| H1 New York Times Chairman of Joint Chiefs Will Not Be Reappointed The Bush administration’s decision makes Gen. Peter Pace the highest-ranking officer to be a political casualty of the issue of Iraq. Nominee for Joint Chiefs Is Called a Pragmatist Putin Proposes Alternatives on Missile Defense President Vladimir V. Putin proposed that Russia and the West study emerging missile threats jointly. Guardian Withdrawal won't happen Patrick Seale: The US plans permanent military bases in Iraq, confirming to many that it really was all about oil. Olmert 'in secret offer to return Golan Heights to Syria' Paper says message sent via Turks and Germans. Der Spiegel INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD HOLBROOKE ON THE G- 8, IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN 'Too Much Choreography, Too Little Spontaneity' Los Angeles Times Editorial Exporting Democracy, But Not Bush's Way By: James Traub | Los Angeles Times The Bush administration has managed to discredit whatever foreign policy doctrines it has deployed. And yet whoever becomes president in 2009 is going to have to decide whether some of these policies deserve to be given new life. Democracy promotion is arguably the strongest candidate. 'War czar' duties may signal policy shift Iraq After 2008 - Michael Hirsh, Newsweek
The Other Iraq Intelligence Assessments - Paul Pillar, The National Interest
Washington Institute The Future of Syria: Challenges and Prospects Barry Rubin and Ambassador Theodore Kattouf The Six Day War and Its Enduring Legacy Michael Oren Old problems plague new security plan for Iraq By Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers Israel Offers Golan to Syria in Exchange for Cutting Iran Ties UPI Analysis: Biden's plan for Iraq NYRB Lebanon's Agony
By Max Rodenbeck Former CIA Official: Israel Will Pay the Price for US War in Iraq Washington Post Report Addresses CIA Sites European investigator's report says Poland and Romania allowed the CIA to operate secret prisons Report (pdf) | Italian Trial Opens Against CIA Agents Asia Times Everlasting US pyramids in Iraqi sands President George W Bush's touting of a "South Korea model" for Iraq has been dismissed as an historical grotesquerie. But the model - up to 40,000 troops on a few mega-bases for decades to come in a calming Iraq - shouldn't be laughed off, and it is not something stumbled on in post-"surge" desperation. It's the imperial fantasy, America's pyramids, that has been on top of the Bush administration's agenda from the first shock-and-awe moment. - Tom Engelhardt Financial Times COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: The popular authoritarian Russia’s president, a poular authoritarian, confounds the west. But is he a menace, a charmer, or a statesman? EurasiaNet Azerbaijan Ready to Discuss Russian-US Use of Radar Station Weekly Standard Don't Feel Terrible, Mr. President Act.
by William Kristol Kurds, Shi'a Lash Out At National-Unity Project Attempts to reorganize the Iraqi political landscape on a nonsectarian basis received a bitter response from the country's Shi'ite and Kurdish leaders this week Guardian The Bandar cover-up: who knew what, and when? Guardian investigation: The government was last night fighting to contain the fallout over £1bn in payments to a Saudi prince as the attorney general came under renewed pressure to explain how much he knew about the affair. General 'sacrificed' to clear decks on Iraq · Chairman of joint chiefs of staff to stand down · Senate hearings would have been controversial Jerusalem Post Column One: James Baker's disciples [ CAROLINE GLICK, BBC Murky waters
Israeli attack on US vessel stirs fierce debate 40 years on The Arab Peace Plan: Seize a Diplomatic Opportunity Yossi Alpher Democratic Jihad ? Military intervention and democracy
Source: World Bank Policy Research Working Papers G-8 Countries Must Cooperate to Bring Kleptocrats to Justice By: Akere Muna | World Politics Review Plundering government coffers won't get a corrupt government official far if banks are unwilling to take the money, and if countries deny safe haven. Without the cooperation of the world's largest financial centers, attempts to clean up and regain assets lost to corruption in poor countries are doomed. Forty Years Later, Doing Nothing Is the Best Policy - Youssef Ibrahim WSJ Robert Mundell and the Yuan Riddle "The dollar era is going to last a long time, perhaps another hundred years." By HUGO RESTALL RFE/RL Caucasus: Russian Radar Proposal Could Upset Region U.S./Russia: Missile Expert Assesses Azerbaijan Radar Proposal U.S./Russia: Analyst Says 'Surprise' Missile-Shield Proposal Was Planned Azerbaijan: Locals Worry About Health Effects Of Radar Russia: Is Putin's Azerbaijan Radar Proposal Serious? NYRB Impasse in India
By Pankaj Mishra Dominated by modern office buildings, cafés, and gyms, and swarming with Blackberry-wielding executives of financial and software companies, parts of Indian cities such as Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Gurgaon resemble European and American downtowns. Regular elections and increasingly free markets make India appear to be a more convincing exemplar of economic globalization than China, which has adopted capitalism without embracing liberal democracy. However, many other aspects of India today make Foreign Affairs' description of the country—"a roaring capitalist success-story"—appear a bit optimistic. Is Russia Our Enemy? By: Fred Kaplan | Slate Something is happening. The era of Russia's aspiring Westernization—of glasnost, perestroika, industrial privatization, and easy disarmament—is kaput. But, in this case, Bush is right: We're not—or at least there's nothing inevitable about our becoming—enemies. | H2 VOA ASAM Uzmanlarından Bahadır Koç'la Söyleşi Washington Institute Turkish Troops in Northern Iraq? By Soner Cagaptay and Ali Koknar With U.S. forces stretched too thin to prevent PKK terrorists from operating in northern Iraq, Ankara may have to choose between doing nothing at all in response to increasingly frequent and deadly Kurdish bombings or mounting military incursions into Iraq. Rice kafaları karıştırdı; K. Irak'ta derin operasyon yerine kısmen olsun mesajı Rice: Hiç kimse için iyi olmaz Gül ve Saygun K. Irak'ı görüştü İncirlik’te süre uzatılıyor Facia son anda önlendi!!! otoyol köprüsüne bomba koyan 2 terörist suçüstü yakalandı From the Archive Washington Meetings with Kurdish Representatives 5 JULY 1972 PDF version Time A New War in Iraq? Komploda Türk istihbaratı iddiası Maliki, yabancı istihbaratın kendisini devirmeye çalıştığını söyledi. Mısır ve Suudilerin yanında Türk istihbaratını suçladı. ABD'li komutandan K. Irak değerlendirmesi
Terörü öven Bask lideri tutuklandı Şemdinli aracı kaza yaptı Rice: Kuvvetli bir hareket hiç kimse için iyi değil ABD'den operasyona onay Dünyanın gözü Kuzey Irak'ta Patrick Seale Will Turkey crush Kurdish plans? Turkey is Poised for War against Iraq's Kurds Dar Al-Hayat Rice Admits US Can Do Little to Stop Turkish Incursions Into Iraq US-Turkey Ties Face Second Crisis Over Iraq “....Laura Rozen reports in the current issue of the Monthly that Washington DC is now home to yet another smiling Iraqi with a distinct agenda, a fluent command of English, and strong connections. This time it's Qubad Talabani, the son of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani” ABD'den Barzani'ye dehşet silahlar DER Spiegel Turkish Military Leaders Pushing For Invasion of Northern Iraq BBC Turkey vows to smash PKK
Turkey's military declares its "unshakable determination" to defeat Kurdish separatists based in Iraq. 'Türkler kardeş ama sonuna dek direniriz' Şimdi de 92. madde tartışması Irak Türkiye'ye nota verdi Turkey and the Kurds by Gerald A. Honigman A Message For Two Friends... American Daily
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Kurdistan, Kirkuk, Mosul: One Iraq or Partitioning? Huffington Post Turkey-Kurdistan Update
The National Interest Online - Washington,DC,USA
by Wolfgang Piccoli. KRG Representative: No Turkish Troops in Kurdistan "As Of Today" Kurdish Officials Defiant on Turkish Threats US Ambassador Wilson: Turkey received $5B US investments in a year Iraq incursion: Not underway but imminent (Yusuf KANLI ) Putin: Missile interceptors can be in Turkey, Iraq, sea platforms... Irak'a müdahale petrol fiyatlarını patlatmak için mi? By Nicholas Birch An Islamic version of "scientific creationism" has found fertile soil in Turkey, where three in four residents reject Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Putin füze sistemi için Türkiye’yi adres gösterdi ABD'ye fazla güvenmek hata Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media PKK, Türk askerini Irak’a çekmek istiyor KYB'nin iddiası: Türkiye ve İran'ın bombardımanında köyler yandı Geçici güvenlik bölgesi Ercan Çitlioğlu ve Baskın Oran'a sorduk Iraqi Kurds Report Turkish, Iranian Shelling ‘An over-the-border operation,’ but up to what point? (3) by Assoc. Prof. MELİH CAN* Turkey, US seek to enhance energy security in Europe Yaşar Büyükanıt: "Kitlesel tepki gösterilmeli" Uzmanlar yorumladı: Kitlesel refleks yanlış anlaşılır Southeastern Turkish Provinces Brace for Anti-PKK Rallies İşte askerin istediği şey Sıcak bölgeden 3 ilginç fotoğraf YENİ TSK'nin 'ortak refleks' çağrısına tepki 'Ortak refleks'
Mithat Sancar ve Armağan Kuloğlu değerlendirdi Economist'in Türkiye yorumları
'Girmek ya da Girmemek' ve 'Askeri Manevralar' Türkiye'nin Irak sınırında askeri hareketlilik Rice: K. Irak'ta operasyon gerginliği artırır Yasak bölgenin perde arkası Diyarbakır ve Şırnak'ta teröre karşı miting Başer "Türk - Kürt sorunu yok" Diyarbakır'sız Türkiye olmaz Genelkurmay: Güvenlik bölgesi kanunlara uygun The Economist: PKK, Türkiye ile Amerika'yı birbirine düşürmeye çalışıyor 'Türk askeri hiç böyle gelmemişti' Sabah K.Irak'ta Karakol baskını, istihbarat zaafını gündeme getirdi Maliki: MİT beni devirecek Talabani asks Allawi to cooperate with Kurds Genelkurmay'dan "Güvenlik Bölgesi"ne açıklık FOX Declares War on Kurdistan on Behalf of Turkey Askerin yanındayız Kurdistan; the Key to Regional Stability
Kurdish Aspect - Turhan ÇÖMEZ GÜNEY SINIRIMIZ, MAYINLAR VE CEYLANPINAR… Baykal: "Türkiye uzun süre sessiz kalamaz" Petraeus: "Türk askeri Irak sınırını aşmadı" Reports: Olmert sent peace messages to Syria via Turkey Fethülislam'ın hedefi: UNIFIL Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber D'Alema to visit Turkey in coming week Portekiz’den Sarkozy’ye Türkiye uyarısı Belçikalı Türkler federal bakanlık peşinde Zeynep Göğüş Kozlarımızı bilelim Ata Atun Wasn’t direct trade already paid for? Russian-Turkish group holds awards ceremony in Kremlin Todays Zaman'dan sonra sırada Rusça gazete var Putin: Missile shield could be placed in Turkey, Iraq or at sea ‘Turk-Russian collaboration vital for region'
TV ekranında Sivil-asker gerilimi [SEYİR GÜNLÜĞÜ] Sağır oda: Bu nasıl dizi? bu nasıl final? Award-winning photographs which capture the special friendship shared by the Turks and Americans | H3 Okurlara veda yazısı Gündüz Aktan Fikret BİLA Genelkurmay'ın 'kitlesel refleks' çağrısı Sınır aşılırsa Murat Yetkin Medya üzerinden Kuzey Irak bilmecesi! İBRAHİM EL MARASHİ Ertuğrul Özkök Bütün kalbimizle arkanızdayız Paşam Taha AKYOL Sınırda yığınak Mustafa Karaalioğlu Sınır berisi operasyon M Ali Birand Genelkurmay’ın gece yarısı mesajları Fehmi Koru'dan TSK'ya can alıcı soru HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN
Demokrasi mi şimdi bu Barçın Yinanç Devletin tepesinde filler tepişince dış politika çimen oluyor Cengiz Çandar Hasan CEMAL Kurt kapanı! Sadi SOMUNCUOĞLU Tek çare masa, öyle mi? Baykal: Terör, Kuzey Irak'ta açıktan himaye ediliyor PKK, ABD ve Irak'ın tavrından cesaret alıyor ERGUN BABAHAN Bildiri siyaseti Vatan-Millet mitingleri İsmail Küçükkaya Askerle hükümetin arasını kim bozuyor? A Turan Alkan Sayın Büyükanıt'a vatandaştan açık mektup Güneri CIVAOĞLU Genelkurmay çağrısı Patronlar tedirgin Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ: Köşk seçimiyle başlayan süreçte, araba düz yolda şaştı. Mustafa Koç: Siyaset sahnemizde bir akıl tutulmasıyla karşı karşıyayız MELİHA OKUR Şahenk: Her zaman rakam konuşulmaz Yiğit Bulut Demokrat Parti’li senaryolar düştü, artık piyasa için iki alternatif var Mensur Akgün Müdahale ve teröre tepki [HABER YORUM] Kitlesel refleksi kim organize edecek? Terörde 'teşhis' ve 'tedavi'
Altan Öymen Abdülhamit Bilici Türkiye'nin düşmana ihtiyacı var mı? Sivil toplum endişeli: Genelkurmay'ın kitlesel refleks çağrısı lince sebep olur Taha Kıvanç Askeri eleştiren izne mi çıkıyor? Fehmi Koru NAZLI ILICAK Gece yarısı bildirisi Gece yarısı bildirisine iktidardan tepki muhalefetten destek Genelkurmay açıklamasına Başbakan’dan cevap yok
Semih İDİZ Erdoğan'ın başarısız 'medeniyet misyonu' Beril Dedeoğlu Northern Iraq’s probable cost İlter Türkmen Güvenlik kavramı Sami KOHEN Havadan, sudan... Enis Berberoğlu Bir gece ansızın gelebilir Sedar Laçiner 'Halk, terörle mücadeleye destek oluyor, şehitler onların çocukları' Kabadayı değil; Siyasidirektiflidayı
Perihan Mağden ERDAL ŞAFAK Bir fiyaskonun ardından
Merkez sağ CHP’yle birleşti Zoraki nikâh masada kaldı
What do parties’ candidate lists tell us? by MÜMTAZ’ER TÜRKÖNE MAHMUT ÖVÜR Bayar, CHP'ye giderken nasıl DP'li oldu?
Tam fiyasko Anavatan ve DP’nin birleşmesi yılın fiyaskosu haline dönüştü [HABER YORUM] 'Zoraki nikâh' tutmadı Derya SAZAK ANAP seçim dışı Oktay Ekşi Dikkatli olalım... Mahir Kaynak Siyasi direktif Mümtazer Türköne 'Kitlesel Karşı Koyma Refleksi'
Mehmet Y. YILMAZ Muhtıra bu kez Türk milletine! Military’s press release rattles rights groups YILMAZ ÖZDİL Sağdan soldan estarabim... BARÇIN YİNANÇ
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Şiilik-Alevilik arasındaki farklar Yalçın Doğan Genç Parti aya astronot gönderiyor Mehmet Kamış Who should Armenians vote for? Yalçın Bayer Dezenformasyon ve gelincikler Aleviler Ortadoğuda'daki gekişmelerden etkileniyor Özdemir İnce Avrupa’nın yeni mürtecileri Bekir Coşkun Başbakan’ı gören olursa... Emin Çölaşan Hükümet nerede? Rauf Tamer ‘Kitlesel refleks’ YAVUZ DONAT İktidarın yumuşak karnı: "Şehit cenazeleri"
YSK’dan Erbakan ve eski DEP’lilere ret İşte DP'nin TAM ADAY LİSTESİ Şakir Süter Kitlesel karşı koyma ve TÜSİAD Mehmet Altan Köylerin okuduğu haber... Ege Cansen Ekonomide büyük başarı Baykal 'Yoksulluğun nedeni ithalat' ŞELALE KADAK CHP'nin ekonomiye bakışı bize ters!
Ercan Kumcu Erdal Sağlam Seçim sonuçları fırsat yaratmalı TÜSİAD warns of economic risks if army enters N. Iraq Mehmet Barlas Para ile mutluluk alınmaz ama belki kredi kartı ile alınabilir EPDK'dan Petrol Ofisi'ne rafineri resti Salih Neftçi Dün piyasalarda neler oldu? |
| As Senate Deal Sinks, So Does Bush’s Power The president’s ability to push his agenda has faded to the point where he can fairly be judged to have entered his lame duck period. | H5 Washington Post Report: Baghdad Police Home Attacked Iraqi insurgents kills the man's wife, a son, two brothers, 10 guards and kidnap at least two of his children. For U.S. Unit in Baghdad, An Alliance of Last Resort Surviving the Democracy Backlash By: Carl Gershman | The Washington Post
Democracy promotion remains a key U.S. priority; the opening sentence of the National Security Strategy adopted in 2006 declares that America's policy is "to seek and support democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world." But the Bush administration has encountered enormous resistance in carrying this out. Report Addresses CIA Sites European investigator's report says Poland and Romania allowed the CIA to operate secret prisons Report (pdf) | Italian Trial Opens Against CIA Agents Joint Chiefs Chair to Step Down Defense Secretary Gates taps Adm. Mike Mullen to succeed Gen. Peter Pace as top military officer PostGlobal Authoritarian Bully & Imperial Wannabe William Arkin Playing Putin's Game
Bombs For Sale : Just how easy is it to buy nuclear arms these days?... Reviewed by George Perkovich, Bush Criticized in Immigration Defeat President's Worsening Relations With GOP, Grass-Roots Conservatives Cited U.S. Businessman Jailed, Iran Confirms: Report Cites Security Investigation Nostalgia for Nixon? By Elizabeth Drew, U.S. Cities Race Ahead of Feds on Climate Change Municipal efforts to curb greenhouse gases reflect growing public perception that White House has failed to adequately address global warming. | H6 Guardian Withdrawal won't happen Patrick Seale: The US plans permanent military bases in Iraq, confirming to many that it really was all about oil. The Bandar cover-up: who knew what, and when? Guardian investigation: The government was last night fighting to contain the fallout over £1bn in payments to a Saudi prince as the attorney general came under renewed pressure to explain how much he knew about the affair. General 'sacrificed' to clear decks on Iraq · Chairman of joint chiefs of staff to stand down · Senate hearings would have been controversial Leader What changed? G8 summit: While G8 statesmen were holding their photo op, Bob Geldof staged his own rival performance across town. In vintage Geldof-ese, he labelled the politicians 'creeps' and the summit a 'farce'. Oiling the wheels of war: smuggling becomes the real economy of Iraq Indisputably murky BAE systems: There are conflicting accounts of the status of the Saudi bank account into which £1bn was secretly transferred. But no one is disputing the fact of the payment, its scale or its linkage to Britain's biggest arms contract We could pay a grave price for our addiction to arms deals
Carne Ross: Working at the Foreign Office I saw how exports took precedence over human rights. With the Saudis, this could backfire. No, Labour has not turned Britain into a police state
Martin Kettle: They chose a good week to launch a film about loss of rights and liberties - but the basic premise simply does not stand up. The last optimist Brian Brivati Jun 08 07, 10:00pm: Frederick Kagan stunned this week's meeting of the Iraq commission by saying that Iraq was by no means a lost cause. West 'fearful' of Russia, says exasperated Blair |
| H7 Population size, concentration, and civil war : a geographically disaggregated analysis Source: World Bank Policy Research Working Papers Full Paper (PDF; 1.2 MB) A $12 Trillion Monster Threatens Globalization By: William Pesek | Bloomberg The question is, will the U.S. sit idly if China goes shopping in Silicon Valley? Will Australia, New Zealand and Canada be okay with foreign governments eyeing resource companies? How might the U.K. or Japan react to acquisitions of their investment banks? Democratic Jihad ? Military intervention and democracy
Source: World Bank Policy Research Working Papers G-8 Countries Must Cooperate to Bring Kleptocrats to Justice By: Akere Muna | World Politics Review Plundering government coffers won't get a corrupt government official far if banks are unwilling to take the money, and if countries deny safe haven. Without the cooperation of the world's largest financial centers, attempts to clean up and regain assets lost to corruption in poor countries are doomed. Is Iran a Terror Threat in the U.S.? By: Robert Baer | Time In another week or so no one is going to remember the "JFK plot." It will sink without a ripple — unless, that is, there proves to be an Iranian connection. Bargaining With Russia to Contain Iran By: Joseph S. Nye Jr. | The Boston Globe The growing U.S.-Russia tension has real and dangerous implications for US security: Washington is struggling to get Russia's help in sanctioning Iran for its nuclear program -- one of the top American defense priorities. If we in the United States want that help, we need to offer something in return. Is U.S. Eyeing U.N. as Dumping Ground for Iraq? By: Thalif Deen | Inter Press Service
"With the war turning out to be a huge political liability for the ruling Republican Party at the upcoming elections in November," an Asian diplomat told IPS, "it is a safe guess the White House may eventually dump Iraq on the United Nations." More pro-Bush than Bushn Defense of the Bush Doctrine by Robert G Kaufman Not many people defend the Bush Doctrine these days. This new book gives Bushism a spirited, if not very convincing, defense. Considering that many neo-conservatives have abandoned any attempt to argue that the Iraq war was well managed, it is surprising to come across a reasonably thoughtful author still willing to defend US President George W Bush to the hilt. - Colin Dueck | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor Old problems plague new security plan for Iraq By Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers Three months after additional U.S. troops began pouring into Baghdad in the most recent effort to stanch violence in Iraq's capital, military observers are fretting that the same problems that torpedoed last summer's Baghdad security plan are cropping up again. Kurds, Shi'a Lash Out At National-Unity Project Attempts to reorganize the Iraqi political landscape on a nonsectarian basis received a bitter response from the country's Shi'ite and Kurdish leaders this week. Forty Years Later, Doing Nothing Is the Best Policy - Youssef Ibrahim BBC Syria's war silence
Hurt Arab pride and propaganda blank out 1967 defeat
'This is cruelty'
The hardships of Afghans forcibly returned from Iran UN condemns Ahmadinejad comments UN chief Ban Ki-moon says he was "shocked" at comments by the Iranian president about Israel. Jun 08 IA# 362 - Who Is Behind Fath Al-Islam? Daily Star A Gulf on fire, if you haven't noticed
By Rami G. Khouri Desperately searching for a libertarian foreign policy By Michael Young America looks for ways to fight its worst enemy: IEDs
By David Ignatius Weekly Standard After Musharraf
by Abbas William Samii CFR Ali: Islamic Banking is a Rapidly Growing Industry "Dialogue with Syria Is Essential", Robert Malley and Peter Harling (published in French) in Le Monde
| H9 Ha’aretz – Retaliation! If we can only find a way On Spy Hill, Old Enemies Could Be Looking at a New Peace By: Ian Black | The Guardian Strong leadership and negotiation may see deal between Syria and Israel. Indonesia delays censure of Iran for Israel remarks From Diplomacy to War: The 1967 War Revisited The 1967 War Revisited On June 4, 2007, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy held a symposium marking the 40th anniversary of the 1967 war, featuring Yuval Rabin, Richard Parker, Nicholas Rostow, Prince Hassan bin Talal, Michael Bar-Zohar, Moshe Raviv, Samuel Lewis, Dennis Ross, and Wendy Chamberlin. (Washington Institute for Near East Policy) Yedioth Ahronoth Ex-CIA agent: Israel the loser in Iraq UN won't condemn Iran
Security Council does not authorize statement condemning President Ahmadinejad's recent comments about Israel's destruction; diplomats say Indonesia objected to motion, claiming Iranian president did not threaten Israel History of crises/ Ronen Bergman Jerusalem Post Column One: James Baker's disciples [ CAROLINE GLICK, Security and Defense: Exercising precaution [ YAAKOV KATZ BBC Murky waters
Israeli attack on US vessel stirs fierce debate 40 years on The Arab Peace Plan: Seize a Diplomatic Opportunity Yossi Alpher The Arab Peace Plan: Say No to Rights, Recognition Natasha Gill Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine This Summer's War With Syria - Peace Deal Rumors Are Suspiciously Incoherent The Six-Day War Was about the International Community's Failure to Stand Up to an Aggressor - Shmuel Rosner Israel, Offering Golan, Awaits Syria Proposals Why Do Israelis Hate the UN? New Yorker The Seventh Day: Why the Six-Day War Is Still Being Fought (repeat) |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor British investigations reveal evidence of longtime bribes in weapons trade Saudi Prince Bandar denies wrongdoing in arms deals with government arms contractor BAE. ASIA India rising - faster growth, lower indebtedness Source: World Bank Policy Research Working Papers India and Japan: Congruence, at last A loose partnership along the "arc of democracy", encompassing India, Japan, the US and Australia would suit everybody's interests. It fits neatly into India's "Look East" economic strategy. Closer relations with India helps assuage Japanese worries about a rising China, and it complements Washington's new "strategic partnership" with New Delhi. - Anirudh Suri NYRB Impasse in India
By Pankaj Mishra Dominated by modern office buildings, cafés, and gyms, and swarming with Blackberry-wielding executives of financial and software companies, parts of Indian cities such as Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Gurgaon resemble European and American downtowns. Regular elections and increasingly free markets make India appear to be a more convincing exemplar of economic globalization than China, which has adopted capitalism without embracing liberal democracy. However, many other aspects of India today make Foreign Affairs' description of the country—"a roaring capitalist success-story"—appear a bit optimistic. Al Qaeda's 'War' on India
Stratfor When Getting Rich Impoverishes Society By: Tom Plate | The Japan Times Manmohan Singh, India's deeply intellectual prime minister, offered an extraordinary speech recently before an enormously well-fed audience of Indian industrialists that, in another era, might have been dismissed as maudlin Marxism. But Singh is no more a Marxist than Alan Greenspan, India-U.S. Nuclear Deal Sputtering By: M.R. Srinath | World Press
The much-heralded, but controversial two-year-old India-United States civilian nuclear deal was supposed to be the benchmark for the growing bonhomie between the two most vibrant democracies in the world. However, the final bilateral agreement is just sputtering along the diplomatic labyrinth, with the final post still a distance away. Chinese Auto Parts Enter the Global Market
| H11 IHT Old thinking about a new threat THEODORE POSTOL AND JAMES GOODBY America and Russia have not yet escaped from the trap of mutual nuclear deterrence built during the decades of the Cold War. Targeted killing won't bring peace
By MUSTAFA BARGHOUTI Israel cannot have security while denying it to Palestinians. A biblical victory By JEROLD S. AUERBACH / The Boston Globe
40 years after the Six Day War ignited the remarkable fusion of Zionism and Judaism, the promise of 1967 remains unfulfilled. G-8 and Africa: Be our partners, not our patrons By ABDOULAYE WADE
The African continent is faring far better than traditional stereotypes might suggest. EUROPE European press review Der Spiegel Angela Merkel, The Summit Savior BBC Bush in Italy for talks with Pope US President George W Bush is in Italy for his first meeting with the Pope, on the latest stage of his European tour. Bush's Europe tour diary CIA 'rendition' trial opens in Italy Profile: Pope Benedict XVI 'Speedy Sarko'
President Sarkozy poised for fresh victory in French polls Le Monde La médiatrice Merkel Analysis: Kosovo's uncertain outlook Analysis: Lebanon's political tsunami International and regional migration intentions in Europe Direct to Report (53 pages; PDF)
| H12 RFE/RL Caucasus: Russian Radar Proposal Could Upset Region U.S./Russia: Missile Expert Assesses Azerbaijan Radar Proposal U.S./Russia: Analyst Says 'Surprise' Missile-Shield Proposal Was Planned Azerbaijan: Locals Worry About Health Effects Of Radar Russia: Is Putin's Azerbaijan Radar Proposal Serious? Central Asia: A Search For New Integration Models Google News Azerbaijan Is Russia Our Enemy? - Fred Kaplan, Slate International community expects serious shift from Yerevan and Baku in Nagorno Karabakh issue Asia Times Putin's smart Gabala gambit Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal to base a missile defense system in Azerbaijan - with US cooperation - has caught the White House off guard. The judo lover has flipped some of Washington's arguments on their head Putin's proposal has diplomatic merit By Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers
Russian President Vladimir Putin's surprise proposal Thursday to install an advanced radar in Azerbaijan to track long-range Iranian ballistic missiles has technical merit and would ease Russian concerns over the Bush administration's missile defense program, several experts said. By Claude Salhani Years from now historians may ask which came first: the missile shield to protect Western allies from rogue states, or a coalition of rogue states assembled by Russia to counter the missile shield proposed by the United States? Al Hayat The Positive Role Putin Can Play Raghida Dergham - Russia is bound, not by the good conduct of Tehran that enables it to press ahead with challenging the US and Europe, but by the bad Iranian policy and its determination to embarrass Russia. EDM WAYS TO TRANSFORM RUSSIA’S “PEACEKEEPING” OPERATION IN MOLDOVA
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H13 The Times Down to Business At last, a G8 strategy to help Africans to help themselves Wall Street Journal Pardon Scooter Libby - Fouad Ajami, Wall Street Journal Democracy for Pakistan By: Benazir Bhutto | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Although he resolutely eschews responsibility, Gen. Pervez Musharraf and his regime have stoked extremist fires. Instead of building the strong, stable and "enlightened democracy" that he promised after the 1999 coup, Gen. Musharraf has undermined secular forces -- by ope nly rigging elections, clamping down on media and free speech, failing to pursue investigations of innocent civilians who have disappeared, as well as intimidating political opponents by any means, including physical attacks. A Brief History of Economic Time
How the world grew rich.
By STEVEN LANDSBURG Robert Mundell and the Yuan Riddle "The dollar era is going to last a long time, perhaps another hundred years." By HUGO RESTALL | H14 Financial Times COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: The popular authoritarian Russia’s president, a poular authoritarian, confounds the west. But is he a menace, a charmer, or a statesman? Tensions mark the close of G8 summit Growing tensions between Russia and the west overshadowed the close of the Group of Eight summit of industrialised nations in Germany. Doubts over Russia missiles offer After months of escalating tensions between Washington and Moscow over US plans for a missile defence shield in Europe, President Vladimir Putin this week surprised George W. Bush with an offer to co-operate with the US. Editorial comment: Turning point on climate This meeting marks the end of the beginning of the global debate – the US is now at last engaged. WORLD NEWS: Cheers all round for 'winner' Merkel Putin dashes hopes for Kosovo breakthrough Putin has told fellow G8 leaders he would veto a United Nations resolution paving the way for the independence of Kosovo, dashing hopes that the deadlock between Russia and the west could be broken British Diplomacy: Foreign Secretaries Reflect From working with Margaret Thatcher to Britain’s ’special relationship’ with the US, five former foreign secretaries tell it like it was LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: What drives Bush's push for a missile defence system? High cost of militancy for Lebanon’s poor In many ways the three elements – economic hardship, Sunni sentiment and the outward display of Islamism – help describe the climate in Tripoli, where the militant Fatah al-Islam group has been able to establish cells US war ‘tsar’ to take up fight in Iraq General Douglas Lute, nominated to be the Iraq war ‘tsar,’ faces a tough job. He will assume the newly created position – which was turned down by several retired four-star generals – as the surge increases resistance. US outlook upgraded as trade gap shrinks Global demand for US exports helped shrink the country’s trade gap in April in a strong signal that the economy is picking up speed. Immigration deal on verge of collapse A bipartisan compromise on immigration legislation crafted through months of negotiation in Congress appeared on the verge of collapse after disgruntled members of both parties joined forces to block the bill Europeans ‘aided US renditions’ A long-running European inquiry into CIA activities in Europe said it had proof that the agency had operated secret prisons in Poland and Romania. ‘CIA secret prisoner’ trial starts in Italy Twenty-six Americans accused of kidnapping an Egyptian terrorist suspect went on trial in absentia in Italy just hours before the arrival in Rome of George W. Bush Syrian arms dealer in custody Spanish police arrested a Syrian arms dealer who US authorities allege planned to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons and explosives to Colombia’s Revolutionary Armed Forces FRONT PAGE - FIRST SECTION: EU vows to push ahead with its own satellite navigation system FT WEEKEND MAGAZINE - BOOKS: A smaller bang Spotlight: Shimon Peres - Israel's indefatigable statesman COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: A skirmish over the borders Defenders of the US immigration bill said it was not an ‘amnesty’. Of course it was, says Christopher Caldwell. Spain jails Basque leader days after ETA announces end of cease-fire Sarkozy's party poised to sweep elections Young, gifted, poor Dear Mum and Dad, If you've been reading the papers this week you might have noticed a thought-provoking finding. Apparently, nearly half of all young Brits are now... | H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial Exporting Democracy, But Not Bush's Way By: James Traub | Los Angeles Times The Bush administration has managed to discredit whatever foreign policy doctrines it has deployed. And yet whoever becomes president in 2009 is going to have to decide whether some of these policies deserve to be given new life. Democracy promotion is arguably the strongest candidate. 'War czar' duties may signal policy shift Putin counterattacks with conciliation At Gitmo, It All Hinges on a Word By: Rosa Brooks | Los Angeles Times
If military tribunals can only try "unlawful" enemy combatants, they may have no authority over Guantanamo detainees. |
| H16 American Politics realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas Swamp Sunrise Daybook Left, Right and Wrong By: Michael Young | Reason
Why is it that libertarians, for whom the benchmark of political, economic and social behavior is the individual, and American libertarians in particular, find so little to say about the defense of the individual in foreign affairs? Why is it that those who have reminded us of this lacuna, those who first imposed the human rights and democracy agenda on foreign policy thinking, are mainly figures of the left? American dynasty David Boaz Jun 08 07, 08:30pm: The US is a country formed in rebellion against dynasty. So why are 18 members of the country's Senate family legacies? Conservative family feud Quin Hillyer Jun 08 07, 09:30pm: Republicans are upset at being insulted by President Bush over their opposition to his disasterous attempt to reform US immigration policy. NOVAK: McCain Without Money... | H17 Daily Telegraph Israel offers the Golan Heights to Syria Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister has offered to return the Golan Heights to Syria so long as it dissolves its alliances with Iran, Hezbollah and Palestinian militant factions Leader EU constitution a poisoned chalice Gordon Brown will begin his premiership with an unenviable choice: hold the referendum on the EU constitution and be branded a loser, or drop it and be branded a liar. CIA's 'secret prisons in Europe' The CIA ran secret prisons in Poland and Romania to interrogate and even torture some detainees in its "war on terror". The making of Gordon Brown Extraordinary talents of youth revealed. Blair fends off row 'for Saudi deal' Tony Blair wants to sign a new £20 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia despite the row over alleged secret payments to a Saudi prince, Government sources indicated Top US officer is forced out over Iraq US 'used forced labour for Iraq embassy' America is investigating whether forced labour was used to build its vast new embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone. | H18 Independent The G8: What they said and what they meant Leaders of the world's richest nations were accused of watering down pledges to help the poorest countries after they failed to get back on track to deliver aid promises they made two years ago at Gleneagles. Cordial but still icy: Blair and Putin fail to bridge the gap Leading article: The G8 summit succeeded - but only in avoiding outright failure Bush U-turn as 'surge' sceptic to oversee war Robert Fisk: Lies and outrages... would you believe it? Iraqi civilians bring abuse claims to the High Court Dozens of Iraqis who claim to have been abused by British soldiers are set to bring a test case for damages against the government. Goldsmith denies cover-up over BAE's alleged Saudi fund Lord Goldsmith has denied that he banned officials from releasing details of alleged payments totalling £1bn made to a Saudi prince. Weak dollar helps US trade gap to shrink Latest round of sectarian violence in Iraq leaves more than 30 dead The soldier who became the British Army's 150th victim in Iraq |
| H19Military Intelligence Terrorism Pace will be replaced as chairman of the Joint Chiefs By Nancy A. Youssef and Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers
Facing what he expected to be a "contentious" renomination process in Congress, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced Friday that he won't name Marine Gen. Peter Pace to another term as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and will replace him with a Navy admiral. 26 U.S. defendants absent from CIA renditions trial Data Mining and the Security-Liberty Debate
Source: University of Chicago Law Review (via SSRN) Al-Qaeda's Algerian Connection Raises Regional Terrorism Risks By: Daniel Williams | Bloomberg News Since al-Qaeda's training camps in Afghanistan were destroyed during the 2001 U.S.-backed overthrow of the Taliban government after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the organization has moved into a kind of franchise relationship with previously existing violent groups elsewhere. Amateurs - Not By: Rich Lowry | New York Post Foiled terror plots often will seem ridiculous and unlikely, especially when they are pre-empted. But even foiled plots deserve to be taken seriously. BBC Rules of war
How key Geneva protocols helped define war crimes
| H20 Slate Spy Central Slip-Up: Psst. Want to know the secret intelligence budget? Is Russia Our Enemy? By: Fred Kaplan | Slate Something is happening. The era of Russia's aspiring Westernization—of glasnost, perestroika, industrial privatization, and easy disarmament—is kaput. But, in this case, Bush is right: We're not—or at least there's nothing inevitable about our becoming—enemies.
Who Killed Alexander Litvinenko?: Exclusive excerpts from Death of a Dissident. Alex Goldfarb and Marina Litvinenko Working Time Around The World - One in five workers worldwide are putting in “excessive” hours: New ILO study spotlights working time in over 50 countries Direct to Full Text 240 pages; PDF. Source: International Labour Organization “This was the week that changed the world,” said Richard Nixon at the end of his trip to China in 1972. He was right... more» From New English Review, Ibn Warraq on The Nature of the Literary Evidence: A Dialogue On Methodology With Apologies To David Hume. College Parlays Bush Ties to Build a Name in National Security
Bloomberg - | FT COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: A modern boss in a cut-throat business The Sopranos is realistic, comic, violent – and a telling portrait of today’s chief executive, writes Matthew Garrahan. FT WEEKEND MAGAZINE - BOOKS ESSAY: The descent of man Does the emancipation of women automatically mean the emasculation of men? How Viagra, bikinis and the internet changed the sexual landscape. 'SOPRANOS' heads for highly anticipated climax... The Sopranos' Last Song Networks go on blitz for Web hits; CBS, Fox, NBC adopt online strategies...
Google Spy: Zooming in on neighbors, nose-pickers, and sunbathers with Street View. Michael Agger Universal Search Not Universally Good For Google |
