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In Aftermath of Gaza Battle, Grim Realities While violence was largely over, people worried about how a round of deadly infighting postponed hope for an independent and unified Palestinian state.

Financial Times Editorial Disaster in Gaza The events leading up to the bloody takeover of Gaza by Hamas should be a matter for regret and, in many quarters, shame

Ha’aretz Bradley Burston: 13 reasons why there is no Palestine

Fred Halliday Crises of the middle east: 1914, 1967, 2003

Washington Institute Advancing U.S. Interests in the Middle East: The Case for Statecraft By Dennis Ross and Thomas Friedman

Center for American Progress Averting a Deeper Crisis in the Middle East

A New Deal for Globalization By: Kenneth Scheve and Matthew Slaughter | Foreign Affairs
U.S. policy is becoming more protectionist because the American public is becoming more protectionist, and this shift in attitudes is a result of stagnant or falling incomes. Public support for engagement with the world economy is strongly linked to labor-market performance, and for most workers labor-market performance has been poor.

Beyond the Cloister By: David H. Petraeus | The American Interest
The most powerful tool any soldier carries is not his weapon but his mind. These days, and for the days ahead as far as we can see, what soldiers at all ranks know is liable to be at least as important to their success as what they can physically do. Some key questions before the U.S. military in changing times therefore must be: How do we define the best military education for the U.S. armed forces, and what are the best ways to impart that education?

Bill Gertz / Washington Times:

Inside the Ring — China arming terrorists — New intelligence reveals China is covertly supplying large quantities of small arms and weapons to insurgents in Iraq and the Taliban militia in Afghanistan, through Iran.

Heritage Foundation Enduring Alliances Empower America's Long-War Strategy

IHT A difficult plan whose time has come By IAN BREMMER There is talk of a plan to incorporate West Bank Palestinians into a confederation with Jordan.

Russia digs in deeper against conventional forces treaty Kremlin will not rule out a moratorium on participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty after an emergency meeting called by Moscow to change the accord, a cornerstone of European security in the post-Cold War era, ended in failure.

Kosovo must be independent By FORMER FOREIGN MINISTERS We believe that the only viable option is for Kosovo to become independent under strict supervision

U.S. open to new talks on independence for Kosovo The U.S. envoy to Kosovo said Friday that Western nations could put off plans to make the province independent of Serbia if a delay might bring Russia on board.

Slow-Motion Tet By: Frederick W. Kagan and William Kristol | The Weekly Standard Al Qaeda is counting on sapping our will, and persuading America to choose to lose a war it could win.

Washington Institute Engaging Iran: Contrasting Views on US Diplomacy

Asia Times A little bending can greatly benefit Iran Despite threats of tougher sanctions, Iran can use good faith diplomacy and a little flexibility to avoid paying a terrible price for its refusal to halt its nuclear enrichment program. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

William Arkin New Pentagon Leadership, Same Iraq Strategy

Guardian Uncharted territory

Ian Black Neither Hamas nor its Fatah rival can see a quick or easy way out of this new impasse. It will take time for the consequences to be played out.

A pyrrhic victory Leader: Without unity between Hamas and Fatah, there is no chance of ending the occupation and achieving an independent Palestinian state.

Europe: a sceptic's view

Iain Dale They're calling it a treaty, but if it looks like a constitution and quacks like a constitution, people will draw their own conclusions.

America's tribal strategy for Iraq Carter Malkasian The US decision to back Sunni militias is the least-worst option for now, but it reduces whatever slim hope still remains for democracy.

BBC Russia warns Nato on arms treaty Russia warns Nato it could freeze participation in Europe's arms control pact, after talks end in deadlock.

Azeri Radar Would Not Replace Czech Anti-Missile Site, U.S. Says

Laboratory for a Fortressed World By: Naomi Klein | The Nation
The key to Israel's supergrowth is not mysterious. Many of the country's young entrepreneurs are using Israel's status as a fortressed state, and its occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, as a kind of twenty-four-hour-a-day showroom--a living example of how to enjoy relative safety amid constant war. Now Israel is exporting that model to the world

Jim Lobe Bush Faces Crises from Palestine to Pakistan

Al Awsat Pakistan at the Crossroads: Which way will Musharraf turn? : Amir Taheri

LA Times Editorial Will promoting democracy backfire? Free elections in Gaza, Lebanon and Iraq haven't stopped civil war, but that doesn't mean democracy is discredited.

The Times Trouble on the horizonAs things shape up, Gaza could end up as Hamas-land while the West Bank becomes Fatah-land

Amir Taheri

Leader Two-State Solution

The world must come to the aid of the West Bank

CFR A Conversation with Sam Nunn (Audio)

Helena Cobban Hamas takeover in Gaza; diplomatic stasis continues

The US, the UN, and the world: The De Soto report

Open Democracy Democracy, diversity and Europe

The China fantasy

Cato Transnational Activists, Democracy Deficits, and the Tragedy of the Institutional Commons

PNA, Israel: The Future of the Southern Levant
Stratfor -

H2 NYT Bill for Direct Vote to Elect President Is Blocked in Turkey

FT Turkish president calls referendum The political tussle in Turkey over the election of a new head of state took another twist when the outgoing president called a referendum to decide the fate of a package of constitutional changes that would radically alter the way the country is governed.

[Bölge uzmanı yabancılar sınır ötesi harekat için ne düşünüyor?] Harekâtın asıl amacı iç siyaseti etkilemek

Grossman Seçimde ABD karşıtlığını kullananı hoş görmeyiz

Center for European Reform Turkey before the election by Katinka Barysch

From the Archive Turkey: Now and in the Future MERIA

Ambassador Ross Wilson Talks at ARI Conference on Democratization and Security in Central Eurasia: Security, Democracy and Prosperity, Istanbul (June 14, 2007) ---- Interview with NTV (June 14, 2007) ---- Interview with Reporters - Ari Conference, Istanbul (June 14, 2007) ---- Interview with CNNTurk, Istanbul (June 14, 2007)

FPIF Northern Iraq s Tangled Web

Der Spiegel Opinion: The Turkish Threat to World Peace Ahmet Altan

Who Gets to Pick the President?: Turkish Head of State Calls for Referendum

On the border of disaster Newsday Editorial

Turkey's Iraq Anxieties ISA -

Bomb Blast Wounds 5 in Turkey, Officials Say

Turkey Hunts Rebels in Security Zones

Asıl sorun sınır ötesinde değil içinde Jonathan Steele

Boston Globe Harekâtın ilk hedefi AKP –

US To Sell Harpoon Missiles to Turkey
DefenseNews.com

Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media

US Chilly to Idea of 'Buffer Zone' Inside Iraq

US cold toward Turkish buffer zone inside Iraq

A northern Iraq operation: Domestic policy or foreign policy? by MÜMTAZ’ER TÜRKÖNE

PKK starts using mines detonated with walkie-talkies

Ankara waiting for Maliki’s response to invitation for visit

Fırat: Recent incidents are attempt at psychological war

UMUR TALU Her bomba kendi çöplüğünde

Time of melancholia Khaleej Times

İran-Kürdistan uçuş seferleri başlayacak...

Kürdistan Halkına ve toprağına ihanet edenler hiçbir şekilde Irak’la ilgili bir cepheye giremez

The way forward Guardian

Mehmet Kamış Fool’s mate and northern Iraq

Cross-border operation risks ‘Iraqization’ of Turkey, report warns

Güneydoğu'da operasyonlar sürüyor

Bomb seizures highlight need for rule of law to be enforced

Askerden 'cep telefonunu bataryasından ayır' emri...

MHP'den terörle 'etkin' mücadele vaadi

DTP Şanlıurfa İl Başkanı tutuklandı

DTP'li Başkan Baydemir çelik yelek giydi

İşbirlikçi olmayın

Incursion Would Inflame Kurdish Nationalism

Kurdistan's judges meet at their union's first congress (15/06/07)

Guardian All the fun of the fair - it must be Iraq Regional chiefs hope new resort will help kick-start holiday industry.

Bağdat'tan kaçtılar bombaya çattılar

Filistin bölünüp İsrail'in kucağına düştü

Hamasistan ve Fetihistan
Ayşe Karabat

Sami KOHEN Bir yerine iki Filistin

HAKAN ALBAYRAK Gazze'nin zaferi

Hadi Uluengin Akıl akıl, bize de Filistin’e de takıl

ABD: İran'a karşı Gebele tek başına yeterli olmaz

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

AB cinleri ve hurafeleri
BAHADIR KALEAĞASI

Mensur Akgün Kaş yaparken göz çıkartmak

ERDAL ŞAFAK Başbakan'ın çığlığı

Callous slaughtering of Greeks by Greeks in Cyprus

Beril Dedeoğlu French foreign policy’s impasse

Ata Atun Callous slaughtering of Greeks by Greeks in Cyprus

Kouchner'den Türkiye'ye olumlu sinyal

Kouchner: Müzakereye fren yok

Fransa: Müzakerelere engel yok

Güney Kıbrıs'tan Türkiye'ye yeni veto tehdidi

KKTC'de Rum köstebeği

Security Council urges Greek and Turkish Cypriots to immediately prepare for negotiations to reunify Cyprus - International Herald Tribune

Berlin'de Türkiye-AB ilişkileri paneli

Turkey moves to balance Russia's influence in Central Asia

Turkey to host Russian president in late June

Erdoğan, Putin'le görüştü

Georgia discusses the return of Meskhetian Turks

Derya SAZAK İspanya ve ETA

30'larda ırkçılık Murat Belge

Ters örgü/düz örgü
Perihan Mağden

Book | Smyrna, Forgotten City

Partiler ekonomide ne yapacak?

Likidite bolluğunun niteliği Taner Berksoy

[NEWS ANALYSIS] Turkish-Iraq tension worries economy

Erdal Sağlam Anayasa değişiklikleri iptal olursa

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM
Yok aslında birbirimizden farkımız ama...

OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
IMF ziyareti yeni hükümete kaldı

Yaman TÖRÜNER Eşdeğer ilaç kullanılması çok önemli

Güngör URAS Bilgi toplumuna geçişte birlik, bütünlük sarsılıyor

Yiğit Bulut Bu ülkeye gerçekten inanıyorlarsa faiz düşer

H3 Ayıkla pirincin taşını
Sezer, Anayasa paketini referanduma götürdü, mahkemeye de gidecek

Referandum 3 SEÇENEKLİ TABLO

Terrifying scenarios discussed at US think tank

Çongar Amerika'daki felaket senaryolarına tepki

Karanlık senaryolara sert tepki

Bir garip toplantı

ERDAL ŞAFAK Washington'da bir senaryo

Erdoğan'a göre son oy oranları

Türban için en kritik cevap

'Genelkurmay'a takoz koymayız'

Enis Berberoğlu ABD PKK’yı ateşkese zorlar mı?

Ege Cansen Güneydoğu Kürt meselesi II

Semih İDİZ Kuzey Irak konusunda hislere değil, akla güvenmeliyiz

Partiler ekonomide ne yapacak?

Raportör: "Paket esastan iptal edilmeli"

Bu iş zor, çok zor Murat Yetkin

Terör biter mi? İsmet Berkan

Taha AKYOL Şimdi 367 oy şart

Fikret BİLA Cumhurbaşkanını Meclis'in seçmesi yüksek olasılık

Abdülhamit Bilici Pentagon raporundaki üzücü detay

Disturbing detail in Pentagon report

Barçın Yinanç Türkiye'de nükleer koruma kalkanı için ilk adım atıldı

İŞTE ABD’NİN K.IRAK’TAKİ BÜYÜK SIRRI

MHP'den terörle mücadele vaadi

Erdoğan "Gerekeni yaparız"

Erdoğan, oğlunun askerliği ile ilgili soruya kızdı

Gladyo tekrar sahnede mi?

Canlı bomba yalnız değilmiş

İlter Türkmen Önümüzü görebiliyor muyuz?

Şahin Alpay Liderlerin sorumluluğu

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Güvenlik Zirvesi ve sonuçları

Bağış: Bu iddiaları konuşanlar vatan haini

Felaket senaryosu tamamen rezillik

Cengiz Çandar Şimdi Baskın zamanı!

Nuray Mert AKP çizgisi DP ile başlayan çizginin devamıdır

Şehitler cephede M.Ali Kışlalı

Sex matters -II- (The tragedy of Kemalist feminism) Mustafa AKYOL

Abdullah Gül'den Sezer iddiası

Raportöre göre CHP'nin başvurusu usulsüz; ama 367 şart

Sezer'in mahkemeye başvurusu hukukçuları böldü

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası

Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri - Dış Basında Güncel Türkiye Bülteni Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700 VOA TSİ 06:30 Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit

Taha Kıvanç Bir yanlışlık var…

Fehmi Koru Ya çeteler yok olacak, ya çeteler yok olacak…

NAZLI ILICAK Top artık halkta

ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Vesayet cenderesi…

Ertuğrul Özkök Arka odada neler konuştuk

M Ali Birand TSK’yı asıl bunlar yıpratıyor...

Serdar Turgut Böyle seçim olmaz

ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ Yeşil Kart'lı Siirt

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN
Zorunlu bir cevap ya da tarihe yazmak

ERGUN BABAHAN Sandığa terör tuzağı

Erdoğan'dan Baykal'a: Centilmence yarışalım

Mehmet Kamış Gizli toplantıdan bildik notlar

A Turan Alkan AK Parti'yi yıkalım: Sonra?..

Ali Bulaç Milli Görüş partileri

İlnur Çevik Is this how you respect the will of the people?

Yalçın Doğan Mitinglerle Kuzey Irak’a girmek

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Sınırın bu tarafını korumak bizim işimiz

Sadi SOMUNCUOĞLU Erdoğan, Türkiye'yi "Ağırlıklarından" kurtaracakmış

Sabahattin ÖNKİBAR Anketler ve 23 Temmuz senaryoları

MAHMUT ÖVÜR AK Parti neden hala birinci?

İyi koalisyon AKP-CHP olur

Mehmet Barlas Siyasi atışmalarda kelimelerin kifayetsiz kalması durumu…

Şok tedavi zamanı Haluk Şahin

Oktay Ekşi Yumurtasız omlet

Emin Çölaşan Orada bir askeri birlik var, uzakta

Özdemir İnce İdris Küçükömer şimdi öldü

Şakir Süter Ordu düşmanlığı

ERGUN BABAHAN Türkiye'nin seçimi

Sezer’in kararı ve referandum çıkmazı

CHP'nin seçim vaadi: Sıfır açlık

Raportör iptal istedi

Caught in the middle of Turkey's fundamentalisms
Karabekir AKKOYUNLU

Russia Says It Opened Criminal Inquiry Into British Espionage

Editorial

H5 Washington Post Hamas, Fatah Launch Parallel Governments Split Deepens Between Gaza, West Bank

Sunni Shrine Leveled In Apparent Reprisal Basra Attack Spurs Curfew; U.S. Troop Buildup Completed

Iran Curtails Freedom In Throwback to 1979 Repression Seen as Cultural Revolution

Shadow War in Iraq Escalates in Intensity Toll on Private Security Teams Increases - Private security companies receiving billions in U.S. contracts are fighting insurgents on widening scale in "parallel surge" out of public view.

Editorial

A Climate Culprit In Darfur By Ban Ki Moon, The Darfur conflict began as an ecological crisis, arising at least in part from climate change.

An Also-Ran in the GOP Polls, Ron Paul Is Huge on the Web

H6 Guardian Uncharted territory

Ian Black Neither Hamas nor its Fatah rival can see a quick or easy way out of this new impasse. It will take time for the consequences to be played out.

A pyrrhic victory

Leader: Without unity between Hamas and Fatah, there is no chance of ending the occupation and achieving an independent Palestinian state.

Europe: a sceptic's view

Iain Dale Jun 15 07, 05:00pm: They're calling it a treaty, but if it looks like a constitution and quacks like a constitution, people will draw their own conclusions.

America's tribal strategy for Iraq

Carter Malkasian Jun 15 07, 07:00pm: The US decision to back Sunni militias is the least-worst option for now, but it reduces whatever slim hope still remains for democracy.

The failure of public diplomacy

Marc Lynch Jun 15 07, 08:00pm: What the downfall of al-Hurra, America's Arabic language television station, says about US efforts to win hearts and minds in the Middle East.

Pakistan's soldiers 'doing nothing' in tribal regions · Army paralysed by Taliban threat, says ex-CIA agent
· Retired officers accused of helping militants

How war was turned into a brand Naomi Klein: Political chaos means Israel is booming like it's 1999 - and the boom is in defence exports field-tested on Palestinians.

The stage is set for Blair and Brown's last argument Martin Kettle: Next week's Brussels summit matters because the right outcome offers an opportunity to the government's next leader.

US authority accused of ignoring allies in Iraq · CPA was dysfunctional, says British official · UK 'complicit' in failing to prepare postwar plan

H7 Asia Times A little bending can greatly benefit Iran Despite threats of tougher sanctions, Iran can use good faith diplomacy and a little flexibility to avoid paying a terrible price for its refusal to halt its nuclear enrichment program. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

The wars that oil the Pentagon's engine The Pentagon is guzzling gasoline like there is no tomorrow. According to one report, 53 million liters daily, more than Switzerland's consumption, is needed to keep America's war machine humming. But with global oil supplies likely to peak soon, the US military needs to make some critical decisions. - Michael T Klare

Muqtada: The born-again mullahThe comparative restraint that followed the latest bombings of the symbolic Golden Dome in Samarra may reflect the growing stature of Muqtada al-Sadr. He blamed the bombings on the all-purpose villains, the Americans, but methodically continued his drive to become the inevitable pan-Iraqi leader. - Sami Moubayed

Let's Get Serious By: Ezra Klein | The American Prospect
The new approach of liberal hawks is not to refight the battle over the Iraq war, but to argue that those who got it right, or who got it wrong but eventually came to the right answer, are now in danger of overlearning the lessons of the war -- and missing the danger posed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Al Hayat Will it be War or Peace in the Middle East this summer? Patrick Seale - Israel’s shortsighted policy of expanding West Bank settlements while seeking to starve into submission the democratically-elected Hamas government has resulted in extremist groups, whether in Lebanon or the Occupied territories, creeping ever closer to Israel’s borders.

Damascus and Tehran's Wager on a Bargain Policy with Washington Raghida Dergham - The Lebanese government has, for the first time, submitted reports of the Lebanese army to the UN. They prove with figures and dates Syria’s involvement in the military reinforcements received by the terrorist Fatah al-Islam.

Arab Troops to Lebanon? Walid Choucair - Pending their success, dispatching Arab troops to Lebanon and to the Syrian border may be a step towards promoting the Arab concern for Lebanon to a new level.

Al Awsat Pakistan at the Crossroads: Which way will Musharraf turn? : Amir Taheri

Asia Times To die under the wings of B-52s Philip Smucker returns to Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province, where, in 2001, he found many young Pashtuns ready to die under the wings of American B-52s. Four years later he is back, and finds that there are still many ready for jihad in Afghanistan.

Anette Ahrnens at Lund University in Sweden shows that the Security Council can be a shortcut for great powers wishing to manipulate other countries into granting their consent.

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

US Papers Sat: Contractors Under Fire

US 'Prepares for a Coup by Arming Iraqi Factions'

Analysts Doubt US 'Proof' Iran Is Arming Taliban

Army's 2003 Guide to Iraq: Arabs 'Reluctant to Accept Responsibility'

US Raises Concerns Over Armenian Energy Ties With Iran

BBC US Iraq troop surge 'starts now' The US military says all the extra troops sent to Iraq in the "surge" strategy are in place, ready to operate fully.

U.S. military completes troop surge in Iraq By Leila Fadel, McClatchy Newspapers The U.S. surge of troops to Iraq was completed when an Army brigade officially took its position in an area south of Baghdad on Friday, the U.S. military announced.

Gates criticizes failure to reconcile Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday Washington was disappointed with the Iraqi government's efforts to pass laws aimed at reconciling the country's warring factions.

Uncle Sam's list
President Musharraf left in no doubt as to what the US wants

Al-Qaeda's Terrorist Threat to UNIFIL - Bilal Y. Saab and Magnus Ranstorp

Jun 15 IA# 364 - Dispute in Iran over Renewing Relations with Egypt

Curtains for the Palestinian Authority? By: Daoud Kuttab | The Daily Star
With Gaza having apparently moved beyond civil war, pity poor Mahmoud Abbas, who took over as president of the Palestinian Authority two and a half years ago. He never had a chance.

Palestine between delusion and destruction
By Rami G. Khouri

Interview With John Bolton on Gaza, Iran

How Does Gaza Takeover Affect US, Israel, Fatah?

H9 Ha’aretz – Hamas conquers Gaza Strip

Meshal: Hamas does not want to seize power in PA Abbas aide: We won't hold talks with 'murderers'; PA Chairman selects independent Fayyad as new PM

Bradley Burston: 13 reasons why there is no Palestine As a people, the Palestinians are now facing their matriculation. If they can address their long list of problems head on, they can return to the path of independence.

Olmert speaks with Mubarak, promises steps to boost Abbas

Avi Issacharoff: When Palestinians kill each other, nobody cares No one wants to hear about what's happening "there," on the other side of the fence - the suffering, the distress, the dead and the wounded - as long as it has nothing to do with Israelis.

An overpowering reality By Aluf Benn ?(Jerusalem?) and Shmuel Rosner ?(Washington?)

Arab League backs Abbas, urges immediate halt to Gaza clashes

Tom Segev Mostly a liar (Waldheim)

Jerusalem Post Analysis: Fatah's collapse in Gaza rocks its W. Bank status
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Abbas rounds up Hamas officials in major cities in desperate bid to tighten his grip.

Daily Star Are Israel's armed forces destined for more decline?
By Uri Bar-Joseph

Yedioth Ahronoth Fayyed new Palestinian PM
Palestinian president chooses Western-backed independent to serve as prime minister of emergency government. Hamas rejects decision, says appointment amounts to ‘revolt against Palestinian constitution’

BBC Hamas pledges to work with Abbas Hamas' exiled political chief vows to work with the Palestinian leader, after routing his forces in Gaza. Q&A: Chaos in Gaza

Breaking point in the Mid-East?

Stark reality
Israel wakes up to a new order on its doorstep in Gaza

Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine

U.S. prepares to boost support for Abbas By Warren P. Strobel, McClatchy Newspapers The United States and other major powers scrambled Friday to rush new support to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, hoping to salvage Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects after this week's seizure of the Gaza Strip by Islamist Hamas militants.

Hamas' rule over Gaza begins with promises, pillaging By Dion Nissenbaum, McClatchy Newspapers An uncertain new era of fractured Palestinian rule began Friday as Hamas forces celebrated their decisive military victory over vanquished Fatah rivals with a mix of pillaging and mercy.

Washington Times Emergency Palestinian leader named

Editorial The bloody grip of Hamas The grisly scenes of death accompanying the Hamas coup in Gaza are a reminder of the dark vision that radical Islamists backed by Iran and Syria have in store for the Palestinians and Muslims throughout the Middle East.

Divorce, Palestinian style

By Claude Salhani There is now a de facto schism within Palestinian society: on one side the Fatah-led secularists and on the other the Islamists of Hamas.

Le Monde Hypocrisie internationale autour de Gaza, par Michel Bôle-Richard

Book Review: Who Started the Six-Day War? - Michael Oren

Multinational Forces in Gaza Won't Help Israel, Israeli Diplomacy Should Focus on Egypt - Dore Gold

Two states for one people

New Satellite Gives Israel Intelligence Edge –

Israel comedy tour

Americans can’t tell the difference between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, Ray Hanania says

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Hamas – and its Syrian and Iranian sponsors - capture priceless Palestinian Authority intelligence archives in Gaza putsch

H10 Christian Science Monitor

From Cato Unbound, Daniel Drezner on The Persistent Power of the State in the Global Economy (with reaction essays).

Divvying Up the Gas Allowance By: Peter Singer | The Japan Times
The agreement on climate change reached at Heiligendamm by the Group of Eight leaders merely sets the stage for the real debate to come: How will we divide up the diminishing capacity of the atmosphere to absorb our greenhouse gases?

ASIA BOOK REVIEW
The adaptive power
Japan Rising by Kenneth Pyle
The author argues that for all the restlessness and rebelliousness of the present Heisei generation, Japan's national purpose is still being defined as a reflex reaction to the international environment rather than as an innovative home-bred will that can mold the world order. - Sreeram Chaulia

Japan's Politics The Economist
Mess with grey-haired voters at your peril.

Brazil Rolls Dice on India to Hedge China Bet By: William Pesek | Bloomberg
In a world where just about everyone is scared silly of upsetting China, Brazil may be an anomaly.Brazil is risking China's wrath by cozying up to that other rising Asian superpower, India.

Despite Some Foreign Policy Success, Japan's Abe Faces Problems at Home By: Jason Miks | World Politics Review
Despite a small uptick in his approval ratings following Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's "ice-melting" visit to Japan in April, Abe's efforts on the international stage appear to have had little effect on his cabinet's popularity overall

H11 IHT A difficult plan whose time has come By IAN BREMMER There is talk of a plan to incorporate West Bank Palestinians into a confederation with Jordan.

Russia digs in deeper against conventional forces treaty Kremlin will not rule out a moratorium on participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty after an emergency meeting called by Moscow to change the accord, a cornerstone of European security in the post-Cold War era, ended in failure.

U.S. open to new talks on independence for Kosovo The U.S. envoy to Kosovo said Friday that Western nations could put off plans to make the province independent of Serbia if a delay might bring Russia on board.

Kosovo must be independent By FORMER FOREIGN MINISTERS We believe that the only viable option is for Kosovo to become independent under strict supervision.

EU offers support to Palestinian president

Germans and Poles at odds over EU constitution

EUROPE European press review

Le Monde Relancer l'Europe

H12 RFE/RL

BBC Russia warns Nato on arms treaty Russia warns Nato it could freeze participation in Europe's arms control pact, after talks end in deadlock.

Azeri Radar Would Not Replace Czech Anti-Missile Site, U.S. Says

Russia’s immigration challenge

Google News Azerbaijan

EurasiaNet American Officials Ponder Putin’s Missile-Defense Offer A EURASIANET COMMENTARY BY RICHARD WEITZ Exploratory talks on the joint US-Russian operation of the Gabala radar station in Azerbaijan are expected to begin in July, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s planned visit to the United States. Whether the discussions make any actual progress toward an agreement remains highly uncertain, but the very proposal places Washington in an uncomfortable position.

In Tbilisi, It’s Boom Time for Building

Abkhazia: Preparing for Trouble
BY JOSHUA KUCERA Along the road are constant reminders of the less carefree days Abkhazia has experienced. Most buildings are destroyed, and from the road we can see only occasional signs of human habitation. In the fourteen years since the war, the lush vegetation that thrives in the subtropical climate here is taking over the ruins; many of the houses have trees growing inside that are now taller than the former roofline.

EDM SON-IN-LAW’S CASE RAISES NAZARBAYEV’S DOMESTIC APPROVAL

- ASTANA RECONSIDERS RUSSIAN USE OF BAIKONUR

- RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES TRY TO PREVENT REBEL ATTACKS IN DAGESTAN

Asia Times The Third way to win big - or lose The magic fraction when it comes to making money the easy way - by taking it from people who don't know they have it - is one-third. In Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan's case, that amounts to US$2.4 billion for facilitating Saudi purchases from a UK arms manufacturer. The Third rules in Russia too, but not in the same way, as Western oil and gas barons are discovering to their cost. - John Helmer

Kazakh Intrigue Pits President Nazarbayev Against Son-in-Law By: Marina Kozlova | World Politics Review Authorities in Kazakhstan recently passed a constitutional amendment that could allow President Nursultan Nazarbayev to remain in office for the rest of his life, but a Shakespearean drama playing out among members of the country's ruling family has largely dominated the local media spotlight.

H13 The Times Trouble on the horizonAs things shape up, Gaza could end up as Hamas-land while the West Bank becomes Fatah-land

Amir Taheri

Leader Two-State Solution

The world must come to the aid of the West Bank

More bloodshed looms as Hamas celebrates victory Hamas proclaims 'era of justice and Islamic rule' in Gaza as its fighters pledge to take their battle against Fatah to the West Bank

Q&A: Hamas and Gaza

On-the-spot in Gaza and the West Bank

Russia opens Litvinenko 'espionage' probe

Nato states fall short in trainer help Nato has failed to offer up enough training teams to work with the Afghan National Army, despite requests for more trainers

The makeover of Angela Merkel It is High Noon for Europe as Angela Merkel confronts her most stubborn opponents in an effort to save the Brussels summit

Wall Street Journal Bohemian Rhapsody Vaclav Havel on cigarettes, and the continuing struggle between conscience and tyranny. By BRET STEPHENS

Hamastan There's no Palestinian "partner" for peace.
By BARRY RUBIN

The Putin Rules Kudos to Lamy for being less than diplomatic with Putin

Seven Myths About Outsourcing

In recent years, there's been a seemingly endless boom in offshore outsourcing. But companies that think handing off an operation to an overseas provider is easy can get a rude awakening.

H14 Financial Times Editorial Disaster in Gaza The events leading up to the bloody takeover of Gaza by Hamas should be a matter for regret and, in many quarters, shame

Hamas urges calm in conquered Gaza Hamas political leaders moved to impose calm in the conquered Gaza Strip after days of factional fighting left more than 90 people dead and Palestinians fearful for the future

Push for Blair as new EU president Tony Blair could end up swapping Downing Street for a job as the first full-time European Union president, under a plan being touted by Nicolas Sarkozy

Congress asks experts to evaluate Iraq The US Congress has commissioned a team of retired senior military and police officers to evaluate the Iraqi security forces, in another sign that politicians are unwilling blindly to accept Bush administration assessments of the situation in Iraq.

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: The political prince Bandar bin Sultan, the elusive diplomat at the centre of the al-Yamamah storm and son of Saudi Arabia’s next king, is a survivor.

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Smashed china in Germany Despite the success of neo-liberalism in Germany, the tag is a mighty weapon in the hands of its opponents, writes Christopher Caldwell.

Editorial Papal propositions

By their public policy prescriptions shall ye know them. The Vatican has long had some fairly trenchant views on the way the world ought to be run.

Russia launches UK spying inquiry

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Unsettled by Sudan's media minders The regime accused of genocide by the US recently inviting reporters for two days of ‘public relations’, writes Barney Jopson.

Senate to reassess migrant proposals

US Senate leaders have agreed to revive a controversial overhaul of US immigration laws after a fresh push by President George W. Bush to secure congressional support for the legislation.

Editorial Will promoting democracy backfire? Free elections in Gaza, Lebanon and Iraq haven't stopped civil war, but that doesn't mean democracy is discredited.

United, not divided -- against Bush

Rosa Brooks: Courts, military officers and everyone outside Albania can agree on one thing: Enough of the president already!

Sen. Reid questions generals' abilities

U.S.' new Baghdad embassy evokes suburbia

The CIA has failed

'Travels With Herodotus' by Ryszard Kapuscinski

H16 American Politics McCain's presidential hopes sink John McCain is faced with three polls in three days showing he has slumped to a lowly third place among Republican voters

The unfab four Eric Alterman Jun 15 07, 07:30pm: A social liberal, a dishonest social liberal, a conservative whom conservatives hate, and the laziest man on earth. Meet the Republican candidates.

Huffington Waiting on Petraeus: How Many Will Die Before He Tells Us What We Already Know?

realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas Swamp Sunrise Daybook

Who are the reform cynics? By Victor Davis Hanson Millions of fair-minded white, African-, Mexican- and Asian-Americans fear we are not assimilating millions of aliens from south of the border as fast as they are crossing illegally from Mexico.

H17 Daily Telegraph Leader Clash of civilisations The events this week in Gaza, with the authorities being overwhelmed by forces supporting an Islamic state, create a new, dangerous situation not merely in the Middle East but also for the world.

The EU's strength is its diversity Europhile Alan Massie says we must resist further integration.

Tories invite public to decide on policy David Cameron pledged an unprecedented change in policy making by committing the party to giving the public a direct say in shaping the Tories' election manifesto.

Russia opens 'MI6 murder' investigation In an apparent attempt to provoke Britain, Russia has launched a criminal investigation into allegations that MI6 was involved in Alexander Litvinenko's murder.

Al-Qa'eda bomb plot gang jailed for 136 years

British soldiers need more helicopters Soldiers in Afghanistan are facing avoidable risks on top of those inherent in their mission because there are "glaring and dangerous gaps" in the equipment delivered to them.

H18 Independent Welcome to 'Palestine' How troublesome the Muslims of the Middle East are. First, we demand that the Palestinians embrace democracy. Then they elect the wrong party - Hamas - and Hamas wins a mini-civil war and presides over the Gaza Strip.

Leading article: The turmoil in Gaza dispels any illusions about the peace process

Hamas leader seeks talks with Fatah

Commentary on Gaza: 'Abbas should declare a state of emergency'

Fear grips Iranian academics in face of campaign of intimidation

Russia to investigate claims of British spying

Al-Qa'ida terror cell members jailed for 'dirty bomb' plot

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

Policing the Undergoverned Spaces The Economist The Americans are intensifying their hunt for al-Qaeda in the Sahara and beyond.

BBC Head of US military 'forced out' The US military's outgoing top commander says he opposed plans to replace him at the end of his term.

Portrait of the Modern Terrorist as an Idiot
by Bruce Schneier

H20 Slate Free Valerie Plame's Memoirs!:

The former CIA agent sues over her right to publish the dates of her employment (psst: Nov. 9, 1985 to Jan. 9, 2006).

Bonnie Goldstein

Richard Rorty:

What made him a crucial American philosopher? Michael Berubé, Daniel C. Dennett, Mark Edmundson, Brian Eno, Stanley Fish, Jürgen Habermas, Virginia Heffernan, Stephen Metcalf, Martha Nussbaum, and Richard Posner

FT Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power Stephen Graubard barely recognises Henry Kissinger in a new study of his old friend’s relationship with Richard Nixon.

Travels with Herodotus Ryszard Kapuscinski left communist Poland in the 1950s to experience life as a foreigner. Instead of a guidebook, he took Herodotus’s ‘The Histories’ with him.

H21 FT owner tries bid for WSJ The Financial Times's parent company, Pearson, is planning a takeover bid for the Wall Street Journal.

Undercover Economist: A perfect pitch? There is more than meets the eye with simple transactions

Labyrinthine plot Writer Jorge Luis Borges saw mazes as a metaphor for life. Two decades after his death, a real one is helping to keep his name alive

Asian counterfeiters shift focus to consumer goods from luxury goods
By STEPHANIE BODONI, HUGO MILLER AND NAWEEN MANGI / Bloomberg News A boom in fake consumer goods is under way, fed by the Internet, the development of cheap, high-quality printing equipment that allows the mass production of packaging and increasing trade with Asia, where trademark rules are less rigorously enforced.

From Nextbook, The Great Brain: Pseudoscience helps Haim Watzman straddle the Sephardi-Ashkenazi divide; and Bell Curve to Bell Jar: Sander L. Gilman challenges the fetishistic fascination with Jews and intelligence.

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