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18 August 2007
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H1 New York Times White House to Offer Gradual Cuts as Iraq Plan

The plan falls far short of the drawdown demanded by Congressional opponents of the war, officials said.

Fearing Slide in Economy, Fed Cuts Its Discount Rate

The rare move was seen as an admission by the Fed that its outlook on the credit crisis was flawed, and analysts suggested further cuts are likely.

Recalling Cold War, Russia Resumes Long-Range Sorties

Asia Times US marches closer to war with Iran From Bosnia to Afghanistan to Iraq, the US military and intelligence have cooperated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, which Washington now wants to declare a terrorist outfit. This collaboration will end, leaving the US "unfettered" for a strike on Iran. And despite what some may think, a "war of attrition" with low-intensity clashes is not possible. It can only be all-out war. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

Conversation With Gen. Colin Powell

Washington Post My Plan for Iraq By Ayad Allawi Without change at the top of the Iraqi government, no American military strategy or orderly withdrawal will succeed, and Iraq and the region will be left in chaos.

Fed Lowers Bank Rate, Shifts View On Economy Market Turmoil Supplants Inflation as Top Priority

FT WEEKEND MAGAZINE - LUNCH WITH THE FT: Edmund Phelps - US and them

Jerusalem Post Syria reportedly gets Russian anti-aircraft systems 50 SA-22 E to arrive in Syria before deployment in Russian army; deal prohibits transfer to 3rd country but Iran already promised 10.

Ha’aretz - Riyadh: Syria trying to spread chaos, destabilize Middle East States in war of words over role in Arab world; Syria: Saudi Arabia paralyzed, can't forge Hamas-Fatah truce.

Yedioth Ahronoth The Hamastan dilemma

Israel has four options for dealing with Hamas, but they are all bad, says Ron Ben Yishai

Guardian The debate America needs

Michael Boyle: The idea of global leadership has been assumed by US policymakers. Because of Iraq, and other US policy failures, that can no longer be taken for granted.

Conflict crazy Soumaya Ghannoushi The only conclusion to be drawn from the declaration that Iran's Republican Guards are a terrorist organisation is that the US is creating a climate of war.

Putin revives bomber patrols
Russia resumes long-range flights of bombers capable of striking targets deep inside the United States

Washington Institute The Smarter Way to Target Iran

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, Inc.

Financial Times Fed brings relief to the markets

The US Federal Reserve took radical steps to combat financial market contagion, making direct loans available to cash-strapped banks on more favourable terms

Analysis: Fed moves to restore balance

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: A real-world theoretician The Federal Reserve chairman is well-equipped to balance the concerns of Wall Street and Main Street

Tripartite Iraq? Bipartite? Or still unified, with new boundaries?

Ibn Warraq vs. Edward Said
'Defending the West' reviewed.

Wall Street Journal The New Nuclear Threat
Terrorism makes atomic cooperation even more imperative.
By DICK LUGAR and SAM NUNN

Talking to Iran Every U.S. administration since the Islamic revolution has approached Tehran. It's pretty obvious why they've never gotten very far.
By MICHAEL A. LEDEEN

Washington Note Michael Ledeen's Dangerous Iran Obsession

Cheney, Lieberman and
Iran War Conspiracy

by Gareth Porter

Asia Times Maliki seeks a lifeline in Syria As a refugee from Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was a guest of Syria, which he visits next week. He is expected to deliver some diplomatic payback by starting to work with, rather than against, Damascus. And he could well receive an invaluable lesson in how to resist occupation. - Sami Moubayed

H2 Turkey and Europe: The Way 
Ahead - International Crisis Group

'Seçim zaferi fırsat'
Uluslararası Kriz Grubu'na göre AKP'nin seçim zaferi AB üyeliği için fırsat

Jane's Ruffling feathers - will Turkey invade northern Iraq?

'Referandum Zamanında Yapılamaz' ABD'nin Bağdat Büyükelçisi Ryan Crocker, Kerkük referandumunun zamanında yapılamayacağını söyledi

US warns against unconstitutional moves in Turkey

Ordu Gül'ü eninde sonunda kabullenecek

EDM PRESIDENT SEZER SNUBS ERDOGAN IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE WAR OF ATTRITION BETWEEN THE AKP AND TURKEY’S SECULAR ESTABLISHMENT


- TURKEY MOVES TO POSITION ITSELF AS A STRATEGIC TRANSIT CORRIDOR FOR CASPIAN HYDROCARBONS

Which direction for Turkey : East or West? - Turquie Européenne - Friday 17 August 2007 - Actualités de la Turquie et traductions de la presse turque

Asia Times Turkey revives presidential row Fears of a return to an Islamic state and/or a military coup fuel the controversy over Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul's return as a presidential candidate

The Economist: Ordu bağrına taş basacak

Tartışma The Economist’te

Benefit of the doubt, not a blank check for the AKP Semih İDİZ

Inshallah... Burak BEKDİL

Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

Kerkük referandumu gecikecek

Iraq's Kirkuk running out of time for poll - US

US says Kirkuk vote unlikely to go ahead

Korucular Genelkurmay'da

‘Hassas’ İmralı girişimi ekimde

Piyade taburuna PKK ateşi: 3 asker yaralı

Fatih Böhürler DTP düzen partisi mi olacak?

'PKK'nın yolu kesilir' diye Ilısu Barajı'nı istemiyor

Concern for Ilısu political, experts say

DTP'den destek için 2 şart

Kirkuk governor discusses Kirkuk

Kürt sorununa çözüm sözü ver

Fırat: Kürd sorunu AB'nin de, ABD'nin de bir sorunudur

Çadırcı, Bu anlaşma, her iki tarafa da yarar getirmeyecek

Demirtaş, Kürd sorunun çözümü için “Yeni bir Özal lazım”

DEBKAfile reports: Al Qaeda’s massacre of Iraqi Yazidi Kurds perpetrated to throw US security operations in disarray. Whole community in flight

Kurdish State Must Precede Palestinian

Guardian Among a people in mourning Michael Howard travels to Yezidi territory in northern Iraq - the first British newspaper journalist to do so since some 350 people were killed in bomb attacks on Tuesday.

Iranian Forces Bombard Iraqi Kurdistan Villages - TV

Kurdish Identity, Language Disregarded in Turkey - Pro-Kurdish Party Leader

Turkish Weekly Opinion - Ataturk’s Turkey: A Model For the Greater Middle East?

Güler İran’a imzaya gidiyor

'Türkiyeli Yezidiler artık dışlanmıyor'

Azeri-Iranian Consultations Open in Baku

DTP, oyunun rengini pazarlık konusu yapıyor

An Israeli in Kurdistan

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Sami KOHEN Avrupa'ya mesajlar

FT Avrupa Türkiye'nin elinden tutmalı
David Gardner

Mensur Akgün Türkiye artık küresel sorunlara küresel çözümler üreten bir ülke oldu

Rum basını: ''İhale Türkiye'nin çabalarına yanıt''

Rumlar: Rezil olduk

Beril Dedeoğlu The pretext of Mediterranean oil

Karamanlis'in seçim kumarı

Rumların petrol fiyaskosu

Turkey slams Marcoullis over remarks against army

Paşa uyardı Dışişleri açıkladı

"Türk askeri Kıbrıs'ta istikrar unsuru değil"

Semih İDİZ Şanghay hayranlarının Türkiye'si

ABD'ye gözdağı

Göreve gelir gelmez TSK’ya işgalci demişti

Reuters AlertNet - Turkey and Europe: The Way Ahead

Seçimler, Türkiye'nin tam üyelik sürecinin canlanması için bir fırsat

KKTC'den İslam ülkelerine çağrı

Turkey choosing between hijab and Europe RIA Novosti

Ukraine considers Iraq, Turkey pipeline

'More needs to be done for minorities' - Turkish Daily News Aug 17, 2007

Pasok'la fark iki puana inince sandık gözüktü

Cyprus ready for oil bids, Turkey irked

World Politics Review | Islam in Europe: An Interview With Arzu Toker on the Cologne Mosque

Boston Globe Editorial No synonyms for genocide

ONE SHOULDN'T play geopolitics with genocide. The executive committee of the Anti-Defamation League for New England showed sound moral judgment this week when it acknowledged that, just like the destruction of the Jews in Europe and the Tutsis in Rwanda, the slaughter of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire was a horrific crime against humanity.

Ermeniler, atalarının köylerini ziyaret etti

Ermeni yazara diaspora tepkisi

Şemdinli'de yine tahliye yok

Şemdinli davasında dosya inceleme kararı

'Vatansever'ler Kıvrıkoğlu'na suikast planlamış

Işıkara: "Afet yönetimini orduya bırakın"

Depremde helikopterlere el konulacak

YARSAV: Gül yargılanabilir

Tesettürlü bir kadının plaj güncesi

Engin Ardıç Makbule Atatürk

Çankaya için türban formülleri

Ahmet Taşgetiren Emin Çölaşan vak'ası neyin nesidir?

Serdar Turgut Bu iş ayıp oldu

Çiller bile gönül aldı Ekşi aramadı!

İstanbul'da 19-28 Ağustos arasında kesinti

Yılmaz Özdil Hayat hep sinüs kosinüs değil, tanjant kotanjant da lazım...

Kuraklık paniği ve su kaynakları NÜKET BARLAS

ABD, Türkiye’nin kalbini Youtube’la kazanacak

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN
Ataç'ın yanılgısı

H3 Başkan'ın adamları

Köşk adayı Gül, samimiyet mesajları verdi:
Rol yapmıyorum özüm sözüm bir

’Uzatmalarda’ atamaya devam

Ruşen ÇakırYeni kabine için beş kritik soru

Üç lider arasında en düşük puan Baykal’ın

Cengiz Çandar 'Yenilenen Türkiye'nin 'ileri'ye yolculuğu

Havada korsan paniği: Lefkoşa-İstanbul seferini yapan uçak kaçırıldı

Taha Kıvanç İflâh olmaz şu gazeteciler…

Fehmi Koru Sen, ben, bizimoğlan düzeni

İlter Türkmen Şimdilik fena gitmiyor

28 Şubat dersleri Murat Yetkin

Fikret BİLA Çankaya Köşkü'ndeki hava

'Vatansever'ler Kıvrıkoğlu'na suikast planlamış

CHP ehveni şermiş!
AKP'liler partiden memnun. CHP'li seçmense 'Bizimki kötünün iyisi' diyor

Taha AKYOL İki türlü modernleşme

Meslektaşla askeri konuşma M.Ali Kışlalı

Lidere güvende Baykal sonuncu

Köşk seçimi ile ısınan 'sıcak' MGK

Disappointed military fails with last shot

Turkey’s army chief refuses to discuss Gül’s candidacy for president

MUHARREM SARIKAYA

ERDAL ŞAFAKBir fotoğrafın düşündürdükleri

ERGUN BABAHAN Cumhurbaşkanı sadece fren mi?

NAZLI ILICAK Rest mi, jest mi?

Hasan CEMAL Şaka gibi!

Can Dündar Yeni başlayanlar için izahlı darbeler tarihi

60th government's agenda laden with problematic issues

AKP'li Sözen: Kurumlar arasında iletişim eksik

Erdoğan’ın gözde valisi müsteşar mı

Kabineye 'Gül' ayarı

İKİ YENİ TARTIŞMA

Ankara’da mısın, tatilde mi!

İlnur Çevik General Buyukanit is doing the right thing

Şahin Alpay Eğitimle artan dogmatizm

Serdar Turgut Diyalektik ve AKP

Can Paker AKP’yi orta sınıf yükseltti

Abdullah Gül and secular politicsby MÜMTAZ’ER TÜRKÖNE

Ertuğrul Özkök Yahudi asıllı demek gerekir miydi

M Ali Birand Sezer, giderayak doğrusunu yaptı …

Enis Berberoğlu Yemin töreni hemen

Oktay Ekşi Bunun adı resttir...

[HABER ANALİZ] AK Parti'den çağrı: Birinci turda seçelim ülke zaman kazansın

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası

Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri - Dış Basında Güncel Türkiye Bülteni

Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700

VOA TSİ 06:30 Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit

Abdülhamit Bilici Bu kez Andrew Finkel haklı çıktı

Derya SAZAK Askerin tutumu

Bekir Coşkun Dükkán...

Tufan Türenç Bu vahim yanlışı Başbakan bile yaptı

Özdemir İnce Havva anamız nasıl giyiniyordu?

Mehmet Yılmaz ’Kişisel tercih’ deyip geçemeyiz

Meral TAMER "CHP'nin asıl sahibi sol değil, Kemalistlerdir"

Ali Bulaç CHP vak'ası

Meslektaşla askeri konuşma
M.Ali Kışlalı

İsmail Küçükkaya
Çankaya Köşkü’nde olanlar

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

YAVUZ DONAT
Senaryo... Sürpriz... Fikir jimnastiği

[Yorum - Alev Alatlı] Dur bir pırtık!

Mehmet Kamış Abdullah Gül neyi değiştirecek?

Tansu Çiller siyasete geri mi dönüyor?

YASİN AKTAY

Rövanşizm bize ters, ama…

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Yağmur iyiydi ama fazlası sel oldu, boğulduk

OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
Yeni kabine AB'ye uyacak, Gümrük Maliye Bakanlığı'na bağlanacak

Ercan Kumcu

Erdal Sağlam

Yeni dünya böyle bir dünya
İsmet Berkan

Güngör URAS Hükümet boşluğunda dalgayla boğuşuyoruz

Mahir Kaynak Dalgalanma

Ege Cansen Hokus pokus (II)

Şimşek: Dalga ciddi, temellerimiz sağlam

Deniz Gökçe Dış dalga ve durumumuz!

Salih Neftçi Kredi krizi, sonuçları ve basının performansı

Dalgalanmaya karşı Türkiye'nin panzehiri var, yatırımcı rahat olsun

Turkey 14th in global hydro power capacity

Turkey world’s third largest gold market

Internationalization of small firms: A case study of Turkish small- and medium-sized enterprises

Turkish Elections And Weakening Lira Examined For Next Week By Danske Bank

Fisher hipotezi ve ekonomik program
MEHMET HASAN EKEN

Güven Sak Krizin suçlusu bebek patlaması kuşağıdır

Gayrimenkul devleri mahalle emlakçısını kapma savaşına girdi

H4 New York Times White House to Offer Gradual Cuts as Iraq Plan

The plan falls far short of the drawdown demanded by Congressional opponents of the war, officials said.

Fearing Slide in Economy, Fed Cuts Its Discount Rate

The rare move was seen as an admission by the Fed that its outlook on the credit crisis was flawed, and analysts suggested further cuts are likely.

Recalling Cold War, Russia Resumes Long-Range Sorties

Padilla Case Offers a New Model of Terror Trial The Justice Department’s use of a seldom-tested conspiracy law in the Jose Padilla case cemented a new prosecutorial paradigm

Editorial

Chinese Entrepreneurs in Africa Flourish Where Others Faltered

As economic ties between China and Africa deepen, hundreds of thousands of Chinese migrants are discovering the continent.

H5 Washington Post My Plan for Iraq

By Ayad Allawi Without change at the top of the Iraqi government, no American military strategy or orderly withdrawal will succeed, and Iraq and the region will be left in chaos.

Fed Lowers Bank Rate, Shifts View On Economy Market Turmoil Supplants Inflation as Top Priority

Editorial

Whose Report Is it Anyway? By: Dan Froomkin | The Washington Post
The "Petraeus Report" -- the supposedly trustworthy mid-September reckoning of military and political progress in Iraq by Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker -- is instead looking more like a White House con job in the making

William Arkin The Man Who Won't Be (But Should Be) King

Their Baghdad Scrapbook By Jonathan Finer, Ceremonial visits to Iraq, by politicians or partisans, are never very enlightening.

Russia Resumes Its Long-Range Air Patrols Putin Announces Regular Tours

On Faith: Irshad Manji: Islam and Reason

H6 Guardian The debate America needs Michael Boyle: The idea of global leadership has been assumed by US policymakers. Because of Iraq, and other US policy failures, that can no longer be taken for granted.

Conflict crazy Soumaya Ghannoushi The only conclusion to be drawn from the declaration that Iran's Republican Guards are a terrorist organisation is that the US is creating a climate of war.

Putin revives bomber patrols
Russia resumes long-range flights of bombers capable of striking targets deep inside the United States

Does Hamas have the answers?

Rory McCarthy Questions are emerging about Hamas's ability to govern, given recent events including its feud with Fatah.

Russia forces World Service off air

· BBC partner station told to halt broadcasts
· Move linked to diplomat row with Britain

Leader Tea leaves in turmoil
Financial markets: What started off as a relatively small problem with sub-prime loans to the US housing market has wreaked havoc across the planet.

From turbulence to calamity
US Federal Reserve is forced to step in after a panic-stricken week, but has it done enough?
Profile: Ben Bernanke, Reserve chief
Comment: Nils Pratley

H7 Asia Times Maliki seeks a lifeline in Syria As a refugee from Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was a guest of Syria, which he visits next week. He is expected to deliver some diplomatic payback by starting to work with, rather than against, Damascus. And he could well receive an invaluable lesson in how to resist occupation. - Sami Moubayed

Saudis nip extremism in the bud
The Saudi government is using the carrot rather than the stick in a low-profile effort to combat Islamic extremists. The state-sponsored re-education program for individuals with potential jihadist tendencies has achieved noteworthy results, even though it has been criticized for its secrecy and by those who feel more extreme measures are needed. Still, it's a model the US and other countries could consider.

A new energy
pessimism emerges

Opinions may differ over whether the world's oil production has peaked, but Michael T Klare argues there is no doubt that the world has entered the era of "tough oil". Because oil demand is likely to keep rising and the development of new oilfields is not expected to keep pace, significant shortfalls will emerge within the next five years. The world can scrape by with the right policies - and a lot of luck.

UPI Analysis: Middle East faces choices on energy

Time Is Iran Aiding Iraq's Militias?

McClatchy US Allies Fear Latest Moves Against Iran Risk War

Saudis at the Negociating Table By: Nader Habibi | The Boston Globe
The United States and Iran have held two rounds of talks over the security and stability of Iraq -- one in May and one in July -- and have also set up a joint security committee for regular consultation in the weeks ahead. More talks at ambassadorial or higher levels are likely in the coming months.

Boston Globe Editorial Musharraf's choices

PAKISTAN'S PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf faces daunting obstacles in his quest for another five-year term. Because the Bush administration has backed Musharraf as a pragmatic partner in a dangerous region, the United States has a stake in the choices Musharraf will make and may be tempted to weigh in on his side. But the United States would best serve its own ...

Democracy or Dictatorship? Emerging Political Crisis in Pakistan

H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor

US Papers Sat: WH to Offer Troop Cuts, Sorta

Iraqi Papers Sat: Front of the "Moderates"

New Iraqi Political Alliance Will Isolate Sunnis, Boost Extremists - Editorial

Iraq: Killings In Shi'ite Holy City Expose Growing Splits

Iraqi Vice-President Outlines Reasons for Not Joining New Political Alliance

Iraqi Sunnis Slam PM's New Shi'ite, Kurdish Alliance

Lack of Sunnis Undermines Power Bloc

Al-Alam TV "Under the Spotlight" Programme on New Iraqi Political Front

Iraqi President Says Other Parties Welcome to Join New Alliance

U.S. general: Iraq 'surge' likely to end in spring

General: Quick Strikes Planned in Iraq

Iranian Analyst on US Threat to Designate Revolutionary Guard As Terrorist

West Has to Accept Iran's Influence, Rights in Mideast - Defence Minister

Iraqi PM Tells Sunni Tribes: 'We Must Unite'

Russia Rejects Fears That Air-Defense Systems Sold to Syria Can End Up in Iran

Fierce Bidding for Iraq's Cell Phone Licenses Ends in $3.7 Billion-Dollar Deal

Iraq: Ordinary Iraqis Find Little Happiness In Daily Life

Iranian Court Sentences Kurdistan Province Labor Activists To Prison

Iraq bomb death toll reaches 344

Sharaa Statement of Syria’s Foreign Policy

Daily Star Tallying up Lebanon's war a year later
By Rami G. Khouri

If you pay, we'll be sure to look the other way
By Michael Young

Beirut and contradiction, Mai Ghoussoub

H9 Ha’aretz - Riyadh: Syria trying to spread chaos, destabilize Middle East States in war of words over role in Arab world; Syria: Saudi Arabia paralyzed, can't forge Hamas-Fatah truce.

Shmuel Rosner: Israel cannot be weaned from the American teat The 10 year temporary aid package

Yedioth Ahronoth The Hamastan dilemma Israel has four options for dealing with Hamas, but they are all bad, says Ron Ben Yishai

Electricity cut in Gaza
Palestinian company supplying about 25% of electricity to central Strip cuts off power after Israel closes crossing through which fuel is brought into PA area. IDF: Crossing has been closed since Wednesday for security reasons Full Story . . .

Jerusalem Post Syria reportedly gets Russian anti-aircraft systems
50 SA-22 E to arrive in Syria before deployment in Russian army; deal prohibits transfer to 3rd country but Iran already promised 10.

Column One: Salaam Fayad, Hero of Israel [ CAROLINE GLICK,

Bush's private party/ Ben Ami

BBC Monitoring Quotes From Israel's Hebrew Press 17 Aug 07

Daily Alert.orgMiddle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review Google News Israel - Palestine

New signs of Hezbollah gathering strength

Creating a Corridor to Peace By: Uri Dromi | Miami Herald This Wednesday, Jericho came to life. Motorcades of diplomatic cars raced through the city, heading toward the Intercontinental Hotel, which had been built in the good old days of the Oslo process. The visitors were delegates from Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan and Japan. They met to launch ''The Corridor for Peace and Prosperity,'' a project initiated by the Japanese government to promote regional cooperation.

Daily Star What comes next in Palestine? The view from Hamas By Ahmed Yousef

H10 Christian Science Monitor

ASIA Heritage U.S. Nuclear Agreement with India: An Acceptable Deal for Major Strategic Gain

by Lisa Curtis and Baker Spring

Tom Barnett In the New Core, India will define how slow you can go and still grow fast enough

The Times Islam’s crusade in nation divided Malaysian leaders are branded 'Taleban lite' as US pop star falls victim to crackdown

Stoking Protectionism The Economist
A series of scandals relating to substandard exports by China has tarnished the image of Chinese products abroad. The scandals are a further blow to already tense trade relations with the US, but despite the problems China's key role as "workshop to the world" is not under threat. Over the longer term, however, the issue of product quality may hinder China's attempts to move into higher-value exports.

All news must be good news, says Chinese government
Media ordered to report only positive news ahead of the most important meeting of the communist party in five years.

Beijing 2008 Is Building Up for a Big Letdown By: William Pesek | Bloomberg News
China sees the games as a coming-out party, a showcase for its rising stature as a world power. Critics see them as a perfect opportunity to push China for greater openness, more tolerance for dissent and to become a better global citizen.

How Realistic is a Nuclear-Armed Japan? JIIA

Reenergizing Japan's ASEAN Policy JIIA

Bollywood to Lollywood

Abdul-Rehman Malik After the Raj: Among Pakistan's aspirational middle class, India is no longer the devil next door.

Asia Times Afghanistan's ball back in Pakistan's courtThe United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization might not admit it outright, but the recent peace jirga in Afghanistan makes it clear that there is no military solution to the Afghanistan problem. But to make the peace process work, the US will have to depend on the military leadership in Pakistan - and President General Pervez Musharraf in particular. - M K Bhadrakumar

IHT The wrong reasons to talk
The North-South summit has very little to do with unification and more to do with South Korea's approaching elections

Roh's Trip to Pyongyang Puts Three Scenarios in Play By: Michael J. Green | The Japan Times
South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun's trip to Pyongyang later this month sets up the possibility of a "good," "bad" or "ugly" scenario.

H11 IHT Get the Saudis involved Saudi Arabia's participation in Iraq security talks is in the interests of both Iran and the United States and would help reassure other Sunni Arab governments in the region.

A debt culture gone awry A return to fiscal responsibility would make the U.S. far stronger. Let us hope it heeds the latest market warnings.

The pitfalls of 'voluntary' censorship

Globalization has put new pressures on the right to free expression.

EUROPE European press review

'Basque land not for sale' - bombers hit holiday homes
Victims include 'les britanniques' amid local anger at rising property prices.

Reforming Europe: The EU Moves On IISS

Regional Cooperation in the Western Balkans
ISS-EU

Can Democratic Elections Solve a Civil War? The Case of Serbia and Kosovo
FRIDE A 6-page Spanish paper examining the use of democratic elections for the resolution of civil conflicts

Has the EU Got its Iran Strategy Right? FRIDE

CEPS The Reform Treaty & Justice and Home Affairs - Implications for the common Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

H12 RFE/RL SCO States Hold Joint Military Exercises

Russian Envoy Says 'Nothing Impossible' In Kosovo Talks

Russia: Is Coercive Psychology Staging A Comeback?

BBC Bomber patrols
Russia's Cold War tactics designed to show resurgent power

RUSSIA/CHINA/CENTRAL ASIA: Security dominates SCO aims

Google News Azerbaijan

EDM PRESIDENT SEZER SNUBS ERDOGAN IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE WAR OF ATTRITION BETWEEN THE AKP AND TURKEY’S SECULAR ESTABLISHMENT


- TURKEY MOVES TO POSITION ITSELF AS A STRATEGIC TRANSIT CORRIDOR FOR CASPIAN HYDROCARBONS


- AUSTRIA’S OMV VERSUS HUNGARY’S MOL: THE LESS EFFICIENT TARGETING THE MORE EFFICIENT


- KAZAKH INTERIOR MINISTRY HUMILIATED BY AUSTRIAN REFUSAL TO EXTRADITE RAKHAT ALIEV


- SCO SUMMIT FOCUSES ON ENERGY COOPERATION

Georgia Aims Missile at UN By: Alexander Gabuev and Vladimir Novikov | Kommersant
Georgia has apparently decided to use the ongoing missile row with Russia to speed up talks on the status of South Ossetia. The country’s Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli promised that a Georgian task force would present its final recommendations on the status of the breakaway republic in two weeks’ time.

Another Explosive August By: Yevgeny Kiselyov | The Moscow Times
We are once again in the month of August. And again another explosion -- this time on a Moscow-St. Petersburg train. It seems to me that there is more to this incident than meets the eye because a terrorist act has taken place at such an important moment for the country -- on the eve of a presidential election.

BBC Nazarbayev cult
Kazakhstan reverence for Central Asia's progressive president

Chinese Growth Plans Stoke Fears of Central Asian Ecological Catastrophe

H13 The Times Discover your inner Eurofederalist

Personal acquisitive Eurofederalism is a wonderful new way of looking at Europe

Giles Whittell

England’s success may be in our genes Medieval England was more pro-market than Thatcherite England

Gregory Clark

Wall Street Journal The New Nuclear Threat Terrorism makes atomic cooperation even more imperative. By DICK LUGAR and SAM NUNN

Talking to Iran Every U.S. administration since the Islamic revolution has approached Tehran. It's pretty obvious why they've never gotten very far.
By MICHAEL A. LEDEEN

A Surgical Strike by the Fed Chairman - Irwin Stelzer, Weekly Standard


Why Does Wall St. Always Get Bailed Out? - Allan Sloan, Fortune

H14 Financial Times Fed brings relief to the markets

The US Federal Reserve took radical steps to combat financial market contagion, making direct loans available to cash-strapped banks on more favourable terms

Analysis: Fed moves to restore balance

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