| H1 Brookings The Case for Soft Partition in Iraq Edward P. Joseph and Michael E. O'Hanlon, Saban Center Analysis View Full Paper (PDF—638kb). Center for American Progress: Reclaiming Control of U.S. Security in the Middle East Read the full report (PDF) Read the introduction and summary (PDF) Where Is Iraq Heading? Lessons from Basra International Crisis Group Think Tank Berates Iraq Policy and Warns of Country's Collapse By: Ian Black | The Guardian Iraq can only survive if a functional and legitimate state is rebuilt from the ruins of war and occupation, drawing on the lessons of the collapse of British-ruled Basra, an influential thinktank warns today. Brookings A Diplomatic Offensive for Iraq Carlos Pascual and Larry Diamond, Brookings Policy Brief From the Archive Rand Corporation Palestine Project The Return of Authoritarian Great Powers - Azar Gat, Foreign Affairs Russia’s Strategic Choices
Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Full Policy Brief (PDF; 198 KB) Guardian The new world disorder Dominique Moisi The relative decline of America's global power and the increasing power of Russia and China has transformed the international system. Leader The danger of division Palestine: To expect that Mr Abbas will return from Sharm el-Sheikh when the summit ends later this week with a stack of concessions from Israel that might increase his standing among Palestinians is to be unduly optimistic. This is not a 1938 encore Ian Buruma: The idea that liberals are appeasing Islamism as once they did Hitler is a dangerous delusion. The real casus belli: peak oil
David Strahan: In a world of looming fuel shortage, Britain and the US formalised their energy fears with a war. Russia's Tango With Tehran By: M.K. Bhadrakumar | Asia Times
Russia realizes it may have overreached in its recent balancing act in the Middle East. It has treated Iran shabbily, to Washington's delight. Now, with Tehran beginning to "engage" Washington, Moscow realizes that it must get its act together with Iran, the regional power of growing consequence, or deal with the US from a position of weakness. OECD Employment Outlook 2007 The BRICs created 22 million jobs a year in 2000-2005, OECD countries created 3.7 million Financial Times COMMENT: Spend on making wealth, not war In recent years US military spending has exceeded its foreign aid by more than 10 times, writes Anatol Lieven. COMMENT: Europe ditches clarity and embraces obfuscation The EU has finally abandoned the idea that it wants ordinary citizens to understand what it is doing, writes Gideon Rachman. WORLD NEWS: Putin woos Europeans with new gas pipeline COMMENT: Political lessons from the Blair era An unfortunate reaction to the Iraq war will be less humanitarian intervention, writes Philip Stephens. The Sun Iranian forces 'crossed Iraqi border'... Rice: Mideast Violence Necessary for Democracy Washington Post General: Iraqi Forces Far From Self-Sufficiency How the GOP Could Win By Richard Cohen, There are two ways to predict the winner of the 2008 presidential race: Check the polls or read some history A GOP Plan To Oust Cheney A False Choice in Pakistan By: Daniel Markey | Foreign Affairs
Americans are increasingly frustrated with Pakistan's counterterrorism efforts, but the United States should resist the urge to threaten President Pervez Musharraf or demand a quick democratic transition. Pakistan in Turmoil By: Harsh V. Pant | ISN Security Watch
How do you solve a problem like Pervez Musharraf? This seems to be the question troubling the West, especially the US, and the people of Pakistan at this crucial juncture in the trajectory of Pakistan's polity. Bush’s failed freedom agenda The Bush administration's aggressive ideological promotion of a link between unfettered capitalism and democracy is damaging the world and undermining the United States's own interests, argues Bob Burnett Rand Corporation A Comparative Evaluation of United Nations Peacekeeping by James Dobbins EDM SOUTH STREAM: GAZPROM’S NEW MEGA PROJECT
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NYT The Guantánamo I Know By MORRIS D. DAVIS Why close a detainee camp that is fair and humane? Helena Cobban Ten reasons to talk to Hamas The Times Blair 'to become world's man in the Middle East' Confirmation is likely today with agreement now close between the key powers of the US, Europe, Russia and the United Nations Daily Star Tony Blair, the last interventionist By David Rieff A man who helped push the Middle East into chaos By Michael Glackin McClatchy Nuclear weapons treaties: No nukes is good nukes BBC Have Your Say
What do you think is behind anti-American sentiment? Caught Between the Saint & the Suicide Bomber - Ralph Peters, USA Today Brookings A Tragedy of Increasing Proportions: Internal Displacement in Iraq
Walter Kälin, Forced Migration Review Special Issue Iraqi Refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic: A Field-Based Snapshot Read the full report (PDF) Asia Times The strange story of MiG-31s for Syria
A Moscow business daily claims that Russia wants to sell top-of-the-line MiG-31 jet fighters to Syria. Previous reports of arms sales from this publication have to be taken with some skepticism, but the MiG-31 story has a ring of truth. The aircraft has special capabilities that make it ideal for countries worried about a US air assault - countries like Syria and Iran William Arkin The Low-Tech War Against Terrorists
Gvosdev Thoughts on the Succession Question in Russia Foreign Policy Why Nuclear Energy Isn’t the Great Green Hope Yale Global Report Shows Darker Side of Globalization Cato The “Thickening” of Global Government Der Spiegel Europe Reacts to the New Treaty: 'Constitution in Drag' or 'Great Step Forward?' Son of a Preacher Man: Gordon Brown Prepares to Take Over the Reins CEPS Whole, free and integrated? A Transatlantic Perspective on the European Neighbourhood
The new deal, a good deal? University Channel The View From Palestine A conversation with Sari Nusseibeh, President, Al-Quds University CFR Energy Security: What It Means and How to Achieve It (Video) The FY2008 National Security Program: An Analysis of Future Trends Source: Center for Strategic Full Paper (PDF; 710 KB) & International Studies Center for Strategic & International Studies + Summer Wars in Lebanon? Still Losing? The June 2007 Edition of “Measuring Stability in Iraq” The Strategic Implications of the Palestinian Crisis Universal Compliance: A Strategy for Nuclear Security — With 2007 Report Card on Progress Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Full Text (PDF; 1.30 MB)
+ 2007 Report Card (PDF; 343 KB) Al-Qaeda Deputy Ayman Al-Zawahiri Calls on Hamas to Enforce the Shari'a in Gaza; Urges Mujahideen to Attack Zionist Interests Throughout the World IHT The EU needs a kick-out clause By CHRISTOPH MEYER Anticipating the worst may just be what the EU needs. Politicus: Europe settles for a cohesive disunion By JOHN VINOCUR A draft treaty on a European constitution acknowledges, sotto voce, that the region's transformation into a unified super-state must wait for another day. | FT France blocks Turkey eurozone talks The European Union is to extend membership talks with Turkey to two new policy areas or “chapters” but France has blocked talks on a third: economic and monetary union Daily Telegraph Turkey bombards Kurdish border villages The National Interest Getting it Right in Kurdistan by Camille Pecastaing Pakistan, Turkey and the Democracy Dilemma
Philip H. Gordon, E!Sharp NYT Turkish Entry Into Europe Slowed by Sarkozy Move OECD World Forum on Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies - Istanbul 27-30 June 2007 KRG's Oil Law Agreement With Baghdad IraqSlogger Iraq Papers Mon: the Kurdish Clause
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15'inci yılında KEİ ne kadar etkili. Kürşat Akyol araştırdı CSIS "The Role of the Black Sea Region in the Transatlantic Security Agenda." LISTEN TO THE EVENT KEİ, AB ile stratejik ilişki kurucak ERDAL ŞAFAK Putin'in hamleleri Karamanlis Gerilime neden olan faaliyetlerden kaçınılacak Türkiye ile Rusya, enerjide işbirliğini derinleştiriyor The Rise of a Sinister Russo-Turkish Axis
American Chronicle Sarkozy blocks economic and monetary policy, 7 members protest Hopes high, disputes still deep at BSEC KEİ Zirvesi enerji pazarlığına sahne oldu Yalçın Doğan Türkiye için pişirilen ortaklık "SİZ en iyisi Karadeniz’de kendi aranızda birlik olun". Ariana FERENTINOU [BSEC IS CELEBRATING 15TH ANNIVERSARY-3] Turkish-Russian energy cooperation by MARIA BEAT* Zirveye Rus-Türk çekişmesi damgası Türkiye enerjide by-pass edilemez 4 trilyon dolarlık dev ekonomi Sofraları ayırdılar Misafirlere ayıp ettik Hepimiz Karadenizliyiz Gül calls for joint effort to push BSEC forward Alla Yazkova Başlık kararı iletilecek AB, Fransa'nın itiraz engeline takılan "ekonomik ve parasal politika" başlığının müzakereye açılmaması ile ilgili kararını Hükümetlerarası Konferans'ta Türkiye'ye bildirecek IHT Sarkozy blocks key part of EU entry talks on Turkey By DAN BILEFSKY The move to block opening discussions on policy comes at a critical time for Turkey, which is pursuing difficult reforms required for EU membership during an election year. BBC France snubs Turkey on EU talks France prevents the EU starting membership talks with Turkey on economic and monetary policy. From Eurozine, ultra-nationalism is on the rise in Turkey. However, following the wave of protest at the murder of Hrant Dink, observers hoped prime minister Tayyip Erdogan would be forced to take action. Instead: nothing. That ought to be no surprise. After all, it is the State and not the government that runs Turkey. And what the State wants, the State gets. In Turkey, the military and the government are engaged in an all-out struggle for power. The country is deeply divided, and decidedly unstable. Turkish writer Ahmet Altan describes his country's paradoxes and warns of the potentially dire consequences.
RFERL Black Sea Summit Sees Some Signs Of Reconciliation DEİK'in enerji konferansı başlıyor Eni: Putin Türkiye'yi bölgedeki potansiyel müttefiki görüyor Türkiye'de sessiz devrim Hard work, effective team equals success Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media Neçirvan Barzani: PKK Türkiye'nin iç meselesidir Ordu, Erdoğan ve Kürd sorunundaki pazarlıklar
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Doğu’dan yükselen ‘Tayyip Baba’ sesleri Kalp krizi geçiren Orhan Doğan'ın durumu kritik PUK accused of assisting Turkey in Kidnapping PKK leaders ... PKK'lı teröristler yol kesip bağımsız adaylar için oy istedi Dağ Komando Okulu'na tur Teröristler bu kez tuzağı kuramadı String of events from Qubad's meeting to recent allegations ... IHT Condemning 'Chemical Ali' is not enough By AMIR AFKHAMI AND MICHAEL SOUSSAN In Irak, the conviction of Ali Hassan al-Majid does not absolve the international community from investing in the future of Kurdish town of Halabja. FT Anfal campaign WORLD NEWS: Six-months of murder A Milestone for Kurdistan By: Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman | The Guardian
Chemical Ali was found guilty of war crimes and genocide. The Kurdish people have waited two decades to see him brought to justice. Slate Dispatch From Halabja: "Chemical Ali" will swing, but survivors of the gassing are still waiting for their day in court. Zvika Krieger Peşmerge ordusu resmiyet kazandı Yumruğun arkasındaki kadife Güneydoğulu başkanlar ne düşünüyor? 13 yıllık Hizbullah davasından 10 müebbet çıktı 'Hoş geldin Çiğdem Abi' Mahvolmuş halkı görmeye geldiniz HAKAN ALBAYRAK “Fetihistan-Hamasistan” meselesi Salman Rüşdi'nin şövalyeliği
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Üyeliği engellemek için harekete geçti Aksiyon Seçimde unutulan Türkler Fransa düşmanca bir tutum içinde Sarkozy, AB yoluna ilk taşı koydu Hedefi unutma İsmet Berkan Hiç konuşmasak da bir hedefimiz var: AB üyeliği. Onların değil, bizim yaptığımız önemli... Murat Yülek Sarkozy’s ‘dirigiste liberalism’ in Brussels Hadi Uluengin Dolu AB, boş AB Sarkozy’den ilk darbe İlnur Çevik French moves signals troubles in the future
Deniz Gökçe AB’nin anayasası galiba olacak! Fikret Ertan Dondurulmuş ihtilaflar ve Kosova [Yorum - Prof. Dr. Beril Dedeoğlu] ABD ve Rusya'nın Kosova anlaşmazlığı Türk senatöre ’bırak’ baskısı Der Spiegel Midnight Express Revisited: Turkish Romance Ends in Prison for German Teen Alman basınında tuhaf yazılar Köln’de cami tartışması Yunan misafirler Patriknhane'de
Oktay Ekşi Kolonyal zihniyet... Ertuğrul Özkök Ölü spermler ve 'hikáye! German anger over boy, 17, in Turkish jail Germany's foreign minister to intervene in case of German schoolboy jailed over alleged sexual abuse. Kiss is trouble for German teen in Turkey United Press International Ermenistan: "Türkiye sınırı açmalı" Oskanyan 'Soykırımın tanınması ön koşulumuz değildir' Gül tells Armenia to solve its problems with Azerbaijan Berat Özipek Kıbrıs’ta gerginlik çıkaran kim? Abdullah Gül'ü savunmak
Perihan Mağden Elif Şafak Camdan gettolarda hayat Can Dündar Erkeksen... Taha AKYOL Mete Tunçay, hoş geldin Hasan CEMAL Sesimiz Baskın olsun! Oray Eğin Bir kadın gazetecinin portresi EMRE AKÖZ Sermaye, kültürünü arıyor ERGUN BABAHAN Abdülhamit'le üç karşılaşma Çocuğu olmayan kadını öldüren töreniz batsın Hangi gazete kaç sattı? Zeyno Baran'ın EQ'su kaç?
Nur Çintay A. Being in Turkey: Constant surprises Etyen Mahçupyan Hrant bizim duyarlılığımızdı Mahkeme, Ciner'i reddetti Sabah ve atv, TMSF'de kaldı Mahkeme, 'Hukuka aykırı durum yok' dedi, Ciner'in isteğini reddetti Bucak’ın danışmanı ve ‘kahyası’ da gözaltında 'Derin beşli'nin Mersin hatırası Emekli Albay Arslan gözaltında Bucak'ın JİT kimlikli şoförüne tutuklama Sabahattin ÖNKİBAR
YİMPAŞ, Kanal 7, Deniz Feneri'ndeki yolsuzluklar ve AKP BBC 26 Haziran 2007 Basın Özeti | H3 AKP Seçim Beyannamesi (pdf) Seçim beyannamelerinde dış politika... Muhalefet ne, AKP ne vaadediyor? Cumhuriyet gizli TSK raporunu yayınladı Genelkurmay'ın Irak sıkıntısı Üskül: Kelime değiştirip 61 Anayasası'nı getirelim Yeni bir Anayasa Turgut Tarhanlı Vatan K.Irak'taki Türk helikopterinin sırrı Emre Uslu Was the Hudson meeting a trap to generals? Ahmet Taşgetiren TSK ve halkla ilişkileri Ruşen Çakır DTP’nin 23 Temmuz sancısı Mustafa AKYOL Anketlerdeki uçurum güveni sarsıyor Türkan konuşmadı Hudson senaryosu Kürtleri de böldü Programların darboğazları... Korkmaz İlkorur Sami KOHEN AKP aynı yoldan 'devam' diyor AK Parti Seçim Beyannamesi gerçekçi
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| Plan to Capture and Kill Insurgents Fell Short of Goal, Officer Says Mideast Leaders Show Support for Abbas as Hamas Releases Tape of Israeli Editorial Honoring Rushdie Salman Rushdie’s knighthood raises the same question now that his work raised in 1989. Do we choose to live in a world that honors writers or in a world that kills them? | H5 Washington Post General: Iraqi Forces Far From Self-Sufficiency Troops Take Embattled Baqubah Bit by Bit, U.S. Commander Says Iraqi Youth Face Lasting Scars Conflict is exacting an immense, largely unnoticed psychological toll on children, youth The Real Iraq Debate By E. J. Dionne Jr., Quietly, the real debate over Iraq is beginning. If President Bush ignores it, it will pass him by. The War Over the War Karen DeYoung How the GOP Could Win By Richard Cohen, There are two ways to predict the winner of the 2008 presidential race: Check the polls or read some history A GOP Plan To Oust Cheney Cheney A Strong Push From Backstage Guiding Decision Making From the Back Stage Cheney's impact has been on public display in many arenas, but he has also been the unseen hand behind major domestic initiatives. Baghdad Blast Targets Sunni Tribal Leaders Bombings in Iraq Kill at Least 54 Insurgents Muster Their Forces Online: Radio Free Europe Report Describes Iraq Fighters' New Media Versatility Rice Breaks Ice With France's New Leaders Olmert Makes 'Gesture of Goodwill' At Summit in Egypt, Israeli Leader Pledges to Seek Release of 250 Palestinian Prisoners Israeli Soldier, on Tape, Pleads for Prisoner Swap A Year After Capture, Shalit Says He Needs To Be Hospitalized N. Korea Says Funds Issue Is Resolved Declaration says North Korea is ready to carry out agreement to shut down the reactor and allow inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency 'Angler' For Power By Eugene Robinson, President Dick Cheney? He would probably think of the Oval Office as a demotion. Iraqi Youth Face Lasting Scars of War Conflict's Psychological Impact on Children Is Immense, Experts Say | H6 Guardian The new world disorder Dominique Moisi The relative decline of America's global power and the increasing power of Russia and China has transformed the international system. Leader The danger of division Palestine: To expect that Mr Abbas will return from Sharm el-Sheikh when the summit ends later this week with a stack of concessions from Israel that might increase his standing among Palestinians is to be unduly optimistic. This is not a 1938 encore Ian Buruma: The idea that liberals are appeasing Islamism as once they did Hitler is a dangerous delusion. The real casus belli: peak oil
David Strahan: In a world of looming fuel shortage, Britain and the US formalised their energy fears with a war. From No 10 to the Middle East: Blair gets a new job Support from Bush leads to role as international envoy helping Palestinians Envoy? How about speechwriter? Steve Clemons: There are plenty of jobs at which Tony Blair might excel. But Middle East envoy isn't one of them. Trading places Victor Keegan Jun 25 07, 05:00pm: Why is Nicolas Sarkozy preaching the leftwing concept of protectionism, while competition is being championed by a Labour government in the UK? Chávez: be ready for war against US 'Journalism is my only weapon' Russian reporter Yelena Tregubova published a book criticising Putin's regime - and now she fears for her life. She talks to David Hearst. Zoellick confirmed as World Bank chief The World Bank's governing board has rubber-stamped the appointment of Robert Zoellick as its next president. |
| H7 Asia Times The strange story of MiG-31s for Syria
A Moscow business daily claims that Russia wants to sell top-of-the-line MiG-31 jet fighters to Syria. Previous reports of arms sales from this publication have to be taken with some skepticism, but the MiG-31 story has a ring of truth. The aircraft has special capabilities that make it ideal for countries worried about a US air assault - countries like Syria and Iran Daily Star Tony Blair, the last interventionist By David Rieff A man who helped push the Middle East into chaos By Michael Glackin McClatchy Nuclear weapons treaties: No nukes is good nukes BBC Have Your Say
What do you think is behind anti-American sentiment? Caught Between the Saint & the Suicide Bomber - Ralph Peters, USA Today Bush’s failed freedom agenda The Bush administration's aggressive ideological promotion of a link between unfettered capitalism and democracy is damaging the world and undermining the United States's own interests, argues Bob Burnett Gordon Brown's Foreign Policy - Oliver Kamm, The New Republic The Great Iraq Pseudo-Debate - Kurt Andersen, New York Magazine New republic Did the Bushes get to George Tenet? Why did a man who seemed so bent on cashing in put off writing his memoir--at a loss of some $2 million? by Patrick Tyler Washington Times China's double standard Frank J. Gaffney Jr. China is one of all too few investors who appreciate the strategic opportunities inherent in securing a foothold in Iraq today and are able to accept and mitigate the risks associated with doing business there. Asia Times Robert Gates, the Specialist by Roger Morris
| H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor The Sun Iranian forces 'crossed Iraqi border'... Rice: Mideast Violence Necessary for Democracy Iraq hotel bombing kills U.S. Sunni allies A U.S. ally in Iraq is murdered What Will Syria Do in Lebanon? (15 June 2007) A long haul
The struggle Western forces have with Afghanistan's Taleban Afghan opium production 'soars' Iraq: RFE/RL Report Examines Sunni-Insurgent Media Efforts Iran: Reformists Discern Hostility With Less Than A Year To Elections Spain voices resolve to fulfill UNIFIL mission UPI Analysis: UN new target in Lebanon?
Iran’s Domestic Gasoline Crisis Looms | H9 Ha’aretz – Analysis: Olmert steals back the thunder at Sharm summit Israel agrees to release 250 Fatah prisoners Akiva Eldar: Bush, one of the worst U.S. presidents for Israel Marcus Five comments on the situation Unless you take a step up in the direction of a final-status agreement, what good is a summit? All you do is march in place. Blues for the blue berets The locals in south Lebanon, the thinking goes, will be worried about clashing with the foreign forces because behind each battalion stands a world power. Such logic is flawless in the ivory tower of Harvard, but it won?t help if Syria makes do with a rocket war. Danny Rubinstein: The only chance to defeat Hamas Is there an alternative to a Palestinian state? Poll: Is Tony Blair the right man to be Mideast envoy? BBC Hamas is 'ready to talk' to Fatah A leader of the Palestinian faction Hamas says he is ready for talks with Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah. Hamas airs 'first Shalit message' Al-Qaeda seeks unity with Hamas Q&A: Palestinian embargo Tony Karon Cracks in the
Anti-Hamas Facade by Tony Karon Daily Star Olmert's summit gesture to Abbas was more insult than overture Resolution 194 may cut both ways for Palestinian refugees By Maurice Stroun Leverage in Hamastan - David Horovitz (Jerusalem Post) Is Al-Qaeda Threat Growing? - Yoram Schweitzer Getting Up Close and Personal with Hamas - Joel Brinkley Claude Salhani Hamas now rules Gaza, but as the saying goes, be careful what you wish for. The Palestinians Chose Nationalist Suicide - Fouad Ajami, US News & W Yedioth Ahronoth 'Fatah defeat an opportunity'
Olmert pledges release of 250 Fatah prisoners at Sharm el-Sheik summit, calls on regional leaders to strengthen Abbas, aid in renewing peace process. Returning to Israel Olmert's aides say ball is now in Abbas' court Does the Hamas takeover of Gaza portend the end of Palestine?
by Martin Peretz Jerusalem Post The Region: The fall of the house of Yasser
[ BARRY RUBIN Analysis: Pawns in a Palestinian power play Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Saudi Says No More Mediation between Palestinians Egyptian Gets Life on Israeli Spy Charge |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor 'Anbar model' under fire Four Iraqi Sheikhs tied to the US's anti-Al Qaeda plan were killed Monday in Baghdad. UN force to stay in Lebanon Lebanon appeals to peacekeepers after attack that killed six. Cheney's moves on secrecy stir storm over office's dual role The vice president argues his office is exempt from executive branch classified-data protocol. Opinion: Overseeing the executive branch Sarkozy's coming-out party on Darfur In a show of his new foreign policy objectives, the French president called a meeting Monday in an attempt to help bolster the international military presence in Darfur. CSM How China's support shields a regime called 'genocidal' Despite instability in the south and the crisis in Darfur, China continues to offer political and military backing. ASIA China Becomes World's Biggest Air Polluter - Peter Brookes, New York Post From American Heritage, forgotten but true: Japan attacks the American mainland. Joseph Nye on the rise of Liberal Japan. Japan as a Global Contributor: An essay on envisioning an expanded role in a world of militarism, global warming and multipolarity. Japan has rechristened the island of Iwo Jima, site of one of World War II’s most horrific battles, with its prewar name in an attempt to rectify a misnomer proliferated for a half-century. In China, Cash Carries the Weight: Despite Banking Strides, Credit Largely Shunned FT Editorial A risky election gambit in Taiwan The plan of the Democratic Progressive party to call for a referendum on whether Taiwan should try to join the UN under its own name is pointless. China insists on ‘tied aid’ in Africa The $5bn China-Africa Development Fund, portrayed by Beijing as economic assistance, will be used to invest exclusively in Chinese enterprises and their projects North Korean Nuclear Facility Could Be Disabled Before 2008 | H11 IHT Report calls on Europe to move on warming By STEPHEN CASTLE Europe must start work now to protect power stations, transport systems and agriculture from flooding, droughts, forest fires and landslides likely to be caused by global warming, according to the draft of a report due out this week. The EU needs a kick-out clause By CHRISTOPH MEYER Anticipating the worst may just be what the EU needs. Politicus: Europe settles for a cohesive disunion By JOHN VINOCUR A draft treaty on a European constitution acknowledges, sotto voce, that the region's transformation into a unified super-state must wait for another day. Condemning 'Chemical Ali' is not enough By AMIR AFKHAMI AND MICHAEL SOUSSAN In Irak, the conviction of Ali Hassan al-Majid does not absolve the international community from investing in the future of Kurdish town of Halabja. An honor worth defending
By AYAAN HIRSI ALI By knighting Salman Rushdie, the queen has honored the freedom of conscience and creativity cherished in the West. EUROPE European press review BBC The spin begins
How the EU foreign policy debate is being muddied
European Unity, Leadership on Climate Change By: Robert Kuttner | The Boston Globe
An EU divided on everything from farm subsidies to immigration, and reluctant to confront the United States over a war that most Europeans considered a disaster from the start, has found new unity and self-confidence on the issue of global climate change. All the President's Men By: Andrei Kolesnikov | Kommersant At the Balkan Energy Summit, which took place in the Croatian capital of Zagreb, the summit's participants attempted to find a compromise between ethical and political approaches to energy projects Italy tells Romania: We don't want your Roma
1,000 migrants a month arrive in Italian capital £20-a-week wages mean few are likely to go back. New Republic What's missing from the new EU treaty by Robert Lane Greene Washington Institute Banning Hizballah in Europe New Russian gas pipeline deal cuts through EU unity
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: Lessons for Eastern Europe and Central Asia | Speaker: Cheryl Gray, Director, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Department Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank; Aristomene Varoudakis, Country Manager, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank | H12 RFE/RL Russia’s Strategic Choices
Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Full Policy Brief (PDF; 198 KB) EDM SOUTH STREAM: GAZPROM’S NEW MEGA PROJECT
- PUTIN TAKES THE CASPIAN ROAD TO KENNEBUNKPORT
- RIVAL CASPIAN CANAL PROJECTS COMPETE FOR INVESTORS
Russia's Tango With Tehran By: M.K. Bhadrakumar | Asia Times
Russia realizes it may have overreached in its recent balancing act in the Middle East. It has treated Iran shabbily, to Washington's delight. Now, with Tehran beginning to "engage" Washington, Moscow realizes that it must get its act together with Iran, the regional power of growing consequence, or deal with the US from a position of weakness. Ukrainian Government Mired in Gridlock By: Melissa Hahn | The Power and Interest News Report
Two months into a constitutional crisis, the Ukrainian government seems to be on pause and has yet to emerge from the gridlock. Alternating periods of tenuous quiet and spikes of scandal have been followed by a flurry of response and re-posturing; the debacle now appears to be a multi-headed monster over which no player has meaningful control. From TLS, Putin's list: A review of Tony Wood's Chechnya: The case for independence; Gordon M. Hahn's Russia's Islamic Threat; Timothy Phillips' Beslan: The tragedy of school no. 1; and Anna Politkovskaya's A Russian Diary. After Turkmenbashi, Tajikmanbashi: Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov died in December, but Tajikistan's president is continuing the tradition of bizarre despotism in post-Soviet Central Asia. Google News Azerbaijan BBC Nato chief to hold Moscow talks Nato's secretary general will meet top officials in Russia, at a time of strained relations between the two sides. Russia warns US on missile plan Q&A: US missile defence From Red to Gray: The “Third Transition” of Aging Populations in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Source: World Bank
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| H13 The Times Blair 'to become world's man in the Middle East' Confirmation is likely today with agreement now close between the key powers of the US, Europe, Russia and the United Nations Too much haste about the peacemaker The speed with which Blair’s Mid-East role has been written has left ambassadors speechless Bronwen Maddox Al-Qaeda targets tribes in Baghdad hotel Conflict between Sunni Muslims and al-Qaeda erupts ferociously after a suicide bomber blows himself up among tribal sheikhs Sarkozy warns: 'Darfur silence kills' In a marked break with his predecessor, the new French president tries to rally efforts to halt the bloodshed in Darfur Pope restores Muslim link The pontiff restored a council that has dialogue with the Muslim world, it is seen as a sign his priotiry is interfaith dialogue Brown can handle the fallout from EU treaty My reading of the confusing 31 pages of conclusions of the draft EU treaty points to a messy series of compromises Peter Riddell French Connection Sarkozy deserves credit for taking action on Darfur Hostages forced to centre of Gaza power struggle Alan Johnston and Gilad Schalit appear in videos just hours apart as their roles as the pawns of militants become clearer Blair’s thoroughly modern journey Could new Labour have done more and done it faster? Of course. But politics is always a journey Philip Gould Referendum? Not our cup of tea If Brown believes a referendum is a bad idea, he should explain and be judged at the next election David Aaronovitch Will history be lost on the next No 10 occupant? Britain’s great universities have played a crucial role in the nation’s global success, and continue to enable Britain to succeed Gerard Baker Wall Street Journal The Truth About Guantanamo Proposals to treat detainees as criminal defendants make a mockery of international humanitarian law.
By JAMES TARANTO The Good Deal
A "reform treaty" that lets Europe move on.
By CHARLES GRANT The Summit of All Fears
Europe sells its soul for a new political treaty. The Real Deal
Unemployment was 20% five years into the New Deal. The Dow didn't recover until the 1950s. Why the reverence for FDR?
By AMITY SHLAES Iraqi Cabinet Approves Oil Law Draft | H14 Financial Times COMMENT: Spend on making wealth, not war In recent years US military spending has exceeded its foreign aid by more than 10 times, writes Anatol Lieven. COMMENT: Europe ditches clarity and embraces obfuscation The EU has finally abandoned the idea that it wants ordinary citizens to understand what it is doing, writes Gideon Rachman. WORLD NEWS: Putin woos Europeans with new gas pipeline COMMENT: Political lessons from the Blair era An unfortunate reaction to the Iraq war will be less humanitarian intervention, writes Philip Stephens. WORLD NEWS: Killing of Iraqi sheikhs may set back assault on strongholds WORLD NEWS: UN stands its ground in Lebanon Al-Qaeda tells Muslims to back Hamas Al-Qaeda’s second in command urged all Muslims to support Hamas with weapons and money now that the Palestinian Islamist group controlled the Gaza Strip. NATIONAL NEWS: Doubts over effectiveness of Blair as Mideast envoy Editorial Competition has served Europe well; Sarkozy has not The European Union’s leaders have moved in the wrong direction by dropping the clause on competition Lots of unknowns It is all a bit worrying. The Bank for International Settlements, the central bankers' central bank, thinks that "our understanding of econ-omic processes may even be... COMMENT: Why it is worthwhile teaching children well-being Passing on skills to promote happiness makes economic and educational sense, writes Anthony Seldon. Isolated Muslims in US a ‘threat’ The isolated role of Muslim Americans in the US is ‘a recipe for a national crisis’ and highlights the need for new Muslim organisations to bolster national security. Rice threatens to turn screw over Darfur Condoleezza Rice has warned Sudan of further sanctions if it fails to co-operate with international efforts to find peace in Darfur. World drug use coming under control, says UN Global efforts to combat the production and use of illicit drugs are succeeding in bringing drug abuse under control, the United Nations drugs agency says in a report... Market Insight: Carry trade threatens a deflationary global collapse COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: A cabinet of all the talents | H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial Good vs. Good in Darfur By: David Rieff | Los Angeles Times
The crisis in Darfur has exposed many fault lines. One of the cruelest is the emerging divide between the human rights activists grouped around the Save Darfur coalition in the U.S. (and S.O.S. Darfur in Western Europe) and the humanitarian workers in relief groups working on the ground in Darfur and across the border in Chad. |
| H19Military Intelligence Terrorism A review of 15 stars: Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall Three Generals Who Saved the American Century by Stanley Weintraub and Partners in Command: George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower in War and Peace by Mark Perry Jesus and jail
Should evangelical schemes enter the cells of US prisons? 6-Year Old Boy: Taliban Recruited Me to Bomb U.S. Troops... A-bombs, or the final particles of matter. “There are some things,” Niels Bohr said, “that are so serious that you can only joke about them”... more» Greetings from The Carnegie Conference [4]
| H20 Slate It's Time to Stop Channeling Angry Muslims - Christopher Hitchens, Slat
Dispatch From Halabja: "Chemical Ali" will swing, but survivors of the gassing are still waiting for their day in court. Zvika Krieger From the Carnegie Council, a review of Law, Politics, and Morality in Judaism, ed. by Michael Walzer, a review of Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny by Amartya Sen and Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers by Kwame Anthony Appiah, and a review of Are Women Human? And Other International Dialogues by Catharine A. MacKinnon. John Gray's apocalypse: A sceptic, a wit, and a very English thinker; is John Gray also the best theorist about our troubled world today? LRB I Contain Multitudes
Terry Eagleton: Bakhtin is Everywhere Mikhail Bakhtin: The Word in the World by Graham Pechey From Edge, Steven Pinker and Richard Dawkins on dangerous ideas A review of Nixon and Mao: The Week that Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan. | H21 Yes, the universe looks like a fix. But that doesn't mean that a god fixed it Paul Davies We will never explain the cosmos by taking on faith either divinity or physical laws. True meaning is to be found within nature. Scientologist Tom Cruise 'barred' from Germany German authorities has blocked a film production about a plot to kill Adolf Hitler because its star, Tom Cruise, is a Scientologist. “Money gives people the ability to buy their way out of life experiences.” So if you are rich, here’s how you buy your kids back in... more» Clive James 'There's much to be happy about, if only I wasn't so miserable'
Why Alexis de Tocqueville matters today
by Mark Lilla
From The New Yorker, a revisionist history of the Depression: John Updike reviews The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes (and more and more). Blogs We Love : Here are our favorite stops in the blogosphere, covering... the Editors of PC World (PC World) |
