| H1 The National Interest Online Realists vs. Neocons by Daniel W. Drezner There’s a battle raging for the foreign-policy soul of the Republican Party. Will realists regain their traditional dominance, or be permanently displaced by the upstart neocons? CNAS Stumbling into the Future: The Indirect Approach and American Strategy Shawn Brimley and Vikram Singh (pdf) World Media Deliver Damning Verdict on Iraq Situation Five Years On Military Force Planning and Decision Making: Organizing and Rebuilding Iraqi Security Forces
Bill Richardson Endorses Obama, A.P. Reports Los Angeles Times Iraq guards asked to trade guns for brooms As calm returns to some areas, the U.S. military is faced with the question of what to do with the tribesmen it hired to defend their neighborhoods. EurasiaNet China and Russia: The Gendarmes of Eurasia BY STEPHEN BLANK China’s crackdown on protesters in Tibet is potentially setting a precedent for members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Commentary The Israel of the Balkans Michael J. Totten The trials and tribulations of the world's newest independent state Gates Considers US Force Levels for Iraq Washington Post Hope in Pakistan The Problems Are Real, but So Is the Progress By Richard Holbrooke Pakistan's problems are real, but so is the progress being made Iran a Nuclear Threat, Bush Insists Experts Say President Is Wrong and Is Escalating Tensions The Speech: A Brilliant Fraud By Charles Krauthammer, Elegantly crafted and delivered, Obama's race speech left key questions unanswered Guardian Bush's Napoleon moment Dilip Hiro President Bush could have brought democracy to Iraq without invading the country, but instead, he opted for war The time is now Petra Marquardt-Bigman With Arab leaders prepared to accept a deal based on 'land for peace' and Israel engaged, there are grounds for optimism in the Middle East Sunni militia strike could derail US strategy against al-Qaida Fighters accuse the US military of using them to clear al-Qaida militants and then abandoning them BBC Hard decisions
What would the next US president do about troops in Iraq? Daily Telegraph Cheney Tour Sparks Iran War Rumors Asia Times Same game, new rules in Afghanistan
Obituaries for the Taliban's spring offensive are premature, though instead of trying to engage opposition forces head-on, the Taliban will open up new fronts in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. In return, North Atlantic Treaty Organization and United States-led troops will target the Taliban's safe havens straddling the border with Pakistan. - Syed Saleem Shahzad Exclusive: Cheney resurrects military option against Iran in Gulf tour William Arkin Iraq Is All About Iran? Not! Weekly Standard Why We Went Into Iraq by Peter D. Feaver Wall Street Journal A Thinking Man's Speech By Peggy Noonan Declarations: Obama forgoes soundbites in favor of ideas. Democrats Are Still Weak on Security
By Karl Rove Intransigence on Iraq and terrorist surveillance isn't going to help the party in the fall. As the United States and Europe bicker, the Atlantic alliance is losing influence. Independent Abkhazia, the country that doesn't exist, prepares to follow Kosovo's example Bush Offers 'Way Forward' With Iran U.S. President George W. Bush tells Persian-language broadcaster Radio Farda in an exclusive interview that it is Iran's "right" to have a civilian nuclear-power program but that there is no need for the country to enrich uranium Daily Telegraph Dick Cheney tour sparks Iran war rumours The Maginot Pipeline By: Kyle Wingfield | The Wall Street Journal Intended as a defense against Russian dominance of EU natural gas supplies, the $7.4 billion Nabucco pipeline is beginning to look like a modern-day Maginot Line Nabucco Follies: State Department Shills for EU Pipeline to Carry ... World Politics Review RFERL Gazprom Imperils Hopes For Trans-Caspian Pipeline Could a landmark deal between Gazprom and three energy-rich Central Asian states doom European plans to transport gas across the Caspian Sea and away from Russian control? Washington Institute The Hamas Dilemma: A Debate on Alternate Strategies Engage Hamas?
Rob Satloff vs. Rob Malley (mp3). Time Bracing for a New Hizballah-Israel War
Life of a Qaeda strategist
Adam Shatz, LRB.
Outside View: Bush's failed Kosovo policy By ROBERT M. HAYDEN (UPI) -- Fighting in northern Kosovo this week between Serbs and NATO-led troops shows that the independence engineered by the Bush administration for the breakaway Balkan province is not going according to plan. IHT Tensions threaten Kosovo's tenuous peace Analysts and Western diplomats warn that the conflict could boil over if the international community does not overcome divisions and marshal a more robust response to Serbia's attempt to partition Europe's newest state. Christian Science Monitor Can U.S. avert a Japan-style economic bust? Similar crises have hit other nations, but Sweden bounced back far faster than Japan Ha’aretz – Israel, Germany plan int'l summit to stop Iran nuke program Bin Laden tape: Iron and fire needed to liberate Palestine Time A Rival for Iran's Ahmadinejad - Nahid Siamdoust
Muhammad Baqer Qalibaf, the mayor of Tehran, is emerging as a quiet rival to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad NY Post Revolutionary Guards Post Gains in Iranian Elections - Amir Taheri Iran: A New Balance of Forces By: Kamal Nazer Yasin | ISN Security Watch The hard-line faction associated with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has failed to secure a majority in the next parliament, a phenomenon which will have far-reaching consequences. The new entrants may form a working majority on an ad hoc basis against the Iranian president A Suez Moment? ORG This 5-page essay compares Britain's situation at the time of the Suez crisis with the position of the US in respect of Iraq and Afghanistan NRO JAMES S. ROBBINS: The war in Iraq has achieved its strategic purpose, whether the public believes it was worth it or not. “Quiet Victory USIP Special Report: Using Quantitative and Qualitative Models to Forecast Instability Jerusalem Post The clandestine Saudi-Israeli ties Saudi press abounds with reports of products tagged "Made in Israel." CFR Cook: No Likelihood of US Breaking with Israel on Hamas Talks
Heritage China's Expanding Global Influence: Foreign Policy Goals, Practices, and Tools
Radical Islamists no longer welcome in Pakistani tribal areas Carnegie A Mid-Term Report of the Hu-Wen Government: Analyzing the Outcome of the National People's Congress Malaysian Lessons for Asia's Authoritarians By: Victor Mallet | Financial Times Two very different uprisings, one in Tibet and one in Malaysia, have exposed the ethnic and political tensions that often seethe beneath the calm surface of Asia’s successful economies CSIS Invigorating Defense Governance | H2 NYT Editorial Turkey’s Democracy on Trial The lawsuit filed by one of Turkey’s top prosecutors last week gravely threatens political and economic stability and Ankara’s international reputation Report: Turkey Bombs Kurd Rebels in Iraq 'Türkiye'nin Kürt Sorunu' Washington’da Brookings Enstitüsü’nde düzenlenen panelde “Türkiye’nin Kürt Sorunu” değerlendirildi Hasan Cemal Washington’da Türkiye önemseniyor, çünkü... Mehmetçiğe yer baktı Ankara denies shift in Afghan troops policy Turkmenistan: Will Berdymukhamedov Commit to the Trans-Caspian Pipeline During His Turkey Visit? Kamil Pasha » Obama and the Black Turks Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter – national MAHMUT ÖVÜR Kürt meselesinde ilk adımı kim atmalı? Durmuş Hocaoğlu Kuzey Irak Harekâtı ve "Siyâsî Çözüm" Üzerine: I Abdulkadir Onay Irak özel temsilcisi Bağdat’ta Genelkurmay’dan iki nevruz afişi Cevdet Aşkın Oil-rich Kurdistan still under thumb of Baghdad ministers
The Herald - Glasgow İngiliz meclisinde PKK propagandası Nevruz kutlamaları yurt genelinde olaylı başladı Nevruz alarmı
Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık Kıbrıslı Liderler Bugün Biraraya Geliyor Kuzey Kıbrıslı işadamının umudu Talat-Hristofyas görüşmesinde Sami Kohen Kıbrıs’ta yeni bir umut mu? Türkiye’de İslamcılar demokrasiyi seviyor
2009-2010 Güvenlik Konseyi adayı Türkiye Güler: Marriage between Nabucco and South Stream possible Cypriot president: Man in a hurry
BBC News Turkey's EU bid to go on despite domestic infighting AK Party ponders EU criteria for party closures Gökçe Aytulu Avrupa, Türkiye'den uzaklaşıyor mu Zeynel Lüle Claudia Roth'un anlamlı Kıbrıs ziyareti ve Talat'ın gözyaşları Akdeniz Birliği Projesi, AB'ye yeni sıkıntılar getirecek Yeni dönem başlıyor Armenia threatens to recognize Karabakh TURKMENISTAN: WILL BERDYMUKHAMEDOV COMMIT TO THE TRANS-CASPIAN ... EurasiaNet Turkey: Activist Found Guilty of Army Insult Kıbrıslı liderlerin ilk görüşmesi Ada’da en kritik görüşme Money sweet in bitter EU process Currently there are 23 projects from MEDA program, 164 from the pre-accession assistance and the number exceeds 200 when adding IPA, says Ataç-Rösch. EU-released funds help capacity-building in Turkey, create employment for many and lead to transformation in every field Dink dosyasında jandarma itirafı: Komutanlar biliyordu Dink davasında ilginç iddia: Komutanımız her şeyi biliyordu Üstlerimiz biliyordu hiçbir şey yapmadılar Ergenekon ahtapot gibi Mehmet Altan Taç’a attığımız konular ‘Korku rantı’na öfke!
Prof. Dr. Şener Üşümezsoy’un Marmara’da beklenen olası depremin, fay hattının güney kolunda olacağı, olası depremin İstanbul’u en fazla 6 Bursa’yı ise 8 şiddetinde vuracağı iddiaları üzerine deprem bilimciler ... Simsar’da da bir ’Ergenekon’ çıktı CHP’li üyeler Dink Komisyonu’ndan çekildi JİTEM’ci eski uzman çavuşa 14 yıl sonra 30 yıl hapis Komutan'a şok suçlama Aman haa! Bizi ağlatma Mercan Dede, 800 28 Şubat'ın sinema filmi Serdar Turgut Türk olmaktan yorulan erkek 15 ton altın davası Turks believe in racial equality, poll finds Semih Tufan Gülaltay ve Yaşar Öz'e Ergenekon sorgusu Rüşvet alan trafik polisleri gizli kamerayla takip edilmiş YÖK'ten üniversitelere kadro müjdesi
Eski Futbol Disiplin Kurulu Başkan Vekili Recep Özcan’ın bir numaralı zanlı olduğu ‘Simsar’ operasyonu dosyasında Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Ankaragücü, Vestel Manisaspor ve Bursaspor’un maçlarına ilişkin cezalarla olaylar var 21 Mart 2008 Basın Özeti | H3 BÜYÜK GÖZALTI İlhan Selçuk ve Doğu Perinçek gözaltında... Ergenekon Operasyonu'nda şok gelişme Jandarmadan ‘Dink cinayetini biliyorduk’ itirafı Murat Yetkin - Cheney neye alamet? İşte anayasa değişikliği paketi AK Parti'nin teklifi hazır, gözler MHP'de Referandumda AKP ısrarlı Her gün yeni cinlik Baykal, referandum önerisine sert çıktı 68 ve 69'uncu maddelerin değişmesi kararlaştırıldı Milliyet Son Dakika Laikliği korumak adına özgürlükler hiçe sayıldı Bir ihmal de askerden Cengiz Çandar Irak Savaşı; 5 yıl önce, 50 yıl sonra Ahmet Taşgetiren • Savunma stratejisi ( 21.03.2008 ) Ruşen - Çakır Laikliği oya mı sunacağız AKP’yi bölen paket Taha Akyol CHP’den mektup var Fikret Bila Görülmekte olan davayla ilgili düzenleme yapılabilir mi? Şamil Tayyar MHP bubi tuzağı Ali H Aslan Look Turkey, think about Iraq İşte CHP'li muhaliflerin yeni lideri Gülay Göktürk “Hem nalına, hem mıhına” zamanı değil AK Parti'nin kapatma davası Amerika'yı rahatsız etmiştir Kimse yargıçlara emir veremez
İsmet Berkan - AKP laikliğe sadık mı davası Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Hasan Celal Güzel - Anayasa Mahkemesi'nin yargısal aktivizmi ve demokratik tepkiler
AKP, mini anayasa paketinde MHP’nin itirazı üzerine yüksek mahkemenin yapısı ve karar alma sayısıyla ilgili değişiklik yapmaktan vazgeçti. Hazırlanan pakete göre, başsavcı parti kapatma davası açmadan önce ‘uyarı’ yapacak Ertuğrul Özkök Makuliyet potpurisi Ahmet Hakan ’Yüzde 70’le geliriz’ balonunu patlatalım M Ali Birand Sosyal güvenlikte kendimizi kandırıyoruz
Sebahattin Önkibar AKP kapatılırsa medyada bunlar olacak! Avrupa'da durum ne? Fehmi Koru: Korkunun ecele faydası yok Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Ali Bayramoğlu: Taş ağırlaşınca elini çekenler Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Taha Kıvanç: Her kafadan bir sese kişisel katkım Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Hayrettin Karaman: Kusur kimde? Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Tamer Korkmaz: Şifreleri çözelim… Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. İbrahim Karagül: Türkiye'yi 'kıyamet savaşı'na zorlamak Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Türker Alkan - Başsavcı'nın sekreteri Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Haluk Şahin - Hesaplaşmaya davet Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Murat Yetkin - Cheney neye alamet? Sükûnet tavsiyesi Murat Belge Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Hakkı Devrim - Bu telaşın acep esbabı nedir? Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. H. Gökhan Özgün - Yeni anayasayı kim yapsın? Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. M.Ali Kışlalı - Kamuoyunu inandırmak BÜLENT KORUCU - Anyasa Mahkemesi ne yapar? Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. MUSTAFA ÜNAL - Partinin idamı Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. İHSAN DAĞI - AK Parti hata yaptı, uzlaşabilirdi Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. MÜMTAZ'ER TÜRKÖNE - Mevlid Kandili'nde içki servisi Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. HÜSEYİN GÜLERCE - O zaman ayakkabınızı da fırlatın... MHP çalışmasını hafta sonu bitirecek Etyen Mahçupyan The regime’s character Cüneyt Ülsever Enis Berberoğlu Oktay Ekşi Özgür irademizle... Özdemir İnce Mehmet Y Yılmaz Ferhat Sarıkaya’nın sicilini hatırlayalım Bekir Coşkun Bir model aklınıza gelirse... Tufan Türenç Suçluların telaşı içindeler Yalçın Doğan ’Tayyip, Gül’ün ve Arınç’ın kurbanı’
AKP yedi yıldır toplum önünde kendisiyle hesaplaşmadı! Yusuf KANLI Where is Turkey heading? Güler Kömürcü
Detaylarda gizlenen... Serdar Akinan Sessiz bir Cumhurbaşkanı... Nasuhi Güngör Yargı, adalet ve Oktay Ekşi Eser Karakaş Yurttaşlar bu duruma ne diyor? Dava, AKP davası mı? Namık Kemal Zeybek Bülent Keneş ‘The most expensive energy is nonexistent energy’ Turkish-style democracy and the future of political parties in the republic of Turkey by Dr. BEKİR ÇINAR* MUHARREM SARIKAYA Kesintisiz eylem... ERDAL ŞAFAKVesveseli komşu ENGİN ARDIÇ Karl Marx sağ olsaydı ERGUN BABAHANSeçmece bir hukuk anlayışı EMRE AKÖZDavanın tek iyi yanı Umur Talu Şantiye arkası rantiye HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN İdeal laikliği aramak NAZLI ILICAK İddianamede Hıristiyanlık-İslâmiyet farkı MEHMET BARLAS Siyasette başarının ölçüsü hiç seçim kazanmamak mıdır? MAHMUT ÖVÜR Kürt meselesinde ilk adımı kim atmalı? YAVUZ DONATHey gidi günler Yalçın Bayer Sarıgül: Alın terimize kimse ’macera’ diyemez Mehmet Metiner Yargı, siyaset ve laiklik Serdar Turgut Avrupalı olma zorunluluğu Abbas Güçlü “Dış güçler, AKP’yi de, DTP’yi de kapattırmayacak” Güneri Civaoğlu Anayasa’ya kaç yama? Ersin Altan Bir taşla bu kadar çok kuş vurulmaz AK Parti'nin teklifi hazır, gözler MHP'de Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Demokrasi mücadelesini kararlılıkla sürdüreceğiz Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. CHP'li Ramazan K. Özcan 'Boykot'u deldi; Köşk'e çıktı Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Baykal, halkın karar vermesine de karşı çıktı Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Bakan Günay: Yapay gündemlere takılmayalım Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Hukuk fakültesi dekanlarına 'mahalle baskısı' Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. AİHM, parti kapatan Türkiye'yi 8 kez cezalandırdı Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. Hukukta keyfiliğe yer yoktur Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil. CHP'nin operasyonla ilgili genel görüşme talebi reddedildi ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Siyasette başarının ölçüsü hiç seçim kazanmamak mıdır? Ercan Kumcu Ekonominin taze döviz ihtiyacı Güngör Uras Şimşek, ‘laf yapmaktan iş yapamıyor’ Erdal Sağlam Tüketici alışverişi kıstı, öncü sarsıntı perakende sektöründe Turkey economy minister meets IMF chief UPDATE 1-Turkey's Akbank to be repaid $400 mln tax Altın fiyatları neden yüksek?
Uğur Gürses Türkiye için asıl kabus şimdi başlıyor UPDATE 1-Turkey's Petrol Ofisi aims for $12 bln 2008 sales IMF: Rest of the reviews of Turkey's program will probably be united Deniz Gökçe “Tek yol” reform! Ertuğ Yaşar Faiz artıyor, piyasalar dibe gidiyor Hurşit Güneş Hükümetten çelişkili açıklamalar geliyor IMF'de konuştu: Kapatma davası ekonomiyi etkilemez dersem bu saflık olur Güven Sak Daha sallantılı bir döneme hazır mısınız Emeklilik primi 8 bin gün! Hasan Ersel Güven kaybı ve piyasa Ergin Yıldızoğlu Bir 'İlginç' Haftadan Öbürüne - II Enerjinin devleri Zaman'da buluştu: Petrolün fiyatı Ceyhan'da belirlenecek |
| H4 New York Times Russian Ire at U.S. Missile Plan Seems to Ease After Talks U.S. Defends Tough Tactics With Spitzer The Justice Department used some of its most intrusive tactics against Eliot Spitzer, examining his financial records, eavesdropping on his phone calls and tailing him during its criminal investigation. China Tensions Could Sway Vote in Taiwan China’s suppression of protests in Tibet has hurt the opposition Nationalist Party, which aims for closer relations with mainland China | H5 Washington Post Hope in Pakistan The Problems Are Real, but So Is the Progress By Richard Holbrooke Pakistan's problems are real, but so is the progress being made Iran a Nuclear Threat, Bush Insists Experts Say President Is Wrong and Is Escalating Tensions The Speech: A Brilliant Fraud By Charles Krauthammer, Elegantly crafted and delivered, Obama's race speech left key questions unanswered His Philly speech bathed liberals in white guilt and flattered their intellectual pretensions — an unbeatable combination Another Angry Black Preacher By E. J. Dionne Jr., Is Rev. Jeremiah Wright as far outside the African American mainstream as many of us would like to think? Cheney Doesn't Care What You Think
By Dan Froomkin Greenspan Gets Harder Look As successor faces problems that began on former Fed chairman's watch, a reevaluation begins As Tensions Rise in Lebanon, Residents Again Fear the Worst Editorial Democrats in Stalemate Voters in Florida and Michigan should not be excluded from the presidential primary. Inflation Hits the Poor Hardest No Income Group Is Untouched, but Staples Are Rising Fastest FBI Opens Probe of China-Based Hackers Looking at Obama's File Gets Two Fired — Clinton's Experience Is Debated While Not a Foreign Crisis Player, She Carried U.S. Message Dual U.S.-Russia Citizens Face Spy Charges Secrets Sought From Energy Firm, FSB Alleges; Tie to British Council Cited Privately, Bush Presses China Over Crackdown on Tibet Demands Drive Up U.N. Costs U.S. push for a more active role by the body causes proposed budget to jump 25 percent to $1.1B. | H6 Guardian Bush's Napoleon moment Dilip Hiro President Bush could have brought democracy to Iraq without invading the country, but instead, he opted for war The time is now Petra Marquardt-Bigman With Arab leaders prepared to accept a deal based on 'land for peace' and Israel engaged, there are grounds for optimism in the Middle East Reform in Riyadh Ed Husain That two Saudi scholars have risked a fatwa for the sake of intellectual freedom is a welcome sign of cracks appearing in the clerical orthodoxy Tibet's peace of the grave Václav Havel Asking China to exercise restraint in Tibet is not enough: the international community must use its influence to halt human rights abuses Dalai Lama fears village massacres as Chinese troops retaliate for protests Dalai Lama prepared to hold talks with Chinese leaders despite fears for villagers in remote areas Pakistan prepares for a new dawn Benazir Bhutto's teenage son and political heir to announce the identity of Pakistan's next PM Sunni militia strike could derail US strategy against al-Qaida Fighters accuse the US military of using them to clear al-Qaida militants and then abandoning them Building peace in Iraq harder than expected, says Miliband Neocon tricks Sunder Katwala The internationalist left should not react to Bush's adoption of the language of human rights and democracy by ditching its own principles and values What are we doing there? Oliver Miles: Gordon Brown's 'national security strategy' failed to mention one important thing: the continued presence of British troops in Iraq Dreams of reaching Europe grind to a halt in Beirut Two fired over Obama passport file State Department employees fired for inappropriately accessing Barack Obama's passport file Crocodile tears Ian Williams Nationalists in Belgrade are using the riots in Kosovo to portray themselves as victims, a call for sympathy belied by the facts on the ground Unscientific American Tim Watkin George Bush wants to increase funding for scientific research - but most of the money is going toward building bombs and spaceships Supernanny, Wall Street needs you Larry Elliott The banks are behaving like stroppy teenagers. Little wonder, when their wardens are so inconsistent I wasn't born in 1968 - but I yearn for its dizzying spirit John Harris: Evaluating the Prague Spring or Tet offensive is one thing, but the demise of the left-utopian soul is truly a theme for our times Just the beginning Michael Tomasky: US elections 2008: Barack Obama's speech on race won't end the Jeremiah Wright controversy, which threatens to overshadow other issues Iran's forgotten religions David Shariatmadari This week's festivals serve as a reminder of Iran's long tradition of religious diversity. But its minority faiths are in decline Reassuring Kosovo's Serbs Sabine Freizer The sky has not fallen since Kosovo declared independence, as some predicted it would. The task now is to prevent the ethnic divide widening |
| H7 Time A Rival for Iran's Ahmadinejad - Nahid Siamdoust
Muhammad Baqer Qalibaf, the mayor of Tehran, is emerging as a quiet rival to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad NY Post Revolutionary Guards Post Gains in Iranian Elections - Amir Taheri Iran: A New Balance of Forces By: Kamal Nazer Yasin | ISN Security Watch The hard-line faction associated with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has failed to secure a majority in the next parliament, a phenomenon which will have far-reaching consequences. The new entrants may form a working majority on an ad hoc basis against the Iranian president A Suez Moment?
ORG This 5-page essay compares Britain's situation at the time of the Suez crisis with the position of the US in respect of Iraq and Afghanistan NRO JAMES S. ROBBINS: The war in Iraq has achieved its strategic purpose, whether the public believes it was worth it or not. “Quiet Victory” CLIFFORD D. MAY: Victory over Saddam, and next the terrorists, will be worth our blood and treasure. “The Long War” L. PAUL BREMER III: Here is what happened. “Facts for Feith” VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: America's strengths allow us to quickly solve enormous difficulties, if we so choose. “Hope and Change Amid Despair” Iran's forgotten religions David Shariatmadari This week's festivals serve as a reminder of Iran's long tradition of religious diversity. But its minority faiths are in decline The Fertile Crescent
New York Sun CFR State and Local Officials Conference Call with Stephen Biddle OIC Summit and Dakar Declaration
A global threat multiplier, Paul Rogers Oil Dependency Is America's Ruin By: Gal Luft | Miami Herald
By now it is abundantly clear that the U.S. economy is in dire straits. What should also be clear is that the path to economic recovery will be compromised as long as America is dependent on imported oil to the degree that it is while oil continues to hover over $100 a barrel. Weekly Standard Gunsmoke
Why is the Bush administration silent on the new Pentagon report? by William Kristol Saddam's Dangerous Friends
What a Pentagon review of 600,000 Iraqi documents tells us.
by Stephen F. Hayes Al Hayat US Rights Criticism of Egypt… Nothing New Mohammad Salah - Is the Egyptian government's response to the US State Department's annual human rights report sufficient? The report contained sharp criticisms of the state of human rights in a number of countries, including Egypt. Why did officials in Egypt merely reject the report without discussing it point by point? Washington Times Nuclear 'incentives'The Bush administration appears to be going down a troubling path regarding Iran and North Korea
Petraeus Politics - Washington Times editorial
Arrogance on Iraq - USA Today editorial
The Tides of War - New York Post editorial
5 Years of Lessons from Iraq - Thomas and Beckel, USA Today
Shock and Awful - Ralph Peters, New York Post
What McCain Gaffe? - Max Boot, Commentary
Paving the Way for Iran's Political Violence - Sadegh Zibakalam, Daily Star
| H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq Gates Considers US Force Levels for Iraq 'Bin Laden' in Palestinian call A second audio message in two days, purportedly from Osama Bin Laden, urges Palestinians to fight in Iraq. Exclusive: Cheney resurrects military option against Iran in Gulf tour BBC Monitoring Quotes From Middle East Arabic Press for 20 March 08 Problems inside Egypt's ruling party?
Iraqi Kurdish, Sadrist Politicians Comment on Fifth War Anniversary Arabic press highlights Iraq negatives Saudis to retrain 40,000 clerics
Saudi Arabia says it will retrain its 40,000 imams as part of a campaign to counter religious extremism. Life in exile
No easy way home for Iraqi refugees living in Syria | H9 Ha’aretz – Israel, Germany plan int'l summit to stop Iran nuke program Bin Laden tape: Iron and fire needed to liberate Palestine Obama and the psychological complexities of American Jewry (WTR) Abe Foxman: Anti-Semitism is not just a Jewish problem PM says worried Russian arms will reach Hezbollah Being right - all the way to the abyss For all its efforts to pursue a rational foreign policy, Israel finds itself repeatedly in that corner where the more right and victimized it seems to itself, the more cruel and aggressive it appears to the world. Jerusalem Post The clandestine Saudi-Israeli ties Saudi press abounds with reports of products tagged "Made in Israel." Gov't seeks to understand Diaspora Exclusive: Cabinet Secretary Ovad Yehezkel says Israel shouldn't tell US Jews how to be Jewish. Analyze this: Europe can't follow the Swiss example By CALEV BEN-DAVID
Doing business as usual with Iran will have a heavy price. Incompetent ethnic cleansers Abbas has accused Israel of one of the most heinous crimes imaginable. Yedioth Ahronoth 'There are no second classes'
State Department says US repeatedly told Israel that Palestinian Americans must be treated like any other US citizen at border crossings; However, Spokesman McCormack says issue is a 'continuing problem' Peres: We don't believe Syria President tells Russian foreign minister Israel unimpressed with Assad's peace overtures In praise of al-Jazeera/ Weinberg Power of symbolism Israel can kill 1,000 terrorists but still lose the Mideastern war of symbols Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Preparing U.S. Jews for Assault on Gaza - Eric H. Yoffie (New York Jewish Week) Palestinian rivals' talks 'fail'
Talks between Fatah and Hamas, have collapsed, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says. Russia Foreign Minister Meets Hamas Head Israel Expecting Russian FM to Bring Message From Bashar Assad Information Security Experts to Testify for Ex-AIPAC Duo A Palestinian poll (By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.) Antisemitism and terror
Matthias Kuntzel at AEI. |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor Can U.S. avert a Japan-style economic bust? Similar crises have hit other nations, but Sweden bounced back far faster than Japan Obama speech opens up race dialogue Will it stand alongside the great speeches in US history? Afghan doctors protest new security threat: gangs Residents of the western city of Herat say 'Enough' to the rise of criminal activity U.N.: 'Rock-solid' proof of Serbia's hand in Kosovo violence Together with a new report from the International Crisis Group, the accusation suggests Belgrade is actively undermining Kosovo's independence. New Osama bin Laden audio tape threatens Europe Al Qaeda leader's taped message cites insulting cartoons for severe threat to Europe. Can Egypt broker Hamas-Israel truce? Cairo is working hard for a cease-fire, partly to curb Iran's growing clout. Taiwan poised to warm ties with China Both presidential hopefuls in Saturday's election want to boost economic relations. ASIA Heritage China's Expanding Global Influence: Foreign Policy Goals, Practices, and Tools Radical Islamists no longer welcome in Pakistani tribal areas Carnegie A Mid-Term Report of the Hu-Wen Government: Analyzing the Outcome of the National People's Congress Malaysian Lessons for Asia's Authoritarians By: Victor Mallet | Financial Times Two very different uprisings, one in Tibet and one in Malaysia, have exposed the ethnic and political tensions that often seethe beneath the calm surface of Asia’s successful economies The World Is Watching China By: Frida Ghitis | Miami Herald
Almost two decades have passed since the last time Tibetans felt they stood a chance of persuading Beijing to ease its oppressive rule of their ancient land. Until now, tiny Tibet, despite the enormous affection it engenders in the West, has proven no match for the Chinese behemoth Cheney Tells Karzai U.S. Urges More NATO Soldiers By: Holly Rosenkrantz | Bloomberg News
Vice President Dick Cheney, assessing the security situation during an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, said the U.S. will press NATO allies to step up their military engagement in the country. Pyongyang cashes in on US row
Just how "welcome and wanted" US forces remain in South Korea will depend to some extent on whether Seoul is prepared to pick up the tab for an extra US$10 billion in connection with the relocation of a US base in the country. The issue goes to the core of the US military presence in South Korea, something North Korea has been quick to exploit. - Donald Kirk Economic and strait-talk as Taiwan votes
A sluggish economy is of greatest concern as Taiwan heads for the weekend's presidential polls. The island's relationship with China, as always, is a key issue, while the ethnic backgrounds of the two candidates - the Kuomintang's Ma Ying-jeou and Frank Hsieh of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party - are a bitter debating point. - Cindy Sui Washington Times Beijing Olympics imperiled President Bush has no choice but to cancel his trip to Beijing for the 2008 Olympics. Mr. Bush cannot stand on Chinese soil without making a mockery of the freedom agenda. The repression in Tibet is just the latest evidence | H11 IHT Mission still not accomplished Even now, Bush refuses to let facts interfere with the notion of keeping troops in Iraq indefinitely. Tensions threaten Kosovo's tenuous peace
Analysts and Western diplomats warn that the conflict could boil over if the international community does not overcome divisions and marshal a more robust response to Serbia's attempt to partition Europe's newest state. Russian security aims a blow at British oil company The security services detained an employee of BP's Russian joint venture and are accusing that man and his brother of industrial espionage, according to a statement Thursday from the FSB, the main successor agency to the KGB. Outrage over cartoons still trying for Danes A cartoonist and his editor, still plagued by their decision to print cartoons of Muhammad, stand by their work. Greek parliament approves pension reform bill Obama grabs the spotlight in Europe, too The fact that a black man may become the Democratic presidential candidate has intrigued Europeans at a time when such a prospect still seems far off in most countries on the Continent. EUROPE European press review The Maginot Pipeline By: Kyle Wingfield | The Wall Street Journal
Intended as a defense against Russian dominance of EU natural gas supplies, the $7.4 billion Nabucco pipeline is beginning to look like a modern-day Maginot Line Nabucco Follies: State Department Shills for EU Pipeline to Carry ...
World Politics Review Outside View: Bush's failed Kosovo policy By ROBERT M. HAYDEN (UPI) -- Fighting in northern Kosovo this week between Serbs and NATO-led troops shows that the independence engineered by the Bush administration for the breakaway Balkan province is not going according to plan. Greek Pension Reforms Spark Strikes Kosovo jigsaw
Why Serbia's three neighbours have recognised Kosovo Der Spiegel The World from Berlin: 'Banks' Credibility with the Public Is Zero'
European Democracy and Religion: Is Co-Existence Possible? CEPS Barroso spoke at Annual Conference Dinner 2008 The Abolition of Internal Border Checks in an Enlarged Schengen Area: Freedom of movement or a scattered web of security checks? | H12 RFE/RL Azerbaijan: Attack on Journalist Prompts Fresh Concerns About Media Freedom
The recent knifing of an opposition newspaper reporter has added to ongoing international concerns about the state of press freedom in Azerbaijan. Turkmenistan: Will Berdymukhamedov Commit to the Trans-Caspian Pipeline During His Turkey Visit? Google News Azerbaijan NATO Expansion Pushes Missile Defense Off Russian Agenda By: John C. K. Daly | Eurasia Daily Monitor
This week U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited Moscow, but their arrival was not accompanied by any breakthroughs on U.S.-Russian differences on missile defense, arms control, and Kosovar independence Political motive?
Is a Kremlin energy-grab behind new Russian spy charges?
Independent Abkhazia, the country that doesn't exist, prepares to follow Kosovo's example Underneath the red, white and green Abkhazian flag, border guards check documents on the bridge over the river Psou, just outside the Russian city of Sochi. BBC Monitoring Quotes From Russian Press Friday 21 March 2008 TURKMENISTAN: WILL BERDYMUKHAMEDOV COMMIT TO THE TRANS-CASPIAN ...
EurasiaNet Brothers face Russia spy charges Russia charges two men with British links with industrial spying, threatening to further worsen the countries' ties. Kremlin hand behind spy charges? |
| H13 The Times US optimism makes me optimistic To predict the fallout from the credit crunch is all but impossible, but there are good signs Anatole Kaletsky Tibet: try the Hong Kong solution China invented the idea of two systems in one country. It worked brilliantly. It can again Malcolm Rifkind The Tightrope over Tibet China must see reason and talk to the Dalai Lama Obama outrage over State Department files intrusion Barack Obama's confidential passport file has been secretly looked at by three US government officials, it emerged Polls show Obama hit by link to radical pastor Ten must-see Jeremiah Wright videos China mobilises troops to crush growing unrest Reinforcements sent to Tibet and the surrounding provinces as Beijing admits for first time that unrest is spreading Plea for Aziz, Saddam's dying apologist Tariq Aziz is so ill that he may never stand trial but he still believes that the former Iraqi dictator was 'a great man' Right now all the torch represents is China The Olympic Games is both the purest event in sport and the one most overladen with baggage Simon Barnes Wall Street Journal A Thinking Man's Speech By Peggy Noonan Declarations: Obama forgoes soundbites in favor of ideas. Democrats Are Still Weak on Security
By Karl Rove Intransigence on Iraq and terrorist surveillance isn't going to help the party in the fall. The Serb Problem
Irresponsible politicians whip up a familiar nationalist lather.
Review & Outlook Wiretaps and Blue Dogs
The Democratic left that runs the House is a danger to American security. CHAN AKYA Why markets
love dictators This week's developments once again highlight the reasons for markets to prefer dictatorships over freewheeling democracies. Clarity in decision-making is more important than preserving the rights of individuals, for the benefit of society at large, as seen by the market reactions to recent political changes in India, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia and China. | H14 Financial Times | H15 Los Angeles Times Iraq guards asked to trade guns for brooms As calm returns to some areas, the U.S. military is faced with the question of what to do with the tribesmen it hired to defend their neighborhoods. Editorial Five years of Iraq editorials War-ravaged Iraq city 'alive again' Fallouja has been rebuilt since the 2004 battles. Stores again are doing a brisk business, and the population is nearly back up to 300,000. Economic data point to recession They Said It Wouldn't Last ... By: Rosa Brooks | Los Angeles Times
Traditionally, a fifth anniversary is marked with gifts of wood, symbolizing a "strong and lasting marriage." But I knew you wouldn't mind a gift of Kevlar -- I looked it up, and apparently it symbolizes "a strong and lasting insurgency." Cheney calls for continued NATO help in Afghanistan Pentagon battle breaks out over a spy plane Obama blew it What the candidate should have said about race. Where the votes are By Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch Americans treasure freedom; the party that gets serious about giving us liberty will win the future |
| H16 American Politics Michigan primary plan collapses A proposal to hold a re-run of the Democratic Party's Michigan primary in June is dropped. Denver horse-trading ahead Q&A: US election delegates Delegate scorecard The Impact of Pastor Wright and THE SPEECH on Election 2008 Clinton takes lead over Obama in Gallup poll realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp Firings over Obama file breach US state department fires two people and disciplines a third for Barack Obama's passport file breach. Obama's church pushes controversial doctrines Jesus is black. Merging Marxism with Christian Gospel may show the way to a better tomorrow. The white church in America is the Antichrist because it supported slavery and segregation. The Wit & Wisdom
of Barack Obama by Andrew Ferguson Will Dean Cost the Dems Florida? Taxing questions Barack Obama released his 2006 tax returns nearly a year ago. (We even know how much he tithed.) Both John McCain and Hillary Clinton have pledged to release theirs shortly. But to date, neither has done so. By Clarence Page As a public statement about race, culture, class in America, and, quite poignantly, in the heart of its speaker, Mr. Obama's Big Speech offered a rare outpouring of brilliance, sophistication and personal frankness. | H17 Daily Telegraph If Iraq is better, it's because of McCain Iraq might be different today had John McCain won the Republican nomination for the 2000 US presidential contest instead of George W Bush, writes Con Coughlin. Cheney tour sparks Iran war rumours Brown must back Tibet's freedom fight Gordon Brown has made it clear that he believes he is doing the Dalai Lama a favour by meeting him, but it is Mr Brown who is more likely to benefit, says Alice Thomson. Revealed: the dirty tricks of rogue traders A hedge fund based in London set up a "dirty-tricks unit" to manipulate share prices and get illicit information on companies in an attempt to make millions on the stock market, an insider has revealed. Obama targeted over his pastor Clinton campaign uses pastor scandal to undermine rival. Russia targets UK interests with arrests The Kremlin appeared to renew its campaign against British interests in Russia after police made two arrests for alleged espionage after raiding BP's Moscow headquarters. | H18 Independent Abkhazia, the country that doesn't exist, prepares to follow Kosovo's example Underneath the red, white and green Abkhazian flag, border guards check documents on the bridge over the river Psou, just outside the Russian city of Sochi. Dalai Lama: 'I am prepared to face China. I will go to Beijing' Almost half a century after he fled to India, the Dalai Lama has raised the extraordinary prospect of travelling to Beijing and holding face-to-talks with the Chinese regime in an effort to resolve Tibet's most serious crisis for two decades. With a spring in his step, McCain jets in for No 10 'meet-and-greet' After sitting at Gordon Brown's side in the Cabinet Room yesterday, John McCain went to the House of Commons, where a gaggle of onlookers shouted, "It's the next president of the United States!" as he was greeted by David Cameron and a line of honour of senior Tories. Leading article: The urgency of the crisis demands radical action Clinton surges ahead in Pennsylvania – but has mountain to climb Hillary Clinton is racing ahead of Barack Obama in the polls for the forthcoming Pennsylvania primary, but she still faces nearly insurmountable odds as she tries to wrest the Democratic nomination away from him. |
| H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism CSIS Invigorating Defense Governance 'Saddam and Terrorism' Report Released Military Force Planning and Decision Making: Organizing and Rebuilding Iraqi Security Forces
U.S. Air Force intelligence organization and functions are described in “General Intelligence Rules” (pdf), Air Force Instruction 14-202 (vol. 3), 10 March 2008. DoD Report on Captured Iraqi Documents See “Iraqi Perspectives Project: Saddam and Terrorism: Emerging Insights from Captured Iraqi Documents,” Institute for Defense Analyses, November 2007, redacted and released March 2008. Some New Intelligence Books Bad Information: US Officials Accuse German Intelligence of Pre-Iraq War Failures US Spy Boss: Iraq WMD Intel Failure Just 'A Bad Hair Day' SIPRI UN Arms Embargoes: case studies The Three Trillion Dollar War National security is not enough Daniel Korski Britain needs a properly funded security policy that challenges the bureaucratic status quo and encourages cooperation with other European countries | H20 Slate Towards Sustainable Work In A Low-Carbon World — Preliminary Report —
209 pages; PDF. The latest issue of Perspectives on Politics is free online, including Keally McBride (San Francisco): State of Insecurity: The Trial of Job and Secular Political Order; Ingrid van Biezen (Birmingham) and Michael Saward (Open): Democratic Theorists and Party Scholars: Why They Don't Talk to Each Other, and Why They Should; Daniel Drezner (Tufts): The Realist Tradition in American Public Opinion; Jocelyn Elise Crowley and Margaret Watson (Rutgers) and Maureen R. Waller (Cornell): Understanding “Power Talk”: Language, Public Policy, and Democracy; Elizabeth J. Perry (Harvard): Chinese Conceptions of “Rights”: From Mencius to Mao—and Now; and a review essay on The New Europe. Cuba in 1958 outranked most other Latin countries in GDP. It was richer than Singapore. With cheers from the world’s left, Fidel Castro turned into a giant, impoverished prison... more» A Climate of War: The war in Iraq and global warming (PDF; 295 KB)
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