| H1 Who Lost Iraq? - James Dobbins, From Foreign Affairs, September/October 2007 The current debate over the United States' failures in Iraq needs to go beyond bumper-sticker conclusions -- no more preemption, no more democracy promotion, no more nation building -- and acrimonious finger-pointing. Only by carefully considering where U.S. leaders, institutions, and policies have been at fault can valuable lessons be learned and future debacles avoided. Reengaging With the World
John Edwards In the wake of the Iraq debacle, we must restore America's reputation for moral leadership and reengage with the world. We must move beyond the empty slogan 'war on terror' and create a genuine national security policy that is built on hope, not fear. Only then can America once again become a beacon to the world. Guardian Bush: there will be no pullout from Iraq while I'm president President George Bush makes a risky comparison with the bloodshed and chaos that followed the US pullout from Vietnam. Washington Post Editorial Easy Scapegoat Is the Iraqi prime minister to blame for his country's political stalemate? Bush Compares Iraq to Vietnam He Says Pullout Would Be Disastrous Text Bush Speech Tom Barnett Bosnia done backwards is still a model, just with more real-time ... AP Senior Diplomats Retaking Foreign Policy The Times Comparison that undermines US case It is a desperate move for President Bush to invoke Vietnam as justification for staying longer in Iraq Bronwen Maddox Leader Iraq and Vietnam Bush takes the war to the home front Guardian Leader The Saigon syndrome Iraq: It is surely a sign of desperation in the White House that President Bush yesterday cited the US withdrawal from Vietnam in 1975 as a reason for not withdrawing from Iraq any time soon Osama Bin Laden Is `Healthy and Active,' Taliban Says (Update1) McClatchy Hamas leader: Palestinians will 'never stop the intifada' DAMASCUS, Syria — Khaled Mashaal, Hamas' most influential political leader, told McClatchy Newspapers that his Islamist organization is unwilling to make any significant concessions to Israel or to its Palestinian rivals in Fatah to repair fractured Middle East peace talks. For Baghdad couples, love often lost amid sectarian struggle Intermarriage between Sunnis and Shiites was once common in Iraq, but no more. Warfare between the country's two major sects has segregated neighborhoods and divided families. Now it's ending marriages and filling with dread the few unions strong enough to survive Financial Times Reducing greenhouse gas will cost $200bn UN says that due to rapidly rising greenhouse gas emissions in the world, more than $200bn a year will have to be spent to return to today’s level of emissions by 2030 The US and Iran geared up for the next stage in the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme, when Washington criticised a deal under which the Islamic Republic has offered to reveal more information about its activities LEADER: Sheathe the sabres The best response for the US and the EU is to try to co-ordinate policy towards Russia, tone down the rhetoric and hope the Kremlin adopts a less belligerent tone Geopolitical Diary: Russia Rewrites the Post-Cold War Rule Book
Stratfor Walker's World: Will Putin step down?
United Press International Ha’aretz – Israel proposes W. Bank-Gaza route in land swap In agreement of principles, Palestinians would receive control of route, Israel would maintain sovereignty. EurasiaNet Is SCO Unity an Illusion? BY IGOR ROTAR
The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit held in Bishkek fostered an image of unity among Central Asian states. The reality of the region’s political and economic conditions, however, belies such solidarity Independent The vanishing coalition President Bush invokes Vietnam as splits emerge with Iraq allies Robert Fisk: The Iraqis don't deserve us. So we betray them... Daily Telegraph US general blames Britain for Basra crisis The withdrawal of British troops is turning Basra into a city of "gangland warfare". Leader The battle of Britain in Basra It began as unattributable sniping from anonymous Pentagon sources and has turned into a doughty, on-the-record whinge: Washington is not amused. Christian Science Monitor Visit changes France's tack on Iraq The French foreign minister's visit to Baghdad this week marks a thaw in France-US relations Maliki inks Syrian border pact The Iraqi prime minister is under pressure from the US to show progress in Baghdad. Washington Post Maliki Scolds His American Critics Government Defended as the Will of Iraqis; 14 U.S. Troops Die in Helicopter Crash What September Won't Settle By George F. Will General Petraeus's metrics of success might ignite more arguments than they settle. The U.N.'s Role in Iraq By Carlos Pascual and Brian Cullin Guardian Don't know much about history Matthew Yglesias: Why is George Bush suddenly making parallels between Iraq and Vietnam? Because he's preparing to shift the blame for another disaster. Unfriendly fire Spencer Ackerman: The irresponsible attack on Iraq's prime minister is a sign of Democrats' frustration with the war in Iraq. Overthrowing him would make matters worse. Crisis in the Green ZoneJonathan Steele Nuri al-Maliki's outburst against US criticism is bad news for George Bush, whose political project for Iraq now looks more fragile than ever. : The Cost Calculus of External Support “Iran and Syria: An Alliance Shaped by Mutual Foes” by Deborah Amos A conversation with Sen. John McCain What do Muslims Believe? Ziauddin Sardar Foreign Affairs When Congress Stops Wars William G. Howell and Jon C. Pevehouse Yedioth Ahronoth 'Iran developed smart bomb’ Guided 900-kg bomb developed by specialists within Islamic Republic’s Defense Ministry is now operational, government mouthpiece IRNA news agency reports, adding that it could be dropped from F-4 and F-5 jets Helena Cobban Bush, Vietnam, and genocide in Cambodia
"Negotiation has its place, but so does force", Gareth Evans in The Age (Australia)
Foreign Policy The Free-Trade Paradox Why is trade booming while trade talks are crashing? By Moisés Naím İsraPundit Demolishing the Foundations of Islam Washington Times U.S. and China: Which way? Alvin Rabushka China's emergence as an economic power has set off alarms among national security and military experts in Washington, D.C Bolton: I 'Absolutely' Hope The U.S. Will Attack Iran In The Next 'Six Months' Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: Strategy and Process Strategy is to process as Clausewitz is to a PowerPoint. It is not clear whether the U.S. intelligence community or the military has learned this lesson. Understanding the nature of strategy is difficult, disorderly and can't be reduced to three bullet points. Process is easier, orderly and can be briefed in 15-minute sessions.
| H2 Forward Armenian Genocide Debate Exposes Rifts at ADL Jerusalem Post Armenians urge Jews to take moral high ground By ETGAR LEFKOVITS "Jewish people understand the meaning of genocide better than anyone." Turkish envoy returns to deal with ADL Exclusive: Ankara expects Foxman statement on genocide will "be corrected." Türkiye'den İsrail'e: "İlişkiler zarar görür" Ankara karara tepkili, Peres, Erdoğan'ı arayacak ABD'li Yahudi örgüt sözde soykırımı tanıdı Türk Museviler tepkili Büyük haksızlık yaptınız, kararı düzeltin 'Soykırım' Tartışması Anti-Defamation League’in, 1915 olaylarını “soykırım” olarak nitelemesi üzerine, ABD ve İsrail, tutumlarında değişiklik olmadığını açıkladı Ziya Öniş, "Conservative Globalists versus Defensive Nationalists: Political Parties and Paradoxes of Europeanization in Turkey". Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Vol.9, No.3 (2007) Türk dışişlerinden soykırım tepkisi ABD: Ermeni olaylarına ad konulmamalı Ermeni soykırımı oldu, ama tasarıya karşıyız A Test for Democracy in Turkey Gerard Baker Guardian When daughters kill themselves Families in Turkey accused of forcing women to take their own lives. Gül'ün seçilmesi Türkiye'yi yeni bir siyasi krize sokar FARUK HACI MUSTAFA Guardian Ordu akıllıysa karışmaz - Çölaşan olayı Guardian'da! Why the world must look at Turkey
Indian Express Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu PKK-inspired, women-dominated PEJAK and its relations with neighbors
DTP'li vekiller şehit askerin evine taziyeye gitti Syria and Iraq to reopen the Kirkuk-Banias pipeline Iraqi Kurdish Paper Interviews Article 140 Commission Head Iran Wants Kurdish Border Villages Evacuated Prior to Attack on Rebels FT Western oil group eyes assets in Iraq The Times breakthrough for troubled Iraqi industry İBRAHİM KARAGÜL İran K.Irak'a giriyor, Türkiye ne yapacak? TURKISH-IRANIAN JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS IN KURDISTAN ASIL SORUN ‘KÜRT SORUNU’DUR Tuğluk’tan, Galali’ye yanıt geldi
Suriye’de Kerkük-Yumurtalık'a alternatif anlaşma imzalandı Ankara-Tahran enerji hattında pürüzler Kürt-Türk kardeşliğinde” Kürtlerle Türkler eşit midir? DTP'liler sağa dönse İmralı sola dönse Medya... Oasis in Iraq: Universities flourish in Kurdistan Tarık Haşimi bugün Türkiye'ye geliyor Erdoğan Haşimi'ye uçak gönderecek İran yönetimi: "El ilanlarıyla ilgimiz yok" Irak için yeniden devreye giren Ankara Sünni lideri ağırlayacak Neighboring countries "weak and afraid of the Kurds" Iraq Kurds Accused of Silence Over Iran Border Shelling Iraqi Government Failing to Protect Kurds - Article Iran to invade Northern Iraq? Fikret Ertan Hedef Pasdaran... 'Osmanlı-Safevi çekişmesi Türk boylarını Kürtleştirdi' Apo’yu yakaladı Ladin’i ıskaladı DTP kongreye yeni bir siyasi programla gidecek Discontent simmers over redistribution of country's wealth Kurdish Aspect Kurdistan's oil law 'meant to speed up development' Gulf News Iraq Kurd Party Leaders Meet, TV Reports Security Developments 22 Aug 07 Iran Continues Shelling Iraqi Kurdish Border Villages - TV Iraqi Kurdish Forces Official Warns Iran Against Shelling Iraqi Sunni Group Denounces Iranian Shelling of Northern Areas Doğubayazıt'da "X" soruşturması Iraqi minister warns of 'regional wars' if US withdraws Iraq plans to resume north oil flows, deploys force Gül ‘an inspiration for Muslim Democrats all over the world' Kurdish websites and newspapers promote holidays to Turkey. Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber İlnur Çevik Three setbacks in one day is a wake up call Sami KOHEN Kıbrıs'ta yeni çözüm arayışı US gives go ahead to company’s bid in Med oil tender 9.2 milyon Türk AB'ye girmiş, bizim haberimiz yok Funda Özkan AB, kapılarını Türkiye'ye mutlaka açacak! İbrahim Kalın Cyprus and the Alliance of Civilizations Russia travels southby MARIA BEAT* Göç yasasına dava Turkey's Jews unhappy with ADL move to acknowledge 'Armenian genocide' Turkey's Jews disavow ‘genocide' move Leave NATO, join Shanghai!’ Is this really what the Turkish army wants? - Turkish Daily News Aug 22, 2007 :“Gul’s election will not affect Armenian-Turkish relations” - Politics - Panorama | Armenian news New US Consul General Sharon Wiener Arrives in Istanbul | Türkçe HÜKÜMETTEN LOBİ ATAĞI
Erdoğan: Dış ilişkiler komisyonlarında temsil kabiliyeti olan kişilerin görevlendirilsin Başbuğ ve Koşaner'e şeref madalyası 28 Şubat’ın tankçı generaline madalya Genelkurmay'dan 30 Ağustos için televizyon klibi Hayrünnisa Gül Bu benim mahremim Reuters: Türbanlı kadınlar iş bulamıyor 'Ay, bu türbanı modernleştirelim, lütfeeen!' Perihan Mağden 'Refakatteki tesettür'ün yarattığı endişe SEMA KALAYCIOĞLU Burak BEKDİL Tesettürlü kızların isyanı İnsanlıktan çıkmayalım
Nuray Mert 'Sezer gidince yağmur yağar' CHP seçim sonuçlarını inceleyecek Sezer, Çölaşan için konvoyu durdurdu Bad news for CHP: presidents may not be prosecuted except for treason 'Tekin Almanların ajanıydı' iddiası Ordu dereleri artık akmıyor Aleviler, TTK'ya siyah çelenk bıraktı Taksim'e cami yerine Cumhuriyet Müzesi 'Kavgam' Türkiye'de yayımlanamayacak/satılamayacak 23 Ağustos 2007 Basın Özeti | H3 Halk, Gül'ü sempatik AKP'yi 'yararlı' buldu Yeni kabine 29 Ağustos'ta Gül'ün onayına sunulacak [Yorum - Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun] Anayasa savaşları Devir teslim törensiz Sivil anayasa halka sorulacak Fikret BİLA CHP neden yalnız kaldı? Hurşit GÜNEŞ Eğitimliler, varlıklılar CHP'yi yeğliyor. Neden?
İlnur Çevik Three setbacks in one day is a wake up call Sami KOHEN Kıbrıs'ta yeni çözüm arayışı [NEWS ANALYSIS] Turkish facilitator role faces many roadblocks US gives go ahead to company’s bid in Med oil tender Çankaya diyaloğu Beki: Başbakan kişiselleştirmedi 367 yalanlaması '367 yanlıştı demedim' İşbaşı 6 Eylül’de SOLİ ÖZEL İktidar ve demokratik kültür HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN
Darbe olur mu Türkiye'de? Cengiz Çandar Türkiye’nin ihtiyacı: Gerçek gündem ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ Yahudi lobisi 'Ermeni soykırımı'nı tanıyor Mustafa Karaalioğlu Sistemin üzerindeki ağır yük Yalçın Doğan Bu sözü bir kenara yazın Ahmet Hakan Yeni kabinede yer almayacak isimler ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Demokrasi kervanı ilerliyor, size rağmen… İBRAHİM KARAGÜL İran K.Irak'a giriyor, Türkiye ne yapacak? Semih İDİZ ABD ve Musevi düşmanlığının sonucu Andrew Finkel How many AK Party supporters does it take to change a light bulb? Şahin Alpay Demokrasi nedir, ne değildir? Azınlıkların çektiği çile İsmet Berkan Halaçoğlu: Benimki özel bir çalışma
Konuşmaya var yayımlamaya yok
Murat Yetkin Tarihçilerden destek: Amerikan Ulusal Arşivi, Prof. Dr. Halaçoğlu'nu doğruluyor Ekrem Dumanlı Is the AKP a follower of (Erbakan’s) National View? Sabancı Cumhurbaşkanlığı seçim süreci gayet iyi gidiyor; Abdullah Gül'le ilgili endişem yok Yayımlanan sonuçlardan endişe
Tarhan Erdem Baykal'a MHP'den sert cevap: İpi demokrasinin boynuna geçirtmedik Sezer’den Çölaşan’a: Geçmiş olsun Bakalım bu işin sonu nereye varacak Sezer-Çölaşan'da soru işaretleri Ekrem Dumanlı Bu da bir çeşit hayat tarzına müdahale değil mi? Taha Kıvanç Fehmi Koru Böyle gazetecilik olmaz olsun… Taha AKYOL İğne ve çuvaldız Darbecilerin zırhı kalkıyor
AKP, 12 Eylül darbesini yapanları koruyan geçici 15. maddeyi yeni anayasaya koymayacak. Ancak uygulamanın sonuçlarıyla ilgili farklı görüşler var Ertuğrul Özkök Bekir dün ne kadar okundu M Ali Birand Önümüzdeki hafta yeni süreç başlayacak Cüneyt Ülsever Enis Berberoğlu Oktay Ekşi Boş bırakmaya gelmez... Bekir Coşkun Dün çekip gittim... Mehmet Yılmaz Dil sürçmesi deyip geçmeyin Yılmaz Özdil Urfa’ya bak... Yalçın Bayer Okus fokus oylar ERGUN BABAHAN EMRE AKÖZ Halaçoğlu'nun amacı ne? NAZLI ILICAK Ucuz kahramanlık MAHMUT ÖVÜR Güniz Sokak "out" Yeniköy Yalı "in" YAVUZ DONAT Kayseri kararları
Nuh Gönültaş Madem öyle, Emin Çölaşan'ın günahı neydi... Ardan Zentürk Gazetecilik... Nereye kadar... Hüseyin Gülerce "Mahalle"nin evladı Bekir Coşkun Mehmet Barlas Siz gözünüzü kapatınca Türkiye gerçeği yok olmaz ki… Başbakanlık Hürriyet'i suçladı Cumhurbaşkanı seçimi ve gerçekler-2 ALPER SEDAT ASLANDAŞ – Yusuf KANLI Turkey must return to business İhsan dağı Back to political stability? ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Dünyada faiz düşüşü, Türkiye'de faiz çıkışı mı?
Ercan Kumcu Kabahat kimde Erdal Sağlam IMF ile ilişkileri bitirmek riski büyütür Dikkat tanımlar değişiyor! (2)
Mahfi Eğilmez Güler Sabancı: 10 bin dolarlık gelir hayal değil Tutsatın ortaya çıkardığı foya
Fatih Özatay [Yorum - Doç. Dr. Murat Yülek] Türkiye global krizin neresinde? İbrahim öztürk El ele verirsek küresel sarsıntıdan rahatlıkla kurtuluruz MELİHA OKUR
Hükümet unuttu memur unutmadı! Tüketici Güven Endeksi arttı MB beklenti anketi sonuçları açıklandı Dalgalanma krize dönüşürse en fazla zararı özel sektör görür |
H4 New York Times Bush Declares That ‘Free Iraq’ Is Within Reach President Bush warned that if Americans succumbed to “the allure of retreat,” they will witness death and suffering of the sort not seen since the Vietnam War. Editorial The C.I.A. Report Americans still don’t have the full story of how President Bush hustled them into a war in which United States soldiers are trapped without hope of victory. | H5 Washington Post Editorial Easy Scapegoat Is the Iraqi prime minister to blame for his country's political stalemate? Bush Compares Iraq to Vietnam He Says Pullout Would Be Disastrous In Defense of U.S. Policy in Iraq, Bush Cites Conflicts in Other Places and Eras Maliki Scolds His American Critics Government Defended as the Will of Iraqis; 14 U.S. Troops Die in Helicopter Crash What September Won't Settle By George F. Will General Petraeus's metrics of success might ignite more arguments than they settle. The U.N.'s Role in Iraq By Carlos Pascual and Brian Cullin The Analogy Quagmire The Pragmatic Obama He's Shaping the Debate on Foreign Policy By David Ignatius, McConnell: Fewer Than 100 Secret U.S. Wiretaps Domestic Terror Cases 'Manageable' Russia Challenges West With Nomination to IMF Foreign Aid Groups Face Terror Screens Editorial Let Them Go Iran should immediately release the U.S. citizens it has detained. The Fed Behind The Curve By Robert D. Novak, William Arkin Still Secret, Still Unaccountable Rove Unrepentant By David S. Broder Humiliation at Abu Ghraib, and Then at the Prosecution Table Kosovo Independence Activist Puts Hope in 'No Negotiation' White House Declares Office Off-Limits Administrator of Missing E-Mails Not Subject to Open-Records Law, It Says Pakistan Says Ex-Premier, a Musharraf Rival, Agreed to 10-Year Exile | H6 Guardian Bush: there will be no pullout from Iraq while I'm president President George Bush makes a risky comparison with the bloodshed and chaos that followed the US pullout from Vietnam. Leader The Saigon syndrome
Iraq: It is surely a sign of desperation in the White House that President Bush yesterday cited the US withdrawal from Vietnam in 1975 as a reason for not withdrawing from Iraq any time soon Don't know much about history Matthew Yglesias: Why is George Bush suddenly making parallels between Iraq and Vietnam? Because he's preparing to shift the blame for another disaster. Unfriendly fire Spencer Ackerman: The irresponsible attack on Iraq's prime minister is a sign of Democrats' frustration with the war in Iraq. Overthrowing him would make matters worse. Crisis in the Green ZoneJonathan Steele Nuri al-Maliki's outburst against US criticism is bad news for George Bush, whose political project for Iraq now looks more fragile than ever. Yes, George Bush does recall a British wartime prime minister: Chamberlain
Lynne Olson: However much the president may mould himself on Churchill, he has far more in common with the great appeaser. How can this bloody failure be ragarded as a good war? Seumas Milne: The western occupation of Afghanistan has brought neither peace nor development - and it fuels the terror threat. The World Is the Wrong Size By: Andrew Brown | The Guardian
Humanity's long-held ideal of some form of global justice seems more unattainable now than ever before. |
| H7 Fortress America By: Jane C. Loeffler | Foreign Policy
The new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is the largest the world has ever known. Thousands will live inside its blast walls, isolated from the bloody realities of a nation at war. Why has the United States built this place—and what does it mean? After Maliki, Few Good Alternatives TIME Iraq's Re-Liberation By: Ralph Peters | New York Post
Gen. David Petraeus' Baghdad office reflects the man: It's spartan. There are no giant flat-screen TVs or I- love-me photos on the walls. There's no spectacular view, just no-nonsense. The Power to End War By: Charles A. Stevenson | The Boston Globe
The debate over whether and how to end the war in Iraq has been muddied by legal disputes over which branch of the U.S. federal government has the power to do what. Commentary: Bush's rationale for Iraq war keeps changing Osama Bin Laden Is `Healthy and Active,' Taliban Says (Update1) Bolton: I 'Absolutely' Hope The U.S. Will Attack Iran In The Next 'Six Months' Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: Strategy and Process Strategy is to process as Clausewitz is to a PowerPoint. It is not clear whether the U.S. intelligence community or the military has learned this lesson. Understanding the nature of strategy is difficult, disorderly and can't be reduced to three bullet points. Process is easier, orderly and can be briefed in 15-minute sessions. Divide et Impera Center for Research on Globalization by Stephen Gowans From American Diplomacy, a review of Divide and Perish: The Geopolitics of the Middle East by Curtis F. Jones From Dissent, Globalization's Mad Scientist: A review of The Rebel Within: Joseph Stiglitz and the World Bank; and Globalization and Its Discontents and Making Globalization Work by Joseph E. Stiglitz. Jeffrey Sachs on Breaking the Poverty Trap: Targeted investments can trump a region's geographic disadvantages. Poor’s for thought: Physicists help map out an answer to the big question: why are poor countries poor? Amnesty International endorses abortion Al Hayat The Sacking of the Iranian Minister of Oil Randa Takieddin - the Iranian oil refining sector requires expansion and new refineries to be built, and how can that happen with Iran in a standoff with the West, adopting policies which are built on intervention in the affairs of countries such as Iraq and Lebanon and other Arab countries? The Uselessness of the Petraeus Report - Paul Waldman, American Prospect | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor US Papers Thu: Bush says Iraq like Vietnam Iraqi Papers Thur: Duri Suing for Peace? Syria and Iraq to reopen the Kirkuk-Banias pipeline US Rethinks Hopes for Iraq Democracy BBC Bush issues Vietnam warning over Iraq End of the affair?
Why US patience with Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki is wearing thin Criticized by U.S., Maliki says Iraq can find other friends
Syrian hospitality
Damascus welcomes Iraqi PM as neighbours grow closer Helicopter crash kills 14 U.S. soldiers A Black Hawk helicopter went down yesterday in northern Iraq, killing all 14 U.S. soldiers aboard, the military said, the deadliest crash since January 2005. US Envoy: Iran's Greater Openness 'A Distraction' MEMRI Aug 23 SD# 1692 - In Wake of Massacre of Yazidis: Iraqi Kurdish Liberal Hussein Sinjari on Minorities in Iraq and Middle East Bush: 1,500 Terrorists Killed or Captured in Iraq Each Month breakthrough for troubled Iraqi industry BBC Monitoring Quotes From Middle East Arabic Press for 22 Aug 07 BBC Monitoring Quotes From Iranian Press 22 August 2007 Lebanese Al-Manar TV Talk Show Discusses Strain in Syrian-Saudi Ties Sufi, Shi'I Influences in Syria Feed Dispute With Saudi - UK Arabic Paper Iraqi Opposition Figure Sees No Practical Results From PM's Syria Visit UK Arabic Paper Says Syrian-Saudi Spat Exacerbates Regional Tension BBC Iran buys Russian passenger jets Iran signs a deal with Russia to buy five new Tupolev passenger planes, the largest deal for Russia in some years Time Egypt: Are Islamists Heading to Power? Daily Star Spare the army fatal factional politics By Michael Young | H9 Ha’aretz – Israel proposes W. Bank-Gaza route in land swap In agreement of principles, Palestinians would receive control of route, Israel would maintain sovereignty. Abbas: IDF ops prevent progress in peace talks Unpublished Sharett diaries dig deeper into defense minister Lavon Too many authorities Not only are some 1.5 million Gaza residents living like prisoners in the largest jail in the world, but they are also subjected to daily attacks by Israel that leave them with more dead to bury. Jerusalem Post Exclusive: Rebel Kadima MKs plan split before war report Likud tells them: "Come now, before it's too late"; Olmert opponent: PM wrong in assuming he won't face political crisis until Winograd out. 'Revolutionary Guards enabling nukes' Exiled Iranian whistleblower: Corps bypassing UN sanctions; urges US action. Toward a new face of Islam
[ MATTHEW WEINER McClatchy Hamas leader: Palestinians will 'never stop the intifada' DAMASCUS, Syria — Khaled Mashaal, Hamas' most influential political leader, told McClatchy Newspapers that his Islamist organization is unwilling to make any significant concessions to Israel or to its Palestinian rivals in Fatah to repair fractured Middle East peace talks. Yedioth Ahronoth 'Iran developed smart bomb’ Guided 900-kg bomb developed by specialists within Islamic Republic’s Defense Ministry is now operational, government mouthpiece IRNA news agency reports, adding that it could be dropped from F-4 and F-5 jets Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Peres hails new peace opportunity Economic deals add hope, says Israeli president. Israeli Paper Says Iran Develops Shahab Missile Remote-Control Launch System BBC Olmert bans mobiles in cabinet Israeli ministers are to be required hand in mobile phones before cabinet meetings to stop leaks. |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor Visit changes France's tack on Iraq The French foreign minister's visit to Baghdad this week marks a thaw in France-US relations Maliki inks Syrian border pact The Iraqi prime minister is under pressure from the US to show progress in Baghdad. Oily legacy of war mars Lebanon coast A major oil spill that resulted from bombing during the Hizbullah-Israel war is only slowly being cleaned up. Former German militant's release highlights nascent terror tactics Al Qaeda would later emulate the Red Army Faction's cellular structure. ASIA Alvin Rabushka China's emergence as an economic power has set off alarms among national security and military experts in Washington, D.C FT New Delhi and Tokyo pledge closer co-operation UPI Analysis: Asian alliance focuses on energy resources Analysis: India's growing military clout Top officials from Australia, Japan and the United States are in India this week ahead of naval exercises, highlighting New Delhi's growing military clout. Pakistan chief vows to drop military role Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will honor a pledge to step down as army chief shortly after presidential elections this fall, despite widespread skepticism from opposition leaders, a senior Pakistani official said yesterday. Japan's Bureaucrats Versus Shinzo Abe By: Masahiro Matsumura | The Japan Times The real victor in the recent Upper House elections is not the opposition Democratic Party of Japan but, instead, Japan's bureaucrats. Nuclear Deal Fueling Opposition to Singh By: Brahma Chellaney | The Japan Times Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's political future has come under a cloud over a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States. 'Headless Chickens' and the China Threat By: M.K. Bhadrakumar | Asia Times Clearly losing patience, the Indian ambassador to the U.S. has labeled politicians back home as "headless chickens" over their delay in ratifying Delhi's groundbreaking nuclear deal with the U.S. Military-backed government clears streets, shuts down cellphones in bid to quell demonstrations of students seeking end to emergency rule. Asia Times'Headless chickens' and the China threat
Clearly losing patience, the Indian ambassador to the United States has labeled politicians back home as "headless chickens" over their delay in ratifying Delhi's groundbreaking nuclear deal with the US. The Indians have indeed tied themselves in knots, and invoking the China bogey to arouse an intense sense of patriotism is not exactly helping. - M K Bhadrakumar Red hue to China's health care
Beijing is returning to its socialist roots in an attempt to provide affordable health care for its residents. A new pilot program will extend basic health insurance coverage to people in 79 cities who were previously ineligible. It's a much-needed step in a country where increasing numbers of people, especially the unemployed and rural residents, can't afford medical care. - Zhou Jiangong Next Generation Thinking on Divergences and Trust in the U.S.-China Nuclear Relationship
Pacific Forum CSIS BBC Risky behaviour
Rise in unsafe sex poses new challenge for Chinese society
| H11 IHT Merkel's government, reaching midterm, faces a reform slowdown By JUDY DEMPSEY
Despite good will in trying to stabilize the ruling coalition of conservatives and Social Democrats, little serious policy reform is expected as the parties jostle for position in upcoming state elections. United Nations development goals at heart of Merkel's visit with Brown Roger Cohen: The regal republic changes places By ROGER COHEN
France under Sarkozy seems more at ease in the world, while the United States under Bush has seen its magnetism dimmed. EUROPE European press review Daily Star Thanks to Nicolas Sarkozy, life returns to French foreign policy
By Michel Rocard Amir Taheri / Gulf News: Sarkozy 'corrects' Chirac's errors Islamic Spain: History's Refrain By: Alexander Kronemer | The Christian Science Monitor
Islamic Spain lasted longer than the Roman Empire. It marked a period and a place where for hundreds of years a relative religious tolerance prevailed in medieval Europe. French Signals By: Helle Dale | The Washington Times
In his clear desire to set French-American relations on a new and better footing, Nicolas Sarkozy is forging a new path. His desire has been an open secret ever since his visit last fall to Washington, where he delivered a speech on the virtues of American society. Macedonian Albanian Politicians Fear Impact of Kosovo Partition EU envoy dismisses plans to partition Kosovo
European special envoy for Kosovo dismissed suggestions of partitioning province, saying it was not a realistic option Jewish leader sounds alarm after racist attack in Germany · Brutal assault on Indians sparks call to curb far-right
· East German xenophobia 'scaring off foreign firms' Sarkozy 'corrects' Chirac's errors
Gulf News - By Amir Taheri | H12 RFE/RLSecond Probe Upholds Georgian Missile Accusations Armenia: Three Parties To Merge In Opposition Russia: Are Radicals Becoming More Mainstream? Kazakhstan: OSCE Offers Glimpse Into How It Monitors Elections 'Separatists' Reportedly Detained In Western Iran Asia Times Missile row magnifies Russia's concerns
The relatively small dispute over who dropped a Russian-made missile in a breakaway region of Georgia points to far larger issues. Despite its denials, Moscow sent a signal, and Georgia is now a catalyst for Russo-Western tensions in the wider Black Sea region, where the US and EU will have to decide to take the Kremlin's interests seriously or continue their expansion plans inside Eurasia. - Federico Bordonaro EurasiaNet Is SCO Unity an Illusion? BY IGOR ROTAR
The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit held in Bishkek fostered an image of unity among Central Asian states. The reality of the region’s political and economic conditions, however, belies such solidarity Property Rights Controversy Dogs Georgia's Privatization Campaign A string of police-led property seizures in Tbilisi is stirring up fresh controversy around Georgia’s long-controversial privatization campaign. BBC Monitoring Quotes From Russian Press on Wednesday 22 August 2007 Iranian Leader Backs Peaceful Solution to Karabakh Problem U.S.-Azerbaijan Cooperating on Possible Expansion of Trans-Caspian Pipeline By: Shain Abbasov | World Politics Review
In its latest effort to wean itself from dependence on the Middle East for its energy needs and to counter rival Russia's influence in resource-rich Central Asia, the United States has signed an agreement with Azerbaijan to examine the feasibility of expanding the so-called Trans-Caspian Pipeline project to transport oil and gas from the region Google News Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Applies Sakhalin-2 Methods to Kashagan Kommersant
Kazakh government vows to halt work at one of the biggest fields of the country developed under PSA – the Kashagan field. The bureaucrats blame violation of environmental laws on investors, including Italian Eni. The analysts speculate that Kazakhstan has become particularly pressurizing in time when it attempts to review the terms of PSA, having actually adopted the tactics successfully tested by Russia at Sakhalin-2 project past year Superpowers Should Not Get Offended By: Yulia Latynina | The Moscow Times
It's been two weeks since a rocket was dropped in the Georgian village of Tsitelubani, and my amazement over this story grows with every day. Putin's bare-chested photos set Russia abuzz |
| H13 The Times Bush invokes Vietnam to justify Iraq commitment President Bush said the Middle East would face a generation of bloodshed if the US quit Iraq before it is made stable Comparison that undermines US case It is a desperate move for President Bush to invoke Vietnam as justification for staying longer in Iraq Bronwen Maddox Leader Iraq and Vietnam Bush takes the war to the home front US envoy: the British have failed in Basra Vain, self-obsessed and cruel Yasmina Reza spent months with the French President on his march to power and her book reveals both his vanity and vulnerability Merkel deplores attack Chancellor Angela Merkel called an attack on eight Indians in an eastern German town 'extremely deplorable and shameful' Wall Street Journal Gen. George Casey, who took the fall for failures in the Iraq war, is seeing his proposed war strategies make a comeback Counterfeit Nation: America’s reliance on dubious credit goes all the way back to the country’s founding Global Imbalances: Prospects for the U.S. and World Economies
Levy Economics Institute | H14 Financial Times Reducing greenhouse gas will cost $200bn UN says that due to rapidly rising greenhouse gas emissions in the world, more than $200bn a year will have to be spent to return to today’s level of emissions by 2030 The US and Iran geared up for the next stage in the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme, when Washington criticised a deal under which the Islamic Republic has offered to reveal more information about its activities LEADER: Sheathe the sabres The best response for the US and the EU is to try to co-ordinate policy towards Russia, tone down the rhetoric and hope the Kremlin adopts a less belligerent tone George W. Bush said the consequences of a US withdrawal from Iraq could echo the ‘killing fields’ genocide that destroyed Cambodia after the US pulled out from Vietnam in the mid-1970s Iraqi PM hits back at US criticism Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki lashed out at criticism of his government following calls in Washington for him to be voted from office COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL: Western oil group eyes assets in Iraq Sarkozy’s first 100 days in office FT.com’s slideshow highlights key moments in Nicolas Sarkozy’s first 100 days in office COMMENT: The next financial crisis starts here Financial innovation is,
itself, the cause of the recent credit crunch, maintains Clive Crook COMMENT: Federal action is needed to rebuild America By Felix Rohatyn and Warren Rudman ANALYSIS: After the party After four years of high living, the industry can expect leaner times. But is this short term or the beginning of a lasting slump? MARKETS: History teaches this is just a bull market correction The much ballyhooed, phony credit crunch is actually an archetypal bull market correction, writes Ken Fisher COMMENT: What this Minsky moment means for business The business cycle is going to get tough, warns George Magnus, senior economic adviser to UBS LEADER: Chinese investors unleashed abroad As China takes another step towards opening its economy, it will pressure domestic institutions to improve the products they offer Domestic resistance to the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement, sealed last month in Washington after two years of gruelling negotiations, has suddenly hardened COMMENT: Japan's economy: still just as crazy as ever Contrary to talk about the world’s second biggest economy finally rejoining the mainstream, David Pilling finds the view from Tokyo is still distinctly odd Investor fears over credit markets showed signs of easing after European central bankers injected more funds into the banking system The UK prime minister and his German counterpart have sought to establish a new partnership after a series of changes that have altered the political map of Europe Russia has nominated Czech former central banker Josef Tosovsky, but the Czech Republic says it will back the EU’s nominee, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, for the post | H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial 'Contempt' is the word for Cheney The White House's claims of privilege are a reminder that we are governed by an executive run amok. Stop Christianizing troops By Michael L. Weinstein and Reza Aslan The Pentagon has a disturbing relationship with private evangelical groups. Sadr's army proves hard to beat Iraq's 'Alamo' Simmers By: Alexandra Zavis | Los Angeles Times
Sunni militants have chosen to make a concerted stand in Dora against U.S. troops, who in turn have locked down the Baghdad district. Pakistani Crisis Coming to a Head By: Laura King | Los Angeles Times
This country's long-running political crisis has entered a decisive phase, with developments in coming weeks likely to determine whether President Pervez Musharraf is able to hang on to power or is pushed aside. U.S. wiretapping program ruled illegal The journalism that bloggers do A critique of a recent Times Op-Ed questioning the journalistic value of blogs. |
| H19Military Intelligence Terrorism Foreign Affairs Salute and Disobey? Richard B. Myers and Richard H. Kohn, Mackubin Thomas Owens, Lawrence J. Korb, and Michael C. Desch
Did the Bush administration disregard military expertise before the Iraq war? Should military leaders have done more to protest in response? Osama Bin Laden Is `Healthy and Active,' Taliban Says (Update1) Spy Chief Reveals Classified Details... Transcript: Debate on the foreign intelligence surveillance act Civil-Military Cooperation in Multinational and Interagency Operations NUPI
This 28-page Norwegian paper discusses obstacles to civilian-military cooperation in multinational and interagency operations
Organized Crime, Terrorism and Nuclear Trafficking
CCC This 18-page US paper focuses on the interest shown by organized crime, drug trafficking networks and terrorist groups in acquiring and dealing in nuclear materials Pakistan's release of al-Qaida suspect upsets US and UK Western analysts claim man is significant threat. BBC Soul searching
Are US intelligence agencies now fit for purpose since 9/11?
A Glimpse of the SILEX Uranium Enrichment Process "Irregular Warfare," Air Force Doctrine Document 2-3, 1 August 2007. (repeat) The cyberwar against America
By JIM MELNICK / The Boston Globe
Most Americans would be surprised to learn that many Islamist hacker sites are hosted in the United States, where cyber jihadists use domestic Internet resources against America itself. Threats, Situational Awareness and Perspective
Stratfor | H20 Slate The Magnificent Seven Soldiers pen a jaw-dropping NYT op-ed about the war in Iraq.
Fred Kaplan General Discontent The New York Times Magazine on the generation gap facing the Army's officers. What my beloved newspaper has been reduced to serving. Change in hottest year fuels global warming skeptics A tweak to NASA???s record shows that 4 of the 10 warmest years in the USoccurred during in the 1930s, not more recently. Climate change deniers say this points out that concern over global warming is unfounded. Agence France Presse:
Most US adults in the dark about world politics German the Germans don't like By Andrew D. Blechman Think rules to simplify a complicated language would be well received? Think again. Online Language Finds Its Voice Online words created by heavy users of Internet games and chat groups are gaining currency in their spoken forms, stoking the ire of linguists, parents and others who denounce them as a debasement of the English language. NEW MOVIE SHOCK: Cate Blanchett Plays Bob Dylan In Drag! The deaths of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in the electric chair 80 years ago are destined to remain in our minds. | H21 Does studying in bed hurt grades? People who write study guides know what's good for you. "You need a chair that's not real comfortable and you certainly don't want to be studying on your bed," says Sherrie Nist-Olejnik. But the only serious examination of studying conditions found no difference in the grade point averages of students who studied sitting at their desks or on their beds Movies are supposed to be about getting lost in emotion. But one scientist has broken down the film industry to cold, hard facts. Dean Simonton has done a statistical study of thousands of movies to determine what makes them critical darlings or box-office hits. Quotations for our times: 75 sayings for the modern world Silver surfers take over the internet The over-65s spend 42 hours a week online, says Ofcom. The end of the Stones? After more than 40 years, the wrinkly rockers are still at it. We debate whether it's time to pack it all in. From OJR, how the New York Times can fight back and win: Rupert Murdoch has the Times in his sights. But a Web 2.0 strategy could help the Gray Lady regain her glowing countenance A life worth living for: Santayana’s writings provide an answer to militant atheists such as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens YouTube bows to reality with plan to interrupt clips with adverts Google launches 'virtual space telescope' Google Sky launches The many faces of Napoleon Praying to win Gordon Lynch Aug 22 07, 04:45pm: Football is becoming more and more like a religion in modern society - and this is something we should be concerned about. Conserving genetic resources
By JACQUES DIOUF
One livestock breed a month has become extinct over the past seven years — that means its genetic characteristics have been lost forever |
