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H1 International Crisis Group After Baker-Hamilton: What to Do in Iraq - Full report as a PDF file

Financial Times COMMENT: A glimpse of a prosperous 2030 and what can foster it What might the world economy look like in 2030? Nobody knows. But we can consider where present trends are taking us, writes Martin Wolf.

Washington Post U.S. Not Winning in Iraq, Bush Says for First Time In interview with Post, president announces plan to expand military, heeding warnings from the Pentagon that forces have been stretched too thin

A Realistic Approach To Iraq By David Ignatius, America's security interests are not served by remaining indefinitely as an occupying power in Iraq.

Report to Congress: Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq (PDF; 1.15 MB) Source: U.S. Department of Defense

General Opposes Adding to U.S. Forces in Iraq, Emphasizing International Solutions for Region

CSM If US boosts troops, then for how long? Before deciding on whether to increase or decrease troop levels, US officials debate how hard to push soldiers already in Iraq.

Christian Science Monitor U.S. Gaming to Hone Foreign Policy
There's no easy fix in Iraq, but Washington would be wise to make more use of one promising technique: "political gaming." Like war gaming, it uses dynamic role-playing to simulate and test scenarios. But political gaming replicates the policy process, not the battlefield.

Asia Times Saudi Arabia and Iran in Iraq fix Iran is a real power in Iraq, while Saudi Arabia remains a "wanna-be power". Instead of conducting a trench war with Iranian intelligence in Iraq, Riyadh therefore has to rely on conventional diplomacy - and this is better done behind closed doors. Even as an advantaged actor, Tehran would prefer this, and it might even benefit the US. - Ehsan Ahrari

Chatham House Blair's Foreign Policy and its Possible Successor(s) (pdf)

CFR Takeyh: Iranian Middle Class Growing Disillusioned with Ahmadinejad

Wall Street Journal Trading on Commodities By: Niall Ferguson The uneven geographical distribution of key commodities is a potential source of conflict (See free text here commodity and history)

U.S. Military Counterinsurgency Manual (December 2006) (PDF; 14.3 MB) Source: Headquarters, Department of the Army (repeat)

All We Wanted Was a Plausible Iraq Strategy - Steve Coll, The New Yorker

Time Syria in Bush's Crosshairs Exclusive: A classified document suggests the Administration is considering a plan to fund political opposition to the Damascus government. Some critics say it would be an unwarranted covert action

White House Now Grows Skittish Over Iranian Demarche of 2003
New York Sun

Salon The Other Israel Lobby A new alliance, including financier George Soros and former Bill Clinton advisor Jeremy Ben-Ami, aims to take on the powerful lobbyist group AIPAC -- and reshape U.S. policy.

Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses Congressional Research Service

Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security Congressional Research Service

H2 Washington Post For Iraqis, A Promise Is in Peril Baker-Hamilton Would Sell Out Democracy By Masrour Barzani

The big stakes-and bubbling tensions-over who will control Iraq's.Iraq's oil capital U.S. News & World Report

OpenDemocracyThe Kurds and the Baker report If the US alienates the Kurds it will lose the war as well as its closest regional ally, warns Dlawer Ala'Aldeen

FT Turkish author cleared of insulting Ataturk

Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media

Sadi SOMUNCUOĞLU
“Tony”nin izinden Talabani’nin dizine mi?

The White revolution of the Kurdistan
Kurdish Aspect

Yeni Kürt partisi KADEP kuruldu

Elçi, ‘federatif çözüm’ isteyen KADEP’i kurdu

Turkey: Displaced Villagers Denied Fair Compensation - Reuters AlertNet

Hasan ÜNAL
Vodafone meselesi şimdi ne olacak?

Savaş meydanı gibi tatbikat sahası

Turkey and Russia Must Confront Iran over Iraq Persian Journal

Google News Greece - Cyprus

İslam ve günümüz Müslümanlığı
Avni Özgürel

MUSTAFA KARAALİOĞLU
Artık kimse “türban politik simge” demesin

Oray Eğin
TGRT hisseleri kimin elinde?

Masterli hacker ’Rus Ali’ yakalandı

Casus e-mail çetesi 10 bin kişiyi çarptı

Aksiyon - 'Karım beni mürteci sanıyor' ODTÜ Felsefe Bölümü Başkanı Ahmet İnam’ın akademik dünyaya ilişkin eleştirilerinde siyasi tonlama yok. Kendi camiasını içeriden gözlemliyor, “bu bilgi niye bizi adam etmiyor” sorusunu soruyor. Cevapları da var elbette.

Ahmet Taşgetiren Takva

20 Aralık 2006 Basın Özeti

Fitch kredi notunu değiştirmedi, uyardı

Ercan Kumcu Merkez Bankası bilançosu doğru yolda

Ege Cansen Euro’ya geçen namussuzdur

Ya Başkan Yılmaz istifa ederse

Hurşit GÜNEŞ
Türkiye'ye yatırım moda mı oldu?

Güngör URAS / Tayland, sıcak para girişini engelledi

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM İkinci Tayland kazası olur mu?

Daily Telegraph Britain 'needs a security council'

Yedioth Ahronoth 'Syria's intentions genuine'
European Parliament member David Hammerstein, who met senior officials in Damascus, tells Ynet Syria is serious in its peace intentions, but it all depends on Israel's willingness to discuss Golan Heights

How Syria dodged a neo-con bullet
Asia Times Under intense lobbying from neo-conservatives, the Bush administration allowed Israel the time to extend its summer war with Hezbollah to Syria, believing this would end the insurgency in Iraq. Damascus is making the most of the reprieve. - Jim Lobe

OpenDemocracy Iran's election backlash Twin elections have brought Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's political ascendancy to an end, says Nasrin Alavi

RFE/RL Azerbaijan Fragmented Opposition Ponders Options

Azerbaijan's various fractious opposition parties continue to struggle to unite to form a strong alternative to the ruling party

Los Angeles Times Top U.S. general in Iraq to step aside in March Gen. Abizaid's retirement clears the way for the growing number of officers who have embraced the idea of increasing troop levels in Baghdad.

Heritage Foundation Iraq Study Group is Wrong to Link Iraq to Israel

NYT Tom Friedman's Guide to Mideast Diplomacy

H3 Aksiyon Hugh Pope'a göre Türkler ve Türkiye

Cüneyt Ülsever Baker-Hamilton planında bazı ayrıntılar

Avrupa Birliği için yeni bir strateji ÖZDEM SANBERK

Cengiz Aktar AB kararı ve sonrası

Cengiz Çandar Tüm yazıları AB’ye atılacak “Kıbrıs altın golü”ne ne dersiniz?

Ertuğrul Özkök Onbirinci Cumhurbaşkanı

Birand Erdoğan, muhalefeti memnun edecek mi?

AKP'den ince Sine-i millet taktiği!

Sami KOHEN / Kıbrıs için yeni strateji...

EU's decision and its aftermath
Cengiz Aktar

Karabay O asker yalan söylüyor

Çuval polemiği büyüyor!

Baskın fotoğrafları internet sitesinde

Peşmergelerle birlikte oradaydı

Former US soldiers supplies his view of Suleymaniye incident

Europe, clash of civilizations and the Turkish plumber MUSTAFA AKYOL

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL
Safavi Şiiliği'ne karşı Osmanlı Sünniliği mi?

TAHA KIVANÇ Gerçekler mutlaka ortaya çıkar

Yine Kardak, yine Yunan provokasyonu

Angela Merkel: "Kıbrıs'a bağlamak zekice"

Stratejik ortaklık: Katılıma (tam üyeliğe) alternatif olabilir mi?

Sezer, Fin televizyonuyla aynı anda bilgilendirilmiş

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

En düşük en yüksek oyu alan parti?

Mehmet Tezkan Erdoğan Cumhurbaşkanı, Gül de Başbakan olursa bakın neler olur?

Erdoğan "Tezlerimize saygı duyun"

Ömer Lütfi Mete Agamemnon veren memnun

ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU 2007'nin sorusu…

Gül: Avrupa Birliği bunalımda, Türkiye yoluna devam edecek

Türkiye AB'yle Doğu arasında zor bir seçim yapmak zorunda
MUHAMMED VELED ŞEYH

Bahçeli'nin bir bildiği mi var?
Murat Yetkin

Fikret BİLA / Bahçeli'nin siyasi mücadele anlayışı

İsmail Küçükkaya Bahçeli’nin mesajlarına dikkat...

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Bahçeli'nin meşru zemini

Bahçeli'nin seçim tarihi: 11 Mart 2007

FATİH ALTAYLI CHP erken seçim istemiyor

ERDAL ŞAFAK Başkent senaryoları

Bilal Çetin
Bahçeli’den Erdoğan’a sert mesaj

Bahçeli: Ara rejime karşı erken seçim

Turuncu devrime heveslenmek Türkiye'ye büyük kötülük olur

Özdemir İnce Askeri darbeler kimin işine yaradı?

CHP, erken seçim için iş dünyasından destek bekliyor

Ali Bayramoğlu Çözümü zor sorunlar ve milliyetçi öfkeler...

Tarihten ders alınsaydı
M.Ali Kışlalı

Goldman Sachs: Kriz senaryoları tutmaz,

İş dünyası erken seçime sıcak değil

Mustafa Erdoğan Cumhur-
başkanı seçimi

[Yorum - M. Naci Bostancı] Baykal'ın nefesi seçim çarkını döndürmeye yetmez

[Başbakan Erdoğan'dan küresel barışa yönelik manifesto gibi konuşma] Küresel çatışmanın panzehiri Türkiye'dir

Türkiye ile gerçek stratejik ortak olduğumuzu gördüm

General Opposes Adding to U.S. Forces in Iraq, Emphasizing International Solutions for Region

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Mideast Rules to Live By I’d like to offer President Bush my updated rules of Middle East reporting in hopes they’ll help him figure out what to do next in Iraq.

MAUREEN DOWD Flunking Our Future Once our leaders get a grasp of the basics in Iraq, we can hit them with a truly hard question: What on earth do we do now?

H5 Washington Post U.S. Not Winning in Iraq, Bush Says for First Time In interview with Post, president announces plan to expand military, heeding warnings from the Pentagon that forces have been stretched too thin

A Realistic Approach To Iraq By David Ignatius,

America's security interests are not served by remaining indefinitely as an occupying power in Iraq.

Bush to Work With Democrats

President says he plans to tackle a broad range of domestic issues despite the impending power shift

Analysis On the War, Determined to Go His Own Way

Premier Wants U.S. Forces to Target Sunni Insurgents Maliki Would Attempt To Contain Shiite Militias

Editorial Enemies of Peace Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas needs help against Hamas

Cheney Willing to Testify at Libby Trial Defense Says It Will Call Vice President

William Arkin Failure in Iraq? We've Already Failed

State Dept. Losing a Top Figure In Terror War

'Old Europe' Can Gloat, but Then What? By: Anne Applebaum

Editorial AIDS Policy in Libya Shoot foreigners.

The Economy's Rebalancing Act

By Robert J. Samuelson, Page A23

With unemployment at 4.5 percent, the U.S. economy is hardly ailing. But three threats cloud the outlook.

Whatever the Brownites say, history will judge Blair as a political colossus Anthony Seldon: Despite everything, the prime minister is still fighting for his legacy in his last months - and that legacy has yet to be settled.

Tories at strongest for 14 years Poll: The Conservatives have extended their lead over Labour to eight points at the end of David Cameron's first year in office.

Leader – Globalisation - The world as one The annual haggling over fishing quotas, which Europe's agriculture ministers are today mid-way through, is at one level every bit as mundane as it sounds.

H7 All We Wanted Was a Plausible Iraq Strategy - Steve Coll, The New Yorker

Time Syria in Bush's Crosshairs Exclusive: A classified document suggests the Administration is considering a plan to fund political opposition to the Damascus government. Some critics say it would be an unwarranted covert action

A Setback for Ahmadinejad

Broken Army, Broken Empire
by Patrick Buchanan

How Syria dodged a neo-con bullet
Asia Times Under intense lobbying from neo-conservatives, the Bush administration allowed Israel the time to extend its summer war with Hezbollah to Syria, believing this would end the insurgency in Iraq. Damascus is making the most of the reprieve. - Jim Lobe

When the Media's Right By: Rich Lowry | National Review
In Iraq, the media’s biases happen to fit the circumstances. Being primed to consider any military conflict a quagmire and another Vietnam is a drawback when covering a successful U.S. military intervention, but not necessarily in Iraq. Most of the pessimistic warnings from the mainstream media have turned out to be right.

Hands Off Hedge Funds - Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs

A Second Declaration of War in Iraq? - John Podhoretz, New York Post

Iran: Elections Disappoint Presidential Camp

Election Goes Against Ahmadinejad

Results from elections to Iran's Assembly of Experts give former President Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani -- a moderate conservative -- a rousing victory

Boston Globe Iran rejects a demagogue

Der Spiegel The Reformers Are Back

Daily Star Iran's reasonable citizenry sends the world an important message

H8 Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq

BBC Bush considers US force expansion US President Bush is weighing an increase in the size of the military to deal with the long-term fight against terrorism.

Bush 'brainwashed' Blair on Iraq

Baghdad diary
Andrew North reports on the Iraqi capital's warring statelets

Rice confirms President Bush is considering more troops for Iraq

US to warn Iran with naval buildup in Gulf- CBS

Oil Minister Hussein Shahristani says that Iraq will let bids to develop 60 oil fields to foreign companies.

The Last Hurrah has imagined the content of Flynt Leverett's squashed opinion piece on Iran, based on his past pronouncements on the matter.

White House Now Grows Skittish Over Iranian Demarche of 2003
New York Sun

Blair to urge Middle East states to rein in Iran

How to Win the War in al Anbar - Jack Kelly, RealClearPolitics

Outside View: Changing course in Iraq

Analysis: Sadr militia now top threat

The deeper meaning of Lebanon's 2006 war is a contest over the nation-state, says Hazem Saghieh

Surging to Defeat in Iraq
by W. Patrick Lang and Ray McGovern

Unwilling to forgive or forget
Boston Globe

Daily Star Tragic Blair, dishonest to the end
By Rami G. Khouri

Assad: Syria Ready for Talks With US

Dealing with Tehran: Assessing U.S. Diplomatic Options toward Iran, by Flynt Leverett for the Century Foundation

H9 Ha’aretz – Assad Denies Secret Offer to Israel to Curb Hamas, Hezbollah

O.K. from a declining America?

PA sources: Olmert and Abbas to meet in coming days

Bradley Burston: Self-test - Think you know the Mideast crisis?

Daily Alert.org - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel –

BBC Lethal tensions
Growing violence and political polarisation puts Gaza on edge

Reiterating the keys to peace

(By Jimmy Carter)

Iran seeks condemnation of Israeli nukes

Report: Assad asks Israel for peace talks

U.S. not waiting for Palestinian unity

Yedioth Ahronoth 'Syria's intentions genuine'
European Parliament member David Hammerstein, who met senior officials in Damascus, tells Ynet Syria is serious in its peace intentions, but it all depends on Israel's willingness to discuss Golan Heights

Haniyeh: 20-Year Truce in Exchange for State

Assad waiting for Ehud

4 warning signs

Al hayat Two 'Little' Palestinian States?

The Brotherhood's Power Display

Debka Assad Is in Moscow with Half-Billion Iranian Dollars to Upgrade ...

CSMThe long walk to class

For many Palestinian Jerusalemites, a trip to school or work is complicated by multiple checkpoint crossings. Part 2 of three.

Salon The Other Israel Lobby A new alliance, including financier George Soros and former Bill Clinton advisor Jeremy Ben-Ami, aims to take on the powerful lobbyist group AIPAC -- and reshape U.S. policy.

H10 Christian Science Monitor

former U.S. official Lincoln Bloomfield says U.S. leaders might make fewer ill-advised decisions if their subordinates war-gamed scenarios more often.

If US boosts troops, then for how long?

Before deciding on whether to increase or decrease troop levels, US officials debate how hard to push soldiers already in Iraq.

John Hughes: A farewell to Annan and Rumsfeld

ASIA Washington Times Iran: Elections Disappoint Presidential Camp

India fears US nuclear trap
Asia Times

Foreign Policy Who Pays When the Bomb Goes Off?

H11 IHT Germany to try reviving EU constitution

Don't rush to join the euro ROBIN SHEPHERD
Relatively poor, transitional economies should wait until their economies more closely resemble the rest of the euro zone before rushing to join.

French counterterror forces on high alert

The bad guys know what they're doing
WARREN STERN AND CHARLES D. FERGUSON
The glaring but largely overlooked message in the radiation poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko is that the underworld has become expert in effectively using radioactive materials for malicious purposes.

Behind Thai currency crisis, China's heavy hand PHILIP BOWRING
Thailand's latest currency crisis shows that Southeast Asian countries need to condemn China and Japan for failing to show leadership on currency issues.

EUROPE

German Economy in Party Mood as Confidence Tops Record High

Europe's New Trade Agenda
Congressional Research Service

H12 RFE/RL Azerbaijan Fragmented Opposition Ponders Options

Azerbaijan's various fractious opposition parties continue to struggle to unite to form a strong alternative to the ruling party

Amerikalı Yetkiliden Azerbaycan'a Eleştiri

Google News Azerbaijan

German Experts to Help in Working Out Armenian Military Doctrine

BBC Mending fences
Russia's President Putin seeks to restore close ties with Ukraine

Syrian Leader Arrives In Moscow To Discuss Lebanon, Iraq

Outside View: Russia to accelerate Iranian nuclear project

H13 The Times Amos Oz
Bashir Assad, the President of Syria, has repeatedly offered peace talks with Israel

Hopes Dashed Libya has missed its opportunity to engage with the outside world

Wall Street Journal Trading on Commodities By: Niall Ferguson |
The real question to ask about commodities is not whether prices will go up or down. The complex interplay of these variables means that prices will almost certainly go up and down. It is far more important to ask whether or not the uneven geographical distribution of key commodities is a potential source of conflict (See free text here commodity and history)

A Reagan Strategy
The right way to negotiate with Syria and Iran.
By ABRAHAM D. SOFAER

Five Easy Fixes for the U.N.
A dollar's worth of advice for Ban Ki Moon.
By BRET STEPHENS

H14 Financial Times COMMENT: A glimpse of a prosperous 2030 and what can foster it What might the world economy look like in 2030? Nobody knows. But we can consider where present trends are taking us, writes Martin Wolf.

COMMENT: Why a transatlantic trade pact can work Europe has long shunned even the exploration of a comprehensive transatlantic trade and investment agreement, write Bill Emmott and Roy Maclaren, co-chairmen of the Canada-Europe business round table.

Bush plans to increase size of army

Cheney to testify at CIA leak case

EUROPE: Strained ties with Moscow mar Berlin's Ostpolitik

MIDDLE EAST: Blair seeks closer ties with moderate Arabs

Egypt debates Brotherhood role A fierce debate has erupted in Egypt about the nature and intentions of the Muslim Brotherhood opposition

Leaders in call for calm as Gaza violence rages

US Senate clearing way for action on China

FT REPORT - POLAND: Three perspectives within one country

Relations with Russia: Intent on keeping clear of the bear's embrace

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Brave talk - why Scotland is weighing the chanceTensions are affecting the UK, where politicians wonder whether 2007 will be marked by an unprecedented rift between the English and the Scots

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: A WINDING ROUTE INTO THE ELECTORAL HIGHLANDS

FT REPORT - BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Search for an authentic voice

H15 Los Angeles Times Top U.S. general in Iraq to step aside in March Gen. Abizaid's retirement clears the way for the growing number of officers who have embraced the idea of increasing troop levels in Baghdad.

EditorialSubcontinental missiles

A U.S. nuclear deal with India will complicate Washington's strategy elsewhere -- such as North Korea.

Report Calls Sadr Top Threat to Iraq Stability

Key positions immune to Maliki reshuffle

Does Iraq Need More Debate? By: Martin Kaplan We've had plenty of shouting matches on the war; what we need are better leaders and more capable media.

FT Editorial The Enron pendulum Five years after the Enron debacle, the pendulum seems to be swinging back towards a lighter form of corporate regulation in America.

Total faces Iran bribery probe A Paris judge has launched an investigation into allegations that Total, the French oil and gas group, paid bribes to win a $2bn gas contract in Iran almost a decade ago.

COMMENT: It is time to honour the woman who enlightened Europe

Editorial An abrupt baht turn Soldiers and economists: the last people you want running a country. Thailand's abandonment of capital controls, only a day after they were imposed, was utterly inept...

H16 American Politics Cheney to Be Defense Witness in CIA Case

Hillary's Calculated Hindsight - Kathleen Parker, Orlando Sentinel

John McCain and the Iraq Numbers Game - Steve Kornacki, NY Observer

Never A Dull Moment - Charlie Cook, National Journal

Will Conservatives Vote For Rudy? - Tom Bevan, RealClearPolitics

National Security & 2008: The GOP's Big Three - Hugh Hewitt, Townhall

realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec

H17 Daily Telegraph Britain 'needs a security council'

Who will stand by us: Europe or America? Mr Bush is not the brightest light on the Christmas tree, and in an ideal world we would not deal with him. But we are in the world we are in and he is the democratically elected leader of our most important friend on earth, says Simon Heffer.

Beckett admits 45-min claim was wrong Ministers realised before invasion that WMD claim was probably wrong.

The British prime minister has replaced real politics with a carefully crafted fiction, says Roger Scruton

H18 Independent Darfur: Genocide without borders

Iraq chaos 'will not be solved by military force'

Oxford dons reject plan to hand powers to 'oligarchy' of outsiders

The Big Question: Why have five nurses and a doctor been condemned to death in Libya?

BBC In the middle
Should a post-Blair Britain rebalance towards Europe?

Fertility tourism
'I had to go to Turkey to find out what was wrong with me'

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

French troops had bin Laden in sights: documentary

CSM The U.S. Air Froces growing problems: “Aging planes, budget shortages, and ground casualities.”

Changing Views of Nuclear Proliferation Stratfor

White House war room gets 21st century face-lift...

BMD Watch: Bob Gates backs BMD

Contractors Lost in Pentagon Bureaucracy

India Awaits Counter Terror Doctrine amid Terror Threats

H20 Slate

U.S. International Transactions: Third Quarter 2006
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis

H21 Nasa signs deal with Google to put data online
Nasa signed an agreement with Google to post its vast trove of images and data online.

UK report says robots will have rights Visions of the status of robots around 2056 have emerged from studies sponsored by Sir David King, the UK government’s chief scientist, and they envisage a time of conscious machines that are entitled to the same rights traditionally reserved for humans.

Political movies for the holidays

Benefit Seen in Brain Exercises

Short cognitive workouts can slow mental decline of aging minds for the long-term, new study finds

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