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H1 Washington Post Bush Is Loath to Budge President's challenge is to change direction in Iraq without sacrificing core principle of steadfastness NYT Brainstorming on Iraq: The Whispers and the Why Nots The capital awaits a masterstroke on Iraq, and even a radical proposal of Darwinian proportion is part of the buzz. ARMED FORCES JOURNAL - Plan B for Iraq - November 2006 by Ralph Peters NYT If You Love Lebanon, Set It Free By ROBERT GRENIER The best hope for American interests in the Middle East is not to isolate and minimize Hezbollah, but to further integrate it politically, socially and militarily into the Lebanese state. Iraqi Chief Calls Forum to Press for National Reunification; Major Groups Are Absent Newsweek Zakaria: Time to Move Beyond Iraq The Observer US accused of using aid to sway votes in UN security council WP The Grandest Strategy Of Them All By Daniel W. Drezner Doubts About Iraqi Leader's Capabilities Persist Uncertainty Puts In Question Plan To Shift U.S. Role Los Angeles Times How to talk to enemies By Joseph McMillan Negotiating with Iran and Syria can pay off, but only if we know what we're doing. No talks with Iran and Syria By David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey Negotiating with adversaries can be useful, but this time we'd have to give up too much New manual at odds with key Iraq tactics Iraqi army open to Hussein loyalists The government will let Baathists 'whose hands Newsweek Syria: Partner or Spoiler? CBS Powell: We Are Losing In Iraq Exclusive: Former Secretary Of State Says More Troops Isn't The Answer Sunday Telegraph Two kinds of dictator: ours and theirs. A large number of old dictatorships limp on, from Cuba to North Korea to Zimbabwe. What's worse, a new generation of strongmen is now emerging, who are more skilled than their predecessors at disguising the mailed fist of intimidation in a velvet glove of rigged elections, writes Niall Ferguson. Imperialist Iran - Amir Taheri, New York Post The Region: US primacy lives Ha’aretz - Zvi Bar'el: Israel may secretly want Hamas to win again Financial Times MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA: Abbas's gamble deepens strife with Hamas Policy Review Iraq: Last Chance Flynt Leverett, "Dealing with Tehran: Assessing US Diplomatic Options Toward Iran." (A pdf of the article can be downloaded here.) The Israel Quandary Robert D. Novak A New Mideast, or Wishful Thinking? Fred Hiatt Newsweek Roach: The World Is Garten: Can Indian and NYT A War That Abhors a Vacuum By BEN CONNABLE The debate over the future of troops in Iraq must include a sober look at the street-level impact of withdrawal. Christian Science Monitor Palestinian turf wars picking up steam President Mahmoud Abbas called Saturday for early elections. Hamas says it won't participate. What Iran vote says of Ahmadinejad's support Time Person of the Year: You Foreign Policy The Top Ten Stories You Missed in 2006 New Yorker Eclectic, Reminiscent, Amused, Fickle, Perverse Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records, died on December 14th. In 1978, George W. S. Trow wrote about the legendary music executive. Read Part One and Part Two. Russia: CIA Helped Pasternak Win Nobel Prize RadioFreeEurope /RadioLiberty | H2 Guardian Despite the chorus of pious hope, Turkey is not going to join the EU Geoffrey Wheatcroft: There will be no place at the table for Ankara in any foreseeable future, and the most profound reason is geographical. NYT Book Review Turkey’s Killing Fields 'A Shameful Act' By TANER AKCAM Reviewed by GARY J. BASS - A historian digs into state records to explain the Armenian genocide. Cyprus’ Military Balance: Greek and Turkish Forces in Comparison Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media URGENT APPEAL FROM THE IRAQI TURKMENS TO THE EUROPEAN AUTHORITIES ... Kerkük'te şartlar düzeltilmezse Türkmenler referanduma katılmayacak Ferai Tınç Tartışmalı toplantıya beklenmedik destek Ahmet Türk: Ankara'ya coğrafi ve hissi mesafeleri kapatmak için yürüyoruz Barzanî: Federal sistemin uygulamaya geçmesi sorunları çözer Abdullah Öcalan: Devlet samimi davranmadı, Anlamıyorum neden böyle oluyor? Öcalan'ın Sırdaşı Pilot Necati Bulundu Ragıp Duran Kürt Meselesinde ABD Çıkmazı MAHMUT ÖVÜR 'Mehmet Ağar, De Klerk, Yaşar Kemal, Tutu olmalı' PKK "eylemsizlik" kararı aldı ama... Sadi SOMUNCUOĞLU DTP'li başkan: Kaleyi boşalt, turizme açacağız Vedat YENERER ABD ile ipleri atan Barzani’den tarihi isyan çağrısı !.. Dink 'Kürtler ayrılıkçı politikaya prim vermesin' Talabani İstanbul konferansı tehlikeli Barzani: federalism would solve Iraq’s problems Reliance Industries eyes Kurd oilfields K.Irak Kürtlerinden İsviçre'de temsilcilik Jalal Talabani Kommersant The Baker-Hamilton Report: Undoing Kurdish gains Iraq: American and Kurdish interests collide PUK and internal conflict: the loss of more political ground The latest resignation of one of the prominent figures of PUK reformist, Mohammed Tawfiq, delivers another blow to the PUK leadership. A Christmas Message To Jalal Talabani and Masoud Barzani A letter to US president Geroge Bush Daniel Fried - End-of-Year Review Stanford Shaw American Historian, Known for his Work on Ottomans, Dies In Memoriam | Stanford J. Shaw (1930-2006) Pope in Turkey: boom or bust for ecumenism Ertuğrul Özkök Sizi arka kapıdan alırız 1940’lı yılların sonlarına doğru, Türkiye’nin Washington Büyükelçisi, ilginç bir mektup alır. Mevlana ve günümüz tarikatları AVNİ ÖZGÜREL Özdemir İnce Türkik diller konuşan halklar İnternete kimlik numarasıyla girilsin teklifi Hilmi Yavuz Oryantalizm Üzerine: Şerif Mardin'in Yanılgıları Sezer vetolarda Evren'i geride bıraktı New Turkish Ambassador to Israel Ekrem Dumanlı Yeni bir gazeteye 'hoş geldin' derken Gazi Erçel Büyüme ve yapısallaşan cari açık Sosyal güvenlik sistemini adam edemeyen yoksulluğu azaltabilir mi? Erdal Sağlam Erdoğan cumhurbaşkanı olursa Durmuş Yılmaz gidici Ercan Kumcu Önce devlet kendi parasına saygı duymalıdır Piyasalardaki katılıkları gidermek yapısal reformdur Saruhan Özel Merkez Bankası neden uyarıyor? Yaman TÖRÜNER Stanley Fischer ne diyor? Güven ortamını bozan düşük büyümeye de razı olur Fatih Özatay Faik ÖZTRAK ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIMFaizi Merkez değil Başbakan belirler OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU Doğalgazda büyük hesaplaşma | H3 Yasemin CONGAR Burası Washington 7 - ABD’nin yeni Irak stratejisinde Türkiye’nin yeri ne olabilir? Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Silah ihalelerinden dışlanmayan ABD, PKK işine daha fazla sarılabilir... Ordu gücünü korumak için yeni strateji buldu Prof. Mithat Sancar'a göre Cumhurbaşkanı Sezer'in erken seçim telkini Anayasa'ya aykırı. Sancar: Kamuoyu önünde konuşup kriz havası yaratmak ordunun yeni stratejisi. Türkiye'de demokrasi ve ABD ÖMER TAŞPINAR Semih İDİZ Selçuk Gültaşlı [BRÜKSEL] 'İnsanın köpeği ısırması' ve Avrupa'yla ilişkilerimiz Ruşen Çakır Artık İran ve Suriye’nin borusu ötüyor Ateş etseydik 60-70 ABD askerini öldürürdük ’Çuval olayı’nın kilit ismi konuştu METEHAN DEMİR Askerden haber getiren kabzımal ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ 'Sorun başörtüsü değil' İmtiyazlı ortaklığın içini doldurmaya çalışıyorlar 'İmtiyazlı ortaklık AB'nin askeri olmaktır' Fuat Keyman AB, Türkiye'den neden vazgeçemez? Lillikas'tan yeni tehdit Cüneyt Ülsever Recep Tayyip Erdoğan olsaydım ne yapardım İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri - Dış Basında Güncel Türkiye Bülteni Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700 Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit Cengiz Çandar Tüm yazıları Aslı Aydıntaşbaş Baykal neden Lübnan'da? SOLİ ÖZEL Asıl soru... Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Askeri havacılık sanayiinde atılımın sırrı akılda... TAHA KIVANÇ Demokrasinin günah galerisi Türkiye Doğu'ya yöneliyor MUHAMMED NUREDDİN - Ömer Lütfi Mete Ankara, 'yeter' diyebilecek mi? Erken seçim çok zor Altan Öymen CHP lideri Baykal: Kaçmanın bedeli ağır olacak Murat Yetkin Enis Berberoğlu Uçakta bu defa hangi soruyu sormayacağım Nuh Gönültaş Madem bana inanmıyorsunuz, bari Huge Pope’a inanın! MUHARREM SARIKAYA Sezer, ilk kez patronlara söyledi Fatih Çekirge Genelkurmay’a Sahap haritası ERDAL ŞAFAK Rejimin dengeleri Hasan Ünal Ertuğrul Özkök'ün 28 Şubat itirafı CHP Meclis'ten çekilir mi? Bilal Çetin Mustafa Ünal Sille-i millet… Tuncay Özkan CHP en geç Şubat’ta sine-i millete dönecek Hakan Aygün ABD, Türkiye’de “seçim sondaj”ında... Şakir Süter AKP-Sezer ve Demirel Eser Karakaş Cumhurbaş- Şamil Tayyar Ağca’dan MİT’e transfer oldu, Sezer affetti Mümtazer Türköne 2007 senaryoları Ferai Tınç Ne derlerse desinler Türkiye zirvesiydi Fikret BİLA / Blair'in moral ziyareti The storm in a European Union teacup YÜKSEL SÖYLEMEZ Avrupa'nın ruhunu oluşturan nedir? Ulrich Beck Ermenilerden AB'ye çağrı: Türkiye'ye karşı bizi de kullanın İslam dünyasını bölme planı amacına ulaşmak üzere İsmail Küçükkaya Şükrü KÜÇÜKŞAHİN : Baykal, kargalardan da önce gülmüştür Ali BulaçKur'an'da sağ ve sol Fikret ErtanKazakistan ve İran Türkiye milletvekilliği için partilere mektup yolladık Sosyal güvenlik reformu Anayasa'ya aykırıdır(!) Tarhan Erdem Vatan Dev ihaleyi alan şirketin merkezi 1.5 milyar dolarlık Zeytinburnu Yat Limanı’nı yapacak şirketin merkezi, Maltepe’de bir apartman dairesi çıktı 90 bin memurun emeklilik kaosu Yeni Sosyal Güvenlik Yasası'nın emeklilikle ilgili maddesinin iptali emekli olacak 90 bin memur için belirsizlik yarattı. Yılbaşına kadar yeni düzenleme yapılmalı | ||
H4 New York Times nytcolumns If You Love Lebanon, Set It Free By ROBERT GRENIER The best hope for American interests in the Middle East is not to isolate and minimize Hezbollah, but to further integrate it politically, socially and militarily into the Lebanese state. Iraqi Chief Calls Forum to Press for National Reunification; Major Groups Are Absent Legal System in Iraq Staggers Beneath the Weight of War By MICHAEL MOSS The system in Iraq for detaining, charging and trying suspects has become another weak link in the rule of law. Brainstorming on Iraq: The Whispers and the Why Nots The capital awaits a masterstroke on Iraq, and even a radical proposal of Darwinian proportion is part of the buzz. A War That Abhors a Vacuum By BEN CONNABLE The debate over the future of troops in Iraq must include a sober look at the street-level impact of withdrawal. How Iran’s Leader Keeps the West Off Balance For Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, being compared to Adolf Hitler is better than being asked about civil liberties in Iran. Editorial Observer: A Speculator’s Guide on What’s Happening in Putin’s Russia By SERGE SCHMEMANN We may never learn who killed Alexander Litvinenko or why. But that doesn’t mean the murder doesn’t figure in Kremlin politics. DAVID BROOKS This Age of Anxiety If you spend time poring over the highlights from a year’s worth of magazines, you get a window on the spirit of the times. Former U.S. Detainee in Iraq Recalls Torment After Deadly Clashes in Gaza, Leaders Appeal for Calm | H5 Washington Post Bush Is Loath to Budge President's challenge is to change direction in Iraq without sacrificing core principle of steadfastness The Grandest Strategy Of Them All By Daniel W. Drezner A New Mideast, or Wishful Thinking? Fred Hiatt Rice obviously thinks that former secretary of state James Baker just doesn't get how the Mideast has changed since he last plied the peacemaking shuttle 15 years ago. The Israel Quandary Robert D. Novak Stretched Too Thin We Don't Have Enough Troops to Meet Defense Demands By Kevin Ryan, Doubts About Iraqi Leader's Capabilities Persist Uncertainty Puts In Question Plan To Shift U.S. Role A Call to Hussein-Era Soldiers Iraqi Premier Urges Members of Disbanded Army to Join New Force Results in Iranian Vote Seen as Setback for Ahmadinejad Powell Says U.S. Losing in Iraq, Calls for Drawdown by Mid-2007 Hearts, Minds and Voodoo By Lawrence E. Harrison, The war in Iraq has produced many casualties. One lesser-noticed one may be the death of an idea -- the idea that the culture of a nation or region can be transformed quickly by well-intentioned foreigners. America, MIA in The Gulf By Jim Hoagland The Russians Whodunit AgainBy Charles McCarry, It 's a case stranger than fiction. Or is it? Hundreds of Russians Detained Before Protest Misunderstanding Afghanistan By Craig Charney and Gary Langer, Afghanistan's problems are real and deepening. They demand major military, reconstruction and diplomatic efforts before dashed expectations turn into active discontent. But the situation is hardly catastrophic. Hamas Rejects Plan by Abbas To Call Elections Editorial Intelligence Ignorance A nimble step on spending oversight; a fumble on personnel The Risks of Too Much City By Jeremy Rifkin, Our urban way of life have been purchased at the expense of vast ecosystems and habitats. We need to ponder how best to lower our population and develop sustainable environments. U.S. Sees Growing Threats In Somalia Al-Qaeda's Influence, Possible War With Ethiopia Are Concerns Capitalists We Don't Trust Sebastian Mallaby | H6 Guardian Blair gets up close to his distant goals Patrick Wintour: It is often said that all political careers end in failure. But few end in frenetic failure. No one can accuse Tony Blair of not going the extra thousand miles for peace, leaving the grey bureaucracy of the EU in Brussels on Friday afternoon, heading for Ankara, followed by the heat of Cairo. Leader Ending illusions It speaks volumes about the dire state of the Middle East that a foreign head of government visiting Iraq dare not stray beyond the heavily fortified 'green zone' in central Baghdad and that the entire Gaza Strip. Ethics are dead. Long live BAE! Bush accused of gagging critic of Iran policy Former CIA analyst barred from publishing a critical newspaper commentary on American policy towards Iran. The Observer US accused of using aid to sway votes in UN security council — Leader The BAE affair sends all the wrong signals The government decided that the Saudi alliance was more important, in the long-term, than anti-corruption law. | ||
H7 Victory: Frederick Kagan has a plan for success in Iraq. Spencer Ackerman on Fred Kagan's disastrous plan for "victory" in Iraq. Policy Review Iraq: Last Chance Flynt Leverett, "Dealing with Tehran: Assessing US Diplomatic Options Toward Iran." (A pdf of the article can be downloaded here.) CBS Powell: We Are Losing In Iraq Exclusive: Former Secretary Of State Says More Troops Isn't The Answer Key Advisor To Bush Recommends Sending 40,000 More Troops To Iraq For At Least A Year Reid: Brief troop increase OK in Iraq Victor Davis Hanson reviews Fiasco: The American Adventure in Iraq; From Conversation with History, an interview with Anatol Lieven and John Hulsman, authors of Ethical Realism A review of Confronting Iran: The Failure of American Foreign Policy and the Next Great Conflict in the Middle East; Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic; and Iran's Nuclear Ambitions. From Time, an interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Steve Clemons: Flynt Leverett Blasts White House National Security ... Bush's 'new way forward' is into quicksand The power brokers in Washington spent the week carefully arranging fig leaves and tasteful screens to cover the emperor’s nakedness while he was busy pretending to listen hard to everyone with an opinion about Iraq while hearing nothing. V D Hanson Things are coming to a head From The National Interest, J-Curve Economics: Robert VerBruggen on a theoretical argument for development, not democracy, in Iraq. Kofi's UN: More Scandal Than Peace - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Old American Century: Twenty Years of Realist Foreign Policy | H8 Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq McClatchy Al-Maliki reaches out to the country's Sunni minority BBC Iran reformist regains influence Newsweek Syria: Partner or Spoiler? Imperialist Iran - Amir Taheri, New York Post Uniting Against Al-Sadr Shi'ite, Kurdish, and Sunni parties are said to be discussing a government not reliant on the political support of radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr Washington Times Iraqi factions spurn summit Iraq's prime minister reached out to Sunni Arabs at a national reconciliation conference yesterday, urging Saddam Hussein-era officers to join the new army and a review of the ban against members of the former dictator's ruling party. Iran Offers to Share Nuke Tech with Gulf States Ahmadinejad allies fail to sweep Iran vote Time People Who Mattered: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Clinton's defense chief warns of Iraq 'quagmire' Egypt's Pro-Democracy Movement Divided Daily Star Palestinian clashes are the inevitable result of outside pressure, meddling Lebanon's war altered the region Resolving the Middle East's crises needs integrated efforts Washington’s Iraq Dilemma: Dialogue with Syria Could Serve Bigger Purpose Analysis: Secret to figuring out Syria's intentions | H9 Ha’aretz - Zvi Bar'el: Israel may secretly want Hamas to win again Editorial Don't turn Syria away ANALYSIS: The fragile cessation of a Palestinian civil war ElBaradei's nightmare While Arab states continue to describe a Israel as the source of the threat to regional stability, their decisions to become nuclearized are more influenced by Iran. Olmert: Now is not time to start talks with Syria, Bush opposed PM associates: Syria will support terror, even with Golan ANALYSIS: Abbas prepares for battle - one of these days BBC Palestinian factions 'agree deal' Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah agree to a deal to end fighting in Gaza, officials of both groups say. Palestinian unrest alarms press Poll call a 'risky political move' McClatchy Palestinian power struggle has major implications Daily Alert.org - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel – Yedioth Ahronoth Hamas, Fatah agree on truce Senior Israeli official: Conditions for talks are clear, but Syrians are not doing the minimum Peres: There Are Preconditions for Talks With Syria Neocons: We Expected Israel to Attack Syria Ahmadinejad good for Jews/ Ben-Ari The Nation Many Israelis and their American allies are sleeping through the rise of the virulently anti-Arab Avigdor Lieberman. Rabbani on Palestinian politics Ours is not a nation like all others Analysis: Secret to figuring out Syria's intentions Analysis: The looking glass war ArmsControlWonk Israel and Nuclear Opacity Israel’s nuclear ambiguity BY PHILLIP KNIGHTLEY | ||
H10 Christian Science Monitor Palestinian turf wars picking up steam President Mahmoud Abbas called Saturday for early elections. Hamas says it won't participate. What Iran vote says of Ahmadinejad's support Opinion: A predecessor's lessons for Robert Gates Escalating air war costs NATO Afghan supporters Air strikes have led to innocent deaths as the Taliban use civilians as human shields. Newsweek Roach: The World Is Garten: Can Indian and Is China Subsidizing its Exports or Subsidizing US Imports? Tom Barnett It's just not a straight line world An interview with Rebiya Kadeer, the Uighur Dalai Lama BBC Migrant power Tom barnett KnoxNews China's next set of leaders, America's next challenges | H11 IHT Priorities for a new Europe Merkel faces growing rebellion over health reforms Newsweek International: Ségolène Royal The woman who may be France's next leader is much more than a pretty face. Newsweek Al Qaeda’s Western Recruits | H12 RFE/RL Google News Azerbaijan | ||
H13 The Times Leader Back to the Cauldron Halting violence in the Middle East will take more than a few months Tim Hames To expect an Israeli-Palestinian settlement to deliver Middle East harmony is intellectually ludicrous Hardliners defeated in Iran's twin elections Russia defies West and goes ahead with nuclear fuel sale to Iran Sunday Times Police to quiz top Blair aide Jonathan Powell, the chief of staff, will be interviewed under caution next month after police uncovered e-mails implicating him in the scandal Blair snubbed by Bush move to send more troops to Iraq The Impossible Mission of Changing China - Irwin Stelzer, Sunday Times SIMON JENKINS: Wall Street Journal | H14 Financial Times MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA: Abbas's gamble deepens strife with Hamas MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA: Ahmadi-Nejad suffers setback in Iran elections EU trade chief to reject ‘green’ tax plan The European Union’s trade commissioner will on Monday dismiss French proposals for a “green” tax on goods from countries that have not ratified the Kyoto treaty as not only a probable breach of trade rules but also “not good politics”. EUROPE: Europeans see religion as no bar to joining union Support for further enlargement of the European Union has fallen in the UK and Spain in the past six months, but a majority in the EU’s five largest countries believe religion should be no barrier to EU entry. COMMENT: Sanctions would force a change of policy in Sudan If the international community is to protect the people of Darfur, it must convince Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir that his best interests are served by allowing deployment of an effective international peacekeeping force, say 15 former foreign ministers.
NATIONAL NEWS: Mission improbable for Blair in Mideast
FRONT PAGE - FIRST SECTION: Gaza violence Street battles ahead of Blair visit MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA: MORE US TROOPS NEEDED TO STOP SUNNI 'CLEANSING', SAYS IRAQ VICE-PRESIDENT COMMENT: A dangerous precedent for corporate corruption The statement that ‘the wider public interest...outweighed the need to maintain the rule of law’ sets a dangerous precedent, writes Wolfgang Munchau | H15 Los Angeles Times How to talk to enemies By Joseph McMillan Negotiating with Iran and Syria can pay off, but only if we know what we're doing. No talks with Iran and Syria By David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. CaseyNegotiating with adversaries can be useful, but this time we'd have to give up too much New manual at odds with key Iraq tactics Iraqi army open to Hussein loyalists The government will let Baathists 'whose hands are not stained with blood' reenlist. Ties that bind Iraqi forces break easily Iran Election may show conservatives split Tyranny, realism and Jeane Kirkpatrick By David Rieff Liberals today sound an awful lot like the neoconservative realists of the Reagan era. One dictator, two Chiles By Ariel Dorfman At the general's funeral, two grandsons reveal Chile's struggle over Pinochet's legacy. FT Editorial Good relations needed Before leading a jumbo-sized US delegation to Beijing last week, Hank Paulson, Treasury secretary, cautioned against expecting any big breakthroughs from the visit... Visiting Blair vows to stand by Iraqis Promise of support in likely final visit Saudis’ al-Qaeda threat killed BAE fraud probe Saudi Arabia threatened to withdraw all co-operation on security, including intelligence sharing on al-Qaeda, and downgrade its embassy in London, unless Tony Blair scrapped a fraud inquiry into its dealings with BAE Systems. Editorial Goodwill to all men EUROPE: Rumours of Roman faith's demise greatly exaggerated EUROPE: Spain's Moorish past helps Muslims feel at home Westinghouse scores China nuclear deal China has awarded a multibillion nuclear reactor contract to Westinghouse Electric, the US nuclear power company owned by Toshiba of Japan, giving its technology a central role in the ambitious expansion of the country’s atomic energy sector | ||
H16 American Politics GOP Contenders on a Tightrope By George F. Will, Events are accelerating the 2008 Republican nomination contest -- and may soon force John McCain and Mitt Romney to make choices they'd have preferred to avoid. Newsweek Samuelson: Its Time to Rebalance the Economy Is America Ready for Hillary or Obama? Will Iraq Still Be the Issue in 2008? From Rolling Stone, Paul Krugman on The Great Wealth Transfer: It's the biggest untold economic story of our time: more of the nation's bounty held in fewer and fewer hands. NYT Magazine The Vanishing By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL Why hardly anyone mourns the collapse of George Bush’s authority. NYT Editorial Unfinished Business The departing Republican Congress has left the new Democratic majority much urgent, unfinished business to restore due process, civil liberties and the balance of powers. LA Times Is he the new 'black'? Gregory Rodriguez: Obama's possible presidential candidacy has sparked an illuminating debate on race. Editorial Hillary versus Obama Democrats may want to make history with their presidential nominee, but others might just want to vote for the best candidate. Not-so-true believers Jonathan Chait Once again, GOP candidates are pandering to the religious right. Why believe them? realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec PAPER: Hillary Clinton's Biggest Issue? A Certain Someone in Her Background... The Observer A fresh face for a tired America 2006 Financial Report of the United States Government | H17 Daily Telegraph Hamas-Fatah truce ends day of violence A university student was killed and 15 others injured, including a 10-year-old girl, in day long skirmishes between Fatah and Hamas supporters, sparked by the call from Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian national authority, for early elections. Sunday Telegraph Two kinds of dictator: ours and theirs. A large number of old dictatorships limp on, from Cuba to North Korea to Zimbabwe. What's worse, a new generation of strongmen is now emerging, who are more skilled than their predecessors at disguising the mailed fist of intimidation in a velvet glove of rigged elections, writes Niall Ferguson. 'Stay but Don't Screw Up' in Iraq In Iraq: Do We Stay or Do We Go? - Matthew d'Ancona, Sunday Telegrap McCain starts to feel fallout from Iraq We've changed in three years: have you? We want to work with Britain: as allies in the war against terror and in the search for peace in the Middle East; as business partners in further developing our country and our economy and as friends, learning to better understand and respect one another, writes Mohammed bin Nawaf Al Saud Leader Ill-will to all men Support for Hamas indicates the hopelessness and desperation of the people who live in the area it controls. Yet it is difficult to see how there can be any hope at all for anyone in the region unless Hamas softens its implacable opposition to Israel. No jumps for Paras as MoD cuts £1bn Parachute training in the Army is set to be halted for four years as part of a £1 billion cost-cutting programme by the Ministry of Defence. | H18 Independent Honours row: Donors say Blair 'misled' police Millionaire Labour Party donors have contradicted Tony Blair's evidence to the police in the cash-for-honours affair - saying that they were nominated for their public service to the nation, and not for services to Labour, as claimed by the PM Hamish McRae: A tale of two worlds: the "new" one powers on, the "old" one chugs along Iraqi death squad leader evades capture as more US troops die | ||
H19Military Intelligence Terrorism Al-Qa`ida’s Spymaster Analyzes U.S. Intelligence Source: Combatting Terrorism Center at West Point Harmony and Disharmony: Exploiting Al-Qa’ida’s Organizational Vulnerabilities Jihadi After Action Report: Syria The Militant Ideology Atlas Washington Post Talk of Satellite Defense Raises Fears of Space War U.S. Says Attacks on Crucial Systems Are Possible, Warns It Would Respond Forcefully - For a U.S. military increasingly dependent on sophisticated satellites for communicating, gathering intelligence and guiding missiles, the possibility that those space-based systems could come under attack has become a growing worry -- and the perceived need to defend them ever more urgent. Newsweek The Pentagon's New Fighting Manual for Iraq Kevin Drum Global Counterinsurgency Ehsan Ahrari Adieu Rummy Jihadists Read, Mock New U.S. Army Guide TCS How likely is a nuclear attack on the United States by a rogue state or a non-state actor, i.e., terrorists? How likely does it have to be? New MI5 Boss Is Top Expert on al-Qaeda NYT 'War Made New' By MAX BOOT Reviewed by JOSIAH BUNTING From gunpowder to the computer, Max Boot traces military technology. Books by John Yoo and Bruce Ackerman Reviewed by FAREED ZAKARIA Does the “war on terror” require completely new laws? Two books examine the question. Rarely Win at Trivial Pursuit? An Embassy Door Opens The State Department is overhauling the Foreign Service exam, but will modernizing how it builds the nation’s diplomatic ranks come at a cost to applicant quality? Time The Real War (People Who Mattered 2006 / Story of the Year) | H20 Slate NYT Book Review 'Dangerous Nation' By ROBERT KAGAN Reviewed by GEOFFREY WHEATCROFT From the beginning, the United States was a player, often a ruthless one, in the great game of nations, says Robert Kagan. Carter Book Stirs Furor With Its View of Israelis’ ‘Apartheid’ Jimmy Carter’s new book, “Palestine Peace Not Apartheid,” has drawn outrage for its apparent equation of the plight of today’s Palestinians to the former victims of racial separation in South Africa. The Economist and the Dictator: Just what is the connection between Milton Friedman and Augusto Pinochet? He may be only two years away from academic retirement, but Richard Dawkins – Darwin’s rottweiler and flag-waver for atheism – still has plenty of bite. Religion gives good people bad reasons to be good: An interview with Sam Harris Global Warming: Is the Sea Level Rise Doubling Its Speed?
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