| H1 Ha’aretz – Palestinian source: Gaps remain on way to summit Haaretz obtained copy of joint document as discussed by Israeli, PA officials in meeting this week. Palestinians: Final status should be agreed on within eight months New York Post IRAQ: WHAT WENT RIGHT COURAGE, SKILL, LUCK AND EXHAUSTION by Ralph Peters Foreign Policy Seven Questions: Phebe Marr on the End Game in Iraq Jerusalem Post 5 reasons to bomb Iran now [ MICHAEL FREUND New York Times Editorial Trying to Save Lebanon, Again Lebanon is President Bush’s last viable project for expanding democracy in the Middle East. We fear if something isn’t done quickly, that too will unravel Rice Defends Mideast Peace Talks Q&A: Annapolis
The key issues behind the meeting on the Middle East in the US Independent More than half of Afghanistan 'under Taliban' Leading article: A policy overhaul is urgently needed The war in Afghanistan is being lost. It is best to acknowledge that plainly. Aviation Week U.S. Electronic Surveillance Monitored Israeli Attack On Syria The U.S. provided Israel with information about Syrian air defenses before Israel attacked a suspected nuclear site in Syria, Aviation Week & Space Technology is reporting in its Nov. 26 edition BBC Iran paper attacks Ahmadinejad A hardline Iranian newspaper attacks President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying his behaviour is dangerous. Washington Post Musharraf And the Con Game Dictators Don't Bestow Democracy By Robert Kagan It is pitiful for a superpower to place itself at the mercy of a single selfish man who thinks of nothing but his own survival. Former Iraq Commander Backs Democrats on Pullout Editorial Spark in Lebanon A conflict over the presidency could explode a political stalemate Putin Links Rivals to West Demonizing Rhetoric Heats Up as Elections Approach Shiites in S. Iraq Rebuke Tehran Petition Calls for U.N. Probe Into Iran's Influence, Sheiks Say The Times Where has Bush got with jaw-jaw? American foreign policy has been nothing like as interventionist as its critics like to think Tim Montgomerie Leader Black Magic $100 dollar oil is not all bad Guardian In identifying those trying to kill us, we should choose our words carefully Timothy Garton Ash: 'Islamofascists' and 'Islamists' are not the right labels. But Muslim opinion leaders must condemn violent jihadists Godfathers of the nation The Americans are at last getting the hard men of Baghdad to sit down together and take part in the political process, reports David Smith Daily Telegraph Leader The Kosovo conundrum Separation between Serbia and Kosovo seems inevitable: the only question is, how traumatic will it be? Jim Lobe Likudnik Hawks Work to Undermine Annapolis YaleGlobal American Special Forces in Pakistan: Back to the Future? Encouraged by Iraqi experience, the US is poised to get more involved in Pakistan Guardian Putin accuses west of meddling in Russian poll Russian president Vladimir Putin has accused the west of meddling in Russia's forthcoming elections Asia Times Maliki thrown a political lifeline The expected return after a walkout of the leading Sunni group, the Iraqi Accordance Front, to Nuri al-Maliki's government signals a remarkable change in fortunes for the prime minister, who for months has appeared on his way out. Pressure from Saudi Arabia and Jordan has helped the Front change its mind, as well as fear of other Sunni groups. - Sami Moubayed Senate FRC Hearing SYRIA:
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FOR LEBANON AND THE REGION Financial Times COMMENT: Climate change is the real energy challenge We need political will to fight climate change Reliance on hope is poor policy, says Nick Butler Andrew Grotto, "Needing NATO," Armed Forces Journal, November 14, 2007 Analysts on both sides of the Atlantic agree that the NATO mission in Afghanistan is a litmus test on the credibility of the trans-Atlantic alliance. If the 26 nations that comprise NATO can’t sustain a coalition against the Taliban, which helped orchestrate the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against the U.S. homeland that prompted NATO’s historic invocation of its mutual defense clause, then friend and foe alike have good reason to doubt the durability of the alliance. Click here to read the full article CFR The Global Credit Crunch: What Should a Central Bank Do? (Audio) USIP Dialogue on Islamic Peacemaking: Report on a Mission to Iran
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CEPS Europes External Energy Policy: Between Geopolitics and the Market | H2 EDM AKP FORMING CLOSER LINKS WITH THE GULEN MOVEMENT FT WORLD NEWS: Kurdistan dispute damps hopes of further rise in Iraqi exports Turkey's Parallel Policies – One for Peace, One Against Middle East Media Research Institute Al Awsat Turkey: Battle of the Islamists Turkey president sees "common sense" in N. Iraq Reuters
Report: PKK warns US, Iraq not to help Turkey
Turkey Spokesman Rules Out PKK Amnesty Babacan to represent Turkey at Annapolis conference US Sikorsky endangers chance to win Turkish helicopter project Türkiye'nin dönek dostları...
Stephen Kinzer - Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring Bayık, ABD, YNK ve KDP’yi uyardı Öküz öldü, ortaklık bozuldu mu? DTP'li vekil PKK'lılara önce terörist dedi, sonra geri aldı Haber-Analiz/ Uluslararası pazarlıklar... PKK’da panik PJAK’a sıçradı Council of Europe: Allow use of Kurdish in municipalities DTP’li Yıldız ‘terörist’ dedi mi? DTP'li Kaplan ile CHP ve AKP'liler tartıştı PKK’ya silah bıraktırırız destek verin Türk: Bizi demokrasi dışına itemeyecekler Demirtaş, Sofya'ya gitti; HÖH lideriyle görüşecek 'DTP'yi Kapatmanın Faydası Yok' Sympathy for a Rebel: The Kurdish Fight for Autonomy and Self ... DTP'li vekil, PKK'ya önce terörist dedi, sonra çark etti Erdoğan-Büyükanıt Güvenlik konuları değerlendirildi Bayık Tehditler savurdu! İhsan Dağı The Kurdish question at a crossroads 'Kuzey Irak'ta aklıselim hâkim olmaya başladı' 'Barış Meclisi', DTP'yi Meclis'te ziyaret etti Bakan Çiçek: "Kapatılmayı DTP ve PKK istiyor" Kadınların barış feryadı Kürtler, basından Türkiye ile dostuz haberleri istedi "Siyasi linç kampanyası yürütülüyor" DTP mitingine 14 tutuklama 'Kürtler'in tek dostu dağlardır' Yüksek perdeden ne demek istedi? Neçirvan Barzani Kürt basınını uyardı Dana Gas Inaugurates new office in Iraqi Kurdistan Struggle never ends for Iraqi Kurds in Kirkuk Operations in Northern Iraq: Hard Times for the Terrorists Iraq's Kirkuk to Take Stance If Law on City Not Implemented on Time Kurds Slam Iraqi Oil Minister Over Oil Contract "Threats" Peşmerge geçit vermiyor Iraq Kurd Government Signs Oil Deal With Indian Company Turkish Foreign Minister Views Development in Northern Iraq, Middle East Konferans için davet geldi Babacan Annapolis yolcusu Egyptian Radio Urges Iraq, Turkey to Act "Realistically" on PKK Issue Iraq Boosts Oil Exports After Re-Opening Kirkuk Pipeline Erdoğan, Lübnan Başbakanı Sinyora ile görüştü Can Dündar Tarihten ders almak AKİF EMRE Zana için 3 yıla kadar hapis istemi Rizgari Hodri Meydan Zamanı ! -2- Ardan Zentürk Gül: Kapımız Ermenistan ile K.Irak’a açık... Her derde deva tarih Nuray Mert Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Türkiye üzgün, Fransa üzgün
Murat Yetkin Caspian Sea-Turkey Rail Link Being Built AB, Karadeniz'deki balıklara da el attı Avrupa'daki üsler ABD 20 bin askeri Avrupa'dan çekme kararını geciktiriyor. Sebep Rusya mı? ’Vizesiz Avrupa’ için ilk adım İngiltere’den Slovenya'dan destek ABD'li Bakan: "Nabucco'ya Türkmen desteği şüpheli" İsrafil Kumbasar Erdoğan'ın Türk dünyasına ilgisinin ardında ABD mi var? Kafkaslarda üçlü işbirliğine bir harç daha Former Armenian President Meets EU Diplomats in Yerevan 'Demir İpekyolu' için Tiflis'te ilk temel Saakaşvili: Türkiye’yi örnek alıyoruz Gönül: 7 milyon yükümlü cezalı durumda Teröre karşı nanomücadele
301 taslağı belli oldu, dava için bakanın izni gerekecek Malatya dosyasında Hrant Dink dilekçesi Aselsan'dan uzaktan kumandalı yeni silah Askerlik kanunu değişti 10 milyon kaçak binaya af 7 bin aileyi iş sahibi yapan mikrokredi Türkiye'ye yayılıyor TRT'nin yeni genel müdürü: Mevcut kadroyla 40 kanal yönetirim Çankaya sofrası tekrar kuruluyor Erdoğan Alevilerin iftarına katılacak Çevreciler isyanda: 110 golf sahası yolda Meclis bütçe komisyonunda "Oyak kavgası" 'THY'den cemaate sponsor olur mu?' Burak'ın hastalığı özel hayat Nette yasak devri! Türkiye, 200 ülkede canlı yayında Askerlik yoklamaları on-line yapılacak Mustafa Erdoğan YÖK: Başkan ve adamları Gülen konferansı bu kez Hollanda'da Gazeteci ne yapsın?
PKK cenazesini izledi, 'Niye bize bildirmedin?' diye hakkında dava açıldı 'Kız lisesinde namaz baskısı' haberi de katmerli yalan çıktı AKP öğrenci affına mesafeli 22 Kasım 2007 Basın Özeti | H3 'PKK'lı Bayık ve Karayılan yakalandı' iddiası Sönmez Köksal Türkiye'nin istihbarat yeteneği sorgulanmalı US pledges to flush out PKK before May Ana kamplar boşaltıldı Ruşen Çakır AKP, PKK'yı bitirmek için Öcalan ile Görüştü mü? Başbakan’ın adamları Erdoğan, yeni dönemde danışmanlarına yenilerini ekledi
Fikret BİLA Çiçek'le demokratik açılım üzerine Çember daralıyor PKK'nın dağ ile şehir bağlantısı kesildi Hasan CEMAL PKK'yı izole süreci iyi işliyor! Cengiz Çandar Gül’den Tiflis’te 'Kürt sorunu' mesajları [YORUM - M. Şükrü Hanioğlu ] Osmanlı çöküşü ve günümüz Kürt sorunu (1) Yalçın Doğan Oysa bu film yeni değil Gül Yalnız silahla terör çözülmez Gül, Tiflis'ten Başbuğ'a destek verdi SOLİ ÖZEL İzler
Terörle mücadelede soğukkanlı olmak Hasan Celal Güzel Türk Ortak projeyle silah bıraktıralım Lagendijk: Sınırlı operasyon eleştirilmez
Şahin Alpay PKK nasıl silahsızlandırılabilir? Gül'den 4 kritik açıklama Ahmet Taşgetiren “Tek”lerin irdelenmesi... - ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Tek talep, Tek kimlik, Tek temsil… Mehmet Altan Pakette neler var? Taha AKYOL DTP kimi temsil ediyor? Demokrasiyle yenmek İsmet Berkan Serdar Turgut Çok önemli gelişmeler Nuh Gönültaş 350 PKK’lı yok edilmek üzere iken durdurulan harekât! – Rusya, doğalgazı 400 dolara çıkarma hazırlığında, fatura yüzde 22 artacak Güler Kömürcü APO’nun derin pilotu Necati... Vekil akraba! TÜRKİYE, IRAK GİBİ ABD'NİN İŞGALİ ALTINDA DEVAM SAVAŞ SÜZAL Diplomatik başarı Türker Alkan MELİHA OKUR Kerkük'te 'referandum' hesabı İsmail Küçükkaya
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İbrahim Kalın How to lose the war on terrorism Türkiye üzgün, Fransa üzgün
Murat Yetkin Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Turkey starts learning energy game 40 binlik kadroyla uzman orduya ilk adım Taha Kıvanç Yanına bırakmam Fehmi Koru Let us knock on wood Cevdet Aşkın ABD planı işliyor PKK sıkıştırıldı DTP göreve hazır İlnur Çevik Turkey has to face its Kurdish reality Ertuğrul Özkök Kafa attığım gece Ahmet Hakan Mahsun’un filmi M Ali Birand Türkiye’yi memnun eden iki gelişme… Cüneyt Ülsever Milliler prim almalıdır! Enis Berberoğlu Oktay Ekşi Kim sevinir, kim üzülür? Rauf Tamer Farklı bir yöntem Taktik hatası yapıyoruz Mehmet Barlas Sabah-ATV sonsuza kadar kamu malı olarak kalmamalı Bahçeli'yi anlamak Tarhan Erdem MUHARREM SARIKAYA ERDAL ŞAFAK Yargı ve siyaset ERGUN BABAHAN Kovboy olmak veya kasabasında yaşamak EMRE AKÖZ Fikir dansözü Umur Talu Kasadaki vicdan HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN NAZLI ILICAK Öcalan'dan mesajlar MAHMUT ÖVÜR Alman sosyal demokratları ve CHP YAVUZ DONAT Kuzey Irak'ta aklı selim
Özbudun: Üniversitede türban serbest olacak ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM 100 dolarlık petrolün faturası Ercan Kumcu Türk usulü para politikası
Mahfi Eğilmez Seyfettin Gürsel İşgücü piyasası reformu neden acil [YORUM - Prof. Dr. Eser Karakaş]İstihdam tablosu, Türkiye'nin sosyoloji tablosudur Erdal Sağlam IMF dayanamadı, açıkça uyarmaya başladı MB yasa değişikliğiyle hızlı büyüme
Fatih Özatay Rusya, doğalgazı 400 dolara çıkarma hazırlığında, fatura yüzde 22 artacak UPDATE 1-Turkey to start work soon on Petkim handover-finmin Erdogan: Foreign direct investment to hit $25 billion Salih Neftçi Piyasalar tedirgin... Kaynağı ve anlamı Deniz Gökçe Sami Yosun’dan kriz ve çözüm üzerine! Hurşit GÜNEŞ Trafik sorununa ekonomik çözüm şart [ İŞ DÜNYASINA YÖN VERENLER] Otomotiv sektörü, bu sene İtalya'yı geçecek |
| H4 New York Times Editorial Trying to Save Lebanon, Again Lebanon is President Bush’s last viable project for expanding democracy in the Middle East. We fear if something isn’t done quickly, that too will unravel J.F.K.’s Death, Re-Framed By MAX HOLLAND and JOHANN RUSH The Zapruder film does not depict an assassination about to commence. It shows one that had already started. | H5 Washington Post Musharraf And the Con Game Dictators Don't Bestow Democracy By Robert Kagan It is pitiful for a superpower to place itself at the mercy of a single selfish man who thinks of nothing but his own survival. Former Iraq Commander Backs Democrats on Pullout Editorial Spark in Lebanon A conflict over the presidency could explode a political stalemate Putin Links Rivals to West Demonizing Rhetoric Heats Up as Elections Approach Shiites in S. Iraq Rebuke Tehran Petition Calls for U.N. Probe Into Iran's Influence, Sheiks Say US General Sees Iran Influence in Iraq Bush Steps Up Diplomatic Effort As Annapolis Talks Draw Nearer President Calls Key Leaders Before Arab League Meets in Cairo William Arkin Let Them Eat JDAMs David Ignatius: Recession? I'm Less Optimistic Editorial Greenhouse Inertia A U.N. report highlights U.S. paralysis in addressing climate change Three Words For the Next President By David S. Broder Peter Hart, the Democratic pollster whose firm has interviewed thousands of voters this year, says the attributes most of them desire in a president for 2008 can be summed up in three words: transparency, authenticity and unity. Chirac Faces Formal Probe in City Hall Graft Case Report Urges Foreign Aid Strategy That Bridges Security, Altruism | H6 Guardian In identifying those trying to kill us, we should choose our words carefully Timothy Garton Ash: 'Islamofascists' and 'Islamists' are not the right labels. But Muslim opinion leaders must condemn violent jihadists Godfathers of the nation The Americans are at last getting the hard men of Baghdad to sit down together and take part in the political process, reports David Smith To a district area council meeting in south-west Baghdad. Not the sort of district council that discusses church fetes or recycling bins: here the attendees included two men with links to al-Qaida, two with links to the Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi army, and one with links to another Shia militia, the Badr organisation The violence falls but the sewage continues to rise The measure of Annapolis Lorna Fitzsimons: The peace conference can only work if there are real, albeit small, changes on the ground Afghanistan 'falling to Taliban'
Frontline getting closer to Kabul, says thinktank while Oxfam warns aid not going to those who need it most Iraqi refugees start to head home
After exodus of 4.2m since 2003, government says 1,600 a day are returning The battle for the soul of Chechnya
With separatists embracing radical Islam, the Moscow-backed president is busy promoting a Sufi revival, finds Tom Parfitt Come to summit, Abbas urges
Syrians and Saudis wanted at peace talks as Israel approves shipment of arms to West Bank Putin accuses west of meddling in Russian poll Russian president Vladimir Putin has accused the west of meddling in Russia's forthcoming elections Leader Four-course meal Four-course meal: Nicolas Sarkozy vowed there would be no going back on reforms that have triggered nationwide transport strikes. To an Ulster Unionist's ears, his message would have had a profound resonance: No surrender Sarko v the gréviculture Agnès Poirier: The president is trying to divide the strikers, and desperate to keep the French people on side Divided Lebanon braced for violence
Opposition groups threaten civil disobedience after failure to agree candidate to replace outgoing president Chirac under formal investigation
Ex-French president questioned again over 'embezzlement' All too suddenly, it looks like a slow-motion car crash Larry Elliott: This crisis is not quite Black Wednesday, but as Britain enters its economic sticky patch, numerous pitfalls await Found in translation Brian Whitaker Nov 21 07, 10:00pm: A new initiative to translate important books into Arabic has announced the first 100 titles - and its a pretty good start Jordan's elusive democracy Alex Glennie November 21, 2007 7:30 PM Yesterday's election results, which saw great losses for the main opposition party, belie King Abdullah's promises of reform A force for change Timothy Edmunds November 21, 2007 4:30 PM As the military veers ever closer to crisis, it is time for an honest debate about the future of British defence policy |
| H7 Is Iran seeking detente? There are increasing signs that Iran is seeking to improve its strained relations with Arab states; to find a way out of the current nuclear imbroglio; and to slowly open channels of communication with the US on Iraq. Al Hayat Is Syria Really So Unique? Jana Hybaskova - Syria is different. Syria is unique. As such it quite clearly can not be a normal, equal member of the international community, of community of states in the Middle East. Syria is so different that it can pursue its relations with its neighborhood differently than normal states. It reserves for itself the right to interfere, to collaborate openly with terrorists. With its fragile perception of uniqueness it painted itself into the corner: “there is no peace without Syria Asia Times Maliki thrown a political lifeline The expected return after a walkout of the leading Sunni group, the Iraqi Accordance Front, to Nuri al-Maliki's government signals a remarkable change in fortunes for the prime minister, who for months has appeared on his way out. Pressure from Saudi Arabia and Jordan has helped the Front change its mind, as well as fear of other Sunni groups. - Sami Moubayed Bin Laden talks of victory, not defeat Osama bin Laden's latest message to the people of Iraq has been widely interpreted as an attempt to rally al-Qaeda's fading forces. The opposite is true; bin Laden is already thinking ahead to victory, and warning all Iraqi mujahideen - Sunni and Shi'ite - that the hardest task is yet to come: the creation of an Islamist state in Iraq. - Michael Scheuer The general has no uniform Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf is poised to be sworn in as a civilian president after eight years as a military ruler. In that time, especially in the past months, he has been the United States' loyal servant in the region's "war on terror". In following the agenda of the Bush administration, though, Musharraf is losing not only his uniform, he is losing his hold on the country. - Syed Saleem Shahzad Bush administration conquers Washington
From the outset, the George W Bush administration dealt with the world as a kind of dreamscape and Washington as the only reality; it was the only "empire" that really counted. Its lobbyists, bureaucrats, politicians and assorted think-tankers, all absorbed in their petty turf-wars, were the ones the administration wanted to dominate with a "wartime" presidency. The foreign wars made it all possible, and this will be Bush's legacy. - John Brown A Conversation With America's Snr Career Diplomats From The Nation, avoiding the toughness trap: A progressive defense policy must begin with a fundamental redefinition of what constitutes security. Undebated Challenges: It's time to rethink American priorities and the very meaning of what American foreign policy is about. From The New Yorker, as the tide goes out on President Bush’s foreign policy, the mass of flotsam left behind includes a Republican Party that no longer knows how to be reasonable. More on Surrender is Not an Option by John Bolton (and two interviews). An interview with Henry Kissinger on diplomacy in the post-9/11 era. Expanding our horizons: Think Americans don't care about the rest of the world? Students and business leaders are making up for President Bush's diplomatic failures. How dangerous is America? Former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt considers today's Russia to be less dangerous than the United States — this is as surprising as it is provocative. Nat Hentoff on how the Bush Administration delights our enemies. A post-Bush America is not about to fall at Europe's feet: The prospect of a more pliable US is largely an illusion, and EU states must make some very serious, existential choices. Gideon Rachman on American faith in imperialism: The flirtation with ideas of "empire" is over. More and more and more on Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and Why They Fall by Amy Chua. More and more and more and more and more and more on Walter Russell Mead's God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor Shi'ite Infighting Increases Instability US General: Iran Helping Stop Iraq Bloodshed Ex-Iraq Commander Says Bring Troops Home US Commander Gives Part Credit to Syria for Military Gains in Iraq Foreign Fighters in Iraq Are Tied to Allies of US Iraq Boosts Oil Exports After Re-Opening Kirkuk Pipeline US Electronic Surveillance Monitored Israeli Attack On Syria Aviation Week 300,000 Iraqis Sign Petition Condemning Iran For Insurgent Campaign To Seize S. Iraq... Iraq's Al-Tawafuq Front Says PM Has 48 Hours to Meet Demands Busy Saudi Diplomacy
Tony Karon The Problem in Pakistan Al-Alam TV "With the Event" Programme on Elections in Jordan Syria's Al-Asad, French President Discuss Lebanon Over Phone DEBKAfile Exclusive: Al Qaeda marks the forthcoming Middle East conference with new threats to the US and Israel IAEA board to debate Iran report
The board of the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, is to discuss its latest report on Iran's nuclear programme Washington diary
Matt Frei on the US's changing strategy in Iraq - and its results
Force possible, but Bush backs off WWIII
Arab Times - Rafsanjani Associates Respond To Ahmadinejad's Accusations Of Treason | H9 Ha’aretz – Palestinian source: Gaps remain on way to summit Haaretz obtained copy of joint document as discussed by Israeli, PA officials in meeting this week. Palestinians: Final status should be agreed on within eight months Rice: U.S. aims for Israel-PA peace deal in one year U.S. Secretary of State cautions there is no guarantee of success; Bush calls Olmert, Abbas to discuss summit Failure at Annapolis could affect Gaza security Germany probes 50 firms that sold nuclear equipment to IranProbe finds front company sent $150 million in equipment to Iran, thought to be only 'the tip of the iceberg Guest: Lyndon Johnson, the "friendliest president" to Israel Study: Young U.S. Jews most comfortable around non-Jews U.S. Jews are interested in attending Jewish events - provided they are offered outside Jewish venues Level of Representation at Annapolis Offers Leverage to Arab Leaders - Zvi Bar'el Akiva Eldar: Demand for recognition of Jewish State was made hastily U.K. radical left sees one-state solution to Mideast conflict The Annapolis Peace Conference: Cloudy Prospects for Success
Heritage.org Rice: Annapolis success critical and within reach (By Nicholas Kralev) Middle East Peace Conference Sets Stage for Formal Talks Yedioth 'PA leadership wants peace'
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meets members of Kadima's Young Guard, says current Palestinian leadership unable to control terror, enforce its authority, but it is first government that genuinely wants to make peace with Israel Jerusalem Post 5 reasons to bomb Iran now [ MICHAEL FREUND Intel officials: Annapolis failure may lead to Abbas's overthrow ...
Jerusalem Post Rattling The Cage: A new, unfair Israeli demand By LARRY DERFNER
How to get the Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state US to let Syria put Golan on agenda Security establishment backs summit, but warns against implementing deals until PA is in full control. Analyze this: What does the dollar's drop have to do with the cost of peace for Israel? By CALEV BEN-DAVID
Are Chavez and Ahmadinejad right to view American influence as dropping along with its currency? What Happened to Saddam's WMD? - Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post) Yedioth Ahronoth Defeating the extremists Amos Oz Forward Israel Prodded Into Settlement Freeze in Bid To Kick-Start Peace Conference Winep Confidence Building after Annapolis - David Makovsky Poll: Palestinians in Gaza Support Early Elections, Peace Settlement with Israel Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Text: UN Security Council Resolution 242 2007 Survey of American Attitudes Towards Israel, The Palestinians and Prospects for Peace in the Middle East (PDF; 126 KB) Source: Anti-Defamation League (ADL) The following is an excerpt from Foreign Agents: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee From the 1963 Fulbright Hearings to the 2005 Espionage Scandal |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor Can Chávez push oil prices to $200? Venezuela's president says he'll team up with Iran to hurt US economy. Analysts call it bravado. ASIA ISN China's Uighurs fight for rights China's eight million Muslim Turkic Uighurs hit the global stage with the fight for their rights after Beijing uses the war on terror to legitimize a crackdown on the minority Sweatshop crucifixes pulled from churches Production is outsourced to China precisely because workers have no rights, can be paid pennies an hour and have no freedom of association Resurgent Taliban closing in on Kabul: report Opium Amounts to Half of Afghanistan’s GDP in 2007, Reports UNODC Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) FT COMMENT: A few (edited) words on Chinese censorship Aide: Musharraf May Quit Army Saturday Forward An Unlikely Visitor Gives Musharraf Support A few days before Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte traveled to Islamabad last week to impress upon General Pervez Musharraf the need to restore democratic rule in Pakistan, another American envoy quietly landed in the capital to chat with the Pakistani president and army chief. As Bad as it Gets By: Alvaro Vargas Llosa | The New Republic
During his eight-year rule, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has delivered a pro-Western regime and collaborated with American and European intelligence agencies pursuing terrorists around the world, but he has not been able to bring under control the many areas in which terrorist groups, fundamentalist organizations and separatist movements are active. A Tale of Two Bhuttos By: Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins | Foreign Policy
Benazir Bhutto knows how to tell Western audiences what they want to hear, but when the former prime minister had a chance to shut down Pakistan’s nuclear Wal-Mart, she looked the other way instead. Boston Globe The skeleton in ASEAN's closet THE PRESENCE of Burma's military junta at the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations earlier this week caused no end of humiliation for the group's members. China to Address Issues Around Dam Japan's Oil Decoupling By: Robert Alan Feldman | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Japan's Domestic politics are in disarray, economic reform has slowed, and the stronger yen is threatening exporters' earnings. But in this gloom, it is easy to overlook one great strength: the country's immense success in reducing oil dependence. This success is paying economic dividends as oil prices skyrocket. Sino-Japanese Thaw Gathers Pace By: John Burton and Mure Dickie | Financial Times
Japan and China on Tuesday announced their first cabinet-level forum on closer business co-operation, highlighting the warmer political ties between Asia’s two largest economies after years of strain. | H11 IHT Roger Cohen: Turkey Tune-out By ROGER COHEN A Blackberry poses the problem: Can you manage your need to be important? Putin lashes out at West and domestic critics at election rally In one of his most aggressive attacks on opponents to date, President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused foreign governments and domestic opposition of seeking to turn Russia into a "weak and ill" state. Merkel defends her policy on Russia and China The German chancellor said it was up to her to decide whether to receive foreign dignitaries like the Dalai Lama Chirac under investigation for activities when Paris mayor Arsonists hit France's high-speed train lines The French transportation strike moved into its second week Wednesday and arsonists disrupted high-speed train service on four rail lines in what a government official characterized as "sabotage." EUROPE European press review Myth of U.S.-EU Economic Decoupling By: Melvyn Krauss | The Japan Times Europeans who believe the continent has been "decoupled" from the U.S. economy are misguided. The connections still run deep, and the delining U.S. dollar is bad news for all BBC Talks fail to end French strike French travellers face another day of chaos as talks fail to bring an end to a crippling transport strike. Der Spiegel The Sinking Dollar: 'The Strong Euro Is Destroying Jobs' Guardian Leader Four-course meal
Four-course meal: Nicolas Sarkozy vowed there would be no going back on reforms that have triggered nationwide transport strikes. To an Ulster Unionist's ears, his message would have had a profound resonance: No surrender Sarko v the gréviculture
Agnès Poirier: The president is trying to divide the strikers, and desperate to keep the French people on side European Islam: Challenges for Public Policy and Society
CEPS This 227-page study addresses the main issues concerning the presence of Islam in Europe Poland's Post-Election Road Back to Europe By: Jan Puhl | Der Spiegel
The Kaczynski twins went a long way toward destroying Poland's relations with Europe. Now that Donald Tusk has become prime minister, the repairs have begun. But how much of the damage can he really fix? Macedonia-Greece Name Dispute Neglected By EU - Commentary Macedonian Position Surveyed in View of Kosovo Elections, Greek Threats for NATO BBC On the march
How the far right is gaining ground in Germany's east USIP Event: The Hard Road of Transition to Democracy in the Balkans
| H12 RFE/RLGeorgia: Was Saakashvili Right To Crack Down? Google News Azerbaijan Putin Talking Adequate Response to NATO By: Simon Saradhzvan | The Moscow Times
President Vladimir Putin told an annual gathering of the nation's military top brass Tuesday that an appropriate response to "muscle-flexing" by NATO is crucial when setting guidelines for development of the armed forces. Nazarbayev Orders Defense and Security Reforms By: Roger McDermott | Eurasia Daily Monitor
Last week, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev again called for the reform of the country’s defense and security structures. On November 15, he ordered the various heads of the defense and security bodies to prepare detailed proposals for restructuring their agencies, as part of the ongoing administrative reforms in the country. Chechen president calls for women to wear headscarves The battle for the soul of Chechnya
Guardian Eye on Sochi: Special operation 'Olympiad' Grigory Pasko was on assignment to Sochi, the Black Sea resort city that has been slated to host the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The opportunities and likelihood for corruption in Sochi infrastructure projects are unparalleled. BBC Follow the leader
Putin hopes to push United Russia towards a crushing poll victory
Armenia: In Capital’s Construction Boom, What Goes Up May Come Down In the last five years, central Yerevan has been transformed into a vast construction site, with cranes seemingly outnumbering trees. Officially, the scores of multi-storied buildings are part of large-scale urban planning projects. Experts, however, assert that many of the new edifices violate urban planning and earthquake safety requirements. Russians in Abkhazia: A Tool for Georgia’ s Election Campaign? While international attention focuses on the upcoming Georgian presidential elections, Tbilisi’s tussle with the opposition has coincided with a stepped-up campaign against Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia. The opposition contends that the alarm bells about an alleged Russian military build-up in the region are politically motivated. Some analysts, meanwhile, say that President Mikheil Saakashvili’s administration stands to gain little, if any, domestic political benefit from confronting Russia at this time. |
| H13 The Times Where has Bush got with jaw-jaw? American foreign policy has been nothing like as interventionist as its critics like to think Tim Montgomerie Leader Black Magic $100 dollar oil is not all bad Stakes raised as saboteurs target French rail network As four-fifths of France's transport workers returned to work, vandals struck railway signal systems around the country Arms deal bolsters Abbas ahead of peace talks Israel approves the transfer of 25 armoured vehicles, 1,000 rifles and two million rounds of ammunition to the West Bank Putin lashes out ahead of elections President Putin has accused the West of plotting a smear campaign to destabilise Russia in its forthcoming elections Envoys fail to break losing streak The US is engaging in 'basketball diplomacy' to encourage the UN Security Council to operate with a little more teamwork Like discs, they've lost their way There are four lessons to learn from the way Mr Brown suddenly looks the picture of incompetence Anatole Kaletsky Wall Street Journal For Petraeus, a Balancing Act Gen. David Petraeus said U.S. and Iraqi forces have made significant progress against al Qaeda in recent months, contributing to a sharp improvement in security. But the commander also warned of the challenges ahead in building on the gains while drawing down troop levels. • Excerpts: 'This Is Not a Light Switch' Petraeus's Iraq By: Robert H. Scales | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Whether this military culminating point can translate into a political and economic culminating point remains to be seen. But the campaign that took place from spring until late summer reinforces the classic tenet of warfare, that success on the ground sets the conditions for diplomatic and political success | H14 Financial Times COMMENT: Climate change is the real energy challenge We need political will to fight climate change Reliance on hope is poor policy, says Nick Butler WORLD NEWS: Putin accuses west of plot to weaken Russia Volatile mixture of factors lights a fire under crude price A single market that puts people first The European Commission’s package promises improvements to citizens’ lives using policies a world away from the federal “superstate” of British eurosceptic myth Advice for bad times just around the corner Batten down the hatches, says Jonathan Guthrie Even in Europe, reform is possible Johnny Munkhammar argues in favour of big changes LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: France's new policy vocabulary in the century of globalisation LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Case for economic openness is weakening Dubai built it and the world did come Natives in many countries complain of being swamped by immigrants but in this case it happens to be true, writes John Gapper. For as long as the economy rattles along and the expats keep demonstrating that the Arab state needs them, tensions are likely to remain manageable Putin accuses west and opponents of plot President Vladimir Putin has launched an attack on the west and Russia’s marginalised political opposition, accusing them of plotting to weaken the country Pressure mounts on Israel and PA With only days to go, senior officials from Israel and the Palestinian Authority have yet to agree on a statement setting out the issues to be discussed during the first high-level international effort to resolve the conflict between them in seven years Saudis reject rape case protests Amid mounting international protests, the justice ministry has defended a court ruling that a gang-raped woman must face a sentence of 200 lashes and six months in prison Sarkozy pledges ‘no retreat’ on strikers Nicolas Sarkozy, French president, went on the offensive over strikes that have left France gridlocked, saying he refused to let a minority hold the country “hostage” Chirac targeted in corruption probe Jacques Chirac, the former French president, has been placed under formal investigation for embezzlement of public funds during his time as mayor of Paris SPD slips in polls as cabinet reshaped Support for Germany’s Social Democrats fell to its lowest level this year, underlining the challenge facing new vice-chancellor and party figurehead Frank-Walter Steinmeier Debate over Saudi revaluation increases After heated debate about the Gulf currencies’ peg to the US dollar, speculation is intensifying whether Saudi Arabia will revalue the riyal | H15 Los Angeles Times Former press secretary blames Bush, Cheney for misstatement about leak Editorial A Powder Keg in Lebanon By: Milton Viorst | Los Angeles Times
While the eyes of the world are focused on the fading prospects of ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the upcoming meeting in Annapolis, Md., an electoral deadlock in Lebanon grinds inexorably to a climax Doubts cloud U.S. talks set on Mideast Bomb kills at least six in once-quiet Iraqi city |
| H16 American Politics Democratic 2008 presidential race tightens: Reuters poll The Two-Man Republican Race - John Podhoretz, Contentions
Dems Still Stumbling on National Security - Joe Klein, Time
How Hillary Got Her Rove Back - Jason Horowitz, New York Observer Presidential campaign lands in the gutter Hillary Clinton having an affair with her female aide is just one of the rumours started in electoral dirty trick state South Carolina After stepping up attacks on Clinton, Edwards is ripped by Dems realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp Murtha: 'We Can't Win Militarily' By: S.A. Miller | The Washington Times
House Democrats' point man in the war-funding showdown with the White House Tuesday dismissed U.S. military gains in Iraq and vowed to tighten the purse strings until President Bush accepts a pullout plan. | H17 Daily Telegraph Leader The Kosovo conundrum Separation between Serbia and Kosovo seems inevitable: the only question is, how traumatic will it be? Serbs: It's war if Kosovo breaks away Taliban 'control half of Afghanistan' Insurgents will take Kabul, says report. George Bush 'misled public over spy leak' A former White House spokesman accused the president of "involvement" in misleading the public.
| H18 Independent More than half of Afghanistan 'under Taliban' Leading article: A policy overhaul is urgently needed The war in Afghanistan is being lost. It is best to acknowledge that plainly. Donald Macintyre: Does Israel want to seize this opportunity? Former aide accuses Bush on CIA leak Hamish McRae: Next year could be a good year for the world economy but a bad one for shares Sarah Churchwell: This knee-jerk anti-Americanism is stupid and lazy |
| H19Military Intelligence Terrorism Andrew Grotto, "Needing NATO," Armed Forces Journal, November 14, 2007 Analysts on both sides of the Atlantic agree that the NATO mission in Afghanistan is a litmus test on the credibility of the trans-Atlantic alliance. If the 26 nations that comprise NATO can’t sustain a coalition against the Taliban, which helped orchestrate the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against the U.S. homeland that prompted NATO’s historic invocation of its mutual defense clause, then friend and foe alike have good reason to doubt the durability of the alliance. Click here to read the full article Slate Promoting Innovation Can Gen. David Petraeus fix the Army's broken promotion system?
Fred Kaplan John Robb: Keeping up with Terrorists Stealing the Sword: Limiting Terrorist Use of Advanced Conventional Weapons
Source: RAND Corporation Embassies Grapple to Guide Foreign Aid (PDF; 3.8 MB) Source: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations RAND Project AIR FORCE Annual Report 2007
Source: RAND Corporation The Victims of Terrorism: An Assessment of Their Influence and Growing Role in Policy, Legislation, and the Private Sector
Source: RAND Corporation U.S. Military Fumbles Requests for Nonlethal Weapons in Iraq, Afghanistan By: David Axe | World Politics Review
Despite the early recognition of the need for nonlethal weapons, however, the Defense Department has struggled to develop such weapons and quickly get them into the hands of troops Protecting Critical Infrastructure
FPRI Analysis of States' Views on an Arms Trade Treaty
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Is U.S. gov't infested with terrorist moles? | H20 Slate Promoting Innovation Can Gen. David Petraeus fix the Army's broken promotion system?
Fred Kaplan Global HIV prevalence has levelled off; AIDS is among the leading causes of death globally and remains the primary cause of death in Africa (PDF; )
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS From press release (PDF; 111 KB) Opium Amounts to Half of Afghanistan’s GDP in 2007, Reports UNODC Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Poverty and the Environment
World Bank A 22-page summary report aimed at clarifying the linkages between poverty and the environment in developing countries at the household level International Trade and Climate Change
World Bank A 26-page summary report explaining the linkages between trade liberalization, international development and addressing climate change Diana's eavesdropping fears Diana, Princess of Wales, was so convinced her calls were being monitored she changed her numbers regularly | H21 E-books evolution Possession of a digital reader does not confer cachet on its owner in the way that a well-stocked bookcase does – even if its contents remain unopened Americans are happy, but ... A survey shows most Americans are happy, but 77% say they're uneasy about one thing. From Psychology Today, marriage is not the key to happiness: Married people are no more happier than singles — though people react strongly to events such as marriage, they return to their personal "set point of happiness" after a certain period of time. Bring on the nanobots, and we will live long and prosper
Ray Kurzweil: We are nearing a tipping point in life extension, thanks to technologies that enhance our health and maximise resources Translation project to bring foreign writers to Arabs
Books by Stephen Hawking, Umberto Eco, Haruki Murakami have been chosen to be translated into Arabic Men in the frame to be England's next manager Four in 10 have 'anti-cancer gene' British scientists have discovered a key gene that could reduce the risk of people developing cancer Backlash: Facebook's tracking of users has raised privacy concerns. British disks with data on 25 million lost in mail There are increasing fears that Britain could suffer a repeat of the HM Revenue & Customs data loss as the scale and breadth of inform- ation held by government bodies continues to grow inexorably Kindle Versus The iPhone |
