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14 November 2007
  November 14, 2007

1114-2007f - FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW (FPR) - ‘Relevant news, views, comments and analyses for informed debate’ Compiled by Şanlı Bahadır Koç U.S. / Britain / Turkey / Magazines / Think-tanks / Blogs / Misc /Books / Quickread / Numbers / Reports - FPR Table - Subscribe to FPR

H1 Financial Times COMMENT: Welcome to the new world of runaway energy demand The rest of the world wishes to enjoy the energy-intensive lifestyles that have, hitherto, been the privilege of less than a sixth of humanity. This desire has big consequences for the world’s economic, strategic and environmental future, writes Martin Wolf

Ayatollah urged to rein in president Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is coming under pressure to rein in Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, the president, over the radical stance he has taken on the country’s nuclear programme

Stratfor geopolitical diary Geopolitical Diary: A US-Iranian Trade?

What To Do About Iran? The Economist If America and “old Europe” are now getting along better in public, not all is sweetness behind the scenes, particularly over what to do about Iran

Washington PostGeopolitics At $100 A Barrel By Robert J. Samuelson, Oil at $100 a barrel suggests a new geopolitical era when energy increasingly serves as a political weapon.

Der Spiegel A Pearl Harbor without War The dollar crisis has politicians alarmed worldwide. The US currency has lost 24 percent of its value since the introduction of the euro, and now there is even a chance that China could abandon its policy of pegging its currency to the dollar -- a problem the United States should take very seriously

Guardian In the delicate geometry of Iran lies the big test of Brown's political agility Jonathan Freedland

'Scotland independent by 2017' Alex Salmond has predicted that Scotland will win independence from the UK within the next decade

The nightmare scenario Jason Burke Things would be much worse for Nato in Afghanistan if the Taliban had anything like the same resources as Hizbullah

Iraq is Improving, Dems Must Tread Carefully - Joe Klein, Time

War at any Price? the Total Economic Costs of the War Beyond the Federal Budget

Ha’aretz - Israel to declare freeze on settlement construction Move also meant to help persuade Arab, Muslim countries to attend Annapolis peace conference.

Rice tells Jewish-American leaders in Nashville: Most Israelis ready to give up W. Bank

The Times Ahmadinejad enriched by bickering The coming days will show if he gets his wish: an escalation of the nuclear row with the West Bronwen Maddox

Iran’s Ballistic Missile Programs: An Overview (PDF; 66 KB) Source: Congressional Research Service

IHT Fear of foreign capital By FELIX G. ROHATYN The shift of large amounts of capital to developing countries over the past two decades has posed a major challenge to old ideas about foreign control of important national companies

New York Times F.B.I. Says Guards Killed 14 Iraqis Without Cause F.B.I. agents investigating the Sept. 16 episode in which Blackwater security personnel shot and killed 17 Iraqi civilians found that all but three of the shootings were unjustified.

Polls Find Voters Weighing Issues vs. Electability Twin New York Times/CBS News polls suggest that the outcome for the presidential nominating battle is far from settled in either Iowa or New Hampshire, which will begin voting in less than two months. Complete Poll Results (pdf)

Editorial Digging a Hole Although he proved his tough-guy bona fides by staging a bloodless coup in 1999, Gen. Pervez Musharraf looks increasingly weak.

Why We Trade By: Russell Roberts | Foreign Policy We’re used to shrugging off all sorts of rhetorical gobbledygook from our politicians. But when you hear U.S. presidential candidates start to mouth off about free trade, watch your wallet: A discredited 14th-century theory of economics is enjoying a dangerous renaissance in the 2008 campaign.

The impressive - but limited - soft power of the United Nations By Joseph S. Nye

As Iraq Improves, Coverage Dries Up - Ralph Peters, New York Post

McClatchy U.S. finds a way to pacify Iraqi town — by using cash

In a desolate, tiny town, signs of the violent past mix oddly with evidence of today's more tranquil life. The U.S. calls this former al Qaida stronghold a paragon of post-surge Iraq. Violence has come to a near-standstill. Yet the government that's emerged is far from the democratic republic that the Bush administration once promised

U.S. Military Reversing Iraq Troop Surge

Christian Science Monitor

The Sunni in Iraq's Shiite leadership In interview, Tariq al-Hashemi urges greater focus on reconciliation.

Asia Times In Iraq, the silence of the lambs The separation of religious groups in the face of sectarian cleansing by militias and death squads has brought a semblance of relative calm to Baghdad. Contradicting claims that the US military "surge" has reduced sectarian attacks, one resident says that "All that has happened is a dramatic change in the demographic map of Iraq." Still, the violence continues, though at a slower rate: five to 10 tortured bodies are found in the garbage dumps and streets of Baghdad every day. - Ali al-Fadhily

It's getting hard to find bad guys Violence in Iraq has dropped precipitously. With al-Qaeda declared dead, former Sunni resistance fighters wearing American-supplied uniforms, and the Mahdi Army lying low, killings are way down. A critical window of opportunity has opened for the United States to withdraw and for Iraq to hold itself together and rebuild. Yet Washington is showing every intention of staying put in Iraq for decades to come. - Robert Dreyfuss

Time The Debate Inside Iran

With an Improving Iraq, Who Gains Politically?

CFR Reading the Tea Leaves on Iran

Hizballah's Penetration of the FBI, CIA

“Syria and the Peace Process” by Landis

Sixty Years After the National Security Act, US Statecraft May ... Need Another Reorganization
World Politics Review

WINEP Annapolis and a Dual-Track Peace Process After Annapolis, Washington likely will push Israelis and Palestinians for progress on the first phase of the Roadmap and final-status negotiations simultaneously. David Makovsky writes.

Iranian Intelligence: "We Know Where You Live" - Maziar Bahari
Mohammadi is the nickname of choice for the agents of Iran's ministry of intelligence - the country's equivalent of the CIA. While on assignment for Newsweek magazine, I met three Mr. Mohammadis in four days. Mr. Mohammadi is responsible for the security of Iran. That includes protecting the values of its government. It's a tough job. The values change so often that the officials who put former colleagues on trial today are careful not to be incarcerated by the same people tomorrow. These days, Mr. Mohammadi's main concern is that the American fifth column, disguised as civil rights activists, scholars and journalists, is destabilizing the Islamic Republic. Throughout its history, the Islamic Republic has looked for foreign enemies and has usually found them in abundance. Yet on many occasions it has undermined its own legitimacy by linking genuine domestic opposition to its foreign enemies. (New Statesman-UK)

PostGlobal Israel's Think-Tank Lobby

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Israel, Taiwan Face Similar Threats

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

H2 NYT Turkish Aircraft Attack Abandoned Iraqi Villages

Turkish Helicopters Strike Inside Iraq

FT COMMENT: Bring northern Cyprus back into the fold Economic isolation risks creating an embittered community on the fringe of Europe and in one of the world’s more delicate hotspots, Promoting prosperity is key, says Nick Kochan

FT WORLD NEWS DIGEST: Turkish soldiers killed in clashes

Independent Turkish attack abandoned villages inside the border of Iraqi Kurdistan

Michael Rubin Peşmerge - PKK Bağlantısı?

FEATURE-Turkey's village guards face danger from all sides

France's Sarkozy reiterates opposition to Turkey joining EU - Euro mps

New Statesman Meeting Ataturk Simon Hooper looks at the legacy of the founder of modern Turkey

Turkish military hits targets in northern Iraq

Iraq's Kurdistan denies strikes by Turkey | Reuters

Yedioth Ahronoth Peres relays to Turkey secret info on Iran During Ankara visit, president delivers to his hosts intelligence on Tehran's terror activities and evidence indicating its nuclear plan is not peaceful, in bid to sway Turkey into taking firmer stance against Islamic republic

Ha’aretz Peres tells Turks: Israel wants a two-state solution

Israel cool toward KKTC representation in Tel Aviv

Alarabiya.net - Towards a new approach to the Kurdish question

"PKK, TSK-Türk vatandaşları için bir tehdit"

Kurdish Media Fourth international conference on EU, Turkey and the Kurds

Turkey Will Attack PKK in Iraq `Soon,' Lawmaker Says (Update3)

Air Force provides intel for strikes on Kurd rebels
AirForceTimes.com

SETA Foundation: Policy Brief No.2 November, 2007 "Turkey’s War on Terror" By Bulent Aras Download the document [PDF]

Turkey Targets Active Role in Middle East Peace Process By: Gareth Jenkins | Eurasia Daily Monitor
Turkey has stepped up its efforts to become involved in the Middle East peace process by brokering a meeting in Ankara between Israeli President Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) ahead of the Israeli-Palestinian summit in Annapolis, Maryland, later this month.

Al Awsat The Pakistani Ordeal and the Turkish Lesson : Sayyed Wild Abah

[Analysis] Is the crisis in Turkey only about the PKK? - Al-Arabiya

'Yeni Ortadoğu' ulus-devleti zorluyor
ALAIN GRESH

Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

PKK kills 4 Turkish soldiers; more troops mass on border with Iraq

'Rapor' dinlemeye takıldı

Talabani'den Baykal'a 'açılım' teşekkürü

DTP's Türk: We have been elected in and will be elected out

DTP "Kimse bizi baskıyla terbiye etmesin"

Iraqi Kurd Party Official Rejects Links With PKK

Iraq Kurdish Article Discusses Turkish-PKK Issue

Peshmerga Forces Said Containing PKK Movements in Northern Iraq - Turkish Press

Kurdish Party Head Says Turkish Premier Did Not Keep Promise on Kurdish Issue

What do closer Turkish-Saudi relations mean these days? Today's Zaman

Iranian Kurdistan: A Simmering Cauldron By: Kamal Nazer Yasin | ISN Security Watch Simmering discontent among Iran's ethnic Kurdish minority - aided by the government's conflict with a Turkish PKK offshoot - could spell major trouble for the Iranian government

NYT Kurds and Arabs Shelter Side by Side in Distrust and Misery

UPDATE 3-Iraq's Kurdistan says awards 5 more oil deals

Kürdün dostu ve düşmanı!

PKK'den ziyade başka bir şeyden çok daha fazla çekiniyorlar

Azerbaijani Parliament Develops Statement to Recognize Kurdistan ... Workers Party as Terrorist Organization

Güneydoğu'ya, özel bankalar sırt çevirdi; kamu kucak açtı

"Başkentiniz Kudüs olsun"

Beril Dedeoğlu Israeli-Palestinian quest in Turkey

Hicaz Demiryolu 'İstanbul-Mekke Demiryolu' oluyor

What do closer Turkish-Saudi relations mean these days? by MEHMET SEYFETTİN EROL*

Dünyaya Ankara'dan anlamlı mesaj

Türkiye'ye gelen Annan'dan PKK mesajı: "Sabırlı olun"

Erdoğan: "Yanlıştan dönmelerini temenni ediyorum"

Niçin PKK terör örgütü diyemiyorlar

MoreŞWakf approves Ottoman memorial near Temple Mount | Jerusalem Post

[Yorum-Yard. Doç. Dr. M. Seyfettin Erol] Ortadoğu'da 'kartal olmak'

Kurdistan: the beloved country cannot even cry

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Sarkozy: "Türkiye'ye imtiyazlı ortaklık önerdim"

FT COMMENT: Bring northern Cyprus back into the fold Economic isolation risks creating an embittered community on the fringe of Europe and in one of the world’s more delicate hotspots, Promoting prosperity is key, says Nick Kochan

Erdoğan, Karamanlis to inaugurate joint natural gas pipeline on Sunday

Geçit vermeyecek

Sarkozy'ye göre Türkiye nüfusu 100 milyon

France’s Sarkozy reaffirms position against Turkey’s EU entry - DTT-NET.COM

Explaining the fate of the 'genocide resolution'
Turkish Daily News

[Yorum - Kazım Berzeg] AİHM hâkimi Türk halkına güvenmelidir

Rusya, Batum üssünü de Gürcistan'a devretti

Territorial democracy in Turkey and regionalisation in Europe among the highlights of the Congress’ Autumn Session

Turkey's tensions migrate to Berlin -- chicagotribune.com

Meral TAMER
Kemal Derviş: Türkiye'de kadına önem verme süreci, yeniden hızlandı

ODTÜ'den radarda görünmezlik kaplaması

Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi'nde 'Barış Merkezi' kuruldu

Turkish Organized Crime
World Press Review

Turkey develops radar absorbent materials_English_Xinhua

Yağmurdan kaçarken Vakit gazetesinin hedef gösterdiği 'Allah Korkusu' adlı sergiyi 'korumaya gelen' polisler, üç afişte 'sakınca' buldu, terörle mücadele ekipleri gelip inceleme yaptı

Kablolar kesilince, operasyondan dönen F-16'lar Adana'ya zorunlu iniş yaptı

Ali Bulaç Kaosa karşı kozmos

Israeli Consulate locates Ben-Gurion's Turkish home

Ege Cansen Herkesin şemsiyesi var ama yağmurda ıslanıyor

Azeri TV’sinde Türkçe yasağı

14 Kasım 2007 Basın Özeti

H3 Erdoğan: Kış bastırmadan sınır ötesi operasyon başlayacak

Ertuğrul Özkök Kimse yanılmasın kararlıyız

Kuzey Irak'ta karakol vuruldu Kuzey Irak'ta PKK'lılar tarafından kullanıldığı belirtilen Hezil Çayı kıyısındaki Saddam Hüseyin döneminden kalma, terk edilmiş eski karakol helikopterler ve topçu ateşiyle vuruldu»

Sıcak istihbarat beklemez

PKK’nın‘ Sınır Kulağı’nı Türk savaş jetleri tıkadı

Gabar'da 4 asker şehit

Önce toplar sonra jetler

İstihbarat geldi F-16'lar vurdu

Türkiye'nin elinde insansız görünmez uçaklar var, nedense kullanılmıyor

Kuzey Irak açılımı sakat bir yaklaşım; Barzani'ye yatırım yapıyorsun

Vebali hükümetin

Barzani'yi, sizin oylarınızla Meclis'ten geçen Çekiç Güç ortaya çıkardı

Şamil Tayyar MHP’yi şaşırtan anket

Yavuz Baydar Mind the gap

Bülent Keneş Questions, questions, questions and irresponsibility

Doğu Ergil Effective counter-terrorism

Beyaz Saray'da 'Kasımpaşalı' resti

M Ali Birand Kürt sorununda Asker-Sivil sorumluluğu

Cüneyt ÜlseverYeni roller mi dağıtılıyor?

Abdülhamit Bilici Ortadoğu için 3 tarz-ı siyaset

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN Baykal, Kürtler ve Kuzey Irak

Hasan CEMAL Baykal'a yakın takip!

Bir Bağlarlı yazıyor İsmet Berkan

Dağdaki vekil eşine tarım desteği

Terörist PKK'dan Türkiye'ye tehdit

Günün birinde sorarlar adama!..
Avni Özgürel

Sarkozy, Türkiye konusunda kararlı: Üyeliğe geçit vermem

Ahmet Taşgetiren Zor denklem -

ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU

Güneydoğu yangını ve DTP'nin vebali…

MEHMET KAMIŞ - Fethullah Gülen Hocaefendi'nin Güneydoğu vizyonu

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL

Hiçbir güç Türkiyesiz bu oyunu oynayamaz!

[HABER İZLENİM] MOSSAD ajanları Genel Kurul'a alınmadı

Cengiz Çandar Ankara’da balayı, Filistin-İsrail gerçekleri

Tarihi gün, hızlı gelişmeler
Murat Yetkin

Taha AKYOL Ortadoğu'da Türkiye

Türkiye'nin rolü
İsrail ve Filistinlilerin gözünde Türkiye'nin Orta Doğu'daki rolü

Fikret BİLA Ankara'daki 'üçlü görüntü'nün anlamı

Sami KOHEN Ortadoğu'da ince ayar

Ardan Zentürk Türkiye Bush’a bir şey bırakmadı...

Irak'a dair açılım paketi CHP-MHP'yi karşı karşıya getirdi

"Türk helikopterleri boş köyleri vurdu"

Sadi Somuncuoğlu "Kelle" koparan mayınlar

Hani PKK büroları kapatılmıştı?..

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 Üç cumhurbaşkanı

Fehmi Koru Bir yılgın, bir umutlu

Cumhuriyet nefreti... Haluk Şahin

Mensur Akgün Protokol, diplomasi, siyaset ve önem

TC emin ellerde mi? M.Ali Kışlalı

Erdoğan'dan Baykal'a çok ağır eleştiriler

Ahmet Hakan Harbiye’nin kitabını bir ’Harbiyeli’ yazdı

Güneri CIVAOĞLU Aynı semaya bakmak

Mehmet Yılmaz Barış çok uzun bir yolun ucunda

Yalçın Doğan Başkentte mutsuz bir Başbakan

[Yorum - Prof.Dr.Naci Bostancı] Şu 'Sam Amca'mız

Enis Berberoğlu

Oktay Ekşi Yasak ve hukuk

Özdemir İnce Bir partiyi desteklemek

MUHARREM SARIKAYA

ERDAL ŞAFAK

ERGUN BABAHAN

EMRE AKÖZ

Umur Talu

NAZLI ILICAK

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

YAVUZ DONAT

Nuray Başaran Ortadoğu'da Türkiye yeniden masada

Gülay Göktürk Rutin dışı -

Nuh Gönültaş Dağda kalsalar daha mı iyiydi? -

KÜRŞAT BUMİN

Mehmet BARLAS Global mahalle baskısının itici gücü tüketimdir…

Tayfun Devecioğlu “Tümgeneral Yılmaz” olayı ve gazetecinin haber için “zarf atması”

Hurşit GÜNEŞ 2008'de yüzde 5 büyüme zor görünüyor

İBRAHİM KAHVECİ Yabancı korktuğunda kim dinler senin faizini!

Dış finansman gelişmeleri
Uğur Gürses

Eser Karakaş Ekonomide iyiler ve kötüler

Salih Neftçi Faiz rezilliğine son verme zamanı

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu Kár baskısı riskleri artırıyor

Erdal Sağlam

Uluslararası finansal pazarlar ve ekonomimiz Mustafa Aysan

Gazi Erçel: Bizim stratejimiz yok

Güngör URAS Küresel ilkelere imza atan şirketlerimiz 100'e ulaştı

H4 New York Times F.B.I. Says Guards Killed 14 Iraqis Without Cause F.B.I. agents investigating the Sept. 16 episode in which Blackwater security personnel shot and killed 17 Iraqi civilians found that all but three of the shootings were unjustified.

Polls Find Voters Weighing Issues vs. Electability Twin New York Times/CBS News polls suggest that the outcome for the presidential nominating battle is far from settled in either Iowa or New Hampshire, which will begin voting in less than two months. Complete Poll Results (pdf)

Editorial Digging a Hole Although he proved his tough-guy bona fides by staging a bloodless coup in 1999, Gen. Pervez Musharraf looks increasingly weak.

Send the State Department to War By MAX BOOTWhile maintaining military power remains important, even more crucial goals include flexing our diplomatic muscles to achieve vital objectives peacefully

A Close Look Reveals Silver Linings in the Economy The recent spate of gloomy economic developments probably will not turn out to be as bad as you think.

H5 Washington PostGeopolitics At $100 A Barrel By Robert J. Samuelson, Oil at $100 a barrel suggests a new geopolitical era when energy increasingly serves as a political weapon.

Iranian Policy Questioned at Alexandria Town Meeting

U.S.-Backed Fighters Attacked Outside Baghdad 5 Local Volunteers, 15 Insurgents Killed in Clashes, Military Says

Ex-FBI Employee's Case Raises New Security Concerns Sham Marriage Led to U.S. Citizenship

Bhutto Calls On Musharraf To Resign Ex-Premier Seeking Unity With Rivals

Musharraf's Electoral Farce By Benazir Bhutto,

The people of Pakistan know that elections under martial law are a sham

The GOP's Pocketbook Issue By Michael Gerson, Republicans need to show the same capacity to speak to the largest economic challenge of our moment -- the recovery of economic mobility.

One Race, Divisible

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By Juan Williams, Page A19

It is getting harder to use political and racial solidarity to hide the division inside black America

H6 Guardian In the delicate geometry of Iran lies the big test of Brown's political agility Jonathan Freedland

'Scotland independent by 2017' Alex Salmond has predicted that Scotland will win independence from the UK within the next decade

The nightmare scenario Jason Burke Nov 13 07, 08:30pm: Things would be much worse for Nato in Afghanistan if the Taliban had anything like the same resources as Hizbullah

Behind closed doors Ibrahim El Houdaiby: The western world is shamefully silent about the Egyptian regime's assault on human rights

Putin: I have a moral right to continue wielding influence Vladimir Putin gives his strongest hint yet that he intends to stay in power

Strait fight World briefing, Simon Tisdall: The growing US-China relationship has Taiwan dangerously edgy

Merkel coalition loses linchpin
Germany's vice-chancellor resigns from country's coalition

Fatah loyalists held by Hamas after rally Hamas forces arrest dozens of Fatah loyalists in Gaza

The bloodshed continues Rory McCarthy: Yesterday's gun battle on the streets of Gaza shows that the rivalry between Hamas and Fatah remains as bitter as ever

Politicians are too terrified to devolve power to the people
Simon Jenkins: For all their so-called big ideas, both of the main parties are dead against any meaningful return to local democracy

Bhutto tells Musharraf to quit power

Benazir Bhutto calls on a 'contaminated' President Pervez Musharraf to quit, ruling out further cooperation

H7 Regional Experts Vs. Military Experts
DemocracyArsenal

Why We Trade By: Russell Roberts | Foreign Policy We’re used to shrugging off all sorts of rhetorical gobbledygook from our politicians. But when you hear U.S. presidential candidates start to mouth off about free trade, watch your wallet: A discredited 14th-century theory of economics is enjoying a dangerous renaissance in the 2008 campaign.

Quiet Victory By: Rich Lowry | The National Review
Forget the briefings from generals, the intelligence evaluations and the Pentagon status reports. There is a handy indicator for whether the war in Iraq is going well — its relative absence from the front pages

Respect Iran's Independence By: H.E. Manuchehr Mottaki | Miami Herald A major shortcoming in today's world is the persistence of a zero-sum sense of geopolitics. The world expected something different in the post-Cold War era to promote peace and stability. Instead, after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, momentum swung toward a "global war on terror" that, in practice, became the rationale for maintaining a Cold War mentality.

Daily Star Subversion is no way for America to make friends in the Islamic world

Washington Times Are we winning the war? No one is declaring victory, but cautious optimists on the U.S.-led war in Iraq suddenly find themselves armed with a growing number of indicators that the fighting has taken a new, more hopeful turn.

America's partners (Helle Dale)

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

McClatchy U.S. finds a way to pacify Iraqi town — by using cash

In a desolate, tiny town, signs of the violent past mix oddly with evidence of today's more tranquil life. The U.S. calls this former al Qaida stronghold a paragon of post-surge Iraq. Violence has come to a near-standstill. Yet the government that's emerged is far from the democratic republic that the Bush administration once promised

U.S. Military Reversing Iraq Troop Surge By: Robert Burns | The Associated Press
The current total of 20 combat brigades is shrinking to 19 as the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, operating in volatile Diyala province, leaves. The U.S. command in Baghdad announced on Saturday that the brigade had begun heading home to Fort Hood, Texas, and that its battle space will be taken by another brigade already operating in Iraq

U.S. accused of ignoring crisis for 4.5 million displaced Iraqis

Exclusive: UN to release Iran report

Former FBI Agent Linked to Terrorist Group

Air Force to Triple Number of Airmen in Iraq

Ahmadine-Jets Welcome to the Iranian Air Force.

Iran hands IAEA nuclear blueprints

Bolton: US Has Two Options Left Toward Iran, and Both Are War

Chinese FM in Iran for Nuclear Talks

Afghanistan and Iraq wars cost $1.6trillion The financial toll of America's conflicts estimated at $1.6 trillion (£771bn) and rising

Iraq in the time of cholera

Cesar Chelala The disease's outbreak is just one of many public health emergencies that are overwhelming the country's social services

Waiting for death
Execution of Chemical Ali is delayed while Iraqi politicians argue

The Dilemma of Democracy in Lebanon By: Bilal Y. Saab, Elie D. Al-Chaer | The Daily Star In the history of U.S.-Lebanese relations, no American president has pledged to support Lebanese democracy more than George W. Bush. No American president has invited Lebanese officials to the White House more than he has. Why? Because there is no question in President Bush's mind that Lebanon can serve as a great example.

Feature: Marines target smugglers CAMP RIPPER, Iraq, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- As insurgent and terrorist violence in western Anbar province continues to fall, a small band of U.S. Marines at Al Asad Air Base are increasingly drawing their beads on bands of oil smugglers who nip across the border to Syria to sell purloined oil or who hawk refined fuel from Syria on the Iraqi black market.

DEBKAfile: Tehran rejects IAEA director ElBaradei’s visit until agreement

H9 Ha’aretz - Israel to declare freeze on settlement construction Move also meant to help persuade Arab, Muslim countries to attend Annapolis peace conference.

Rice tells Jewish-American leaders in Nashville: Most Israelis ready to give up W. Bank

Joint declaration at Annapolis to focus on format, goals of permanent settlement negotiations

Flip-flopping toward Israeli politicians have two beat-up old rabbits in their hat when they want to mock citizens harboring hopes for peace: Secret negotiations with Syria and new possibilities for an agreement with the Palestinians.

Rosner Between Tehran and Des Moines The State of Iowa is about one-fourth the size of Iran. Its population is less than one-20th of Iran's, at 3 million, compared with 70 million for Iran. In approximately two months, tens of thousands of Iowans will go to the polls to select their candidates for the next president of the United States

Are two states still viable?

Dichter: Syria is only neighbor that prevents smuggling

Abbas in Ankara: U.S. must pressure Israel to agree with PA Israel, PA to issue joint declaration focusing on borders, J'lem, security, refugees, water sources

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

Independent The Big Question: Why is there such violence in Gaza, and is there any hope of a resolution?

Yedioth Look who’s talking

Claims that Syria bombing was nothing but political spin oddly one-sided, Yigal Walt says

Asharq Al-Awsat Interviews Mahmud Abbas

Boston Globe Editorial Is Israel a Jewish state? IN ADVANCE of the upcoming diplomatic conference in Annapolis, Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced the other day that he expects the Palestinian Authority to finally acknowledge Israel's existence as a Jewish state. A newly arrived visitor from Mars might wonder why this should even be an issue - after all, Israel is a Jewish state.

Rice: Sacrifices unavoidable

Israelis, Palestinians must prepare for painful concessions, says US secretary of state

Israeli Military Chief Touts 'Important Accomplishments' of Lebanon War

Jerusalem Post Most Israelis think Knesset should remove prime minister

Rice: Future of Middle East is at stake Tells Nashville Jews that US will fight battle between extremists and moderates for future of the region.

Condoleezza Rice told thousands of Jewish communal activists that the president of the Palestinian Authority is a true partner for peace.

US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice told JTA that the upcoming summit in Annapolis will serve as a launching point for future negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

Shimon Peres made history as the first Israeli president to address the Turkish parliament.

What the Palestinians must do

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· Islam and the nation-state

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DEBKAfile Exclusive: US cuts aid to Egypt by $500 million over its failure to halt terrorist smuggling to Gaza

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Israeli leaders dismayed by Washington's secret favors to Syria. Palestinians want more concessions too

The bumpy road to Annapolis
By Nizar Abdel-Kader

Israeli Army to Conduct Major W. Bank Exercise

H10 Christian Science Monitor

The Sunni in Iraq's Shiite leadership In interview, Tariq al-Hashemi urges greater focus on reconciliation.

When cooperating with U.S. antiterror efforts is risky

Potential liability for past actions is central to the Bush administration's push to grant immunity to telecom firms that helped the US wiretap program, and it was a factor in Mukasey's hedged judgment about waterboarding.

Opinion: Torture doesn't work

ASIA

FT The limits of a smaller, poorer China Albert Keidel on the repercussions of new data

Editorial The yen also rises Japanese acceptance that the yen will shoulder its share of the dollar’s fall is welcome and removes one obstacle to currency appreciation across the rest of Asia

Airplanes, $1Bn Debt Top Putin's India Visit By: Anna Smolchenko | The Moscow Times
President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed Monday to boost ties, praising a budding alliance among Russia, India and China and giving their blessing to an agreement for the joint development of a military transport plane, among other deals.

Strait fight World briefing, Simon Tisdall: The growing US-China relationship has Taiwan dangerously edgy

2007 Report To Congress Of The U.S.-China Economic And Security Review Commission
56 pages; PDF

Japan's Economic Diplomacy Towards China: The Lure of Business and Burden of History

Asia's Space Race

Asia Times Testing time for Japan's US ties
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Tuesday won the first round in his battle to resume Japan's naval refueling role in the "war against terror" - and this just days before a meeting with US President George W Bush. But the reality of Japan's politics and other issues - such as North Korea - could yet erode the foundations of the long-time alliance with the US. - Hisane Masaki

RISE OF THE NEO-TALIBAN, Part 2
'Pain has become the remedy'With the invaluable help of Punjabi jihadis diverted from the struggle in Kashmir, Taliban leader Mullah Omar, al-Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban have resolved to announce a region-wide Islamic emirate. This will mean taking on the Pakistani military, but a seasoned Punjabi tells Syed Saleem Shahzad that's not a problem - the mujahideen

Malaysia Demos: Sound and Fury, Signifying Little By: Mat Salleh | Asia Sentinel
Now that the biggest demonstrations in 10 years in Malaysia are over and the wounds are being bound up, clearly the big loser is Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the winners are the opposition parties, and the most astute players in the drama are the country’s nine sultans

Significant Potential for Undiscovered Resources in Afghanistan
Source: U.S. Geological Survey

What Musharraf Could Not Abide By: H.D.S. Greenway | The Boston Globe
The world desperately needs a secular Pakistan in the field against Islamic extremism. But when its leader turns on the very institutions that underpin a secular democratic society, then it is the extremists who are most likely to benefit.

Miscalculations By: Steve Coll | The New Yorker
The Pakistani military leader, General Pervez Musharraf, whose military career includes seven years in the Pakistani Special Forces, is a compact man of medium height who wears rimless glasses and parts his hair unfashionably down the middle; in person, speaking in fluent English, he can come across as more than a little self-regarding.

Analysis: In the shah's footsteps?
A close adviser to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf promises full democracy will return to Pakistan by February 2008.

From Japan Focus, an essay on Japan’s future as an international, multicultural society: From migrants to immigrants;

and philosophy as activism in neo-liberal, neo-nationalist Japan: An interview with Takahashi Tetsuya.

Enter the dragon: There is no end of theories about the ideological basis for China’s rise as an economic superpower.

From The Economist, a special report on technology in India and China: China and India have much to offer the world of technology, but more still to gain from it.

A click away from freedom
Internet censorship: Search for 'Tiananmen Square' on Google.com and the first result that comes up is a Wikipedia entry: 'Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.' Now try the same search at Google.cn, the portal for Chinese users. Back come pages largely of use to tourists

H11 IHT Fear of foreign capital By FELIX G. ROHATYN The shift of large amounts of capital to developing countries over the past two decades has posed a major challenge to old ideas about foreign control of important national companies

Müntefering to quit as German vice chancellor

The departure could further destabilize the shaky power-sharing coalition between the two biggest German parties, a coalition that he helped form after the close election two years ago

Strike halts trains in France Unions are protesting Sarkozy's plans to change early-retirement arrangements. Commuters prepared for serious disruptions across the country, but especially in Paris

 

CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM

We need a real debate, not more dialogue By ADRIAN PABST

Across the two faiths, concepts of love of God and love of neighbor invariably differ.

Musharraf and his enemies

By H. D. S. GREENWAY History is full of leaders who once did much good, but whose ambitions took them too far on the road to perfidy.

EUROPE European press review

French EU Presidency to Push for Defence Integration By: Mark Beunderman | EU Observer
France will next year push for a Europe of defence, proposing Brussels-based EU planning staff, exchanges between professional soldiers and a harmonization of military education – ideas which are likely to raise concern in the UK

Der Spiegel Merkel Loses 'Mr. Grand Coalition' Vice Chancellor Franz Müntefering's resignation has caught Germany's grand coalition by surprise: the SPD veteran was seen as a stabilizing influence and the cornerstone of Chancellor Merkel's coalition government. Her party, the CDU, is now wondering what comes next

Stay the Course of International Justice By: Patricia M. Wald | The Japan Times
After eight years on the job, Carla del Ponte is about to step down as the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Set up by the UN to prosecute those on all sides in the Balkan wars -- Serbs, Bosnian Muslims, Croats and, later, Albanian Kosovars -- who committed atrocities, it is imperative that the UN appoint a new prosecutor prepared to carry on del Ponte's work.

Danish PM wins gamble on early poll

Denmark's centre-right government has secured a third term in office after winning an early election

BBC French unions strike over reforms

Transport workers and others begin major strikes against French President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reforms.

Unions test Sarkozy's resolve

Air pollution in Europe 1990-2004
EEA Report No 2/2007

EUROPEAN UNION: Anti-terror proposals set for go ahead

H12 RFE/RL

Azeri analyst: Strategic balance is changing in South Caucasus not to Russia’s benefit

Google News Azerbaijan

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the OSCE: Two of a Kind? Clingendael
A 14-page Dutch paper providing an insight into the development and current policies of the SCO, comparing it to the OSCE and elaborating on the relationship between the two organisations

Energy as a Bond: Relations with Russia in the European and Dutch Context
Clingendael
This 90-page Dutch report examines recent policy changes in Russia, Its economic development and the state of the Russian energy sectors

Putin is Testing Western Resolve
\"Helsinki Monitor\"

Is Georgia's Opposition Ready To Take On Saakashvili?

Georgia's opposition coalition has put forward a candidate to face Mikheil Saakashvili in early presidential elections in January. But is the opposition united enough to defeat the embattled but still powerful president?

Airplanes, $1Bn Debt Top Putin's India Visit By: Anna Smolchenko | The Moscow Times
President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed Monday to boost ties, praising a budding alliance among Russia, India and China and giving their blessing to an agreement for the joint development of a military transport plane, among other deals.

EDM IMEDI TELEVISION: USE AND MISUSE OF A GEORGIAN TELEVISION CHANNEL


- GEORGIA AND UKRAINE: SIMILAR REVOLUTIONS, DIFFERENT TRAJECTORIES

Gvosdev Color Revolution Score Card

Diplomats: Elections Are Georgia’s Chance for a Democratic Comeback Nearly a week after a crackdown on opposition protests in Tbilisi, the international community has started to deliver its assessments of how Georgia, the former Soviet Union’s reform prodigy, is handling its ongoing political crisis. The findings are far from rosy, but nevertheless remain upbeat.

Azerbaijan: Arrests Bolster Media Concerns BY MINA MURADOVA
These are not good times to be a pro-opposition editor in Azerbaijan. In the past two weeks, two editors at pro-opposition newspapers have received jail terms in criminal cases, and a third is facing possible prison time following his arrest on assault charges. The actions have set off a wave of criticism by ordinary Azerbaijanis as well as local and international observers.

What Is Bad for Russia Is Again Good for U.S. By: Kevin Ryan | The Moscow Times
How did the U.S. get from a time when most of us knew nothing about Georgia, to now, when our hopes for the spread of democracy seem pinned on the survival of a corrupt and authoritarian regime?

Russia's Orthodox church regains lost ground

Church seeks to retake Bolshevik-seized property. More than 6,000 sites have been returned, but hundreds more are in dispute

Boston Globe A determined spirit guides Grozny

AN IN-YOUR-FACE attitude rules Grozny these days. It is as though the city is telling the Kremlin: OK, you won the war. You killed 15 percent of our population and dispatched us across the world as refugees. You can still arrest us arbitrarily. But you cannot kill our spirit.

Putin sees election endorsing his rule (By Steve Gutterman)

New 'War and Peace' Plays Up Glorious Past

A lavish new production of Tolstoy's masterpiece "War and Peace" recently premiered on prime-time television. The series, which casts a fresh sheen on Russia's military triumph over Napoleon, is part of a broader trend to highlight the country's cultural and historical might -- a critical message as election season nears.

Russia Casts Selective Net in Piracy Crackdown

Authorities are targeting the alleged use of counterfeit software in what critics say is part of a larger assault on advocacy organizations, political activists and independent media.

H13 The Times Ahmadinejad enriched by bickering

The coming days will show if he gets his wish: an escalation of the nuclear row with the West Bronwen Maddox

Merkel left in disarray after deputy quits Mutefering has left to care for his wife who has cancer, but the move is seen as a sign of impending crisis for Merkel

A Spent Coalition Merkel should call early elections and campaign for further reform

Bhutto: I will never work with Musharraf

Russia tightens grip on disputed islands

Decades of negotiations and diplomacy have not resolved the dispute over the Kurile islands between Russia and Japan

Sarkozy vows to beat striking French workers

Transport chaos expected in France as public sector workers go on an indefinite strike over the President's pension plans

Wall Street Journal

Being Pervez Musharraf By: Bret Stephens | The Wall Street Journal
Imagine yourself as Pervez Musharraf, the 64-year-old military ruler of Pakistan. As a young artillery officer, and later as a commando, you acquired a reputation for personal bravery--and for doing just as you pleased, whatever your orders. Your subsequent performance as a general and politician has been of a similar piece.

Indira and the Islamists By: Shikha Dalmia | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
The Bush administration has so far taken only perfunctory steps to prod Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to lift "emergency rule," reinstate the constitution and hold elections. Doing anything more, the United States seems to fear, might produce an Islamist victory at the polls -- and undermine a key ally in its war on terror

Who's Watching the Big Banks?
Institutions that are 'too big to fail' need a special kind of oversight.
By HENRY KAUFMAN

H14 Financial Times COMMENT: Welcome to the new world of runaway energy demand The rest of the world wishes to enjoy the energy-intensive lifestyles that have, hitherto, been the privilege of less than a sixth of humanity. This desire has big consequences for the world’s economic, strategic and environmental future, writes Martin Wolf

Ayatollah urged to rein in president Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is coming under pressure to rein in Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, the president, over the radical stance he has taken on the country’s nuclear programme

WORLD NEWS: Eni to maintain foothold in Iran

Inflation detracts from Riyadh’s oil bonanza The kingdom is having to come to terms with rising food and rent prices that risk widening the gap between rich and poor in spite of the benefits of record oil prices

Chávez sees oil at $200 if Iran invaded Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s president, has warned that oil prices could reach $200 a barrel if the US invaded Iran

WORLD NEWS: US calls on Opec to increase production

FRONT PAGE - FIRST SECTION: Bhutto abandons deal with Musharraf

COMMENT: The limits of a smaller, poorer China economy is smaller and poorer than established estimates say. Albert Keidel on the repercussions of new data

Editorial The yen also rises Japanese acceptance that the yen will shoulder its share of the dollar’s fall is welcome and removes one obstacle to currency appreciation across the rest of Asia

Sarkozy decries Europe’s ‘identity crisis’

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said Europeans were suffering an ‘extremely deep identity crisis’ linked to globalisation and excessive commercialisation.

German vice-chancellor quits Franz Müntefering, the ­German vice-chancellor and labour minister, abruptly quit Angela Merkel’s government, in a move likely to exacerbate tensions in her grand coalition

German coalition faces new strains Franz Müntefering’s resignation from Angela Merkel’s coalition government greatly increases the uncertainty and volatility of German politics

H15 Los Angeles Times Keep Your Nerve By: David B. Rivkin Jr. | Los Angeles Times
By every objective measure of military performance, the United States' surge of military forces into Iraq has been a great success. The number of terrorist attacks has fallen significantly. American military casualties are down, as are Iraqi civilian casualties.

Wishful Thinking or Myopia By: Brian Katulis | Los Angeles Times
Overall levels of violence remain dangerously high in Iraq -- 2007 is the deadliest year for our troops since President Bush began this unnecessary war of choice in 2003

Will Chavez Pull the Trigger? By: Michael Rowan and Douglas Schoen | Los Angeles Times
If Venezuelans pass the dozens of constitutional amendments on the ballot, Chavez will essentially be granted dictatorial powers -- an elected strongman reminiscent of Spain's Franco, Italy's Mussolini and Orwell's Big Brother. The day could easily deteriorate into one of violence, martial law and suspension of oil production, the latter calculated to inflict maximum damage on the U.S. economy

H16 American Politics

Poll: Top Democrats Deadlocked In Iowa

realclearpoliticsABC’s The Note US News Political Bulletin

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

Bush’s veto lifts stakes in budget battle

George W. Bush approved a $40bn increase in the defence budget but vetoed a $5bn increase for health and education programmes, sparking a fierce debate with Democrats over spending priorities

In final quarter, Bush is no Reagan

The current president signals he's disinclined to compromise with Congress, as Reagan did.

The End of Civil Discourse in America? Polarization and Partisanship on the Road to 2008

Bush vetoes spending bill; impasse threatened

By Johanna Neuman

The $606-billion domestic spending measure is laden with pork, the White House says

H17 Daily Telegraph The Union of England and Scotland is over The Union, argues Simon Heffer, has met its end. All that remains is for the Scots, in a referendum, to vote to stick the coffin in the grave and pile on the earth.

France on the brink

It is not too much to suggest that the whole economic future of France depends on President Sarkozy winning his battle against striking rail workers.

EU polls would be lost, says Sarkozy

Referendums on the new European Union Treaty are "dangerous" and would be lost in France, Britain and other countries, the French president has admitted.

Why aren't we shocked by a corrupt EU?

The EU is no longer an ideological project, but a racket - a mechanism for redistributing wealth to people who, directly or indirectly, are on its payroll, writes Daniel Hannan.

British Forces to Capitalise on Taliban 'Split' By: Tom Coghlan | The Telegraph
British commanders have pushed an armoured column deep into Taliban-held territory in southern Afghanistan, threatening the stronghold of Musa Qala as commanders seek to capitalise on a rift within enemy ranks.

H18 Independent Rupert Cornwell: A rare moment of transatlantic convergence

Bhutto rules out power-sharing deal and says Musharraf must go arrest

The Big Question: Why is there such violence in Gaza, and is there any hope of a resolution?

Miliband: We would still have invaded Iraq with Gordon Brown in command

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

McClatchy CIA admits to recording interrogations of top al Qaida captives

The CIA has three video and audio recordings of interrogations of senior al Qaida captives but misled federal judges about the evidence during the case against terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, federal prosecutors revealed in a Nov. 9 court filing that was made public Tuesday.

Jacob Shapiro (Stanford): The Terrorist’s Challenge: Security, Efficiency, Control.

U.S. Arms Sales to Pakistan (PDF: 61 KB)
Source: Congressional Research Service

Amartya Sen on why we can best stop terror by civil, not military, means.

Andrew Bacevich on picking up after failed war on terror: Bush's campaign to wipe out terrorism is a costly mess — here are five steps to move on.

A review of Architect of Global Jihad: The Life of Al Qaeda Strategist Abu Mus'ab al-Suri by Brynjar Lia.

An interview with Louise Richardson on what terrorists want.

An excerpt from What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism by Alan Krueger.

Isolationism isn't the answer: Jihadists aren't in Afghanistan—or Iraq—because we are there.

A review of Insurgents, Terrorists, and Militias: The Warriors of Contemporary Combat by Richard H. Schultz, Jr. and Andrea J. Dew.

A review of Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible by Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun

Pentagon 'Might Not Need' All Those Armored Vehicles

Cargo Scanning Program Sparks International Debate Over U.S. Homeland Security Policy By: Marissa Payne | World Politics Review
The recent implementation of a long-awaited U.S. homeland security program has reinvigorated debate over the international consequences of controversial cargo security legislation passed earlier this summer

US plans new space weapons Billions spent to counter Chinese satellite attacks.

Study details reaction to combat

By Thomas H. Maugh II | 5:31 p.m.

After a "honeymoon period," stress and depression often follow as the realities of soldiers' experiences sink in.

Don't Give Up the Ships
The Navy's flawed new strategy.

Troops' Mental Distress Tracked

Early Checkups Find Fewer Problems Than Later Ones

Fusion of Security System Data to Improve Airport Security
Source: National Research Council (National Academies Press)

H20 Slate

When Family Fails (PDF; 317 KB)
Source: Yale Law School Student Prize Paper Series

The New Face of Al Jazeera By: Kristen Gillespie | The Nation
Al Jazeera's programming breaks down into roughly four categories: newscasts, which tend to be fairly balanced; talk shows and related programs, to which viewers call in; documentaries; and reports from correspondents in the field. The last category is where the reporting has frequently turned away from international standards of journalism and toward a sensationalistic and Islamist bias.

Muzzling dissent
Why the world's climate body may not tell the whole truth

In book, FBI agent says Saddam Hussein cried at last meeting...

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From CJR, Nicholas Lemann on the limits of clear language: Orwell worried about polluted language, but polluted information is more toxic

The pleasures of rereading: There's nothing more comforting than going back to a favourite book.

From Cato Unbound, James Flynn on intelligence and its implications for education and intervention (and reaction essays).

The Significance of the Flynn Effect

Stay trim and have children to be 100 The secret of living to 100 is to take up farming, have lots of children and stay trim but not thin, scientists claim.

The New York Times op-ed page mimics the blogosphere

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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
It never rains circa. 1991.
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