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H1 Washington Quarterly AUTUMN 2007

Washington Post New Strategy Urged in Briefing to Petraeus Authors Call for Move to Peace Enforcement, Say Ruling Coalition Endorses Strife

President Bush met with the nation’s uniformed military leaders and then pointedly accused the war’s critics of politicizing the debate over what to do next.

Washington Post Bush Briefed on Troops' Welfare President hears from Pentagon chiefs on effects of long deployments as he mulls U.S. course in Iraq

Weekly Standard Sustaining the Surge by Thomas Donnelly and Gary Schmitt

NRO VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: For now, we should avoid a smoking Tehran. “Don’t Bomb, Bomb Iran”

Daily Telegraph British Army chief attacks US over Iraq

US Ready to Move Into Basra as British Pull Out

Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses CRS

Asia Times A small break for Iran The latest International Atomic Energy Agency report on Tehran's nuclear program dampens the momentum for another round of United Nations sanctions. This may well be unwelcome news to the hawks in Washington, but it does go some way to breaking down the "wall of mistrust" between the US and Iran. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

Another rabbit pops out of the Iraqi hat Powerful and power-hungry Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has distinguished himself not only by fighting against the US in Iraq, but also by consistently changing his colors. His sudden announcement, therefore, to suspend his fight with US forces for six months cannot be taken entirely at face value. It's a deft political move, and if anything should put the US and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki more on guard than ever before. - Sami Moubayed

CNAS, "Measuring Progress in Iraq" (.pdf), Georgetown professor Colin Kahl

Al Awsat Posturing on Iraq: A Washington Game : Amir Taheri

Iraq Militias Fighting for Supremacy

Iran President Dismisses "Unofficial" Calls for Talks With USA

Iraq: Can Ba'athists Be Brought Back?

Arab Papers Sat: Basra, the Next Battlefield?

Tony Karon Mearshimer, Walt and the Erudite Hysteria of David Remnick

Foreign Policy How Capitalism Is Killing Democracy

Keep Eyes On Petraeus: Could Be the Republican's Wesley Clark of 2012

America Needs Unity in Dealing with Iraq - Peggy Noonan, OpinionJournal

Parting Thoughts on History and the 43rd President - Karl Rove, NRO

Time for a Reality Check on Iraq - Pierre Atlas, Yahoo

Financial Times Cheney the survivor without challengers

Guardian Invested interests Evelyn de Rothschild Globalisation must give rise to a better form of capitalism, but shareholders, banks and borrowers should proceed with caution.

American Conservative - Lower birth rates will alter both society and strategy.by James Kurth Many Western nations will face internal violence and insecurity in the future – and if they are not actually nations, they are in trouble... more»

Britain's Last Stand in the South By: Ronan Thomas | Asia Times
The remaining 5,000 British troops in Basra are retreating into the airport, their last redoubt, to wait out the inevitable end game in tandem with the United States.

The Times Welcome to the new US embassy It’s bigger than Saddam’s palace and, with a cinema, gym and pool, is the safest and smartest place to live in Iraq...

EurasiaNet Azerbaijan and Israel Pursue Partnership
BY MINA MURADOVA Azerbaijan’s growing ties with Israel illustrate the extent to which this Caspian Sea energy player is striving to keep the options open for regional alliances

The Nation Secret Report: Corruption Is 'Norm' Within Iraqi Government by David Corn

Justin Raimondo 8/31/2007
Showdown Over Iran

Phase III of Bush's War by Patrick Buchanan

Weekly Standard Kill the Die-in
Surely most critics of the war still have a sense of decency. by William Kristol

Al Qaeda In Iraq How to understand it. How to defeat it. by Frederick W. Kagan

Guardian A friend of feudalism William Dalrymple: Pakistan has long been ruled by an elite. Benazir Bhutto's return would perpetuate the old order.

UPI Analysis: Musharraf may bring general Musharraf has made his last move in the endgame he is playing with the country’s politicians – threatening to handover the keys to another general before he quits.

Outside View: Pressure Pakistan over Khan Pressuring a weakened strategic ally by reopening old wounds carries a certain amount of risk. But in the case of Pakistan, President Pervez Musharraf's current domestic political troubles provide the United States with an opportunity to put something back on the table that should never have been taken off.

Analysis: Would Iran retaliate to bombing? Although U.S. air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities and military would likely overwhelm their forces, Tehran could still rely on a host of weapons, from covert terror campaigns to long-range missiles, to retaliate against an American attack.

Analysis: Few challenges for extremists Violent extremist groups are the most recognized face of Islam across the world, though they are a tiny minority within the Muslim community.

Senate FRC Hearing Pakistan's Future: Building Democracy, Or Fueling Extremism?

Pakistan: Systemic Change in the Making
Stratfor

The Times Russia aims for the Moon, then Mars Russia plans to send a manned mission to the Moon by 2025 and wants to build a permanent base there

IHT One year after the summer war By RAMI G. KHOURI Conditions in Lebanon and throughout the region have deteriorated on all fronts since the 34-day Israel-Hezbollah war a year ago.

BBC Anti-Hamas rallies staged in Gaza Thousands turn out in the Gaza Strip to protest against Hamas, despite a ban on public gatherings.

Russia Would Accept Kosovo Partition If All Sides Agree

Fuzzy Math: Stats Scrambled in DoD Iraq Reports

Lots of Iraq Assessments Await

Who Freed Asia? By: Ian Buruma | Los Angeles Times Was President Bush right to boast of the United States' role in giving Japan, Korea and other places in Asia under American protection their freedom? As he put it to the veterans: "Will today's generation of Americans resist the allure of retreat, and will we do in the Middle East what the veterans in this room did in Asia?"

From Prospect, India's middle class failure: India's 200m-strong middle class is the most economically dynamic group on the planet, but is largely uninterested in politics or social reform. Until it begins to engage politically, India will suffer from a lop-sided modernisation.

Morgan Stanley Currencies
Assessing the Collateral Damage from the Crisis

In an Interconnected World, American Homeowner Woes Can Be Felt From Beijing to Rio de Janeiro

Latin America's New Security Reality
SSI
A 69-page US monograph examining Hugo Chavez' agenda in Latin America and the implications for Latin American stability

Weekly Standard America at Ease
At the end of summer, the country is surprisingly optimistic about the future.
by Irwin M. Stelzer

H2 NYT Editorial Democracy in Turkey Abdullah Gul and his party have pledged to maintain a secular government, and their five-year record in power so far suggests that they will keep their word.

IHT It's time for a fresh effort By CARL BILDT AND MASSIMO D'ALEMAIS The benefits to new negotiations between the EU and Turkey are clear for both sides.

FT Ankara to redouble efforts to join EU Turkey’s prime minister has announced his government will redouble efforts to steer the country into the European Union at a time when some EU states have voiced reservations

Guardian Short back and asides

Orhan Pamuk

Today’s Zaman Turkey, US overcome snags in military procurement

Turkey-US relations likely to be tested soon

[HABER ANALİZ] Irak ve 1915, Babacan'ı terletecek

FT Turkish guests become hosts in their community

In Germany’s former industrial heartland, the ‘guest workers’ who came to work in the mines are building one of the country’s largest mosques. Can the Muslims in Marxloh avoid the controversy that has dogged similar projects? Watch the audio slideshow

Peres: Gül epitome of contemporary man

ADL başkanını aradım, tavırlarının değişeceğini umuyorum

Al Hayat Turko-Syrian Relations under Erdogan Bolund Aras & Radwan Ziadeh - Turkish foreign policy makers may soon be in a position to choose between their regional interests and the American designs for the region in the new era.

The Shock of the Generals Zouheir Kseibati - It’s not exactly a secret that Gul’s Turkey might become the leading candidate for confronting the Iranian attempt to “fill the vacuum” when the Americans pull out of Mesopotamia.

Al Awsat The Valuable Turkish Lesson : Hussein Shobokshi

US-Turkish ties and secularism
Gulf News

Barçın Yinanç Türkiye'yle ilişkilerde ipe un seren Karamanlis, yeni dönemde daha da zayıf olacak

Guardian Short back and asides

Orhan Pamuk In Orhan Pamuk's youth, barber shops were of central importance to Istanbul society. They had the funniest magazines and the best gossip. So why was he so reluctant to visit them?

AP Turkish Leader Promises Reforms

Turkish PM Unveils Plan for Moving Toward EU Membership
Voice of America

Gül'den orduya koz çıkmaz HALİL EL ENANİ

Pakistani and Turkish Deals
Dar Al-Hayat Maher Osman

Sudanese Cleric Hails Islamic Party's Election Victory in Turkey

Türkiye kabuk değiştiriyor Maureen Freely

The Economist Yeni anayasa orduyla sürtüşme nedeni

Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

Şahin Alpay 22 Temmuz ve Kürt sorunu

DTP'li Ahmet Türk hakkında soruşturma

Koşaner Ceset teslimi işimiz değil

In Vulnerable, Remote North, Iraqis Await a Vote on Future By: Liz Sly | The Chicago Tribune Makhmur currently lies in the mostly Sunni Arab province of Nineveh and is one of several areas that Kurds hope will vote, along with the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, on whether to join the adjacent autonomous Kurdistan region in a referendum due to be held by the end of this year

Iraqi Kurdish Figures Believe Turkish President Will Improve Situation of Kurds

Barzani does not want to live another PKK disappointment

Iraqi Kurdish Article: Only USA Preventing Turkish Attack Against PKK

’TSK bölücü’ye çifte inceleme

Talabani: Terörist sözüne inanmıyorum

ABD'den 'silahlara önlem' beklentisi

Beril Dedeoğlu Iraq’s ‘unity’

Iraqi Kurdish Paper Criticizes Iranian Kurdish Parties Over Disagreements

Iran Announces End of Bombing Kurdish Areas in Iraq - Al-Arabiya

Iraqi President Inaugurates American University in Sulaymaniyah

Former Iraqi PM Allawi Seeks to Boost Ties With Kurdish Parties at Talks

Iraq's Turkoman Leaders to Visit Azerbaijan

Mahmut Osman: 'BM, Türkiye ve İran'ı cezalandırmalı'

Excerpt from 'Elvis Is Titanic'
USA Today

Allawi Reaches Out to Kurdish Leaders

‘Öcalan önderimiz’ diyen Zana’nın davası başladı
Kâbil’de rehin alınan Türkler serbest kaldı

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Barçın Yinanç Türkiye'yle ilişkilerde ipe un seren Karamanlis, yeni dönemde daha da zayıf olacak

Türk Limanları Kıbrıs Rumlarına Açılıyor

Reactions to Cypriot MP's two-state plan

Cyprus: Limited Expectations Ahead of Leaders' Meeting

THEMETA POLITICA: GRECO-TURKICA AND EURO-ATLANTICA
Hellenic News of America

Yabancılara aile boyu sınırdışı

'Vatansever' itiraflar kitabı

'Denetimli serbestlik yaygınlaşırsa adi suçtan ceza alanlar çetelere bulaşmaz'

İstanbul'a su veren üçüncü baraj da kurudu

ScienceDirect - Accident Analysis & Prevention : Why Turks do not use seat belts? An interview study

Serdar Turgut
Eyvah niye öyle yaptı ki?..

Sonracı Türkiye'de tüketim ve üretim EMRE CAN

H3 60. HÜKÜMET PROGRAMI (1) (2)

HÜKÜMET PROGRAMI KONUŞMASI (1) (2)

Referandumda geri adım yok

Saygınlığın Çökertmesi Sınırsızlığın Coşkusu Perihan Mağden Eşinin başı açık olanlar her neviinden saygıyı, hürmeti ve protokolü hak etmektedir! Gerisini eşi örtülü olanlar düşünsün

Yalçın Doğan Kebapçıda namaz metroda namaz

İki Türkiye mi, iki devlet mi?
İsmet Berkan

Oktay Ekşi Bu usul, usul değil...

Oktay Ekşi: Böyle demokrasi olmaz

Hükümet programının görünen ve görünmeyen yanları Murat Yetkin

Muhalefet programa tepkili

İşte hükümetin yol haritası

Ruşen Çakır MHP’nin soluğu AKP’nin ensesinde

Cemil Çiçek İkinci adam oldu

Bahçeli açısı M.Ali Kışlalı

Gerginlik, Türkiye'ye çok şey kaybettirir

Taha AKYOL Cumhurbaşkanı

Fikret BİLA Zirvedeki ilişkiler

Şahin Alpay 22 Temmuz ve Kürt sorunu

Demokratikleşme dalgası!

Köşk'e ilk davet eşsiz

Taha Kıvanç Ne bu gürültü yahu!

Fehmi Koru İki çizgi

ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU 30 Ağustos, akreditasyon, DTP

Ege Cansen ’Laikîlik’

İlter Türkmen Cumhurbaşkanlığında devir teslim

What will the military do? by MÜMTAZ’ER TÜRKÖNE

NAZLI ILICAK İstanbul'un havası gibi

M Ali Birand Asker rahatsız ancak çaresiz …

Enis Berberoğlu Sekreter bakan kabinesi

ERDAL ŞAFAK Program

Serdar Turgut Anlam yüklemek

Türkiye'yi kritik eşiğe getirdik şimdi sıçrama dönemimiz başlıyor

İsmail Küçükkaya Resepsiyondan yansıyan askeri duyarlılık...

Yusuf Halaçoğlu'na açık mektup LEVENT YILMAZ

Askerin tartışılması üzüyor
Adalet Bakanı Mehmet Ali Şahin

Kabinede en kritik görevler yakın ekibe

Cumhurbaşkanı’na sıcak karşılama

Asker: Atatürk ile sorunlu medyayı akredite edemeyiz

Gül 5 Eylül'de eşsiz davet verecek

DSİ, Çevre Bakanı Veysel Eroğlu'na bağlandı, kamu bankaları Nazım Ekren'in

Meclis'teki ihtisas komisyonları belirlendi, sıra başkanlarda

Törenin sonuna kadar kaldı, cumayı kaçırdı

Erdoğan seçimden sonra son kararı Gül'e bıraktı

Komutanlar Eleştirildi

Gül ve Büyükanıt'ın üçüncü zafer günü!

Askerin tavrına emekli asker yorumu: Çocuk oyuncağı değil

Babacan starts work faced with a heavy schedule

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

Bekir Coşkun Düğün gecesi...

Özdemir İnce Diktatörün ılımlısı, ılımsızı

Gülme komşuna Haluk Şahin

MUHARREM SARIKAYA

ERGUN BABAHAN Türkiye'de başka şeyler de oluyor

EMRE AKÖZ Atatürk aramıza dönse...

Umur Talu

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

YAVUZ DONAT Yıldırım baskı

The Koran and non-Muslims – myths versus facts Mustafa Akyol

Özgürlüğü savunmak
Erol Katırcıoğlu

Ayşe Önal Rejim nerede yanıldı? (1)

[YORUM- Dr. Furkan Aydıner] Türkiye'deki değişimi anlamak için

’Okuturum’ dedi kızımızı verdik

Baykal: İyi bir görev yaptık

CHP'de gerilim tırmanıyor

İlk eşli davet Yargı'dan

Mensur Akgün Şimdi sırada diğer sorunlar var

Crisis Mongering Adds Nothing to Turkey By: Turkish Daily News | Semih Idiz

Zeynep Göğüş Gül, Jaures, Dreyfus

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu

Erdal Sağlam Ekonomide görev dağılımı eskisi gibi

Bu arada Taner Berksoy

Toplanan verginin Yüzde 51'i faize

MELİHA OKUR
Maliye vana, Hazine musluk olur mu?

Mehmet ALTAN ‘Önce ekonomi aptal’

President Bush met with the nation’s uniformed military leaders and then pointedly accused the war’s critics of politicizing the debate over what to do next.

Chief Says Fed Is Ready to Act on Credit Pinch Ben S. Bernanke said that the central bank “stands ready to take additional actions as needed” to limit the effect of the financial market disorder on the economy.

BOB HERBERT Anxious About Tomorrow

American families are trying to make it in an environment in which employment is becoming increasingly subject to worldwide competition

Republicans Say Senator Will Resign Over Sex Sting

Iraqi Calls for Broader Cease-Fire

Gazans Pray Outside, Defying Warnings by Hamas

H5 Washington Post New Strategy Urged in Briefing to Petraeus Authors Call for Move to Peace Enforcement, Say Ruling Coalition Endorses Strife

Bush Briefed on Troops' Welfare President hears from Pentagon chiefs on effects of long deployments as he mulls U.S. course in Iraq

Early Warning: The Generals and the Candidates

Sadr May Revoke 'Freeze' on Militia: Aides Say Iraqi Cleric Is Reconsidering After Military Raid on Karbala Office

Witness Describes Iraq Killing Marine Says Leader Shot Haditha Civilians

Iran's Influence in Iraq CRS

Iraq; Government Formation and Benchmarks
CRS

Taliban Seizes 100 Pakistani Troops

In an audacious display of force, Taliban fighters ambush a convoy of military vehicles; Pakistani officials try to resolve the hostage standoff

Talks Between Musharraf, Rival Show Signs of Breaking Down

Pakistani Officials on Both Sides Doubt Deal Can Be Reached

Americans Given Rare Access To Russian Nuclear Warehouse

Lugar, Nunn First to Visit $309 Million Facility Paid for by U.S.

Fed Chief, Bush Give Hope to Wall Street

Mr. Warner Bows Out Loyal to the Senate, and sometimes a thorn in the GOP's side

Warner a Visionary Whose Stands Were Immune to Politics : Senator Often Opposed Own Party

Reid Opens Door to Pact With Antiwar Republicans

War Crime Prosecutors Issue Call for Action

At Unusual Gathering in N.Y., an Appeal to World Community to Arrest Those Charged

U.N. Climate Talks End in Cloud of Discord

Industrialized, Developing Nations Still at Odds Over How and When to Cut Emissions

Tony Snow Resigns as White House Spokesman : Deputy Perino to Take Job of Press Secretary

H6 Guardian British army chief attacks US as 'intellectually bankrupt' over Iraq

Diverging Agendas? By: James Denselow | No matter what British Prime Minister Gordon Brown may say, the main reason for keeping British troops in Iraq is to help the Americans, not the Iraqis.

A friend of feudalism William Dalrymple: Pakistan has long been ruled by an elite. Benazir Bhutto's return would perpetuate the old order.

Bush defends UK Basra pullout
Britain alarmed by critics in US administration, but ministers deny mission in southern Iraq has failed

Enemies of the state
Roman Shleinov: The prosecutor in the Politkovskaya inquiry sounds disturbingly like he's back in the USSR.

H7 Britain's Last Stand in the South By: Ronan Thomas | Asia Times
The remaining 5,000 British troops in Basra are retreating into the airport, their last redoubt, to wait out the inevitable end game in tandem with the United States.

Lebanon Is Being Dragged Toward a New Abyss By: Ferry Biederman | The Daily Star Not that either the Israelis or the Lebanese are looking forward to a new period of bloodletting, destabilization, economic hardship and all the other consequences of conflict. But once again, Lebanon in particular seems to be caught up in a web of domestic, regional and international circumstances that is dragging the country inexorably toward a new abyss.

Here's Why the U.S. Might Not Attack Iran By: Andrew Exum | The Daily Star In the event of an American or Israeli strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, U.S. troops in Iraq, the Gulf and Afghanistan would be in even greater danger than they already are, vulnerable to an Iranian counterattack or, more likely, an Iranian-sponsored terror campaign.

The Looting of Kenya By: Xan Rice | The Guardian The breathtaking extent of corruption perpetrated by the family of the former Kenyan leader Daniel Arap Moi was exposed last night in a secret report that laid bare a web of shell companies, secret trusts and frontmen that his entourage used to funnel hundreds of millions of pounds into nearly 30 countries including Britain.

Daily Star Lebanon and Al-Qaeda's unruly aftershocks
By Rami G. Khouri

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

Iraq Militias Fighting for Supremacy

Iran President Dismisses "Unofficial" Calls for Talks With USA

Iraq: Can Ba'athists Be Brought Back?

Raw Look at Iraq War Sobers Venice Film Fest

BBC Monitoring Quotes From Middle East Arabic Press for 31 Aug 07

Iraq Press Roundup

US Papers Sat: Condi Seeks Legacy Beyond Iraq

BBC White House cool on Iraq report The White House challenges a report for Congress saying Iraq has met few targets used to measure progress.

Nuclear Report Refutes US Accusations, Proves Peaceful Intent - Iran Official

Russia-Iran Talks on Nuclear Plant Construction Timetable Said in Final Stage

Iran May Hire Others to Finish Russian Nuclear Plant: Report

US Sought Indian Support to Isolate Iran - Minister

Slight rise in Iraqi civilian deaths in August, drop in military toll

Russian LUKoil President Comments on Future Iraqi Oilfield Talks

Watchdog Says 200 Media Workers Killed In Iraq War

IAEA Notes 'Significant Step' On Iran Nuclear Crisis

More than 300 arrested in Iraq after Karbala melee

DEBKAfile: USS Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group takes up position opposite Lebanese coast amid trepidation over September presidential election

H9 Ha’aretz – Bradley Burston: Let the settlers stay where they are

BBC Monitoring Quotes From Israel's Hebrew Press 31 Aug 07

Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine

Rice, Hadley Subpoenas Resisted in AIPAC Case

BBC Anti-Hamas rallies staged in Gaza Thousands turn out in the Gaza Strip to protest against Hamas, despite a ban on public gatherings.

Anti-Hamas rally in Gaza injures eight

At least eight people, including two foreign journalists, were hurt in Gaza when thousands of men from the Fatah movement used open-air Friday prayers to protest against the Hamas Islamist takeover of the Palestinian enclave.

Yedioth Ahronoth Let's talk

It's time to develop a new context for American Jews' relationship with Israel, Avi Hein writes

Jerusalem Post Jordan's king holds high hopes for int'l Mideast peace conference
Urges Palestinians to overcome internal strife; says "separation of Gaza from W. Bank unacceptable at both Palestinian and Arab levels."

Russian Officials Slam Israeli Accusation They Are Fueling Tension With Syria, Warns It Could Undermine Ties

Daily Star Israel kicks back and enjoys Palestinian divisions
By Khader Khader

H10 Christian Science Monitor

ASIA Who Freed Asia? By: Ian Buruma | Los Angeles Times Was President Bush right to boast of the United States' role in giving Japan, Korea and other places in Asia under American protection their freedom? As he put it to the veterans: "Will today's generation of Americans resist the allure of retreat, and will we do in the Middle East what the veterans in this room did in Asia?"

From Prospect, India's middle class failure: India's 200m-strong middle class is the most economically dynamic group on the planet, but is largely uninterested in politics or social reform. Until it begins to engage politically, India will suffer from a lop-sided modernisation.

What's holding Indonesia back
By STANLEY A. WEISS Indonesia's progress is clear - and so are its many challenges.

How to Unravel an Unchecked Superpower: India's history provides timeless lessons on how (and how not) to confront corporate power with protest, litigation, regulation, rebellion and, ultimately, corporate redesign.

The partition evasion: Dividing territories and "unmixing" peoples is an idea whose time is past.

The introduction to Hindu Nationalism: A Reader

Pyongyang's Upper Hand By: John R. Bolton | The Wall Street Journal
The Six-Party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program have now descended into a miasma of "working groups," one of which, on U.S.-North Korea bilateral issues, will meet this weekend in Geneva. It is worth paying attention to the outcome.

Singh Says U.S. Nuclear Accord Is Vital for India By: Kartik Goyal and Archana Chaudhary | Bloomberg News
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said India needs to seek international backing for its nuclear agreement with the U.S. to acquire atomic reactors and material needed to sustain record economic growth.

Bush to Push on Trade Stance at APEC Amid Distraction By: Roger Runningen and Catherine Dodge | Bloomberg News
President George W. Bush travels to Australia next week to press U.S. interests on global trade and climate change with Asia's economic powers amid the distractions of Iraq and domestic politics.

China's Revolution in Military Affairs: Good Enough for Government Work?
RSIS

War as They Knew It: Revolutionary war and Counterinsurgency in Southeast Asia
RSIS A 48-page Singaporean working paper comparing the approaches of the British and the US to revolutionary war in Southeast Asia

Malaysia’s First 50 By: Mat Salleh | Asia Sentinel
On Malaysia’s 50th birthday, problems sown a generation ago continue to nag at the fabric of a nation that is precariously divided along racial lines. Despite decades of economic success, the divisions represented by racial preference in law through the New Economic Policy that favors ethnic Malays, the bumiputeras remain, as does an authoritarian ruling structure, despite its nominally parliamentarian framework and antecedents.

Japan and India: The Making of a New Alliance?
RSIS

CHAN AKYA
India's Muslim 'problem' With sickening regularity, India's middle classes suffer terrorist outrages that are blamed on the subcontinent's restive Muslims. But the factors that drive people to such unspeakable acts of terror against their fellow citizens are ignored by feckless politicians who lack both the vision and credibility to grasp an obvious solution, namely increased economic opportunities for the diverse minorities, with a particular emphasis on urban areas.

Gridlock on Pakistan's road to change
The US-and-British-inspired plan of twinning President General Pervez Musharraf and former premier Benazir Bhutto in a power-sharing deal is aimed at putting Pakistan on the road to becoming a enlightened, moderate Muslim country. Nawaz Sharif, another former prime minister, presents a formidable roadblock. - M K Bhadrakumar

Der Spiegel Political Horse Trading in Pakistan

With the popularity of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf waning, a deal with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto may be his only hope. But striking a pact is not going to be easy

H11 IHT More realism, less spin A report from the investigative arm of Congress provides a fresh dose of nonpartisan realism about Iraq.

Letter from Germany: When it comes to human rights, Merkel means business The German chancellor has been far more outspoken on rights issues with foreign governments than her predecessor, even as she presses for overseas deals for German companies.

German minister defends 'Trojan horse' spy tactic as needed to fight terror Germany's interior minister on Friday defended a proposal to use "Trojan horse" software to search potential suspects' hard drives without their knowledge, calling it a necessary measure against terrorism.

Hamas is not the IRA
By ZION EVRONY Why the lessons of the Northern Ireland peace process cannot be applied to the Israeli Palestinian conflict.

One year after the summer war By RAMI G. KHOURI
Conditions in Lebanon and throughout the region have deteriorated on all fronts since the 34-day Israel-Hezbollah war a year ago.

Greek wildfires don't deter tourists

EUROPE European press review

Double Alienation and Muslim Youth in Europe USIP

Russia Would Accept Kosovo Partition If All Sides Agree

EU: Commissioner Discusses 'Reality' Of Neighborhood Policy

Middle East: Terrorism Expert Calls For Ban On Hizballah In Europe

The French temptation , Patrice de Beer

Der Spiegel An Inside Look at Europe's Coolest Cities

FORTRESS GERMANY Skilled Immigrants? No Thanks Germany is lagging behind other major industrialized countries in its efforts to attract skilled workers. While other nations see highly qualified immigrants as a benefit, Germany regards them more as a threat -- and is setting the hurdles as high as it can.

Swiss party accused of racist campaigning
Switzerland's biggest political party produced posters featuring black sheep and proposals to deport immigrants.

Split couple fight over who gets the party

Socialist party leader plans to challenge his former partner Segolene Royal for the party's next presidential candidacy

Vatican Faces EU Inquisition on Tax By: Richard Owen | The London Times
A row over alleged Vatican interference in Italian affairs has erupted after a demand by the European Commission for Italy to explain tax breaks for the Catholic Church on income from property.

French Troops 'Raped Girls During Rwanda Genocide' By: Steve Bloomfield | The Independent
French soldiers stationed in Rwanda during the genocide in 1994 have been accused of "widespread rape" by a Rwandan commission investigating France's role during the conflict. The commission, which is due to publish its final report in October, will also provide fresh evidence that French soldiers trained the Interahamwe, the extremist Hutu militia responsible for most of the killing, and even provided them with weapons.

Countering Bio-Threats: EU Instruments for Managing Bio Materials, Technology and Knowledge
SIPRI

The Islamist FrontPage magazine.com -
By Amir Taheri

H12 RFE/RL

Google News Azerbaijan

Russia aims for the Moon, then Mars

Russia plans to send a manned mission to the Moon by 2025 and wants to build a permanent base there

U.S. specialist favors Putin's missile logic (By Rachel Kaufman)

On the Verge of a New Crisis By: Fyodor Lukyanov | The Moscow Times
With the end of the summer recess, a new political season begins on Saturday. It will probably be the last season for President Vladimir Putin, and it promises to be stormy.

Summary of Russian Press for Friday 31 August 07

The borgia candidate for Russia’s presidency by ANDREI PIONTKOVSKY*

Prominent Senator Says Russia Will Not Cede Qabala Radar Station to USA

Completion of Bushehr By Another Country Unfeasible - Russian Pundit

Russia: Questions Remain On Beslan's Third Anniversary

Poll: Russians Consider NATO Hostile

EurasiaNet Azerbaijan and Israel Pursue Partnership
BY MINA MURADOVA
Azerbaijan’s growing ties with Israel illustrate the extent to which this Caspian Sea energy player is striving to keep the options open for regional alliances.

Pan-Armenian Games Seek Ethnic Unity Amidst Divisions In theory, it was all about unity. But the tensions on display at the IV Pan-Armenian Games, a mini-Olympics style event that attracted some 2,500 competitors from Armenian communities worldwide, indicated that divisions can run as deep as consensus in Armenia’s far-flung Diaspora.

H13 The Times Welcome to the new US embassy It’s bigger than Saddam’s palace and, with a cinema, gym and pool, is the safest and smartest place to live in Iraq...

Former army chief condemns US for Iraq policy

Bush seeks tax aid for housing crisis President's proposals are his most explicit acknowledgment yet that the credit crisis poses threat to the US housing market

Fed chief walks fine line with rates

The US Fed Chairman is treading an even more perilous tightrope than usual for a central banker

Gerard Baker

On Royalty Diana’s past has helped to shape the monarchy’s future

Wall Street Journal A Time for Grace
America needs unity in dealing with Iraq -- and the president must lead, writes Peggy Noonan.
By PEGGY NOONAN

H14 Financial Times Cheney the survivor without challengers Dick Cheney once jokingly referred to himself as Darth Vader - such was his dark reputation with the mainstream US media. With the departure of Karl Rove on Friday,...

Iraqis are making ‘progress to peace’

Iraq is making progress towards political reconciliation, despite American press reports that it will fail to meet key US benchmarks, says Adel Abd al-Mahdi

Bernanke fuels hope of interest rate cuts

Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve would act as needed to ease the impact of recent market turmoil on the economy, in a speech widely interpreted as opening the door to possible interest rate cuts

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Virtue and virtual reality Simulated worlds are not so much alternative new communities as retreats for those who can find no purchase in real life, writes Christopher Caldwell

LEADER: Subprime loans - subprime solutions

More regulation is probably likely. But the market has learnt its lesson; do not lend to people who cannot pay. It is hard to see how the legislators can improve on that

Bush offers help to stuggling homeowners

George W. Bush announced a package of measures to help struggling US homeowners keep up with mortgage payments but ruled out a government bail-out to solve the subprime crisis

COMMENT: Market vultures will await more blood on the streets

COMMENT: Could Sarkozy save the French socialists? The president’s priority is results. His capacity to compromise is unlimited as long as he looks like the winner, writes Zaki Laïdi

Lunch with the FT: Barney Frank

Barney Frank believes a new deal with business is the best way to achieve equality

FT WEEKEND MAGAZINE - THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST: Miss match A social planner might thus conclude that all education should be single-sex. The difficulty is to combine this perspective with the principle of parental choice. I

MARKETS NEWS AND COMMENT: Bush mortgage plan prompts rebound

MARKET NEWS AND COMMENT: Bankers may struggle to shoulder balance-sheet burden

H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial

H16 American Politics

Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter: Bush E-Mail Mystery Deepens: White House Won't Name Tech Contractor — Justin Rood Reports: — The White House will not identify a private company which appears to be involved in the disappearance of millions of White House e-mails

White House Press Secretary Snow Resigns

realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

David Brooks reviews The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation by Drew Westen (and an interview).

Kevin Drum reviews Talking Right by Geoffrey Nunberg and Whose Freedom? The Battle Over America’s Most Important Idea by George Lakoff

Fusillades of fury

Victor Davis Hanson George Bush is not a very popular fellow. What is it about Mr. Bush that evokes furor?

H17 Daily Telegraph British Army chief attacks US over Iraq General Sir Mike Jackson, the head of the British Army during the invasion of Iraq, has launched a scathing attack on the United States for the way it handled the post-war administration of the country.

US ready to move into Basra as UK pull out

The history of empire can reunite the nation

This national ignorance of our own history, of our heroes, is perhaps the single most important element in the current crisis over "Britishness", observes John O'Sullivan.

Diana just another dead celebrity

The outpouring of grief a decade ago, and its lack of restraint, revealed an increasingly ungrounded and shallow society, proffers Simon Heffer

H18 Independent All countries must stay course in Iraq, Bush tells Brown

Leading Article: At last, Bush steps in to tackle his home-grown financial crisis

Ebullient Sharif sets up three-way struggle for leadership of Pakistan

Pakistan: A crucial moment in the history of a troubled nation

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

Will Soldiers Be Punished for Airing Doubts?

Bush’s $50b Plan Surprises DoD, Congress

US General: Iraq Training Could Take a Decade

FBI spied on King's widow for years

A Legacy of
Legitimizing Torture
by Robert Scheer

China's Revolution in Military Affairs: Good Enough for Government Work?
RSIS

War as They Knew It: Revolutionary war and Counterinsurgency in Southeast Asia
RSIS A 48-page Singaporean working paper comparing the approaches of the British and the US to revolutionary war in Southeast Asia

Nuclear Power Plants: Vulnerability to Attack
CRS

H20 Slate

Statistics of Income Bulletin — Summer 2007 (PDF; 1.93 MB)
Source: Internal Revenue Service

An interview with Benjamin Barber, author of Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole.

A childish panic about the next generation: Many of those fretting over the state of contemporary childhood, concerned that kids are passive, cooped up and sedentary, are motivated by naked nostalgia - sometimes even by snobbery

interview with Gore Vidal on education in America today

These days, people who used to pay attention to book reviews pay more attention to movie reviews. Literary journalism is sadly in decline... more»

Towards Productive Welfare? A Comparative Analysis of 23 OECD Countries
SPRC This 30-page paper explores the possibility of developing a classification of welfare state types that incorporate both productive and protective elements of social policy

Climate Change Policies OECD

H21 Guardian Short back and asides

Orhan Pamuk In Orhan Pamuk's youth, barber shops were of central importance to Istanbul society. They had the funniest magazines and the best gossip. So why was he so reluctant to visit them?

E-mail service to link mobiles and computers Yahoo! is offering free text messages from computers to mobile phones

The 18 best Jewish ballplayers of all time

Off to the class war in a supermarket trolley All classes use supermarkets, but the dislike of them is an overwhelmingly middle-to-upper-middle-class phenomenon

Matthew Parris

From FT, people have the right to choose to live wherever suits them. But when they choose to live in cities, the rest of us benefit. Why, then, are we so keen to pay them to stay in the countryside?

A review of Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich by Robert Frank and Age of Betrayal: The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900 by Jack Beatty.

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: The dog takes the biscuit in New York Perhaps the rich and powerful treating animals as if they were humans is a symptom of the decadent last days of empire, writes John Gapper

What’s so good about British architecture?

Its champions claim it’s the best in the world but the reality is dull, corporate and profoundly uninspired

'Teens are sitting too many exams' The head teacher of a leading private school has attacked the Government for making teenagers sit too many exams and failing to "fire their imaginations".

From The Atlantic Monthly, a review of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan.

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