| H1 Washington Post GOP Skepticism On Iraq Growing Key Senators Urge Reduction in Troops Beyond Politics on Iraq The following is adapted from a speech given Monday night on the floor of the Senate by Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee. An Exit to Disaster By Michael Gerson, Entering Iraq without an exit strategy was a mistake. Leaving without regard for the consequesnces would be a larger mistake. CIA Releases Files On Past Misdeeds Archive includes assassination plots, secret drug testing and wiretapping and spying on Americans The CIA’s Family Jewels Full Report Now Available Editorial Closing Guantanamo It's inevitable; better that Mr. Bush do it, while fixing the flawed legal system behind it. Military Pervades Pakistani Life Active-duty or retired officers occupy most key government jobs that are unrelated to defense Guardian When voting leads to violence Stephen Kinzer: The chaos that consumes Iraq and the rest of the Middle East show that there's a wrong way - and a right way- to foster democracy. From Dissent, a symposium on exporting democracy: What have we learned from Iraq? Daniele Archibugi, Seyla Benhabib, Paul Berman and others respond Financial Times COMMENT: Risks and rewards of today's unshackled global finance Are the modern financial markets creating huge dangers for the world economy? There are causes for concern, writes Martin Wolf. Editorial Gordon Brown’s day in the sun comes at last The defection of a Tory MP crowns a good period for the chancellor: a smooth handover has indeed taken place Pessimism mounts at US Iraq strategy President George W. Bush has said Congress must wait until September before it gets the military’s assessments of whether the 30,000 troop surge is working. COMMENT: America and Russia need trade not tirades The understanding that characterises their commercial relations is in striking contrast to their political disharmony, write Michael Klein of Citi Markets & Banking and Andrei Kostin of VTB Bank. Heritage Foundation Twelve Principles to Guide US Energy Policy
CFR What Model Should Iraq Follow after US Forces Withdraw? Christian Science Monitor Competing visions for Palestinians While the Israelis and US want to isolate Hamas, some Arab states see need for Palestinian unity. Iraq, Baquba, Arrowhead Ripper, and the Real Elements of “Victory”� Source: Center for Strategic & International Studies Full Paper (PDF; 55 KB) Daily Telegraph Editorial Exit Blair, choreographed to final curtainIf the Blair era has been marked by anything, it is the triumph of image over substance. Asia Times India poised uncertainly for power What is India's next step now that it is an acknowledged emerging power? It can serve as a shining social and economic example for South Asia and the rest of the world, but only if it can avoid becoming a prisoner of its neighborhood and continue to finesse the likes of China and the US. - John Feffer China Aims For Bigger Share of South Asia's Water Lifeline By: Brahma Chellaney | The Japan Times Water has emerged as a key issue that could determine whether Asia is headed toward mutually beneficial cooperation or deleterious interstate competition. No country could influence that direction more than China. Hamish McRae: We are getting richer, but more insecure and cynical about politicians. What can be done? IHT Bulgaria and Romania face EU rebuke on crime and corruption Though neither nation will face special sanctions, officials will make it clear that both countries need to intensify efforts to rein in bribery, criminal networks and contract killings. Weekly Standard Lugar's Plan B
It's just wrong. by Fred Barnes Washington Institute In the Wake of the Hamas Coup: Rethinking America's 'Grand Strategy' for the New Palestinian Authority Hamas's military takeover of Gaza is a clarifying act of violence that should trigger a careful reassessment of U.S. relations with the Palestinians. Robert Satloff writes. Amitai Etzioni Foreign Policy After Bush CFR Surge Faltering, Iraq’s Future Again at Issue Understanding Our Operations in Iraq - David Kilcullen, SmallWarsJournal OpenDemocracy Gordon Brown: an intellectual without an intelligentsia Gordon Brown's Foreign Policy - Oliver Kamm, The New Republic The West is Losing World War IV - Newt Gingrich, Washington Times Don't Punt on Iran - Peter Schweizer, USA Today Tony Karon A Playground Lesson for Bush | H2 FT The city where Turkey’s republic lost its way The shift from the secular left to the religiously conservative right that characterises Turkish politics in recent decades is evident in Sivas. Morgan Stanley Turkey Voting for the Future by Serhan Çevik Turkish voters will not just choose a new government — they will also decide the country’s future. Strategic voting is likely to become widespread and alter political preferences. Economic performance supports the AK Party, but there are other factors influencing voters. A single-party government is still possible, but the likelihood of coalition is not negligible. PKK Introduces Use of IEDs Against Turkish Targets - Global Terrorism Analysis Ilan Berman Türkiye'nin İran politikası ABD ilişkisini de belirleyecek IHT EU pipeline project loses momentum By JUDY DEMPSEY The Nabucco pipeline proposed in 2002 by the European Commission may be endangered by another project with similar intent, initiated by Eni of Italy and Gazprom of Russia. Reuters FEATURE-Tensions, fear pervade Iraqi-Turkish border NYT Pointing to Stability, Kurds in Iraq Lure Investors The Kurdish region of Iraq is hoping to challenge Dubai as the Middle East’s main transportation and business hub. Ross Wilson Remarks to the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Summit, Istanbul, (June 25, 2007) KEİ'de Putin oyunu Court Rejects Orthodox Patriarch Status EU roadblocks to membership irritate Turkey Analysis: Turkey's energy future Intelligence officers confirm Kissinger role in Turkish invasion AKP Türkiye'nin yeni orta yolu HASAN HANEFİ – Cheney Must Prevent US-Turkey War
The Conservative Voice Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media VOA 'Kerkük Irak'ın Kırılma Noktası'Irak Türkmen Cephesi Başkanı Saadettin Ergeç Mahmur kampı büyüyor PKK kampını genişletiyor 'Örgüt, bombalı eylemleri üstlenmeme kararı aldı' Mayınların yüzde 70’ini komandolar imha ediyor 'Patlayıcıların çoğu bulunuyor' Genelkurmay, askerlerin iyi eğitilmediği ve mayına karşı yeterli önlem alınmadığı iddialarını yanıtlamak için basın turu yaptı China Inc. is developing a bad brand image
PKK'ya karşı yüksek teknoloji ürünü silahlar kullanılacak 'PKK'ya karşı İsrail'den casus uçak kiralandı' 'Maliki kısa vadede gelemez' CNN TÜRK'e açıklamalarda bulunan Irak hükümet sözcüsü Ali El Debbağ, Irak Başbakanı'nın Ankara'ya planlanmış bir ziyareti olmadığını belirtti. İBRAHİM KARAGÜL Hak davası ile kan davasını karıştırmak İsmail Küçükkaya “İşte Mehmetçik’i böyle yetiştiriyoruz” Yavuz Baydar A new era for our Kurds? 'Mehmetçik eğitiliyor' mesajı Asker eğitilmiyor mu? DTP AKP ‘Beyaz Türk’ olmadığını göstersin
Ahmet Türk'ten Baykal'a bölücülük suçlaması Erdoğan: 'Kürt kökenlilerin temsilcisi PKK olamaz' Baykal: "K. Irak terörü bitmezse, terör bitmez" PKK’ya karşı İsrail’den casus uçak kiralandı K.Irak'a elektrikte indirime soruşturma Komando okulu kapılarını basına açtı ComingAnarchy Iraqi Kurdistan: The End of Turkey's EU Dreams? Turkey must exploit oil routes from Iran & Iraq Ilnur Cevik Altemur KILIÇ
Raporlar, hayaller ve gerçekler Örgütten kaçan PKK'lı yakalandı PKK ininde G-3 bulundu TÜRKMENLERDEN ABD ATAĞI.. Yine mayınlı kalleşlik: 2 şehit Kurdish government approves draft oil, gas law New America-Kurdistan Friendship League Name of Kurdistan Peshmerga Forces changed Talabani Arrives in Tehran for Talks A milestone for Kurdistan Kurdistan Regional Government Kimyasal Ali’yi Kürtler asacak PKK yol kesip propaganda yaptı Kirkuk photo album A Kurdish reader shares snapshots of his hometown Kurdistan besieged by refugees Corruption Smothers Oil Industry in Iraq
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Şehit ere Kürtçe ağıtlar Türk Genelkurmay’ı, Cemil Bayık ve Murat Karayılan’ın “kaçırılma planını” yalanladı ''Barzani, Çevik Aracılığıyla Türkiye'ye Mesaj Göndermedi'' Türk ordusu olmasa ''PKK de kuruyup gidecek''
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France Blocks Start of Turkey Eurozone Talks By: Lucia Kubosova | EU Observer Despite earlier plans by the German EU presidency to open talks on three EU integration areas with Turkey by the end of June, European diplomats have given the red light to talks with Ankara on the eurozone rules chapter, following opposition from France. Amanda Akçakoca A window of opportunity for Cyprus in 2008? Steinmeier reminds Sarkozy: Agreements will be honored Yargıtay: Ekümeniklik iddiasının temeli yok Yargıtay: Patrikhane ekümenik olamaz Global Flood By: Andrei Kolesnikov | Kommersant The Black Sea Economic Cooperation organization (BSEC) held a summit yesterday in Istanbul. Vladimir Putin, who had spent the previous day in Zagreb, tempting his colleagues at the Balkan Energy Summit with gas, to continue his pitch in Istanbul as well. Barçın Yinanç Putin'den Sezer'e Rus şirketlerine ayrımcılık sitemi Nuray Başaran Eski düşman, yeni dost Rusya Metin MÜNİR Doğalgazda değişen dünya düzeni ve Türkiye (1) Energy minister says Trans-Caspian route Turkey's ideal KKTC’s Soyer orders probe into corruption claims İsrafil KUMBASAR
Rusya, Karadeniz'de liderliği ele geçiriyor, Türkiye ne yapıyor? Türkiye euro'daki haritaya da giremedi Mehmet Altan Sarkozy’yi kuşatmak... Hadi Uluengin Tekrar ve daima AB US supports diversification of gas sources in Eurasia by 2020 Volkan Akı Enerjide satranç oyunu Papa, İslam’la diyalog kararını Türkiye’de aldı Ekümenik değil azınlık kilisesi Ermeni bakanın Maraş özlemi! Mensur Akgün Akıllardaki gettolar İlhan Selçuk MHP’ye övgüler yağdırdı Şemdinli davasında şimdi de hâkimler hakkında inceleme başlatıldı Şemdinli hâkimlerine bakandan habersiz inceleme Şemdinli davası hakimlerine inceleme 'Şemdinli' yargıçlarına inceleme Şemdinli'de keşiften vazgeçildi Muzaffer tekin operasyonunda şok gelişme Bir cephanelik de Eskişehir’de
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Istanbul Won't Hold Live Earth Concert BBC 27 Haziran 2007 Basın Özeti | H3 Cengiz Çandar 22 Temmuzlu sorular, spekülasyonlar, varsayımlar Mayınlı tuzağa elektronik önlem
Murat Yetkin From the Archive Secrecy News Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2005 U.S. Army field manual (excerpt, pdf). Cumhuriyetimizin kurucu ilkeleri kutuplaşmayı çözer - 1 ÖZDEM SANBERK Yüzbaşıdan sonra binbaşı bombası! Eskişehir'de Ümraniye uzantılı cephanelik ev Emekli binbaşının ’cephanelik’ evi İstanbul ve Bursa’dan sonra ev baskınlarına dün Eskişehir ve Ankara da eklendi. Saldırıdan önce sürpriz buluşma 'Gülaltay beni tehdit ediyor' diye şikayette bulunan Feride G ve eşi Muzaffer G'den şok iddialar: "Danıştay saldırısından 2 gün önce Gülaltay ve Muzaffer Tekin 3 kişiyle toplantı yaptı. İşyerine Alparslan Arslan da geliyordu. Saldırı gecesi internet sitesinden bazı isimler silindi." Mayına karşı ’cep’ yasası Taha AKYOL Teröre karşı komando Fikret BİLA Önce 'Eğirdir', sonra 'Güneydoğu' İç güvenlik çabaları M.Ali Kışlalı
367 gerekçesi 58 gün sonra açıklandı ‘Cumhurbaşkanı mutlaka ulusal uzlaşmayla seçilmeli’
Bir seçim anketi daha! Yüzde 40 rejimden endişeli Ertuğ Yaşar Take off Senaryosu Şamil Tayyar Sınır berisi operasyon Sami KOHEN MHP'nin 'lider ülke' ülküsü Taha Kıvanç Günlük'ten Fehmi Koru İstismarda sınır yok ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Seçim sonrası kaygısı… NAZLI ILICAK Güçler kavgası ve memleket menfaati Ali Bulaç Değere dayalı müzakereci siyaset Ertuğrul Özkök Kız mı yalancı, oğlan mı Ahmet Hakan Bir köşe yazarı oy verecek parti arıyor
M Ali Birand Liberal Parti, YSK’dan şikayetçi Cüneyt Ülsever Rusya ne yapmaya çalışıyor? Savaş SÜZAL Ortak nokta, ekmek yedikleri eli ısırmak Erhan Çelik Amerikan Büyükelçisi askeri helikopterle Kuzey Irak sınırında! Ben yüzde 43'lük filan bir hava görmüyorum Haluk Şahin [Yorum - Prof. Dr. İhsan Dağı] Militarizme karşı nasıl bir dış politika? Methmet Y Yılmaz Başbakan’ın ’siyaset dersi’ alması gerek Özdemir İnce AKP’nin ajanı Joost Lagendijk Sadi SOMUNCUOĞLU
AB, bu AKP’yi "koruyup kollamaz" mı? Din, diyanet aleyhtarlığı kime yarar?
Avni Özgürel Güneri CIVAOĞLU 'Kısa anayasa' mı dediniz? Onur Öymen: Amerika ile sağlıklı diyalog kurulması lazım Bülent Keneş What are the AK Party and the CHP promising in foreign policy? Askerin 'çıkın' emri arbedeye dönüştü Teğmeni yumruklayan TOKİ danışmanı ve müşavirine g Oktay Ekşi Bildirgeler... Tufan Türenç Müslüman cumhurbaşkanı propagandası... Şakir Süter Yeni anayasa seçim-partiler [Yorum - Haluk Özdalga] Ülkeyi bekleyen tehlike! Hakan Aygün Sabah-atv'yi kim alacak? Gül: "Çankaya benim değil, milletin olacak" Teğmene yumruk Mehmet BARLAS Özal-Demirel olmuş ya da Sezer-Erdoğan olmuş ne fark eder ki? Aklı olan sol seçmen AK Parti'ye oy verir Tamer Korkmaz Maçın Sonucu Mustafa Ünal Seçim havası Demokrat Parti’de liste depremi sürüyor Kabus dönüyor
Serdar Turgut Siyasi Phoenix Meral TAMER Lütfullah Kayalar ile CHP seçim otobüsünde... İkili sürpriz yaşanabilir Don't Underestimate Independents By: Yusuf Kanli | The Turkish Daily News
Turkey is heading towards an election but the nation appears still unaware of it. There is no excitement. Unlike past elections, there is total ambiguity, except for a strong anticipation that the ruling Justice and Development Party will maintain its leading status. Nasuhi Güngör Cari açığa çözüm demokrasi Opposition parties pledge ‘honorable' foreign policy ‘To whom does the public vote belong?’ by NACİ BOSTANCI* Ege Cansen Yaşayan hayalet Carry trade balonu gizli tehlike, sönerse Türkiye'de cari açık fırlar, lira düşer Hurşit GÜNEŞ Enflasyon düşüyor ama hayat hâlâ pahalı Nasreddin Hoca ve vergi bilinci
Metin Ercan Ekonominin sorunları Mustafa Aysan İ.Hüseyin Yıldız Nasıl bir açık ekonomi Eser Karakaş İstihdam yapısının değişimi ve seçimler Salih Neftçi Derinlerde bir şeyler mi oluyor? Ercan Kumcu Erdal Sağlam Telekom zammı iptali faturaya yansırsa revizyonla enflasyon yükselecek DOĞAN HOLDİNG KARINI YÜZDE 50 ARTIRDI Honda to make Turkey its base |
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The Whole World Is Watching The blogosphere has made the global discussion so much richer — and each of us so much more transparent. MAUREEN DOWD W. Learns From Students A group of Presidential Scholars surprised President Bush by slipping him a letter pleading with him not to let America become known for torture. Editorial The Which Blair Project In 10 years as prime minister, Tony Blair, who leaves office today, transformed Britain in positive ways and revitalized his Labor Party. Our Family Hostage Crisis By SHAUL BAKHASH My wife, Haleh Esfandiari, and two other Iranian-Americans, have been held in solitary confinement at Tehran’s Evin prison since early May. U.S. Investigates Saudi Deal for British Arms, Company Says Editorial Gitmos Across America The Senate immigration bill that is lumbering toward final passage is overloaded with provisions that will make life harsher and more unfair for immigrants. | H5 Washington Post GOP Skepticism On Iraq Growing Key Senators Urge Reduction in Troops Beyond Politics on Iraq The following is adapted from a speech given Monday night on the floor of the Senate by Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee. An Exit to Disaster By Michael Gerson, Entering Iraq without an exit strategy was a mistake. Leaving without regard for the consequesnces would be a larger mistake. CIA Releases Files On Past Misdeeds Archive includes assassination plots, secret drug testing and wiretapping and spying on Americans Editorial Closing Guantanamo It's inevitable; better that Mr. Bush do it, while fixing the flawed legal system behind it. Military Pervades Pakistani Life Active-duty or retired officers occupy most key government jobs that are unrelated to defense House Report Faults Pentagon Accounting of Iraqi Forces Iraqi Minister Sought in Assassination Attempt A View From Watergate The Keeper of Secrets Earned His Reputation By Bob Woodward, "Mr. Helms instructed me to restrict knowledge of the existence of the letter to an absolute minimum number of people." Keeping an Eye on Communism When a young analyst of Soviet affairs named Melvin A. Goodman started work at the CIA in 1966, he was ushered into a room to read special collections of reports on the Soviet Union and China. His bosses "thought this was the best work the CIA had produced at the time," Goodman said yesterday of the... Amending Environmental Laws to Benefit Business Cheney steered policy decisions to open public parks to snowmobiles, ease air pollution controls and divert river water from threatened salmon Rules? For Fools. By Ruth Marcus Let's admit it: We in the media haven't had this much fun with Vice President Cheney since he shot a man in the face and neglected, for a while, to tell the boss. And let's admit: Like that episode, this one doesn't matter much on its own. Senate Revisits Immigration Bill Foes Vow to Kill Measure Within Days A United Call to Fight Warming Blair, Schwarzenegger Push Global Leaders for Action Iran Cited Over Execution of Minors 71 Child Offenders Are on Death Row, According to Rights Group | H6 Guardian When voting leads to violence Stephen Kinzer: The chaos that consumes Iraq and the rest of the Middle East show that there's a wrong way - and a right way- to foster democracy. CIA hired gangster to kill Castro Details of plot outlined in 702-page dossier which reveals illegal activities up to 1973. Record opium crop in Afghanistan Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on the verge of becoming world's biggest drugs supplier Republicans attack Bush over Iraq Influential senator says the military surge begun in February has little chance of success. Matthew Yglesias: A Republican defection? The most respected Republican senator on foreign-policy breaks with Bush on Iraq. Well, maybe ... at least rhetorically. Pinch yourself: today Tony Blair will go out with his head held high Jonathan Freedland: The debacle of Iraq ought to have made a dignified exit impossible. But if his departure is bizarre, so too is Brown's arrival. Blair's final decision was to deny the public its choice Simon Jenkins: The issue is not whether the Brussels treaty is good or bad for Britain, but that the country deserves a referendum. Delayed action Anna Di Lellio Jun 26 07, 08:00pm: The decision on Kosovo's future has been postponed. There is now time to structure a better deal for Serbia, but will justice be served to Kosovo's war victims? Adding insult to injury Soumaya Ghannoushi Jun 26 07, 08:30pm: Tony Blair's appointment as Middle East envoy risks wiping out whatever is left of Britain's standing in the Arab world. Leader Transatlantic justice The anti-corruption probe by the US Department of Justice into BAE Systems will now put the firm through the mill in the very market that is central to its commercial strategy. The Real Test For Gordon Brown By: John McDonnell | The Guardian
Will Brown's first 100 days be a publicity bang but a policy whimper? Blair exits as new era begins with Tory defection Outgoing PM to resign from parliament today as Brown engineers first victory over Cameron. |
| H7 From Dissent, a symposium on exporting democracy: What have we learned from Iraq? Daniele Archibugi, Seyla Benhabib, Paul Berman and others respond An interview with Ted Galen Carpenter of the Cato Institute on engaging Iran. NRO FRANK J. GAFFNEY JR.: We cannot afford to rush to pull out of Iraq. “Dunkirk in the Desert” Workers of Iran unite under a new leader Gulf News By Amir Taheri, Washington Times Iraq's September diagnosis Tony Blankley A town full of Dr. Kevorkians James A. Lyons Jr. Gen. David A. Petraeus now has the wherewithal not only to clear areas in Baghdad but to seal off those parts of the provinces where al Qaeda and the insurgents have fled to corner and kill them. The CIA’s Family Jewels Full Report Now Available CIA releases 'family jewels' on misconduct...
Papers that set off scandal...
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Experts Examine... Times: Eavesdropping today dwarfs CIA portrayed in family jewels New CIA docs link Kissinger to two 1970s coups Boston Globe Editorial Breaking the code of secrecy Asia Times THE GATES INHERITANCE, Part 3 The world that Bob made The new US secretary of defense travels the American world, to Kabul and Baghdad in particular, where he frets about Tehran - only to find himself confronting the consequences of the misdeeds of his younger self. In the first two parts of this three-part series, Roger Morris covered the world and spy agency that "made Bob". Now, he turns to the world that Bob made. It's a tale of terror bombs and secret plots, of internecine warfare within the CIA and in the Hindu Kush. The Economist Highs and lows An alternative annual report on the narcotics industry The Poisoned Chalice: A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper on the Decision of the Iraqi High Tribunal in the Dujail Case Source: Human Rights Watch From press release: View in sections or download full report (PDF: 197 KB) Foreign Policy The Ideology of Development Weekly Standard Islamic Follies
A conference at the Woodrow Wilson Center demonstrates the problems with modern "dialogues."
by Stephen Schwartz | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor US Papers Wed: Summer of GOP Discontent
Lugar calls for withdrawal, opens door for other Republicans U.S. offers to host future meetings of Iraqis opposed to al Qaida BBC Protests at Iran fuel rationing A petrol station is set on fire in Tehran, after a surprise Iranian government move to ration petrol. Iran calls halt to petrol imports Iran: Energy overview Country profile: Iran 'Al-Qaeda raid' row
Villagers bitterly dispute US account of deadly Iraq air raid Daily Star Time for Hizbullah to remove any doubts about its priorities A peace envoy whom we can do without By Rami G. Khouri Don't expect Palestinian-Israeli peace anytime soon By Yossi Alpher Resolution 194 May Cut Both Ways For Palestinian Refugees By: Maurice Stroun | The Daily Star In the course of the 1948-1949 Arab-Israeli war, about 700,000 Arabs were either expelled by the Israelis from territory it held or left their homes at the request of the Arab states. As Khaled al-Azm, then prime minister of Syria, recalled in his 1973 memoirs, "Since 1948 we have been demanding that the refugees return to their homes. ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT BRIEFING After the bomb Six UN peacekeepers are killed in Lebanon New Era for Iran's Private Sector By: Kamal Nazer Yasin | ISN Security Watch
An important realignment within Iran's pre-eminent private sector organization may herald the beginning of a new phase in state-capital relations. Asia Times Fast and furious with the Taliban
British patrols in Helmand province have developed "get in, get out" tactics that rely on speed and mobility to tackle the Taliban. In turn, the insurgents have changed their approach to reduce the number of head-on contacts. Caught in the middle, a worrying number of civilians are being killed. - Jason Motlagh Washington Institute U.S. Efforts against Terrorism Financing: A View from the Private Sector Tripartite Iran-US-Iraq talks to be discussed: Mostafavi Iran Invites UN Atomic Agency Inspectors to Tehran (Update1) The Danger of a US Attack on Iran…And the Need to Resist
| H9 Ha’aretz - UN report: Lebanon-Syria border open to weapons smuggling Russian FM says weapons sales to Syria are strictly controlled Rosner Look who's the better party on Israel now... Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Yedioth Ahronoth Exclusive interview with Mubarak Abbas wants Jordanian help Palestinian president asks Israel for permission to deploy Jordanian troops in West Bank 'Gaza a microcosm of Iraq' Giuliani warns against leaving Iraq, pledges to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons Jerusalem Post Bolton: Bush 'doesn't see sanctions can't stop Iran now' Ex-UN ambassador tells 'Post' military force may be only hope, US clinging to failed strategy; says he's "very worried" for Israel. For a nuclear-free world
[ UK FOREIGN SECRETARY MARGARET BECKETT Analysis: Russia's energy approach bad for Israel Washington Institute In the Wake of the Hamas Coup: Rethinking America's 'Grand Strategy' for the New Palestinian Authority Hamas's military takeover of Gaza is a clarifying act of violence that should trigger a careful reassessment of U.S. relations with the Palestinians. Robert Satloff writes. Who Killed Palestine? By: Bret Stephens | The Wall Street Journal Bill Clinton did it. Yasser Arafat did it. So did George W. Bush, Yitzhak Rabin, Hosni Mubarak, Ariel Sharon, Al-Jazeera and the BBC. The list of culprits in the whodunit called "Who Killed Palestine?" is neither short nor mutually exclusive. Asia Times Finding lessons in Gaza's bloodshed The Fatah-Hamas strife is a decades-old tragedy. But it need not be endlessly replayed if ordinary Palestinians are given a free voice - not one dictated by the US and Israel. - Ramzy Baroud An interview with Hamas co-founder Mahmoud Zahar: "We will try to form an Islamic society", and an article on how to deal with Hamas. The Hamas blitzkrieg (By Walid Phares) Al Awsat Should Hamas be Left Alone? : Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed New Republic Tony Blair will make a good Middle East envoy
by Oliver Kamm The real roots of the crisis in Gaza
by the Editors
Nazi Eichmann's Phony Passport Discovered in Argentine Files Israel intelligence chief warns country on brink of war |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor Competing visions for Palestinians While the Israelis and US want to isolate Hamas, some Arab states see need for Palestinian unity. What to read on Iraq Monitor Middle East correspondents Scott Peterson, Dan Murphy, and Jill Carroll recommend the best books on the Iraq war. Britain's new prime minister set on putting 'B' back in British As Gordon Brown takes over from Tony Blair Wednesday, he's focused on improving the country's social cohesion. Opinion: What America owes the Iraqis China takes up civic work in Africa China sends 1,273 peacekeepers to Africa to build roads, set up clinics and patrol villages ASIA Asia Times India poised uncertainly for power What is India's next step now that it is an acknowledged emerging power? It can serve as a shining social and economic example for South Asia and the rest of the world, but only if it can avoid becoming a prisoner of its neighborhood and continue to finesse the likes of China and the US. - John Feffer China Aims For Bigger Share of South Asia's Water Lifeline By: Brahma Chellaney | The Japan Times
Water has emerged as a key issue that could determine whether Asia is headed toward mutually beneficial cooperation or deleterious interstate competition. No country could influence that direction more than China. PINR "Why China Will Not Cave to Pressure over Trade Imbalance"
Full text of report Drezner China Inc. is developing a bad brand image
China's Double Standard By: Frank J. Gaffney Jr. | The Washington Times 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. Japan, China End Talks on Gas Field Dispute Without Agreement By: Hector Forster and Yuji Okada | Bloomberg News
Japan said the ninth round of talks with China in Tokyo today over disputed natural gas fields in the East China Sea ended without any agreement. Musharraf Loses Ability to Maneuver After Pakistani Protests By: Khalid Qayum and Anthony Spaeth | Bloomberg News
Four months of street protests have eroded Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's popular support, threatening his plans to get re-elected while keeping control of the military, the key to his power. Taiwan’s Politics are Growing Up By: Stephen Vines | The Asia Sentinel
Next year’s presidential elections may make Taiwan look like a real country after all. | H11 IHT A bit more unity for the EU Even with all the wrangling at the summit meeting, the European Union is finally putting its enlarged house in order. Bulgaria and Romania face EU rebuke on crime and corruption
By STEPHEN CASTLE AND DAN BILEFSKY
Though neither nation will face special sanctions, officials will make it clear that both countries need to intensify efforts to rein in bribery, criminal networks and contract killings. New British chancellor of the Exchequer to inherit debt and high interest rates Gordon Brown bequeaths his new government a strong economy but one burdened by rising debt and high interest rates. Averting water wars in Asia By BRAHMA CHELLANEY Water has emerged as a key issue that could determine if Asia is headed toward cooperation or competition. EUROPE European press review Moving ahead at last Joschka Fischer The EU has reached an agreement and sidestepped catastrophe - but only just. Celebrations must wait until the treaty is ratified. BBC New EU states attacked over graft The European Commission will criticise newest members Bulgaria and Romania for failing to curb corruption. Bulgarian EU enthusiasm wanes Country profile: Romania Country profile: Bulgaria Mardell's Euroblog
The new treaty takes on a life of its own, defying interpretation Le Monde La diplomatie Sarkozy, par Daniel Vernet Ha’aretz When Europe quacksIf all goes as planned, the new EU treaty will come into force by the beginning of 2009. It will bring Europe closer than ever to the fulfillment of its political union. Der Spiegel SPIEGEL ONLINE Interview with Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker: 'Merkel Fought Like a Lioness' | H12 RFE/RL EDM VORONIN-PUTIN NEGOTIATIONS IN END GAME AHEAD OF PUTIN-BUSH SUMMIT
- U.S.-BORN POLITICIAN RESHAPES ARMENIAN OPPOSITION CAMP
- TURKMENISTAN AND IRAN STRENGTHEN RELATIONS Caucasus: Armenian-Azerbaijani Soccer Matches Canceled Google News Azerbaijan FT REPORT - KAZAKHSTAN: A pragmatic reliance on Russia - for now FT REPORT - KAZAKHSTAN: Securing stability on the steppes FT REPORT - KAZAKHSTAN: A breakneck pace of expansion FT REPORT - KAZAKHSTAN: State company to become gatekeeper to oilfields EurasiaNet Turkmenistan: Temporary Pipeline Delay or Fundamental Problem?
Could there be trouble in energy paradise? It looks like it. In May, it seemed like Russia and Turkmenistan had become partners for eternity after the two countries agreed on a deal to refurbish and expand the Prikaspiisky natural gas pipeline. Now, it appears Ashgabat is having second thoughts, or is up to its old tricks. Form Dissent, an essay on the Russian conundrum: Growing economy, failing society. Wait till the Kremlin starts buying our stocks: Sebastian Mallaby on the next globalization backlash BBC Nato urges calm in Russia dispute Nato's chief calls on the West and Russia to tone down their rhetoric in their row over defence and Kosovo. NATO secretary general: “I don’t think the radar station in Gabala would eliminate all risks of missile launches from exile states” HIV/AIDS in Russia: determinants of regional prevalence Source: International Journal of Health Geographics Full Paper (PDF; 294 KB) |
| H13 The Times EU slams Bulgaria over organised crime failure European Commission warns Bulgaria over its failure to fight organised crime and high-level corruption, The Times learns Papers show how CIA hired Mafia to hit Castro The CIA worked with top Mafia mobsters in a botched attempt to assassinate the Cuban President Fidel Castro with poisoned pills Sarkozy's battle for university reform Under threat of an uprising to rival that of 1968 President Sarkozy considers entrance selection, fees and private funding China and money are keys to Darfur The past two years are a chronicle of failed peace talks, running up against the same obstacles Bronwen Maddox Mixed welcome awaits Blair's new role Too Soon to Potter About Blair is right to seek another siginificant role in public life Wall Street Journal Immigration and the GOP
How to make Republicans a minority party once again The Truth About Guantanamo By: James Taranto | The Wall Street Journal
Proposals to treat Guantanamo detainees as criminal defendants make a mockery of international humanitarian law. | H14 Financial Times COMMENT: Risks and rewards of today's unshackled global finance Are the modern financial markets creating huge dangers for the world economy? There are causes for concern, writes Martin Wolf. Editorial Gordon Brown’s day in the sun comes at last The defection of a Tory MP crowns a good period for the chancellor: a smooth handover has indeed taken place Pessimism mounts at US Iraq strategy President George W. Bush has said Congress must wait until September before it gets the military’s assessments of whether the 30,000 troop surge is working. COMMENT: America and Russia need trade not tirades The understanding that characterises their commercial relations is in striking contrast to their political disharmony, write Michael Klein of Citi Markets & Banking and Andrei Kostin of VTB Bank. Cheney in the eye of secrecy storm He fought to prevent environmentalists from discovering how often the oil and natural gas industry was consulted over energy policy, ordered the Secret Service to destroy visitor logbooks at his official residence, and he refuses to disclose the names or size of his staff Austria renegotiates Eurofighter deal Typhoon order cut from 18 to 15 less advanced fighter jets in a compromise that avoids the threat of cancellation EU rushes to get new treaty set in stone The European Union is planning to rush its rewritten constitutional treaty on to the statute book at breakneck speed, with only Ireland certain to put thecontroversial... WORLD NEWS: Gulf banks seek a wider regional role IMF economist paints bright eurozone picture The strength of the economic upswing in the 13-country region continues to surprise, with a restructuring process that is paying off, says Simon Johnson COMMENT: Home is where the votes are The public does not want more New Labour words from Brown, it wants action on issues such as affordable housing, says Frank Luntz, communications consultant and author. COMMENT: Spreadthe word about the benefits of advertising Those concerned for our welfare are failing to recognise a source of untold good for mankind, writes Jamie Whyte, author of ‘Bad Thoughts: A Guide to Clear Thinking’. Potential energy July 1, when consumers should be free to choose their gas and electricity suppliers, will mark a milestone in energy liberalisation across Europe. Yet while... COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL: France's immoral defence of its moral monopoly France has every right to defend its strategic industries. But is gambling one of them, as the government claims? BUSINESS LIFE: The web bonanza that will damage us all Whether the internet has been a creator or destroyer of value for the economy is debatable, writes Luke Johnson US Launches Corruption Probe into BAE By: Roger Blitz | Financial Times
The US Department of Justice has launched a formal anti-corruption investigation into BAE Systems’ compliance with anti-corruption laws, “including the company’s business concerning the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, the weapons maker said in a statement on Tuesday. Calderón’s start Mexican president Felipe Calderón has shown himself to be an adept politician, tackling the vested interests that have consistently dogged reform and blocked development. He must maintain his momentum | H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial The Cheney Irony By: Jonah Goldberg | Los Angeles Times
By favoring confrontation over compromise, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has hobbled rather than enhanced executive power. Voinovich, Lugar call on Bush to plan Iraq withdrawal Iraqi unit raids home of culture minister Blast could derail a key Iraqi alliance |
| H19Military Intelligence Terrorism A Bigger Army Isn't the Answer By: Andrew J. Bacevich | Miami Herald Is the U.S. Army too small? The Democrats vying to succeed President Bush think so. Presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama all promise, if elected, to expand our land forces. GAO: Lack of coordination may have 'compromised' US anti-terror ... More on The Pentagon: A History by Steve Vogel. The Specialist: An article on Robert Gates and the tortured world of American intelligence (and part 2). Mag: Did Bush buy Tenet silence with Medal of Freedom? Detecting & Thwarting Proliferation Networks
The Power of the Navy By: H.D.S. Greenway | The Boston Globe
One hundred years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt made an extraordinary gesture to illustrate American global reach and power. He had 16 battleships painted white and sent them on a round-the-world voyage. CIA Arrest Warrants Strain US-German Ties By: John Goetz, Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark | Der Spiegel The arrest warrants German authorities have issued against 10 CIA agents have strained German-American relations. Now, prosecutors in Munich want the agents extradited to Germany so they can stand trial for their alleged roles in the illegal kidnapping of terror suspects. CIA hired the Mafia to kill Castro US secret service admit attempts on Cuban leader's life.
| H20 Slate Tony's Last Supper: On The Sopranos and politics. What might the Wall Street Journal become if Rupert Murdoch owned it? Ken Auletta investigates. TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED ON WALL STREET JOURNAL'S INDEPENDENCE... From Newsweek, a series of articles on What You Need to Know Now, including Fareed Zakaria on the War Against Radical Islam; Robert Samuelson on the biggest threat to the US economy; Steven Levy on Broadband Penetration; and Howard Fineman on Election 2008. Paul Newman: Republicans 'destroyed American spirit'... From CT, a review of Imperial Nature, The World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice in the Age of Globalization by Michael Goldman and The World's Banker, A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations. Poverty Reconsidered: Most everyone has a theory about why the poor stay poor. Most everyone is wrong. A review of Connected: 24 Hours In The Global Economy by Daniel Altman The Bizarre Path Toward a Free Press By: Alexei Pankin | The Moscow Times
While international indicators and reports show press freedoms declining year after year, with clampdowns on foreign-funded NGOs for providing free assistance to the media, leading international media professionals are converging on the country in a nonstop succession of summits. Construction, corruption, and developing countries
Source: World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Full Paper (PDF; 373 KB) Labor force participation and human capital increases in an aging population and implications for U.S. research investment
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Full Paper (PDF; 548 KB) | H21 Can the Internet be saved? Citing spam, viruses, and unreliable connections, scientists plan a moon shot: reinventing the whole thing. From the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory, a roundtable on globalization, with Gianni Vattimo, Charles Taylor, and Richard Rorty; and a conversation with Michael Hardt; who's afraid of atomic bombs? A review of Glimmer of a New Leviathan: Total War in the Realism of Niebuhr, Morgenthau, and Waltz by Campbell Craig; a review of Globalization and Its Enemies by Daniel Cohen; a review of September 11: Religious Perspectives on the Causes and Consequences; and a review of Religion, Politics, and the Christian Right: Post-9/11 Powers and American Empire Richard Rorty called himself a “syncretist hack.” In truth, he was a master maker of philosophical mosaics... more» He taught us to live without certainty. Resemblance of things past: Günter Grass's shadowy account of his long and eventful life, Peeling the Onion, is far less convincing than his fiction (and more and more and more and more). Gullible’s travels: What happens when an author writes about a country they have never been to? The quixotic don: The cultural pull of Cervantes' creation runs dark and deep, influencing Latin American literature, music and art. 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 Coffee houses of the 18th century were “penny universities.” For the price of a cup you could get an intellectual education. Arts & Letters Daily is like that, but cheaper... more» Americans were not smarter fifty years ago, Dana Gioia says, but American culture was. Even the mass media liked then to pay homage to a broad range of high human achievement... more» Trial Of Henry Kissinger (video) |
