in Iraq Civil War
Bush Asking Arab Friends for Iraq Help MAUREEN DOWD Turning on the Puppet The administration still won’t admit the obvious, that our soldiers are stuck in the middle of a civil war in Iraq.
| H5 Washington Post As Iraq Deteriorates, Iraqis Get More Blame Growing chorus of official voices blaming Iraqis for continuing violence may mark the beginning of the end of U.S. involvement, experts say.
President hints at growing impatience with
Tom Ricks: View at the Pentagon, throw in our lot with the Shiites.
Anbar a No-Win Battle For US, Marines Say
U.S. Military Predicts Rising Violence in Iraq
Hagel's Moment? By David Ignatius It's a measure of the step change brought about by the Nov. 7 elections that Chuck Hagel is now seriously exploring a GOP presidential bid.
Stepping Into Iraq Saudi Arabia Will Protect Sunnis if the U.S. Leaves By Nawaf Obaid, Saudi Arabia Must Protect Sunnis When the U.S. Leaves
Gates Warns Against Leaving Iraq 'in Chaos' : Defense Nominee Says He Opposes Speedy Pullout
William Arkin Civil War: What's in a Name?
Plumb Out of Mission By Harold Meyerson, The problem with Iraqi security isn't that Iraqi forces are poorly trained. It's that they're not really invested in fighting for a unified, non-sectarian Iraq.
Building a Democracy The Orange Revolution Lives On in Ukraine By Viktor Yushchenko,
White House Wages War of Words Over 'Civil' Term
Annan Seeks Summit Outside Iraq to Heal Factions
Editorial A Strained Alliance NATO has done well nurturing democracies and fighting a war. But its job is getting harder
Editorial Back to Beijing If only the Chinese would shop (almost) like Americans.
Europe Investigates CIA Flights Report contends that airports in Poland, Romania were transfer points for CIA secret prisons.
Blair Pledges to Pursue Probe of Ex-Spy's Death
Hastings, Harman Rejected for Chairmanship Pelosi Decides Against Both of House Intelligence Panel's Top Two Democrats
| H6 Guardian BAE money linked to arms broker Secret payments from Britain's biggest arms company linked to arms broker for Saudi Royal Family. Leader Up in arms Three years ago, the Guardian obtained and published allegations that BAE was operating a slush fund, used corruptly to ease arms deals around the world. This paper handed its information over to the police and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). They have proceeded in secret but it is clear that their investigations have spread, to cover not just BAE's Saudi deals, but also those in Chile, the Czech Republic, Romania, South Africa and Tanzania. Another day, another fall in the dollar If Scotland wants partition, the British cannot deny it Putin's power struggle David Clark: We cannot let Russia use its domination of energy supplies to bully its neighbours across Europe. MEPs condemn 'torture flights' We're not simpletons. Trident will breach the nuclear treaty
Brandon Butler The foreign press on America's role in Iraq - and the trouble with breast implants.
This has been a timorous and craven government at home and abroad Martin Jacques: New Labour was born of defeat and has displayed a profound lack of ambition in power. But the party can still recover its purpose.
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H7 The President Takes Charge on Iraq - Mike Allen, Time
New York - At 83, Henry Kissinger wears two hearing aids and is blind in one eye. His hair has turned snowy white, but his presence is startling... As another failed war threatens to tarnish his legacy, Henry Kissinger attempts to clarify his record—by evading, skirting, stretching, hedging, and stonewalling like the diplomatic master he is.more»
Top Bush adviser raises doubts about Iraqi PM Washington Times Iraq exit via Iran? Iran can either facilitate or humiliate a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq
How The Iraq Study Group Came To Be CBS News
Syria Sends U.S. a Bloody Signal By: Trudy Rubin | Miami Herald
Pope Benedict XVI and Islam
Why Zelikow Departure is Really Bad
A review of Circle in the Sand: Why We Went Back to Iraq. A review of The Way to Win a Guerrilla War. Some civil wars never end: Lebanon and Iraq show that some long-fought civil wars only have cease-fires. In search of the fixers: Before troops can leave Iraq, the U.S. must learn who, if anyone, is in control of the gunmen; and there is no dearth of strategies for Iraq, in officialdom and beyond, but will any of them work? Long after we withdraw: David Rieff on the many lessons from Vietnam for Iraq. The Next Step? Think Vietnam: There is much moaning in Washington about the return of the realists. But what we need is a Kissingerian effort to extricate America.
Asia Times Bury my heart in the Green Zone With President Mahmud Ahmadinejad hosting his Iraqi counterpart in Iran (minus Syria) and President George W Bush due to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the scramble for solutions to the Iraqi debacle continues. In the meantime, all options remain open to those not taking part in summits - the guerrilla resistance. Two scenarios could become a double bill: the return of the Ba'athists and an attack on the US heart in Iraq, the Green Zone. - Pepe Escobar
Radical US approach for radical leaders President Mahmud Ahmadinejad of Iran, Hassan Nasrallah of Lebanon's Hezbollah and Muqtada al-Sadr in Iraq represent a new breed of Shi'ite leader committed to the supremacy of Islam in political systems. They see the US as an obstacle to this. The US, as long as the situation in the Middle East worsens, will have to accommodate these leaders. - Ehsan Ahrari
Kofi Annan's parting policy address
| H8 Geopolitical Diary: Syria's Militant Islamist Traffic Stratfor
A Second Strike: Homing in on Al Qaeda Prime? Stratfor
UPI A two-state solution for Iraq?
CFR Perkovich: Iran-US Competition in Middle East Holds Seeds of ‘Tragedy’
McClatchy Bush tries to strengthen `Sunni bulwark' to contain Iran
A Message for Maliki: Bush Must Make Clear Iraq's Responsibilities
Alon Ben-Meir Preventing Genocide in Iraq
Helena Cobban Zelikow: What does he know?
BBC Iran: US exit key to Iraq peace US troops must leave Iraq if security is to be restored, Iran's supreme leader says in talks with Iraq's president.
Iranian Nuclear Sites
Lebanon faces uncertain future Gulf News - By Amir Taheri
ANALYSIS-Bush seeks help on Iraq as regional fears grow
Iraq state of emergency extended
Regime Change, Not War, Remains Only US Solution in Middle East
Iran, Pakistan should strive for regional peace: Rowhani
Russian-Built Reactor Erased From Iran Sanctions
Poor response
POLL Pakistan: Ally or Adversary? The Atlantic recently asked a group of foreign-policy authorities about Pakistan and its president, Pervez Musharraf
THE WORLD IN NUMBERS Iran: A Minority Report Mapping the rise of discontent by Graeme Wood
Boston Globe Getting it wrong in Somalia, again(By John Prendergast and Colin Thomas-Jensen)
Morgan Stanley Middle East/North Africa
The Arab world’s passage from the secular to the Islamicist in the last fifty years is illuminated by Egypt’s greatest writer, Naguib Mahfouz... more» In today’s sad Egypt... more»
SyriaComment Three Camps on Gemayel Murder and Syria
Al Hayat Iran and the Extent of its Influence Abdullah Iskandar
The International Tribunal is Up-and-Coming despite Tradeoffs and Assassinations Raghida Dergham
Democracy Arsenal Nouri al-Maliki (and Partition) are Bad for Iraq
| H9 Ha’aretz - Print Edition
Editorial Cease the fire in the West Bank, too
U.S.: No point for Israel to talk to a Syria that supports terror U.S. National Security Adviser warns against proposed negotiations as long as Syria aids Iran, Hezbollah.
Bradley Burston Palestinians can't be war criminals Media dispatches sent round the world describe the Qassams as primitive, unguided, home-made. They are all of those. They are also a war crime.
The checkpoint generation Amira Hass: The IDF is sending your sons on apartheid missions
Rice to tell Abbas: 'Don't miss opportunity, impose order in PA'
U.S. Jews to PM: Don't change Law of Return to shun converts
As result of Lebanon war, IDF plans to boost training by 30 percent
Schiff Hezbollah officers going home too
Mofaz: Arafat agreed to host Iran's Revolutionary Guards
BBC Moment of peace
Exit strategy Yedioth Ahronoth 'Lebanese officials targeted'
Jerusalem Post An officer and a peacemaker President Bush must now get involved to push the peace process forward.
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H10 Christian Science Monitor At Jordan summit, Bush The deterioratng Iraq situation is pushing both to look beyond their cabinets for solutions.
Bush reaffirms push for Mideast democracy His foreign-policy speech cited 'freedom' as the region's most pressing need.
Editorial Standing up to bullies in Lebanon
Iraqi refugees drive up prices in Jordan Each wave of refugees sends inflation soaring, affecting the real estate market most.
Land claim unsettles Israeli settlers Peace Now says 40 percent of West Bank settlements sit on private Palestinian land.
An American who lived the history of Mao's rise and fall Sidney Rittenberg's 35 years in China provide a unique perspective on the country and its famed leader.
Brookings Foreign Policy Studies Energy Security Series: India Source: The Brookings Institution A Billion On The Move By: Arun Maira | The Times of India
new foreign policy challenges After cultivating closer relations with its traditional ally the United States, Japan under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs to refocus attention on Asia
Japan's New Leader The Economist | H11 IHT Europe's quiet integration
Slouching toward Riga NATO is failing its most significant post-Soviet test: stabilizing Afghanistan.
As euro pushes higher, European finance ministers hold steady
Olmert's offer of dialogue Olmert's offer of dialogue may become a first step toward the negotiated peace accord that Israelis, Palestinians and their neighbors desperately need.
Britain and the hajj
BBC Nato 'to ease Afghan troop rules' Nato members agree to relax restrictions on how troops are used in Afghanistan, at a summit in Latvia.
EU nations 'knew about CIA jails' Many EU nations knew the CIA was using their territory to transfer or detain terror suspects, a report says.
Atlantic Monthly COMMENT Coalition of the Waiting The U.S.-European alliance is not on its last legs— and when Bush goes, it could emerge stronger than ever by Jonathan Rauch
Kosovo: The Next Yugoslav War
Energy Grief Ahead for EU By: David Howell | The Japan Times
Asia Times NATO maps its future With the reordering of the world in a multipolar direction well under way, should the North Atlantic Treaty Organization play a greater role in the international arena? Should membership be granted to Ukraine and Georgia? These divisive issues will take center stage at this week's NATO summit in Riga, Latvia
EuroStat Births and Fertility Stats for the EU
Morgan Stanley A Stronger Euro Would Not Help Reforms
UPI Outside View: Trouble with Russia-EU ties
Immigrants in a Booming Economy: Analyzing Their Earnings and Welfare Dependence
From Transitions, it is a bit of an oddity that there should be any significant anti-Semitism in the Balkans at all.
NATO has survived the end of the cold war. But as it battles the Taliban in Afghanistan, its problems are acute.
Democracy Asenal A Fresh Perspective from NATO Summit | H12 RFE/RL Afghanistan Main Issue At Summit As NATO leaders open a two-day summit, the mission in Afghanistan, where NATO troops are fighting a resurgent Taliban, is in sharp focus. Kosovo Entering The Home Stretch The UN has put off settling Kosovo's final status until after Serbia's January elections, but the result seems set. NATO May Invite Balkan States Into Partnership Program CIS Energy, Relevance Top Agenda In Minsk The Commonwealth of Independent States will soon mark its 15th anniversary, but questions abound about its usefulness
BBC Difficult target
Russia Is Not Prepared to Restore the Empire From Dissent, an article on Russia: which capitalist road?;
OECD Economic Survey of Russia Russia has been enjoying a period of robust growth, thanks largely to steadily rising terms of trade. The challenge for policy-makers is to facilitate Russia’s transition into a period of self-sustaining, investment- and innovation-led growth
EDM KAZAKHSTAN’S EU STRATEGY BASED ON REGIONAL ASCENDANCY
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H13 The Times Leader Olmert's Opportunity Israeli and Palestinian initiatives raise hopes for the Middle East
Bush vow on troop numbers will shore up Iraqi leadership
Moscow points the finger of blame at billionaire exile Boris ...
Britain accused on secret CIA flightsThe European Parliament claims Britain has allowed 170 secret CIA flights to make stopovers at its airports, second in number only to Germany
Police follow spy's footsteps hoping to spot a 'shadow'
Afghan security handover is on track for 2008, says Nato
A step towards breaking a dark embraceAfghanistan’s opium economy was between £1.3 billion and £1.4 billion in the past two years — equal to 36 per cent of the legal, non-drug economy
WSJ Bush and Maliki The real enemy in Iraq is not a "civil war."
The Devaluationists
Washington Times Inside the CIA Iranian motives, U.S. intentions
| H14 Financial Times COMMENT: Europe must not lose sight of why it still matters by Mark Mazower There is a fault line running through Europe right now – one of outlook rather than age – which the recent political earthquake in the US will probably widen unless European policymakers begin paying more attention to it, writes Mark Mazower, who teaches history at Columbia University. COMMENT: Tear up the Bush doctrine and revisit America's real values by Martin Wolf The signal feature of this administration has not been merely its incompetence, but its rejection of the principles on which US foreign policy was built after the second world war, writes Martin Wolf. COMMENT: A shadow falls over the Caucasus as Georgia edges closer to conflict The 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: Why fairer trade does not mean an end to free trade President George W. Bush’s pro-corporate trade agenda has delivered an $800bn trade deficit, stagnant real wages and the decimation of the US manufacturing sector, while exacerbating human rights abuses and inequality, writes John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO. NATIONAL NEWS: Blair 'willing to quiz Putin' over death
WORLD NEWS: Bahrain feels chill from
THE AMERICAS: Bush rejects view that Iraq is in state of civil war
WORLD NEWS: Bush asks Nato allies to step up Afghan efforts
Furore over Chirac plan to meet Putin
OECD sees ‘mild’ economic slowdown
Mystery illness hits former Russian PM Yegor Gaidar, Russia’s former prime minister and the architect of the country’s market reforms, last week suffered a sudden, unexplained and violent illness on a visit to Ireland, a day after Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB spy, died in London from an apparent radiation poisoning
Lebanon Christians seek to end tensions The heads of the Shia, Sunni and smaller Druze community struggled to contain the country’s political crises and avert a repeat of recent clashes between rival Christian groups.
Iran’s leader urges ‘exit of occupiers’ in Iraq
| H15 Los Angeles Times Pentagon to ask at least $127B in new war funds The Defense Department's largest emergency spending request since the Sept. 11 attacks could spark conflict with Democrats. - Iraqi prime minister to seek more control Bush prepares questions for Iraqi prime minister
Editorial
FT OBSERVER: Zelikow's days as a true believer
Poland, Italy ‘colluded on CIA detentions’
Saudis suspend £10bn Eurofighter talks
FT MARKETS: Disquiet at Bernanke's inflation comments
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H16 WSJ Pelosi Acts to End Fight Over Intelligence Post Pelosi said she won't appoint Rep. Hastings to head the House Intelligence panel despite the Congressional Black Caucus's insistence
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US setbacks see dollar plunge to near 15-year low
£10bn Saudi arms deal under threatSaudi Arabia has suspended negotiations on a £10 billion extension to the Al-Yamamah arms deal amid growing concern about a corruption inquiry by the Serious Fraud Office in London.
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If it's good enough for the Scots it's good enough for the English | H18 Independent Future of Ulster: Their aim? Reconciliation. Their means? Talking A British soldier, an IRA volunteer, a Protestant victim - the extraordinary story of how, behind closed doors, former foes are now fighting for the peaceful future of Northern Ireland
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Senior EU officials accused of covering up secret CIA prisons for terror suspects
Litvinenko 'smuggled nuclear material'
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H19 National security council
RAND . Knowing Our Enemy, Strengthening Ourselves. Cover: Unconquerable Nation: Knowing Our Enemy, Strengthening Ourselves. By: Brian Michael Jenkins
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IEA: World Energy Outlook 2006 Report of the China Price Project (PDF; 313 KB) Source: Merage School of Business, University of California-Irvine - Chinese manufacturers have the capability to significantly undercut prices offered by foreign competitors over a wide range of products. Today, as a result of the “China Price,” China has captured over 70% of the world’s market share for DVDs and toys, more than half for bikes, cameras, shoes, and telephones; and more than a third for air conditioners, color TVs, computer monitors, luggage, and microwave ovens. It also has established dominant market positions in everything from furniture, refrigerators and washing machines to jeans and underwear. This report examines the eight major economic drivers of the China Price and provides estimates of their relative contributions to China’s manufacturing competitive advantage. Lower labor costs account for 39% of the China Price advantage. A highly efficient form of production known as “industrial network clustering” together with catalytic Foreign Direct Investment add another 16% and 3%, respectively. The remainder of the China Price advantage is driven by more mercantilist elements. Export subsides account for 17% of the advantage, an undervalued currency adds 11%, counterfeiting and piracy contribute 9%, and together, lax environmental and worker health and safety regulatory regimes add another 5%. Implications for management strategy and public policy are noted within the context of the “flight or fight” choice facing manufacturing enterprises seeking to compete with China. | H21 Milton Friedman's influence on economics was profound, but the emergence of a richer, more complex view of human behaviour in the last generation renders his political philosophy irrelevant
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