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| H1 New York Times Rumsfeld Memo Proposed ‘Major Adjustment’ in Iraq --- Text of the Memo
Adviser Says Bush Plans to Review Panel’s Report and Make ‘Significant Changes’ on Iraq News Analysis: Amid Hints Bush Will Change Policy, Clues That He Won’t
Washington Post Bush Weighing Options On Iraq, Top Aide Says Hadley says president is considering points cited in memo by Rumsfeld, who announced his resignation two days later.
Editorial And Now, Plan B Washington is close to a consensus on a new strategy for Iraq. But is it truly 'realistic'?
Even the Wise Men Can't Save Us in Iraq By Daniel L. Byman, A 1991 Iraq Betrayal Redux? Najmaldin Karim, the president of the Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI). Kofi Annan's Legacy by Jim Hoagland
A Realistic Plan: Split Iraq in Two - Jonathan Last, Philadelphia Inquirer
Sunday Times Saudis lead Israel peace bidEhud Olmert will meet officials to explore the formation of a group of moderate Arab countries to negotiate over the future of the Middle East
White House fights pressure for early Iraq withdrawalThe White House is resisting efforts by an advisory commission to force the pace on troop withdrawals and negotiations with Iran and Syria
Blair flies out to Iraq handover summit The prime minister will discuss the gradual handover of Iraq, amid doubts about Britain’s influence over the US
NYT Magazine Open-Source Spying By CLIVE THOMPSON
Sunday Telegraph Bush's slaughterhouse For the 10-member Study Group, charged with sorting out the slaughterhouse that is Iraq in 2006, the simplest way to do this, says Niall Ferguson, would be to turn the clock back, Vonnegut style.
How Russia is biggest spy threat to Britain
Saudis and Iran prepare to do battle
Time Can Bush Find an Exit?
What We Would Leave Behind If the U.S. goes, the Iraqis won't stop shooting. They'll still have each other
Newsweek Iraq Study: Will Bush Listen to Advice? Folks used to wonder why he didn't push into Baghdad. Baker doesn't hear that question much anymore.
Time Losing Lebanon Once a beacon of democracy in the Middle East, Lebanon is veering toward civil war. Here's what went wrong
Immanuel Wallerstein on the lessons of Vietnam, Indonesia, and Iraq.
The Times I am no longer asked why we did not remove Saddam
Newsweek Zakaria: Why Pakistan May Be Supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan
FT Editorial Middle East mayhem
Guardian In bed with Russophobes Neil Clark: The Litvinenko murder is being used by neocons in their campaign against Putin's national revival.
LA Times Mideast allies near a state of panic Wise man or wannabe?By Walter Isaacson James Baker is hoping the Iraq Study Group can vault him into the ranks of statesmen
Ha’aretz - Print Edition ANALYSIS: If Lebanese PM Siniora fails, so too will UNIFIL
Jerusalem Post Syria smuggling long-range missiles to Hizbullah Exclusive: According to Military Intelligence assessment, Syria open to talks with Israel; Hizbullah may attempt more kidnappings.
Analysis: 2007 - The Year of War Military Intelligence's assessment for the coming year forebodes war in Gaza and rematch with Hizbullah.
The Region: Yogi Berra was right Things not to expect any time soon, despite what the pundits say.
Washington Post Bush's Shrinking Options By Robert D. Novak, As a creature of Congress, James A. Baker's group spells trouble for Bush when it releases its report Wednesday.
America's Moral Duty in Iraq By George F. Will, The word "success" -- forget "victory" -- doesn't seems elastic enough to cover any attainable outcome in Iraq.
Next Steps in Forging a Euroatlantic Strategy for the Wider Black Sea GMF
FT COMMENT: Europe will not escape the impact of dollar depreciation The best policy response to a global adjustment shock has to be a relaxation in monetary policy and a co-ordinated fiscal stimulus, writes Wolfgang Munchau
COMMENT: India and China are the only real Brics in the wall The assumption of continuity in Russia underestimates the possibility of substantial political changes once the commodity price cycle ends
Roubini Revisiting My July/August 2006 Prediction of a US Recession in 2007
Kevin Drum THE LIBERAL HAWK GAME....Here's a fun game: who was the person most responsible for selling the war to centrists and liberal hawks? Glenn Greenwald nominates Tom Friedman. Jim Henley says Greenwald is all wet: it was actually Colin Powell. Personally, I think I might plump for Ken Pollack. Permalink
| H2 FT Chirac and Merkel unite over Turkey Germany and France will demand tougher conditions for Turkey’s troubled European Union membership bid in a move likely to cause new divisions over Ankara at next week’s European Union summit.Newsweek How Europe Lost Turkey It's a slow-motion 'train wreck,' and the imminent crash of Ankara's EU bid is a disaster for everyone.
NYT Editorial Closer to and Farther From Europe As he left Turkey, Pope Benedict XVI said he hoped his visit would bring “civilizations progressively closer.” The European Union should listen.
German Turks Ask Where They Fit Now In the wake of Pope Benedict’s visit to their homeland, some Turkish immigrants living in Germany express reluctance to support Turkey’s entrance into the European Union.
Daily Star The EU and Turkey are in a wrestling match, where neither side can afford to let go By Hugh Pope
From NPQ, an interview with Orhan Pamuk on Europe and Turkey.
NYT In Turkey, Wisdom Awaits Those Who Call Help Line
Koç da ‘Erdoğan Köşk’e çıkmasın’ dedi
Erdoğan İran'da 'nükleer sorun'u görüştü
ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ Neden pazar sabahı Tahran'dayız?
Enis Berberoğlu Sarkaç neden Tahran’da durdu
Cüneyt Ülsever İran ve Ortadoğu
İran'a nükleer uyarı: Diplomasi yolunu takip et
İlnur Çevik Can regional powers solve regional woes? Fikret Ertan Yedi ayda olur mu?
Erdoğan, Ahmedinejad’la görüştü
Hamaney 'heyetli' görüşmeyi seçti
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Iran has always sought to expand ties with Turkey: Leader
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Ortadoğu'yu bölme planı tam gaz ABDULBARİ ATWAN
Daily Star ABD ipleri Maliki'ye verip, güvenlik için Irak'ta kalmalı
Talabani: Geleceğe biz karar vereceğiz
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MAHMUT ÖVÜR "112'nci şehit olmasın diye uğraşıyorum"
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Şükrü Küçükşahin Ağar’ın şifreleri
DTP: Herkes Ağar kadar sorumluluk almalı
Erdoğan’ı seçimde rakip olarak görmek istiyorum Serpil YILMAZ Ağar: Daha büyük haritayı gösteririz
Musul ve Kerkük kendi toprağımız
Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media
Aksu: Patlayıcılar K.Irak’tan giriyor
Yargıtay’dan Kürtçe dilekçeye ret
Diyarbakır yeniden doğuyor
'Türkiye, zorunlu göçle yüzleşmeli' Haberin Devamı>>>
Kuzey Kurdistan da kişilik sorunu ve yansımaları(1)
Iraqi govt agrees on Kurds' budget, electricity and oil demands
Eser Karakaş Kıbrıs’ta olan biteni özetlemek
BM'den Rumlara barış gücü resti Yunan basını, BM'nin Rum kesimine '2007'de kapsamlı çözüm bulunmazsa barış gücünü çekeriz' mesajı gönderdiğini yazdı. Gücün çekilmesi adanın bölünmüşlüğünü resmileştirecek Haberin Devamı>>>
[yorum - Prof.Dr Ata Atun] Avrupa Komisyonu tavsiye kararı Rumların aleyhine
Lanet kalktı, sıra birleşmede mi? AVNİ ÖZGÜREL
'İrticacı' Papa 'kamusal alan'a girdi Hasan Celal Güzel
Le Monde Papa, nasıl bir Türkiye'nin AB üyeliğini destekliyor?
Ömer Lütfi Mete Haçlı bilinçaltı ve Bardakoğlu'na Haç gülü
FEHMİ KORU Kalbin götürdüğü yer...
Pope Benedict came as a theologian and left as an ambassador -- Part II
Papa ziyareti anlattı: ''Unutulmaz bir deneyimdi''
Ali Bulaç İki kilisenin deklarasyonu
Mümtazer Türköne "Diyalog"u devletleştirmek
FULL TEXT: The Islamic State Of Iraq’s Statement On The Pope's ... Visit To Turkey - Jihad Unspun
Gaf mı kasıt mı? Baykal, Erdoğan dışında eşi başörtülü olan bir AK Partili'nin cumhurbaşkanı olması halinde nasıl bir tavır takınacaklarına ilişkin soruya …
Dışişleri Müşteşarlığı'na büyükelçi Apakan atandı
Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian gives exclusive interview to TNA
’Soykırım’ demedi, onay alamadı Bush tarafından Erivan’a Büyükelçi olarak atanan, ancak Ermeni soykırımı iddialarını kabul etmediği için Senato’dan bir türlü onay alamayan Richard Hoagland ortada kaldı.
Armenia genocide in brave detail
Etyen Mahçupyan Türkiye nereye gidiyor?
Turkish Jews watch minorities bill
Türkiye'nin NOBEL yorumu Türk halkı Nobel'e sevindi mi? Orhan Pamuk'un Nobel'i hak ettiğini düşünüyor mu? Halka bu soruların yöneltildiği anketten eğitim durumu, yaş, cinsiyet ve siyasi görüşe bağlı olarak farklı sonuçlar çıktı ... Haberin Devamı>>> | H3 ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ Erdoğan: ABD askerinin K. Irak'a kayması yanlış
Erdoğan Amerikan askeri Kuzey'e gelmesin "Orada sıkıntı yok ki, askeri sıkıntı olan yerde tutsunlar" dedi.
Yasemin CONGAR Yavaşlayan AB treni ve ABD
INTERVIEW WITH DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE BRYZA
Washington yeni 28 Şubat istemiyor ÖMER TAŞPINAR
Ali H Aslan [WASHINGTON] Baran'ın yazısı birçok hayra vesile oldu
Ekrem Dumanlı Bir kez daha darbe tartışılırken
Hasan Ünal HASAN ÜNAL Ağar, Amerika'nın Kürt zokasını yutmuş galiba
Ruşen Çakır Irak’ta kaygılanma sırası Kürtler’de
Hasan CEMAL Kuzey Irak'a asker kaydırılması yanlış
Mehmet Tezkan PKK sorununun çözümü Kürdistan’dan mı geçiyor?
Litvinenko Ankara’daki ABD elçiliğine
Emekli paşalardan Çankaya harekâtı
Şeriat Türkiye'de ancak darbeyle iktidara gelebilir Prof. Kemal Karpat: AKP meselelerin dinle çözülemeyeceğini anladı ama kendisine oy veren grubu da kaybetmek istemiyor."
Vatan Genelkurmay’dan Kıbrıs uyarısı
Genelkurmay: Gül'e mektup iddiası yalan
'Kıbrıs mektubu' iddiası yalanlandı
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Merkel taş koyuyor Komisyon'un tavsiyesi bazı AB üyelerine yetmedi. Merkel, Türkiye Kıbrıs tutumunu değiştirse bile müzakerenin yeniden başlaması için 18 ay sonra oybirliğiyle karar istiyor. Reuters: Bu, adaylığın yeniden değerlendirilmesi
Ankara, Almanya ve Fransa'ya kızgın Murat Yetkin
'Türkiye zirvesi'ne doğru Erdal Güven
SOLİ ÖZEL Havlu atan biz olmamalıyız
AB: Kapıyı vurup çıkmak İsmet Berkan
Selçuk Gültaşlı [BRÜKSEL] Yaşasın kriz ve 'Türkleri seviyorum'
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Cengiz Çandar Towards a slow motion train crash for Turkey or a strategic suicide for the EU? Newsweek: Ağır çekim tren kazası herkes için felaket
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| H4 New York Times Rumsfeld Memo Proposed ‘Major Adjustment’ in Iraq - Text of the Memo
Adviser Says Bush Plans to Review Panel’s Report and Make ‘Significant Changes’ on Iraq
News Analysis: Amid Hints Bush Will Change Policy, Clues That He Won’t
Editorial If It Feels Like a Dollar ... The American government has not tried very hard to help those Americans who cannot see their money.
Quizzing Robert Gates We asked six defense and foreign-policy experts to tell us what questions senators should ask Robert M. Gates, President Bush's nominee to succeed Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
Editorial Revisiting Putin’s Soul The suspicious murders and attempted murders of Kremlin critics in recent months pose fundamental questions about Russia, and how the West should treat it.
The War on Terror, Under New Scrutiny By JAMES RISEN The American government’s system of checks and balances is slowly clicking back into place, and it is changing the legal and political landscape of counterterrorism.
Russian Ex-Spy Lived in a World of Deceptions Alexander V. Litvinenko’s career began in the post-Soviet roller coaster and ended mysteriously when he died of radiation poisoning last week.
There’s a Reason Russians Are Paranoid In a land of few facts, conspiracy theories on how Aleksandr V. Litvinenko died abound.
The Pope Without His Sting The challenge for the new Vatican is to tell its truth without telling anyone off.
Iraq panel will be only 'one input' in Bush policy, aide says
Timing Set for Release of Iraq Panel’s Report
Britain Says Inquiry Into Poisoning of Russian Will Broaden
Annan Adds His Voice to a Growing Chorus That Is Calling the Situation in Iraq a ‘Civil War’
In New Hussein Trial, a Grisly Portrait of Mass Killings
Report Faults Training of Afghan Police Five years after the fall of the Taliban, the police force in Afghanistan is largely incapable of carrying out routine law enforcement work, a U.S. report found
Beirut Protest Blocks Office of Premier for a 2nd Day
PAUL KRUGMAN Two More Years We need people in Washington who are willing to stand up to the bully in chief. Unfortunately they’re still in short supply.
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF A Modest Proposal for a Truce on Religion We’ve suffered enough from religious intolerance that the last thing the world needs is irreligious intolerance.
FRANK RICH Has He Started Talking to the Walls? The more President Bush loses his hold on reality, the more language is severed from its meaning altogether.
Video Is a Window Into a Terror Suspect’s Isolation A tape provides the first concrete glimpse inside the incarceration of Jose Padilla, whose detention became a test case in the fight against terrorism.
| H5 Washington Post Bush Weighing Options On Iraq, Top Aide Says
Editorial And Now, Plan B Washington is close to a consensus on a new strategy for Iraq. But is it truly 'realistic'?
Even the Wise Men Can't Save Us in Iraq By Daniel L. Byman, A 1991 Iraq Betrayal Redux? Najmaldin Karim, the president of the Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI). 'About Five Minutes Into It, We Had to Take Over' The first time Iraqi army's 9th Division is in complete control of an operation they falter, and U.S. military advisers have to step in.
Bush's Shrinking Options By Robert D. Novak, As a creature of Congress, James A. Baker's group spells trouble for Bush when it releases its report Wednesday.
America's Moral Duty in Iraq By George F. Will, The word "success" -- forget "victory" -- doesn't seems elastic enough to cover any attainable outcome in Iraq.
Kofi Annan's Legacy by Jim Hoagland
Rumsfeld Memo Urged Iraq Shift Before Resignation, He Privately Sought 'Major Adjustment'
A Blame Game China Needs to Stop By Elizabeth Economy, Last month the International Energy Agency announced that China would probably surpass the United States as the world's largest contributor of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by 2009, more than a full decade earlier than anticipated.
The New Demagogues By Niall Ferguson, "We are confronting the devil -- and we will hit a home run off the devil!"
National Intelligence Director to Stay On Negroponte, the First to Hold Post, Plans to Remain Until End of Bush's Term
At Barricades in Downtown Beirut, Lebanon's Fault Lines Grow Deeper Beirut is still wrestling with a question still unanswered since independence more than 60 years ago: What is Lebanon's identity?
In Iraq, an Obligation Coming Due By Michael Goldfarb
Old Criticism of Gates Revisited Defense nominee's past raises questions about tailoring of intelligence analysis for political ends.
Iraq and the Danger of Psychological Entrapment
The CIA and The Militant Who Eluded It in Norway Counterterror Tactics Often Foiled in Europe
Gaza Truce Won't Be Widened to West Bank Israel Rejects Extension; Hamas Pulls Out of Palestinian Talks on Issue
Venezuela's Chávez Wins Decisive Victory President given another six years to consolidate 'Bolivarian Revolution,' and cement Venezuela as the most anti-Bush country in Latin America.
Grand Old Protectionists By Daniel Gross, Since the midterm elections, concerned internationalists have fretted that the incoming Democratic Congress will curtail the nation's free-trade policies
A Split in the GOP Tent Could Libertarians Join With Liberals? By Sebastian Mallaby, It's hard to be the party of small government when you represent the communities that benefit from big government.
Democrats Who Opposed War Move Into Key Positions New Committee Chairmen Had Warned of Postwar Disorder
What Will History Say? He's The Worst Ever By Eric Foner, Ever since 1948, when Harvard professor Arthur Schlesinger Sr. asked 55 historians to rank U.S. presidents on a scale from "great" to "failure," such polls have been a favorite pastime for those of us who study the American past.
He's Only Fifth Worst By Michael Lind, It's unfair to claim that George W. Bush is the worst president of all time. He's merely the fifth worst.
What Will History Say? Move Over, Hoover By Douglas Brinkley
At Least He's Not Nixon By David Greenberg,
Time's On His Side By Vincent J. Cannato
| H6 Guardian Bush weighing leaked Rumsfeld memo
Integration and terrorism have nothing to do with each other Madeleine Bunting: This week the prime minister has his last chance to nail the myths about multiculturalism, race and identity.
In bed with Russophobes Neil Clark: The Litvinenko murder is being used by neocons in their campaign against Putin's national revival.
Blair opts to cut 20% of warheads
A complete fantasy Roy Hattersley: Nuclear deterrence worked during the cold war, but replacing Trident is an expensive nonsense.
Continent of the left At opposite ends of the continent, two old men whose very different careers defined an era in Latin America are nearing their ends.
Iran blocks access to top websites
The Observer FBI probe Litvinenko 'blackmail plot' claim · Russian 'had secret files' on enemies · Poison victim bragged of cash scheme
Rumsfeld: US failing in Iraq A leaked memo shows that the former Defence Secretary thinks a major change in strategy is needed, focusing on a staged pull-out of troops.
This 'special relationship' is an abusive one Jasper Gerard: The underlying point made by the State Department's Kendall Myers is sound: we can no longer act as bridge between America and Europe because George Bush has dynamited it at his end.
We are the party of class mobility
Leader There is no defence for renewing Trident Trident submarines were made for the Cold War. Now Britain must equip itself for new threats.
Trident is a weapon of mass deception
Brown will overhaul the British state Will Hutton: Major reform to key British institutions will seal the Chancellor of the Exchequer's reputation.
David Cameron still has a huge mountain to climb Andrew Rawnsley: In his next year in the job, the Tory leader will have to do more than describe society's problems. He'll have to produce answers.
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| H7 Time Can Bush Find an Exit?
What We Would Leave Behind If the U.S. goes, the Iraqis won't stop shooting. They'll still have each other
Time Losing Lebanon Once a beacon of democracy in the Middle East, Lebanon is veering toward civil war. Here's what went wrong
Washington Times 'Realist' foolishness on Iraq
Boston Globe A civil war -- and worse (By Andrew J. Bacevich)
Brad de Long Annals of Game Theory: Deterrence, Signaling, and Idiocy
ANALYSIS: Options in Iraq murky
Immanuel Wallerstein on the lessons of Vietnam, Indonesia, and Iraq.
21st American century is about to end
Mortimer B. Zuckerman: The Mullah Menace
Fighting to Win in Iraq - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
Boston Globe Out of step By Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Is anything left of the 'special relationship' on which Tony Blair staked his legacy?
Critics question Gates' role in Iran-contra scandal
The World's Mastermind: The Hidden Face of Globalization Center for Research on Globalization
Chavez wins re-election by wide margin... India: Asia’s rising elephant—Part 3
| H8 Google News Iraq Iran - Syria Mideastwire.com -NPR Iraq
US Reviewing Tactics in Iraq, Not Goals, Security Advisor Says
BBC UN chief tells of Iraq war sorrow The killing in Iraq is now worse than a civil war, outgoing UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says in a BBC interview.
Rice Not Ready to Discuss US 'Mistakes' in Iraq
Saudi Arabia Denies Would Back Insurgents in Iraq
Iraqi Army division deepens discord
Bush, Awaiting Report, Vows to Seek Iraq Consensus
Bush to meet with top Iraqi Shiite leader
68% of Americans Say Iraq in Civil War
Bahrain Shi'ites Fail to Win Majority
Shi'ite Leader Rejects Conference on Iraq
BBC Missed chances Afghan MP condemns NATO troops for civilian casualties By Farhad ...
“Lebanese Muslims outnumber Christians 2-1,” by Alistair Lyon
Iran's Involvement In Iraq: 'Not Decisive,' says US General
Newsweek Zakaria: Why Pakistan May Be Supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan Having confronted Islamic extremists on many issues, Musharraf seems to believe he need not thwart them on the goal of Afghan jihad.
Pakistan promotes Taliban's approval
Asia Times Deep inside the 'kingdom of heaven' he isolated southwest of Afghanistan is, because of its very remoteness, a key area in any conflict. In the 1990s, the hardy tribespeople there welcomed the Taliban and their promises of a "kingdom of heaven". Then came the Americans, flogging a "paradise on Earth". Now the Taliban, in what they view as a major success, are back in this wasteland, with plans to extend their conquest. Syed Saleem Shahzad reports on his travels in the region
| H9 Ha’aretz - Print Edition ANALYSIS: If Lebanese PM Siniora fails, so too will UNIFIL
Analysis: Does the Lebanese opposition have an action plan?
Ex-Mossad man sues state; says Pollard affair cost him $500,000
Former IDF intelligence chief: War is more likely if Siniora quits
Eldar Hold Olmert to his word
Jerusalem Post Syria smuggling long-range missiles to Hizbullah
Analysis: 2007 - The Year of War
The Region: Yogi Berra was right
Daily Alert.org - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel –
Iran's parliament wants Ahmadinejad out Jerusalem Post
Ahmadinejad: Israel will disappear
VIDEO: 'You're a racist and anti-Semite,' one caller slammed Carter during C-SPAN2 broadcast...
An excerpt from Jimmy Carter's Palestine Peace Not Apartheid.
a review of The Jewish Century
Yedioth Ahronoth Time to pack?/ MK Yossi Beilin
Israel will pay price Prof. Eyal Zisser
This Is Not Your Father's Conspiracy Theory
Forward Waiting for the Democrats Many of the movers and shakers who make it their business to speak truth to power in the name of the Jewish community are jittery these days. They’ve been watching the Democrats in Washington get ready to take over the reins of Congress, and trying to figure out what it will mean for the interests and values that they and their community hold dear. They sense that there’s a lot at stake in the months ahead, and they’re not sure what the new Democratic majority has in mind.
Daily Star A last chance to stabilize the broader Middle East
Which way will things go in Beirut?
Al Hayat The Lebanese Co-Existence Mohamed Ashab
Al Awsat Iraq & Lebanon, Iran & Syria: What is Next? : Turki al-Hamad
Daily Star Street confrontations and constitutional remedies in the Arab realm |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor Vladimir Putin's Russia: both better and worse The mysterious poisoning of an ex-KGB spy has heightened debate over the nation's direction.
Lebanon again at the brink Are Syria and Iran behind Hizbullah's gambit to bring down the Lebanese government?
THE LONGER VIEW What the US has learned in Iraq Three years on, experts and participants are looking back to try and glean the war's lessons.
Opinion: Republicans must be more like Ike
| H11 IHT
Newsweek Reveling in the Euro’s Power Forget the U.S. dollar. Up, down—who cares? If America catches a cold, Europe barely sniffles
Research: Variable Geometries: Mapping Ideas, Institutions and Power in the Wider Europe
The Turkish train crash: How to salvage something from the wreckage.
The European Union's new members: It is, alas, easier to influence candidates for entry than those now in the club.
A chance encounter on the banks of the Danube reminds Horatio Morpurgo that, while the EU prepares to accept Romania and Bulgaria into its ranks, these countries provide a precious doorway into the history of Europe.
From Prospect, George Kerevan, Magnus Linklater, John Lloyd, Jim Mather debate Scottish independence.
Fraternité? The nightmare scenario for American and French conservatives.
A review of 50 Reasons to Hate the French.
A look at why German neo-Nazis don't pose a threat. | H12 The Political Landscape of Georgia NIMD A 280-page book analyzing the Georgian democratic transition, with recommendations for international collaboration with Georgian political parties
The SCO's Current Approach
RFE/RLIraq: US Expert Discusses Prospects For Stabilization
Newsweek Spy Poisoning: How Dangerous Is Russia?
Google News Azerbaijan
Armenian defense minister: “Nagorno Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan is out of question”
From The Globalist, a new silk road has emerged through the trade of hydrocarbons and petrodollars and, like its ancient counterpart, consumer goods, and an excerpt from Son of the Conquerors: The Rise of the Turkic World.
From Discover, an article on Central Asia's lost civilization: The unveiling of 4000-year-old civilization calls into question conventional ideas about ancient culture, trade, and religion.
As Kazakhstan pushes for more influence in the OSCE, it's time to think about where the organization is headed. |
| H13 The Times I am no longer asked why we did not remove Saddam Saddam's neighbours wanted to see him gone, but feared Iraq would fragment in unpredictable ways that would play into the hands of the mullahs in Iran
Merkel set for lonely battle to resurrect full EU constitutionGermany will use its presidency of the EU, beginning in January, to push for a full version of the mothballed European constitution
Leader Chasing a Chimera Germany must put growth, not the EU constitution, at the heart of its presidency
Blair heads for US to press for peace in the Middle East
Israel's wall has forced Palestinians to move home - right into JerusalemIsrael’s controversial 'separation barrier' is near completion, sealing off Jewish-majority West Jerusalem to protect it from suicide bombers
Cedar revolution alliances change
William Rees-Mogg A liberal Tory leader can win liberal votes without losing any comparable number of Conservative votes
Anjana Ahuja In a war zone, incomplete information is often better than none at all. Is that the case in Iraq?
Sunday Times Saudis lead Israel peace bidEhud Olmert will meet officials to explore the formation of a group of moderate Arab countries to negotiate over the future of the Middle East
White House fights pressure for early Iraq withdrawalThe White House is resisting efforts by an advisory commission to force the pace on troop withdrawals and negotiations with Iran and Syria
Blair flies out to Iraq handover summit The prime minister will discuss the gradual handover of Iraq, amid doubts about Britain’s influence over the US
MICHAEL PORTILLO: We're not top dog, but we don't have to be a poodle
Death squads roam Baghdad's hospitals
Putin wanted Blair to gag spy
Putin bodyguard riddle Trained killers
WSJ The Iraq Alternative
Global Warming Gag Order | H14 Financial Times Iraq memo piles the pressure on Bush Rumsfeld memo calls for policy shift
Leaked memo highlights president’s isolation
Editorial Middle East mayhem As thousands of Iraqis die each month and hundreds of thousands flee the country, the Bush administration seems to think the time is ripe for a debate on whether Iraq...
AMERICAS AND MIDDLE EAST: No respite in Washington for presidential 'stubbornness'
FT PREVIEW: Iraq 'realist' at the gates
COMMENT: Europe will not escape the impact of dollar depreciation The best policy response to a global adjustment shock has to be a relaxation in monetary policy and a co-ordinated fiscal stimulus, writes Wolfgang Munchau
Editorial Discordant Union The quartet that is the United Kingdom is sounding discordant. The lack of harmony stems from Scotland's growing resistance to playing second fiddle to England.
Editorial The Kremlin is killing Russia's rule of law
COMMENT: India and China are the only real Brics in the wall The assumption of continuity in Russia underestimates the possibility of substantial political changes once the commodity price cycle ends
THE AMERICAS: Goldman Sachs elite wields clout in White House
WORLD NEWS: Kazakhstan and EU tighten their energy ties
Mass protests continue in Lebanon
Iraq takes over army division from US
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: A fund divided - tensions rise between rich and poor in the fight against disease An innovative attempt supported by the Global Fund to finance the combating of Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria has raised nearly $10bn. Yet its mode of operation is being called into question, writes Andrew Jack
COMMENT: Give some credit to the Lady's heirs Simon Jenkins is a biffing kind of journalist, at the top of his game
COMMENT: Wall Street has no need to join a race to the bottom
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Investor priorities will be in flux as America faces up to a pensions gap | H15 Los Angeles Times Rumsfeld floated pullback options Before resigning, former defense secretary admitted failed Iraq policy and urged new strategies. Hints of a Rumsfeld-ian style Robert M. Gates was known as a bully, but the Defense nominee's supporters say that's in the past Rumsfeld memo called for new Iraq strategy 'Fear took over' in Baghdad raid U.S. advisors lament Iraqi troops' conduct. America's exit strategy hangs in the balance. Mideast allies near a state of panic Wise man or wannabe?By Walter Isaacson James Baker is hoping the Iraq Study Group can vault him into the ranks of statesmen. Editorial Whose war is it? The U.S. commitment to Iraq will depend on Iraqis' commitment to their country and one another.
Wars and word games By Geoffrey Nunberg The Bush administration can shun the term 'civil war' all it wants, but in the end it's up to history.
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| H16 American Politics Bush Sticks to His Guns - Michael Barone, US News & World Report
Joe Biden's Trent Lott moment (Lambert/CorrenteWire) Bush Faces an Opportunity and a Dilemma - Robert Novak, Chicago ST A Split in the GOP Tent - Sebastian Mallaby, Washington Post Keep an Eye on John Edwards - Peter Brown, Quinnipiac
NYT Clinton’s Talks With Democrats May Signal ’08 Bid Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has signaled to New York Democrats she is likely to run for president, officials said.
Newsweek John McCain’s Risky Iraq Strategy
POLITICAL MEMO; Early ‘Maybe’ From Obama Jolts ’08 Field
realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec
Bloomberg states his case for an independent in the White House
Bush I Gets a Makeover - David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| H17 Daily Telegraph David Cameron is the heir of New Labour
Russia doesn't understand democracy Moscow is happy to reap the benefits of selling its energy to Western markets, of reaching accords with the European Union, and of being accepted into the World Trade Organisation. But as soon as it is pointed out that Russia is sliding towards autocracy, that its record of human rights is not up to standard – the response is truculence, belligerence and outrage.
Sunday Telegraph How Russia is biggest spy threat to Britain The Russian intelligence services, the prime suspects behind the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, have a network of more than 30 spies operating in Britain, it can be revealed.
Saudis and Iran prepare to do battle Sunni-Muslim Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran are lining up behind their warring religious brethren in Iraq in a potentially explosive showdown.
Bush's slaughterhouse For the 10-member Study Group, charged with sorting out the slaughterhouse that is Iraq in 2006, the simplest way to do this, says Niall Ferguson, would be to turn the clock back, Vonnegut style.
Israel turns to intifada for ceasefire
Blair Asks a Revealing Question - Matthew d'Ancona, Sunday Telegraph | H18 Independent Blair 'will need Tory support on Trident' Blair has been warned he will have to rely on Conservative votes to press through plans for replacing Britain's nuclear deterrent. Litvinenko inquiry extended to Moscow Counter-terrorism officers will be taking their investigation into the death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko to Moscow.
Stephen King: Dollar doldrums could weigh on Europe
Expert View: The long, unwinding road to a dollar adjustment
The Litvinenko murder: Scaramella - The Italian Connection
Reid Warns Scotland: Independence Could Lead to Terror Attacks |
| H19Military Intelligence Terrorism NYT Magazine Open-Source Spying By CLIVE THOMPSON
EU Strategy on Counter Terrorism: Steps Towards a Coherent Network Policy
If It's Not Terrorism, It's Not Relevant NPSIA 30-page assessment of the ability of NATO to contribute to the international campaign against terrorism
On Tape: An 'Enemy' Interrogation Newsweek
Japan, Britain Weigh Future of Nuke Deterrence - Richard Halloran, RCP
A review of To Dare and To Conquer: Special Operations and the Destiny of Nations, from Achilles to Al Qaeda.
A review of Al Qaeda Now: Understanding Today's Terrorists.
A review of Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide, and Suicide Bombers: Allah's New Martyrs.
More on Class 11: Inside the CIA's First Post 9-11 Spy Class.
A review of Ghost Plane: the inside story of the CIA's secret rendition programme.
A review of The Torture Debate in America.
A review of What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation Building by Noah Feldman | H20 Slate
BBC World at their feet
A Brief History of AIDS (PDF; 3.66 MB) Source: British Medical Journal
Queues of black crows
Gannett chain invests in hyper-local coverage and focuses on the Web first, newspaper second.
De Niro: Two more films with Scorsese Tells TIME that he hopes fanbase isn't disappointed by his work in comedies. | H21 From First Things, an article on the Main Currents of Kolakowski
From Commentary, Mr. Virginia Woolf: The central drama of Leonard Woolf's life was his marriage to a woman who, among other things, did not like Jews.
FT COMMENT: A misplaced faith in the next moguls Blogs are the mini-mills of the media industry, gathering up scraps of information first published by traditional news outfits and recycling them
FT REPORT - DIGITAL BUSINESS: Training in use of collaboration tools breeds culture of togetherness
Maureen Dowd's political analysis is devilishly smart and viciously funny--but the New York Times columnist really should spend less time on the couch.
The New Soft Paternalism By JIM HOLT When compulsive gamblers and others ask the state to restrict their choices, do they become freer?
Newsweek Peering Into the Future: Genetic Testing
Levy: In Digital Age, Nothing's Really Private Will fear of exposure on the Internet cause people to lose every day spontaneity?
GWYNETH PALTROW: 'British much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans'...
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