| H1 National Intelligence Estimate: The Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland We judge the US Homeland will face a persistent and evolving terrorist threat over the next three years (PDF; 172 KB) Fact Sheet: The Terrorist Threat to the U.S. Homeland (White House Press Office) Washington Post Al-Qaeda's Gains Keep U.S. at Risk, Report Says Safe Haven in Pakistan Is Seen as Challenging Counterterrorism Efforts. New intelligence report outlines dangers from al-Qaeda, Lebanese Hezbollah, other radical groups Intelligence Puts Rationale For War on Shakier Ground Analysis: Bush to Blame for Stronger Al-Qaeda, His Critics Say Hearing U.S. Policy Options in the Iraq Crisis The Honorable Tom Lantos
Steven Simon, Ph.D. The Honorable James Dobbins Michael Rubin, Ph.D. U.S. Policy Options in Iraq By Michael Rubin CSIS A Discussion of Smart Power CSIS hosted a discussion with David Brooks and David Ignatius VIDEO | AUDIO | SMART POWER Ten Questions on Iran for Ha'aretz's intelligence correspondent, Yossi Melman. Interviewed By Laura Rozen DNI Addresses ODNI Open Source Conference World Bank Governance Matters VI: Governance Indicators for 1996-2006 Los Angeles Times Iraq-pullout backers lack plan to deal with violence Many admit ethnic cleansing could result. Some leave it to the locals. Others say it'll pass. Reid isn't talking. CRS Armenia’s Legislative Election: Outcome and Implications for U.S. Interests Asia Times Brave new world of Iranian cooperation
The Iranian uranium enrichment issue is close to being resolved after a high-level International Atomic Energy Agency visit to Tehran, which led to agreement on opening facilities to inspection and other issues. No matter how the anti-Iran hawks spin it, the breakthrough has taken the wind out of the sails of new UN sanctions. It's time for the US to compromise, or risk further alienating its allies. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi Slate Read It and Weep: Even Bush's intelligence report says the war in Iraq is making us less safe at home. Fred Kaplan USIP Event: Crossing the Rubicon: Next Steps in Iraq Washington Institute Terror: How Israel Has Coped and What America Can Learn Tony Karon The Dissembling of Dennis Ross Foreign Policy More Troops for What? By Benjamin H. Friedman Guardian This flurry of Middle East activity is the product of a very real threat: Iran Jonathan Freedland: The rise of Tehran has petrified Arab capitals - and intensified debate in the US and Israel about the use of force. A new cold war? Nonsense. It's old-fashioned diplomacy Simon Jenkins: It is puerile to compare this Anglo-Russian mess to that titanic ideological struggle. Shared interests tower over these spats. New York Times Bush Aides See Failure in Fight With Al Qaeda in Pakistan President Bush’s top counterterrorism advisers acknowledged that the strategy for fighting Osama bin Laden’s leadership of Al Qaeda in Pakistan had failed. News Analysis Six Years Later, the Same Threat The hundreds of billions of dollars and thousands of lives expended in the name of the war on terror pose a single, insistent question: Are we safer? Perhaps not. Senate Democrats Lack Support From G.O.P. on Pullout Some Republicans who have gone public with their complaints about the war strategy also weighed in against the Democratic withdrawal plan as ill-advised. Financial Times US ready to hold more talks with Iran The US is ready to hold more talks with Iran about the future of Iraq, amid mounting US concern about Tehran’s interference in the war-torn country US still at risk from al-Qaeda, says report Al-Qaeda has regrouped in tribal areas of Pakistan and could use contacts and capabilities developed in Iraq to mount fresh attacks on US soil, a US intelligence estimate warned EU and US introduce Kosovo resolution Europeans and the US formally introduced a draft UN resolution on the future of Kosovo but have not decided yet whether to call a vote because of Russia’s objections COMMENT: Americans will eventually learn that deficits do matter The next president, Democrat or Republican, is unlikely to avert a federal budget shipwreck, writes Kenneth Rogoff Listen to the Military By: Michael Ledeen | National Review
Big wars require big strategies, and we do not have one. Yet. I believe the country would support one if the case were made clearly and honestly. Taking the war to our enemies in Damascus and Tehran does not require troops on the ground or bombs from the air, except in the limited cases of terrorist training camps and weapons factories. It requires, above all, two things: support for the democratic forces in Syria and Iran, and the will to confront our enemies. Reidar Visser The Supreme Council Marks Fourth Anniversary of Baqir al-Hakim’s Assassination - No Mention of Federalism The War Is Lost by Peter W. Galbraith and Tom Engelhardt Daily Star It's hard to have faith in Bush's peace 'talk' considering his track record Bush's speech needs some clearing up By Rami G. Khouri | H2 American Prospect The Kurdish Question: Can Turkey learn to live with an increasingly powerful Iraqi Kurdistan across the border? The only map on Iraqi Kurdistan's website is an extremely vague image of Iraq, indicating the general location of the Kurdish region without defining its borders. So long as Iraqi Kurdistan depends for protection on the United States, which in turn depends on Turkey as one of its "valued allies and friends" in the region, this isn't likely to change. Turkish ruling party tipped to win poll amid tensions FT Kurdish vote stirs tensions in oil rich region Northern Iraq’s disputed territories are preparing for a referendum to decide their political future Mark Parris 'PKK'yı Başında Halletmeliydik' Ha’aretz Assad: Israel, Syria in contact through intermediary country Syrian president says willing to send envoys to undisclosed mediator country which is believed to be Turkey IHT Turkish voters face choice of traditions By SABRINA TAVERNISE Parliamentary election Sunday may see major gains for the country's religious politicians as secular liberals appear to be turning their backs on the old ruling elite. EU Aspects on the Kurdish Option
Newropeans Magazine Kurdish Rebel Leader Seeks Greater Power in Turkey, Not Independence UPI Kurds wield hand in Turkish elections FT REPORT - INVESTING IN TURKEY: Elections deal out wild cards FT REPORT - INVESTING IN TURKEY: Polls unlikely to deter investors FT REPORT - INVESTING IN TURKEY: Pipeline politics tie Turkey to Europe FT REPORT - INVESTING IN TURKEY: Enterprising neighbours find common ground FT REPORT - INVESTING IN TURKEY: Don't mention the word 'elite' FT REPORT - INVESTING IN TURKEY: Engines revved on the road to manufacturing success FT REPORT - INVESTING IN TURKEY: After financials, energy is next up for investors FT REPORT - INVESTING IN TURKEY: Family giants ride the investment wave FT REPORT - INVESTING IN TURKEY: Temples of capitalism reach provinces FT REPORT - INVESTING IN TURKEY: Low-key in a crowded market NCB pays $1bn for Turkiye Finans stake Turkey to Elect New Government BBC A long road
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How do you plan to vote in Turkey's parliamentary poll? Candidate shot dead in countdown to Turkish poll [Richard Falk, 22 Temmuz seçimlerini ZAMAN'a değerlendirdi] Türkiye için kader seçimi mi? Debka Ankara says all Turkish-US relations would be shattered if America were proved to have given arms to PKK Kurdish terrorists "Barzani'den PKK'yı kovması istenmeli" Ha’aretz Turkish Chamber of Commerce vs. Ofer CSIS The Turkish Elections: Results and Implications Ft AKP'yi muhalefet güçlendiriyor Vincent Boland Ermeni lobisi Temsilciler Meclisi'nde yeni kampanya başlatıyor Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring KÜRŞAT BUMİN Kürtlerin talepleri henüz yeterince açık değil İBRAHİM KARAGÜL Türkiye ABD'ye rest mi çekti! HAKAN ALBAYRAK İran'la safları sıklaştırıyoruz PKK itirafçısı: Örgüt gücünü yitirdi Hüsnü Mahalli Barzani PKK’ya yardım ediyor.. Doğu ergil The row over Iraq Barzani'nin PKK ordusu Meral Akşener Silahın konuştuğu yerde Barışı kimle konuşacaksın ABD: İran güvenilir ortak değil, İran: Onlar kendini akıllı sanıyor Turkey Not to Change View on Gas Deal Because of USA - Iranian Envoy The next Iraqi battleground Esad'dan Kürt sorununu çözme vaadi 22 madalyalı astsubay şehit Bakanlık bilgisayarında PKK flaması Iraq Kurd's Reaction to Bombing of Oil-Rich Kirkuk Kerkük'e 6 bin Peşmerge Rizgari Kuzey Kürdistan'dan Seçim İzlenimleri Türk meclis seçimine karşı nasıl bir tavır? Altemur KILIÇ
Yeni taktik: PKK ayrı, Kürt sorunu ayrı! Region to Benefit From Iran-Turkey Gas - Iranian Official ABD'nin itirazına cevap İran'dan geldi: Anlaşma herkesin yararına Iran, Turkey Sign Border Cooperation Agreement in West Azarbayjan Iran opposes Turkish incursion into Iraq Kürt vekil: ABD bize değil Ankara'ya destek verir Asia Times Enough rope to hang oneself
Turkey abolished the death penalty, which spared the life of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan. As the country prepares to vote on Sunday, the opposition is making political hay by loudly proclaiming that Ocalan should be hanged. Politics aside, the argument has raised the important issue of whether the death penalty should be reinstated for those convicted of terrorism. - Fazile Zahir Bombs Put Kirkuk in Line as Next Hotbed Başbakan Erdoğan: DTP, PKK'yı reddetmeli Şırnak'ta 2 şehit Masri FEKI Kaide niye İsrail'i vurmuyor?
MERSA ATALLAH Erez, barış için model oldu, Filistin ve İsrail yeni sanayi bölgeleri istiyor S. Korea emerging as major weapons supplier for Turkey Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Deniz Altınbaş Alman Göç Yasası Beril Dedeoğlu Different types of citizens in Germany Fransa, Paris'te serbest bıraktığı PKK liderini tüm dünyada arayacak! Papadopulos’dan çözüm şartı The Turkophile: Transcript of the Friends of Cyprus meeting in the House of Commons on 3rd July - LEAKED ON TO THE INTERNET! UN Head Reports "Good Talks" With Turkish Cypriot Leader Council of Europe Delegation to Monitor Turkish Elections Turkey Georgia's Biggest Commercial Partner - Georgian Minister 'Akdeniz Birliği alternatif değildir' Rauf DENKTAŞ
Fazla iyimserlik zararlıdır Ekümenik iddiası için Patrik'e suç duyurusu Çalınan silahlar falcıya soruldu Doğan Grubu, Vatan'ın % 59'unu satın alacak Havada ikmalle Alaska’ya gittiler Buzları erittiler Köşk ve hükümet arasında 'MGK' krizi Kararname gecikti, saray kuralları altüst oldu Zahid Akman yeniden RTÜK Başkanı oldu Tartışılan ifade siteden çıkarıldı Laik devlet hatırlatması Harp Akademileri'ne Erdoğan gitmeyecek Bucak'ın mahkumiyeti kesinleşti, vekil adaylığı için son söz YSK'nın TSK biyografi tartışmasına son verdi 18 Temmuz 2007 Basın Özeti | H3 Tek başına iktidar olamazsak çekilirim Erdoğan'ın cebindeki son anket: 42-22-12 'Tek başına iktidar olmazsak çekilirim' DTP'li Aysel Tuğluk: Ayrılıkçılığa 'Hayır' diyeceğiz AYSEL TUĞLUK – KÜRŞAT BUMİN Kürtlerin talepleri henüz yeterince açık değil Peker'in korkusu Sedat Peker'in, bir telefon konuşmasında emekli Yarbay Korkut Eken hakkında, "Birkaç faili meçhul cinayet yapacak, ortalık karışacak. Bunların sonu kötü" dediği ortaya çıktı» 'Yargıda temiz eller operasyonu şart' Devletin zirvesinde telekulak önlemi Hakkari'de hain pusu: 2 şehit, 6 yaralı Cengiz Çandar Ertuğrul Özkök Erdoğan'a oy verir miyim Seçim sonrası senaryoları
Murat Yetkin Birinci gerçek birinci mi? Avni Özgürel Taha AKYOL Seçimlerden sonra Çankaya Fikret BİLA Kerkük'te neler oluyor? Hasan CEMAL Kavga eden değil, yumuşayan Türkiye! Ahmet Hakan AKP’nin bir medyası var M Ali Birand Washington, Türkiye’yi duyuyor mu? Cüneyt Ülsever Mehmet Ağar’a soruyorum Ege Cansen Kendi gazını kendin çıkar Sami KOHEN İran'la anlaşma neyin işareti? Abdülhamit Bilici İran hamlesinin arka planı Gaz mutabakatında geri alım sürprizi ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ "Çekilirim" ne demek? Radikal Fikir Platformu Reform tasarlamak ve uygulamak sadece kanun ve yönetmelik hazırlamak değildir. Kamu yönetim reformların yönetilmesi gereken bir süreç olduğunu dair bir anlayış siyasetçide reformu yönetecek bir beceri de bürokraside yoktur Nasıl oy verilir? İsmet Berkan Türk konvoyuna saldırı Afganistan'ın başkenti Kabil yakınlarında Türkiye büyükelçiliği konvoyuna intihar saldırısı düzenlendi: 1 Türk yaralı. Kabil’de bombanın hedefi Türkler olabilir Köşk ile hükümet arasındaki MGK krizi aşılamıyor AKP'ye yeni test M.Ali Kışlalı Dış politika: AKP atak, MHP sert, CHP temkinli İlnur Çevik A major crisis in Turkish-US ties? Gül: Sezer MGK vetosuna gerekçe sunmadı Taha Kıvanç Ben yine dememiş olayım Fehmi Koru Siyaset böyle bir şey işte ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Demokrasi tokadı havada... İndi–iniyor… Şamil Tayyar ‘Halkım beni yanıltmaz’ NAZLI ILICAK Tayyip'in karnesi Sadi SOMUNCUOĞLU
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ERDAL ŞAFAK 22 Temmuz gecesi Göksel: Surveys serve to take minds captive in Turkey ERGUN BABAHAN Lider ve istifa EMRE AKÖZ İnsan iki şeyden vazgeçmez Umur Talu Seçim pusulası
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Seçimin kuşak çatışması Gülay Göktürk Siyasi partiler ve başarı Hakan Aygün Kesip saklayın: Altı partili Meclis geliyor! Serdar Turgut Alnımızın akıyla Mehmet Barlas Bilet almadan ikramiye çıkmaz Bülent Keneş Turkey’s political sedimentation Nabi Yağcı Yeni Meclis ve yeni sol [Yorum - Herkül Millas] Seçim, sol ve Baskın Oran Genelkurmay'ın sitesindeki özgeçmişe yeni düzenleme Metin MÜNİR
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| H4 New York Times Bush Aides See Failure in Fight With Al Qaeda in Pakistan President Bush’s top counterterrorism advisers acknowledged that the strategy for fighting Osama bin Laden’s leadership of Al Qaeda in Pakistan had failed. News Analysis Six Years Later, the Same Threat The hundreds of billions of dollars and thousands of lives expended in the name of the war on terror pose a single, insistent question: Are we safer? Perhaps not. Senate Democrats Lack Support From G.O.P. on Pullout Some Republicans who have gone public with their complaints about the war strategy also weighed in against the Democratic withdrawal plan as ill-advised. News Analysis: Bush’s Mideast: Missing Shades of Gray ‘Key Judgments’ on Terrorist Threat to U.S. Former Leaders Create Freelance Global Diplomatic Team Editorial The Politics of Fear By now, Congress surely can see through the president’s fear-mongering and show him the exit from Iraq that he refuses to find for himself. THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Help Wanted: Peacemaker The Iraqi Parliament is on vacation in August and our soldiers are fighting in the heat. Something is wrong with this picture. MAUREEN DOWD Hey, W! Bin Laden (Still) Determined to Strike in U.S. After spending hundreds of billions and losing all those lives in Iraq and Afghanistan, we’re more vulnerable to terrorists than ever. Plane Crashes in Brazil; 176 Feared Dead Japan Shuts Nuclear Plant After Leak Libya Lifts Death Sentences in Child H.I.V. Infections | H5 Washington Post Al-Qaeda's Gains Keep U.S. at Risk, Report Says Safe Haven in Pakistan Is Seen as Challenging Counterterrorism Efforts. New intelligence report outlines dangers from al-Qaeda, Lebanese Hezbollah, other radical groups Intelligence Puts Rationale For War on Shakier Ground Analysis: Bush to Blame for Stronger Al-Qaeda, His Critics Say Live Q&A, 11 a.m. ET: Post's Pincus | U.S., Iran to Hold More Talks on Iraq's Future William Arkin Ready for Surge II? Editorial Justice at Guantanamo Congress has another chance to repair the rules for handling detainees in the war on terrorism. Papers Detail Industry's Role in Cheney's Energy Report Spineless Sages Top GOP Senators Only Talk Against the War By Harold Meyerson An Iraqi Village's Deadly Nightmare Gunmen in Uniform Kill 30, Including 4 Children, in Diyala Province Marathon Debate on Iraq Keeps Senators on the Hill Editorial Silenced in China Beijing continues to crack down on media freedoms. R. Milhous Giuliani A Front-Runner's Political Baggage By Michael Gerson, It is not too early for Republicans to consider some consequences of a Giuliani nomination PostGlobal Men Die for Other Men, Not for God | H6 Guardian This flurry of Middle East activity is the product of a very real threat: Iran Jonathan Freedland: The rise of Tehran has petrified Arab capitals - and intensified debate in the US and Israel about the use of force. A new cold war? Nonsense. It's old-fashioned diplomacy Simon Jenkins: It is puerile to compare this Anglo-Russian mess to that titanic ideological struggle. Shared interests tower over these spats. US Middle East plan starts to unravel George Bush yesterday encountered the weakest of welcomes for his call for an international peace conference on the Middle East. Urban Britain is heading for Victorian levels of inequality
Tristram Hunt: The chasm between rich and poor seen in London today resembles the Manchester that Engels described in the 1840s. UK rallies support in Russia row
Britain seeks EU solidarity but Germany says UK overreacted.
Spy row makes world more unstable CIA dissenters 'helped expose renditions' The UN chief doesn't have to shout to get results Response: Be it on Darfur or climate change, Ban Ki-moon has already made diplomatic gains, says Michael Meyer Leader The new awkward squad
Labour's big tent: Gordon Brown's first masterstroke as prime minister may be about to produce his first headache. By launching his government as a ministry of all the talents, his new ministers are starting to test their freedoms to the limit. End bear-baiting now Neil Clark The relationship between Russia and Britain is becoming more strained. But how about a swap - Lugovoi for Berezovsky? Russia promises 'targeted' response UK accused of seeking confrontation over Litvinenko case, but no tit-for-tat expulsions. 200 feared dead in plane crash
A passenger plane has crashed into a warehouse next to a petrol station at Brazil's busiest airport. Iran demands return of British diplomatic compound · Area was handed to UK illegally, say hardliners
· Officials offer to swap gardens for Hyde Park The deadly price of China's miracle
Hundreds of millions of people dying prematurely from pollution caused by economic growth Petrol hits £1 a litre with no end in sight to turmoil in the world's oil market |
| H7 Ten Questions on Iran for Ha'aretz's intelligence correspondent, Yossi Melman. Interviewed By Laura Rozen Listen to the Military By: Michael Ledeen | National Review
Big wars require big strategies, and we do not have one. Yet. I believe the country would support one if the case were made clearly and honestly. Taking the war to our enemies in Damascus and Tehran does not require troops on the ground or bombs from the air, except in the limited cases of terrorist training camps and weapons factories. It requires, above all, two things: support for the democratic forces in Syria and Iran, and the will to confront our enemies. Reidar Visser The Supreme Council Marks Fourth Anniversary of Baqir al-Hakim’s Assassination - No Mention of Federalism The War Is Lost by Peter W. Galbraith and Tom Engelhardt Daily Star It's hard to have faith in Bush's peace 'talk' considering his track record Bush's speech needs some clearing up By Rami G. Khouri Al Awsat The Mediterranean Project Beyond Sarkozy's Initiative : Sayyed Wild Abah Concrete Policies Based on Concrete Values By: Anne-Marie Slaughter | The American Prospect The case for building our public policy on our professed beliefs. A response to Ezra Klein's "Overvaluing American Values." Flashbacks of a Lost Cause By: H.D.S. Greenway | The Boston Globe
As Washington struggles with what to do with a lost war, consider the British experience in Palestine and their 30-year mandate after World War I. From The New Yorker, Days of Rage: An article on the challenges for the Pakistan's future. Bush's Iraqi endgame, Bob Burnett Walker's World: Sovereign funds may change capitalism Negative Attitudes toward the United States in the Muslim World: Do They Matter? | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor Bbc Marathon Iraq talks in US Senate The US Senate is holding an all-night session as Democrats seek to force the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. US wants fresh Iran talks on Iraq
The US says it wants to have another meeting with Iran over Tehran's alleged support for sectarian militias in Iraq. Talks with Iran over Iraqi Security Appropriate, U.S. Says Syrian Vice-President Interviewed on "Miraculous" Economy, Other Issues Hezbollah's shadow
The challenges facing UN troops in Lebanon one year after war, Expert: U.S. obsesses on al-Qaida in Iraq Foreigners' role in Iraq war disputed Analysis: Venezuela, Iran team up on oil UN Chief: US Occupation of Iraq Should Continue Defense Officials: Orderly Iraq Pullout Would Take Over Two Years Iran's Intelligence Ministry Goes Back to Its Old Tricks Al-Sadr Bloc Ends Boycott Of Iraqi Parliament Iraq is on verge of deeper disaster. It will get worse when US troops start to withdraw next year, says Iraq’s first post-Saddam PM Iyad Allawi MEMRI Jul 18 IA# 373 - Controversy Among Reformists in the Arab World Over Dialogue With Islamist Groups Asia Times Pakistan struggles with damage control
With scores of its personnel already killed, the Pakistani military establishment is doing its best to defuse reaction to the crackdown on Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in Islamabad. The emergence of a loosely interlaced network of underground militants across the country makes the task all but impossible. - Syed Saleem Shahzad Opium, a medicine to help cure Afghanistan's ills
By Raymond Kendall Egypt's options when it comes to Hamas' control over Gaza
By Gamal A. G. Soltan | H9 Ha’aretz – Bradley Burston: Why Israel was created, why it still exists Poll: 50% of Britons believe Jews more loyal to Israel than home nation ADL poll: Classic anti-Semitic attitudes in Europe persist Assad: Israel, Syria in contact through intermediary country Syrian president says willing to send envoys to undisclosed mediator country which is believed to be Turkey Bar’el The Syrian channel / Assad's road map PM spokeswoman: This is not the time to discuss key peace issues Editorial Israel cannot yawn Hamas demonstrates its power by firing Qassams, while the settlers show their power by expanding the settlements. The dilemma of American Jews What is more important, integration and acceptance by the surroundings, or preservation of Jewish identity? How will Olmert be remembered? Syrian envoy to UN: Israel fabricating evidence against us Envoy says arms smuggling reports fake; Sources: UN estimates Shaba Farms span 20-40 square km Rosner's guest: Bush's empty rethoric The draft statistics / It's society's problem Ephraim Sneh: How to stop Hamas Train leaders to think differently
[ YEHEZKEL DROR, Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Bribing Abbas By: John Podhoretz | New York Post President Bush yesterday essentially told the Palestinian people that American money would rain down on their heads - kind of like the manna that fed the Jews in the desert thousands of years ago - if they just renounced terror One in four Israeli men dodges the draft BBC Divided territories
Palestinian divisions harden between Gaza and the West Bank
Realpolitik: Back to the debate on Syria By ALON BEN-MEIR For a number of years, I have been advocating the importance of constructively engaging Syria, not only to improve the prospects for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace, but to substantially contribute to the stability of the Middle East. Daily Star For Palestinians, a coherent body politic is wanting
By Shlomo Avineri Push for peace on the Golan Heights
By Stuart Reigeluth Yedioth Jordan not the solution Notion of Jordanian-Palestinian confederation is not a viable prospect, Shlomo Brom says Ahmadinejad to visit Syria Iranian leader to arrive in Damascus Thursday; analyst: Tehran worried Syria may exit axis of evil High-profile diplomacy gets boost after Bush speech
EU foreign policy chief Solana will hold talks in Jerusalem, Ramallah Wednesday; Tony Blair expected to visit on Monday. Ynews Will Immunity Gesture Restore Terror Infrastructure in West Bank? – Hamas-Allied Fatah Forces in Gaza |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor Silent surge in contractor 'armies' A key support for US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, civilians have little oversight and, back home, little help. Will Iran, Korea back off nukes? Some laud moves with the two nations. Others are suspicious. THE MONITOR'S VIEW Bush's final push for a Palestine Bush recommits to Middle East His plans for a peace conference this fall leave many observers pessimistic. End near for medics' Libyan ordeal Deal may have secured freedom of foreigners charged with allegedly giving children HIV. A church's shift toward tradition Pope consolidates sweeping changes, reasserting spiritual supremacy of Vatican. Diplomatic crisis over poisoned spy Russia vows 'proportionate' response to Britain's expulsion of four diplomats. Opinion: Myth of America's rags-to-riches presidents Opinion: A landmark in corporate welfare ASIA U.S.-China Relations After Resolution of Taiwan’s Status
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+ Full Report (PDF; 244 KB) BBC China's future
Behind closed doors, Chinese leaders plan the road ahead
Nuclear risks
Why Japan relies on nuclear power despite being in a quake zone China’s Online Population Explosion: What It May Mean for the Internet Globally… and for U.S. Users Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project Beijing Keeps Islamabad Honest By: Tarique Niazi | Asia Times
China's relations with Pakistan, which are close and warm as never before, have come under severe strain lately from the growing militancy in Pakistan. The Pakistani military's storming last week of the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) has been an important indicator of the tenor of the relationship CRS India-U.S. Relations
+ Indonesia: Domestic Politics, Strategic Dynamics, and American Interests
+ China’s Currency: Economic Issues and Options for U.S. Trade Policy
+ China’s Exchange Rate Peg: Economic Issues and Options for U.S. Trade Policy | H11 IHT Searching for a new golden economic center
By PAUL A. SAMUELSON / TMS
In American politics, dramatic proposals from either the left or right will once again be proved in the long run to be fools' gold only. James Carroll: Pope Benedict's mistake
By JAMES CARROLL / The Boston Globe
In recent reactionary initiatives, Pope Benedict inadvertently shows that he sees religion as a primitive impulse, unable to withstand the challenge of contemporary thought. EUROPE European press review BBC A Reform Treaty
Questions answered about the successor to the EU constitution
Der Spiegel Moscow Spat Clouds Berlin Love- In The diplomatic escalation between London and Moscow overshadowed new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's visit to Berlin on Monday, which otherwise would have been hailed as a small sensation. POLAND'S TWO- HEADED 'FOX' New Party Wants to Axe EU Deal Poland's right wing is consolidating, and may end up threatening the newly-minted EU treaty. Two extremist politicians on Monday joined forces amid pledges to put the brakes on Polish integration into the EU. Morgan Stanley Strong Euro: A Shield Against Higher Oil Price? Albania Destroys Its Arsenal By: Lois R.Ember | Chemical and Engineering News
Albania became the first country to completely eliminate its entire stockpile of chemical weapons. Albania is one of six nations to have declared chemical arsenals under the Chemical Weapons Convention. | H12 RFE/RLRussia: Analyst Sees Potential In Europe's New Relationship CRS Armenia’s Legislative Election: Outcome and Implications for U.S. Interests Central Asia’s Security: Issues and Implications for U.S. Interests Russia
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A Resource Recourse By: Marisa Morrison | National Interest
The Russian energy industry feels sated after years of rapid growth and state-sponsored consolidation. Sitting on huge energy reserves, the industry will only develop new gas fields when market conditions make it profitable to do so. A new era in Russia’s natural resource sector has begun. 'For the Sake of One Man' By: Bret Stephens | The Wall Street Journal
Fact No. 1: The Bush administration is not provoking a new Cold War with Russia. Now turn to Fact No. 2. Russia is acting with increasingly unrestrained rhetorical, diplomatic, economic and political hostility to whoever stands in the way of Mr. Putin's ambitions. NATO Calls for Talks on CFE Treaty The Moscow Times
NATO allies on Monday called for a special conference with Russia to discuss President Vladimir Putin's announcement that Moscow would suspend its participation in a major European arms control treaty. Moscow diary
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| David Cameron thinks recognising marriage is right, it is central to his idea of healing a broken society · Daniel Finkelstein Security services ‘foil plot to kill Berezovsky’ Boris Berezovsky fled Britain three weeks ago on the advice of Scotland Yard, amid fears of a London assassination attempt A Palestinian jailed for his role in the murder of an Israeli government minister is to be released as a gesture of goodwill Someone Wake Me From This Nightmare of Withdrawal By: David Aaronovitch | The Times of London
This is a strange moment to abandon Iraq. What about calls from Iraqi politicians, local leaders in Anbar, the Kurds and many other groups for the Americans to stay on? Wall Street Journal 'For the Sake of One Man' By: Bret Stephens | The Wall Street Journal
Fact No. 1: The Bush administration is not provoking a new Cold War with Russia. Now turn to Fact No. 2. Russia is acting with increasingly unrestrained rhetorical, diplomatic, economic and political hostility to whoever stands in the way of Mr. Putin's ambitions. | H14 Financial Times US ready to hold more talks with Iran The US is ready to hold more talks with Iran about the future of Iraq, amid mounting US concern about Tehran’s interference in the war-torn country US still at risk from al-Qaeda, says report Al-Qaeda has regrouped in tribal areas of Pakistan and could use contacts and capabilities developed in Iraq to mount fresh attacks on US soil, a US intelligence estimate warned EU and US introduce Kosovo resolution Europeans and the US formally introduced a draft UN resolution on the future of Kosovo but have not decided yet whether to call a vote because of Russia’s objections COMMENT: Americans will eventually learn that deficits do matter The next president, Democrat or Republican, is unlikely to avert a federal budget shipwreck, writes Kenneth Rogoff Brussels alarm at porous borders People smugglers are turning the European Union’s south-east frontiers into a hotspot for illegal migration, the EU’s security chief has warned US report demands action on energy The US should adopt the toughest possible fuel economy standards for motor vehicles and join a global framework for managing carbon dioxide emissions, according to a Bush administration-commissioned study LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Europe cannot fight a serious war without the US WORLD NEWS: Israel cool on US talks plan COMMENT: Capitalism turns on 'poor Conrad' Black always adored the US, but America has been the former press baron’s doom, writes Geoffrey Wheatcroft COMMENT: It is a big mistake to kill Bush's trade dealwith Seoul The US should be encouraging this free trade agreement, not letting two sick auto companies ruin it, says David Hale NATIONAL NEWS: Confusion on both sides of the old divide Open skies deal is clouding over fast Should it allow matters to escalate, the US will be risking an agreement that is much to its own, and consumers’, advantage COMMENT: Europe is falling behind in promoting renewables Death sentence lifted for Libya’s jailed medics | H15 Los Angeles Times Iraq-pullout backers lack plan to deal with violence Many admit ethnic cleansing could result. Some leave it to the locals. Others say it'll pass. Reid isn't talking. Senate's all-night debate: just a stunt? Iraq switches to power rationing Baghdad can see a U.S. troop cut coming Editorial Pakistan Attempts to Salvage Peace Deal
Pakistani officials are trying to save a peace deal that was supposed to contain militants near the Afghan border, despite U.S. concern that the pact provided the Taliban and Al Qaeda with an increasingly safe haven. My president's better than yours Jonah Goldberg Liberals who deride Bush's actions as extreme sang a different tune when their party's presidents used similar tactics |
| H19Military Intelligence Terrorism Terrifying house raids; random checkpoint shootings; speeding convoys that wipe out anyone in their path. Interviews with 50 US war veterans back from Iraq reveal the terrible daily brutality they inflicted on innocent civilians (and part 2 and part 3). National Intelligence Estimate: The Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland We judge the US Homeland will face a persistent and evolving terrorist threat over the next three years (PDF; 172 KB) Fact Sheet: The Terrorist Threat to the U.S. Homeland (White House Press Office) Report: Al-Qaeda Trying to Sneak Agents to US U.S. intelligence warns of Iraq-based terrorist strike in U.S. Ten Questions on Iran for Ha'aretz's intelligence correspondent, Yossi Melman. Interviewed By Laura Rozen DNI Addresses ODNI Open Source Conference Money and the military: Since 2005, annual military spending worldwide has topped $1 trillion, which is more than 2.5% of the global gross domestic product. Laurent Zecchini reports that as weapons sales rise, disarmament is becoming more and more irrelevant Few politicians have spent much time talking about one of the biggest US headaches in Iraq: how to deal with the spiralling population of Iraqi detainees in US hands. A US army officer puts "solution to Iraq war" on eBay. From National Journal, Baghdad, Surged: The "surge" in U.S. forces was meant to slow the paralyzing cycle of violence threatening to engulf Iraq, but determining how effective the troop buildup has been is more an art than a science. You call that progress? Fred Kaplan on the outrageous White House report on Iraq The CIA Follies (Cont'd.) By: Gabriel Schoenfeld | Commentary
The spy agency's record of failure, bad enough before George Tenet, is now beyond question. Can it be repaired? Bombings cripple Mexican pipelines By Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers When saboteurs blew up several natural gas pipelines in central Mexico this month, temporarily shutting down production for U.S. automakers and other important manufacturers, a small and shadowy Marxist guerrilla group called the Popular Revolutionary Army reportedly claimed responsibility. » read more BMD Watch: Boeing ABL test success | H20 Slate Oxford Research Group Too Hot to Handle? The Future of Civilian Nuclear Power China’s Online Population Explosion: What It May Mean for the Internet Globally… and for U.S. Users
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project By VERLYN KLINKENBORG There’s a chance that a mid-21st-century Californian will look back in horror at the enormous consumption footprint of someone living in the state right now | H21 Farewell, Comma, He Said By Robert J. Samuelson The comma's fading popularity is metaphor for something larger: how we deal with the frantic, can't-wait-a-minute nature of modern life. Vitamin C 'does not protect against the common cold' U.S. Imposes Restrictions on Importing Cypriot Coins Today's news world is a political junkie's oyster. Cable TV offers CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and C-SPAN. The Washington Post, BBC online, The Note and many, many more news Web sites are only a click away. But that's where they remain for many Americans. Decades into the "information age," the public is as uninformed as before the rise of cable television and the Internet. From Business Week, Bloggers Bring in the Big Bucks: How a personal obsession can turn into a popular favorite and maybe even a full-time job; a look at how top bloggers earn money An interview with Andro Linklater, author of The Fabric of America: How Our Borders and Boundaries Shaped the Country and Forged Our National Identity. A review of Americanism: The Fourth Great Western Religion by David Gelernter. A review of The Late Great USA: The Coming Merger With Mexico and Canada by Jerome Corsi Paul Harris pieces together the DNA jigsaw of what it really means to be born in the USA. Are immigrants and refugees people of color? The American context demands an understanding of the country’s racial history and hierarchy. The Reality of Race: Is the problem that white people don't know or don't care?
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