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3 September 2007
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H1 Washington Post Book Tells of Dissent in Bush's Inner Circle Author offers a portrait of a White House wracked by more infighting than is commonly portayed and an occasionally disengaged president.

New York Times Iraqi Deaths Drop in Baghdad, but Rise Elsewhere New statistics provided by Iraqi officials appear to mirror the geographic pattern of the American troop increase

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The Kurdish Secret Iraq is a disaster in so many ways, but at least America’s invasion midwifed something really impressive in Kurdistan.

On Two Fronts, One Nuclear, Iran Is Defiant Two announcements Sunday appeared intended to enforce Iran’s refusal to back down in the face of stepped-up pressure from the United States.

Sunday Times Pentagon ‘three-day blitz’ plan for Iran Pentagon draws up plans for massive airstrikes against 1,200 targets, to annihilate military capability in three days

NYT Propping Up the Weak as a Policy By DAVID E. SANGER JUST how much President Bush’s goals abroad are now at the mercy of some of the world’s weakest leaders …

The Former-Insurgent Counterinsurgency

By MICHAEL R. GORDON In a Sunni stronghold just south of Baghdad, the U.S. military has been persuading militants to switch sides. But it’s not at all clear that the enemy’s new enemy is really a friend

Sunday Times Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy By John J Mearsheimer and Stephen M Walt: The Middle East seems set to remain a deeply troubled arena: this book helps explain why

Guardian British forces withdraw from Basra Palace base Redeployment of 500 troops to city's airbase is penultimate stage of UK's presence in Iraq.

A tale of three cities: Basra, London and Washington Americans fear escalation of violence in region

Newsweek - Baghdad's New Owners As Sunnis Flee, Shiites Now Dominate Baghdad

British leave last remaining Basra base British forces have pulled out of Basra Palace, the onetime southern residence of Saddam Hussein that became the symbol of the UK's role in the US-led invasion.

Patrick Cockburn: Ignominious end to futile exercise that cost the UK 168 lives

Leading Article: The Basra endgame and the trading of blame

'Jews and Power' By RUTH R. WISSE Reviewed by ANTHONY JULIUSA celebration of the state of Israel and the Jewish return to sovereignty.

Los Angeles Times Bush, Congress will renew battle over Iraq The White House hopes Petraeus' report will change opinions, but many believe the war strategy must change.

Sunday Telegraph This crisis will not disappear overnight This great crisis of American foreign policy, like the slow-burning financial crisis we live through, will play out over hundreds, if not thousands of days, says Niall Ferguson.

Will President Bush bomb Iran? George Bush has ramped up the rhetoric against Iran. Is he serious? Tim Shipman reports from Washington.

Sunday Times UK troops poised to quit Basra Handover would enable most British soldiers to leave Iraq but exacerbates simmering row with US over approach

The world divides...and democracy is at bay Forget the Islamic threat, the coming battle will be between autocratic nations like Russia and China and the rest Robert Kagan

Newsweek Is Anti-Americanism Over in Europe? After a stormy break with the U.S., European leaders are forging a new Atlantic alliance.

Morton Abramowitz: The Mass Exodus From Iraq Is Becoming An International Crisis

Washington Post Iran Claims 3,000 Uranium Centrifuges Announcement appears at odds with reports that say enrichment had slowed and Iran was cooperating with its nuclear probe.

Editorial Testing Mr. Bernanke The rookie Fed chairman maneuvers to reassure without bailing out -- astutely, so far.

The Real Causes of the Financial Storm By David Ignatius

Bet on America Forget the Doom and Gloom. In 50 Years, We'll Still Be No. 1. By Joel Achenbach

Vladimir the Great? Putin's Inspiration Is Much Older Than the Cold War By Jay Winik Having just grabbed a piece of the Arctic the size of Western Europe, the Russian military has announced ambitious plans to establish a permanent presence in the Mediterranean for the first time since the end of the Cold War.

Editorial Pentagon Justice No officer will serve jail time for the crimes at the Abu Ghraib prison.

Independent on Sunday Pakistan Roger Howard: Come what may, the military is in charge With rivals returning home, Pakistan's President General Musharraf is likely to be sidelined. This is not good news for the West

Economic View: Clouds on China's horizon: could the greatest growth story ever told have an American sting in the tail?

LA Times New Russia, new threat By Michael McFaul Working with the West is no longer the goal as the Kremlin flexes its muscle and rethinks its role in the world.

Wolfowitz of the '60s By David Milne Today's neocons echo Walt Rostow, who helped push the U.S. into an ill-fated war.

China's latest export: soft power

By Joshua Kurlantzick While the U.S. has focused on the Mideast, Beijing has become a rival for global influence.

The war on poppies By Peter Bergen and Sameer Lalwani U.S. efforts to eradicate Afghanistan's crop are empowering the Taliban by sowing seeds of resentment.

Financial Times Editorial LEADER: Iran can help its case by helping Iraq If Iran wants international recognition as a legitimate regional power, it needs to demonstrate that it is a force for stability

COMMENT: Prepare for the credit crisis to spreadBy historic standards, our credit bubble is probably one of the largest ever, writes Wolfgang Münchau

Iran picks new leader for guards

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has appointed a new Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander

Newsweek Jeffrey Garten: The Weak Dollar Is More Dangerous Than It Appears

Jerusalem Post Column One: The ghosts of wars lost [ CAROLINE GLICK

Follow Israel's interests, not America's [ ALON LIEL American peacemaking efforts in the Middle East are now focused on a proposed international conference of moderate forces. But what are the prospects of such a conference leading to a breakthrough, given that none of the hostile forces Israel will have to come to terms with - in particular, Syrian President Bashar Assad - are expected to be invited?

The Region: Losing Lebanon
[ BARRY RUBIN

WP The Insurgency's Psychological Component increases might produce tactical victories but may, paradoxically, fuel insurgency

Rice's Loyalty Brings Pitfalls Personal bond with Bush emerges as secretary's key asset - but possibly also her critical weakness

Book details Rice's struggle with diplomatic setbacks

Basra: The Calm Before the Storm?
Asharq Alawsat

Some See 'Coup' as Iraq's Best Hope

Is the nation state obsolete? An essay on Martin van Creveld and Roger Scruton.

Boston Review Back to the Future: Robert Blecher and Jeremy Pressman on Israel's existential crisis

Is this Musharraf's perestroika?
Gulf News

Professor Petraeus Leads the Charge - Philip O'Connor, Chicago Tribune

Iraq Was a Mistake, but Leaving Would Be a Disaster - Josef Joffe, WSJ


Braced for the General's Verdict - P. Harris and P. Beaumont, The Observer


Postcards from the Front Line - Ralph Peters, New York Post

AEI Global Warming: Not So Hot

Bush and Ahmadinejad: Will they or Won't They? More from Barnett Rubin on signs of a potential Bush administration attack on Iran at the Global Affairs blog.

Tom Barnett KnoxNews. Targeting roots of terrorism in this long war

H2 NYT The Traps in Turkey’s Power Shift By SABRINA TAVERNISE and SEBNEM ARSU Will the election of Abdullah Gul, an observant Muslim, lead to a clash between the country’s working class and its urban secularists? 5 issues could provide clues to whether Abdullah Gul will clash with the traditionally secular military.

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The Kurdish Secret Iraq is a disaster in so many ways, but at least America’s invasion midwifed something really impressive in Kurdistan.

Batı basını neden taraf?

Tawdry genocide tale Bruce Fein
Washington Times

Jerusalem Post Boston Armenians: ADL guilty of genocide denial
Also claim world's failure to stop murder of Armenians during WWI made Holocaust possible.

Soykırım inkârı, Türkiye'yle ittifakın parçası olamaz

Türkleri tebrik etmek gerek MAZİN HAMMAD

The Secularism of the Army and the Islamists

NYT Ordunun görevi hükümeti desteklemektir

[DIŞ BASINDA ABDULLAH GÜL'ÜN CUMHURBAŞKANLIĞI]
Der Spiegel - Türk demokrasisinin doğuşu

Türkiye olumlu yönde evriliyor Ilana Bet-El

Ordu, Atatürk Türkiye'sinin değiştiğinin farkında ZÜHEYR KUSAYBATİ

Gül laiklik yanlısı tavrıyla laiklerin kalesine gol attı
MUHAMMED KOUŞ

TheStar.com - comment - Turkey's edgy advance

Turkey and Latin America: Reaction and Revolution
Dissident Voice

Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

Ferai Tınç Irak’tan çekilme planlarında Türkiye senaryoları

Nasuhi Güngör DTP’nin ‘derin’ paslaşmaları

Iraqi Kurdish PJAK Official Traces Party History, Vision

'160 köyle PKK devleti' iddiası '

Paşanın gizli gece ziyareti

İran, Kuzey Irak'a giriyor, Türkiye neden giremiyor?

10. ''Ermenileri Kürtler kesti!''

Fatih Çekirge DTP’nin ’kısa devre’ politikası

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 2 Sep 07

Kurds flee Iranian shelling of border (By Yahya Barzanji)

Turkey and Latin America: Reaction and Revolution
Dissident Voice

'Sınır güvenliğimizi korumaya kararlıyız'

Iran Reportedly Bombs Villages in Northern Iraq

İran: "Ordumuz sınır güvenliğimizi koruyor"

İran askerleri 3 PKK’lı teröristi öldürdü

Iraklı Şii lider Salih El Hekim PKK öngörüsü

PKK sığınaklarında roketatar bulundu

DTP'li Tuncel: Gül'ün işi değil eşi tartışılıyor

Turkish Historical Society revives plans to create Kurdology Institute

American Prof. Martin: The Iraqi Kurds Should Deny the PKK Access

Türkiye’nin gizli Irak gündemi yok

Birileri istiyor diye PKK’ya terörist diyemeyiz

Genelkurmay için kullandığı 'bölücü' ifadesini düzeltti

Mustafa Erdoğan Haddini aşmak

The PKK and the Turkish Army
By Michael van der Galiën

For Kurds, it's drill now, legislate later
Chicago Tribune

Washington, Baghdad silent on Iraq border conflict - Feature : Middle East World

[Yorum - Mücahit Bilici] Antisemitizm: Yahudi düşmanlığı neden İslâmî değildir?

[Yorum - Abdülhamit Bilici] Kudüs'te bir berber dükkânı ve Gül'lü Türkiye

Legitimate, illegitimate acts of violence by JOHN ESPOSITO*

Bush Protects PKK and IRGC by Scott Sullivan

PUKmedia’da yayın durdurma kararı

Mehmet Metiner Tarihle barışmak

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

AB 'take off' bekliyor

YORUM-AB’ye Tam Üyelik, Egemenlik Devri ve Sivil Anayasa Tartışmaları

YORUM-Talat ve Papadopulos ne konuşacak

Hedefimiz, Türk-Yunan ilişkilerinin düzeltilmesi

Karamanlis Türkiye’nin AB perspektifine değindi

‘Türk-Yunan ilişkilerini düzeltmeliyiz’

Talat "Bizi Rumların yönetmesini istemiyoruz"

Talat: 5 Eylül görüşmesinden umutluyum

Fransız Müsteşar Faure Türkiye'ye geliyor

Ata Atun Turkey’s intervention in Cyprus is legal

Gül'ün ilk yabancı konuğu İngiltere dışişleri bakanı

Eski müftü, HİS'siyle Ada halkının nabzını tutacak

Gül ilk yurtdışı gezisini KKTC'ye yapmayı planlıyor

Talat, Ekim'de Ban ile görüşecek

Karamanlis'ten olumlu mesajlar

İngiltere Dışişleri Bakanı Türkiye&ye gelecek

Semih İDİZ Almanlarla Çeklerin açtıkları yol

Güngör URAS AB, enerjide yabancı sermayeyi sınırlıyor

ERDAL ŞAFAK Küllerinden doğmak

Türkiye'yle yeni başlangıç vakti Carl Bildt

Hakaret karikatürlerine tepki gösterin ama şiddete asla başvurmayın

Sofya 'Ayyıldız' korsanlarının gazabına uğradı

Bulgaristan: Globalistan'da bir ülke
Haluk Şahin

Peki ama Putin bunu neden yapıyor?
Suat Taşpınar

Gençlerimize saldırdılar Ermenistan'da geçen hafta biten 4'üncü Dünya Ermenileri Olimpiyatı'na Türkiye'yi temsilen 70 sporcu katıldı. Baskette ABD'li Glendale takımı ile İstanbul takımı karşılaştı.

Turkey's historical amnesia
Boston Globe -

İsveç'e karikatür protestosu

Fikret Ertan Rusya, Akdeniz'e dönebilir mi?

Fikret Ertan Kosovo’s independence

TC vatandaşına 'soykırım tazminatı'

Washington Post A Different Kind of Immigration Problem

Paşanın gizli gece ziyareti

Andrew Finkel Ne mutlu Türküm DNA

Maganda terörü artık durdurulsun Türkiye'de maganda terörü savaşları aratmıyor. Bir ayda dokuz kişi geldiği yer belli olmayan bir kurşun yüzünden yaşamını yitirdi, 29 kişi de yaralandı

'Türkiye'de ihtiyacın 10 katı su var'

Bakan Eroğlu: "Kuraklık Türkiye'yi tehdit etmiyor"

Çevre Bakanı Eroğlu: Su sorunu yok

Su sorunu masaya yatırılıyor

Yılın ilk 8 ayında 10 bin hektar kül oldu

Pazar yazısı şart mıdır?
İsmet Berkan

Almanlar Jaguar'ı emeklilik Türkler baba parasıyla alıyor

Cengiz Çandar Abdullah Gül, benim de cumhurbaşkanım olmayabilir...

'Devlet adamı karısı ortalıkta dolaşmaz'

Okulu neden bıraktı?

Gül yeni mal beyanında bulunacak

Hayrünnisa Gül, web sitesinde yer almadı

Sauna çetesinden erkek dayanışması çıktı!

Yeni Anayasa Türk Dil Kurumu'na emanet

'Çocukken berber koltuğu acı verirdi'

Dünyayı geren 'first lady'ler

İslamcı basın yeniden Çankaya’da

TÜBİTAK’ta sosyoloji projeleri de yarışacak

Bilgi Edinme Hakkı Başvurular arttı ama tüm haklar hala bilinmiyor

Üniversitenin duvarını kırdık, herkes girecek

Yalman kendini müziğe verdi, oratoryo yazıyor

Oray Eğin
Tesettür plajından bildiriyorum

Yavuz Baydar OKUR TEMSİLCİSİ
Yargı kararı olmadan

Doğan'ın borsa mani...

3 Eylül 2007 Basın Özeti

H3 Radikal yazarı Uğur Gürses'ten program analizi: Hükümet programının 'program' kısmı eksik!

Birleşik Devletler yönetimi TSK'yı anlamaya çalışıyor
ÖMER TAŞPINAR

Is there life after the Armenian resolution?

Halaçoğlu Kürdoloji enstitüsü kurmamız lazım

Özdem Sanberk Atatürk'ün asıl öğretisi evrensellik

[MONDAY TALK] Soli Özel: Turkey’s relations hostage to Armenian issue

Murat Belge İkinci Cumhuriyet için sol şart

Prof. Dr. Toktamış Ateş: Gül'e saygısızlık yapmaya askerin de hakkı yok

Mümtazer Türköne Atatürk’ün dileği oldu

SOLİ ÖZEL İlk hedef

Ferai Tınç Irak’tan çekilme planlarında Türkiye senaryoları

Ali H Aslan [WASHINGTON] 'Soykırım' cephesinde son gelişmeler

Baturalp Candemir Hükümet programı, öncelikler ve temel sorun

Süleyman Yaşar Hükümet programındaki büyük hata

Eser Karakaş 60. Hükümet Programı (olumlu noktalar)

Eser Karakaş Hükümet programının eksik gördüğüm noktaları

Şamil Tayyar O 95 dakikada neler yaşandı?

Meclis programı görüşecek

Referandum süreci 11 Eylül’de başlıyor

Ahmet Hakan Beşir Atalay için bir portre denemesi

Serdar Akinan Sayın Beşir Atalay İçişleri Bakanı Ankara

Eski MİT'çiden DTP ve AKP'ye destek

Erdoğan, Türkiye'yi büyükşehir gibi yönetmeye hazırlanıyor
Murat Yetkin

Fatih Çekirge DTP’nin ’kısa devre’ politikası

Turkey not threatened by global warming, says Minister Eroğlu

Eroğlu'nun iyimserliği Tarhan Erdem

Soner Yalçın Kayseri’de silahlı bir Akıncı Gençlik kampı hikáyesi

Köşk referandumu iptal edilemedi

[HABER İNCELEME] Türkiye, altıncı anayasada toplumsal uzlaşma arayacak

ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ Kadınsız Ankara Cumhuriyeti

Devletin zirvesi hep gergindi AVNİ ÖZGÜREL

Şükrü Küçükşahin Başkomutansız MGK

Mustafa Ünal Sezer'den geriye ne kaldı?

İhsan Dağı Foreign policy under the new AK Party government (1)

Mümtazer Türköne "Onların mahallesi"

Anayasa’da ’barış hakkı’ Yeni Anayasa’ya ’barış hakkı, sığınma hakkı, kültürel mirasın korunması hakkı, gelişme hakkı’ gibi daha önce düzenlenmeyen yeni haklar da giriyor. Ancak ’barış hakkı’ kapsamına ’vatana ihanet’ başta olmak üzere devlete karşı suç işleyen teröristler alınmıyor.

İşte anayasanın mimarları

Özbudun Laiklik eskiye göre daha fazla korunuyor

’Avusturya modeli’ arabulucular geliyor

Gölge Dışişleri Bakanı Egemen Bağış, AKP’nin Dış İlişkilerden Sorumlu Genel Başkan Yardımcısı oldu

Cumhurbaşkanı Gül sürpriz yapabilir

Genel sekreteri vali olacak

AK Parti'nin kritik MYK'sı 7 saat sürdü, parti yeni bir vitrine kavuştu

İşte AK Parti MYK'da yeni görevlendirme

Semih İDİZ Almanlarla Çeklerin açtıkları yol

Yaman TÖRÜNER
Amerikan dış politikası ve İsrail lobisi

Şahin Alpay I hope Gül (also) proves me wrong

Ekrem Dumanlı Medyanın kavga çıkarmak gibi bir görevi mi var?

Fikret BİLAZirveyi heyecanlandıran Türk Yıldızları

‘Army spending should be subject to Court of Accounts supervision’

İsmail Küçükkaya Şimşek
İkinci Adnan Kahveci olur mu?

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

Taha Kıvanç İki değini

Fehmi KoruÖzeleştiri derken...

KÜRŞAT BUMİN

İyelik zamiri meselesi 'tatlıya bağlandı'

AKP, seçim sonrası vitrin değişikliği yaptı

Mehmet Altan Hem okudum, hem de yazdım...

Ertuğrul Özkök

Ahmet Hakan Beşir Atalay için bir portre denemesi Bıkmadık mı?

Serdar Akinan Sayın Beşir Atalay İçişleri Bakanı Ankara

M Ali Birand

Cüneyt Ülsever

Enis Berberoğlu Çankaya değiştirir (3)

Oktay Ekşi Ya programda olmayanlar?

Özdemir İnce CHP ve susuz Türkiya

Yılmaz Özdil Musakka...

Serdar Turgut Solda hareket zamanı

Yalçın Bayer CHP’de 9 Eylül hareketi

Rauf Tamer Yine mi gerilim

Yılmaz Özdil Kimine 2+2 Kimine 4x4

Baykal'a 'istifa et' çağrısı

Mehmet Altan Baykal usülü ittirme...

Evliya Çelebi gibi dolaşacak

AKP’de 19 makam heyecanı

Sami Selçuk Atatürkçülük ve anayasa


Ilımlı İslam! Görenlerin en yakın gazeteye müracaatları...

Yeni Çağ Sivil Anayasa çalışmalarına dikkat!

Sebahattin Önkibar Asker DTP'lilerin elini sıkan MHP'ye kırgın

Ahmet Kekeç İyi mi oldu yani komutanım?

Can Ataklı Etkin bir isimle konuştum, içim öylesine rahatladı ki sormayın (!)

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Programın iki kanadı...

ERGUN BABAHAN Doğru muhalefet

EMRE AKÖZ

Umur Talu Sen seni bil sen seni!

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

NAZLI ILICAK Buyurun siyasi arenaya

MAHMUT ÖVÜR Abdülkadir Aksu nasıl kabine dışı kaldı?

YAVUZ DONAT Bugün Meclis... Hem canlı, hem heyecanlı Gül ve Demirel 'bunları' konuştu

Gerilim yükseltmenin dili Murat Belge

Is there such thing as legitimate military coup?by PROF. DR. ATİLLA YAYLA*

Doğu Ergil Miscalculations

Zamanla askere bakış açımız değişiyor. Ama birlikte değişmeyi beceremiyoruz Hakkı Devrim

Nabi Yağcı Gerilimler her zaman kötü değildir

İhsan Yılmaz We have the symbol, we now need the substance

Mehmet Barlas Dans etmek, Ankara şifrelerinde özel anlam içerir…

Ekonomide herşey tozpembe değil!

İstihdam artırıcı önlemlerin maliyeti en az 2.2 milyar YTL

Yeni dönem ve ekonomi yönetimi
Mahfi Eğilmez

Salih Neftçi Piyasalarda trendler ve politikalar

Fırsatçılar pusuda
Gıda fırsatçıları, kuraklık ve ramazan dolayısıyla fiyat şişirme arayışında

Başbakan'ın istediği kadar büyünebilir mi? Baran Tuncer

30 yıldır devam eden sıkıntı Fatih Özatay

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Yeni dönemin kilidi neden Şimşek'te?

OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
Hiçbir şey eskisi gibi olmayacak

Prof. Dr. AYDIN AYAYDIN
Kabinenin ekonomi cephesi isabetli

Ercan Kumcu Kamusal çıkar bireysel maliyet Bundan sonra ne olur?

Erdal Sağlam Hükümet programında söylenenlerin samimiyeti

Government declares fierce war on unemployment

Zafer Bey'e ince By-Pass

Baturalp Candemir Hükümet programı, öncelikler ve temel sorun

Süleyman Yaşar Hükümet programındaki büyük hata

Ziraatçilerden gıda fiyatları uyarısı

Maliye Bakanlığı'ndan kamuda tasarruf genelgesi

Türkiye, 'yeni hükümet' farkıyla kayıpta liderliği Arjantin'e bıraktı

Hazelnut price is unsustainable and harmful, say experts

İş dünyası 10 bin dolar milli gelir hedefine kilitlendi

Yiğit Bulut Piyasalar düzeliyor ama “temel paradoks” yerinde duruyor...

İbrahim Öztürk Ekonomide değişimin kalıcı olması için önce siyasi reformlar yapılmalı

Memur zammı Uzlaştırma Kurulu’na gidiyor

O ayakkabıyı 23 Temmuz sabahına kadar giydim

Hasan Ersel Mali istikrar mı, fiyat istikrarı mı öncelikli

Ekonomi yönetimine Marmara Üniversitesi ekolü ağırlığını koydu

Kerem Alkin Ağustos enflasyonu yüzde 0,5'i bulursa faiz indirimi zor

Yiğit Bulut Kitle gazetesinde “kuantum” yazısı yazılır mı?

H4 New York Times Iraqi Deaths Drop in Baghdad, but Rise Elsewhere New statistics provided by Iraqi officials appear to mirror the geographic pattern of the American troop increase

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The Kurdish Secret Iraq is a disaster in so many ways, but at least America’s invasion midwifed something really impressive in Kurdistan.

Propping Up the Weak as a Policy By DAVID E. SANGER JUST how much President Bush’s goals abroad are now at the mercy of some of the world’s weakest leaders …

The Former-Insurgent Counterinsurgency By MICHAEL R. GORDON In a Sunni stronghold just south of Baghdad, the U.S. military has been persuading militants to switch sides. But it’s not at all clear that the enemy’s new enemy is really a friend

On Two Fronts, One Nuclear, Iran Is Defiant Two announcements Sunday appeared intended to enforce Iran’s refusal to back down in the face of stepped-up pressure from the United States.

American University Reflects Normality of Life in Kurdish Corner of Iraq

North Korea to Stop Nuclear Production, U.S. Says

China to Give Data to U.N. On Its Military Spending

Editorial Russia and the Usual Suspects Suddenly, the three most notorious assassinations in Russia are solved, and the masterminds are the very ones President Vladimir Putin suspected all along. Forgive us if we remain skeptical.

In Book, Bush Peeks Ahead to His Legacy

'Jews and Power' By RUTH R. WISSE Reviewed by ANTHONY JULIUS A celebration of the state of Israel and the Jewish return to sovereignty.

What They Did on Summer Vacation

In Iraq, more than two dozen U.S. lawmakers got a couple of days’ worth of meetings with people the Bush administration wanted them to meet.

Editorial Testing Time on Energy

A rising awareness in Congress of the risks of climate change and oil dependency has brought forth two respectable, if incomplete, energy bills that could be merged into one truly outstanding bill.

'Making War to Keep Peace'

By JEANE J. KIRKPATRICK
Reviewed by GEOFFREY WHEATCROFT

The late Jeane J. Kirkpatrick supported some wars (Afghanistan) and didn’t support others (Iraq II). Here’s why.

Hamas Forces Shoot Own Supporters at Rally; Youth Killed

By ISABEL KERSHNER

Witnesses said that the Hamas paramilitary police opened fire when protesters attempted to dash to the Egyptian side of a border crossing during a demonstration.

Chaos in Darfur on Rise as Arabs Fight With Arabs Some of the Arab tribes accused of massacring civilians in Darfur are now unleashing their firepower against each other in a battle that is displacing tens of thousands.

Militants Are Driven From Refugee Camp The Lebanese Army said Sunday that it had taken control of a Palestinian refugee camp where troops had been battling Islamic militants for more than three months.

Backstage at Downing Street

A G.O.P. Senator Charts a Middle Path Senator Lamar Alexander is opposed to a fixed withdrawal but wants a change of mission.

Editorial

Afghan Police Are Set Back as Taliban Adapt Over the past six weeks, the Taliban have driven government forces out of roughly half of a strategic area that American and NATO officials declared a success story last fall.

West Bank Boys Dig a Living From Settler Trash In a sign of the dire economic conditions for Palestinians, a dump has become a lifeline for a group of scavengers.

Off The Shelf: Dangers of a Turbocharged Economy By STEPHEN KOTKIN

A Debate Rises: How Much 9/11 Tribute Is Enough?

Six years later, many people feel that commemorations are excessive, even annoying. Others bristle at such talk.

PAUL KRUGMAN Snow Job in the Desert It appears that many influential people in this country have learned nothing from the last five years

Immigrants’ Labors Lost By MARK LANGE

We have at least 12 million pragmatic reasons to turn a potentially permanent underclass into a productive asset.

Senator Quits as Republicans Try to Regroup

Four Basque Suspects Arrested in December Attack on Airport

H5 Washington Post Book Tells of Dissent in Bush's Inner Circle Author offers a portrait of a White House wracked by more infighting than is commonly portayed and an occasionally disengaged president.

Rice's Loyalty Brings Pitfalls Personal bond with Bush emerges as secretary's key asset - but possibly also her critical weakness

The Insurgency's Psychological Component increases might produce tactical victories but may, paradoxically, fuel insurgency

Editorial Testing Mr. Bernanke The rookie Fed chairman maneuvers to reassure without bailing out -- astutely, so far.

The Real Causes of the Financial Storm By David Ignatius

Bet on America Forget the Doom and Gloom. In 50 Years, We'll Still Be No. 1. By Joel Achenbach

Vladimir the Great? Putin's Inspiration Is Much Older Than the Cold War By Jay Winik Having just grabbed a piece of the Arctic the size of Western Europe, the Russian military has announced ambitious plans to establish a permanent presence in the Mediterranean for the first time since the end of the Cold War.

Editorial Pentagon Justice No officer will serve jail time for the crimes at the Abu Ghraib prison.

Iran Claims 3,000 Uranium Centrifuges Announcement appears at odds with reports that say enrichment had slowed and Iran was cooperating with its nuclear probe.

Editorial A 'Dissident President'? If President Bush really feels solidarity with Egypt's Saad Eddin Ibrahim, he ought to act on it.

Iraq Far From U.S. Goals for Energy $50 Billion Needed To Meet Demand

HOW CHINA DOES IT The Rogue That Plays by the Rules By Edward S. Steinfeld The question is not what's wrong with the Chinese system, but how does it keeps it making progress?

The Border Boondoggle By Andrew Cockburn, Once again, companies are cashing on perceived threats to America.

Squad Leader Shot Haditha Civilians, Marine Testifies Witness's Credibility Is Questioned

N. Korea Agrees to Nuclear Deadline Deal Would Disable Programs, U.S. Says

Lebanese Army Seizes Refugee Compound

Bhutto Plans Return, With or Without Deal Former Premier of Pakistan Says Negotiations With Musharraf Are at Standstill

Briton Blames Rumsfeld for Situation in Iraq

Aid Goes Online The Development World Awaits Its Bloomberg By Sebastian Mallaby

When War Was The Answer By George F. Will OMAHA BEACH, Normandy

Pakistan Power-Sharing Talks Breaking Down

Rescuing Mortgage Holders A tempered government approach is best.

Grim Old Party By Robert D. Novak

Clinton Bills Herself as Agent Of Change, Voice of Experience

Roberts Suggested Miers, Book Says Author Delves Inside Bush Controversies

H6 Guardian British forces withdraw from Basra Palace base Redeployment of 500 troops to city's airbase is penultimate stage of UK's presence in Iraq.

A tale of three cities: Basra, London and Washington Americans fear escalation of violence in region

N Korea reaps nuclear dividend
Kim Jong-Il agrees to dismantle nuclear facilities by end of the year as secrecy gives way to the beginnings of openness.

Ahmadinejad closer to nuclear aims

Lebanese army takes over camp
Lebanon's worst violent episode since civil war ends three-month battle.

Tell us more, top brass Robert Fox: British generals critical of the Iraq war should spell out precisely what went wrong, how and when.

The bear growls again

Alex Hilton Russia's self-confidence is restored and its president, Vladimir Putin, has become reminiscent of an imperial ruler.

In the US, class war still means just one thing: the rich attacking the poor Gary Younge: The Democrats need to represent the swelling ranks of have-nots as vigorously as Bush has stuck up for the haves.

Whose cash is it anyway?

Mark Braund It's not just the very poor who suffer as the wealth gap grows, the vast majority of middle income earners are being fleeced by the super-rich.

Bush's great ambition: wealthy boredom · President tells of regrets in office and retirement plans
· Dead Certain author given rare vision of private life

The spur for dissolution Roy Hattersley: Gordon Brown could legitimately call an early election if parliament rejects his terror laws.

Sliding back into the abyss
Congo: A year ago the Democratic Republic of Congo was held up as a rare example of nation-building after conducting its first free elections in more than 40 years. Yesterday the optimism generated by those elections appeared to be premature.

The Observer America is braced for the general's verdict When David Petraeus delivers his report on the 'surge', his assessment will be studied across the world. It won't stop the fighting in Iraq - but it will galvanise the battle for the White House. By Paul Harris and Peter Beaumont.

British leave with the job not done
Peter Beaumont: Bad wars, in the modern age at least, end slowly amid exhaustion. They drag on through investigations and reports and speeches whose function is an endless search for justification. In the end there remains a simple question: was it worth it?

Leader This cowardly refusal to make the political case for Europe
The government is in an invidious position. It hopes that voters do not care enough about the EU to clamour for a referendum, but it also hopes that a reformed EU will win over the public with its good deeds

Behind Gadaffi's facade of freedom
As Libya's dictator celebrates 38 years in power, the West is beating a path to his door. Jason Burke reports from Tripoli

Vital Lockerbie evidence 'was tampered with' Fragments of bomb timer that helped to convict a Libyan ex-agent were 'practically carbonised' before the trial, says bankrupt Swiss businessman.

I'm going home, says Benazir Former Pakistan leader Benazir Bhutto vowed yesterday to return from exile after admitting that power-sharing talks with President Pervez Musharraf had stalled, writes Tracy McVeigh.

The hidden massacre Eleven years ago, thousands of children and adults were left stranded by the Ulindi river as troops, hellbent on avenging the Rwandan genocide, closed in. Ruaridh Nicoll returns to a country he left in 1996, to reveal a horrific story of rape and slaughter.

The movie has landed and US basks in the moonglow A British director's documentary on the Apollo missions is set to provoke a surge in American patriotism, recalling a time when a nation lifted its eyes with pride to the skies. Robin McKie and Paul Harris in New York report.

What price the life of a British soldier? Will Hutton: The quite shocking disparity between City bosses and ordinary people has never been better exemplified than by the case of Lance-Bombardier Ben Parkinson.

H7 Book details Rice's struggle with diplomatic setbacks

Basra: The Calm Before the Storm?
Asharq Alawsat

Some See 'Coup' as Iraq's Best Hope

Is the nation state obsolete? An essay on Martin van Creveld and Roger Scruton.

Washington Times Arming against Iran

The best argument for the necessity of American victory in Iraq was made by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Aug. 28 when he declared his regime was "prepared to fill the gap" if U.S. forces withdrew.

Edward Peck: A Past Envoy's View of a New Iraq

BBC Nightmare scenario
Pakistan's leader faces potentially explosive return of ex-PMs

Boston Globe Ahmadinejad isn't the issue (By Ray Takeyh)

Iran's Nuclear Chess Game
Center for Research on Globalization
by Nader Bagherzadeh and Soraya Sepahpour

Race for the Arctic As the Arctic icecap melts, a strange international jousting match is unfolding over what was once a barren stretch of windswept snow.

Mapping Darfur NAI
A 33-page report based on a series of seminars held to improve the knowledge and understanding of the the underlying causes for the crisis in Darfur

Expertise of allies needed to win the war on terror

Arab Christians: a lost modernity , Tarek Osman

Tom Barnett KnoxNews. Targeting roots of terrorism in this long war

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

US Papers Mon: A Summer Vacation in Iraq?

Iraqi Papers Mon: Sadr Threatens Government

BBC UK troops begin Basra withdrawal The 550 British troops based in Basra have begun their pull-out from their base at the city's palace.

Nuclear rhetoric?
Iran leader 'flexing muscles' with centrifuge claim

Iran: Uranium Centrifuge Goal Reached

Iraqi PM: US Criticism 'Signals' Militants

Iraqi Interior Minister: Civilian Death Toll Exaggerated

Nuclear Watchdog Chief Warns of 'Last Chance' for Iran

BBC Monitoring Headlines, Quotes From Iraqi Press 2 Sep 07

Iraq to Free 6,000 Sunni Insurgents From Jail

US ambassador expects no fundamental change in US policy, asks ...

After Saddam, rebuilding Iraqi businesses is hard
New York Daily News

BBC Fresh UK attack on US Iraq policy A second key British general criticises US post-war policy in Iraq, saying it was 'fatally flawed'.

High-security 'jail'
Residents of Baghdad feel imprisoned by relentless violence

Iran replaces Revolutionary Guards chief

Iraq Needs $50 Billion to Meet US Goals for Energy

Karbala: The Holy City Turns Into Wreckage

Lebanon – Tiny Country, Big Threats

Iran asserts nuclear tally at odds with U.N. count

US Tries to Stop Ahmadinejad From Visiting Iraq

Militants Reportedly Hold 200 Pakistani Troops

Iraq's Water Crisis

H9 Ha’aretz - Livni warns Rice: Summit could fail due to unreasonable goals Gov't officials: U.S. Sec. of State taking opposite approach, believes setting the bar high will achieve more

Eldar Expectations, anyone? The Americans have not learned the bitter lesson of the failure of the second Camp David summit and the intifada that followed it: Peace summits are not child's play.

PM's peace initiative stirs dissent in Kadima ranks Kadima MKs concerned over Olmert's willingness to change Negev border in principal agreement with Abbas

Solana: There is no potential for war between Israel and Syria

Defense Min.: If there is another war the IDF will deliver victory

WTR: Does Bush market a war with Iran?

Danger - friendship! Even Bush was not saved by his gang, who kicked the captain of their ship when he was down. Now he has no choice but to make them walk the plank to keep himself from drowning with them.

Marcus Who's asking them? Olmert may behave as if he is Ariel Sharon's heir, but in practice, he has kissed the unilateral disengagement plan goodbye.

Gideon Levy Children of war The way to stop the firing of Qassams is not through indiscriminate killing. Every launcher can be replaced.

Bar’el Lebanon, always Lebanon

Melman The mistake that cost the country

Yedioth Ahronoth Syrian opposition raises head

For first time since 1982 Reform Party of Syria defies regime, hangs posters of exiled leader

'Nuke fears - good deterrent'
President Shimon Peres says in interview with Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman: 'If world is suspicious that Israel may detonate nuclear bomb and if that suspicion works as a deterrent - that is good enough'

Illegal outposts to be named

Gov't promises to make a list within 3 months of West Bank outposts slated for evacuation

'Rice thought Abbas weak'

New biography of US secretary of state reveals she thought PA leader was 'nice but ineffective'

Is he good or bad?

Most ministers believe Olmert is doing a good job; but what about public? Attila Somfalvi asks

Jerusalem Post Column One: The ghosts of wars lost [ CAROLINE GLICK

Follow Israel's interests, not America's
[ ALON LIEL American peacemaking efforts in the Middle East are now focused on a proposed international conference of moderate forces. But what are the prospects of such a conference leading to a breakthrough, given that none of the hostile forces Israel will have to come to terms with - in particular, Syrian President Bashar Assad - are expected to be invited?

The Region: Losing Lebanon
[ BARRY RUBIN

Editor's Notes: Jeopardizing American interests

IDF planning for 'extreme violence' in West Bank outpost evacuations
Plan to evacuate 26 outposts could start only weeks after gov't gives green light; list includes outposts established since 2001.

Increased signs of anti-Hamas 'intifada' in Gaza
Fatah official: "The countdown for bringing the Hamas regime down has begun."

Boston Review Back to the Future: Robert Blecher and Jeremy Pressman on Israel's existential crisis

WSJ The Israel-Bashing Club
The European Parliament plays host to an anti-Zionist conference.
By DANIEL SCHWAMMENTHAL

NYT 'Jews and Power' By RUTH R. WISSE
Reviewed by ANTHONY JULIUS

A celebration of the state of Israel and the Jewish return to sovereignty.

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

Gaza children deaths 'accident'

The Israeli army says it mistook three Palestinian children killed in northern Gaza on Tuesday for militants.

BBC Is the future of Israel's army under threat?

The Transformation of the Kibbutz and the Rejection of Socialism-Becker

The Kibbutz--Posner's Comment

H10 Christian Science Monitor

ASIA

Newsweek Beijing and Washington: Rivals In Asia Beijing and Washington are building new alliances throughout the continent.

· A step toward scrapping North Korea's nuclear program

North Korea makes nuclear pledge

US says Kim Jong-Il has agreed to dismantle nuclear facilities by end of year.

FT COMMENT: Competition with Chinese characteristics Optimists will say that the development of China's legal system, which now includes a comprehensive property law and a contract code as well as the new antitrust law, is evidence of China's gradual transformation into a market-based economy.

China to give military spending data to UN; Includes weapons trading details...

H11 IHT It's not just Ahmadinejad Ahmadinejad's foreign policy is not all that different from that of his predecessors.

September of hope For many people around the world, sympathy for America in the aftermath of 9/11 has turned to alienation. The United States must restore its sense of promise.

EUROPE European press review

A review of Philip Jenkins' God's Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis.

Newsweek MacShane: Europe Must First Come Together

Bomb plot foiled as key Eta members arrested · Four people held after French-Spanish operation
· 350 kilos of explosives found in raid on house

BBC 'Leading Eta bomb maker' arrested Four suspected Basque separatists, including a key bomb-maker, are held in France, Spanish officials say.

End of Eta ceasefire no surprise

Who are Eta?

Eta: Key events

Europe backs fire-stricken Greece

The European Commission president visits Greek areas hit by wild fires, promising aid for those affected.

Murdered Med How Spain's Costas have paid a high price for their allure

Sarkozy arm-twisting secures £61bn energy deal
€90bn (£61bn) merger between Suez and Gaz de France creates world's third-largest power company.

Nazi victims' Greek descendants sue for compensation
Controversial Nazi warcrime case, arising from a massacre in a Greek village, has been reopened - in Italy.

Italy to Back 'Non-Traumatic' Independence on Kosovo

Reflections on Multilevel Legitimacy
MPI This 20-page German working paper examines the challenges of multilevel legitimacy for governance in the EU

H12 RFE/RLPutin Sets Date For Duma Elections

Google News Azerbaijan

The Multipolarity Trap: How Russia Should Make Friends ..... and With Whom CAST
A Russian article examining Russia's choice of strategic partners and allies

OxAn ROMANIA/KAZAKHSTAN: Astana buys into EU oil market

Russia to Deploy More New Ballistic Missiles

Putin's treaty trap (Cliff Kincaid)

An interview with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili

History, Change, at Once: Kyrgyzstan, teetering between democracy and authoritarianism since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, is caught between the rising economies of the east and its own nomadic heritage.

Monochrome Legislature Hands Kazakh PM New Mandate

H13 The Times Our Army needs a defence policy

If we paid properly for men and women to risk their lives, we could have the basis for a policy William Rees-Mogg

Sunday Times UK troops poised to quit Basra Handover would enable most British soldiers to leave Iraq but exacerbates simmering row with US over approach

Pentagon ‘three-day blitz’ plan for Iran Pentagon draws up plans for massive airstrikes against 1,200 targets, to annihilate military capability in three days

The world divides...and democracy is at bay Forget the Islamic threat, the coming battle will be between autocratic nations like Russia and China and the rest Robert Kagan

An odd surge of hope in Baghdad

Leader The exit from Basra The government is lacking the political and military strength to go on sacrificing soldiers in the Basra meat grinder

Leader Brown’s euro dilemma

By announcing a referendum now Mr Brown would call the unions’ bluff and strengthen his hand in the fight over pay

How the West summoned up a nuclear nightmare in Pakistan

How misguided deals with Pakistan have created a terrifying threat of nuclear terrorism

Putin’s fanatical youth brigade targets Britain

Activist has warned that a campaign of harassment against the British ambassador in Moscow may be resumed

Call the fat cats’ bluff

Tax breaks for a privileged few are wrong. The rising tide of wealth should float every boat

Simon Jenkins

Immigration, the taboo word

Anyone, it seems, is free to advocate immigration, but to advocate ending it could terminate your career

Michael Portillo

Wall Street Journal

Awaiting Fed's Decision Wall Street is buzzing with widespread speculation about whether Federal Reserve policy makers will cut short-term interest rates at their next meeting.

The Fed won't bail investors out of their bad decisions but will act if turmoil threatens economic growth, Bernanke said. Bush outlined steps to help borrowers avoid default, acknowledging some lending-industry excess. (Radio address)

H14 Financial Times Editorial LEADER: Iran can help its case by helping Iraq If Iran wants international recognition as a legitimate regional power, it needs to demonstrate that it is a force for stability

COMMENT: Prepare for the credit crisis to spreadBy historic standards, our credit bubble is probably one of the largest ever, writes Wolfgang Münchau

Iran picks new leader for guards

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has appointed a new Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander

COMMENT: The best answer to Gazprom is faster reform Restricting Russian investment in Europe will not ease worries about underinvestment or the Kremlin, writes Katinka Barysch

Ex-British army chief criticises US over Iraq

The head of the British army during the Iraq invasion has launched a scathing attack on US post-war policy, underlining growing transatlantic strains over Iraq

UK strategy on Afghan drugs under attack

Credit turmoil ‘has hallmarks of bank run’

Bundesbank chief points to dilemma

Moscow considers wheat export ban

Russia is considering a ban on cereals exports in a move that exacerbates fears that wheat prices, already at an all-time high, could surge further on reduced supplies, European cereal traders said

Blow for Eta as alleged bomber held

French and Spanish police have struck a blow against Eta, the Basque separatist group, by arresting the group’s alleged top bomb expert during a raid in southern France

Lebanese refugee camp falls to army

At least 32 members of the militant Fatah al-Islam group were killed and more than a dozen captured after an attempt to break out of the besieged Nahr al-Bared camp

ECB set to express faith in economy The European Central Bank is set this week to express confidence in the underlying strength of the eurozone economy even if it shelves plans for a rise in interest rates

'Market can find solution to subprime debt crisis'

The private sector will find ways to structure debt arrangements that will ensure that most US homeowners facing big increases in their mortgage payments will stay in...

NATIONAL NEWS: Brown allies dismiss talk of snap poll

COMMENT: The drama of a complex character Yasmina Reza is one of France's most playful playwrights with a devastating eye for human vanity and a mischievous sense of

Suez and GdF agree merger terms

The boards of Suez and Gaz de France have agreed the terms of their long-awaited merger to create one of the world’s largest power groups with an estimated market value of €70bn, bringing to an end 18 months of political and financial wrangling

Beaten French Socialists try to find their way

Socialist leader proposes streamlined decision-making structure to speed the process of change in the party, but clarifies limits to a shift towards the centre ground

US ready to talk tough to get Apec deal

President George W. Bush will seek to breathe fresh life into the stalled Doha round of international trade negotiations during the annual summit of Pacific Rim...

COMMENT: A line in the sand for the privatisers The cleanest beach I enjoyed this summer was open to all and policed by the township, writes John Gapper

H15 Los Angeles Times Bush, Congress will renew battle over Iraq The White House hopes Petraeus' report will change opinions, but many believe the war strategy must change.

New Russia, new threat By Michael McFaul Working with the West is no longer the goal as the Kremlin flexes its muscle and rethinks its role in the world.

Wolfowitz of the '60s By David Milne

Today's neocons echo Walt Rostow, who helped push the U.S. into an ill-fated war.

China's latest export: soft power

By Joshua Kurlantzick While the U.S. has focused on the Mideast, Beijing has become a rival for global influence.

The war on poppies By Peter Bergen and Sameer Lalwani U.S. efforts to eradicate Afghanistan's crop are empowering the Taliban by sowing seeds of resentment.

The peace racket By Bruce Bawer

A growing movement is pushing a worldview that ignores history's lessons about strength and appeasement.

Maliki says critics overstep 'rational limits' The Iraqi premier accuses naysayers in the U.S. of failing to realize the scope of his nation's distress.

Iraqi leader, under pressure, says U.S. criticism of government 'signals to terrorists'

GOP hopefuls stay Bush's course Despite polls showing public discontent, top candidates are mostly in step with the president on taxes, healthcare and the war.

Another Sistani aide slain in Iraq

Editorial Mideast peace through porn An Israeli website aims to reach Arab hearts and minds by targeting a different part of the anatomy.

H16 American Politics

7 Questions as the Race for the White House Accelerates

McClatchy Sour Americans hungry for change as election approaches

By Steven Thomma A year before they choose a new government for the post-Bush era, Americans are desperate to change the country's course. One thing almost all Americans tend to agree on: They're deeply unhappy with the way things are going in the United States and eager to move on

GOP Faces Growing Peril In 2008 Races Senate Prospects Dimming

Senator ousted as Republicans fear 2008 votes Resignation of Senator Larry Craig, will further reduce party's chances of regaining Congress from the Democrats.

Washington Times Spending and the national debt

The administration projects that its budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which includes $50 billion for that year, will add another $558 billion to the national debt. Needless to say, the $558 billion is a conservative estimate.

Giuliani: The Vulnerable Frontrunner - Matthew Continetti, Weekly Std.
Is Fred Thompson Presidential Material? - Holly Bailey, Newsweek

In Book, Bush Peeks Ahead to His Legacy President Bush, who rarely talks publicly about his inner life, gave a revealing interview to an author last year.

'The Argument' By MATT BAI Reviewed by NICK GILLESPIE Can the Democratic Party’s activists think their way out of their current confusion? Matt Bai is skeptical.
'Cheney' By STEPHEN F. HAYES Reviewed by CARL M. CANNON A biography of Vice President Dick Cheney, from a conservative journalist who had unusual access. First Chapter

realclearpoliticsABC’s The Note US News Political Bulletin

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

US senator quits over sex scandal

H17 Daily Telegraph British troops leave Basra city Last 500 soldiers withdrawn in secret mass operation.

North Korea to end nuclear projects

US says deal will see complete shutdown by end of this year.

Leader Valiant soldiers in Afghanistan Day by day, the soldiers deployed in Helmand are pushing back the Taliban, expanding the zone of peaceable civic government for those who live there

Brown's Tory appeal ignites poll fever Gordon Brown heightens election fever with a direct pledge to Conservative voters.

Interview: 'I want to speak for whole country'

If a referendum is un-British, so is lying Having a referendum on the EU treaty is no longer a question about procedural niceties, argues Philip Johnston. It is about trust in our political leaders.

Iran has 'reached key nuclear goal'

President Ahmadinejad claims that his country is now running 3,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium for its nuclear programme.

Sunday Telegraph This crisis will not disappear overnight This great crisis of American foreign policy, like the slow-burning financial crisis we live through, will play out over hundreds, if not thousands of days, says Niall Ferguson.

Will President Bush bomb Iran? George Bush has ramped up the rhetoric against Iran. Is he serious? Tim Shipman reports from Washington.

Brown to rule out vote on EU Treaty The Prime Minister will defy scores of Labour MPs and firmly rule out a referendum on the European Union Treaty after winning the backing of key Cabinet ministers.

Leader: Brown's betrayal of democracy It's no exaggerating that, in preventing a referendum on the EU constitution, Gordon Brown is subverting democracy.

Unlike Brown, referendums are for wimps Mr Brown has never had the slightest desire to waste political capital on a grand national battle over Britain's role in Europe, says Matthew d'Ancona.

Middle East talks raise hope of peace After seven years of violence in the latest intifada, there is a slowly dawning sense that Israeli-Palestinian efforts are quietly gaining momentum.

British troops hunt the Taliban in Afghanistan

Leave it to us to end the poppy curse Poppies spread like cancer, and the time has come for us to adopt a more forceful approach, writes Ahmad Zia Massoud, First Vice-President of Afghanistan.

Iraq to free 6,000 Sunni insurgents Moves to ease strain on Government from sectarian in-fighting.

H18 Independent

British leave last remaining Basra base British forces have pulled out of Basra Palace, the onetime southern residence of Saddam Hussein that became the symbol of the UK's role in the US-led invasion.

Patrick Cockburn: Ignominious end to futile exercise that cost the UK 168 lives

Leading Article: The Basra endgame and the trading of blame

Robert Fisk: Strange goings-on here in Lebanon ...

How Gazprom turned up the heat on the West

Stephen King: To protect the innocent you may need to bail out the guilty

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: What do these atheists understand of religion?

Johann Hari: The last thing we need is coal-fired power

Independent on Sunday Pakistan Roger Howard: Come what may, the military is in charge With rivals returning home, Pakistan's President General Musharraf is likely to be sidelined. This is not good news for the West

Economic View: Clouds on China's horizon: could the greatest growth story ever told have an American sting in the tail?

UN: Peace is hampered by West Bank growth

Briefing: Ban Ki-moon tackles crisis in Darfur

Leading article: Britain must honour its commitment to our troops

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

From NYRB, a review of Cold War at 30,000 Feet: The Anglo-American Fight for Aviation Supremacy by Jeffrey A. Engel

Falling Behind: International Scrutiny of the Peaceful Atom
NPEC A report on IAEA's nuclear safeguards system and its shortcomings

Demand Reduction Strategy 2006-2010 (PDF; 395 KB)
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Newsweek Why We Need a Draft: A Marine's Lament

H20 Slate

Boston Review - Why Are So Many Americans in Prison? Race and the transformation of criminal justice We middle-class Americans have made decisions about social policy that have led to a system of suffering, rooted in state violence, meted out at our request. Glenn C. Loury

Engineering Electoral Systems: Possibilities and Pitfalls NIMD
This 24-page Dutch publication provides an introduction into the different electoral systems existing round the world

Bruce Bawer on The Peace Racket: An anti-Western movement touts dictators, advocates appeasement—and gains momentum

Intellectual Property, the Immigration Backlog, and a Reverse Brain-Drain: America’s New Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Part III
Source: Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

Transitional Justice in Conflict Situations

H21 Would Orwell have been a blogger? Robert McCrum: The great essayist would be appalled by the writing, but applaud the democracy of the web.

Pushing mothers back into work is wrong If you leave your children to the fitful attention of strangers you run the risk that they will be badly brought up

Minette Marrin

Logged In and Sharing Gossip, er, Intelligence Facebook, blogs and Wikipedia offer a model for spy agencies.

Oh, Everyone Knows That (Except You) By ABBY GOODNOUGH

The “open secret” lives in a netherworld all its own, until one day it doesn’t. What road does it travel into daylight?

Moscow Battle: How Hitler Almost Beat Stalin
The battle for Moscow—the biggest, bloodiest clash in human history—helped turn the tide against Hitler. But the Soviet leader came closer than most realize to defeat.

Human Genome Project is beginning to bear fruit

The French once ridiculed smoking bans as typical Yankee puritanism. They viewed their packs of Gauloises as sacred... more»

'The World Without Us' By ALAN WEISMAN
Reviewed by JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
What would happen if earth’s most invasive species — humans — were wiped out?

Death, taxes, extinction

By Christopher Cokinos One thing's certain: All this will be gone one day. Where do we go from there?

Soccer vs. fútbol By Andrés Martinez David Beckham's Galaxy targets suburban Anglos; Chivas USA's goal is urban Latinos

Harnessing the Sun The Holy Grail of nuclear fusion may soon be within reach

This time it's personal: A few years ago, board games seemed on the verge of dying out, banished to the attic by the all-powerful computer. But a hardy band of traditional gamers persevered with their passion - and now their numbers are beginning to swell.

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What they have said about Foreign Press Review
"FPR'ın iki "kötü" özelliği var: 1. Alışkanlık yaratıyor, onsuz yapamaz hale geliyorsunuz; 2. Değeri alındığı değil, arada bir de olsa, alınamadığı vakit anlaşılıyor. Bir de sürekli bir kaygıya yol açıyor; 'Ya bir gün kesilir ve onu hiç alamazsam' duygusuyla sürekli yaşamak kolay değil."

Cengiz Çandar


"... fantastic .... an outstanding and unique service, not just for those who follow Turkey closely, but those who follow international trends and ideas. ... selection of material is some of the best anywhere ... coverage of the Turkish press and Turkish issues is truly unsurpassed .... outstanding and intelligent service"

Graham Fuller


"... extremely useful"

Andrew Mango


"FPR olmadan ne yapardım ya da bugüne kadar ne yapmışım bilemiyorum"

Soli Özel


"Güne başlamak için FPR’den daha iyi bir yol düşünemiyorum"

Hasan Ünal


Makaleler


Ankara ve Güneydeki Riskler 29 Aralık 2011
İslamcı Dalga Üzerine 5 Aralık 2011
Ankara’ya Suriye ile İlgili Bazı Tahlil, Tahmin, Uyarı ve Öneriler 2 Kasım 2011
İran ile İlgili Son Amerikan İddiaları ve Türkiye 16 Ekim 2011
Ankara Suriye’de “Rejim Değişikliği” Politikasına Geçerken 28 Eylül 2011
Türk Dış Politika Gündemine Dair 7 Kısa Not 6 Eylül 2011
“Zafer İlan Et ve Kaç:” ABD ve Afganistan’dan “Sorumluca” Çekilmenin Mantığı 23 Haziran 2011
Orta Doğu'da Durum Raporu 25 Mayıs 2011
Bin Ladin’in Öldürülmesi Üzerine Notlar 25 Mayıs 2011
Bin Ladin’in Öldürülmesi Üzerine 15 Kısa Not 3 Mayıs 2011
ABD ve Karadeniz Nisan 2011

Türkiye Beşar’a Ne Demeli? Suriye'de “52 Cuma” Reformsuz Geçmez 20 Nisan 2011
Amerika-Sonrası Dünyanın Provası Olarak Libya Krizi ve Türkiye 22 Mart 2011
“Demokratikleştiremediklerimizden misiniz?”: Orta Doğu’daki Değişim Dalgasının Neden, Şekil ve Olası Sonuçları 10 Şubat 2011
Analiz Üzerine Notlar 14 Ocak 2011
Wikileaks Üzerine Notlar ve Yorumlar 23 Aralık 2010
Enerji ve Güvenliği Üzerine Notlar 29 Kasım 2010
Amerikan Travması ve Kongre Seçimleri 23 Kasım 2010
Füze Savunması Üzerine 20 Soru ve 5 Seçenek 20 Ekim 2010
Obama Ekibinde Yaprak Dökümü - Beyaz Saray’dan Kaçış mı? 12 Ekim 2010
"Kürt Devleti" Üzerine Notlar ve Çeşitlemeler 23 Eylül 2010
Mullen’ın Ankara Ziyareti 7 Eylül 2010
ABD’nin Afganistan’daki Seçenekleri 24 Ağustos 2010
Financial Times Haberinin Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Üzerine Düşündürttükleri 18 Ağustos 2010
İsrail-ABD-İran-Türkiye Dörtgeni 26 Temmuz 2010
Bay Netanyahu Washington’a Gitti: Böyle mi Olacaktı, Obama? 16 Temmuz 2010
Stratejik Dehlizlerde Derinlik Sarhoşluğu: Bir AKP Dış Politikası Eleştirisi Temmuz 2010
Rus Casusluk Olayı: "John Le Carre mi, Austin Powers mı?" 5 Temmuz 2010
“Mahalleye Hoş Geldin”:Türkiye’nin Orta Doğu’da İlk Günü 02 Haziran 2010
Nükleer Takas: “Savaşı Bitiren Anlaşma” mı, “Acem Oyunu” mu? 20 Mayıs 2010
ABD Irak’tan Çekilirken Riskler ve Hesaplar 1 Mayıs 2010
ABD-İsrail İlişkilerinde “Normalleşme” Sancıları 22 Nisan 2010
Obama’nın Nükleer Cazibe Taarruzu: Bardağın Üçte Biri Dolu 9 Nisan 2010
ABD-İsrail İlişkilerinde “Tektonik Kayma” mı? 5 Nisan 2010
Irak Seçimleri: Sonun Başlangıcı, Başlangıcın Sonu 19 Mart 2010
Ermeni Karar Tasarısı Üzerine Notlar, Yorumlar ve Öneriler 8 Mart 2010
Ermeni Karar Tasarısı Üzerine Notlar, Yorumlar ve Öneriler 8 Mart 2010 (word)
Bütçe Açığı ve Amerikan Gerilemesinin Ekonomi Politiği 19 Şubat 2010
Cemaat-skeptic 6 Ocak 2010
AKP bir seçim daha kazanırsa burası FC olur 4 Ocak 2010
ABD bu işin neresinde? 29 Aralık 2009
Türkiye-Ermenistan Protokolü Üzerine Düşünceler 3 Eylül 2009
"Obama’nın Savaşı":AfPak Üzerine Notlar 20 Nisan 2009
Obama’nın Ardından 17 Nisan 2009
Obama’nın Türkiye Gezisi ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri 19 Mart 2009
ABD ve Orta Doğu Barış Süreci Mart 2009
Obama’nın “Kırkı Çıkarken” Mart 2009

ABD-PKK “İlişkisi” Üzerine Notlar Şubat 2009
Mahşerin Üç Atlısı: Ross, Holbrooke ve Mitchell 5 Şubat 2009
SOFA ABD için Irak’ta “Sonun Başlangıcı” mı? Ocak 2009
Obama Döneminde ABD ve Asya 15 Ocak 2009
Obama’nın Güvenlik Kabinesi Üzerine Notlar 4 Aralık 2008
Yeni ABD Başkanı Obama ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri 6 Kasım 2008
ABD Başkanlık Seçimlerinin Türk-Amerikan İlişkilerine Muhtemel Etkileri 30 Ekim 2008
ABD Başkanlık Seçimleri Ekim 2008
Obama’nın Biden’ı Tercihinin Bir Tahlili 26 Ağustos 2008
Amerikan Sağı Üzerine Notlar Ağustos 2008
Gürcistan Krizi, ABD ve Türkiye 11 Ağustos 2008
Obama'nın Dış Gezisi 29 Temmuz 2008
Başkan Bush’un Avrupa Gezisi ve Transatlantik İlişkileri 18 Haziran 2008
ABD Seçimleri (ppt) - 10 Haziran 2008
"Sessiz Tsunami": Global Gıda Krizi (ppt) - 29 Nisan 2008
Amiral Fallon'un İstifası 13 Mart 2008
ABD ve PKK İlişkisi Üzerine Notlar 22 Kasım 2007
“İçeride Liberal, Dışarıda Şahin”: K. Irak’a Harekat Üzerine Notlar 25 Ekimy 2007
K.Irak'a Ekonomik Müeyyideler Üzerine Sorular 25 Ekimy 2007
Irak "Hamle"sinin Muhasebesi Eylül 2007
Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri - Yeni Dönemin Gündemi Eylül 2007
ABD, K. Irak ve Türkiye Üzerine Notlar ve Sorular Haziran 2007
ABD ve Orta Doğu: "Müflis mirasyedi" mi "stratejik deha" mı? Mayıs 2007
Recommendations for Strengthening U.S.-Turkish Relations February 26, 2007
ABD'nin Irak'taki Seçenekleri Ocak 2007
'Topal Ördek'le İki Yıl Daha: 2006 Kongre Seçimleri Aralık 2006
U.S.: Empire, Gulliver or the “First Among Unequals” (ppt) - ASAM 2023 Conference - October 2006
Türk-Amerikan İlişkilerinde “İkinci Bahar” mı, “Sonun Başlangıcı” mı? Stratejik Analiz - Haziran 2006 -
Irak’ta Direnişin ve İşgalin Gölgesinde Demokrasi Deneyi Avrasya Dosyası - İslam ve Demokrasi Özel Sayısı
Gurur ve Önyargı: ABD İran Gerginliği ve Türkiye Stratejik Analiz Nisan 2006 - (pdf)
Arzın Merkezine Seyahat: ABD Ulusal Güvenlik Konseyi - Journey to the Center of the World: U.S. National Security Council Avrasya Dosyası 2005
Dört Tarz-ı Siyaset: Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri ve Başbakan Erdoğan’ın Washington Ziyareti Temmuz 2005
11 Eylül’den Sonra Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri: Eski Dostlar mı Eskimeyen Dostlar mı? Avrasya Dosyası - 2005
“Dört Yıl Daha”: Yeni Bush Yönetimi ve Dünya Aralık 2004
2004’ten 2005’e Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Aralık 2004
Türkiye, Iraklı Kürtler ve Statükonun Meşruiyeti Nisan 2004 - eksik
Askerî Alanda Devrim: Askerî Bir Senfoni Ocak 2004
Çirkin Amerikalı’ ile ‘Güven Bunalımı’: ‘Süleymaniye Krizi ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Temmuz 2003 - ( pdf )
The Middle East: A Land of Opportunity and Peril for Turkey - May 2003
Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Üzerine Notlar: Ataerkil Yapıdan Tüccar Mantığına mı? Mayıs 2003
Türkiye, ABD ve Irak Harekâtı: Hayır Diyebilen Türkiye? - Şubat 2003
Değişim, ‘Sense of Proportion’ ve Tarihin Yararları ile Sınırları Üzerine Nisan 2003
ABD Güvenlik Politikalarında Güç Kullanımı ve Caydırıcılık Ağustos 2002
“Yalnız Kovboy” ya da “Eşit Olmayanlar Arasında Birinci”: ABD Dış Politikasında Tektaraflılık-Çoktaraflılık Tartışmaları Mart 2002
İyi, Kötü ve Çirkin: ABD'nin Orta Doğu Politikaları Ocak 2002
Unilateralism corrupts, absolute unilateralism corrupts absolutely Turkish News, May 21, 2002
ABD ve Afganistan: Çıkış Var mı? Kasım 2001
Realism and Change
Crime and Punishment - Deterrence and its Failure in Theory and Practice 2001
“Tüketebileceğimizden Daha Fazla Değişim” ya da Eskimeyen Dünya Düzeni Ekim 2001
“ABD-AB İlişkilerinde Metal Yorgunluğu” Haziran 2001
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