| H1 Foreign Affairs July/August Table of Contents » Grand Strategy for a Divided America By Charles A. Kupchan and Peter L. Trubowitz Miller Center After The Bush Doctrine: National Security Strategy For A New Administration DAVID BROOKS A New Global Blueprint We’re trapped in a hybrid world, in which many problems are postnational but the social structures are unavoidably national. USIP International Intervention in Gaza: Options and Obstacles CSIS Brzezinski, Kissinger and Scowcroft Watch the Show | Read the Transcript | Crisis Grpup Hypocrisy, Democracy, War and Peace, Gareth Evans Ha’aretz – Haaretz defense editor, veteran reporter Ze'ev Schiff dies at 74 Described as 'the most respected military analyst in Israel'; Schiff wrote for Haaretz for over 50 years. Syrian-Israeli shiduch There is a bride and groom, but where, oh where can one find a rabbi to officiate? Russia Starts Delivery of Sophisticated Fighter Jets to Syria Twelve Months of National Emergency By: Dan Ben David | Haaretz President Bush will have to decide whether to attack Iran within the next 12 months. If he attacks, Israel is guaranteed a ballistic shower from Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, and possibly from Syria and the West Bank as well. If Bush chooses not to attack, then the Israeli government will have to decide during the next 12 months if the country is capable of carrying out a military operation against Iran. IHT Come share our rusty, resented radar By THOMAS GOLTZ In Azerbaijan, President Putin's proposed American radar would be looking out of Russia, not in. Europe's new leaders By WILLIAM PFAFF / TMS American neocons shouldn't expect much from Europe's new leaders. Weekly Standard Partition Iraq?
No. by Stephen Schwartz New York Times U.S. Seeks to Block Exits for Iraq Insurgents American forces have been confounded by insurgents who have slipped away only to fight another day. By AHMED YOUSEF We reject attempts to divide Palestine into two parts and to pass Hamas off as an extreme and dangerous force. Washington Post Strategy for Propping Up Abbas Bush, Olmert Agree on Joint Effort to Aid Palestinian Leader Editorial A Bet on Mr. Abbas The Bush administration is right to help the Palestinian president but wrong to suppose he can vanquish Hamas. Engage With Hamas We Earned Our Support By Ahmed Yousef A Bush-Putin Discussion on the Radar By Richard Weitz Guardian The scene of Fatahland flowering as Hamastan wilts is sheer fantasy Jonathan Freedland: There are huge dangers in offering Palestinians a choice of statelets - it will only push Hamas further into Iran's orbit. Consitutional fudge Charles Grant The EU's foreign policy arrangements are dysfunctional, so why is Britain trying to block plans to make them more effective? Why Hamas Won By: Ralph Peters | New York Post Hamas won its shut-out victory in Gaza with alarming ease. And the reason Hamas won is even more alarming: Fanaticism trumps numbers. NATO, Russian Tension over Georgia Base By: Jean Christophe Peuch | Eurasia Net Georgian-Russian tension is helping to fuel a deterioration of Moscow's relationship with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Financial Times COMMENT: Iran is America's best hope for stability in the Gulf Iran is ready to help the US stabilise Iraq and Afghanistan – for a price, writes Selig Harrison, of the Center for International Policy. COMMENT: This is a cynical plan for an unnecessary European treaty Referendums are imperfect, but I can see no better way to legitimise changes that are inherently constitutional, writes Martin Wolf. Los Angeles Times Silver lining for Abbas, Olmert? The split among Palestinians could boost prospects for peace, analysts say. Christian Science Monitor New push for Mideast peace Before talks could begin, big issues – such as Palestinian unity – need resolution. NATO, Russian Tension over Georgia Base By: Jean Christophe Peuch | Eurasia Net Georgian-Russian tension is helping to fuel a deterioration of Moscow's relationship with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The real cause of Gaza battle
Gulf News - By Amir Taheri Helena Cobban Understanding the Palestinian crisis Geopolitical Diary: Last Chance for an EU Constitution? Stratfor - Foreign Policy The Magic Kingdom’s Wild New Ride
Everywhere you look, it seems, the Middle East is in flames. Yet, almost unnoticed by outside observers, the most conservative country in the region has embarked on a historic journey of reform Newsweek Hirsh: Diary From Iran, Day One Day Two What Bloomberg’s GOP Departure Means
Intelligence and Leadership--Posner Intelligence and Leadership-BECKER CSM How US Army trains for a different kind of war Counterinsurgency tactics put a big premium on winning hearts and minds. For soldiers undergoing training at Fort Polk, La., it seems to be sticking | H2 The National Interest Talking Turkey by Marisa Morrison Congressional Research Service Turkey’s 2007 Elections: Crisis of Identity and Power Carol Migdalovitz U.S. Army on Improvised Explosive Device Defeat --- "Improvised Explosive Device Defeat (excerpt)," Field Manual Interim FMI 3-34.119, September 2005 (44 pages of a total 142 pages). (repeat) Iraq: Ethnic Tensions Contained In Kirkuk UNPO Le Monde Nicolas Sarkozy, révélateur des ambiguïtés turques, par Daniel Vernet Park, Bill US - Turkish Relations: Can the Future Resemble the Past? Defense & security analysis 23,2007:1,, Mar, pp. 41-54 IHT UN project traces the missing on Cyprus By JON GORVETT With 1,468 Greek Cypriots and 502 Turkish Cypriots still officially listed as missing on Cyprus, many from the 1974 war, a UN-backed Committee for Missing Persons is trying to restore the dead to their families. Eastern Mediterranean Oil Politics By: Ioannis Michaletos | World Press
Oil drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean Sea has emerged as an issue over the past few months following an initiative enacted by the Cypriot government to hand out research and drilling rights for oil reservoirs that might be found deep under the sea, and worth some $500 billion. Turkey Plans First Recon Satellite
DefenseNews.com USA Today Struggle for Turkey heads to the ballot box IPS Turkey Into the Iraq Quagmire? Almanya'da Türkiye'yle İlgili Görüş Ayrılığı Turkey's Christians like AK despite Islamist past FT LEX COLUMN: ING buys in Turkey COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL: ING targets Turkey with $2.7bn Oyak Bank buy Deal funds purchase of steel assets Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media AİHM: PKK şiddeti meşru gösterilemez Erzincan’da operasyon MUHARREM SARIKAYA
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Demokraside İspanya'yı geçtik...PKK "Demokrasi Tramvayı"nda Mensur Akgün USAK’ın müdahale raporu İlnur Çevik Turks and Kurds must not fuel mutual enmity Eski özel tim toplanıyor 'Fikirlerini PKK silahı gibi kullandılar' Ne bayrak astılar ne de marş söylediler El Cezire: PKK'nın uçaksavarı var El Cezire PKK mevzilerinde Yaver: 'Kürdistan’daki partilerin PKK ile hiçbir organik bağı yoktur’ PKK Erzincan'da saldırdı, halk linç etmek istedi Aksiyon Sınırda operasyon isteyen yok Doğu Ergil Tribal leaders Rahim Er Kaç Kürt, İstanbul’a pasaportla gelmek ister? Kürt devleti fikrini PKK silahı gibi kullandılar AK Parti'li küskünlerden 'milli duruş' bildirisi 'Zana ve arkadaşları fikir suçlusu sayılamaz' Erdoğan: Bağımsıza verme US Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte visits Kurdistan (KRG) Başbakan'a Kürtçe mektup yazan DTP'liye dava Nail GÜRELİ Condoleezza Rice imam, Erdoğan cemaat Iraqi Kurdistan's Plea to World: Help Us Turkey Must Protect Kirkuk and Basra by Scott Sullivan Iraqi Kurds appeal for medical supplies İspanya-Türkiye, ETA ve PKK
Hakkı Devrim Öcalan'ın yeğenine 1 yıl 3 ay hapis Sami KOHEN Ankara'dan Abbas ve Haniye'ye tavsiye... İBRAHİM KARAGÜLFilistin'e Türk askeri gidecek! Suriye'ye 'MİG' desteği [Yorum - Prof. Dr. Alon Ben Meir] Hamas'ı izole etme zamanı! Nasuhi Güngör Sezer ve Mahmud Abbas Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber AB kuralı bozmadı, Türkiye kararını yine son güne bıraktı GP'li Şirin: İktidara gelince AB'den çekileceğiz Faruk Şen "Thanks, but I don't!" Amanda Akçakoca EU and Turkey crawl onward Almanya'da Türkiye'yle İlgili Görüş Ayrılığı Prof. Dr. AYDIN AYAYDIN
AB'ye uyum yasaları adı altında uyumsuzlaştırıldık
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Atatürk ile Venizelos'un konfederasyon hayali Rumlar müzakere başlıklarının açılması bazı koşullara bağlı Mehmet Barlas Erdoğan, Sarkozy ve Ahmet Necdet Sezer
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ÜMİT KARDAŞ Küresel bir demokrasinin bulunmadığı bir gezegende, politikanın içi boşalırken, teknik-ekonomik aygıt kendisini sınırlandırmak istemiyor, özerkleşerek devleti yeniden şekillendiriyor. Bunun sonucu ilkeler dışlanıyor, yasalar çıkarların taşıyıcısı olarak değer haline geliyor... [Yorum - Doç. Dr. Şaban Çalış] Türkiye nerede kaybetti? Ordu tehdidi laik-İslamcı ayrımı yapmaz HOŞENK OSE Ece TEMELKURAN Baskın, basanındır! 'Terör örgütüne üye olmaktan' tutuklandı Paşa hapiste kızı kurtuldu Gişede ‘Glock’ operasyonu
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Muzaffer Tekin'e beş saatlik sorgu Kaldırım Operasyonu’nda Susurluk izleri Onunla uğraşma 100 tane sıkarlar Kasım Güleçyüz TSK ve neocon’lar Günay Şehit cenazesi siyaseti, yapanları boğar 12 Eylül sorgulansa asker kışlasına çekilirdi 367’nin gerekçesi haftaya Çirkin senaryoya geciken yalanlama
Küskün vekillerden Erdoğan’a destek İncirlik’i uzatmayın 20 Haziran 2007 Basın Özeti Asia Times Divorce, Turkish style
Turks facing financial ruin have found a solution for solvency in the divorce of convenience, a legal loophole that allows a husband to transfer his assets to his wife and then obtain a quick divorce to save the home from debt collectors. While it hasn't affected the low Turkish divorce rate much, these unique marital splits can exact another toll if the wife ultimately decides she likes the single life. - Fazile Zahir Köylülerle sohbet edince sosyoloji kitaplarını çöpe atmış | H3 Fehmi Koru Sorular, sorular, sorular… Senaryo kimin fikriydi USAK Kuzey Irak Operasyonu Raporu Gecekonduda devlet sırrı Ümraniye'de ele geçen bombalarla ilgili sorgulanan emekli yüzbaşı Tekin, "örgüt üyeliği"nden tutuklandı. Tekin'de MGK'nın gizli görüşme tutanakları bulundu. Bucak operasyonunun telefon kayıtları Konuşmaların tam metni için tıklayın. Her göze 100 kurşun
Ege Cansen Güneydoğu Kürt meselesi III El Cezire PKK kampında Cengiz Çandar Washington senaryoları Ankara gerçekleri Ruşen Çakır| 22 Temmuz’a girerken AKP’yi bekleyen fırsatlar ve riskler Kennedy'nin son dakika mesajı: Asmayın En kritik MGK Taha Kıvanç Ecevit'i sınamışlardı Nuray Başaran ABD’nin Türkiye hakkındaki çok gizli planı Serdar Turgut Bir senaryo da benden Cüneyt Ülsever Kuzey Irak, PKK terörü açısından neden önemli? MUHARREM SARIKAYA DTP: Hükümette olmayız
Asker bankasını 2.7 milyar dolara sattı ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Bankacılıkta yabancılaşmanın nedeni ne?
Aksiyon Sınırlı sınır ötesi planı hâlâ masada Neden böyle oluyor? - Ahmet Taşgetiren Şamil Tayyar 367 AK Parti’nin sigortası oldu UMUR TALU Susurluk, Ankara Sauna, Atabey Kaldırım, Danıştay Trabzon, İstanbul bomba Cumhuriyet
Ali Bayramoğlu Ölümcül üçgen… MHP ne sonuç alır, ne yapar? Avni Özgürel Taha AKYOL Darbe kültürü Bülent Keneş Hudson, ASELSAN and parliamentary review Terörle mücadelede boşluk M.Ali Kışlalı Vatandaş ihbar etti, dört PKK'lı öldürüldü İncirlik Üssü'nde imzalar tamam Derin Türkiye polemiği Bu demokrasi değilse ne? İsmet Berkan Erdoğan, Gül için 367 istedi Murat Yetkin Fikret BİLA AKP, DTP'yle koalisyon yapar mı? Milletvekili kesin aday listeleri Taha Kıvanç Ecevit'i sınamışlardı Fehmi Koru Sorular, sorular, sorular… ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Kim bu çeteci dediklerimiz? Mustafa Ünal Sandık teke düştü NAZLI ILICAK Anayasa Mahkemesi'ne başvuru yasal mı? KÜRŞAT BUMİN'Veto' meselesine devam Gülay Göktürk “Çetesiz devlet” pankartı Davetiye metnine rağmen Hudson senaryolarına yalanlama geldi Kandemir: Askerlerin orada bulunması yersiz olmuş Abdülhamit Bilici Karanlık toplantı, komik yalanlama Zeyno Baran: Suikast senaryosu yok Ertuğrul Özkök Homo ekonomikus'un dönüşü Ahmet Hakan Patates dini masalı M Ali Birand Gerçek Baykal, kendini gösteriyor EMRE AKÖZ Derin Türkiye'deki hata Mehmet Altan ‘Susurluk Ankara’da’ Güneri CIVAOĞLU Senaryo ve gerçek Tamer Korkmaz Bir bilmecem var, çocuklar... Yalçın Doğan Asıl kırmızı çizgiler kuraklık ve terör Ali Bulaç Büyük sermaye
Nihal B Karaca Senaryo mu olaydan çıkar, olay mı senaryodan? Bilinenler, bilinmeyenler Haluk Şahin Şakir Süter ABD’deki Senaryo! Özdemir İnce HAMAS ve Milli Görüş Oktay Ekşi Sahipsiz Türkler Mehmet Y Yılmaz Amerika’dan intikam senaryosu öneriyorum! Emin Pazarcı Senaryo! İsmail Küçükkaya Ağar ‘küllerinden doğmanın’ arayışında Yalçın Bayer Kuraklık vahim durum alıyor Mehmet Altan Atılgan Bayar ASKERE YÖNELİK ‘NEWS MANAGEMENT’ Erol Mütercimer WASHINGTON SENARYOSU Emekli generallerden Oyak'a rest
Hadi Uluengin Senaryo var, senaryo var
ABD'yi çökertecek senaryo kaç lira Yusuf KANLI The prime minister is frustrated Yavuz Baydar The irresistible rise of rogue nationalism: The GP in the end… Opposition CHP once again at doors of Constitutional Court Emekli yüzbaşı ve astsubay tutuklandı 'Bu demokrasi değil' Erdoğan: 330 alan Köşk'e çıkıyor, 357 çıkamıyor, bu demokrasi değil başka şey ERGUN BABAHAN Kötü adamlardan artık bıktık Artık ısrar yok Hurşit GÜNEŞ Siyasal partiler ve ekonomi programları Ekonomik geleceğimiz Mustafa Aysan [NEWS ANALYSIS]
Politics shaky, markets bullish: Paradox questioned 367, the number that blocked Turkey’s political system by Assoc. Prof. ADNAN KÜÇÜK* World Refugee Day 2007 by ANA LIRIA-FRANCH* Kayıt dışılıkta 'stratejik' dönem
Metin Ercan Deniz Gökçe İstihdamdan haberler fena değil! Teğet geçmişiz! Uğur Gürses Ercan Kumcu Dengelerin kalıcılığı için altyapı oluşturulmalı Erdal Sağlam Güngör URAS 'Oyak yönetimi' bankayı 'mecburiyetten' sattı Servet Yıldırım Yabancıdan korkma, denetim zafiyetinden kork ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM
Bankacılıkta yabancılaşmanın nedeni ne?
İ.Hüseyin Yıldız İstikrarın içindeki siyasal risk payı Oyakbank’a 2.7 milyar dolar Askerin bankası yabancıya satıldı Volkan Akı Oyakbank gitti, bari Migros Türk kalsaydı Çiftçiye kuraklık üzerinden 1 milyar YTL'lik seçim affı HALUK BÜRÜMCEKÇİ Büyüme yoksa, vergi de yok... |
H4 New York Times U.S. Seeks to Block Exits for Iraq Insurgents American forces have been confounded by insurgents who have slipped away only to fight another day. By AHMED YOUSEF We reject attempts to divide Palestine into two parts and to pass Hamas off as an extreme and dangerous force. THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Behind the Masks In the Palestinian civil war, people who wear masks are always more frightening because their sheer anonymity suggests that they answer to no one and no laws. | H5 Washington Post Strategy for Propping Up Abbas Bush, Olmert Agree on Joint Effort to Aid Palestinian Leader Editorial A Bet on Mr. Abbas The Bush administration is right to help the Palestinian president but wrong to suppose he can vanquish Hamas. Engage With Hamas We Earned Our Support By Ahmed Yousef Stress Taking Toll on Foreign Service Inside Gaza, a Landscape Marked by Violent Change As Some Palestinians Try to Flee, Others Work to Resume Lives Offensive Targets Al-Qaeda In Iraq Blast Near Mosque Kills 60 in Baghdad A Bush-Putin Discussion on the Radar By Richard Weitz William Arkin Expertise Can Help Win the War, Too Blast Kills at Least 20 in Pakistan Residents Say Drone Fired on Border Area; Officials Deny Report Unchained by Idealism By Michael Gerson, In many quarters, the role of religion in public life and foreign policy is under question as a source of hatred and extremism. But this year marks the 200th anniversary of history's strongest counterexample -- the strange, irrational end of the British slave trade. | H6 Guardian The scene of Fatahland flowering as Hamastan wilts is sheer fantasy Jonathan Freedland: There are huge dangers in offering Palestinians a choice of statelets - it will only push Hamas further into Iran's orbit. Consitutional fudge Charles Grant The EU's foreign policy arrangements are dysfunctional, so why is Britain trying to block plans to make them more effective? How to lose Afghanistan Matthew Yglesias: Air strikes against a counter-insurgency should be a last resort. But the US is undertaking them - and creating more enemies. Nothing in moderation Barry Rubin: No one should underestimate Hamas's extremism. Its victory in Gaza sets back the chances of peace between Israel and Palestine for decades. A pyrrhic victory Philippe Legrain: Sunday's success may harm the longer-term prospects of France's Socialist party by making it resistant to much needed reform Leader Getting the whole picture
BBC: If the BBC seeks to represent often unheard voices, it should do more to encourage diversity in its workforce. The BBC's bias is born of a shallow view of impartiality John Lloyd: This liberal-cosmopolitan institution needs to wake up to a world in which arguments have many more than two sides. Britain's prisons reek of a wretchedly backward nation Simon Jenkins: Our penal policy is an inhumane shambles, and betrays an attitude to crime that favours repression over reform. What courage really means
David Talbot: Tellingly, Gordon Brown misses what made Bobby Kennedy brave: opposing his party's disastrous war. |
| H7 Frame Work - Dennis Ross (New Republic) Russia Starts Delivery of Sophisticated Fighter Jets to Syria RFE/RL Nuclear-Power Push Eroding Nonproliferation Efforts A leading U.S. expert on nuclear proliferation argues that by touting the benefits of nuclear power, Western countries are undermining their own nonproliferation efforts. Muslim Liberals Steer Course Between Autocrats And Theocrats A leading Egyptian liberal thinker discusses the prospects for democratic transformation in the Middle East Nonintervention: The Original Foreign Policy by Rep. Ron Paul Palestinian Incompetence, Western Hypocrisy By: Rami G. Khouri | International Herald Tribune
It's hard to know who appears more ludicrous and despicable, the Palestinian Fatah and Hamas leaderships allowing their gunmen to fight it out on the streets of Gaza and the West Bank, or an American administration saying it supports the "moderates" in Palestine who want to negotiate peace with Israel. Radicalization, Despair in the Mideast By: H.D.S. Greenway | The Boston Globe
When things settle down, Israel and the West are going to have to deal with Hamas and Gaza. Keeping the entire territory in its current embargoed state, increasing unemployment and economic blockade, can only lead to further despair and radicalization. Analysis: U.N.: Prep for aging population NRO MICHELLE MALKIN: The Religion of Perpetual Outrage strikes again. “Behead All Those Who Insult Islam” RICH LOWRY: The poison of the Middle East is exportable. “Tipping Toward Catastrophe” JONAH GOLDBERG: What if the Arab world just isn’t interested in our path? “Western Fictions, Arab Realities” MICHAEL YON: Reporting from inside the surge. “Be Not Afraid” Asia Times A political revival in AfghanistanVeteran Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan is opening offices across the country as a part of its political revival - a move that is believed to have led to the assassination of a leading HIA official. The group is unfazed: "The government cannot gag us," its president, Abdul Hadi Argundwal, tells Syed Saleem Shahzad Sphere of Influence - US News & World Report Riyadh Plans to Continue Working with Iran
| H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor US Papers Wednesday: Day Two in Diyala
Iraqi/Arab Papers Wednesday: Shrine Politics
What Went Wrong By: Dennis Ross | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) With crisis brewing in Gaza and the West Bank, if we are to connect our purposes with the means we have or can mobilize with others, we must start with assessments that are rooted in reality, not wishful thinking. UPI Analysis: New Middle East realities Why Hamas Won By: Ralph Peters | New York Post Hamas won its shut-out victory in Gaza with alarming ease. And the reason Hamas won is even more alarming: Fanaticism trumps numbers. “Alawi Identity in Syria,” MA Thesis by Torstein Worren Iraq to Woo Beijing for Help on Oil
Wall Street Journal Asia Times Gaza: Death of the two-state solution With two prime ministers in two locations representing two different political orientations, one Islamist, the other secular, the new status quo in Gaza and the West Bank is best viewed as the virtual death of the two-state solution for the foreseeable future and its replacement by a three-state reality - to the extent that anyone can call the West Bank and Gaza states at all. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi US losing ground through tribal allies
The US military's attempts to win hearts and minds of tribal leaders in Iraq's bloody al-Anbar province with armor, arms, vehicles and cash have taken a deadly toll. Instead of reducing violence, the divide-and-conquer strategy has increased resistance to the US occupation and increased tensions within the local community. - Ali al-Fadhily New York Sun Gaza Has Joined the Expanding Jihadistan Terrorist Landscape - Youssef Ibrahim Washington Institute Hamas's Coup and the Challenges Ahead for Fatah Bush, Olmert, and the 'Two-State Solution': The Rose Garden Address, Five Years On Hamas' Triumph of Violence By: Christoph Schult | Der Spiegel
Hamas wants to rule the poverty-stricken Gaza Strip alone, a prospect that alarms neighboring Arab states. Meanwhile, rival party Fatah has declared a new emergency government in the West Bank as Hamas-control Gaza faces humanitarian disaster. UPI Analysis: What changed after Lebanon War? Time Seeing Hope in a Hamas Victory Bush, Olmert back Abbas — but experts are dubious Why the West Bank is not like West Berlin MiGs Will Defend Syria and Iran
BBC Diyala assault
The goals of the US-Iraqi operation in central Iraq
Hamas isolation
How the West wants to give its support to Fatah
Rushdie diplomatic row escalates Iran and Pakistan summon UK envoys to protest against the knighthood awarded to novelist Salman Rushdie. Widely Ignored by Press: The 'Surge' in Iraqi Displaced Citizens Iraqi interpreters seek refuge in U.S. In the four years since U.S. troops toppled Saddam Hussein, hundreds of Iraqis have gone to work as interpreters - "terps" in soldiers' parlance - for an American force that has few Arabic speakers and little familiarity with local customs. Al Awsat Palestine: In Search of Men : Hussein Shobokshi U.S. troops storm Iraq's Diyala province | H9 Ha’aretz – Haaretz defense editor, veteran reporter Ze'ev Schiff dies at 74 Described as 'the most respected military analyst in Israel'; Schiff wrote for Haaretz for over 50 years. Syrian-Israeli shiduch There is a bride and groom, but where, oh where can one find a rabbi to officiate? Burston: Hamas wants Israel to starve Gaza, hold Barghouti Fatah Central Cmte. decides to completely cut off Hamas ties UN Human Rights Council makes Israel permanent agenda item Forward Israel Drawn Into Debate on Missile Defense Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Dichter to 'Post': Kadima must be ready to replace Olmert Father of the Iranian revolution
[ MICHAEL D. EVANS Carter: Stop favoring Fatah over Hamas Yedioth Ahronoth 'Two-state solution possible'
After meeting with Bush, Olmert says Israel seeking to cooperate with new Palestinian government to work towards two-state solution. IDF to stay out of Gaza for now, but will likely intervene if situation deteriorates Something is rotten in State of Israel Looking to Uncle Sam/ Barnea Time to destroy Hamas A new Road Map Fatah Security Strongman Dahlan: West Bank In Danger Of Being Overrun By Hamas |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor New push for Mideast peace Before talks could begin, big issues – such as Palestinian unity – need resolution. Egypt and Jordan quietly back Abbas, too Arab governments worry that if Gazans starve, public support may swing behind Hamas. Hughes: In battle for hearts and minds, Iraqi insurgents are doing well Controversy surrounds military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan US air strike in Afghanistan leaves 7 boys dead and Afghans angry, while continued violence in Iraq takes a toll on the civilian population. How US Army trains for a different kind of war Counterinsurgency tactics put a big premium on winning hearts and minds. For soldiers undergoing training at Fort Polk, La., it seems to be sticking. ASIA Giving China the Red Hook By: Tom Plate | The Japan Times U.S. Democratic Sen. Charles E. Schumer has a tiger by the tail. And since he hails from the mean streets of Brooklyn, you can count on the fact that he's not about to let go soon, no matter how loudly the tiger roars. The Real Problem With Pakistan By: Fareed Zakaria | Newsweek
The real problem in Pakistan is dysfunction. Large swaths of the country are badlands where the state's writ doesn't run. This is a far more backward country than South Korea or even the Philippines, where the United States helped usher in democracy in the 1980s. BBC China building more power plants China is now building two power plants every week, says the UK's top climate change envoy. IHT The fog of 'war on terror' By PHILIP BOWRING
In South East Asia, 'terrorists' are arrested and rendered, but the real insurgencies continue. Thailand's free-falling economy Though Thailand's exports are strong and a few large infrastructure projects are on track, other economic factors, such as private consumption, aren't as healthy. Concerns by foreign and local investors that the military-appointed government's nationalistic economic policy is a mistake could have larger political implications if continued financial doldrums lead to a reversal of current public support for the interim rulers. - Edward Russell 9 Months Since Coup, the Military Installed Government Has Proven Unable to Quell Insurgency in Thailand's Muslim South: Violence Has Dramatically Spiked CFR A Challenging China Dialogue
| H11 IHT Come share our rusty, resented radar By THOMAS GOLTZ In Azerbaijan, President Putin's proposed American radar would be looking out of Russia, not in. Europe's new leaders By WILLIAM PFAFF / TMS American neocons shouldn't expect much from Europe's new leaders. Poland is warned not to block EU deal Barroso warned Warsaw to expect a backlash from other European countries if it blocks a deal later this week designed to make the EU more effective. After French election stumble, Sarkozy alters his team EUROPE European press review BBC EU members warned over treaty European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warns EU states not to block talks on a new treaty. Blair sets out EU treaty demands Q&A: EU constitution's future Assessing Blair and the EU Mardell's Euroblog
The new draft is 11 pages long, and called The Reform Treaty
'Time to act'
France's Sarkozy ready for reform despite poll setback UPI Analysis: Icy German-Polish relations Balancing France's Public Interests and Private Passions By: Jean-Paul Fitoussi and Eloi Laurent | The Daily Star
One puzzling and often overlooked feature of the France that elected Nicolas Sarkozy as its new president, and that on Sunday gave his political allies a clear if not overpowering parliamentary mandate, is its mix of private optimism and public pessimism. From The Economist, in vino veritas: Europe's belief in the market wavers when it comes to viticulture; and suddenly, the old world looks younger: Reports of Europe's death are somewhat exaggerated. A review of Flag on the Mountain: A Political Anthropology of War in Croatia and Bosnia by Ivo Zanic. Bohemian Rhapsody: An interview with Vaclav Havel on cigarettes, and the continuing struggle between conscience and tyranny. | H12 RFE/RL Islam Scholar Rejects 'Clash Of Civilizations' Theory "I believe that we cannot really talk about a global Islamic entity, nor about the Christian entity as its antipode," Islam scholar Fikret Karcic tells RFE/RL. GUAM Summit Sees Leaders Pledging Further Cooperation Saakashvili Says South Ossetia Issue Could Be Resolved Google News Azerbaijan NATO, Russian Tension over Georgia Base By: Jean Christophe Peuch | Eurasia Net Georgian-Russian tension is helping to fuel a deterioration of Moscow's relationship with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. EDM MOSCOW CONSIDERS ENORMOUS INVESTMENT IN EASTERN RUSSIA’S GAS SECTOR
- YULIA TYMOSHENKO COMES OUT ON TOP IN UKRAINE’S CRISIS
- DUSHANBE EXPANDS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS BEYOND RUSSIA
CEPS New prospects for Conflict Settlement in Georgia | Speaker: David Bakradze, Chair of the Committee on Euro Atlantic Integration, Georgian Parliament; Dimitri Sanakoev, Head of the Provisional Administrative-Territorial Entity on the Territory of Former Autonomous District of South Ossetia |
| H13 The Times Leader Unconstitutional The EU elite hopes that the public won’t notice the significance of the new treaty Alfred Hitchcock and the Zionist plot Stalin needed the capitalists. Hitler chose the Jews. And so did the leaders of Syria and Egypt and Libya Daniel Finkelstein A duty to find way to reduce crop Does Britain have a plan any more for dealing with the soaring drugs crisis in Afghanistan? Bronwen Maddox Wall Street Journal Racial Role Reversal Far too many people are still being judged according to the color of their skin.
By JOHN STEELE GORDON Persian Puzzles There is a lot we don't know about Iran.
By BRET STEPHENS Europe Must Stop Iran
Europe's duty is to ensure the past is not a prologue to the future.
By DIRK NIEBEL | H14 Financial Times COMMENT: Iran is America's best hope for stability in the Gulf Iran is ready to help the US stabilise Iraq and Afghanistan – for a price, writes Selig Harrison, of the Center for International Policy. COMMENT: This is a cynical plan for an unnecessary European treaty Referendums are imperfect, but I can see no better way to legitimise changes that are inherently constitutional, writes Martin Wolf. WORLD NEWS: Dozens die in truck bomb attack on Shia mosque Iraqi voices series: Part two WORLD NEWS: Plan for Kosovo independence will aim to entice a reluctant Russia Support for EU rises after economic recovery Public backing for the European Union has risen sharply to its highest level since the 1990s, providing a positive backdrop for what threatens to be an acrimonious Brussels summit starting LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Trade imbalances stem from China's mercantilism US, Israel promise support for Abbas The US and Israel held out the prospect of lending some practical support to Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, but they agreed that this was not the time for an immediate resumption of peace talks. WORLD NEWS: US and Israel back Abbas with wordsbut not deeds NATIONAL NEWS: Ex-PM Barak returns as Israeli defence minister US POLICY: Afraid of backing the wrong horse COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Meet, greet and spin ANALYSIS: All aboard for Brown Gordon Brown may lack charisma, but he has strong Labour support and the public may be willing to give him a chance COMMENT: Sarkozy must challenge French values France’s new president seems intent on changing his nation’s political weather, writes John Thornhill. Editorial Pity the children The US bombs that killed seven Afghan children during the weekend not only snuffed out innocent lives but also harmed the west's cause in Afghanistan. COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: No time for soundbites US warned on UN peacekeeping missions US underfunding of UN peacekeeping could seriously undermine missions from Darfur to Somalia and Haiti, Better World Campaign warns Infighting puts reform on Berlin’s backburner The ability of the grand coalition to govern is constantly being questioned by the German media. Bertrand Benoit asks why. Rate rise fears over eurozone reforms ECB warns that interest rates could be forced higher if member states slow the pace of economic reform. COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Meet, greet and spin UBS chief warns over lending boom risks The chief executive of UBS, the Swiss banking group, warned that the growing number of risky loans investment banks are making could lead to lawsuits and damaged reputations. Bloomberg hints at run for president Michael Bloomberg, New York’s mayor, has given his strongest hint that he may seek to run for US president as a self-financed independent candidate by filing papers to drop his affiliation with the Republican party. Bush blow as Portman set to quit President George W. Bush is set to lose one of his most respected economic advisers after the announcement by Rob Portman that he is to step down as White House budget director. Yang’s challenge at Yahoo Fittingly for a company that has lost the confidence of investors for lacking focus, the change in Yahoo’s executive ranks this week is a bit confusing | Military shifts focus to areas outside Baghdad Bush open to restarting Mideast peace talks Western Fictions, Arab Realities By: Jonah Goldberg | Los Angeles Times
We see a well-lighted path to the good life: democracy, tolerance, rule of law, markets. But what if the Arab world just isn't interested in our path? As a believer in the freedom agenda, that's what scares me most. Disinvesting Won't Stop Terrorism By: Benjamin Zycher | Los Angeles Times
Research suggests there is little correlation between economic conditions in terror-supporting states and the likelihood that they will go on financing terror. So threatening to weaken Iran's economy with sanctions or disinvestment seems likely to fail. What about our minorities? By Richard Alba Merit-based immigration threatens a rare chance to bridge deep racial divides. |
| H16 American Politics Tim Grieve / Salon: What the Democrats would do about Iraq The Hill: Few senators read Iraq NIE report NY's Bloomberg quits Republicans New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg leaves the Republicans, fuelling rumours that he may run for president. Two for the price of one, if Hillary wins Clintons will operate a joint presidency, says Carl Bernstein Exclusive: Clinton mum on Bloomberg exit
Does Bloomberg party shift mean a presidential plunge?
realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas Swamp Sunrise Daybook | H17 Daily Telegraph 'Deep concern' over Rushdie terror threat Britain expresses "deep concern" over claims by a Pakistani minister that Salman Rushdie's knighthood was an affront to Muslims that could justify suicide bombings. If Pakistan is so angry, give back our aid Andrew Marr thinks we have every right to express our anger at Pakistan's religious affairs minister, who said suicide bombing to protect the honour of Mohammed is justified. Is Brown the man for 'action this day'? Irwin Stelzer considers the little we do know about the next Prime Minister's foreign agenda, the lot we don't know Germany pressures Britain over EU Germany warns Gordon Brown that Europe's battles against climate change and illegal immigration depend on leaders having the courage to cede more power to Brussels. Wolfgang Ischinger: German hopes for Brown Daniel Hannan: EU needs deep-cleansing EU needs a deep-cleansing referendum It's not just new EU powers that merit a vote, says Daniel Hannan. It's transfers of power to Brussels over the last 32 years. Can Blair take Sarkozy at his words? by Henry Samuel Sarkozy unveils Cabinet surprises BBC can't be cured of bias - so sell it off Just as the BBC allows itself to be hijacked by Leftist political issues, it also allows itself to be hijacked by the agenda of the uneducated, argues Simon Heffer. | H18 Independent Barroso rejects Blair's call for more opt-outs from treaty Pressure mounted on Tony Blair not to block agreement on a new " mini-treaty" for the European Union when he attends his final summit of EU leaders starting tomorrow Michael Jay: Europe needs a deal to make it work effectively After Hamas victory, the priority in Gaza is 'food and peace' |
| H19Military Intelligence Terrorism The Price of Liberty: Paying for America's Wars. . Robert D ...
Foreign Affairs CSM How US Army trains for a different kind of war Counterinsurgency tactics put a big premium on winning hearts and minds. For soldiers undergoing training at Fort Polk, La., it seems to be sticking. Asia Times GATES' WAY FORWARD, Part 2 A clean sweep The retirement of the chairman of the US military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace, completes the "clean sweep" of the senior leadership that marked the tenure of former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld. Since the swearing in of Rumsfeld's successor - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates - nearly every major senior military officer responsible for the war in Iraq has been replaced. - Mark Perry Part 1: After Rumsfeld, a new dawn? Iran: Blowback, detainee-style
The Bush administration adopted the word "detainee" to deal with suspected terrorist captives who, it argued, should be subject to extra-legal treatment as part of the "war on terror". Now this is being turned against American citizens, in this case four Iranian-Americans jailed in Iran. Tom Engelhardt, in his introduction to this article by Karen J Greenberg, places the "detainee" issue in the broader context of Iran-US relations. A new issue of Military Review is out. An interview with General Anthony Zinni, author of The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose. A general in God's patriotic army: A review of The Final Move Beyond Iraq: The Final Solution While the World Sleeps by Mike Evans, shock jock for Armageddon. We've lost the war in Iraq. Here's how to handle it. A review of Statecraft and How to Restore America's Standing in the World by Dennis Ross. A review of The Infernal Machine: A History of Terrorism from the Assassination of Tsar Alexander II to Al-Qaeda by Matthew Carr When the anti-terrorism cop is Muslim
For-Profit Terrorism By: Justine A. Rosenthal | National Interest
We have long held the image of the white-linen-suited drug lord as the symbol of the illicit economy, but our newest members of the financial underground are quite differently clad. These are the terrorists who used to fight for revolution and now fight for greed. The United Kingdom Security & Counter-Terrorism Scientific & Innovation Study
Home Office - UK
This 28-page UK strategy document sets out how the UK Home Office intends to work in partnership with other bodies to strengthen counter-terror capabilities
| H20 Slate Robert Wright & Daniel Drezner: Dan the Renaissance Man From LRB, who put the bomb on Pan Am 103? From The Economist, a special report on air travel, often nasty, brutish, long and unprofitable. But it need not be like that. | H21 Home Alone: Does ethnic and racial diversity foster social isolation? There is no evidence you can find that people who have no relationships or group memberships are happy about it. People do need to belong. Godlessness is on a roll, and who knows? The day may come when The Atheist’s Bible will be found in every hotel room across the land... more» What does a serious confrontation over truth really look like — to an Al-Qaeda fanatic? To the Caduveo Indians? To the philosopher Richard Rorty?... more» A review of Breaking News: How the Associated Press Has Covered War, Peace, and Everything Else by Aaron Barlow |
