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| H1 Slate Irrelevant Exuberance Why the latest good news from Iraq doesn't matter. Washington Post Sunnis Quit Cabinet Posts; Bombs Kill 75 in Baghdad Obama Talks Tough on Pakistan If elected president, Senator would send troops into country if it fails to act against Islamic extremists. Remarks of Senator Obama: The War We Need to Win William Arkin Middle East Alliance 2.0 CFR Wittes: US Assuring Arab States It Will Remain a Force in Mideast Post-Iraq Draft Resolution Seeks Expanded UN Mandate In Iraq The Cheney-Edelman Connection: Jim Lobe Iraqi Deaths Spike 5 Months Into Surge US Papers Thu: A Different Iraqi Withdrawal Ha’aretz –Don't push Assad into a corner By Itamar Rabinovich U.S. endorses Arab plan as foundation for Mideast peace Guest: the Walt-Mearsheimer phenomenon has already peaked Jerusalem Post Inside the Middle East: The geopolitics of the Jews WSJ What if Israel Talked to Hamas? Ex-Spymaster's Plan, | H2 Survival The US and Turkey: End of an Alliance? By Rajan Menon and Enders Wimbush June 2007 PostGlobal Soli Ozel: It's About Modernization, Not Religion Endy Bayuni: Don't Send Islam Underground, but to Ballot Box From NPQ, an interview with Richard Holbrooke on Iraq, the Balkans and Turkey. “This is only a defeat for the army if the generals see it that way.” Irak, Türk-ABD ilişkilerine ölümcül darbe indirebilir From the Archive - Hudson Institute Is the United States Losing Turkey Harbingers of Turkey’s Second Republic Middle East Report Online The lesson from Turkey: Islamist parties that follow the rules should be allowed to win elections. The Economist Türkiye’de sorumlu Tayyip Erdoğan Turkey's corset of modernisation: Zafer Senocak on the legacy of Turkey's modernisation and the AKP's electoral victory. Daily Star Brushing away some myths about Turkey's recent election Middle East Times Commentary: Turkey's post-election outlook Eurasianet Turkish Parliament Poised for Tug-of-War Over Kurdish Question EDM MILITARY LEADERS, ERDOGAN MEET TO DISCUSS PROMOTIONS AS TENSIONS MOUNT OVER PRESIDENCY AB'nin Türkiye'ye ihtiyacı var Erdoğan yeni mecliste epey sıkıntı yaşayacak Bush Türklere verdiği sözü tutmadı Michael Rubin* /The Wall Street Journal Europe American Chronicle: The Search for Turkey’s Identity and Real Soul Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring Askerî birliğe sızmaya çalışan PKK'lılarla çatışma: 3 şehit, 5 terörist öldürüldü M Ali Birand PKK, DTP’lileri dövmemizi istiyor Semih İDİZ Kürtlerin Kerkük hesabı tutmuyor 'Kerkük, Irak'ın iç işidir' İBRAHİM KARAGÜL Askeri mafya ağı ve PKK silahları AKP milletvekili 'Büyük Çaplı Operasyonun Zamanı Değil' Kurdish groups rule out any terror deal excluding them YAVUZ DONAT Sırrı Sakık... 'Makul' 'Türkiye Irak'ın kuzeyini bombaladı' iddiası PKK’nin krizi DTP’ye de sirayet etti ABD'den 'gizli operasyon' iddiasına 'casus romanı gibi' nitelendirmesi ABD'den "operasyon"a alaycı yorum Dışişleri de WP iddiasında "yorumsuz" Irak'ta 190 bin ABD silahı kayıp ABD’nin Irak’taki kayıp silahları kimin elinde Iraqi Communist Leader Said to Head Commission on Normalization of Kirkuk Status Iraqi President's Party to Head Kurd Regional Cabinet in Reshuffle - Paper KRG PM: 'Civil war' without Kirkuk vote Kemalizm anayasadan çıkarılmalı Zana’yı Köşk’e çıkarın, AB’ye girin Iranian Opposition Group Tries to "Promote" Image in Iraqi Kurdistan - Paper Kurdistan National Assembly - Syria - Press Release Arap dünyasında destek arayan Rice, darbeyi Iraklı Sünnilerden yedi Sami KOHEN Daha çok silah neye yarar? Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Ankara Viyana'yı BM'ye şikayet edecek Türkiye Avusturya'yı AGİT'e şikayet etti Greece and Turkey: Two stubborn goats both falling down Görüşecekler mi? Avrupalı sosyalistler, İslam düşmanlığına savaş açtı Kıbrıslı bakan Türkiye'yi suçladı Top commander: French deal with Greek Cyprus illegal Büyükanıt: Kıbrıs’ta barışı sağlayan TSK’dır Yunanistan’da Türkçe yayına kısıtlama Turkey complains to UN over Greek Cyprus YAŞ, ikinci gün çalışmalarına başladı Özkök: Açık konuşurum, kızanım da çok sevenim de Critical Supreme Military Council convenes in Ankara An interview with Elif Shafak, survivor of a court case, on her renewed love for Turkey's multi-ethnic heritage. Daily Telegraph A short, sharp assault on the Great War Back in the Thatcherite 1980s Professor Norman Stone was the most fashionable historian of the day: a Niall Ferguson avant la lettre. Youngish. Handsomeish. Right-wing. Iconoclastic. No respecter of reputations. A familiar figure in TV studios and newspaper columns as well as Oxford lecture halls. Then, always his own man, he prised the mud of Oxford from his feet, exchanging it for the dust of Istanbul where he has taught at two universities ever since AKİF EMRE Bir mitoloji olarak Mimar Sinan Engin Ardıç Onu da bilmiyor Yağmur yağsa da çözüm olmayacak İstanbul'un suyu Bulgaristan'dan gelecek Andrew Finkel Not the way to rock and roll Ümraniye baskını: 3 kişiyi yakalama talebine ret 5 ilin belediyelerinde yolsuzluk | Ruşen Çakır Gül feragat ederse ne olur? ANKA Erdoğan-Gül-Arınç görüştü Köşk iddialarına Başbakanlık'tan yalanlama geldi Erdoğan, Gül'e aday olma demedi ERDOĞAN GÜL'E NEDEN "ÇEKİL" DESİN Kİ? Eski Genelkurmay Başkanı Hilmi Özkök'ten çarpıcı açıklamalar Cengiz Çandar Ak Parti “merkez”de; MHP, “ana muhalefet”... 22 Temmuz, 12 Nisan'dan daha güncel The real big story Turkey tells Erdoğan sorunları topluca mı, birer birer mi aşacak? Murat Yetkin Semih İDİZ Kürtlerin Kerkük hesabı tutmuyor M Ali Birand PKK, DTP’lileri dövmemizi istiyor Mustafa Karaalioğlu Cumhurbaşkanlığı Şahin Alpay "Atatürk ilke ve inkılapları" ne demektir? Mehmet Tezkan Gül Cumhurbaşkanı olursa Genelkurmay Başkanı ne yapar? AK Parti'nin bu başarısını beklemiyordum, milletin iradesine saygı duyulmalı AKP'nin aldığı oylar Sezer'i şaşırttı! YAŞ, ikinci gün çalışmalarına Erdoğan başkanlığında başladı Nöbet değişimi beş 'Or' emekli Cüneyt Ülsever AKP, merkez sağın yeni partisi midir? Başbakan Erdoğan'a mektuplar (4) İsmet Berkan Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Triple power and the military’s feelings The Year 2026 - revisited Burak BEKDİL Ekrem Dumanlı Asker üzerinden siyaset yapmak Aydın Doğan'la da ilgili çok iddia var Ağar: Kiminle görüştüğünü biliyorum ama kimsenin istikbaliyle uğraşmam Birleşmeyi Ağar'ın ilişkileri engelledi [NEWS ANALYSIS] Ankara closely watching Mideast arms race Erdoğan expected to make radical changes to Cabinet Erdoğan rejects Abbas request to visit Ankara İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri - Dış Basında Güncel Türkiye Bülteni Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit Taha Kıvanç Fehmi Koru Muhtıralar ve sandık ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Sivil anayasa: Yeni bir yol haritası Sivil anayasa için herkesi dinlemek ilk adım olmalı... Vatandaşlık formülleri Özbudun, 'Mevcut Anayasa'daki 'vatandaşlık bağıyla bağlı herkesin 'Türk' olarak nitelendirilmesi' konusunu tekrar formüle etmek zor' dedi AK Parti'nin anayasa taslağı CHP'nin programıyla örtüşüyor Güneri CIVAOĞLU Referandum da sızdı CHP seçim sonuçlarını değerlendirdi Deniz Baykal'dan iktidara 'uzlaşma' vurgusu Hüseyin Gülerce Millet iradesi yok sayılamaz Nuray Başaran Askerin istikrarlı tutumu ışığında cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimi Ertuğrul Özkök Arkadaşlarıma kefil olabilirmişim Ahmet Hakan O yazara neden sahip çıkmıyorum Perihan Mağden'e açık cevap Nuray Mert Yusuf KANLI The story of Büyükanıt's statement Mehmet Yılmaz Erkan Mumcu’ya sorular Demokrasi henüz bizden çok uzakta [Yorum - Naci Bostancı] MHP siyasetinin ilk işaretleri Bekir Coşkun Atatürkçüleri vurmalı... Müslüman solcu Bekaroğlu yeni solda iddialı Biri Meclis'e biri Köşk'e hazırlanıyor Yalçın Bayer CHP’ye yeni isimler Şükrü Küçükşahin CHP’den gitmesi gerekenler Sol, CHP ve Baykal'ı tartışmak UĞUR DOLGUN Hadi Uluengin CHP sol mu? Mehmet Barlas Bu gidişle seçim kazanmak da sonunda suç olacak Mustafa Erdoğan Seçmen davranışı ve rasyonellik [Yorum - Prof.Dr.Mustafa Erdogan] Merkeze oturmanın riskleri... [Yorum - Etyen Mahçupyan] Zihinsel körlük Ardan Zentürk Erdoğan... Gül... Demokrasinin zor günleri... MEHMET ŞEKER Baykal'ın yerine en uygun aday MAHMUT ÖVÜR Mumcu neden konuşmuyor? Şakir Süter Serdar Turgut Ali Dibo sendromu Aygün Tabandan enerji aldım, adayım Erdoğan TSK teminatımız İsmail Küçükkaya İhsan Dağı The MHP and the election results İdeolojik partiler özeleştiri yapmak zorunda UFUK COŞKUN Veda zirvesiymiş Arınç, Başbakan Erdoğan ve Dışişleri Bakanı Gül’le yaptığı zirvede, Meclis Başkanlığı’nı bırakmak istediğini resmen iletti. Yeni kabinede yer alacağına kesin gözüyle bakılan Arınç’ın gönlünden Adalet Bakanlığı’nın geçtiği ancak, Sezer’in vetosuna takılabileceği olasılığı üzerine, Çalışma Bakanlığı’na getirileceği konuşuluyor. ERDAL ŞAFAK Atatürk ve Anayasa ERGUN BABAHAN Gazeteler ölüyor diyenlere tekzip EMRE AKÖZ Kemalistler az okuyor Çamuroğlu: Din dersi seçmeli olsun Can Ataklı Erdoğan duygusal karar vermemeli Deniz Gökçe 15 harf ve dört kelime! İbrahim Öztürk 'Faiz düşsün, kur yükselsin' demek kolay! IMF Merkez faizde haklı, bütçeye acil önlem şart ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Yüksek oynaklık tehlikenin sinyali mi? Erdal Sağlam Ekonomik rönesansınızı gördüm artık iyimserlik temeliniz var Değerlenen TL ve ihracat artışı Son çalkantı ve Merkez Bankası Ekonomik tahminler zorlaşıyor... Demirel'in şirketlerine el konulamayınca Egebank'ın zararı halkın sırtına yüklendi Asaf Savaş Akat İlk yarıda dış ticaret Yiğit Bulut Yüksek faiz “sizde hastalık var” diyor ama... FT View of the day: "We are particularly worried about Turkey, South Africa, Hungary and Iceland," he says. "This is because these countries run large current account deficits and therefore... MARKETS: Carry traders stage a tactical retreat İhracat 100 milyar dolara dayandı Prof. Dr. AYDIN AYAYDIN Metin MÜNİR Petkim'de Kazakların ortak arayışı devam ediyor Sabancı "Türkiye'nin simgesi olurdu" |
| H4 New York Times Iraq Snapshots Give 2 Views In Iraq the news emerging from the American counterinsurgency campaign can seem contradictory. Sunni Faction Quits Iraqi Cabinet; Blasts Kill 76 in Capital Saudi Arabia Says It May Meet Israel Obama Calls for Military Shift in U.S. Focus on Terrorism Editorial Observer: The China Connection: Globalization and the Narcotics Trade By EDUARDO PORTER Stopping large-scale traffickers who can source raw materials anywhere around the globe will make interdiction much more difficult for law enforcement. Iran Hangs 9 Convicts, 7 Publicly, in a Crackdown on ‘Thugs’ Bosnia Plans to Expel Arabs Who Fought in Its War Russia Threatens Cut in Belarus Gas Supply Sudan Agrees to U.N. Peacekeepers to Complement African Union Force | H5 Washington Post Sunnis Quit Cabinet Posts; Bombs Kill 75 in Baghdad Obama Talks Tough on Pakistan If elected president, Senator would send troops into country if it fails to act against Islamic extremists. The Path That Led To Murdoch By David Ignatius At the Wall Street Journal of the mid-1980s, reporters would sometimes joke to each other, "This is too good to last." And they were right. Saudis May Attend Mideast Conference Foreign Minister Outlines Conditions Kuwait Facilities Could Handle Big Troop Pullout, General Says China's Chance to Lead By Maximilian Auffhammer and Richard Carson, China is about to emerge as the world's leading emitter of greenhouse gases, a position the United States has held since 1890. Now is the time for China to take the lead in finding a way to reduce global emissions, which the United States has thus far failed to do. It should start by imposing a s... Democrats Offer Compromise Plan On Surveillance Proposal Would Involve FISA Court in Warrants No Coverup in Tillman Case, Rumsfeld Tells House Panel Ex-Defense Chief, 3 Generals Testify About 'Friendly Fire' Killing | H6 Guardian Disaster looms for Pakistan Fears of civil war as Musharraf's regime is battered by civilian revolt. Conor Foley Gordon Brown's first foreign policy success on Darfur shows a recognition of global realities that eluded Matthew Yglesias At Obama's big speech today, reporters focused on the candidate's tough talk about Pakistan, but the way he talked about Iraq was more important UK insists on joint role at 'son of Star Wars' base Britain's controversial new part in the United States' anti-missile system opens its secretive doors. Khartoum is no friend of this fresh resolve on Darfur David Clark: The Sudanese state is a criminal enterprise, not a partner for peace. About turn Mick Fealty: The British Army's departure from Northern Ireland is deceptively quiet. The Troubles were hard and bitter times for those who lived through them. Brian Brivati: The UN resolution is a positive step for Darfur, but the scale of humanitarian disaster is immense and will require years of commitment |
| H7 Salon Like most liberal "war hawks", the Brookings "scholars" Michael O'Hanlon and Ken Pollack falsely pretend that they were critics of the Iraq strategy to save their own reputations. Cut Iraq Some Slack By: Clifford D. May | USA Today Weekly Standard The Joint Campaign Plan A strategy for stability in Iraq.
US's Arab Allies Warn Against Quick Iraq Exit New York Sun
Why Did Syria Withdraw? Daoud Shirian - The Arab stance today is better than it was on the eve of the Iraq invasion. We can sense a rational Arab position, moving within the logic of interests, and differentiating between delusions and facts. A Specter Is Haunting Iran By: Amir Taheri | New York Post US Escalates Middle East Arms Race By: Dominc Moran | ISN Security Watch A US military package for allied Middle East states is designed to create a de facto Sunni Arab front against Iran as the region slips deeper into crisis. The $63 Billion Sham By: Derrick Jackson | The Boston Globe Analysis Says War Could Cost $1 Trillion By: Bryan Bender | The Boston Globe The war in Iraq could ultimately cost well over a trillion dollars -- at least double what has already been spent -- including the long-term costs of replacing damaged equipment, caring for wounded troops, and aiding the Iraqi government, according to a new government analysis. Testimony on Estimated Costs of U.S. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and of Other Activities Related to the War on Terrorism From Prospect, Balochistan's rebels: Is the US providing covert support to Baloch rebels in Iran? If so, what does this say about its support for Musharraf in Pakistan? Some see him as a reformer and the West's ally, but others believe he's a dictator who secretly supports the Taliban. With the recent violence in Pakistan and elections on the way, General Pervez Musharraf finds himself under siege. Can Musharraf survive? Immanuel Wallerstein investigates. | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor U.S. policy suffers twin blows as Sunnis resign, car bombs claim 76 in Iraq Iraqi Deaths Spike 5 Months Into Surge Marc Lynch Sunni bloc withdrawal: The Iran-Hizbullah Alliance - Matthew Levitt and Jake Lipton (Washington Institute for Near East Policy) BBC UN resolution on bigger Iraq role The US and UK circulate a draft UN resolution, which would broaden the organisation's role in Iraq. Rice-Gates visit shows how much U.S., Saudi Arabia have drifted apart Obama to Pakistan: Oust terrorists or risk U.S. invasion Report: 190,000 guns lost in Iraq BBC Monitoring Weekly Roundup of Iraqi Press 26 Jul-1 Aug 07 Eleven Leaders of Iraqi President's Party Say Not Consulted on Recent Agreement Religious Minorities Hit From All Sides By: Ellen Massey | Inter Press Service Daily Star Is Michel Aoun walking into a trap? By Michael Young DEBKAfile Exclusive: Damascus has deferred its war plans from late summer to November New Republic Occupational Hazard | H9 Ha’aretz –Don't push Assad into a corner By Itamar Rabinovich U.S. endorses Arab plan as foundation for Mideast peace Guest: the Walt-Mearsheimer phenomenon has already peaked The Saudi Link / Bush's reward for the arms deal Amira Hass: Back to the corrupt occupation of Israel and Fatah PM seeks outline of deal with PA before summit Will the Saudis come? Judge for yourself PM: Israel is ready to give PA some security control in West Bank BBC Rice urges push on Mid-East peace It is time to "seize opportunities" for Middle East peace, says US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Broad brush Yedioth Ahronoth Oil and democracy Petrodollars have the potential to expedite democracy in Arab world, Sever Plocker says 'Keep Hamas out of game' Forward Saudis Courted for Proposed Mideast Summit White House Assures Israel Final-Status Issues Won’t Be on the Table Rapid Rise of Israel’s Orthodox Schools Sparks Fear of Army, Work Force Shortage Study: One-Third of Jewish Students Will Receive Haredi Education in 2012 A retired Israeli spy has published a memoir on his role in ... Jerusalem Post Inside the Middle East: The geopolitics of the Jews Demographic threat? Nonsense Iran's threat to set back acceptance of Israel We need to pay more attention to Ahmadinejad's calculated plan to try to reverse the trend in the Arab world's view of Israel which has gradually evolved over forty years, writes Abe Foxman. Ban the Burqa - and the Niqab too Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Yedioth Al-Qaeda Has Penetrated the Saudi Military – Russia "Downgrades" Relationship with Hamas Hizbullah Officer: We Would Have Given Up If Not for Cease-Fire U.S. Wants Israel to Expand Scope of Talks with Abbas Russia Foils Palestinian-Israeli Settlement By: Vladimir Reutov | Kommersant Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks yesterday with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Russia expressed its readiness to act as an intermediary between Abbas and his Fatah party and the radical Palestinian Hamas movement, which took control of the Gaza Strip by force in June |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor Secretary Rice's Mideast mission: contain Iran US plans to give more than $20 billion in military aid to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and other Sunni Arab states. How powerful is Rupert Murdoch now? His $5 billion acquisition of Dow Jones & Co., including The Wall Street Journal, positions him to be one of America's biggest media barons. King Coal's crown is losing some luster In the US, plans to add coal-fired power plants are curtailed, as environmental and political opposition builds ASIA Geopolitical Diary: China's Woes and Limitations Stratfor China Racks Up Points as Bush Team Snubs Asia By: William Pesek | Bloomberg News The Sins of the Sons By: Steve Clemons | The Guardian Competitors or Partners? By: Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury | World Press India and the Jihadist Pit UPI Analysis: What to do in Afghanistan? Japan's Other Earthquake By: Daniel Sneider | The Christian Science Monitor Simmering Discord in the Tribal Badlands By: Selig S. Harrison | The Boston Globe The Pakistan Policy Predicament By: Teresita C. Schaffer | The Washington Post The Pakistan Army’s First Victory By: Basir Naveed | Asia Sentinel Urbanisation in Asia Blamed for Lethal Epidemic of Dengue Fever By: Ian McKinnon | The Guardian | H11 IHT The Pashtun time bomb Bosnia moving to deport foreign veterans of 1992-95 Balkan war Gazprom to reduce gas supplies to Belarus unless bill is paid EUROPE European press review BBC Serbia 'may relent on Kosovo' Serbia's foreign minister says the country is ready to compromise to resolve the issue of Kosovo. Poland Should Be Less Unjustifiably Afraid for Its Future By: Dominique Moisi | The Daily Star The Special Relationship Myth By: Soumaya Ghannoushi | The Guardian Romania Gets Ready The Economist UPI Walker's World: Brown's EU threat Euro area inflation estimated at 1.8% (1 page; PDF) | H12 RFE/RL Congressional Research Service "Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) Status for Russia and U.S.-Russian Economic Ties," updated July 10, 2007.. "Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests," updated July 12, 2007. Breakaway Azeri Region to Hold Municipal Polls on 14 October Russians reach North Pole in race for Arctic oil and gas ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT BRIEFING Kazakhstan turns the screw The government gets tough with foreign investors Google News Azerbaijan Central Asian Nations Inch Toward Economic Integration Friend or foe? |
| H13 The Times Obama: I would invade Pakistan Barack Obama says he would send troops into Pakistan to hunt down terrorists without consulting the country's government Saudis to attend Middle East talks with Israel Condoleezza Rice made Saudi advance but failed to extract Israeli commitments to discuss 'final status' with Palestinians Peacekeeping force faces daunting challenge The UN is confident it can muster the 26,000 soldiers and police needed to create the world’s largest peacekeeping operation in Darfur Wall Street Journal Fear of an economic downturn is nearly as potent an election issue as the war, and both favor Democrats, a WSJ/NBC poll found. Respondents were pessimistic on health care. (Poll results) The Atlanticist Economists Against Protectionism | H14 Financial Times Sunni front quits Iraqi government Iraq’s main Sunni Arab political coalition announced that it was pulling out of the Shia-led national unity government, in what may become a significant blow to hopes for Sunni-Shia reconciliation LEADER: Darfur and the UN The UN and its most powerful member states need to seize back the initiative from actors and rock stars, and focus their attention on fixing Darfur within the wider context of Sudan. WORLD NEWS: Obama says he would hit al-Qaeda in Pakistan COMMENT: We must count the true cost of cheap China The much feared low prices are underwritten by lax or non-existent environmental rules, writes Richard McGregor S Arabia to explore diplomatic ties with IraqSaudi Arabia is to send a delegation to Iraq to explore opening an embassy for the first time since the 2003 invasion that brought down Saddam Hussein, the Saudi foreign minister said COMMENT: Thatcher was right about society, David Society is for the left what God is for Christians, writes Jamie Whyte, and denying its existence is a grave political sin MARKETS AND INVESTING: Crude oil touches record after fall in inventories LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Strong Europe better for US than papier-mâché allies France and UK warm to green taxes Gazprom ‘to cut Belarus gas supply’ Russia threatened to start halving its gas exports to Belarus in an attempt to force the country into paying a $456m debt to Gazprom, the state-owned gas monopoly Russia raises stakes over Arctic seabed Russian explorers are preparing for an unprecedented mission to plunge below the North Pole to plant a Russian flag on the seabed of the Artic Ocean and lay symbolic claim to territory believed to be rich in oil and minerals ANALYSIS: Editors in service of an empire ANALYSIS: Murdoch's mission Ownership of The Wall Street Journal will give the Australian-born mogul a brand he can use across his vast group Rumsfeld denies death cover-up LEADER: Recovery Stage II (Germany) COMMENT: The steamrollers of climate science The IPCC’s leaders feel justified in making public pronouncements that go beyond their own scientists’ analysis, writes Clive Crook COMMENT: Ukraine needs to lower barriers to the west COMMENT: Another fine mess of state intervention When ministers start wittering about ‘market failure’, the failure of a shiny government policy may not be far behind, writes Jonathan Guthrie LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Threatening, patronising - and adolescent | H15 Los Angeles Times Overseas spy actions restricted The ruling is a blow to the White House, which had bypassed the spy court entirely with the NSA eavesdropping program. Sunni bloc pulls out of Iraqi government Editorial |
| H16 American Politics Obama's Vision Is Exciting -- And Also Naive - Mort Kondracke, Roll Cal realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp WP Editorial Investigating Mr. Gonzales The Justice Department's inspector general should take the lead Support for Attorney General Gonzales slips further Even among GOP lawmakers on the Hill, concerns mount about the attorney general's truthfulness. | H17 Daily Telegraph | H18 Independent Leading article: A message for Sudan: the world has changed Has the President misjudged Mr Brown's style? Adrian Hamilton: Why Brown should follow his instincts Saudis cautious on plans for Middle East conference with Israel Iraq's main Sunni party walks out of government Darfur: The evidence of war crimes 500 drawings by children who escaped the violence are to be submitted to the International Criminal Court as proof of war crimes by Sudanese forces Steve Richards: How the bloggers are making politics more febrile, more fun - and more challenging |
| H19Military Intelligence Terrorism DNI Issues Directives on Analytical Standards, DOCEX Director of National Intelligence J.M. McConnell has issued new Intelligence Community Directives on standards for intelligence analysis and on document exploitation. "Analysts and managers should provide objective assessments informed by available information that are not distorted or altered with the intent of supporting or advocating a particular policy, political viewpoint, or audience," the DNI instructed. See "Analytical Standards" (pdf), Intelligence Community Directive 203, June 21, 2007. Meanwhile, a new interagency DNI Center called the National Media Exploitation Center "will serve to advance the IC's collective DOMEX [document and media exploitation] capabilities on behalf of the DNI." See "Document and Media Exploitation" (pdf), ICD 302, July 6, 2007. Also new is "National Intelligence Board" (pdf), ICD 202, July 16, 2007. Speech by Joel F. Brenner, National Counterintelligence Executive Ha’aretz Inside Intel / A Zionist intruder at the gates by Yossi Melman From LRB, The Rise of the Private Army: A review of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill. From TAP, a review of On Suicide Bombing by Talal Asad and Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror by Mia Bloom. Science and Terrorism: We use science and technology for the management and improvement of our lives – yet it appears that our increasing technical sophistication also enables small groups and individuals to cause great harm. A prescription for terror: Is there a connection between the study of science and a readiness to commit terrorist acts? New Al Qaeda Web Ad Threatens 'Big Surprise'... Washington Times Intelligence needs human touch (Dan K. Thomasson) Editorial Reform FISA now The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) should be modernized to take into account technological changes that have occurred during the past 29 years Original CIA spymaster (By John B. Roberts II) CRS "Defense: FY2008 Authorization and Appropriations," updated July 30, 2007. "Africa Command: U.S. Strategic Interests and the Role of the U.S. Military in Africa," updated July 6, 2007. Senate FRC Exploring The U.S. Africa Command Reporters Could be Prosecuted Under Espionage Law, DoJ Says SIPRI New Research Paper: The Taliban’s propaganda activities Afghan Jihad's Christian Martyrs By: Michelle Malkin | New York Post PAPER: IRAQ WAR COSTS $4,000 EVERY SECOND... The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew | H20 Slate Irrelevant Exuberance Why the latest good news from Iraq doesn't matter. Is the word losing its power to shock us into action?
Who's Killing the Great Directors of Europe? An interview with British diplomat Carne Ross, author of Independent Diplomat: Dispatches from an Unaccountable Elite Into Africa: Investors eye globalisation’s final frontier. On Paper It Is Writ: From history's beginning, globalization has had winners and losers. A study suggests globalization will stall unless the gains are spread more evenly within nations. Third world way: The UN Global Compact may be the best way to draw corporations into the development process. Is its optimism justified? Five Lies My Economist Told Me: Economics prides itself on being the most scientific of the social sciences. Yet the X and Y axes can’t always capture globalization’s unpredictable turns. A look at five ways in which the world economy is pushing economists to think outside the box International Comparisons of Child Well-Being The United States and Four English-Speaking Countries (17 pages; PDF) U.S. Government Executive Branch Management Scorecard (June 30, 2007) (4 pages; PDF) From The Mises Institute, an article on why government can't make decisions rationally. An interview with Brendan Sweetman, author of Why Politics Needs Religion: The Place of Religious Arguments in the Public Square. Deconstructing Islamist Participation: All Islamic parties are not equal – understanding the differences is essential for confronting democratically elected mullahs. God-Fearing People: Why are we so scared of offending Muslims? Christopher Hitchens wants to know A review of The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier. Secondhand Fat . In praise of failure Success is much over-rated in our go-getter society. For when it comes to teaching us something, Success can't hold a candle to Failure. The Presence of Malice By RICHARD MORAN A study I completed recently indicated that about two-thirds of so-called wrongful convictions resulted from intentional, malicious prosecutions by criminal justice personnel. | H21 From ReadySteadyBook, A Defence of the Book: Many of the most vehement advocates of new technology in education, as an alternative to books, are frankly advocating a novel species of illiteracy. From Britannica, an article on the Book as Object: Books and bytes; and Dewey isn’t synonymous with library, and the demise of his system doesn’t mean the downfall of libraries. A library bigger than any building: An ambitious project to create an online catalogue of every book in every language ever published is under way. Public goodwill is not in doubt, but some libraries remain to be convinced. From The New Yorker, where have all the bees gone? From NYRB, a religion for Darwinians? H. Allen Orr reviews Living with Darwin: Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith by Philip Kitcher. From Discover, an article on 10 Unsolved Mysteries of the Brain: What we know—and don’t know—about how we think. Who’s Minding the Mind? The subconscious brain is more active, independent and purposeful than once thought. Sometimes it takes charge. This is your brain on love: When you're attracted to someone, is your gray matter talking sense — or just hooked? Scientists take a rational look. Seven Deadly Sentiments: Evolutionary psychology helps us understand why we are ashamed of having forbidden thoughts that make us feel like lousy people. It tells us that these shameful feelings are hardwired—strategies that led to success on the Pleistocene savanna (and a primer). After exhaustively compiling a list of the 237 reasons why people have sex, researchers found that young men and women get intimate for mostly the same motivations (and more). Why Humans Have Sex (PDF; 476 KB) Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior Science of Sex: Scientists have now discovered that there are three separate sex drives that control the rules of the mating game An excerpt from How Mathematicians Think: Using Ambiguity, Contradiction, and Paradox to Create Mathematics by William Byers. Philip Hensher: The giants of cinema are all gone now Bias and the Beeb: The BBC stands accused of promoting a leftwing agenda, sometimes in the name of altruism. Although it is legally required to be "impartial", is it time to question whether this is desirable, or even possible? Lessons From an Ex-Murdoch Man: As the editor of the Sunday Times, Andrew Neil witnessed just how Rupert Murdoch uses his newspapers to advance his personal interests. The Murdoch Journal Watch: Having bagged his trophy, how long will it take Rupert to bugger it? From The Chronicle, universities should support a broader concept of publishing in the digital age, a long-awaited report says. From Inside Higher Ed, Sailing from Ithaka: There’s a new report on the future of digital publishing in academe. A behind-the-scenes tour of Oxford academia: A review of Remnants of a Quiet Life by Henry Harris. Computer Analyst Claims He's Found a Painting Within a Painting |
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