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H1 Henry Kissinger Misreading the Iran NIE Why spying and policymaking don't mix. Guardian This treaty is a mess, but it will free Europe to do more important things Timothy Garton Ash: Compared with the US's inspiring constitution, the Lisbon reform treaty reads more like a manual for a forklift truck WSJ Group Says Iran Resumed Weapon Program - Marc Champion and Jay Solomon The National Council for Resistance in Iran (NCRI), the Iranian opposition group that first exposed Iran's nuclear-fuel program, said a U.S. intelligence analysis is correct that Tehran shut down its weaponization program in 2003, but claims that the program was relocated and restarted in 2004. New York Times Fed Leads Drive to Strengthen Bank System Central banks in Europe and North America moved to increase the amount of money they could lend to banks in an attempt to ease the strain of the world credit crunch. Independent Only One Thing Unites Iraq: Hatred of the US by Patrick Cockburn The Dunderheaded Public Roll-Out of the NIE - Dennis Ross (New Republic) Though almost certainly the product of rigorous assessment and questioning, it may actually leave us less secure over time Geopolitical Diary: Iran Responds to the NIE Stratfor The "Surge" Is Precursor to What? WP Iraq's Youthful Militiamen Build Power Through Fear Schoolgirls Told to Wear Scarves, Under Threat of Death Walker's World: Russia's modern czar By MARTIN WALKER Russia's next president likes heavy metal rock and the Orthodox Church and looks like the last Czar Nicholas. Welcome to the new old Russia. Guardian Thanks, but no thanks Ahmad Samih Khalidi: Statehood does not offer the equitable and fair solution the Palestinian people deserve Ha’aretz – Document reveals details of Camp David summit Paper obtained by Haaretz reveals agreements reached on refugees, borders, J'lem at 2000 summit Israel-PA talks resume under shadow of Camp David lessons Document states that prominence of Syrian track in 2000 led to serious crisis of confidence with PA Rosner Who believes in intelligence reports? The failures of U.S. intelligence are too numerous to cite in a short column - or a long one Avineri On America's strength and weakness When no war is raging, when the sides do not have the political desire to reach an agreement and when there is an attempt to arrive at an agreement that will be spread over several years - America merely draws a blank Forward Is the Outline of a Peace Deal Really All That Clear? The Strategic Interest US Jews Tilt Rightwards on Israel: Jim Lobe Cobban Lobe on NIE-sparked fissures in Neocon Central WSJ Stitching up Bosnia Let's offer the Serbs a package deal to heal this festering sore. By MORTON ABRAMOWITZ and EDWARD P. JOSEPH FT LEADER: Murder in Beirut Lebanon, with international support led by France and the US, has a last chance to rediscover some residual unity and regroup around a new president Independent Robert Fisk: Syria denies killing General in car-bomb attack Adrian Hamilton: The UN has come to be seen as a tool of the West Opinion: Here's the surge Iraq needs The US can still stabilize Iraq – if it steps up its efforts. By Christopher Kojm UN chief: World risks 'oblivion' without deal to battle global warming... New Republic How Bush Made Lemons Out of NIE Lemonade Farideh FarhiAn Update on the NIE Spin in Washington and Tehran Asia Times British pullout stokes Iraq's southern fire British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in effectively ending a three-year military operation in Basra in southern Iraq, talked of the job being done, but he stopped short of declaring success. And therein lines the rub. The city the British troops will leave is already a hotbed for militants and Islamic fundamentalists, and the situation can only deteriorate. It's also controlled by ambitious Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army in which Iran is taking more than a passing interest. - Sami Moubayed Protection and Punishment By: Ramesh Thakur | The Japan Times The Storm Over Pakistan By: Fouad Ajami | U.S. News and World Report There is an American problem in Pakistan, and there is a Pakistani problem in Pakistan. In our narcissism, in our obsession with America's investment in President Pervez Musharraf, we must not lose sight of the enduring truths of Pakistan's political life. All Mixed Up Over Iran - Victor Davis Hanson, RealClearPolitics FTBeijing lectures US on weak dollar Warns of serious global implications Beijing turned the tables on the US after years of criticism from Washington of its handling of the Chinese economy, warning of the serious global implications of the weak dollar, recent US interest rate cuts and the subprime crisis CEPS The Priorities of the Slovenian Presidency of the EU Jerusalem Post The case against Kosovo independence [ MIODRAG ISAKOV Costs and Benefits of Euro Membership: A Counterfactual Analysis CEPII This 50-page French paper calculates the costs or gains of EMU membership CSIS Virtual Agreement, Virtual Negotiations Getting Israeli and Palestinian leaders to sit down together at Annapolis was an impressive show of support and hope, but negotiations need more than hope to succeed The Israel Lobby and the War Party: Justin Raimondo Disarmament: the forgotten issue, Dan Plesch Dani Rodrik Joe (Stiglitz) and I | H2 Stratfor Turkey: Seeking an Outlet for Expansion Turkish power continues to rise, and it is only a matter of time before it seeks an outlet. Its economy has stabilized after a 2001 crash, and has grown strongly ever since. The government is consolidated under a single party to a degree absent since the time of Kemal Ataturk. The military is strong, flexible and deployable. This broad-spectrum strength allows Turkey to have its fingers in a lot of different pots. The only thing lacking is a strategic decision by the Turks about which direction is most important to Turkey. Once that decision is made, there are no internal barriers to Turkish movement. 'PKK'ya karşı siyasi çözümden yanayız' Turkish Exceptionalism: Interview with Serif Mardin Asharq Alawsat OpenDemocracy Turkey and a new vision for Europe, openDemocracy The relationship between Turkey and the European Union needs a fresh debate based on reason, evidence, and understanding not fear and prejudice. A group of leading European intellectuals and analysts introduces this initiative and invites responses. The Transformation of Kurdish and Kurdistan Society to ‘Civic Loyalties’ By Karim Hasan Abdullah EDM TURKISH MILITARY ADMITS LOSING PSYCHOLOGICAL WAR, TARGETS KURDISH MPS Ankara welcomes troops returning from Afghanistan Turkish Troops Return Home From Mission in Afghanistan Turkish Chief of Staff Meets Chinese Deputy Chief of Staff Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring The Transformation of Kurdish and Kurdistan Society to ‘Civic Loyalties’ By Karim Hasan Abdullah MÜMTAZ'ER TÜRKÖNE - Kürtlerin onuru 'Kürt-Türk Kardeşliği' ve Millet Olma 'PKK yılda 100 milyon dolara ihtiyaç duyuyor' Iraqi Kurdistan Region Deputy PM News Conference on USA Visit Hiçbir ordu zamanı gelmiş düşünceye karşı duramaz Ekonomik ve sosyal paket Doğu'da yaraları sarıyor Consulates in Irbil are interesting, but deals with 20 oil companies more so Yeni 'pişmanlık' yok 'PKK'yı dağdan indirme' planı mevcut 'pişmanlık' yasasıyla uygulanacakmış Prof. Sancar: 221. madde eve dönüşe yetmez DTP'nin farkı mı var? Tarhan Erdem DTP konusunda yargı kararı beklenmeli DTP: Büyükanıt’ın sözleri en azından talihsizlik Büyükanıt’ın sözleri yargıyı etkiler mi? America is a threat, Iran is not! Iran, Syria: Pipeline Repairs and Diplomatic Deals Iraq and Syria will speed up repairs on an oil pipeline connecting the northern Iraqi oil field of Kirkuk and the Syrian port of Banias The Transformation of Kurdish and Kurdistan Society to 'Civic ... MELİHA OKUR Bu KEPCO ne iş yapar? PKK'lılar kıskaca alındı: 16 terörist öldürüldü Can Ataklı Irak’taki Türkmenler korku içinde Fırat: Meclis’te PKK’lıya rastlamadım Pelinsu’nun babası karakolda kayboldu Tabip Üsteğmen'den 12 gündür haber yok New Group Found in Iranian Kurd City Jordan Paper Reports King's Talks in Turkey, France Öldürülen bir PKK'lı kadın komutan çıktı DTP, IRA'nın siyasi kanadı ile görüşecek Terörle mücadelede, netice için ne gerekiyorsa yaparız Mahir Kaynak Barzani seçimi kaybedecek Iraqi, Kurdish PMs Discuss Oil, 2008 Budget Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 12 Dec 07 Turkish President to Visit Kazakhstan A Talibanized Pakistan with nuclear weapons: A credible nightmare? Window on Eurasia: Armenia's Kurds Get in the Way of Any Karabakh ... Baghdad vs. Irbil begins ... Lukoil getting itchy for W. Qurna ... The ... A Call to Action: Kurdistan Press freedom in danger Honor Killing Epidemic in Kurdistan Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber M. Ali BİRAND Sarkozy, Türkiye'yi dışladıkça... Sami KOHEN Adres AB mi, Fransa mı? Bakan Babacan: "AB süreci rayında" Hadi Uluengin Bizim deniz mi Sarkozy’nin denizi mi? Bekir Coşkun Akılsız başım... NİÇİN AB’ye kızdınız? Rusya, AKKA'dan çekildi silahlanma yarışı kapıda Ergin Yıldızoğlu Bir Nefret Nesnesi olarak Putin Rumlardan İsrail'e diplomatik atak Adar Primor Kostas Karamanlis sonunda geliyor Erdoğan: Sarkozy’nin iki farklı yüzü var Armenian Official Blames Turkey for Lack of Neighbourly Relations Macedonian Premier to Visit Turkey on 17 December Avrupa Konseyi'nden Türkiye'ye uyarı France 'cannot stop' Turkey's EU bid Yunanistan’da genel grev yaşamı felç etti Kosova bağımsızlık ilan ederse neler olabilir? Germany releases DHKP-C member on bail Turkish Airlines Want to Increase Number of Flights Between Turkey, China
Kanadalı uzmana göre uçakta teknik arıza vardı TÜBİTAK ödül törenine türbanlı öğrenci damgasını vurdu Al Gore'un Barış Nobel'i Nuray Mert Tataristan'da Nurculara operasyon Yamanlar, Fatih and Samanyolu make their mark in science olympics Dramın değeri yılda 7 milyar dolar | H3Anayasa için sivil toplumdan 36 ilke MHP'den 'istifa' çağrısı MHP'li milletvekilleri, Genelkurmay Başkanı'nın 'terörün siyasallaştığı ve legalleştiği' yolundaki açıklamasına, 'Bu sözler başarısızlığının itirafı. İstifa etmeli' şeklinde tepki gösterdi Fikret BİLA Etkin pişmanlık dağdan indirir mi? Pişmanlık yasası çözüm getirir mi? Seyfettin Gürsel Avrupa Birliği için yeni strateji ABD’den K. Irak’ı istedik vermediler Judiciary ‘second most corrupt sector’ Cüneyt Ülsever Yol haritası var mı? Cengiz Çandar 2007’nin en önemli beş olayı ERDAL ŞAFAK Dağ kadrolarını çözmek M. Ali BİRAND Sarkozy, Türkiye'yi dışladıkça... AB İLE İLİŞKİLERDE DURAKLAMA DÖNEMİ Sami KOHEN Adres AB mi, Fransa mı? Hasan CEMAL Başbakan Erdoğan ne düşünüyor? Semih İDİZ Yaşar Paşa'dan düşündürücü sözler Üzülme Paşam, değerleri kaptırmadık Hasan Celal Güzel Ahmet Taşgetiren Göbels olsa ne yazar! - Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Isolated analysis does not make sense İbrahim Kalın NGOs call for individual-oriented constitution Babacan İlk 100 gününün yarısını yurtdışı seyahatleriyle geçirdi BBC Monitoring Quotes From the Turkish Press 12 December 07 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 Kıvanç Fehmi Koru Shut your eyes and think of Turkey YÖK Başkanı'na ilk hediye! İbrahim Kalın A new chapter in Turkish higher education 12 Eylül sonrası camileri araştırdı [Yorum] Yeni YÖK başkanından beklentiler Ertuğrul Özkök Asansördeki İtalyan Ahmet Hakan Nur Serter’e sorular Yalçın Bayer ’Kuvvetler ayrılığı’ gitti, tarih oldu Alevis in my childhood by M. NACİ BOSTANCI* Yürütme, yargı işleri ve yeni anayasa Yalçın Doğan Şeriat iyi para edecek Mehmet Altan Paşa’nın itirafı... Bilal Çetin “Sağlam formülü” ne kadar sağlam? Mehmet Tezkan Hükümetin ilk 100 günü: sıfıra sıfır elde var sıfır Mustafa Erdoğan ‘Hukuk mukuk dinlemeyen’ hakimler Baykal: Türkiye dini hegemonya altına giriyor 'HSYK'ya siyasi müdahale olmamalı' Nedir komutanların amacı? ERGUN BABAHAN 2008 ve sıkıntılar NAZLI ILICAK Özgür bir üniversite MAHMUT ÖVÜR AK Parti İstanbul'da 'derin' hesap! YAVUZ DONATYargı üzerinden siyaset 'Anayasa başörtü sorununu çözecek' Şükrü Küçükşahin Ağar artık cepten ödüyor Güneri CIVAOĞLU DP küllerinden doğmalı Constitutional Court president supports individual legal petitions ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Düşük büyüme cari açığa yansıyacak mı? Kötü gidişatın nedenleri Fatih Özatay Ercan KumcuDüşen büyüme yükselen enflasyon Erdal Sağlam Anayasa’ya ekonomik maddeler şart oldu İktidar tercih aşamasında Mahfi Eğilmez Salih Neftçi Merkez Bankası faizi en az yarım puan indirmeli Güngör URAS Üretimde yavaşlama işsizlik ve fakirlik demektir AKP'nin işsizliği kadınları daha çok vurdu Şükrü Kızılot Oran indirilince kurumlar vergisi geliri arttı 2007 yılı bütçesinin, 11 aylık sonuçları belli oldu Asaf Savaş Akat Hisarcıklıoğlu: Ayakta olmak için hızlı olacağız, hızlı büyüyeceğiz 'Merkez Bankası için teklif gelmedi gelirse hizmet etmekten onur duyarım' Hurşit GÜNEŞ Küresel etkiler sonucu büyümenin motorları yavaşlıyor | |
H4 New York Times Fed Leads Drive to Strengthen Bank System Central banks in Europe and North America moved to increase the amount of money they could lend to banks in an attempt to ease the strain of the world credit crunch. Federal Reserve Press Release News Analysis: C.I.A. Agents Sense Shifting Support for Methods ROGER COHEN Secular Europe’s Merits Mitt Romney’s speech and the emergence of the anti-Darwin Baptist minister Mike Huckabee suggest how estranged the American zeitgeist is from the European. Lebanese General Killed in Bomb Blast Aiming to Translate Politics Into Hope for Palestinians Mideast Teams Begin Peace Talks In a Funk, Italy Sings an Aria of Disappointment For all of Italy’s outside adoration, the country finds itself in an economic, political and social funk Editorial A Shameful Presidential Threat It is astonishing that President Bush would think of vetoing, by almost any measure, the most important energy bill that Congress has entertained in years. | H5 Washington Post Henry Kissinger Misreading the Iran NIE Why spying and policymaking don't mix. Intelligence Oversight In Free Fall By David Ignatius Whatever else one might say about America's accident-prone intelligence agencies, it seems clear that the system of congressional oversight that was established in the mid-1970s to supervise them isn't working Iraq's Youthful Militiamen Build Power Through Fear Schoolgirls Told to Wear Scarves, Under Threat of Death Algiers Attack Shows Maturing of Al-Qaeda Unit Analysts See Bid for Notice William Arkin In Defense of Air Power Car Bombing Kills Army General in Increasingly Tense Lebanon Triple Car Bombing Kills 46 in S. Iraq Attack in Usually Quiet Amarah Is Country's Worst Since August A Dud From Team Clinton By Robert D. Novak, The failure of a stepped-up whisper campaign against Barack Obama doesn't portend well for Hillary Clinton. Democrats Blaming Each Other For Failures CIA Chief: Hill Should Have Been Told More Probe of Videotapes May Be Drawn Out Survey Finds Friction Among Minority Groups Despite Stereotypes and Distrust, Poll Shows Shared Values and Hope for Closing Rifts U.S. Strategy Succeeds in Bali Climate Talks Turn to Efforts Other Than Emissions Targets Russia Orders 2 British Offices Closed Move Against Cultural Agency Tied to Dispute in Litvinenko Case | H6 Guardian This treaty is a mess, but it will free Europe to do more important things Timothy Garton Ash: Compared with the US's inspiring constitution, the Lisbon reform treaty reads more like a manual for a forklift truck Thanks, but no thanks Ahmad Samih Khalidi: Statehood does not offer the equitable and fair solution the Palestinian people deserve Women victim of war in Iraq General's murder deepens crisis Banks act on meltdown fear UK, US, Swiss, Europeans and Canadians take unprecedented action to ease credit crisis This crisis spells the end of the free market consensus Seumas Milne: The credit squeeze is set to trigger the end of the boom that has shaped our times. Politics is going to change with it Leader It is polite to turn up on time European treaty: If all goes well, the new Europe of cooperating nation states may finally stop looking inwards and at last seek to play the constructive role in the global economy, politics and environment of the 21st century that Europeans - including the British - want it to Al-Qaida's expanding franchise Paul Cruickshank The Iraq war transformed the local Algerian terrorist group responsible for yesterday's attacks into a larger international threat Blow for Clinton as Obama takes lead Rival ahead for first time in New Hampshire as campaign team plans to step up attacks on rival Benn: we may not get carbon deal US criticised by Germany and China but minister says emissions wrangle 'should not overshadow progress' Suspicious minds Nicholas Blincoe Russia's crackdown on the British Council reflects a fear that foreign-backed NGOs can be used to spread disaffection Kurt Hoffman Multinational companies can provide the supply chains, investment, accountability and brand leverage needed to tackle global poverty Actions speak louder Stephen Humphreys The Bali Summit: If climate change is a human rights problem, why is no stepping forward to suggest a solution? Ian Bancroft It is misleading to use the issue of national security to justify support for Kosovo's independence, as David Cameron suggests Serb general gets 33 years' jail for siege of Sarajevo Commander who staged the longest siege of a European city in modern times sentenced to 33 years in jail for war crimes | |
H7 UN chief: World risks 'oblivion' without deal to battle global warming... New Republic How Bush Made Lemons Out of NIE Lemonade Asia Times British pullout stokes Iraq's southern fire British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in effectively ending a three-year military operation in Basra in southern Iraq, talked of the job being done, but he stopped short of declaring success. And therein lines the rub. The city the British troops will leave is already a hotbed for militants and Islamic fundamentalists, and the situation can only deteriorate. It's also controlled by ambitious Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army in which Iran is taking more than a passing interest. - Sami Moubayed Protection and Punishment By: Ramesh Thakur | The Japan Times The Storm Over Pakistan By: Fouad Ajami | U.S. News and World Report There is an American problem in Pakistan, and there is a Pakistani problem in Pakistan. In our narcissism, in our obsession with America's investment in President Pervez Musharraf, we must not lose sight of the enduring truths of Pakistan's political life. FoxNews Iran's Top Commanders Are Nuclear Weapons Scientists; Iran Nuclear Weapons Program Dispersed, Not Halted - Sharon Kehnemui Liss Opinion: Key question is what happens, if Russia does not deliver nuclear fuel to Bushehr Book Says Bush Privately Sought Rice's Approval Before Iraq War Uri Avnery An Inconvenient Truth for Israel Der Spiegel US at the Bali Climate Change Conference: The American Gap between Words and Deeds | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor US Military Command in Iraq Shifts Big Military Changes in a Still Shaky Iraq IRAQ: Local governance gains may not be sustainable BBC Destabilisation fear Attack in Algeria Reopens Country's War Wounds, Stirs Terror Fears Le Monde Djihad à l'algérienne Hezbollah: Signs of a Sophisticated Intelligence Apparatus Jordan's Benign, Stable Authoritarianism By: Rami G. Khouri | The Daily Star It is hard to know what is significant about the Jordanian parliamentary elections that were held in Amman last month, given that pro-government deputies won 104 of the 110 seats in the elected lower house -- a body that in any case is balanced, or complemented, by the upper house appointed by the king. Saudis Battle Bin Laden's Jihad With 150 Clerics, Art Classes By: Glen Carey | Bloomberg News US Papers Thurs: Young Guns of the Mahdi Army Three car bombs kill 41 in southern city Syrian Vice-President Discusses Regional Issues, Urges Arab Solidarity BBC Monitoring Quotes From Middle East Arabic Press for 12 Dec 07 Farouk al-Sharaa: “The Worst is Over in Lebanon - Syria Army will Never be Back” “Lebanon’s Exodus” by Rana Fil: Newsweek From behind the wheel, a frank view of Cairo A bestselling novel offers surprising critiques of Egyptian society and government through the voices of taxi drivers. Ex-President in Iran Plugs Democracy Illiteracy increasing among Iraq's refugee children | H9 Ha’aretz – Document reveals details of Camp David summit Paper obtained by Haaretz reveals agreements reached on refugees, borders, J'lem at 2000 summit Israel-PA talks resume under shadow of Camp David lessons Document states that prominence of Syrian track in 2000 led to serious crisis of confidence with PA Israeli official: U.S. is not doing enough on Iran Inside Intel / How Iran was sold a lemon Rosner Who believes in intelligence reports? The failures of U.S. intelligence are too numerous to cite in a short column - or a long one Avineri On America's strength and weakness When no war is raging, when the sides do not have the political desire to reach an agreement and when there is an attempt to arrive at an agreement that will be spread over several years - America merely draws a blank Hamas Tightens Control on PA Institutions in Gaza – The educational tower of PISAYears of neglect, failed management and lack of leadership have become an Israeli default that invites myriad localized solutions, a sort of informal privatization beckoning outside parties with money to enter the abandoned sovereign realm and do what they want with the children BBC Difficult start to Mid-East talks Israelis and Palestinians trade recriminations in their first detailed peace talks in almost seven years. Jerusalem Post Danger averted | |
Opinion: Here's the surge Iraq needs The US can still stabilize Iraq – if it steps up its efforts. In Europe, Gates to push for NATO help in Afghanistan Defense Secretary Robert Gates heads to Scotland to ask for more European troops Fed acts, but a dip still looms Its rate cuts haven't been aggressive enough to boost the economy, say some analysts Is waterboarding torture? Key question in furor over CIA tapes Probes by Attorney General Mukasey and others could help determine how far the controversy reaches. Critics say President Sarkozy ignored Libya's dismal human rights record while pursuing $17.6 billion in business deals. 'I love you' trumps Iraqi sectarian divide At mass wedding, 70 couples are feted by a media magnate promoting Iraqi reconciliation. Beirut bombing kills Lebanese general, deepens political crisis The assassination of Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj may have been revenge for a summertime campaign against Islamic militants ASIA China Outwits the EU in Africa By: Bernt Berger | Asia Times FTBeijing lectures US on weak dollar Warns of serious global implications Beijing turned the tables on the US after years of criticism from Washington of its handling of the Chinese economy, warning of the serious global implications of the weak dollar, recent US interest rate cuts and the subprime crisis COMMENT: Abductees cast a shadow on the future of Japan The US has its hands full in the Middle East. Besides, if Beijing can live with a nuclear N Korea, then so can Washington, writes David Pilling WT China's currency defiance China's refuses to significantly revalue its currency, the yuan, despite widespread agreement among economists and G-8 officials that its substantial undervaluation is suppressing imports. Chinese Are Expecting a New Baby Boom Gates: US Should Act in Pakistan if Needed Most Pakistanis want Musharraf out: poll Analysis: India intel fails to halt terror (UPI) -- India says its state intelligence departments are not equipped to take on terrorism following failures that have put their efficiency in doubt. Al-Qaeda fights for its mark in Pakistan Taliban regroup after losing cityRumors of brutality by Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters spurred Afghan President Hamid Karzai to order the attack that led to the recapture of the key southern town of Musa Qala. But even as the Taliban, reported to be 2,000-strong in the area, fled into the mountains, counterattacks were mounted just south of the newly secured area near a key dam reconstruction project China outwits the EU in AfricaOn the back of a business-first foreign policy, China is rapidly supplanting Europe as Africa's major trade and development partner. It is an intriguing geopolitical alliance between the world's fastest-expanding economy and the most impoverished continent. Meanwhile, the EU squirms as Beijing's non-interference policy ignores its lofty plans for good governance and sustainability. - Bernt Berger | H11 IHT Roger Cohen: The Euro-American religious divide In charting his vision of a faith-based presidency, Mitt Romney essentially pitted the faithful against the faithless. A summit of EU-African discontent The recent meeting of European and African leaders in Lisbon was billed as the start of a new "strategic partnership." The talk was rough, but trade and human rights were the right issues. Russia's revolving door: Back to you, Vladimir Putin outgrew his patron. Let's hope Medvedev can outgrow his. France's hidden discrimination By HAMID SENNI France must learn how to include all of its people in the country's social, economic and political life. Diversity is no longer one option, but the only option. In Italy, a winter of discontent A recent poll show that Italians, despite their claim to have mastered the art of living, report themselves the least happy people in Western Europe. EUROPE European press review BBC EU reform treaty goes under pen European Union leaders gather in Lisbon to sign the reform treaty drafted to replace the ill-fated EU constitution. CEPS The Priorities of the Slovenian Presidency of the EU Jerusalem Post The case against Kosovo independence [ MIODRAG ISAKOV Costs and Benefits of Euro Membership: A Counterfactual Analysis CEPII This 50-page French paper calculates the costs or gains of EMU membership Kosovo to Shun Violence Against Serbs, Use Politics, Ceku Says By: Aleksandra Nenadovic | Bloomberg News The breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo will shun violence and use political means to control the ethnic Serb minority, said Agim Ceku, Kosovo's outgoing Prime Minister Old Tensions Revive in Northern Ireland By: Kim Murphy | Los Angeles Times A brutal killing blamed on the IRA is a reminder of the British province's legacy of paramilitary violence. Swiss ambush ousts Blocher Nation’s leading rightwing politician is ejected from government in a shock parliamentary vote that calls into question the country’s system of consensus politics WSJ Some in Europe Cling to Revolution Dreams The arrest of an underground group in Italy demonstrates how left-wing political terrorism retains a romantic appeal for some Europeans, even though the movements that fed the political violence of the 1970s have long vanished. | H12 RFE/RLRussia: Former German Leader Staunchly Defends Moscow's Priorities EDM MEDVEDEV – A FACELESS FUTURE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
- BAKU SAYS TIME NEEDED TO DISCUSS NEW MINSK GROUP PROPOSAL Google News Azerbaijan Walker's World: Russia's modern czar By MARTIN WALKER Russia's next president likes heavy metal rock and the Orthodox Church and looks like the last Czar Nicholas. Welcome to the new old Russia. It's Orange, But Is it Bright? By: Tomas Valasek | The Guardian Putinomics Peterson Institute Gvosdev Medvedev, Putin, the Prime Minister and the Napoleonic Precedent Weekly Standard The Law of Succession Why Putin picked Medvedev. Keeping Medvedev on a Short Leash By: Yulia Latynina | The Moscow Times Keeping Medvedev on a Short Leash Russia's presidential election was held Monday. President Vladimir Putin voted for First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to become the new president. Deckchairs on the Titanic By: David Hearst | The Guardian U.S. Proposal Tolerates Russian Military Presence in Moldova By: Vladimir Socor | Eurasia Daily Monitor Russia orders British Council offices to stop operationsMoscow ordered the British government's cultural arm to halt work at its regional offices, in the latest round of a bitter dispute over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, a Kremlin critic. Putin's hold on Russia FOR AMERICAN liberals who like to compare the rise of authoritarianism in Vladimir Putin's Russia to the "imperial presidency" of George W. Bush, this month's political events in Russia - the rigged "elections" in a de facto one-party system, and the emergence of Putin's handpicked heir, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, as the next president with Putin himself the likely ... (By Cathy Young, Boston Globe) | |
H13 The Times Don't blame America for our woes US sub prime is no more to blame for our housing pain than an owl's hoot is for nightfall Anatole Kaletsky Knocking it off the ‘worry list’ may take decades Rather than proposing a solution, Gordon Brown has reasserted that Britain's role in Afghanistan will last for decades Bronwen Maddox Divide and conquer plan to beat the Taleban Officials say 5,000 Taleban, fighting for as little as £5 a day, have already agreed to renounce violence to rejoin society Europe's political leaders now need to concentrate on global institutional reform US rejects Bali climate change guidelines Proposal would have set out an ambition to cut industrialised nations' emissions by up to two fifths in the next 13 years Army now a target after bomb kills general Lebanon's crisis deepens after General François Hajj, the army’s director of military operations, is murdered British forces to hand over Basra on Sunday Deadline of December 16 set for Iraqi authorities to take control of province, as deadly car bomb kills 40 in Amara Minister Reveals Doubts on Blair's Iraq Weapons Dossier Wall Street Journal Harvard for Free ARTICLE: "Rising Global Demand for Oil Provoking New Energy Crisis," by Jad Mouawad, New York Times, 9 November 2007, p. A1. ARTICLE: "High-Priced Oil Scrambles Race For World's Wealth and Power," by Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 November 2007, p. A1. THE ECONOMY: "Cash Hoarders: The governments of developing nations are aggressively investing globally," by David Cho and Thomas Heath, Washington Post National Weekly Edition, 5-11 November 2007, p. 23. THINK AGAIN: "Oil," by Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, Foreign Policy, December 2007, p. 24. | H14 Financial Times Central banks make joint assault The world’s central banks unleashed a co-ordinated assault on the credit squeeze in global financial markets, setting off a wild day of trading as investors tried to make sense of a barrage of measures to increase market liquidity COMMENT: Sarkozy's mercantilism could hurt France If there is a guiding thread in France’s diplomatic moves, from Sarkozy’s trip to Washington to phoning Putin, it is an economic one, says Dominique Moïsi COMMENT: Workers of the New World unite! The US has a low rate of union membership. How, then, to account for the upsurge in labour militancy in the TV and film industries, asks John Gapper The charge of the central banks | Displaced Iraqis return Global warming beyond control? Environmental experts question whether yielding a reduction in greenhouse gases exceeds what the world can achieve. 3 car bombs kill 42, shattering Iraqi city's calm Murder of top Lebanese official adds to anxiety Editorial , Ahmadinejad Lowers the Volume By: Ramin Mostaghim and Borzou Daragahi | Los Angeles Times | |
H16 American Politics Barack Obama / Boston Globe: CNN N.H. Poll: Obama, Clinton tied; Romney remains strong CSM Beyond the presidential résumé Modern presidential history shows that experience does not guarantee policy success. Poll shows rifts among minority groups, but hope for future Zev Chafets / New York Times: realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp Race & Ethnicity in America: Turning a Blind Eye to Injustice Fred Thompson: a maverick conservative who loves the law The GOP presidential hopeful has often defied his party and colleagues to chart his own course. LA Times 'Life'Editorial: The second in a series of editorials examining American values and the candidates for president. Deal would give Bush victory on war funding | H17 Daily Telegraph Banks pump billions into crisis-hit markets Home owners and borrowers were given fresh hope after an unprecedented intervention in the faltering financial markets by the world's largest central banks Mid East peace talks off to a rocky start The first peace negotiations in seven years between Israelis and Palestinians began amid tension over Palestinian militant activities and a fresh land dispute in Jerusalem. Leader Defeating the Taliban But the patience required to prevent Afghanistan from again becoming a base for terror - this could take decades - is enough to make any Western politician nervous More recruits needed for Afghan battles Gordon Brown admits more recruit needed as he outlined a new long-term strategy to "isolate and eradicate" the Taliban Islamo-Communist Cult Member Says Iran Restarted Weapons Program UK children 'still trapped by poverty' Gap between rich and poor has not narrowed under Labour as class barriers remain as rigid as in the 1970s, according to new research Don't be fooled - Britain's not finished Are we drifting towards break-up, carried along by currents we cannot conquer? Iain Martin considers there to be grounds for optimism about Britain's survival prospects | H18 Independent Robert Fisk: Syria denies killing General in car-bomb attack Adrian Hamilton: The UN has come to be seen as a tool of the West Russian ban on British Council strains relations The strained relations between Britain and Russia took another turn for the worse yesterday when the Russian authorities ordered the British Council to curtail its activities Karzai 'already in talks with allies of former Taliban leader' Brown keeps distance on Europe by refusing to back EU symbols The Big Question: What is the British Council, and does it still serve a useful purpose? | |
H19Military Intelligence Terrorism U.S. intelligence: Quo vadis? There is no consensus as to the “best practices” intelligence strategies required to protect the country"s interests, both at home and abroad. Windows into the Jihadist Mindset Washington Institute Islamist Terrorism in Northwestern Africa: A 'Thorn in the Neck' of the United States? US military in denial over 'pain ray' Guardian Crowd control always presents a problem for the military and police. How do you keep people away from a site without direct physical confrontation, when someone is almost sure to get hurt? Tear gas has variable effects and depends on wind; rubber bullets have killed. But what about a system that inflicts pain at a distance, without contact? Is the CIA getting a bad rap? The agency is imperfect, but we need it—now more than ever. Webcast: The Origins of FBI Counterintelligence A FISA Fix By: U.S. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey | Los Angeles Times To Weaken al Qaeda, Strengthen U.S. Humanitarian Role By: Ken Ballen | Miami Herald Algiers Attack Shows Maturing of Al-Qaeda Unit Analysts See Bid for Notice CFR Private Security Contractors Newsweek: Paper Trail — Who authorized the CIA to destroy interrogation videos? From PUP, the introduction to Torture and Democracy by Darius Rejali (and an interview). Watching torture: A reporter's reflections on "the pornography of violence". A review of The Guantanamo Files: the Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison by Andy Worthington. Think the Guantanamo detainees are all innocent? Think again. Alexander Cockburn reviews The Nuclear Jihadist by Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins; Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons by Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark; America and the Islamic Bomb: The Deadly Compromise by David Armstrong and Joseph J. Trento; and Iran and the Bomb: The Abdication of International Responsibility by Therese Delpech.
| Will the negotiations fall apart over the idea of "climate justice"? Concerns Over Food Inflation As Harvests Fail By: Javier Blas and Chris Flood | Financial Times Some Progress, but a Tough Week Remains at Bali Climate Conference By: Fabio Scarpello | World Politics Review The World Economy and the Outlook for the United States The End of Globalization? By: Gabor Steingart | Der Spiegel America Must Resist Protectionism By: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg | Financial Times How Remote is the Offshoring Threat? CEPII A 34-page French working paper examining the impact of distance effects on offshoring services jobs | H21 Why Do We Make Bad Decisions? Findings From a New Science (PDF; 68 KB) Once upon a time, childhood was a phase, and adulthood fulfilled youth’s promise. But who wants to be adult these days?... more» A decadent society is one that prizes pleasure and convenience above all else. Such nations like to imagine they will never have to go to war... more» Philosophers don’t observe, they sit in their armchairs, lost in thought. This traditional view is changing... more» In Italy, a winter of discontent A recent poll show that Italians, despite their claim to have mastered the art of living, report themselves the least happy people in Western Europe. Remaking the Journal Rupert Murdoch's influence on The Wall Street Journal is already apparent Capello for England after flying visit The FA is expected to confirm Fabio Capello will be the new England manager, with a salary of £4m | |
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