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| H1 Time Keep Up the Pressure on Iran - Charles Krauthammer New York Times How to Defuse Iran By FLYNT LEVERETT and HILLARY MANN LEVERETT Successful United States-Iran engagement requires comprehensive diplomacy encompassing the core concerns of both sides Editorial Starting the Peace Process Despite all the smiles and handshakes at the Annapolis peace meeting, both Israelis and Palestinians went home and fell back into familiar, counterproductive patterns Financial Times COMMENT: The myth of a bargain with Iran The US and the Iranians are strategic rivals in the Gulf, a region that sits on top of 60 per cent of the world’s known oil reserves: they are not going to become friends. The best that can be hoped for is an uneasy modus vivendi, writes Gideon Rachman COMMENT: How to solve the problem of the dollar Countries with dollars they deem excessive would receive an asset denominated in a basket of leading currencies, says Fred Bergsten Editorial A new presence in the Kremlin Kremlin officials will be divided in their loyalty to Dmitry Medvedev, as they have been with Vladimir Putin. But one force will push them to settle their differences Washington Post Security Pact on Iraq Would Set U.S. Exit Talks to Cover Period After U.N. Mandate New U.N. Iran Resolution Considered Draft Measure Would Impose New Sanctions on Military Unit, Bank The Democratic Roots Of Putin's Choice By Andreas Umland On paper, Dmitry Medvedev might have a serious chance to embark anew on a course of political liberalization and democratization in Russia. Iraq's Sadr uses lull to rebuild Army Moqtada al-Sadr's Shiite militia aims to return leaner, stronger. New Strategic Assessment, December 2007 NY Post What U.S. Intelligence Missed on Iran Nukes - Amir Taheri CAP Restoring American Military Power: Toward a New Progressive Defense Strategy for America USIP The Hard Road of Transition to Democracy in the Balkans Asia Times SPENGLER After Annapolis: Next Steps in the Middle East Peace Process CFR Steinberg: Alarm Subsiding in Israel on Intelligence Estimate on Iran Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, 2007 (Gore) Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, 2007 (IPCC) Weekly Standard Who Speaks for Iraqi Shiites? Guardian Both Tehran and Washington must swallow the rhetoric and seek a deal Leader Putin's man gets Putin's job Russia: The beauty of Russia's political system is that you do not need an election to know the name of the next president EU divided as Kosovo crisis looms European governments struggle to agree on how to respond to the looming crisis over independence The Times Kosovan leaders predict independence 'in months' Europe will now determine the province’s fate after the deadline for a UN-brokered deal passed without any agreement Leader The Chosen One Putin appears to endorse what might be a relative liberal as his successor Boston Globe Specialist has questions for authors of National Intelligence Estimate FOR 15 YEARS in my various government and parliament duties for the State of Israel, I have been closely tracking Iran's nuclear program. I do so because I consider it a threat to the international community and an existential threat to my country. (By Ephraim Sneh, Poll: Growing Numbers in US See Iraq Progress, Still Think War Was Mistake Weekly Standard What Happened in 2003? In thinking about Iran, don't forget Iraq. Jerusalem Post Editorial Missing urgency Israel tried to keep low profile on Iran. This reticence may have been misinterpreted as lack of urgency. The 'four-phase' approach [ URI SAVIR Martin Kramer Walt, Mearsheimer, and 'cold feet' Iraqi war and Israel again. Iran NIE: Pollack, Parsi, Wolfsthal WSJ The Limits of Intelligence - Reps. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.) and Jane Harman (D-Calif.) Why Chuck Hagel and No One Else? Salon The GOP's Iran option is off the table by Juan Cole Drezner A slow motion explosion in the Balkans Security in a Changing World: Multilateral Institutions in the Twenty-First Century | H2 Dan Fried US-Turkey-Azerbaijan: a Strategic Partnership Recent PKK-Led Istanbul Riots Recall 2005 & 1995 Paris Riots EDM NIE REPORT EASES PRESSURE ON TURKEY OVER TIES WITH IRAN 'Siyasi Çözüm Kararı Türkiye'ye Bırakılmalı' Jamestown The Turkish Generals’ Talk: The Strategic Insights of Turkey’s Struggle with the PKK 155 PKK members left the terrorist group in 2007 Aileler devreye girdi, bir yılda 155 PKK'lı 'baba ocağı'na döndü FT Sharp slowdown in Turkish growth Turkish Investors May Head to Iran Çiçek: Countries not extraditing terrorists hypocrites TAI receives first F-35 fuselage order Project on Middle East Democracy Blog: U.S.-Turkish Alliance, French-Turkish Tensions Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring [Yorum - Bejan Matur] Kürtlerin ve Türklerin algısı 4 bin kişi 'topluma kazandırıldı' Erdoğan’dan ’ana evine dönüş’ için ilk talimat Çiçek: Af Yasası gündemde değil "Pişmanlık ile ilgili yeni yasa yok" Baykal: Af düzenlemesi teröriste cesaret verir MELİHA OKUR Barzani,1 milyon varil petrol çıkaracak Hesap aç ABD dış politikasına gönüllü ortak ol Sebahattin Önkibar AKP'nin derdi PKK mı, yerel seçimler mi? Af çok yanlış teröristlere cesaret verir MHP ve CHP de eve dönüş yasası çıkarmış Eve dönüş yerinde ve cesur bir proje Yusuf KANLI Giving politics a chance, why not? Murat Çelik DTP gündemin dışında kaldı – İhsan Dağı Kürt sorununu çözmeyen 'iktidar' olamaz “Yüce Türk devletine”, Türk Kürdü olmayan bir Kürdün özrü Neçirvan Barzani 'petrol'ü görüşmek için Bağdat'ta Fransa'dan PKK jesti: Ferzande Taştan Türkiye'ye teslim edildi PKK bitene kadar işbirliğine devam Kurdish Blog Denies Rivalry Within Kurdish Bodies Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 10 Dec 07 Syriatel and Turkcell Courting Opposition slams gov’t plans on partial amnesty for PKK Report highlights censorship in Turkey Iraqi Kurdish Civil Society Launches 24-Hour TV Channel DTP'li Başkan'a 'Kürtçe afiş' soruşturması Turkey ready for another political burial SALİH TUNA 'Kendisini Kürt sanan Türk' Genelkurmay'dan geçici güvenlik bölgeleri ilanı Türk gençleri, para kazanmak için Amerikan üslerinde nöbet tutuyor Sahte reçete operasyonunda PKK bağlantısı çıktı Fantasies and realities (By Tulin Daloglu) Signs of rift between Turkey and Israel? Bölgesel Kürt yöneticileri Bağdat'ta Silopi'de iki terörist teslim oldu İslamofobi toplantısı Nuray Mert KURDISTAN: Who benefits from a destablized society? KRG-backed microcredit foundation opens in Kurdistan More than a quarter of Turkish children living in poverty, says UNICEF Ürdün Kralı Günübirlik geliyor İsrail'in 'beni izleme' şartı uydu pazarlığını bitirmiş Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber EU resolves wording row on Turkish candidacy Cengiz Aktar: Diplomatik kepazelik Ekrem Dumanlı Greece, EU member or not? France wins symbolic EU battle on Turkey bid KKTC fears haunt Greek Cyprus in Kosovo row BM'nin KKTC raporu Rusya’yı kızdırdı Security Council expects developments in Cyprus issue in 2008 Zihnimizdeki Türk ve Ermeni fotoğrafını değiştirmeliyiz German court upholds headscarf ban : CRS Greece Update," updated October 16, 2007. Cengiz Aktar AB, Kosova'yı 'fiilen' tanıyor Rusya: BM'nin 'KKTC'ye izolasyon kalksın' raporunun bağlayıcılığı yok Akdeniz Birliği'nde ısrar eden Sarkozy, Ankara'ya heyet gönderiyor Dışişleri Yunanistan'a "kundak" notası verdi Turkey as seen from Brussels last week Ariana Ferentinou IHT Migrant-laden vessel sinks between Turkey and Greece 50 migrants feared dead as boat capsizes Ter-Petrosian Reaffirms Conciliatory Line On Turkey Hasan Kanbolat Eastern Black Sea: far eastern Europe Yiğit Bulut Türkiye’de petrol var mı? (II) Babacan'dan bir ilk... Sorulan soruları yanıtlamadı... Uçak kazasında karakutu skandalı Türkiye MİLLİYET'in araştırmasını konuşuyor Af Örgütü'nden Taner Kılıç yorumluyor İşadamı Vitali Hakko hayatını kaybetti Bir Kâmil insan: Sabahattin Zaim Ahmet Taşgetiren Hepimiz öksüzüz Dink'e IPI'dan basın özgürlüğü ödülü 'Kapalıçarşı her an çökebilir' Türk halkının 'insan hakları'ndan haberi bile yok İnternet erişiminde Avrupa sonuncusu olduk! Old star Örümcer: Those who fall have no one at all Led Zeppelin'den 19 yıl sonra Ahmet Ertegün anısına muhteşem konser F-type prisons show improvement in human rights standards Başkentte DHKP-C hücresine baskın Elif Şafak İstanbul'da öğrenci olmak, Paris'te öğrenci olmak | H3Fikret BİLA Baykal: Affın vebali büyük olur Dağdan indirme planı içinde yeni yasa yok Cengiz Çandar Dağdakileri indirmek ya da dağda bırakmak... [HABER ANALİZ] Köşk'ten dört ayaklı dış politika stratejisi Mehmet Acet Baykal'la programın asıl manşeti Bilal Çetin Eve dönüş formülü: “Af yok ama tolerans var” Hasan CEMAL Dağdan inmek, eve dönmek! MUHARREM SARIKAYA "Muhbir" açılımı... Paris'in istediği oldu: İki müzakere faslında 'üyelik' ve 'katılım' ifadesi yok Cevdet Aşkın Babacan resmen noktayı koydu, ABD ile Türkiyenin PKK planı ortak... AB Fransa'ya teslim Murat Yetkin Anayasanın olmazsa olmazları, olmazsa olurları İsmet Berkan Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Fresh but once again controversial amnesty attempt Taha AKYOL Yükselen hangi din? İki büyük araştırma şirketi karşı karşıya ’Serbest olursa türban azalır’ diyen başkan Özcan'ın ilk işi öncelikleri belirlemek Yeni YÖK Başkanı: Cumhurbaşkanı'nın tanımam, ilk kez pazar günü görüştüm İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri - Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit Taha KıvançYÖK'e aranan kan Fehmi Koru Statükocu muhalefet Kendimiz olursak hepimiz oluruz MUSTAFA PAÇAL Güler Kömürcü Mustafa Ünal Eve dönüş... Şahin Alpay Fethullah Gülen'e ilginin nedeni Nuray Başaran Erdoğanın açılımları... İlter Türkmen ABD’de Bush’tan sonrası Mümtazer Türköne YÖK'te yeni dönem Leyla İpekçi Türkiye muhafazakârlarını ölçtü, peki ya 'ilerici'ler? Serpil YILMAZ Medyada "Sabah-atv Zaman-STV" grubu Abbas GÜÇLÜ Yeni YÖK Başkanı muhafazakâr ODTÜ'lü Ertuğrul Özkök Asıl adres o 4 çocuk M Ali Birand Sakıp Ağa’yı Madrid’te andık Cüneyt Ülsever Zafer Üskül’e teşekkür ediyorum Oktay Ekşi Dostlarımız ve insanlık Mehmet Barlas Acaba yeni YÖK Başkanı ‘biz’den mi ‘onlar’dan mı? Yalçın Doğan Sağlık Bakanı Akdağ’a armağan Özdemir İnce Bir kez daha tevhid-i tedrisat (4) ERDAL ŞAFAK Avrupa kapılarında ölüm EMRE AKÖZ 'Üniverlise'den üniversiteye CHP'li Haluk Koç'tan itiraf: 367 şartı inandırıcı değildi Andrew Finkel Bowling for Malatya NAZLI ILICAKÖteki korkusu, Osmanlı ve Türkiye YAVUZ DONATİşçi hareketinin seyir defteri Alevi gence yapılanlar ve din dersleri Özdemir: Fethullah Gülen nedir? İlnur Çevik What if people like Gulen did not exist? [HABER PORTRE] YÖK'e özgürlükçü başkan Nuh Gönültaş Hükümeti istikrarsızlaştırmak adına... Mehmet Altan Yök’leme... Berat Özipek Mülakata kızanlar ‘daha önceleri neredeydiniz?’ [Yorum - Yılmaz Tunç] Hakimler ve Savcılar Kanunu değişikliği ne getiriyor? Mahir Kaynak Yüksek öğrenim Toktamış Ateş AKP’nin Alevi yaklaşımı – Fatih Altaylı Manşetten pazarlama ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIMYüksek büyüme döneminin sonu Haluk Bürümcekçi Düşük büyüme, yüksek enflasyon kısacası tehlikeli kokteyl... Seyfettin Gürsel Büyümede soğuk duş... Hurşit GÜNEŞ Büyüme daha büyük darbe yiyebilir Ercan Kumcu Büyüme beklentilerin çok altında kaldı Erdal Sağlam Enflasyon mu, büyüme mi tartışmaları kaçınılmaz Dövizden kaçış Mahfi Eğilmez Halının altına süpürülen sorular... Bir sonraki dolar krizi Büyümemizi engelleyen: Kur, kuraklık ve vergi Asaf Savaş Akat Yaman TÖRÜNER Ekonomik yorumlar Güngör URAS Çin'e fabrika kuruyoruz Can Ataklı |
H4 New York Times How to Defuse Iran By FLYNT LEVERETT and HILLARY MANN LEVERETT Successful United States-Iran engagement requires comprehensive diplomacy encompassing the core concerns of both sidesEditorial Starting the Peace Process Despite all the smiles and handshakes at the Annapolis peace meeting, both Israelis and Palestinians went home and fell back into familiar, counterproductive patterns DAVID BROOKS The Postwar Election The 2008 presidential election has fundamentally shifted, but it hasn’t been because of events in Iowa and New Hampshire. It’s because of events everywhere else. Putin Backs Deputy Prime Minister as Successor With the endorsement, Dmitri A. Medvedev becomes the clear favorite to succeed President Vladimir V. Putin. An Interview With Medvedev After 8 Years in Limbo, Frustrated Kosovo Awaits Its Future Lawyers Cleared Destroying Tapes A clandestine branch of the C.I.A. gave advance approval for the destruction of hundreds of hours of videotapes documenting interrogations. Gore Urges Bold Moves in Nobel Speech Ahmadinejad, President and Blogger Taliban Loses Grip on Last Major Town Israelis Brief Top U.S. Official on Iran Bloodshed in ’02 Shadows Indian Politician in Race That Tests Nationalist Party Pakistan’s News Media No Longer Silent, but Musharraf Has Muted His Critics Prosecutor Says Serbia Blocked Arrests in Killings | H5 Washington Post Security Pact on Iraq Would Set U.S. Exit Talks to Cover Period After U.N. Mandate New U.N. Iran Resolution Considered Draft Measure Would Impose New Sanctions on Military Unit, Bank Waterboarding Recounted Ex-CIA Officer Says It 'Probably Saved Lives' but Is Torture Ex-Pentagon Aide Says U.S. Abandoned Quick Iraq Transition The Democratic Roots Of Putin's Choice By Andreas Umland On paper, Dmitry Medvedev might have a serious chance to embark anew on a course of political liberalization and democratization in Russia. Editorial Russia's Next President Vladimir Putin makes his choice, unconstrained by democracy U.S. Commanders Say Iraqi Police Can Be Reformed Shiite-Dominated Force Accused Of Corruption, Sectarian Killings Nuclear Capacity Needed to Deter America Putin Backs Moderate To Be Next President Deputy Premier Is Longtime Loyalist Pro-Kremlin Party Chiefs Play Roles to Perfection Four 'Propose' Run by Putin's Candidate Libby Decides To Drop Appeal Ex-Aide to Cheney Cites Personal Costs Gore Accepts Nobel Prize With Call for Bold Action Former Vice President Depicts Climate Change As 'Threat to the Survival of Our Civilization' For U.S., Policy Discord Plays Out at Bali Climate Change Talks The Split-Level Politics of Immigration By E. J. Dionne Jr., On immigration, the 2008 congressional elections and the 2008 presidential campaign are worlds apart | H6 Guardian Both Tehran and Washington must swallow the rhetoric and seek a deal Leader Putin's man gets Putin's job EU divided as Kosovo crisis looms European governments struggle to agree on how to respond to the looming crisis over independence Allies move into Musa Qala Windy words Energy policy: All of a sudden, the government is showing more initiative than a contestant on Dragons' Den. Supersize our prisons! Rethink school testing! Bring the troops back from Basra (again)! Thick and fast and eye-catching is the blur of governmental industry Putin backs Medvedev for presidency Prime minister named as ruling party candidate while Putin intends to keep control of security services The real answer to climate change is to leave fossil fuels in the ground George Monbiot: All the talk in Bali about cutting carbon means nothing while ever more oil and coal is being extracted and burned Joan Smith Gordon Brown has announced that British troops will leave Basra before Christmas. But where will that leave Iraqis? Marc Lampkin Without a coherent and rigorous set of educational standards, the US will continue to fall behind other countries in math and science Ian Williams The Bali summit: the economic effects of President Bush's support for 'Big Oil' may actually promote sustainability US resists setting target on carbon Environment secretary, Hilary Benn, is to attempt to persuade the US administration to agree targets in Bali In the short term, there'll be no major action against climate change Big Oil lets sun set on renewables Shell, which has trumpeted its commitment to a low carbon future, has sold off most of its solar business Press baron Conrad Black jailed |
| H7 Weekly Standard What Happened in 2003? In thinking about Iran, don't forget Iraq. First Things Christian, Muslim, Jew by Spengler Iran Intelligence Report: Garbage In, Garbage Out - Jeff Stein (Congressional Quarterly) New Republic The Wishful Thinkers Who Say NIE! Why the Iran Report Won’t Change Anything. by Michael Levi The new intelligence report will do little to change the position and strategy of the United States, nor will it have much of an effect on the approaches taken by Russia, China, and Israel. It will have more of an effect in Europe -- notably Britain and France -- but not as much of one as many suppose. Asia Times The neo-cons strike back Neo-conservatives and former officials of the Bush administration have launched a ferocious counterattack on the intelligence community's assessment on Iran, and more pointedly at its authors - the officers whose goal they say is to undermine George W Bush's policy agenda. - Khody Akhavi Who's Responsible for Setting Crude Oil Prices? Bombs By: Steve Coll | The New Yorker Last week, the Bush Administration released declassified extracts from a new National Intelligence Estimate about Iran’s nuclear program. The passages landed in Washington like a religious scroll; they radiated revelation. Chin Up: A Year of Progress By: Michael Barone | The National Review A year ago, we were on the defensive, perhaps on the verge of defeat, in Iraq. The Europeans’ attempts to persuade Iran to renounce nuclear weapons seemed to have failed. Hugo Chavez was using his near-dictatorial powers and the oil wealth of Venezuela to secure the election of opponents of the American “empire” in Latin America. Bombed If You Do, Bombed If You Don't by Rep. Ron Paul Neocons Strike Back on Iran A Failure of Intelligence Al Hayat "Reassurance" in the Gulf following the US Report Elias Harfouche - Gates’ plea to the Gulf people in Bahrain to exert pressure on Iran to prompt it to reveal its former nuclear plans and cease its ongoing uranium enrichment agenda is a means to drag these countries into an unwanted standoff with Iran. | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor Britain's Iraq War Is Ending. Who Won? Intel Report Spurs Calls for Iran Talks Syria Sees Isolation Fading After Annapolis Iran, UN Hold Talks on Uranium Find The real goal of Annapolis 'Westernized' Women Being Killed in Basra Daily Star The price of being suckers for Syria Bombing near Iraq ex-PM's office A suicide bomber detonates a car in Baghdad near the office of Iraqi former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. Basra decision easy for Brown (By Nicholas Kralev) FT REPORT - EGYPT 2007: Peace process gives Cairo central role FT REPORT - EGYPT 2007: Succession dominates - and unsettles FT REPORT - EGYPT 2007 - FRONT PAGE: Wealth disparities cloud progress FT REPORT - EGYPT 2007: Planning for 21m more people FT REPORT - EGYPT 2007: Going where no one dares FT REPORT - EGYPT 2007: Desert blooms but deficit creeps up Qualified industrial zones: Trade deal with the US and Israel boosts textiles FT REPORT - EGYPT 2007: Facing a tricky imbalance FT REPORT - EGYPT 2007: Growth highlights educational shortfall Iraq-Jordan: Few Iraqis Returning Home BBC Monitoring Quotes From Iranian Press 10 Dec 07 Lebanon postpones vote yet again Lebanese MPs again put off a vote on a president - they are now scheduled to hold the vote on 17 December. After the Battle of Al-Fajr - Michael Totten, Middle East Journal | H9 Ha’aretz – Saudis Welcome Hamas Leader Meshal in Bid to Broker New Hamas-Fatah Talks - Editorial: Make concessions on J'lem, in order to keep it Meshal welcomes Saudi bid to broker Hamas-Fatah talks Burston: Hamas - If we can kill them, we can talk to them Moscow pushing for follow-up Mideast peace summit in April U.K. pledges $500M in aid to PA if peace process successful Arens The new post-ZionistsTo the strident voices of the post-Zionists have in the past years been added the voices of our prime minister, Ehud Olmert, and one of his newest sidekicks, Tzipi Livni, Israel's foreign minister. Jerusalem Post Editorial Missing urgency Israel tried to keep low profile on Iran. This reticence may have been misinterpreted as lack of urgency. The 'four-phase' approach [ URI SAVIR PA rips Saudis for hosting Mashaal Israeli, PA talks to focus on process, not content Israeli Envoy: War With Iran May Be Unavoidable Hamas to Rice: We Want Dialogue With US Internal Security Minister: 250,000 Israelis Under Rocket Threat from Gaza If We Don't Act Israel Now World's Fourth Largest Weapons Exporter Libby to drop appeal in CIA leak case Libby is no longer appealing his conviction in the CIA leak case, a tacit recognition that continuing his legal fight might only make things worse. Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine EU criticises Israel settler plan Fuel cuts to Gaza increase misery, blame (By Erica Silverman) |
| Iraq's Sadr uses lull to rebuild Army Moqtada al-Sadr's Shiite militia aims to return leaner, stronger. Putin taps Medvedev as presidential successor Dmitri Medvedev, chairman of Russian energy giant Gazprom, is seen as a weak candidate over whom Putin wields strong influence. ASIA FT WORLD NEWS: China ready to remind US that dialogue is not a one-way street WSJ Cooling China Only depegging the currency will help. Pakistan Reclaims Valley By: Katie Falkenberg and Betsy Pisik | The Washington Times India's Communists Threaten to Derail U.S.-India Nuclear Deal By: Jason Motlagh | World Politics Review IHT Australia's leadership shift By PHILIP BOWRING Australia's new prime minister, Kevin Rudd, has signaled a shift in Australia's foreign relations. | By THOMAS HAMMARBERG The total ban against torture must be defended. Putin endorses confidant as successor in RussiaThe choice of Dmitri Medvedev, chairman of the natural-gas giant Gazprom, suggested that suggests how Putin plans to retain influence after his term ends. Protesters mark passing of Kosovo deadlineBut with national sovereignty still beyond reach, there was impatience on the streets. Harmony out of reach at EU-Africa summit Kosovo Gears Up for Independence Move EUROPE European press review Daily Star In Spain, missing the terrorism forest for the trees OpenDemocracy The Belgrade-Pristina pincer, Ginanne Brownell FT REPORT - BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 2007: Fears of a Kosovo effect The Vulnerable Have Been Forgotten By: Wanda Troszczynska-van Genderen | The Guardian The search for a solution to Kosovo's status must not be an excuse for the authorities turning a blind eye to its serious human rights problems An Awkward Meeting The Economist Sarkozy Hosts Netanyahu, Backs New Iran Sanctions Sarkozy Implementing Etzioni's Advice? | H12 RFE/RL BBC Putin sees Medvedev as successor Vladimir Putin backs First Deputy PM Dmitry Medvedev to replace him as Russia's president. Vladimir Putin's program: nationalism through extortion Google News Azerbaijan Boston Globe Anointed by the Kremlin boss FEW COMPONENTS of liberal democracy are more indispensable than the right of the citizens to choose new leaders. Something very different was on view yesterday in a televised charade staged by Vladimir Putin. Russia's Role as the 'Awkward Partner' By: Robert Skidelsky | The Japan Times Nagorno-Karabakh: Mediators Strive to Keep Peace-Talk Participants "On the Same Page" EDM MOSCOW LAMBASTES WEST DURING ELECTION LULL
- WEST SILENT AS YEREVAN STEPS UP PRE-ELECTION CRACKDOWN ON OPPOSITION Kadyrov Uses 'Folk Islam' for Political Gain By: Liz Fuller and Azlan Doukaev | Radio Free Europe Kazakhstan: Officials Pledge to Act as OSCE Bridge Connecting North Atlantic, Eurasian States Russia Incorporated by David Satter |
| H13 The Times Kosovan leaders predict independence 'in months' Europe will now determine the province’s fate after the deadline for a UN-brokered deal passed without any agreement Leader The Chosen One Putin appears to endorse what might be a relative liberal as his successor Putin anoints Medvedev as his Kremlin heir In a choreographed move President Putin demonstrated his grip on power and wrong-footed Kremlin-watchers Forces facing a decade locked into Afghanistan Gordon Brown's visit to British troops saw him pledge long-term support and a new drug trade strategy for the country Time for Africa to drop the guilt card Post-colonial rancour was a running theme of the EU-Africa summit but trade might be better ground on which to argue Gaddafi visit to France is ‘kiss of death’ Minister Rama Yade has been rebuked for a tirade against President Sarkozy accusing him of selling out on human rights Forget trying to talk to Khartoum In the post-teddy bear era there is a new way to try and make progress in the Darfur crisis Nick Donovan Wall Street Journal Two Presidents in the White House? Economists Get GloomierEconomists said they see the risk of a recession rising and that the Fed should act to avert one, a WSJ.com survey found. Opinions were mixed on the Treasury-backed subprime plan The Limits of Intelligence Weekly Standard Good News and Bad News | H14 Financial Times COMMENT: The myth of a bargain with Iran The US and the Iranians are strategic rivals in the Gulf, a region that sits on top of 60 per cent of the world’s known oil reserves: they are not going to become friends. The best that can be hoped for is an uneasy modus vivendi, writes Gideon Rachman COMMENT: How to solve the problem of the dollar Countries with dollars they deem excessive would receive an asset denominated in a basket of leading currencies, says Fred Bergsten Editorial A new presence in the Kremlin Kremlin officials will be divided in their loyalty to Dmitry Medvedev, as they have been with Vladimir Putin. But one force will push them to settle their differences Putin favours liberal as successor Russian president has chosen Dmitry Medvedev, a relatively pro-western liberal, as his favoured candidate to succeed him, ending months of speculation Kosovo moves step nearer secession The European Union has moved a step closer to giving unified support for an independent Kosovo, acknowledging that a UN-sponsored attempt to negotiate a settlement for the breakaway province has failed Saudis request to reopen Iraq mission The plan by Saudi Arabia to reopen diplomatic offices in Baghdad could be a significant step towards the reintegration of Shia-led Iraq into the mostly Sunni Arab world Fed likely to consider further rate cuts The Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates by 25 basis points at its policy meeting and indicate its willingness to consider further rate cuts in the future by citing low growth as the main risk to the US economy, most analysts believe FT REPORT - STRATEGIC TRADE ROUTES: ASIA: New milestones on the old Silk Road 'It takes two to tango,' Beijing tells US WORLD NEWS - US CAMPAIGN INSIDERS: Hawkish team that belies liberal image COMMENT: Europe needs a single financial rulebook Cyclical capital There is little evidence so far that subprime losses are creating capital constraints for banks. But it may become a problem next year COMMENT: A poser for the Lib Dems: what are you for? Gadaffi’s visit to France sparks protests Colonel Muammer Gadaffi, the Libyan leader, began a five-day visit to France, triggering sharp criticism from French human rights campaigners and politicians, including a minister in President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government Conrad Black’s fall from grace ends in jail Conrad Black, the former media magnate who once controlled an empire stretching from Vancouver to Jerusalem, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for his role in the multimillion-dollar fraud at Hollinger International WORLD NEWS: China ready to remind US that dialogue is not a one-way street | H15 Los Angeles Times Search for Kosovo resolution fails Fears of violence mount as officials from Pristina and Belgrade fall short of a final compromise for the province Editorial American Values and the Next President The Times begins its editorial series on the values and issues that will shape the 2008 election. Mullen reassures Israel on Iran 'Condoleezza Rice: An American Life,' by Elisabeth Bumiller Congress in tug of war over Iraq funding, domestic spending CIA liability in tape case is unclear The 9/11 commission never specifically requested taped interviews. And, all communication with the CIA was informal. Iraq to disarm its policewomen The move is a sign of the religious and cultural conservatism that has taken hold since Hussein's ouster. F in science, A in self-esteem American 15-year-olds go up against teens from around the world. |
| H16 American Politics NYT Poll Finds G.O.P. Field Isn’t Touching Voters Mike Huckabee is locked in a tight three-way contest nationally, but most Republican voters say they haven’t made a final choice. Full Results (pdf) Just 18% Believe Iran Has Stopped Nuclear Weapons Development Program (Rasmussen Reports) realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp From National Journal, a cover story on Super Donors: A small influential group of lobbyists, with their spouses, donate as much as $200,000 from their personal bank accounts per election cycle. | H17 Daily Telegraph Britain: Iran "Hoodwinked" CIA Over Nuclear Plans Kosovo Scenarios: What Could Happen? Leader Putin's puppet Dmitri Medvedev is to be the next president of Russia. But few observers will be betting much money on the prospect of Mr Medvedev being his own man. UK troops will be there for more than a decade, says PM. Confrontation looms over Kososvo indepedence The EU looks ready to join the US in defying Russia and Serbia over independence | H18 Independent Will Kosovo Spark Another Balkan Crisis? |
| H19Military Intelligence Terrorism BBC CIA man defends 'water-boarding' A retired CIA agent tells ABC News that a top al-Qaeda suspect was subjected to "water-boarding". Gang-Rape Cover-Up by US, Halliburton/KBR Intelligence Oversight Flexes One New Muscle National Security Archive The INF Treaty and the Washington Summit: 20 Years Later | H20 Slate Abolish the CIA Destroying the interrogation tapes amounts to mutiny and treason. Why do so many of us want to disappear and start over?
jurisprudence If the CIA hadn't destroyed those tapes, what would be different?
Examining the strength of support for the GOP front-runners in Iowa. OECD Composite Leading Indicators signal continued weakening outlook for major OECD economies (PDF; 258 KB) A new issue of Finance & Development is out, including an essay on global governance: Why the 20th-century model needs a makeover; a look at how the multilateral system that has underpinned world trade for over 50 years is facing serious challenges; a review of The Persistence of Poverty: Why the Economics of the Well-Off Can't Help the Poor by Charles Karelis; and will financial crises of the future resemble the contagious crises of the 1990s or the country-specific crises of the 1890s? | H21 Humans now evolving 100 times faster Mars robot finds microbe clue What is the real value of a free press in the Information Age? J.S. Mill was an extraordinarily nice, warm, gifted, and intellectually generous man. He was impossible to dislike... more» “Lincoln was very tolerant of ambiguity. He was very non-judgmental.” Yeah? This humble guy who waged one of the most savage wars in U.S. history?... more» Eric Alterman on what's really wrong with the MSM. From The New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell reviews What Is Intelligence? by James Flynn. Dissecting the IQ debate: A response to William Saletan's series on race and IQ. Neo-Hamiltonians are eager to chop up the past and make it conform to their politics. But who was Alexander Hamilton?... more» |
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