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Los Angeles Times Bomb Iran to stop WWIII Niall Ferguson: Better to take out its nuclear program now than see what happens when Tehran has a bomb.

TNI Inside Track: What American Leadership? by Morton Abramowitz and Leslie H. Gelb Presidential aspirants frequently talk about restoring America’s international influence, but this monumental task will require a lot more than glittering generalities.

Inside Track: The Financialization of Foreign Policy by Douglas Rediker and Heidi Crebo-Rediker The role of finance in international relations is growing. Washington should take note of this changing reality and more effectively integrate economics into its grand strategy

Ha’aretz – If war breaks out The next war with Syria, if there is one, will be different from every other war we have known.

Marcus Leave it to the big guys The Israeli ethos of not relying on foreign troops to defend this country is all fine and well, but there's no need to be stupid about it.

Jerusalem Post Think 'anticipatory self-defense' [ LOUIS RENÉ BERES AND ISAAC BEN-ISRAEL

Daily Telegraph Osama bin Laden urges Iraq fighters to unite

The al-Qa'eda leader has called on insurgent groups in Iraq to avoid "extremism" against each other and unite around common interests

'Showdown with Iran'
PBS Frontline, Tuesday at 9

The Globalization Index 2007
Source: Foreign Policy/A.T. Kearney

Foreign Affairs COIN of the Realm
Colin H. Kahl The U.S. military's new counterinsurgency manual is an overdue step forward in doctrine. But a look back at the history of counterinsurgency offers a sobering reminder of how low the odds of success are -- as Iraq is showing all too well.

Jerusalem Syndrome Walter Russell Mead Sloppy execution means The Israel Lobby, however commendable the intentions of its authors, will have the opposite of its desired effect: impeding new thinking about U.S. policy in the Middle East rather than advancing the debate

James Falllows Armenians, Cubans, and AIPAC

Syria in September 2007, Iran in December 2008? - Ralph Peters, NY Pos

New Republic Relax, Bush Hasn't Totally Screwed Up the War on Terror

Why America will survive even this president. by Walter Russell Mead

Nope--Bush Blew It. By Peter Bergen.

New Republic Stagecraft, not Statecraft by Dennis Ross
Diagnosing Bush's failure in Iraq

Financial Times Russia and China’s challenge for the west The authoritarian nationalism of the two nations – backed by economic strength – poses obvious foreign policy dilemmas for western countries. The issues involved are both practical and philosophical, writes Gideon Rachman

A freedom that needs to be redefinedIs democracy starting to lose its shine? John Lloyd examines a thoughtful argument for society to empower citizens to be truly free

Asia Times Iran rocks its nuclear boatDespite resigning as Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani will be present at talks this week with the European Union, acting as a direct representative of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rather than as that of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad. This growing intersection of factional politics with nuclear crisis management is a clear threat to Iran's national security interests. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

CFR Non-OPEC Oil Production

Pakistan: The Forgotten Conflict in Balochistan,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group

Christian Science Monitor Increasingly, the U.S. sits down with Iraqi militants

In talks with some groups, the US aims to convince Shiite militias that political reconciliation, not violence, is the way forward

Guardian Iran's power struggle intensifies Simon Tisdall It may look like a major advance for Ahmadinejad, but the elevation of his old friend Dr Jalili is just one move on a much bigger board.

From Dissent, exit or no exit? Jean Bethke Elshtain, Sohail Hashmi, Gerard Powers, Trudy Rubin, and Michael Walzer on morality and the withdrawal from Iraq.

IHT A tale of two bombers

By JAMES CARROLL / The Boston Globe Iraqi civil war, conflict with Iran, Turkish-Kurdish violence, chaos throughout the Middle East -under George Bush's leadership, the United States has put an explosive vest on Earth itself.

Russia's doing great. Or is it? By EUGENE RUMER Putin's successor is likely to inherit a host of domestic and foreign policy problems.

EurasiaNet Caspian Sea: Azerbaijan Differs with Russia on Pipeline Construction BY ROVSHAN ISMAYILOV During the recent Caspian summit in Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted that any future pipeline projects in the region would need the approval of all five littoral states. Officials in Azerbaijan are disputing the Kremlin on this point.

RFE/RLEnergy Relations To Dominate Ahmadinejad's Armenia Visit

Iran: Military Flaunts New Capabilities As Tensions Rise As the United States warns of "serious consequences" in the nuclear standoff, Iran has opened an air base, unveiled new military hardware, and issued defense pronouncements at a rapid-fire pace

William Arkin What Did Israel Bomb?

Tony Karon Dual Power in Tehran?

H2 Washington Post Turkey's Wise Hesitation An invasion of northern Iraq would benefit no one but Kurdish extremists. IT IS NOT merely statesmanlike restraint or responsiveness to U.S., European and Arab appeals that have so far prevented Turkey from launching a military invasion of northern Iraq. Prime Minister Erdogan and his military commanders are also acutely aware that such an operation would ...

US air strikes on PKK weighed Chicago Tribune

In Iraq, Conflict on a Second Kurdish Front Kurdish guerrillas have been waging a deadly insurgency in Iran and have links to the group that fights Turkey. Kurdish militants' other front: Iran

FT Editorial Erdogan faces an impossible choice Turkey has made modest but tangible progress reconciling its Kurdish minority, which will be vaporised by all-out war with the PKK

Restraint urged on Turkey Turkey faced a chorus of international calls for restraint in its threat to invade northern Iraq to crush Kurdish separatist rebels, as diplomatic and political efforts to avert a war intensified

Turkey's identity crisis USA Today By Ralph Peters Domestic conflicts are steering the country toward a battle with Iraq’s Kurds. The fallout could hurt not only Ankara and the United States, but the entire region.

A Kurdish LessonBy BRET STEPHENS Wall Street Journal

CFR If Turkey Invades

Interview: Head of Kurdish Foreign Relations Department

National Review JONATHAN FOREMAN: Time to get tough with Turkey? “Rethinking Relationships”

Turkey's Iraq Threat By Peter Brookes "History is littered with the wars which everybody knew would never happen." - Enoch Powell, British Politician (1967)

Washington Post U.S. Warns Iraq to Halt Rebel Raids On Turkey U.S. officials say Iraq bears responsibility for containing, dismantling rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, a separatist group

LA Times Editorial The 'Kurdish problem' is our problem

Turkey has a legitimate complaint against the U.S. for not doing more to stop Kurdish terrorists in Iraq.

Kurdish Rebels Ask for Cease-Fire and Talks With Turkey, Which Continues Shelling

FT LEX COLUMN: Persian gulp

Daily Telegrah Leader Turkey must show Kurdish restraint

Gordon Brown will attempt to dissuade Turkey from launching a potentially catastrophic invasion of northern Iraq.

Kurds braced for Turkish attacks Armed Turkish troops are ready to attack.

The Times Turkey seeks lost troops as pressure to act grows

Women rebels ready to die for the Kurdish cause

US proposes three-way meeting on PKK issue

ABD ya Türkleri ya Kürtleri seçmeli

Asia Times Turkey approaches its 'finest hour' - Sami Moubayed

SPENGLER Why does Turkey
hate America?
Washington's misguided promotion of Turkey as a model of "moderate Islam" has enraged both the Islamist camp and the secular Kemalists. Likewise, the spectacle of Washington trying to squelch a US congressional resolution on the Armenian genocide points up fundamental failings in US foreign policy, the stupidity of which is in large measure responsible for a looming catastrophe.

Kurdish Rebels Offer Turkey Conditional Truce

:US support for PKK could damage relations with Turkey: PM - Yahoo! News

Gates sees no imminent Turkish attack

American Chronicle: Opposing Ankara’s Threats Kamal Artin

US-Turkey conflict not addressing the real issues Tehran Times

Turkish Markets Show Fragile Side
Wall Street Journal

TCF Project Sites: Morton Abramowitz, Newsweek International Century Foundation

BBC Turks sending top envoy to Iraq Ankara's foreign minister is to visit Baghdad in an effort to halt attacks by Kurdish fighters based in Iraq.

Full-court press
Diplomats try to head off Turkish operation against Iraqi Kurds

Turkish army's PKK challenge

Turkey to pursue all diplomatic paths on Kurdish rebels

Guardian Turkey is a thorn in the side of a cosy western consensus
Slavoj Zizek: The prospect of an attack on northern Iraq reveals a hollow global consensus on intervention - and a European identity crisis.

Diplomacy staves off Turkish attack

Iraqi president says PKK is set to announce ceasefire as Ankara intensifies military operations near border.

Michael Howard in northern Iraq

Q&A: Turkey and the Kurds

Q&A about Turkey's conflict with Kurds

Independent Turkish troops flock to Iraqi border as patience wears thin

The Big Question: Who are the PKK, and could they draw Turkey into the Iraq conflict?

Washington Times Turkey reinforces Iraq border Turkey poured additional troops and tanks into the Iraqi border area yesterday, even as it agreed to a U.S. appeal for "a few more days" to resolve a dispute over Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq.

McClatchy Bush works to avert Turkish military incursion in Iraq

Washington Times Ankara's eyes (By Tulin Daloglu)

Asıl risk Kuzey Irak'ta değil, içeride
Ian Bremmer

Ankara'nın NATO'dan yardım isteme hakkı var –

Türkiye Batı yanlısı çizgisinden sapıyor –

'Kürt sorunu', Türkiye kadar ABD'nin de sorunu -

Turkey Mulls Assault on Kurds Using Air Strikes, Helicopters
Bloomberg

Nervous US vows help for Turkey against PKK rebels AFP

US Works to Curb Turkish Attack on Rebels in Iraq NPR

Iraq Must Act `Immediately' Against Kurdish Rebels, Rice Says (what about the US and the EU) link

Turkey Sends More Troops to Iraq Border...

UPI Analysis: A possible new Iraq war By BEN LANDO UPI Energy Editor A Turkish invasion of Iraq over the Kurdish separatist group based in the northern Iraq mountains highlights -- and risks escalating -- the tension between Washington and allies Turkey, Iraq and Iraq’s Kurds.

CSM After Turkish soldiers are killed, tensions rise on border with Iraq's Kurdish region After sustaining the worst attack on its military in a decade on Sunday, the country weighs launching a military incursion over its southern border.

EDM PKK STAGES ANOTHER DEADLY ATTACK NEAR IRAQ'S BORDER WITH TURKEY

- PKK TRYING TO DRAW TURKISH MILITARY INTO NORTHERN IRAQ

PKK, Türkiye ile Irak arasında gelişen ilişkileri bozmak istiyor

ABD’li filozofa göre sorumlu ABD yönetimi

Genocide – Law and double standards Andrew VORKINK

Istanbul Protests: "Curse the PKK, Curse America"Washington Post

Harekât düzenlenirse Türkiye-ABD çatışması çıkabilir
MUHAMMED ESSEMMAK -

Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

PKK yuvaları toplarla dövülüyor

Peşmerge teyakkuzda

Iraqi Kurdish Corruption, Human Rights Media Report 1-21 Oct 07

Kurdistan Parties Condemn Turkey, Ask PKK to End Armed Struggle

Iraqi Council of Representatives Discusses Turkish Invasion "Threats"

US trying to stop Turk incursion

DTP’li Tuğluk: 8 asker için girişim yapabiliriz

Dünyanın gündemindeki Dağlıca neresi?

DTP lideri Ahmet Türk'ten 'ortak akıl' çağrısı

Beyaz Saray Sözcüsü: PKK eylemlerinin sona erdiğini görmek istiyoruz

Salih: 'PKK'ya Askeri Çözüm Yok'

PKK askeri takviyeyi kesmek için köprüyü havaya u

Irak: Türkiye ile çatışacak durumda değiliz

Gül'den DTP'ye: Terörün bitmesi için üstünüze düşeni yapın

Batı basını: PKK, Türkiye'yi Irak'a çekiyor

Rıdvan Akar Satrancın bir kaybedeni: DTP

Ahmet Kekeç Tabut görmeden aklınız başınıza gelemez miydi?

Terörün sisini dağıtarak davranmak M. NACİ BOSTANCI

The Kurds and Turkey: Victim and Victimizer
Kurdish Aspect

Militants bomb Kirkuk oil pipeline (1st Lead)

Ahmedinejad, Ermenistan'da 'soykırım anıtını' da ziyaret edecek

Fikret Ertan Laricani'nin istifası...

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

ekathimerini.com | The ‘new’ Turkey and Greece

Sarkozy hiddetlendi, kabak Türkiye'nin başına patladı

Where do the Greek Cypriot policies lead to? Sylvia TIRYAKI

Odd Co-Incidence
Brussels Journal

Gila Benmayor Washington’daki ’lobi’ye 14 ayda 3.2 milyon dolar ödedik

AB'den Barzani ve Talabani'ye ilk sert uyarı

EU sides with Turkey after Kurdish guerrilla ambush but cautions Ankara against entering Iraq

EU envoys to urge DTP to distance itself from PKK

Armenian PM Sargsyan speaks

Primary Source: Serzh Sargsyan talks geopolitics with The Times' editorial board and answers reader questions.

Mavi Hat'ta 26 tutuklama

American Parochialism: Armenia, the Dalai Lama and the Jewish Question By Benjamin R. Barber

Seçim düğümünü Akyalçın çözdü

Uzay çalışmalarında en hızlı yol alan ülkeyiz

H3 Murat Yetkin Washington, PKK'ya karşı 'yöntem değişikliği' önerdi ABD'ye iki hafta süre

'Bir kaç gün bekleriz sonra gereğini yaparız'

ABD ortak yapalım diyor

Gerekirse ortak harekât Erdoğan, Ankara'da önceki gün yapılan terör zirvesi sırasında telefonla görüştüğü Rice'a "Kuzey Irak'taki PKK'lı terörist elebaşlarını bize verin ya da birlikte harekât yapalım" dedi. Rice ise "Bu aşamada sınır ötesi operasyon yaparsanız, Ermeni tasarısına da, ortak çıkarlarımıza da zarar verir" diye konuştu. .

'Operasyon olacak'

OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU Ekonomik kıskaç harekâtı!

Yaptırım MGK’da

ABD, müşterek hareket istedi ortak operasyon yapabiliriz

PKK: Operasyonlar dursun, masaya oturalım

Sayın Başbakanım, hâlâ ne bekliyorsunuz? Hasan Celal Güzel

Ankara K. Irak'taki Türk şirketlerini geri çağırmıyor

Şimşek 'Milli Güvenlik Ekonomik Kaygıların Üstünde'

Şiddet sarmalındaki trajedimiz AYSEL TUĞLUK

'Askerî seçenek ve ekonomik tecrit gündemde'

Genelkurmay: 8 askerle irtibat yok

'Muhafazakâr üye' mahkeme başkanı

Referandum bitti, geriye soruları kaldı

Taha AKYOL Irak sınırını düzeltmek

Ertuğrul Özkök Sefer görev emri

M Ali Birand Türkiye istemiyor, PKK bastırıyor…

Cüneyt Ülsever PKK’nın ardında ne var?

Enis Berberoğlu Rice sözünü tutmazsa

MGK, yarın Gül'ün başkanlığında toplanıyor

Serdar Akinan Hain saldırıda kritik sorular

Hüsnü Mahalli Olasılıklar

Cengiz Çandar Tarihçiler, Türkiye ve Kuzey Irak’ı yarın nasıl yazacaklar?

DÖNÜŞÜ OLMAYAN NOKTAYA DOĞRU MU?

Barzani seçimi kaybederse İsmet Berkan

Mr. Erdoğan, will you still go to the US? Orhan KİLERCİOĞLU

Fikret BİLA Muhalefet yöntemden şikâyetçi

İlter Türkmen Asker görüşü

Sedat Laçiner Öcalan yakalanınca, PKK taşeron bir örgüt oldu

Ekrem Dumanlı Devletin uyarısı!

Emrullah Uslu PKK'nın terörü tırmandırma stratejisi (1)

Mahir Kaynak Ne olabilir?

Yalçın Doğan Sınır ötesi değil resmen savaş

AKP'li bakanlardan Irak çeşitlemeleri

Ali Bulaç Fuller sahiden üşüttü mü?

Şahin Alpay Krizi fırsata çevirmek için

Bilal Çetin

Ankara’da yüksek tansiyon...

Bakan Türkiye'yi dünyaya aciz gösterdi

Serdar Turgut Tecrübe ve sağduyu

Güvenlik zafiyeti tartışması

Ahmet Taşgetiren DTP ile hasbihal

Ali Bayramoğlu Terör ve Kürt sorunu arasında...

Aksiyon Yeniden hortlayan terör neyin bedeli? - Faruk Mercan

PKK 'yeniden doğuş' peşinde -

Asya'nın ön karakolu İran Avrupa'nınki ise Türkiye

Yeni nesil asimetrik soğuk savaş –

Baykal “Hedefte Barzani ve Talabani de olmalı”

Diplomasi turu başladı

Erdoğan: ''Kendi başımızın çaresine bakacağız''

"Mücadeleyi babana soracaksın, O sana anlatacak"

Sabır taşı çatladı

Türkiye terörü lanetledi

Sivil toplum, teröre karşı destek çağrısı yaptı

PKK'dan 'sözde' ateşkes

PKK’ya imkan Barzani’den emir İmralı’dan

Bölgede herkesin hesabı kitabı ayrı

Ahmedinecad'ın çifte standardı Musevi soykırımının olup olmadığını sorgulamak gerektiğini söyleyen İran Cumhurbaşkanı Mahmud Ahmedinecad, dün başladığı Ermenistan gezisinde Erivan'daki "Ermeni soykırımı" anıtını ziyaret edecek...»

Serdar Turgut Birinci sayfaya yazamadığım yazı

Güler Kömürcü OHAL

Yavuz Semerci Elektrikleri kesilsin mi?

Amerika, operasyonu önlemek için tam saha baskı diplomasisi başlattı

Referandumdan ’Gül kaosu’ çıktı

Tezkereyi dolaba koymayız

Barzani’nin Türkiye’deki şirketlerine takip

Nuray Başaran Zaman, tam diplomasi zamanı

Türk'ün Türk'ten başka dostu...
Namık Kemal Zeybek

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası

Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri -

Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700

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

Taha Kıvanç Uykuda bile gözünüz açık olsun

Fehmi Koru Yeni PKK'nın yeni felsefesi mi?

ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Türkiye nereye doğru gidiyor?

HAKAN ALBAYRAK 'Suriye ve İran ile yeniden düşman olalım'

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL Ey Talabani, sana nasıl inanalım!..

SALİH TUNA Tuzak kuran kim?

Babacan "Kullanma kararımız tam"

Mümtazer Türköne Kardeşlik

Leyla İpekçi Küresel güçlerin terazisinde kardeşliğimiz

MELİHA OKUR
'Halk Talabani, ABD Barzani' diyor!

Güneri CIVAOĞLU Sahiplerinin sesi

Hasan CEMAL Oyun içinde kanlı oyunlar!

Sami KOHEN Birkaç gün daha...

Derya SAZAK PKK tuzağı

Yaman TÖRÜNER Demokrasinin sonu

Mehmet BARLAS 'Terörle mücadele' mi yoksa 'Amerika ile mücadele' mi?

Meral TAMER Hakkâri'den Rojbin yazıyor: "Yeter!"

Can Ataklı

İşin özeti: AKP büyük zafer kazandı

Mehmet Altan Ülkeyi terör mü yönetiyor?

Mehmetçik ile Johnny karşılaşırsa?

Oktay Ekşi Millet nerde bunlar nerde?

NATO yan çizmeye başladı

HINCAL ULUÇ
Asker savaşı kazanır.. Peki kim bitirir?.

Bekir Coşkun Neyimize ne oldu?..

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Toplumu frenlemek...

ERDAL ŞAFAK Çağrı

ERGUN BABAHAN Türkiye'nin oyun planı

EMRE AKÖZ Türkiye'yle birleşin!

Umur Talu Hamaset cesaret, esaret

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN Terör: Karanlıkta yol bulmak

NAZLI ILICAK Sabrın taştığı noktadayız

MAHMUT ÖVÜR Türkiye nereye gidiyor?

YAVUZ DONAT Abdullah Gül: 'Öyle veya böyle bitecek!..'

Mehmet Yılmaz Artık hiçbiri yaşlanmayacak

Sebahattin Önkibar PKK pususu ve sınır ötesine komplo teorileri?

'Güneydoğu yüzde 55 oyu AKP'ye boşuna vermedi'
Funda Özkan

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM İçerisi kötü, dışarısı kötü, daha ne olsun

Ercan Kumcu

Erdal Sağlam

FT COMPANIES - UK: Digiturk IPO to raise up to $550m

Güngör URAS TÜSİAD, 'piyasaya para çıksın' diyor

Şimşek: ''Her türlü kaynağı güvenlik güçlerimize sunacağız''

Şimşek: Reformlar sürecek öncelik sosyal güvenlikte

Seyfettin 2008 bütçesinin gizledikleri

Mervyn King TCMB-BDDKTMSF... (1)
Korkmaz İlkorur

Deniz Gökçe
Anlamadığım borsalar üzerine!

H4 New York Times Make Walls, Not War By PETER W. GALBRAITH Iraq cannot be reconstructed as a unitary state, and the sooner we face up to this reality, the better.

H5 Washington Post Bush Asks Congress For $46 Billion More In War Funding Democrats Vow a Wait and a Fight

Congress to Welcome Sarkozy As America's Newest Old Friend

Editorial

Giuliani's War By Richard Cohen Hizzoner's rhetoric on Iran is scary -- perhaps more to reasonable Americans than to the Iranian regime at which it is directed.

Forecast: Heavy Weather By Eugene Robinson, Debating how to halt climate change is necessary. Figuring out how to live with it, unfortunately, is urgent.

H6 Guardian Iran's power struggle intensifies Simon Tisdall It may look like a major advance for Ahmadinejad, but the elevation of his old friend Dr Jalili is just one move on a much bigger board.

Bin Laden tells insurgents to unite
Message urges insurgent groups to avoid divisions to defeat US.

Another Blair war? Not proven Martin Kettle Oct 22 07, 04:00pm: The ex-PM's speech last week is being used to back up theories such as his support for a strike against Iran. But what did he actually say?

The price of causing chaos

Abdurrahman al-Shayyal Oct 22 07, 07:00pm: Western states are correct in saying that a link exists between al-Qaida and the Iranian regime - and it's a link that must be cut.

Lebanon president choice stalled
Parliament says it wants to give more time to pro- and anti-Syrian factions to agree on a consensus candidate.

Talking nuclear with an old friend of the president
World briefing: Iran's top nuclear negotiator is a man of strong moral views.

Blowing the whistle on the Iraq war Daniel Baer Oct 22 07, 08:00pm: The chain of command shouldn't absolve US military commanders of their responsibility to speak out - or resign - if they disapprove of the strategy.

Europe's hidden trade war

David Cronin Oct 22 07, 05:00pm: Brussels will oppose any environmental protection rules in foreign countries that it views as standing in the way of unfettered capitalism

Labour plans to abandon renewable energy targets Leaked documents detail strategy for U-turn on Britain's pledges to combat climate change

How to aid destruction Robert Goodland: My former employers, the World Bank, are damaging the planet and punishing the poor.

Separating the terrible twins
Poland: Polish democracy grew up on Sunday, when the country's voters rejected the strident, xenophobic nationalism of Jaroslav Kaczynski

H7 Asia Times Iran rocks its nuclear boat
Despite resigning as Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani will be present at talks this week with the European Union, acting as a direct representative of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rather than as that of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad. This growing intersection of factional politics with nuclear crisis management is a clear threat to Iran's national security interests. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

New Republic Stagecraft, not Statecraft by Dennis Ross
Diagnosing Bush's failure in Iraq

CFR Non-OPEC Oil Production

Pakistan: The Forgotten Conflict in Balochistan,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group

Foreign Policy Letters: Engaging the Muslim Brotherhood

Leadership & Ideas At Washington Institute Gala

Globalization with Arab Characteristics
YaleGlobal online

From New Statesman, a review of Why Are the Arabs Not Free? by Moustapha Safouan.

Law of God versus law of man: A tantalising reform of the Saudi judicial system is under way.

From American Heritage, an article on the Iraq War resolution: What was everyone really thinking five years ago?

From Dissent, exit or no exit? Jean Bethke Elshtain, Sohail Hashmi, Gerard Powers, Trudy Rubin, and Michael Walzer on morality and the withdrawal from Iraq.

An interview with PW Singer on privatizing terror and outsourcing diplomacy.

From Britannica.com, is Iran truly a threat to the West and the United States in particular? And is military action against Iran likely or imminent? How the military can stop an Iran attack: Peace activists are reaching out to US military officials to dampen the Bush Administration's ardor for attacking Iran.

Resign, retire, renounce: What should generals do if Bush orders a foolish attack on Iran?

A look at why "soft" power in Iran is counterproductive.

Scores of public hangings by the Iranian government have sparked harsh criticisms from human rights organizations, who question the given reasons for such punitive measures.

From RAND Review, Afghanistan on the Edge: A world at risk of winning the urban battle, losing the rural war, abandoning the regional solution

Walker's World: CHIMEA, the new growth hub By MARTIN WALKER Amid all the financial troubles of the last three months, the emergent economies led by China and India have done well, but in few places has the news been better or more welcome than that from Africa

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

BBC Under the spotlight
New Iranian nuclear negotiator's debut will be closely scrutinised

Al Awsat Dismissal or Resignation?

Iraqis place Sadr City toll at 17 as confusion over Sunday fighting continues

Iran: New Crackdown On Dissidents 'Seeks To Create Despair’

H9 Ha’aretz – If war breaks out The next war with Syria, if there is one, will be different from every other war we have known.

Marcus Leave it to the big guys The Israeli ethos of not relying on foreign troops to defend this country is all fine and well, but there's no need to be stupid about it.

Bradley Burston: Jewish Republicans - oppressed minority

Report: 180 Jews murdered at 1945 party in Austrian castle

ANALYSIS: The plot to assassinate Olmert - or the plot that wasn't

Government concerned over Egypt-Hamas ties

Jerusalem Post Think 'anticipatory self-defense' [ LOUIS RENÉ BERES AND ISAAC BEN-ISRAEL

Peacemaking truths and lies By GERSHON BASKINThere can be no 'right of return' - nor can there be an 'undivided' Jerusalem.

'Hamas is creating humanitarian crisis to pressure Israel'

Our World: Shari'a-friendly investments

By CAROLINE GLICK The moral and criminal implications of facilitating Islamist finance are little understood

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

Guardian Drip-feeding Gaza Kirstie Campbell: The food needs of Gaza's citizens are now at the mercy of political tensions between Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Hamas and other militant groups.

Analysis: Odds for a successful summit? By CLAUDE SALHANI Uncertainty hangs over the Middle East peace conference President Bush wants to convene in Annapolis, Md., in November. Analysts, meanwhile, are somewhat pessimistic at what they perceive as a last-ditch effort by the president at resolving the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian dispute before he leaves the White House next year.

Yedioth

'Moderates' ability limited'
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni says there is a gap between the will of moderate and pragmatic Palestinian leaders to reach understandings with Israel, and their ability to implement such agreements

Police release Amir tape

Chilling statement by PM Rabin's murderer minutes after shooting revealed for first time

H10 Christian Science Monitor Increasingly, the U.S. sits down with Iraqi militants

In talks with some groups, the US aims to convince Shiite militias that political reconciliation, not violence, is the way forward

US stock market gets shakier Anticipating a slowdown, investors are wary of paying high stock prices. Firms lower earnings expectations, too.

New Polish premier to change tone Donald Tusk's center-right party won a decisive victory in Sunday's elections.

U.S. prods NATO over Afghan security

China's new leaders take the stage On Monday, Chinese President Hu Jintao introduced Li Keqiang and Xi Jinping, two new members of the Communist Party's top policymaking body, and likely rivals for the top job.

ASIA

U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Still Stalled

FT Editorial Dollar do-nothings Pushing for a higher renminbi is not a policy for the G7 – it is a substitute for one. China is not susceptible to pressure and has made clear the renminbi will rise when it is ready

BUSINESS LIFE: China's billionaires begin to add up

WP China Parades Next Generation of Leaders

2 Newcomers Are Likely To Compete for Hu's Job

CFR Unveiling China's Political Future

New Chinese politburo come out of the shadows

The nine men who will lead China for the next five years were introduced at the climax of the 17th Communist Party congress

China identifies Xi Jinping as the next party leader

Japan revises its history texts Okinawa residents protest attempts to play down the Imperial Army's role in World War II mass suicides.

Asia Times China, where the dull lead the dynamic There are four new faces in the Politburo lineup, but otherwise no drama and only rusty rhetoric and ritual marked the mind-numbing close of China's 17th National Congress on Monday. Oh, yeah, Vice President Zeng Qinghong and two other geriatrics stepped down and the Shanghai clique is still something of a force but do you think the other 1.3 billion citizens care? Unlikely, as they're too busy doing the real heavy lifting that is remaking the Middle Kingdom. - Kent Ewing

H11 IHT A tale of two bombers

By JAMES CARROLL / The Boston Globe Iraqi civil war, conflict with Iran, Turkish-Kurdish violence, chaos throughout the Middle East -under George Bush's leadership, the United States has put an explosive vest on Earth itself.

Russia's doing great. Or is it? By EUGENE RUMER Putin's successor is likely to inherit a host of domestic and foreign policy problems.

Big bucks, bad business

By BROOK HOROWITZ Russia's business reputation does not match its economic success

Party here, sacrifice over there By WILL BARDENWERPER

Many Americans seem uninterested in the soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan

Russia to soften EU worries of gas supply crisis with new alert system Speaking ahead of a Russia-EU summit in Mafra, Portugal, Russia's ambassador to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, said the alert system was meant to help restore Europe's confidence in Russia as a reliable energy supplier.

EUROPE European press review

Fusing Security and Development: Just Another Euro-Platitude? CEPS
A 24-page working paper examining the EU's commitment to adopting developmental approaches to security

Evaluating the EU's Crisis Missions in the Balkans CEPS A 158-page book evaluating the EU's first crisis management operation in the Western Balkans

Guardian The fog of negotiations

Anna Di Lellio As the global powers discuss the fate of Kosovo, one thing seems to have been forgotten - the people who live there.

BBC What's in it for me?
Four of our European panellists give verdicts on EU treaty

Italian Mafia turnover '$120bn'
Italian retailers denounce Mafia rackets and say it is a business enterprise with an annual turnover of $120bn

FT German long-term prospects brighten The revision to the country’s economic potential, reflecting the structural changes in Europe’s largest economy, could affect future eurozone interest rate decisions

Editorial Swiss antagonists Parties across Europe are entitled to reflect voter fears. But when they do so in a way so crude they cross the lines of political civility

Swiss set for tougher EU stance after poll Switzerland is likely to adopt tougher immigration policies after a stronger-than-expected showing of the ultranationalist Swiss People’s party in weekend elections

Poland must wind back power of the state A reform agenda is needed, writes Marian Tupy

H12 RFE/RLEnergy Relations To Dominate Ahmadinejad's Armenia Visit

Iran: Military Flaunts New Capabilities As Tensions Rise As the United States warns of "serious consequences" in the nuclear standoff, Iran has opened an air base, unveiled new military hardware, and issued defense pronouncements at a rapid-fire pace

Google News Azerbaijan

EurasiaNet Caspian Sea: Azerbaijan Differs with Russia on Pipeline Construction BY ROVSHAN ISMAYILOV During the recent Caspian summit in Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted that any future pipeline projects in the region would need the approval of all five littoral states. Officials in Azerbaijan are disputing the Kremlin on this point.

EDM PUTIN HAS FEW ANSWERS FOR IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

Russian Interests and the Hungarian Energy Market PNIR

Inside Track: A Rosy Picture for Moscow?

by Andrew E. Title

At a Nixon Center luncheon on Friday, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin discussed his country’s prospects for continued economic success and political stability.

H13 The Times Bush asks Congress for an extra $42bn funding The new slice of military funding should ensure the cost of the Iraq war rises over the $500bn mark early in the new year

Cold Calculations The Tories have a compelling case to make on the EU treaty

Tusk Master

Poland’s next Prime Minister has a mandate to modernise

Wall Street Journal

Weekly Standard So Far, So Good
The dollar is falling, but American businesses are smiling.
by Irwin M. Stelzer

H14 Financial Times Russia and China’s challenge for the west The authoritarian nationalism of the two nations – backed by economic strength – poses obvious foreign policy dilemmas for western countries. The issues involved are both practical and philosophical, writes Gideon Rachman

A freedom that needs to be redefinedIs democracy starting to lose its shine? John Lloyd examines a thoughtful argument for society to empower citizens to be truly free

US sees more banks leaving Tehran The US has heralded a move by international regulators to censure Iran for inadequate money laundering and terrorist financing controls – a step Washington says means that more foreign banks will pull out from or scale down business with Tehran

WORLD NEWS: Bush asks Congress for $46bn more to fund wars

WORLD NEWS: Washington discovers fresh ways of turning the screw

WORLD NEWS: Russia looks forward to better relationship - but not overnight

The BBC pays the price of doing too much Journalism has suffered, says Philip Stephens

IMF warns of abrupt dollar fall The dollar hit a record low against the euro as Rodrigo Rato, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, warned that the US currency could suffer a dramatic fall that would shake confidence in American asset

Editorial Dollar do-nothings Pushing for a higher renminbi is not a policy for the G7 – it is a substitute for one. China is not susceptible to pressure and has made clear the renminbi will rise when it is ready

Analysis: The anatomy of a crash: What the market upheavals of 1987 say about today

UN to vote on abolishing death penalty Although more than 90 countries have abolished the death penalty – up from only 16 in 1977 – and 40 others have in practice ceased to impose it, some, including the US, continue to carry out executions

Lebanon delays presidential election Lebanon has delayed its presidential election by nearly three weeks to allow more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate.

H15 Los Angeles Times Bomb Iran to stop WWIII Niall Ferguson: Better to take out its nuclear program now than see what happens when Tehran has a bomb.

Iraqi leaders may ask U.N. to restrict U.S. military

Editorial

H16 American Politics

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

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

Hillary Clinton woos Drudge Report

Presidential candidate's campaign staff leak news to internet journalist who nearly ruined husband.

H17 Daily Telegraph Osama bin Laden urges Iraq fighters to unite

The al-Qa'eda leader has called on insurgent groups in Iraq to avoid "extremism" against each other and unite around common interests

H18 Independent Poll winner: I will end Poland's isolation

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

Foreign Affairs COIN of the Realm
Colin H. Kahl The U.S. military's new counterinsurgency manual is an overdue step forward in doctrine. But a look back at the history of counterinsurgency offers a sobering reminder of how low the odds of success are -- as Iraq is showing all too well.

Intelligence Budget Will Be Disclosed, ODNI Says

Washington Quarterly Deterring a Nuclear 9/11. 2007
14 pages; PDF.

FBI spy catcher turns skills to poker

Suicide and dying (Louis Rene Beres)

It's a valid term. Here's why.
Christopher Hitchens

Global Hedge Fund Survey 2007: Navigating New Complexities Direct to Full Text

The total economic cost of climate change in the United States will be major and nationwide in scope, but remains uncounted, unplanned for and largely hidden in public debate

John Kay reviews Imperfect Knowledge Economics by Roman Frydman and Michael D. Goldberg. What is "mechanism design"? Explaining the research that won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics, and why you should care; here is a summary of the contributions, and why it matters for policy-making.

H21 Four horsemen of our apocalypse: Efficiency, Convenience, Profit, and Security. Their crimes against poetry, pleasure, sociability are constant... more»

“To arrive at what one really believes, one must speak through lips different from one’s own,” said Oscar Wilde. Exactly... more»

Pursuing too much happiness

Gregory Rodriguez

The idea is ingrained in Americans, but it may be doing us harm

British people are the fattest in Europe, says Government report

Keeping the faith
Dawkins, Hitchens... Is the US having an 'atheist moment'?

Microsoft gives up battle to keep Windows closed
· Huge price cuts accepted to end long-running case
· Open source groups will get interoperability info

Rather like some old duffer found dead in a chair at his club, nobody can say quite when the British empire expired... more»

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