| H1 Guardian Eight dead as gunmen hit Jerusalem religious school Deadliest attack in four years is dramatic escalation in conflict Yedioth Ahronoth En route to 3rd Intifada? Israel must prepare to contain violence that may follow Jerusalem carnage, says Ron Ben-Yishai New York Times Editorial Dark Days in Armenia President Bush and other Western leaders need to make clear to Armenia’s government that a slide into authoritarianism is unacceptable DAVID BROOKS Playing by Clinton Rules Senator Barack Obama doesn’t have an impressive record of experience or a unique policy profile. New politics is all he’s got. He loses that, and he loses everything. Washington Post The Great Non Sequitur By Charles Krauthammer Because Obama transcends race, does he also transcend divisions of region, class, party, generation and ideology? Washington Times Prize in Eurasian game By Ariel Cohen Kazakhstan is 4 times as big as France, is projected to export 3 million barrels of oil a day by 2015, has some of the largest reserves of uranium on the planet, and is a major exporter of grain. WSJ Irresolution on Iran
Bush diplomacy ends with a whimper at the U.N. Lobe Foreign Policy Increasingly Flows Through Pentagon Salon The Iran hawks' latest surge U.S. and Israeli hard-liners -- some with close ties to John McCain -- are once again hyping the Iranian nuclear threat. By Gregory Levey MESH Byman U.S. success in Iraq and the global jihad Asia Times As alliances shift, Iran wins - again Bush administration promoted a Turkey-Israel axis, a Sunni Arab "axis of fear" and then a Saudi-Israeli nexus, always trying to isolate Iran. None of these concoctions has worked, and there are even hints that Washington and Tehran have concluded a secret deal brokered by Saudi Arabia to hammer out contentious issues. This might be fanciful, but the bottom line is that Iran sees itself as the ultimate victor of the US war on Iraq. - Pepe Escobar Iran-Iraq Ties Show U.S. the Way By: Kaveh L. Afrasiabi | Asia Times Iran-Iraq ties show US the way Tehran's enormous influence in Iraq is there to stay, given Iran's proximity and religious and historical connections, highlighted by President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's recent visit. This leaves the US with little choice but to adjust its anti-Iran policy to accommodate Iran's regional clout Amir Taheri Why the Nuclear Programme Undermines Iran's Independence : Amir Taheri Stratfor Iran, U.S.: Confusion About Iraq Talks (and the Lack Thereof ... RFE/RL Caspian: Turkmen, Azerbaijani Deal Could Raise Energy Hopes Azerbaijani and Turkmen officials have resolved a lingering obstacle to improved trade ties during the latest round of talks on issues that include cooperation to develop Caspian energy resources Armenia: Crisis Spotlights ’Karabakh Clan’ As Armenia’s first post-Soviet president in the 1990s, Levon Ter-Petrossian brought in top officials from Nagorno-Karabakh to serve in his government. NPQ Olivier Roy: MCCAIN IS WRONG: AL-QAIDA NOT A THREAT IN IRAQ IF U.S. LEAVES Forward Hamas Rockets Hit Closer to Heart of Israel Terrorism Expert: ‘Just a Matter of Time Before They Reach Tel Aviv’ U.N. Border Force May Be All That Can Stop Chaos in Gaza
Edward Walker Esquire The Man Between War and Peace As head of U. S. Central Command, Admiral William "Fox" Fallon is in charge of American military strategy for the most troubled parts of the world. Now, as the White House has been escalating the war of words with Iran, and seeming ever more determined to strike militarily before the end of this presidency, the admiral has urged restraint and diplomacy. Who will prevail, the president or the admiral? By Tom Barnett The 1953 CIA Coup in Iran and the Roots of Midast Terror Amy Goodman interviews Stephen Kinzer The Economist India's economy What's holding India back? India's achievement is at risk because it has failed to reform its public sector McClatchy Will Clinton-Obama fight injure Democrats? Concerns are growing that the Clinton-Obama contest could fracture the Democratic Party. Will African-Americans, who vote 8 or 9 to 1 for Obama, give their votes if Clinton wins? If Obama wins, will Clinton's white female supporters back him? Oil Advances to Record as Dollar Drops to All-Time Low... Coordinated Baghdad bombs kill 55 Baghdad welcome
Jim Muir asks whether the Americans have delivered Iraq to Iran The Times Outgunned Iraqi army in a battle to save Mosul US troop 'surge' has failed to quell al-Qaeda but commanders hope for victory in the northern city by July Guardian Food crisis worse than climate change Government's new chief science adviser raises concerns about food security and rush to biofuels The losers' game Scott Ritter: Diplomatic manoeuvres to force Iran to prove a negative about its halted nuclear weapons programme ... now where have I seen that before? Financial Times Europe’s sputtering political engine We must hope that Nicolas Sarkozy realises sooner rather than later that nurturing the Franco-German axis is in the interests of France, the EU and himself McCain takes the call The advert shows children asleep as a presidential-looking Hillary Clinton picks up the telephone in the face of a new global crisis. Swap Clinton for John McCain and you have a strategy that could help him win, says Philip Stephens Daily Telegraph Iran's state within a state Such is the power of the Revolutionary Guards that many Iranians are now questioning whether there is any point in voting, says Con Coughlin. Christian Science Monitor Iran debate: Who owns the revolution? Hard-liners play tough to prevent reformist gains in March 14 vote. Global warming not always to blame for extreme winters Natural variations in weather can vary more than climate change signals, experts say. Tom Barnett What is the middle class ideology of globalization? MESH Iran’s nuclear program: more evidence IHT Condoleezza Rice pushes NATO allies to increase Afghanistan contributions
Clinton's Kamikaze Mission - Jonathan Chait, The New Republic Obama is Weak in Key Gen. Election States - Steven Stark, Boston Phoenix | H2 BBC MonitoringInternational The Economist Fethullah Gulen A farm boy on the world stage A “prophet” who finds honour, and some suspicion, in his own country Business in Turkey A bad time to scare off foreign investors 'Terör Örgütüyle Görüşme Yok' Arşivden ABD-PKK İlişkisi Üzerine Notlar 22 Kasım 2007 US expects Turkey not to negotiate with PKK Ankara, Gates’e yeni Kürt paketini sundu U.S. House of Representatives, House Armed Services Committee Witnesses: Admiral William Fallon, USN (pdf) Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring International Türk işadamlarından Güney Irak'a 7 milyar dolarlık harekat Altan Tan Erdoğan için tarihî fırsat Diyarbakır platformu AKP'liler: Kürt sorununda çözüm eşitlik ve özgürlükte... Talabani’nin Türkiye ziyareti Kürtleri böldü Eser Karakaş Kürt meselesinde sivil öneriler DTP'li Tuncel: 'Sorun Türkiye'de Çözülmeli' Nasuhi Güngör Muhalefetin derdi, ordunun çözüme yakınlığı mı? CHP Meclis'te genel görüşme isteyecek Van’da olaylar: 1 ölü, 107 gözaltı KORAY DÜZGÖREN Sınırötesi tartışmalarının örttüğü gerçekler The use of military force against terrorism by Bekir Çınar* Serdar Turgut Talabani ve Kürt lobisi Talabani'nin Ankara ziyareti Savaş Süzal PKK ile diyalog ve çifte standart Özcan Yeniçeri Siyasi çözüm ya da siyasi çözülme! Talabani in Ankara for landmark visit Cevdet Aşkın Öcalan'da zehirlenme yok, ABD 'PKK ile uzlaşın' diyor OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
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Talabani ile yeni baştan Türkiye, Erbil'e konsolosluk açmayacak Report: Masrour Barzani charged in Austria [Michael Rubin] Iraq Press Roundup DTP'li göstericilerin attığı taş, bir vatandaşı öldürdü Independent report says no trace of poisoning in PKK’s jailed leader Timing of US remarks on withdrawal purposeful, says retired general Güneri Civaoğlu Apo ve Guzman TSK hesapları alt üst etti 295 Ex-PKK Members Return Home Under Repentance Law Ilisu Dam ‘will cause flood of asylum seekers’ Casey:Üslerin yasal statüsünün ne olduğu, Irak hükümetine sormanız gereken birşey Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Gates: Kürd halkının bazı kaygılarının giderilmesi gerekir! Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Oramiral Fallon: ''Kongra Gel(KGK) ile bir çeşit uzlaşma sağlanmalı'' Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Avrupa İşkenceyi Önleme Komitesi’nin ''Öcalan zehirlenmesi'' ile ilgili raporu açıklandı Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Ordu AKP'yi köşeye sıkıştırdı Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Büyükanıt’ı yalancı çıkaran Tuğgeneral Erten istifa mı ettirildi? Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. ABD Dışişleri Bakanlığı: ''bizim politikamızda bir değişiklik yok” Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. 'Çözüm federal sisteme geçmek'
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7 Mart 2008 Basın Özeti | H3 Ali H Aslan Has the Pentagon lost its mind? Milliyet Son Dakika Şimdi sakinleşme zamanı Cengiz Çandar Talabani Ankara'da: 'Hiç yoktan iyidir' ya da 'Dostlar alışverişte görsün' Ahmet Taşgetiren • Sarıkamış'tan Kıbrıs'tan bugüne... ( 07.03.2008 ) Ruşen - Çakır Taha Akyol Militan laiklik Fikret Bila Celal Talabani, Atatürk’ün huzuruna çıkmak istedi Murat Yetkin Talabani'nin Ankara'da ilk durağı Anıtkabir Harekat, Meclis’te Faruk Loğoğlu Let’s calm down Hasan Cemal Askerden iktidara muhtıra iyi, muhalefete kötü mü?.. M Ali Birand Türkiye'de yeni dengeler oluşuyor Ertuğrul Özkök Milli meditasyon Ahmet Hakan Da Vinci Baykal’ın şifresini çözdüm HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN Ordu ve siyaset 'Komutanlar AKP'yi kabul etmek zorunda kaldı' Toptan, anayasa için özel meclis önerdi Altan Tan Erdoğan için tarihî fırsat Diyarbakır platformu AKP'liler: Kürt sorununda çözüm eşitlik ve özgürlükte... Eser Karakaş Kürt meselesinde sivil öneriler DTP'li Tuncel: 'Sorun Türkiye'de Çözülmeli' Nasuhi Güngör Muhalefetin derdi, ordunun çözüme yakınlığı mı? KORAY DÜZGÖREN Sınırötesi tartışmalarının örttüğü gerçekler The use of military force against terrorism by Bekir Çınar* Serdar Turgut Talabani ve Kürt lobisi Toptan: Yeni anayasa için yapımcı meclis kurulmalı Cevdet Aşkın Öcalan'da zehirlenme yok, ABD 'PKK ile uzlaşın' diyor OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
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Konu Alevilerin inancı olunca özgürlükcülüğü ara ki bulasın Anayasa Mahkemesi, CHP'nin başvurusunu gündemine aldı ABD isterse M.Ali Kışlalı Şamil Tayyar Kasımpaşalı Büyükanıt, Baykal ve Bahçeli Flaş! Edirne Belediye Başkanı gözaltında Güler Kömürcü Gizli dinleme yapan hainler kim? MHP'den, Hürriyet yazarı Doğan'a sert cevap Fehmi Koru: Herkes yerini bilirse... Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Ali Bayramoğlu: Muhtıranın iyisi ve kötüsü… Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Taha Kıvanç: Dünyada her gün bunlar oluyor Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Hayrettin Karaman: Sıra sana da gelir Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Tamer Korkmaz: 28 Şubat, aslında neydi? 'Bir darbeden daha fazlası'ydı! Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. İbrahim Karagül: Bu ne kirli ortaklık, bu nasıl bir ihanet! Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Fatma K. Barbarosoğlu: Otuz yıldan sonra dönüm noktası İsmet Berkan - Yine hukuk konuşalım: Zorunlu din dersi Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Hasan Celal Güzel - Siyasî çözüm taşeronları gene işbaşında Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Türker Alkan - Karton ev çocukları Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Hakkı Devrim - Gazeteci tuhaflığıdır bu! Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Murat Yetkin - Talabani'nin Ankara'da ilk durağı Anıtkabir Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Erdal Güven - Mesele din dersinin zorunlu olması değil Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Namık Kemal Zeybek - Bakan Hüseyin Çelik doğru mu söylüyor? Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Murat Belge - Aşkale zevksizliği BÜLENT KORUCU - Ordu-siyaset ilişkisinde yeni dönem Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. MUSTAFA ÜNAL - Bildirinin CHP ve MHP'ye etkisi Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. HÜSEYİN GÜLERCE - Askeri kışkırtanlar bugün öfkeli Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. MÜMTAZ'ER TÜRKÖNE - Muhalefetin kerterizi Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. İHSAN DAĞI - Kürtlerle diyalog
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| H4 New York Times Editorial Dark Days in Armenia President Bush and other Western leaders need to make clear to Armenia’s government that a slide into authoritarianism is unacceptable DAVID BROOKS Playing by Clinton Rules Senator Barack Obama doesn’t have an impressive record of experience or a unique policy profile. New politics is all he’s got. He loses that, and he loses everything. Bombs Kill 54 and Wound 123 in Baghdad PAUL KRUGMAN The Anxiety Election The state of the economy could give Democrats a huge advantage — especially with white working-class voters who supported President Bush in 2004. | H5 Washington Post The Great Non Sequitur By Charles Krauthammer Because Obama transcends race, does he also transcend divisions of region, class, party, generation and ideology? Gunman Kills Eight at Seminary in Jerusalem Attack Could Strain Already Faltering Peace Negotiations Officials Lean Toward Keeping Next Iraq Assessment Secret U.S. to Lose Iraq Envoy Soon After Top General Expansion Issues Divide NATO; Rice Urges More Troops U.S. Can't Let Mideast
Fall Apart Daoud Kuttab: If the U.S. wants to salvage Mideast peace, it needs to step up its game. What Obama Needs: A Keystone Address By Eugene Robinson Barack Obama has already demonstrated how much words do matter. Now he needs to find some new ones. The 'Weak States' Gap By Susan E. Rice and Stewart Patrick, The United States still has no strategy for helping the most vulnerable countries deal with poverty and security threats A Popularity Offensive By Michael Gerson Democrats think America must try -- urgently and desperately -- to be more popular in the world. Think again. Anti-Terrorism Efforts Hailed Chertoff Says Security Improvements Thwart Extremists Rube Goldberg, Meet Rush Limbaugh By E. J. Dionne Jr Democrats have contrived a nominating contest that even Rube Goldberg would have considered too convoluted and dysfunctional. Michigan and Florida Have Democrats in a State NASA Wary of Relying on Russia Moscow Soon to Be Lone Carrier of Astronauts to Space Station Reputed Global Arms Dealer Arrested Russian Accused of Supplying Weapons in Africa, Mideast GAO Seeks Review of Spy Agencies The Outgoing Chief Auditor Makes a Pitch on Capitol Hill | H6 Guardian Eight dead as gunmen hit Jerusalem religious school Deadliest attack in four years is dramatic escalation in conflict Food crisis worse than climate change Government's new chief science adviser raises concerns about food security and rush to biofuels The losers' game Scott Ritter: Diplomatic manoeuvres to force Iran to prove a negative about its halted nuclear weapons programme ... now where have I seen that before? A double act of revenge: carefully planned atrocity strikes at Israel's spiritual heart Lone gunman who killed eight people in Jerusalem may have had Israeli ID card Hell Hath More Fury By: Khaled Diab
Why is it so many people seem to be hell bent on silencing others? Neither should the Quran be banned, nor the film attacking it. 'Lord of war' arms trafficker arrested Russian man believed to be a leading illegal arms dealer arrested in Thailand Military Cross awards at new high 184 members of armed forces to receive medals for operations in Afghanistan and Iraq This crisis needn't end in tragedy Isabel Hilton: Uribe has humiliated Chávez and prolonged an endless civil war US repossessions hit record high, sparking dollar sell-off Mortgage delinquency rate highest since 1985 as slump in the American housing market and the impact of the credit crunch affects the poorest borrowers The view from across the border Tim Watkin To truly solve the problem of illegal immigration, the US must do more to improve econonomic conditions in the countries of origin Much ado about Nafta Robert Lawrence US elections 2008: America's trade agreements with Mexico and Canada could be improved but complete renegotiation would open a Pandora's box Half-truths cannot aid peace David Hirsh Seumas Milne is calling for Palestinian unity. But his presentation of a bloody and frightening conflict in such simplistic terms is dangerous Iran's union heroes Peter Tatchell Tehran's anti-union repression is symptomatic of the fascistic nature of the clerical regime |
| H7 Asia Times As alliances shift, Iran wins - again Bush administration promoted a Turkey-Israel axis, a Sunni Arab "axis of fear" and then a Saudi-Israeli nexus, always trying to isolate Iran. None of these concoctions has worked, and there are even hints that Washington and Tehran have concluded a secret deal brokered by Saudi Arabia to hammer out contentious issues. This might be fanciful, but the bottom line is that Iran sees itself as the ultimate victor of the US war on Iraq. - Pepe Escobar Iran-Iraq Ties Show U.S. the Way By: Kaveh L. Afrasiabi | Asia Times Iran-Iraq ties show US the way Tehran's enormous influence in Iraq is there to stay, given Iran's proximity and religious and historical connections, highlighted by President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's recent visit. This leaves the US with little choice but to adjust its anti-Iran policy to accommodate Iran's regional clout Amir Taheri Why the Nuclear Programme Undermines Iran's Independence : Amir Taheri Iraq: Armed Humanitarianism By: Patrick Cullen | ISN Security Watch
Though there are some limited examples of humanitarian actors using private security companies (PSCs) for armed protection in the past, the Iraqi conflict has become - as it has in so many other areas relating to the expansion of private security - a watershed moment for the international humanitarian community CFR Event: Beyond Bricks And Mortar: The "Civilian Surge" In Iraq
Air raid on Syria The Latest IAEA Report and Iranian Nuclear Weapon Development INSS WINEP Iran and the Road Ahead Washington and its partners still have options to raise the financial costs of Tehran's nuclear program. An approach that incorporates aggressive financial pressure remains the best means of persuading Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions. | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq Iraq: Big Oil Deals Could Clear Late-March Coordinated Baghdad bombs kill 55 US: Iran-US Talks Never Scheduled US Official: Financial Sanctions 'Painful' for Iran Baghdad welcome
Jim Muir asks whether the Americans have delivered Iraq to Iran US-Iraq pact won't tie Bush successor's hands: White House The Iraq Quagmire: Numbers to Date IRAQ: Mother of all walls Work is now nearing completion on the mother of all walls, a 50-mile barrier that will protect the network of pipes delivering crude from the Kirkuk oil Iraq recruits tribes who help oil smugglers to combat oil theft Kurdish former minister killed in disputed Iraq oil city Arab Media: An article in the Arab Reform Bulletin, a publication of the Carnegie Endowment, argues leaders across the Arab world have found it increasingly practical to muzzle local media. Police Discover Rocket Cache in Kirkuk Israeli-Palestine: In a new panel discussion on PostGlobal, analysts discuss who is to blame if the U.S.-led Middle East peace effort launched at last year’s Annapolis summit breaks down. Sources say secret, high-level dialogue with Damascus began months ago WorldNetDaily Sadrists Demand Release of al-Zamili; More Schisms among Sadrists The Economist Israel and the Palestinians The bloody conundrum of Gaza Arab diplomacy The pro-Westerners feel stumped too Iraq and Iran Big brother comes to town Daily Star Syrians and Saudis fight over Hariri, but it's the Lebanese who get beaten up Gadhafi is the same; the West forgives him anyway By Michael Rubin | H9 Ha’aretz – Eight killed in terrorist attack at Jerusalem yeshiva ANALYSIS: Gazans see attack on yeshiva as unusual achievement Officials: Gunman was an East Jerusalem resident Olmert: Talks with Syria worth serious consideration No such thing as 'entirely' If there is a solution, it lies in a place where there may be shooting, but also in attempts to talk; a place of wily tricks, of measured doses, of compromises and dangers, where muscles are sometimes flexed and sometimes relaxed Sarid Yasser The curse of Gaza Arafat is long dead, but his curse lives on: We are still drinking the seawater of Gaza, cursed water, salty and dirty, you can neither swallow it nor vomit it out U.S. accuses Libya of blocking UN condemnation of J'lem attack Tripoli rejects use of the word 'terror' in draft statement, demands censure of Israeli incursions in Gaza Jerusalem Post Settlement construction declining But number of settlers living in Judea and Samaria has risen faster than country's population Martyrdom and national identity Understanding the nature of resistance in Palestinian society. Yedioth Ahronoth En route to 3rd Intifada? Israel must prepare to contain violence that may follow Jerusalem carnage, says Ron Ben-Yishai Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine BBC Eight killed at Jerusalem school A Palestinian gunman kills eight people at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem in the worst such attack in years. Grim mood outside the seminary In pictures: Seminary attack Shadow of Hamas
Tough obstacles to the resumption of Mid-East peace talks Forward Hamas Rockets Hit Closer to Heart of Israel Terrorism Expert: ‘Just a Matter of Time Before They Reach Tel Aviv’ U.N. Border Force May Be All That Can Stop Chaos in Gaza
Edward Walker Israel Has No Other Alternative, Must Stop the Rocket Fire from Gaza - Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Gaza: unlock this prison, Geoffrey Bindman
A new report by eight different British-based human rights groups, including the British chapters of Amnesty International and Save the Children, argues the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip (PDF) is now worse than at any time since the 1967 Israeli-Palestinian war. Israel Should Stop Harvesting Hatred -- For Its Own Sake By: Mustafa Akyol | Turkish Daily News By constantly harvesting hatred among Palestinians, and in the broader Arab and Muslim world, Israel is making peace less and less attainable Israel's Only Outlet Is to Rescue the Annapolis Process By: Shlomo Ben-Ami | The Daily Star The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that began three months ago at Annapolis do not suffer from a lack of ideas about how to address the Middle East conflict's core issues A Real Peace Movement? By: Keith Kahn-Harris | The Guardian
We need a peace movement that recognizes the pain and the suffering on both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Olmert to Hamas: Stop Rocket Fire and We Won't Attack Gaza - Security Council Sends the Wrong Message on Gaza - Abraham Foxman |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor Iran debate: Who owns the revolution? Hard-liners play tough to prevent reformist gains in March 14 vote. Global warming not always to blame for extreme winters Natural variations in weather can vary more than climate change signals, experts say. ASIA China's rising inflation could hurt U.S. consumers The Economist India's economy What's holding India back? India's achievement is at risk because it has failed to reform its public sector India's civil service Battling the babu raj China's parliament You have permission to think freely Bolstering U.S.-Asean Cooperation By: Surin Pitsuwan | The Japan Times If the U.S. wants to maintain the trajectory of its policy in Southeast Asia, it is going to have to contribute more than just military assistance to the region Slate Dispatches From China's Wild West Auto parts and furniture, the unromantic trade goods that travel the modern Silk Road.
Joshua Kucera Keeping Pakistan's Military Out of Politics By: Ershad Mahmud | Asia Sentinel In addition to uprooting President Pervez Mursharraf’s Muslim League-Q Party by opposition parties in Pakistan’s February national elections, the election has not only created a new alliance between opposition parties and but raises the possibility of reorienting the country’s political future China says the U.S. military is exaggerating the Chinese threat. Carnegie China's "New Village" Strategy - Actual Progress and National Impact On a roll Beijing struggles to control inflation Officials in China are confident inflation can be held to its 4.8% target this year Comparing China and India: Defense Spending (and Kosovo Update) Asia Times Iran's gas: China waits as India wavers The possibility of India buying Iranian gas by way of a pipeline running through mutual neighbor Pakistan has been a talking point for the past decade. Yet as Islamabad and Tehran prepare to sign a gas purchase agreement this month, India is holding back amid security concerns and US disapproval of the plan. Energy-hungry China may seize the opportunity. - Siddharth Srivastava CFR Uncertain Times for US-Pakistan Military Ties
Karachi left powerless over unpaid electricity bills Unprecedented power cut leaves more than 15 million people without electricity
The Town That Came Back to Life By: Kim Sengupta | The Independent Three months ago, a resurgent Taliban regime was driven from the Afghan town of Musa Qala. Since then, ordinary people there have had a tantalising taste of what a normal existence might offer. Times of India In an editorial on the presidential race in the United States, the Times says the course of U.S.-India relations is unlikely to change, no matter which of the three contestants eventually succeeds Bush, adding that India is now too big a player on the global stage to be ignored by any US administration. | H11 IHT Stop blaming Nafta By ROBERT A. PASTOR The sad part of the Clinton-Obama debate is that they missed the real issues. Is our planet warming up? By MICHAEL JOHNSON Trying to follow the public debate on global warming has been frustrating. Condoleezza Rice pushes NATO allies to increase Afghanistan contributions Sarkozy faces first test in local elections in France Ten months after President Nicolas Sarkozy was swept into power on a wave of optimism, his party faces its first electoral test in local elections this weekend and next EUROPE European press review Greece rejects Macedonia Nato bid The Greek government says it cannot back Macedonia's bid to join Nato, in a row over its neighbour's name. Washington Times NATO caught between expansion, Russia's ire Divisions surfaced in NATO yesterday over the future membership of Ukraine and Georgia, with some nations reluctant to anger Russia by admitting the two former Soviet republics The Economist Spanish elections The coming pain in Spain Regional politics in Spain Power in their hands Armenia Troubling news from the Caucasus Charlemagne Don't play politics with the euro France vs. Germany: The Rivalry Heats Up Analysis: Obama wants more from Europe (UPI) -- No matter which candidate wins the U.S. presidency, European powers will be asked to do more of the fighting in Afghanistan Italy on the Precipice By: Eric Lyman | ISN Security Watch
Does the current political and economic crisis in Italy mean the country is in danger of becoming the world's wealthiest failed state EU-3 Push for Answers From Tehran Over New Nuclear Allegations By: Leigh Phillips | EU Observer
Major EU powers Britain, Germany and France have called on Iran to answer allegations over its nuclear programme European NATO members are said to be skeptical of admitting Ukraine, Georgia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Albania to the alliance. Croatia has the best shot 'Substantial' Dutch terror risk The Netherlands raises its terror alert level to "substantial", amid anxiety about an anti-Islam film. Dutch Muslims condemn MP's film Dutch MP warned over Islam film Geert Wilders TV stations refuse anti-Muslim film | H12 RFE/RL Caspian: Turkmen, Azerbaijani Deal Could Raise Energy Hopes Azerbaijani and Turkmen officials have resolved a lingering obstacle to improved trade ties during the latest round of talks on issues that include cooperation to develop Caspian energy resources Armenia: Crisis Spotlights ’Karabakh Clan’ As Armenia’s first post-Soviet president in the 1990s, Levon Ter-Petrossian brought in top officials from Nagorno-Karabakh to serve in his government. Google News Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh shooting prompts concern (UPI) -- The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has called for restraint after violations of the Nagorno-Karabakh cease-fire EurasiaNet Armenia: Criticism of Kocharian Administration Bubbles to Surface
The shockwaves created by the March 1 events in Yerevan are being felt beyond Armenia’s borders, heightening concern about a regional war. Meanwhile, criticism of President Robert Kocharian’s handling of the crisis is starting to surface Georgia: Tbilisi Starts to Feel the Backlash of Kosovo Independence
Saakashvili’s administration in Georgia is confronting a new crisis involving Russia, which on March 6 announced that it no longer feels bound by a 1996 CIS agreement that imposed trade restrictions on the separatist-minded territory of Abkhazia. At the same time, Saakashvili is contending with a fresh wave of domestic opposition discontent In Brussels, NATO, EU Officials Ambivalent About Russian Election By: David Francis | World Politics Review
NATO and European Union officials in Brussels met the landslide election victory of former Russian President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, with ambivalence this week. Officials of both bodies expressed little optimism that a change of leadership will bring any great change in the direction of Russia's increasingly assertive foreign policy Armenia's Bloody Saturday Shatters Election Deadlock By: Richard Weitz | World Politics Review
The losing candidate in Armenia's election has referred to the protests as a "democratic revolution." Yet, his questionable past makes it difficult to characterize the current situation as another colored revolution such as those that occurred in several former Soviet republics during the 2003-2005 period Ukraine: Backtracking on NATO Hopes EDM GAZPROM’S SOUTH STREAM PROJECT CAN BE HALTED IN THE BLACK SEA
- RUSSIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OFFER THE WEST CHANCE TO GET BACK TO BUSINESS
- TURKMEN LEADER PLANS TO ADOPT NEW MILITARY DOCTRINE Washington Times Prize in Eurasian game By Ariel Cohen Kazakhstan is 4 times as big as France, is projected to export 3 million barrels of oil a day by 2015, has some of the largest reserves of uranium on the planet, and is a major exporter of grain. The Economist Russia's new president A Putin-shaped throne Uzbek Redux? Conflicting reports of a potential deal on a NATO troop presence in Uzbekistan have spawned talk of a delicate thaw that could raise Russia's hackles and prompt a backlash from rights groups. Crisis Averted, But Issues Remain Ukraine and Russia have reached an agreement ending a three-day crisis over gas supplies. But with shady middlemen and Russia's use of gas supplies for political ends unlikely to stop, the two neighbors may go through the same thing again soon Kazakhstan: Ukraine Wins Promises Of Cooperation, But No Energy Deal Russian Bomber Again Intercepted Near US Navy Ship |
| H13 The Times Nine dead as gunman hits Jerusalem seminary In the first major attack in the city for over three years a gunman opened fire in a library containing around 80 students Outgunned Iraqi army in a battle to save Mosul US troop 'surge' has failed to quell al-Qaeda but commanders hope for victory in the northern city by July Biofuels cannot save the planet Importing biofuels risks raising food prices and razing forests, with significant quantities of energy used for delivery Biofuels threatens starvation on global scale Rush towards biofuels is a threat to world food production and the lives of billions, Government’s Scientific Adviser says Is this the sign of things to come? In a world of increasing affluence, the hoarding of rice and wheat has begun Clinton's weapon: the kitchen sink In politics the most determined person gets the top job - and Ms Clinton is really desperate Gerard Baker ID cards are the ultimate identity theft Computer systems always fail - and the national database will do so big time Ian Angell It’s all about the economy, estúpido Spain's new focus is a warning about problems that have been easy to ignore in years of rhetoric about Islamic terrorism Bronwen Maddox Spanish PM set to stay in power, Times poll shows Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is well set to clinch re-election on Sunday, according to a poll commissioned by The Times Election rerun plan gives Clinton renewed hope The 366 delegates from the disenfranchised states of Florida and Michigan may be up for grabs again in the Democratic race Karzai wins low-profile UN envoy Kai Eide, a little-known Norwegian diplomat, has been named as the United Nation's new 'super envoy' to Afghanistan Wall Street Journal Irresolution on Iran
Bush diplomacy ends with a whimper at the U.N. Obama Abroad
By Martin Peretz
The Illinois senator is no pushover on foreign policy. But beware his enchantment with negotiation. Freedom Means Responsibility
By George McGovern
Government should resist the temptation to save us from ourselves. How to Stop the Mortgage Crisis
By Martin Feldstein
Here's a solution that doesn't involve violating contracts or creating a new federal bureaucracy. Don't Follow the Fed
The Wall Street Journal Europe:
The ECB is the better model. Over the Top By Peggy Noonan
Declarations: Democrats lost the chance to leave history in awe. What's left is trench warfare. Huckabee's Next Campaign
Before setting his sights too firmly on 2012, the former Arkansas Governor should remember that populist opportunism has its limits Housing, Bank Troubles Deepen The number of U.S. homes entering foreclosure rose to a record in the fourth quarter. Homeowners' share of the equity in their homes fell to 48%. Emerging markets The decoupling debate Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Pose a Risk to the United States?
Peterson Institute Commentary: Klepto-capitalism By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE (UPI) -- The bursting of the housing bubble, which punctured the credit bubble, was a criminal enterprise at the outset, pooh-poohed at first by those who should have known better, that has now triggered a global economic crisis. The U.S. prison population is at an all-time high with 2.3 million behind bars, but the subprime con men/women are enjoying the fruits of their scams. | H14 Financial Times Europe’s sputtering political engine We must hope that Nicolas Sarkozy realises sooner rather than later that nurturing the Franco-German axis is in the interests of France, the EU and himself McCain takes the call The advert shows children asleep as a presidential-looking Hillary Clinton picks up the telephone in the face of a new global crisis. Swap Clinton for John McCain and you have a strategy that could help him win, says Philip Stephens WORLD NEWS: Fresh clashes feared in Armenia crisis Eight killed in Jerusalem school shooting At least eight people have been killed and scores wounded in a terrorist attack on a religious school in Jerusalem Gaza Strip attack kills Israeli soldier Israeli forces suffered further casualties after Palestinian militants, ignoring intense diplomatic efforts to reopen peace negotiations, launched an attack US household wealth on the decline Falling equities drive first fall in five years Britain needs a do-nothing Budget We want tax systems to be efficient and equitable. But they also need to be stable enough for people to make long-term decisions EU team to cement high-level China links The European Union is to hold talks in Beijing over climate change, the bloc’s trade deficit with China and other economic issues How the French invented subprime in 1719 James Macdonald on the Mississippi bubble Europe must use its head to boost research Spend more and spend more wisely, urges Bruno van Pottelsberghe ANALYSIS: Spain inherits wider liberties but trouble for the economy Russia may offer Afghan route for Nato Moscow is talking to the west about the possibility of goods destined for the defence alliance’s mission in Afghanistan being transported across Russian territory Business chiefs warn of threat to euro European business leaders warned that the euro would not survive in the long term if the European Union failed to develop powerful political institutions to balance the European Central Bank WORLD NEWS - IRAN: Senators urge formal sanctions Progress for Clinton over excluded delegates Hillary Clinton made headway towards reinstating the excluded delegates from Michigan and Florida, in a move that is likely to add to the fissile atmosphere between her campaign and that of Barack Obama Presidential duel holds perils for foreign diplomats As Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continue their duel for the Democratic presidential nomination, foreign governments have begun to rethink their own part in the US campaign WORLD NEWS: Many guises of elusive entrepreneur FRONT PAGE - FIRST SECTION: Ex-Soviet officer accused of arms trafficking arrested in Thailand FT REPORT - ROMANIA 2008: Pioneers find a gateway to new eastern markets | H15 Los Angeles Times Democrats brainstorm on delegate disputes Possibilities include new votes in Florida and Michigan or a committee to find a compromise. It's your call, Hillary Rosa Brooks: It's 3 a.m., the phone is ringing and the crisis is you. So what's your answer? How to pick a president Though the nominating process is complicated, we certainly know the candidates by the end of it. Not your dad's GOP John McCain and Arnold Schwarzenegger: Are they statists in statist clothing, or examples of a more evolved species of conservative? Big-government conservatives aren't conservative By W. James Antle III Coordinated Baghdad bombs kill 55 The real trade questions By Robert A. Pastor Instead of attacking NAFTA, focus on jobs, the border and infrastructure. Repeated Iraq deployments raise mental health risks for soldiers Democrats brace for a long battle Russian arms dealer linked to Colombian guerrillas arrested in Thailand The long hunt for the world's most notorious arms dealer climaxed today in Bangkok, where Thai authorities arrested Russian businessman Viktor Bout on charges of supplying Colombian rebels with weapons and explosives, federal officials confirmed. |
| H16 American Politics Obama is Weak in Key Gen. Election States
Debating a Primary Do-Over Who Would Jesus Vote For?
Michigan, Florida Seek Chance to Redo Democratic Primaries The Economist Lexington Barack Obama: A New Hope - Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone Obama aides link Clinton foreign policy with McCain's Poll: More people say they are Democrats than before primaries Five Options for Florida and Michigan - Roger Simon, The Politico 'We Did It' letters eyed in NY bombing realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp There's only one winner from this Democratic battle - the Republicans Jonathan Freedland: Clinton and Obama face months of bitter rancour and division. By November they will both be damaged goods Obama's best offence Michael Tomasky Mar 06 08, 05:00pm: US elections 2008: To attack Clinton effectively, Obama needs to tap into Americans' deep-seated anxieties about her and her husband Spoiler alert Dylan Loewe Mar 06 08, 09:00pm: US elections 2008: Clinton's decision to fight on depite Obama's insurmountable delegate lead will only weaken his chances in November | H17 Daily Telegraph Iran's state within a state Such is the power of the Revolutionary Guards that many Iranians are now questioning whether there is any point in voting, says Con Coughlin. Barack Obama 'will repair image of US in UK' America needs to work hard to regain the trust of the British public following the Iraq war and the Bush years, says Obama senior adviser. | H18 Independent Massacre in the heart of Jerusalem At least eight Israeli students were killed by a Palestinian gunman who opened fire after infiltrating a Jerusalem seminary last night, in the worst attack on civilians in the city for four years. Russian arms dealer nicknamed the 'Merchant of Death' arrested in Thailand Viktor Bout, an international arms dealer known as the "merchant of death" for his colourful and unscrupulous dealings in every troubled hot spot from Africa to the Middle East and Afghanistan, was arrested yesterday at a hotel in Thailand. After a few well-mannered rounds, it's time for the fight for the White House to get down and dirty Florida and Michigan could rerun primaries |
| H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism The U.S. Army today restored public access to the Reimer Digital Library Field Manual Interim (FMI) 3-04.155, “Army Unmanned Aircraft System Operations.” posted here (9 MB PDF file). Who leaked details of CIA-Mossad plot against Iran? NYT reporter subpoenaed... Tom Ricks on Thomas Barnett/Adm. Fallon piece: "Fallon clearly cooperated with Barnett for the article, with the author accompanying the Centcom chief on trips to Egypt and Afghanistan over the past year. The article quotes Fallon as saying one day in Cairo that 'I'm in hot water again' with the White House, apparently for telling Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that the United States would not attack Iran." Barnett webmaster Sean Meade* reacts. Barnett's Esquire profile. Esquire The Man Between War and Peace As head of U. S. Central Command, Admiral William "Fox" Fallon is in charge of American military strategy for the most troubled parts of the world. Now, as the White House has been escalating the war of words with Iran, and seeming ever more determined to strike militarily before the end of this presidency, the admiral has urged restraint and diplomacy. Who will prevail, the president or the admiral? By Tom Barnett Non-State Actors in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Wiki-Based Estimate A small bomb struck a U.S. military recruiting center in Times Square, New York In Defense of the CIA By: Paul R. Pillar | Foreign Affairs
The United States' intelligence community's record is better than people think -- and most reform proposals are worse. The Washington Post reports on a new Justice Department intelligence system that allows the government to sift through enormous caches of digital data. The article says the program stirs concerns among civil liberties groups. Arms suspect faces charges in US The US says it aims to extradite a man suspected of being a top arms smuggler from Thailand. Protecting America
Is the FBI violating liberties in the post-9/11 world?
| H20 Slate Obama and Clinton fight and also fight not to fight.
John Dickerson Looking ahead to November, both Democrats beat John McCain.
Mark Blumenthal and Charles Franklin And it's even worse than you feared.
Daniel Gross Auto parts and furniture, the unromantic trade goods that travel the modern Silk Road.
Joshua Kucera The Scramble For the Arctic By: Scott G. Borgerson | Foreign Affairs
Wake up, Henry Hudson: Thanks to global warming, the Northwest Passage will soon be open for business The Economist Global Muslim networks How far they have travelled Fethullah Gulen A farm boy on the world stage The internet and government Leaks and lawsuits Anti-terrorist spending Feel safer now? | H21 Bookmanism A public library is not an internet caff: it is a window to the treasury of knowledge Don't be lazy, snooze at work
Asia's culture of napping has reached a new level in China, where the state has authorized sleeping on the job, at least for a little while. It's time to wake up to the age of the "cubicle nap" and experts say the results are eye-opening. Increased productivity, safety and morale surely put to bed any Western notions of the dangers of a work-day doze. - Matt Young Time Out of Mind By STEFAN KLEIN The misguided notion that time is money actually costs us money. And it costs us time. US curb for Google map-makers Google is banned from filming inside US military bases due to the "threat" posed by its online maps. The battle for Wikipedia's soul Standing up for public television By Ken Burns PBS offers an invaluable service that none of the other channels can deliver. In praise of ... confession Leader: The Vatican is worried about dwindling attendance at confession and has launched a course to teach priests to be more understanding Eric Clapton is a musical diplomat Music can be a handy weapon when war and diplomacy fails Ben Macintyre Rich and famous Lists of the wealthy exert a hideous and powerful fascination but there are many reasons to dislike such compilations |
