| H1 2008 Herzliya Conference Program January 20-23 Program Live VOD Working Papers Lecture Summaries Washington Post Making Iraq Safe for Politics By Frederick W. Kagan, Jack Keane and Michael O'Hanlon Don't believe the surge is having a positive impact? Ask the Iraqi Parliament. Surge to Nowhere Don't buy the hawks' hype. The war may be off the front pages, but Iraq is broken beyond repair, and we still own it. By Andrew J. Bacevich Don't buy the hawks' hype. The war may be off the front pages, but Iraq is broken beyond repair, and we still own it. President Making A Final Push On Foreign Policy Bush, World Leaders Anticipating 2009 Gaza Gripped by Cold and Darkness After Israel Blocks Delivery of Fuel Increasingly Stale Rhetoric on Iraq - Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek Book Bush thought his father lacked a grand doctrine. His greatest failures have come from trying to craft one. By Jacob Weisberg Forward Internal Memo Takes on Obama’s Approach to Middle East A confidential memo questioning Senator Barack Obama’s potential approach to Middle East policy was circulated earlier this month among staffers at a major American Jewish organization Russia 'Might' Use Pre-Emptive Nukes SPIEGEL INTERVIEW with OPEC's Secretary-General : 'International Oil Companies Are the Real Dinosaurs' Los Angeles Times Iran sanctions ripple past those in power The people and small businesses are feeling the pinch. And the West is debating even tougher restrictions. AP ANALYSIS: Discontent Surges in Iraq McClatchy Violence increases and tensions rise among Iraqi Shiites New York Times War, Meet the 2008 Campaign By MICHAEL R. GORDON In Iraq, a sense of a long slog ahead. In the air at home, hints of victory or prompt exit. Pentagon Weighs Top Iraq General as Chief of NATO The move would give Gen. David H. Petraeus a high-level post during the next administration but has raised concerns about the practice of rotating war commanders ROGER COHEN U.S. Soldiers and Shoppers Hit the Wall Is the United States losing control of its destiny? U.S. forces are stretched to the limit in Iraq and Afghanistan. But a much larger American army, the one that's spent this century shopping, is even more overextended. Sunday Times FBI ‘covers up’ file of nuclear secrets theft The FBI has been accused of covering up a file detailing government dealings with a network stealing nuclear secrets Boston Globe Defusing the Gaza time bomb THE GAZA STRIP suffers from sky-rocketing unemployment and poverty, and lacks medicine, fuel, electricity, food, and other essential commodities. It is virtually cut off. It also is the most likely trigger for the next Arab-Israeli war. (By Robert Malley, Boston Globe) NYT Magazine The Education of Ben Bernanke Banks won’t lend money. Oil has reached $100 a barrel. Unemployment is up. What’s a Fed chief to do? Washington Post What Recession? By David Ignatius Policymakers are always the last to notice when an economic crisis is brewing. Laura Rozen "Freedom Fighters" Mother Jones The State of the Bush Administration's Democracy-Promotion Push BBC Panorama The Battle for Basra Palace --- Basra: The Legacy (video)
WP Meeting Iraq's Foreign Insurgents Cache of 606 individual records leads military to reassess assumptions about al-Qaeda in Iraq. Boston Globe Small change Why we can't fight terrorists by cutting off their money (By Drake Bennett, Boston Globe)
The Observer Is this the end of cheap food? Alex Renton: After half a century, food security is on the political agenda again Only science can save us from climate catastrophe John Gray: With an increasing population, the earnest debate over the merit of biofuels and wind farms misses the point - it is the technologies we fear that will be our salvation Come on, Mr Brown, stand up to the Chinese Will Hutton: After the end of the Cold War, it seemed that democracy was on the march. But for the last few years, authoritarian government, deriding institutions such as a free media, an independent judiciary and trade unions, has made a comeback WINEP Domestic Issues Trump Foreign Policy in Iran A potential crisis of legitimacy at home is forcing Ayatollah Khamenei to concentrate on domestic issues while taking a defensive position on the country's nuclear program. Mehdi Khalaji writes Newsweek The Great Moqtada Makeover American commanders hope they can turn Sadr's Shiite supporters the same way they have former Sunni insurgents U.S. Primacy, Eurasia's New Strategic Landscape and the Emerging Asian Order
RSIS The Legs of the Triangle: The EU-China Relations
DGAP A 10-page German paper assessing the future of EU-China relations National Security for the Twenty-First Century Source: Demos (UK) Full Report (PDF; 669 KB) Europe and Islam Source: American Enterprise Institute Full Document (PDF; 296 KB) They hate us? So what?
Fouad Ajami, USNews. Did George W. Bush take America to war to prove himself to his dad? Jacob Weisberg's "The Bush Tragedy" takes a look. | Q&A Transcript: Weisberg Financial Times US recession will be hardThere are recessions like the one in 2001 that respond well to a monetary policy stimulus, but this is not going to be one of them, writes Wolfgang Munchau Fiscal stimulus limited help In spite of an imminent fiscal stimulus, the heavy lifting on stabilising the US economy will continue to be done by the Fed. The good news is that it still has room to cut rates. The bad news is that confidence continues to plunge, writes Clive Crook Editorial No primacy in the US primaries Simmering quarrels between the Clinton and Obama camps over race and dirty tricks might yet boil over and push uncommitted voters away from the Democrats UAE set to launch nuclear programme The United Arab Emirates is preparing to launch a nuclear programme, becoming the first Arab state to go ahead with announced ambitions to develop nuclear power Economic uncertainty to dominate Davos Downbeat mood ahead of WEF In Depth: Davos 2008 The Times Leader Delhi's Day India should be allowed to exert greater diplomatic responsibility GuardianBrown backs UN role for India · Conditional support excludes right to veto · PM also calls for reform of World Bank and IMF Leader Skirting the argument
EU Treaty: The timing of Gordon Brown's visit to China and India could hardly be more obvious Britain 'as inept as US' in Iraq
Revelation that neither country foresaw Iraq insurgency undermines British blame of Rumsfeld, though experts did stress danger of tribalism to Blair in 2002
Book extract: Jonathan Steele Republicans lack consensus, but their Democrat rivals lack content Gary Younge: While one party bemoans its choice of candidates, the other has raised little in the way of political debate Kosovo is key as hardliner wins first leg of Serb poll An extreme nationalist wins the first leg of Serbia's presidential election, increasing the chances of Balkan conflict Iraq: Reasons to be Fearful, Yet Hopeful - Trudy Rubin, Miami Herald TimeBlog Memo to US Presidential Candidates Rana Foroohar The dollar is as weak as it's been in more than three decades. Its slide is ushering in a new economic era. A letter from Alon Liel / Chairman of the Israeli-Syrian Peace Society Anti-Occupation Politicos Gain Clout in Iraq Jim Lobe Gates Again Undermines the Hawks | H2 Barry Rubin Turkey And The Middle East: An Updated Assessment: Ankara'yı rahatlatan mesajlar Bizi en iyi Hillary anlar Fatih Çekirge ABD’den alınacak 30 adet F-16 savaş uçağına "milli yazılım" takılacak mı? Yoksa ITT denilen ABD’nin hazır cihazı mı takılacak? Ege'de 25'inci meridyen sürprizi [NEWS ANALYSIS] Turkey starts mediation between Baku and Ashgabat over gas row Kurdish problem in Iraq: an American perspectiveby Emre Uslu & Önder Aytaç* Iraqi Kurdish Writer Urges PKK to Attack Turkish Towns, US Interests Iraqi Kurdish Leader to File Lawsuit Against American Writer, Kurdish Paper (Michael Rubin) How do you say irony in Kurdish? [Michael Rubin] Senior Iraqi Kurdish Politician Discusses Kirkuk, Kurdish-US Relations İsrail ile 'teröre karşı' istihbarat paylaşımı artırılacak Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring Barzani discovering his limits in N. Iraq after setbacks Tuncel: Haklar verilmezse Türkiye bölünebilir Emin Pazarcı Barzani'den Türkiye'ye tuzak Eser Karakaş Kürt meselesi belki de son kez Kurdish Political Dilemma in Turkey İhsan Bal Başbakan Erdoğan, Kürt gençlerini, Kürt giysileriyle üniversitelere kabul etmeye hazır mı?
DTP sertleşti: "Sabrımızı zorlamayın" Ekren: "5 yıl içinde 4 milyona istihdam" PKK, Türkiye'ye patlayıcı madde geçirmekte zorlanmaya başladı Jetler, PKK'nın dünyayla iletişimini kesti Genelkurmay'dan yeni bir açılım; teröristler için 'Gençler' ifadesi kullanıldı Kuzey Irak'a elektrik ihracatı kısıtlandı 'Celal Talabani Türkiye'ye davet edilsin' Syrian Kurdish Group to Form "Armed Organization" Writer Speculates on Iraqi President's Concession to Kurdish KDP Writer Says Iraqi Kurdistan Islamic Union Undergoing Crisis Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 19 Jan 08 Karada büyük operasyon Kandil’de köstebek korkusu Dağdaki silahı bıraksa bu sorun yine çözülmez DTP'liler operasyon bölgesine gidecek Şam'da Lübnan mesaisi Lübnan’da etkini kullan, sorunu çöz Lübnan ricası Mustafa Armağan Kasr-ı Şirin efsanesi Diyarbakır bombacısı, 'ninhydrin' yöntemiyle yakalanmış DTP'nin yürüyüşünde gergin anlar yaşandı DTP'li vekil, Öcalan'a destek yürüyüşünde Şırnak'ta canlı bomba alarmı Silopi’de 3 PKK’lı teslim oldu Operasyonla birlikte eğitimde sürüyor
Doğu-batı kardeşliği için belediyeler devrede Talabani’nin partisi ’yanlışlıkla’ ABD’nin terör listesinde Özay Şendir Terör-tarikat ortaklığı Vahap Munyar Cumhurbaşkanı Gül diğer ülke liderlerinin elini nasıl acıtabilir Tek günlük gezide endişeler paylaşıldı
Iraqi Unit Sheds Old Taboos Through Civic Action in Kirkuk On Kurdish nationalism A closer look at Voice of Kurdistan İstihbarat alan komandolar dağlarda... Britannica, Güneydoğu'yu 'Kürdistan' olarak gösterdi Doğu'ya gidecek gönüllü hekim ordusu büyüyor PKK’nın uyusturucusu dedektör köpeğe takıldı Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. HAKAN ALBAYRAK DTP'li Kaplan'dan CHP'li refleksi Bucak'tan DTP'ye başörtüsü eleştirisi Sınırda canlı bomba alarmı 'Kürt sorunu operasyon yapılarak çözülemez' Medeniyetler savaşı mı, ittifakı mı? Turkey’s Fragile Relations with the US Eyes on Ankara’s message to Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir Tartışmalı konuğa tepki mektubu Tartışılan konuk bugün Ankara'da Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Semih İDİZ Erdoğan-Sarkozy-Merkel zirvesi bir tuzak mı? Karamanlis'in Türkiye ziyaretine muhalefet gerçekçi değil Aleksis İraklidis Karamanlis'in TBMM sıkıntısı Saadet Oruç Türkiye’yi dışlamanın bedeli ağır Karamanlis’ Ankara visit highly symbolic, but symbols matter Rauf Denktaş Müşterek mücadele 'Hoşgörü ortamına hizmet etmiyor' The Mediterranean prelude to Turkey’s EU membership? New crisis brewing over fishing rights Genelkurmay Başkanı Büyükanıt İngiltere'de FBI, hırsızlıkla ilgili dosyaları örtbas ediyor
İzlanda'yı Türk uçakları koruyacak Büyükanıt Londra’da Alman dergisinden Türk basınına salvo Ankara Ege'de kriz istemiyor Hollanda'da İslam karşıtı film alarmı [Yorum - Prof. Dr. Beril Dedeoğlu] Son 'neo-con' iş başında AİHM savunması için özel ödenek Bakan Çiçek: 2008'de Kıbrıs için çok baskı yapacaklar Hrant Dink destek önerimi geri çevirdi Ege'deki balık krizini çipura sofrası çözecek Ata Atun Cyprus’ history from 1960 to 2008 (10) Belçika'da başörtülü Türk siyasetçiye önemli görev Euro bosses to bet on Turkey Ferai Tınç Soğuk savaş üslubu geri dönerken Turkey, Ataturk, Islam, the West, and the East
American Chronicle Serpil YILMAZ Çalık, Sabah-atv ihalesine girmeye 10 günde ikna olmuş Trabzon'un ihbarı 'ham' değil, tam Yanıt bekleyen sorular Errors may occur in any institution, says General Staff Türkiye'nin nüfusu, bugün açıklanıyor Dink, Washington ve Moskova'da da anıldı Yargıtay, Demirel'in dosyasını zamanaşımından sonra buldu Nükleer ihalesi yönetmeliği yarın yayınlanacak Ertuğrul Özkök Hindistancevizi part two Soykırım varsa idam edilmeliyim Turkey Bans YouTube for Second Time YouTube yasağını tüm dünya duydu 'Hayalet' çete lideri, MİT sınavını kazanmış Bürokrasi çilesine son verecek yasa taslağı İstanbul'un UNESCO sınavı 'Sen çok yaşa HRANT DİNK' Kayıp dosya sonunda bulundu! Ece TEMELKURAN Facebook'un ardındaki gerçek 'Edep Ya Hu!' timi işbaşında! Caferilerin acı günü Turkish Columnist: Will Erdogan [Or Fethullah] Become The ‘Caliph’ That The US Wants? Ben aklımı peynir ekmekle mi yedim? 'Sümerlerde fahişeler örtünürdü' Erdoğan: Türkiye'de üniversitesi olmayan il kalmayacak
15 YTL için faciaya davetiye Enver Paşa sansürünü delen adam: Bingür Sönmez Haluk Şahin 'Türkiye'de sessiz bir devrim gerçekleşiyor' İnternetten MP3 indirenlere gözaltı MYO öğrencileri icin ’kısa dönem’ askerlik teklifi Sosyete çevresinde AK Parti'ye oy vermek kolay değildir [Yorum - Sadık Yalsızuçanlar] Ne içindeydi zamanın ne de büsbütün dışında 'Turizme karşı edebe sığmayan engeller var' Üç devrin İstanbul'u Sivil MİT'çiler siteyi zirveye taşıdı Reklamlardaki Atatürk'e manevî kızından tepki Uyarıyı dikkate almayan YouTube'a erişim yasağı 'Yüce'nin savcı ve jandarmadaki ifadeleri geçersiz' Uçak kazasıyla ilgili Boeing'ten bilgi istendi Melih AŞIK Kitap: El Tüzmen Yargılanan memuru atadı Expat portal makes Turkey easy as ‘merhaba’ AKP milletvekilleri 'torpil'de anlaşamadı CHP'li vekilden partiliye kafa AKP'li Öztaylan: Ulan biz ağaç kökü müyüz? - Hrant Dink, vurulduğu yerde anıldı Bakan Çelik'i Gürcistan'da Türk koleji öğrencileri çiçeklerle karşıladı Türk-Amerikan okulu bilim olimpiyatlarına damgasını vurdu Laura Bush'tan büyük pot 'Mahmut Hoca'nın Nike merakı İşte Mehmet Ali Birand'ın son gafları Yankı Yazgan
Wikipedia tarzı uzlaşma 500 asker yemekteki yumurtadan zehirlenmiş Paşa'nın yasak aşk istifası Türkiye’ye bayılıyorum özellikle Budapeşte’ye 20 Ocak 2008 Basın Özeti 21 Ocak 2008 Basın Özeti | H3 Taha AKYOL Yargı ve siyaset Semih İDİZ Erdoğan-Sarkozy-Merkel zirvesi bir tuzak mı? Mustafa Karaalioğlu Gerilim, vehim ve MHP’nin teklifi Er Yüce’yi, askere gitmeden önce PKK’lılar kaçırmış Dağlıca'da bazı sorular! Karışanlar yargılansın Baykal da sert: Laik çizgi kırılıyor
Murat Yetkin Erdoğan’dan dörtlü salvo
Fikret BİLA Bahçeli: Başörtüsü durgun suya atılan taş gibi O raporlarınız seref madalyamdır Ahmet Hakan Aranıyor --- Bunca dert varken türbanı tartışacağız Ruşen Çakır Kimse bir diğerine doğru adım atmıyor Türban için beyin cimnastiği
İsmet Berkan [NEWS ANALYSIS]
Has the agenda-prone gov’t fallen victim to its hyperactivity? AKP'de mini türban paketi gündemde “Demokratik, laik, sosyal hukuk devletinde, restorasyon projelerini uyguluyoruz Ali Bulaç Sistemin hiyerarşisi ve 'Sünni Diyanet' Nüfus 70 milyonu geçti Bir tek imam eksik Öğrencilerin kıyafet içtimasına alınıp saçlarının kesildiği lisenin bir mescidi var. Öğretmen ile öğrenciler burada ders öncesi beraber namaz kılıyorlar Ömer Taşpınar Nostalgia for the old AK Party Soli Özel Tehlike
Örtünme İslam'a mahsus değil AVNİ ÖZGÜREL Ercan Karakoç Türkiye küresel bir oyuncu mu? Cengiz Çandar Cevdet Aşkın Enis Berberoğlu Dağdan inen PKK’lı genç Serdar Akinan Türban tuzaktır... Nasuhi Güngör Bölgesel krizler ve Türkiye Hiç kimse kendini Meclis'in üstünde göremez Bahçeli, yargıdan destek istedi: Çözüme yardımcı olun MHP'den Erdoğan'a çağrı: Kurumları yıpratma AK Party cautious for scarf freedom, seeks referendum for constitution "Fakir, fukara ihmal edilmeyecek" Ordu karşıtlığını rant yapıyorlar Mehmet Altan Genelkurmay’a sorular Siyasallığını bilmeyen kaldı mı?
Tarhan Erdem Türban takmak boşanma nedeni Taha Kıvanç You Tube'a özgürlük Fehmi Koru Yapılması gereken What if we had no CHP? Oray Eğin Fehmi Koru’dan beklediğim yanıtlar KÜRŞAT BUMİN Yargı'nın başına buyruk bağımsızlığı 'Adalet cesaret ister' TAMER KORKMAZ Yüzde 70'i yasağa karşı: 'Halk'a kapatma davası açalım! “Darbeci Rektörler” ile “İç Hizmetler”den “Laik Sayaç!” Yalçın Bayer ’Türban’, 68’lerden sonra nasıl gelişti Yeni seferberlik Murat Belge Ahmet Taşgetiren Hangi sembole karşısınız? Mustafa Akyol Muasır medeniyetten başörtüsü dersleri Şükrü Küçükşahin ABD’nin Yılmaz’a Mavi Akım notası İsmail Küçükkaya
Başbakan neden vites değiştirdi? Fatih Çekirge Hediyeleri muhalefetin sorusunu bekliyor Şahin Alpay Turkey’s headscarf problem Ertuğrul Özkök İngiliz Times'ta Hrant Dink mektubu M Ali Birand Cüneyt Ülsever Başbakan’ın ’hınk’ deyicisi! Ferai Tınç Türklüğün aşağılandığı an Turkey: Energy status and expectationsby Yusuf YAZAR & Hasan Hüseyin ERKAYA* Oktay Ekşi Potpuri Özdemir İnce Ufuk Uras: Kamu hizmeti verenler siyasi simge kullanamazlar Mehmet Barlas Önce bugünün dünyasına gelelim sonra yarını da düşünürüz Erdoğan’ın eksiği karşısında akıllı muhalefetin bulunmamasıdır YASİN AKTAY Yargıda anakronizm sorunu Selçuk Gültaşlı [BRÜKSEL] Bir bölen olarak türban! Soner Yalçın Nakşibendiler, Alevi-Bektaşilere ’kara çarşaf’ giydirmek istiyor Eser Karakaş Türban ve 301 Doğramacı: Türbanı Kenan Evren önerdi Bülent Kenes Judiciary power versus rights, or the judiciary of the status quo İhsan Dağı Fascism in the name of secularism [CAFE CAPITAL] Endless headscarf wars in Turkey Mehmet Y YılmazBaşbakan’ın vücut kimyası bozulmuş! [MONDAY TALK] Karaca: Wholesale resolution necessary to liberate headscarf Mümtazer Türköne 'Başörtüsü sorunu'nda 10. madde çıkmazı Mustafa Ünal Sesli azınlık veya yüzde 20 dayatması Mehmet Metiner Soruyorum Afta başörtüsü korkusu Hilmi Yavuz Türban, bir 'Simge' midir? Ekrem Dumanlı Müsait bir yerde inecek var! Dikastokrasi Hasan Celal Güzel MUHARREM SARIKAYA 'Gönderici olmak...' ERDAL ŞAFAK Tanrı ve Sezar ERGUN BABAHAN Telefonu kim buldu? Sarkozy ve Volvo
EMRE AKÖZ Uyandırma servisi , Umur Talu Boğum boğum düğüm
HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN NAZLI ILICAK Dink neden öldürüldü? MAHMUT ÖVÜR CHP'nin sürpriz İstanbul adayı kim? YAVUZ DONAT 'Tecrübe' konuşuyor Mahir Kaynak Ayrıntılar Ömer Lütfi Mete Baş barışı ve başörtüsü için dua Nilüfer Narlı Türban takmayanı da korumak lazım 301. maddenin başkalarını da öldürmesi engellenmeli
AGNES CALLAMARD TCK 301 değişikliği çözüm değil, tümden kaldırılmalı
FAİK AKÇAY - Serdar Turgut Duyguların ölümü Mehmet Altan Modern zamanların yeni kavramı kent dindarlığı mı? Can Dündar
"Buradayım ve kalmak istiyorum" Hrant'ın yokluğuna alışmak
İsmet Berkan Andrew Finkel One year Yavuz Baydar A legacy distilled in pain and frustration [Etyen Mahçupyan] Bu ülkede ötekini tanımadan kendin olamazsın Derya SAZAK Adalet çığlığı Osman ULAGAY İç kapayan bir yıldönümü Derin toplum Türker Alkan Fatih Altaylı Düşünmek serbest, onlar gibi düşünüyorsan '10. madde yetmez 42 de değişmeli' Ardan Zentürk Bilinmeyenlerin peşinde... İhsan Yılmaz Intellectual bankruptcy of the old elite Doğu Ergil Treason ! Gülay Göktürk Reformlara devam edebilmek için Mehmet Sağlam: Başörtüsü serbest iken üniversitede huzur vardı AKP samimi değil oy avcılığı yapıyor Asım Erdilek Economic freedom and prosperity Bringing EXPO 2015 to propel İzmir to the global forefrontby Mehmet Öğütçü* Sosyal Güvenlik Reformu'nda sona doğru ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Ali H Aslan [WASHINGTON] ABD'nin resesyonla savaşı
Öğretmen maaşı yüksek mi? Ercan Kumcu Vergi ahlakı Faiz ne iş yapar Erdal SağlamBankacılar Merkez Bankası’na sahip çıkmalı Deniz Gökçe Dokuzda sıfır, büyük başarı! İBRAHİM KAHVECİ Ekonominin aşil topuğu borsayı yabancı vurdu Yaman TÖRÜNER Kriz kapıda mı? BDDK Başkanı'ndan bankalara uyarı: Promosyonlar aşırıya gidiyor Güngör URAS ABD'de "Devlet Baba" ekonomiyi kurtarmaya soyundu Ergin Yıldızoğlu Dünyada gıda fiyatları artarken…
Deniz Gökçe
“Greenspan- Krugman Consensus”! 'Finansal merkez' projesi
Uğur Gürses Resesyona karşı düşünülen önlemler
Fatih Özatay Promosyon uyarısı [Yorum - İhsan IŞIK] Merkez Bankası Sivas'a taşınsın! 'Türkiye'nin bütçesini enerji ithalatı sarstı' BRIC ekonomileri Mahfi Eğilmez E-commerce more than doubles in 2007 Asıl olan Merkez Bankası'nın bağımsızlığıdır
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| Editorial Sticks ’n’ Stones and Allies Defense Secretary Robert Gates’s public faulting of NATO for what it is not doing well enough in Afghanistan is risky. By DAVID B. CRIST History shows that a tough but measured military response to Iranian harassment may lessen the odds of a much bigger clash down the road. Editorial Pump-Priming the Economy An economic stimulus plan that excludes the 45 million families who need relief the most is an inadequate relief plan. NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Hillary, Barack, Experience One lesson of American history is that length of experience in national politics is an extremely poor predictor of presidential success. MAUREEN DOWD Red, White and Blue Tag Sale Now it’s a race between Iraq, stupid, or the economy, stupid, to see which one will usher out President Bush. McCain Has Big Win in South Carolina; Huckabee Falls Short John McCain staved off a spirited challenge by Mike Huckabee, exorcising the ghosts of the attack-filled primary in the same state that derailed his campaign eight years ago. Vote of Women Propels Clinton in Nevada Caucus Hillary Rodham Clinton won the vote, giving her a second consecutive victory, but Barack Obama won more delegates to the national convention No Quick Knockouts as Races Move to New Terrain Senator John McCain’s comeback is impressive, but the contests ahead are less tailored to his political needs., FRANK RICH Ronald Reagan Is Still Dead The G.O.P. is running on empty, with no ideas beyond the incessant repetition of Ronald Reagan’s name PAUL KRUGMAN Debunking the Reagan Myth How we talk about the Reagan era still matters immensely for American politics. WILLIAM KRISTOLThoroughly Unmodern McCain One might call John McCain a neo-Victorian — rigid, self-righteous and moralizing, but (or rather and) manly, courageous and principled. In Search of Reagan Why everyone evokes his name, why it isn’t working and what it says about the G.O.P. today. Battlegrounds By JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN, LAUREN FOX, DAVE EGGERS, WHITNEY TERRELL and DONALD RAY POLLOCK Here are the latest dispatches on the presidential race by five writers from different states. | H5 Washington Post Making Iraq Safe for Politics By Frederick W. Kagan, Jack Keane and Michael O'Hanlon Don't believe the surge is having a positive impact? Ask the Iraqi Parliament. Surge to Nowhere Don't buy the hawks' hype. The war may be off the front pages, but Iraq is broken beyond repair, and we still own it. By Andrew J. Bacevich Don't buy the hawks' hype. The war may be off the front pages, but Iraq is broken beyond repair, and we still own it. President Making A Final Push On Foreign Policy Bush, World Leaders Anticipating 2009 Gaza Gripped by Cold and Darkness After Israel Blocks Delivery of Fuel What Recession? By David Ignatius Policymakers are always the last to notice when an economic crisis is brewing. A New Arms Race in the Gulf? By Walter Pincus, Contenders Shift Their Focus to Florida Primary Presidential candidates forge ahead to upcoming contest in Florida, which could prove pivotal in shaping the Republican nomination in particular Sarkozy Pushes Nuclear Energy in Mideast Serbian Runoff Likely; Western Ties at Issue Milosevic Ally Failing to Win Majority Highly Skilled And Out Of Work Long-Term Joblessness Spreads in Middle Class Rallying to McCain By Robert D. Novak, Sen. John McCain's win over Mike Huckabee in South Carolina was no landslide, but it stands as by far the most important win in his quest for the presidency. It means that McCain by any measurement is the front-runner for the Republican nomination. A Donkey In Elephant's Clothing By George F. Will There's a place where people who talk like McCain are not mavericks but mainstream. 'Missing No Blows' In Moscow By Masha Lipman, The stepped-up harassment of the British Council in recent days signals a new low in Russia's post-Cold-War relations with the West and a further slide toward Soviet-style isolationism. Editorial 5 Myths About That Depressing R-Word By Kevin A. Hassett Too many myths about recessions have made their way into popular culture. Here, five are debunked McCain Beats Huckabee in S. Carolina; Clinton and Romney Win in Nevada Florida Now Looms as Key GOP Primary He Explained Iraq to Me. Now I Have to Explain America. By Nate Slate, It's Al-Qaeda, Stupid! Bilal Y. Saab | Our obsession with the 'process' of peace plays right into al-Qaeda's hands. Papers Paint New Portrait of Iraq's Foreign Insurgents Documents discovered last fall lead U.S. military in Iraq to reassess assumptions about insurgents carrying out suicide missions. Teenage Bomber Strikes In Anbar Suicide Attack Targets Meeting Of Tribal Leaders This Time, McCain Defused Conservative Attacks Women, Latinos Propel Clinton To First Place Watch It, Democrats. You Could Still Slip Up. By Paul Starr If Democrats don't stay smart, tough-minded and realistic, they could blow it yet again. GOP Field Readies for True Test In Florida The Top Candidates Finally Go All-Out In a Closed Primary Editorial Taiwan's Democratic Lesson China's Communist leadership still doesn't get it. Martin Luther King Jr. His words are more relevant than ever this election year. An Establishment Teeters, in Kenya and Beyond By Jim Hoagland Kenya may be next to join the list of now-dangerous countries I once called home. Heirs of Jewish Art Collectors Pursue Works Sold in Nazi Era President Dangles 'Exclusives' Abroad to Compete With Newsmakers at Home Obama Echoes King's Message At Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s church, senator carefully draws comparisons to his own campaign | H6 GuardianBrown backs UN role for India · Conditional support excludes right to veto · PM also calls for reform of World Bank and IMF Leader Skirting the argument
EU Treaty: The timing of Gordon Brown's visit to China and India could hardly be more obvious Britain 'as inept as US' in Iraq
Revelation that neither country foresaw Iraq insurgency undermines British blame of Rumsfeld, though experts did stress danger of tribalism to Blair in 2002
Book extract: Jonathan Steele Republicans lack consensus, but their Democrat rivals lack content
Gary Younge: While one party bemoans its choice of candidates, the other has raised little in the way of political debate Kosovo is key as hardliner wins first leg of Serb poll An extreme nationalist wins the first leg of Serbia's presidential election, increasing the chances of Balkan conflict How Britain became polarised M&S chief believes UK is divided: between rich who live inside M25 - and everyone else Analysis: Larry Elliott on the north-south divide Leader Mind the gap The rich: 'Let me tell you about the very rich,' begins one short story by F Scott Fitzgerald. 'They are different from you and me' Gaza power plant shuts down Gaza City in darkness after Israel blocked fuel shipments to electricity plant Democrats fight over party faithful Clinton and Obama battle for females, Latinos and African Americans The national ID register will leak like a battered bucket Jackie Ashley: The record of lost data of the past few years should be a warning to us all: our personal details are safe in nobody's hands How to avert a recession: cut taxes Prem Sikka Jan 20 08, 11:00am: The economic downturn means the government needs to make tax cuts, but not the ones demanded by the mega-corporations Northern Rock: £24bn bonds sell-off agreed Treasury unveils state guarantee and gives bidders two weeks to reach deal The inquest into Diana's death is a dirty-raincoat show for the world
Max Hastings: A decade after she died, the princess's intimate secrets are being exposed in the search for a warped notion of the truth The Observer Is this the end of cheap food? Alex Renton: After half a century, food security is on the political agenda again Only science can save us from climate catastrophe John Gray: With an increasing population, the earnest debate over the merit of biofuels and wind farms misses the point - it is the technologies we fear that will be our salvation Come on, Mr Brown, stand up to the Chinese Will Hutton: After the end of the Cold War, it seemed that democracy was on the march. But for the last few years, authoritarian government, deriding institutions such as a free media, an independent judiciary and trade unions, has made a comeback The making of a suicide bomber Jason Burke Jan 20 08, 10:00am: An investigation in today's Observer looks at this process - few subjects touch as many raw nerves and provoke such passionate responses Last year the editor of the Observer asked me to investigate this process. Today you can read my findings (part one here, part two here). Leader Nationalising Northern Rock is the only answer
It is not surprising that Gordon Brown is desperate to find a 'private sector solution' to the Northern Rock debacle Knife scanners at school gate Detectors for 'tough' secondary schools are welcomed, with move following rash of stabbings Review: 1968, the year that changed the world When hope faded
In 1968, Neal Ascherson reported on the brutal Soviet suppression of the Prague Spring; returning, he finds surprisingly little mark
Neil Ascherson: Prague revisited Dances with Wolfe
Tom Wolfe was the perfect chronicler of 1960s America. Tim Adams finds him on good form and in his white suit Biofuels 'do more harm than good'
MPs warn of emission and rainforest risks for controversial plans Boost for referendum on EU treaty
Influential committee of MPs says there is 'no material difference' between new measure and the old constitution Come on, Mr Brown, stand up to the Chinese
Will Hutton: After the end of the Cold War, it seemed that democracy was on the march. But for the last few years, authoritarian government has made a comeback |
| H7 Iraq: Reasons to be Fearful, Yet Hopeful - Trudy Rubin, Miami Herald
The Gates Way to Victory (COIN) - Robert Fox, Guardian
Islamofascism's ill political wind THE UNFOLDING presidential elections are laying bare what the real dangers are in the new American condition. They come not from our political divisiveness, economic uncertainty or military insecurity - but from our religious character as a people, which, in this case, is not positive. Religious intolerance marks one candidate debate after another - a sweeping denigration of Islam. And ... (By James Carroll, Boston Globe) By Daniel Gallington There actually could be some new national security directions in Washington with an Obama, McCain or a Romney administration Ahmadinejad's Financial Folly - Bronwen Maddox, New York Post GAO Misleads on Iran Sanctions Leavenworth Officers Updated on Iraq Security - Scott Cannon, Kansas City Star
Al Qaeda in Iraq's Shrinking Area of Operations - Bill Roggio, The Long War Journal
75% of Baghdad Areas Now Secure - Jim Michaels, USA Today
A Flip of the COIN - Steve Schippert, ThreatsWatch
The Debate Over Aghan Strategy - The Belmont Club
Gates on NATO Allies - Abu Muqawama
NATO in Afghanistan: Friendly Fire from SecDef Gates - Kings of War
More on COIN and the Europeans - Abu Muqawama
Donald Rumsfeld Gates? – Westhawk
The Afghanistan Strategy Debate Continues - Herschel Smith, The Captain's Journal
Gates: NATO Allies Doing What They Can - Lolita Baldor, Associated Press
Sticks ’n’ Stones and Allies (Afghanistan) - New York Times editorial
Tough Questions on Afghanistan - The Record editorial (Ontario)
The Charge Made by Robert Gates - The Globe and Mail editorial
Afghanistan was Never Canada's War - Thomas Walkom, Toronto Star
Analyst Backs Gates' NATO Criticism - Leander Schaerlaeckens, Washington Times
Pakistani Home-grown Jihadists - Joseph Galloway, McClatchy Newspapers
More Troops to Afghanistan - Judith Latham, Voice of America
Gates' Criticism of Afghanistan Forces Riles NATO - Guy Raz, National Public Radio Laura Rozen "Freedom Fighters" Mother Jones The State of the Bush Administration's Democracy-Promotion Push Did Surge Set Back Iraqis Five Years? White House Won't Say By ELISABETH BUMILLER “The story of Condoleezza Rice begins at the close of the nineteenth century on a cotton plantation in southeastern Alabama, near the flourishing little town of Union Springs.” | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor ANALYSIS: Discontent Surges in Iraq McClatchy Violence increases and tensions rise among Iraqi Shiites Adm. Fallon Examines Afghanistan Conflict, Tensions With Iran US Plays Down Chance of Iran Resolution Soon Al AWSAT The Syrian Solution to the Lebanese Crisis
Iran's President Calls for Meeting of Islamic Body Over Gaza Crisis Iran Slams US Sanctions Drive, China Backs Dialogue Iraqi Shia pilgrims mark holy day Up to two million pilgrims march in Karbala, Iraq, amid tight security for the Shia Muslim marking of Ashura In pictures
Shia Muslims hold ceremonies to mark the festival of Ashura
Refugees' stories
Iraqi woman describes the struggle for survival in Syria
Iranian Bomb Use is Down in Iraq U.S. military: Iran still meddling in Iraq Damascus, capital of Arab culture for 2008
BBC Monitoring Headlines, Quotes From Iraqi Press 20 Jan 08 Iraqi Dialogue Front Head Comments on US Presence, Ties With Kurds, Security Writer in UK Arabic Paper Assesses US Secretary of State's Visit to Iraq February date for Lebanese vote The speaker of the Lebanese parliament postpones for the 13th time the election of a new president Egyptian Radio Interviews Lebanese Political Leader Junblatt US Air Force Profs Struggle to Rebuild Iraq Air Force Iraq Ready for Business Boom Sadr May Reconsider Mahdi Army Freeze Angry Egypt Cancels Talks With EU Officials UAE set to launch nuclear programme The United Arab Emirates is preparing to launch a nuclear programme, becoming the first Arab state to go ahead with announced ambitions to develop nuclear power Abu Dhabi seeks renewable advantage Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company is using the emirate’s excess petrodollars and its low-cost manufacturing environment in a bid to become the world’s leader in renewable energy, initially exploiting the United Arab Emirates’ plentiful sunshine for solar power | H9 Ha’aretz – Gaza power plant shuts down due to fuel shortage UN: Gaza closure defies basic humanitarian standards; Israel closes crossings due to rocket barrages J'lem sources: Gaza fuel cut worse than planned Barak: Pay no heed to Nasrallah, that's what gives him strength State to review 2007 IDF assassinations in Gaza, West Bank Bar’el The height of Meshal's flames The person who currently controls the height of the flames and holds the monopoly on continuing the peace process is Khaled Meshal, the Hamas political leader based in Damascus No peace without DamascusPeace in the Middle East is inconceivable without Syria, not because Syria is a great power within the Arab world, but because its national pride must be taken into account Saudi prince: If Israel quits Arab land, it could join Arab world Shmuel Rosner: Why do Nevada's Jews support Clinton? Why Republican candidate Mike Huckabee worries Jewish voters Southern-bred Evangelist Huckabee has a long record of expressing desire for a more Christian America. Poll: Only 16% of Israelis back Diaspora input on fate of J'lem Bolton: Final IDF op in Lebanon had no impact on UN truce talks Ex-U.S. envoy refutes Olmert's account of the incidents preceding the end of the Second Lebanon War. Eldar Prof. Dror's duty Military sources: Hezbollah has body parts of IDF soldiers Source: Nasrallah Speech Proves He Is Seeking Deal Lebanon / Who's more stressed, him or us? Source: Israel won't free 85% of prisoners Hamas wants released The Winograd Report / Olmert fires back at Barak, who is off to France At Herzliya Conference, IDF chief warns army "must be ready for escalation;" says terrorists intentionally putting civilians on front. By ELIHU RICHTER Terror and missiles are the hardware, propagating hatred is the software. [ BARRY RUBIN Bolton tells 'Post' NIE has had a devastating impact on global efforts to try and constrain Iran. Analysis: Eliminating Nasrallah easier said than done By YAAKOV KATZ
It is currently not in Israel's interest to find itself in a renewed conflict with Hizbullah. 270,000 Israelis live in the West Bank 2008 Interior Ministry figures show increase of 10,000 settlements' residents in just one year Israel must not decide alone Jerusalem is an integral part of identity of the entire Jewish people. A first person account: What occupies the mind of a jihad-driven Muslim? City plunged into darkness as Gaza's only electricity plant closes following Israeli fuel blockade. 4th Russian fuel shipment reaches Iran Only two days after third nuclear shipment, Bushehr receives additional 11 tons of enriched uranium. Yedioth Ahronoth 'Sanctions strengthen Hamas'
As Gaza plunges into darkness due to power shortage, locals warn humanitarian crisis is imminent. One resident says Israel's 'collective punishment' increases solidarity among Palestinians 'Call on Israel to lift siege'
PA President Abbas pleads with UN, Arab League to aid with Gaza power crisis as Palestinian health officials warn patients may die if hospitals lose power. But Jerusalem is accusing Hamas of creating an artificial crisis 'There's no crisis in Gaza' Reports of humanitarian crisis in Strip nothing but Hamas media spin, says military source 'Threat to home front rising' Army chief says Israel cannot accept nuclear Iran, home front gradually becoming battlefront Number of settlers growing Jewish population in West Bank continued to grow in 2007 in religious, secular communities Our punching bag Pulverizing Gaza won’t help; western Negev will rest only when Strip does, Yigal Sarna says Desperate speech/ Roee NahmiasHizbullah leader struggling for achievement in wake of repeated setbacks Message to our enemies Thursday’s missile test a reminder to Israel’s foes: Adventures come with a price Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine BBC Gaza City plunged into darkness Gaza's only power plant shuts down, saying it has run out of fuel because of increased Israeli restrictions. Abbas appeal after Gaza fuel cut The Palestinian leader urges international intervention over mass power cuts in Gaza blamed on an Israeli blockade Gaza's collapse
Damage to economy irreversible, say business leaders
American Jewish Opinion About the Future of the West Bank
Source: Levy Economics Institute, Bard College Full Paper (PDF; 396 KB) Israeli Intelligence to Set Up "Unit for Psychological Warfare Against Hamas" Lieutenant-General Moshe Levi Israeli officer who commanded a brigade in the Six Day War; became Chief of Staff and created the Lebanon 'buffer zone' Israel Must Look in the Mirror - Richard Chesnoff, New York Daily News This is the FBI—Can we talk?" Mark Matthews Keith Weissman and Steven Rosen are PhDs and Middle East experts who did some lobbying; they thought they were doing what Washington insiders always do Slavoj Zizek on Zionism and the Jewish Question Freedom’s Watch and “Strong Supporters of Israel” |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor ASIA U.S. Primacy, Eurasia's New Strategic Landscape and the Emerging Asian Order
RSIS The Legs of the Triangle: The EU-China Relations
DGAP A 10-page German paper assessing the future of EU-China relations Japan's Economic Diplomacy Towards East Asia RSIS FT Asia dogged by US recession fears Washington Post Overcoming Caste For Those Working to Build an Integrated India, 'Hope Starts and Ends With the Schools' China's Leader Puts Faith in Religious Hu Sees Growing Spiritual Ranks as Helpful in Achieving Social Goals Editorial Taiwan's Democratic Lesson China's Communist leadership still doesn't get it. Diplomat's Exodus Muddles India Nuclear Deal Creating a Car Culture in China New Owners Among Growing Middle Class Find Sense of Freedom, 'Taste the Fun' Closing a Legal Gap Between China and WTO BBC Aiding the weakest
Why India still needs foreign donors despite the economic boom China's Person of the Year - William Hawkins, Washington Times
| H11 IHT Roger Cohen: U.S. soldiers and shoppers hit the wall By ROGER COHEN U.S. forces are stretched to the limit in Iraq and Afghanistan. But a much larger American army, the one that's spent this century shopping, is even more overextended. More Kremlin harassment Russia's recent harassment of a British cultural organization just makes the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin look like bullies. Tomislav Nikolic, a Milosevic ally, wins first round in Serbia Belgrade's Center for Free Elections and Democracy, which independently counted votes alongside election officials, said the Radical Party leader, Tomislav Nikolic, had received about 39 percent of the first-round vote Sunday, and the incumbent, Boris Tadic, 35 percent EUROPE European press review Kosovo is key as hardliner wins first leg of Serb poll
An extreme nationalist wins the first leg of Serbia's presidential election, increasing the chances of Balkan conflict Serbians vote for head of state
Polls close in Serbia's presidential elections, held amid rising tensions over Kosovo's status. Blood feuds trap 1,200 Albanian youths at home The ancient tradition of blood-feuds is trapping Albanian men inside their own homes, living women to fend for the family Europe and Islam Source: American Enterprise Institute Full Document (PDF; 296 KB) The Legs of the Triangle: The EU-China Relations DGAP
A 10-page German paper assessing the future of EU-China relations The Importance of Actor Cleavages in Negotiating the European Constitutional Treaty
Eurogov
This 35-page working paper explores governmental preferences, cleavages and patterns of coalition-forming in the bargaining process on the European Constitutional Treaty The EU's Polcies of Security of Energy Supply Towards the Middle East and Caspian Region
Clingendael
A 34-page chapter examining the role of the EU in the GME region in respect of energy security FT MAGAZINE: The new face of Sweden | H12 RFE/RL Google News Azerbaijan Saakashvili is sworn in for a new term in Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, taking the oath Sunday for a second term as president of Georgia, pledged to calm relations with Russia but also to move his former Soviet republic closer to the West. |
| H13 The Times Leader Delhi's Day India should be allowed to exert greater diplomatic responsibility Darkness falls on Gaza as Israel takes revenge The only electricity plant in the Strip closed down after Israel severed fuel supplies in response to rocket attacks Nationalist takes poll victory in Serbia Tomislav Nikolic, a pro-Russian former ally of Slobodan Milosevic, has won the first round of the presidential election Nato take battle to Taleban heartland Farmers leave villages in Helmand as troops move in to embark on an ambitious Spring offensive against the Taleban Brown wants India on UN Security Council The Prime Minister believes that the country should be given a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council The Lisbon treaty is a betrayal Promising a referendum and then refusing it is a dangerous policy for Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg William Rees-Mogg I’m not the favourite, says winner John McCain was reluctant to assume the mantle of front-runnner, even as he celebrated a win in the South Carolina primary Sunday Times FBI ‘covers up’ file of nuclear secrets theft The FBI has been accused of covering up a file detailing government dealings with a network stealing nuclear secrets From the Archive For sale: West’s deadly nuclear secrets Serb hardliner on brink of power The leader of the ultra-nationalist party Serbian Radical party, accused of ethnic cleansing in Croatia, is ahead in the Serbian polls We must not cave in to a spookocracy Out of self-respect our leaders need to show support for people at the sharp end of autocracy Martin Ivens Aren't private schools just pretend charities? An exclusive education is far from the dictionary’s "voluntary granting of selfless help to those in need" Simon Jenkins Wall Street Journal As Woes Mount, Recession Looms The housing crisis and faltering consumer spending are good reasons to fear that a U.S. recession could be worse than those in the recent past. | H14 Financial Times US recession will be hardThere are recessions like the one in 2001 that respond well to a monetary policy stimulus, but this is not going to be one of them, writes Wolfgang Munchau Fiscal stimulus limited help In spite of an imminent fiscal stimulus, the heavy lifting on stabilising the US economy will continue to be done by the Fed. The good news is that it still has room to cut rates. The bad news is that confidence continues to plunge, writes Clive Crook Editorial No primacy in the US primaries Simmering quarrels between the Clinton and Obama camps over race and dirty tricks might yet boil over and push uncommitted voters away from the Democrats Economic uncertainty to dominate Davos Downbeat mood ahead of WEF In Depth: Davos 2008 Asia dogged by US recession fears Serb nationalist wins first poll round Tomislav Nikolic, the pro-Russian nationalist opposition candidate, won the first round of Serbia’s presidential poll, according to preliminary results from independent monitors Israel plans electric car network Israel is to set out plans to cut drastically its dependence on oil imports, with a private-sector initiative for a nationwide electric car network Taxman in a spin Gordon Brown’s indecision on how to put right capital gains tax reforms has reached Hamlet-like proportions and he must act to avoid permanent damage Big names hold their own in US primaries Hillary Clinton’s victory in Nevada and John McCain’s win in South Carolina have put the Democratic and Republican races back into familiar territory – at least for the moment Analysis: Republican frontrunner emerges John McCain’s win in the South Carolina primary, following victory in New Hampshire last week, puts the Arizona senator in pole position for the Republican nomination Analysis: Nevada gives Clinton vital boost In a normal presidential cycle, a victory in Nevada’s caucuses would mean little. But given that polls show Barack Obama is still likely to win the more important primary election in South Carolina next Saturday, Hillary Clinton’s Nevada victory gives her campaign a much-needed shot in the arm Christian vote split over principles or pragmatism When South Carolina's Christian conservatives overwhelmingly supported George W. Bush in the 2000 primary, they knew they were voting for a candidate who was both a... WORLD NEWS - US ELECTIONS: Huckabee struggles to draw Christian right Engage with Cuba It is too late for Bush to change course but a more effective policy based on Cuban realities ought to be high on the agenda of the next US president - | H15 Los Angeles Times Iran sanctions ripple past those in power The people and small businesses are feeling the pinch. And the West is debating even tougher restrictions. Editorial Bush's final year in charge Editorial: Though the lamest of ducks, he could still change the world in the next 365 days. Taking liberties By Jonah Goldberg Once again, personal choices are under attack by good-for-you government. The perils of picking presidents By Dennis McDougal Sometime in the next few weeks, the Los Angeles Times will endorse two candidates -- a Democrat and a Republican -- in the Feb. 5 California presidential primary. A few months later, the paper will endorse a candidate for president. |
| H16 American Politics If Elected ... For Clinton, Government as Economic Prod Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said that the government should take an active role in the economy to address what she said were the excesses of the market and of the Bush administration. EXCLUSIVE: Barack vs. Bill: Obama Hits Ex-Prez Over ‘Troubling’ Attacks Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: The Great Need of the Hour — Obama's Age Gap: Is It Race? — CBS's Dick Meyer Says Older Americans Have So Far Proven Unwilling To Vote For Barack Obama Obama walks a black-white tightrope Barack Obama brought his presidential campaign to the racially diverse South Sunday, walking what one analyst called a racial "tightrope" in his quest to become the first African-American to win a major party's presidential nomination and the White House. With South Carolina win, McCain is front-runner again Loss is major setback for Huckabee. Romney remains contender with win in Nevada McClatchy GOP remains fractured, Democrats face a long fight The Republican Party limps out of South Carolina Sunday unable to crown a clear front-runner for its presidential nomination and facing an even more uncertain future in Florida and a rush of mega-state voting McCain is Over As the Underdog - Katharine Seelye, New York Times
Clinton Wins but It Wasn't Pretty - Michael Tomasky, The Guardian
McCain Agonistes - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review Online From Prospect, despite running for the candidacy of the Democratic party, Barack Obama should be the great hope of conservatives—both in the US and Europe. This is the FBI—Can we talk?" Mark Matthews Keith Weissman and Steven Rosen are PhDs and Middle East experts who did some lobbying; they thought they were doing what Washington insiders always do What would Reagan say? RUNNING FOR president on a third-party ticket in 1968, George Wallace famously claimed that there wasn't "a dime's worth of difference" between the Republican and Democratic nominees. Would anyone tuning in this year's crop of candidates say the same thing? (By Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe) Huckabee Fails to Get Decisive Edge Among Evangelicals A Shift Toward Obama Is Seen Among Blacks Some Older Voters, However, Remain Loyal to Clintons realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp Waiting for Reagan You fight an election with the politicians you have.
by William Kristol Empathy, Anyone?
The politics of feeling.
by Steven J. Lenzner | H17 Daily TelegraphOur business with China The sight of our Prime Minister touting for custom in China makes people uneasy. None the less, Gordon Brown is doing the right thing encouraging them to do business here Lights out in Gaza as blockade hits Israel's fuel blockade causes widespread power cuts. Saudi Arabia to lift driving ban for women Saudi Arabia to lift its ban on women drivers in attempt to stem rising suffragette-style movement in deeply conservative state. Half of Poles in UK 'plan to return home' After years of haemorrhaging its finest brains, hardest workers and best plumbers to Britain, Poland could soon be welcoming its emigres back home. Why Nicolas Sarkozy is no Romeo Middle-aged love is blinder than most, says A N Wilson, questioning the wisdom of the French President having chosen a "Romeo and Juliet" honeymoon with Carla Bruni. 'We want to offer sharia law to Britain' Sunday Telegraph Fear China's failure, not its success Although the chaos at Heathrow was an inauspicious start, Bruce Anderson warns that it is important that the Prime Minister's mission to China should not crash-land. Nicolas Sarkozy targets deprived areas France will get its first real glimpse of President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to rescue its troubled suburbs this week with the unveiling of a project to "create an elite" within the worst 50 neighbourhoods. Serbia on a knife edge over European Union vote Serbia to decide whether to accept the blandishments of the EU, or to lurch back into Russia's embrace. New 'Black Pope' has hopes for Asia Spaniard to lead largest religious order. | H18 Independent Just one more year! Good riddance to George W Bush — But what kind of mess will the next president inherit, exactly 12 months from today? Stephen King: If the West denies chances to emerging countries, it will only end in tears Run-off vote to decide Serbia's future Leading Article: Crisis, what crisis? Brown finds the least bad solution McCain the man to beat, while Giuliani wonders if Florida gamble has backfired Independent on Sunday Gordon Brown arrives in India on Asian tour aimed at boosting economic ties Al-Qa'ida sent me to kill Bhutto, says teenager Rodric Braithwaite: A crisis so serious we've forgotten how it started We ask for a murder suspect to be extradited. The Russians close British Council offices. David Miliband says they are behaving reprehensibly. They say the British treat them like colonials. We should remember how the recent past looks through Russian eyes Leading article: Our Prime Minister must be braver Obama campaign has just one week to prove it can win again |
| H19Military Intelligence Terrorism Engineers of Jihad (PDF; 447 KB)
Source: Oxford University, Department of Sociology Working Papers We find that graduates from subjects such as science, engineering, and medicine are strongly overrepresented among Islamist movements in the Muslim world, though not among the extremist Islamic groups which have emerged in Western countries more recently. We also find that engineers alone are strongly over-represented among graduates in violent groups in both realms. This is all the more puzzling for engineers are virtually absent from left-wing violent extremists and only present rather than over-represented among right-wing extremists. We consider four hypotheses that could explain this pattern. Is the engineers’ prominence among violent Islamists an accident of history amplified through network links, or do their technical skills make them attractive recruits? Do engineers have a ‘mindset’ that makes them a particularly good match for Islamism, or is their vigorous radicalization explained by the social conditions they endured in Islamic countries? We argue that the interaction between the last two causes is the most plausible explanation of our findings, casting a new light on the sources of Islamic extremism and grounding macro theories of radicalization in a micro-level perspective Graham Fuller 9-11-type attack 'destined to come': former CIA official CCTV: Developing Privacy Best Practices Source: Center for Strategic & International Studies Full Paper (PDF; 23 KB) Papers Paint New Portrait of Iraq's Foreign Insurgents Boston Globe Small change Why we can't fight terrorists by cutting off their money (By Drake Bennett, Boston Globe) The making of a suicide bomber Jason Burke An investigation in today's Observer looks at this process - few subjects touch as many raw nerves and provoke such passionate responses Last year the editor of the Observer asked me to investigate this process. Today you can read my findings (part one here, part two here). Peacekeeping Best Practices: Report of the Secretary-General (PDF; 75 KB) Source: United Nations General Assembly Capturing Osama - Los Angeles Times debate (Pt. 5) How We Talk About the "War on Terrorism" NUPI
This Norwegian working paper focuses on how national leaders talk about the war on terrorism Each detected crime costs £10,000 The number of crimes being solved by police has fallen or ground to a halt in nearly two thirds of forces in England and Wales, The Daily Telegraph has learned. Frontline Blogger Covers War in Iraq With a Soldier’s Eyes US: Armor - Piercing Bomb Attacks Down LTG Odierno and MG Bergner Briefings Hold Chavez Accountable for Narco-terrorism - Diego Arria, New York Daily News US drugs official accuses Chavez A US anti-drugs official says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is a "major facilitator" in the cocaine trade. World War IV: A Military Perspective
American Thinker A Soldier of Hope and Faith Army reservist navigates rocky road in quest to be first female Muslim chaplain in U.S. military Inside Job: Iraq Insurgents Booby-Trap Houses Pentagon's New Chemical Weapon Smells Like Terror Under Pressure, Canada to Remove US From List of Torture States Blowback in
the War on Terror
by Anita Inder Singh Laptop held 10 years of details CIA Officers Turn to Legal Insurer Why Not a National ID? - Boston Globe editorial Department of Justice Continues to Ignore Violent Crimes Committed By Private Security Contractors in Iraq, Afghanistan
Source: Human Rights First Terrorist Recruitment in American Correctional Institutions: An Exploratory Study of Non-Traditional Faith Groups
Source: National Criminal Justice Reference Service | The Bonds of Race Who is, and isn't, a sellout?
Alan Wolfe Emotions in Mediation: Disputant Perceptions of the Mediator
Clingendael Thia 42-page Dutch paper examines some of the psychological aspects of mediation Personality factors as predictors of persistent risky driving behavior and crash involvement among young adults Assessing U.S. Climate Policy Options RFF A 212-page report presenting 15 issue briefs focusing on different aspects of federal climate policy design The Big-Country Enigma IADB
An article considering why microfinance fails to work in large countries Outside Income and Moral Hazard: The Elusive Quest for Good Politicians
Source: Institute for the Study of Labor National Security for the Twenty-First Century Source: Demos (UK) Full Report (PDF; 669 KB) Publishing Advice for Graduate Students
Source: Social Science Research Network (SSRN) National Aviation Security Policy, Strategy, and Mode-Specific Plans: Background and Considerations for Congress (PDF; 180 KB)
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists) | H21 Does the News Matter To Anyone Anymore? By David Simon In any format, through any medium -- isn't an understanding of the events of the day still a salable commodity? Scientific facts are now tools of moral exhortation. “The science” of this or that dictates not only what we must believe, but how we must behave... more» Bryan Appleyard on art on the web Tired of pop, porn and prattle? That’s not all the web is good for. From Bach to Beckett, it’s now a gold mine for lovers of highbrow art, too Is loving pets “what is least Jewish in me”? George Steiner wonders about this – and about anger, orgasms, envy, and the books he never wrote... more» ... more» Unlike rhetoric, eloquence has no designs on readers or audiences, says Denis Donoghue. Its aim is pleasure and it thrives on freedom... more» Drama queens halve Oscar odds Sociologists found that actors had a better chance of being nominated for an Oscar if they were in a drama and female Mafia killers arm themselves with degrees A growing number of Mafia bosses are collecting degrees behind bars, but their motives may not be entirely academic As mild anxiety and passing sadness are put under the ever-widening umbrella of “mental disorder,” attention is diverted from real mental diseases... more» They get their customers to do the work—and to enjoy doing it. Sunday is 'worst for a night's sleep' Two coffees a day doubles risk of miscarriage, says US study · American advice: cut out caffeine in early months · Warning extended to include tea and chocolate Chávez says he chews coca daily Visionary democracy Khaled Diab With one eye on the next elections, it is tempting for a democratically elected leader to focus on the short term. Is it time to consider longer terms in office? Misreading the mind By Jonah Lehrer If neuroscientists want to understand the mystery of consciousness, they'll need new methods. The Psychology of Saving and Investment Most Diversity Training Ineffective, Study Finds By Shankar Vedantam, Most diversity training efforts at American companies are ineffective and even counterproductive in increasing the number of women and minorities in managerial positions, according to an analysis that turns decades of conventional wisdom, government policy and court rulings on their head. Oliver Stone votes for ‘Bush’ project A Venerable Magazine Energizes Its Web Site Readership will get another boost starting Tuesday, when TheAtlantic.com will abolish the fire wall that has allowed only subscribers to the print magazine to see most of its articles online. It will make its archive accessible, too Vladimir Nabokov wanted all of his final, unfinished work destroyed. Should his son get out the matches?... more» The most powerful American chess player in history, Bobby Fischer, is dead at the age of 64... NYT ... Telegraph ... Balt Sun ... Guardian ... LAT ... USCF ... Wash Post ... NY Post ... Independent ... LAT ... Slate ... Guardian ... London Times ... Nat’l Post ... Guardian Chess for Fischer was a form of psychic murder. ... London Times ... Guardian ... Wash Post ... Independent ... Jerusalem Post ... Guardian ... London Times From world-class chess player to world-class crank, he never realized he’d unwittingly blundered into checkmate. 50 top tips for travelling with kids Random breath tests planned for motorists Motorists face being subjected to random breath-testing as part of the biggest shake-up of drink-drive laws since the introduction of the breathalyser 40 years ago Edmund Wilson’s temperament and critical method – curious, energetic, humane, and intelligent – still have their appeal... more» The relation between writer and editor is private, and ought to remain so. But when the writer is Raymond Carver, and the editor may have massively altered his work... more» Support Paxman's pants protest More used to sledgehammering politicians, Jeremy Paxman has turned his attention to a matter close to the hearts, among other things, of the nation's gentlemen. Los Angeles Times Editor Is Fired James O'Shea's exit as editor of the paper comes just 14 months after he assumed the post. His firing came over a budgetary disagreement with publisher David Hiller, a source says.
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