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H1 Guardian In search of a mission Leader: An organisation that attempts to define itself as much by shared democratic values as it does by brute force

Obama's Inner Circle National Journal

New York Times Iraqi Deaths Are on the Rise Again During Clashes With Militias

A Battalion’s Worth of Good Ideas By JOHN A. NAGL

The key to success — in Iraq as well as Afghanistan — rests largely with a small group of American military advisers who live and fight alongside foreign forces.

Avoiding a Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East “Chain Reaction: Avoiding a Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee print, February 2008.

The Jamestown Foundation - Online Terrorist Training Manual - Part One: Creating a Terrorist Cell by Abdul Hameed Bakier.

IHT France says EU ready for a greater role in defense As France jockeys to rejoin the command structure of NATO, a senior French official said that, for the first time, conditions were right for Europe to become a more serious player in defense

Los Angeles Times Editorial Putin has a point The Russian president opposes Bush's push to expand NATO eastward, and he's right

A look inside Al QaedaThe militant is known as Abu Ubaida al Masri, and charting his path reveals his vulnerabilities and those of the terrorist group

Muslim true/false What you think you know about them is likely wrong -- and that's dangerous. By John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed

Is NATO Dead or Alive? - Council on Foreign Relations

Juan Cole / Salon: Why al-Maliki attacked Basra

World views US 'more positively' A BBC World Service poll suggests people are starting to view the US more positively than in recent years.

McClatchy Paltry results of Iraqi offensive silence U.S. withdrawal talk "There is no empirical evidence that the Iraqi forces can stand up" on their own, said a senior U.S. military official. Iraqi forces taking a leadership role was crucial to U.S. hopes of withdrawing more troops

Washington Times Tehran pushes to join Central Asian alliance Seeking to break out of its diplomatic isolation, Iran has applied for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, an alliance dominated by China and Russia and seen as challenging U.S. security interests in Central Asia

Outside View: Khamenei takes control (UPI) -- As parliamentary elections in Iran confirm a vast majority for the hard-liners in Iran, jostling seems to have already gained pace for Iran's presidential elections in 2009.

Washington Post Attacks on U.S. Forces Soared at End of March Government Assault On Shiite Militias Drew Americans In

Bush Pressing NATO to Set Membership Path for Ukraine, Georgia

Daily Telegraph Nato shouldn't advance too far east If Ukraine or Georgia become full members of Nato, it could destroy the organisation's supreme role as a mutual defence alliance, warns Malcolm Rifkind.

Israel: Syria nuclear base was raid target

Walter Laqueur Disraelia: A Counterfactual History, 1848-2008. Counterfactual history—what might have happened—is no idle enterprise. What did actually happen cannot be evaluated unless it is put into some context and this includes, of course, the question what might have happened. This we shall never know for certain. But given some knowledge of history, there is room for speculation, and given the role of accident in history, developments which may seem today far-fetched might easily have taken place. What if mass Jewish immigration to Ottoman Palestine had begun decades earlier, and put two million Jews in the land by the mid-nineteenth century?

Country Analysis Brief: Syria
Source: Energy Information Administration

Asia Times Muqtada's fight puts US to flight In the United States' estimation, Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army were ripe for the plucking after months of being harassed by "cordon and search" operations across Iraq. The heavy offensive in Basra was to further - if not fatally - weaken the Shi'ite militia. That Muqtada's men were more than ready for a fight has the Bush administration scrambling to distance itself from this gross miscalculation. - Gareth Porter

Iran sees hope in war of words
High-level and at times contradictory comments by United States officials on Iran's nuclear program heat the pot of allegations against the country without bringing it to boiling point. From Tehran's perspective, in this war of attrition being fought in the arena of world public opinion, the chips are piling up against the US and its allies. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

Ha’aretz – Editorial: Israel's settlement policy is one of deception

Barak: Gaza crossings may open if rocket attacks, smuggling stop

Hamas TV puppet 'kills' Bush as revenge for U.S., Israeli actions

Intelligence officers: Hezbollah may strike Israel via third party Experts say militant group 'growing stronger on all levels,' operating in south Lebanon amid civilians

Foreign Policy Eight Steps to a Trillion-Dollar Meltdown

Gvosdev India/Tibet and Kosovo/Nagorno-Karabakh

Jerusalem Post Israel not top priority for US voters Voters, including Jews, focus on economy, Iraq and health care.

FT Asian exports are shifting to Europe, Russia, and the Middle East

PBS Amid Iraq's Uneasy Calm, Maliki and Sadr Vie for Influence

Independent US and Ukraine challenge Russia on Nato expansion President Bush has thrown down the gauntlet to Russia and set the stage for a showdown with Europe by expressing public support for Ukraine and Georgia to become members of Nato,

Leading article: The withdrawal that never was

Financial Times Nato pauses at Russia’s ‘red lines’The alliance must decide whether to hold out the prospect of membership to Georgia and Ukraine

Bush vows to press Kiev’s Nato claims The US president promised Ukraine he would press for the nation to take a significant new step towards joining Nato at the summit in Bucharest

Nato Map is of little use to Macedonia Of all the nations queuing up to join the alliance, Macedonian needs and deserves the move more than any other, yet it is the least likely to get the green light

The prudent will have to pay for the profligateOn the upside, the fairy government-mother stood on the sidelines, or she is dragged in, as risk-addiction turns into risk-aversion, writes Martin Wolf

Iraq Forces' Defeat a Blow - Strobbel and Youssef, Miami Herald

Understanding the Fighting in Southern Iraq - Anthony Cordesman, CSIS

The Basra Business - Frederick Kagan, Weekly Standard

The Lessons of Basra - Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation

Exclusive Poll: Clinton's Lead Shrinks In Pa.

The West's Cowardice Toward Islam - Henryk Broder, Der Spiegel

Christian Science Monitor

At NATO summit, Bush likely to get some of what he wants

His quest for more forces in Afghanistan, headway on continental missile defense may gain ground in Bucharest.

Afghanistan to ask NATO for bigger army of its own At the NATO meeting in Romania Thursday, Afghan officials are expected to request money to expand its National Army from 86,000 to 120,000 troops.

Salon The Great Depression: The sequel

U.S., Allies Split over NATO Expansion - Jon Ward, Washington Times

NATO: A Robust Alliance - Wall Street Journal editorial

NATO Needs New Lease - Friis Arne Petersen, Washington Times

Redefine the Alliance - Harlan Ullman, Washington Times

NATO Shouldn't Advance Too Far East - Malcolm Rifkind, London Daily Telegraph

Globalize NATO? - Helle Dale, Washington Times

A Two-Tier Alliance - Nile Gardiner, Weekly Standard

France is the world’s most sophisticated practitioner of counterterrorism, and the U.S. can learn from her experience

WP '03 Memo: Interrogators Immune From Charges Now rescinded, Justice document said military interrogators of al-Qaeda captives exempt from federal laws prohibiting assault, other crimes. Dan Eggen and Josh White Memorandum: Part 1 | Part 2 (PDF)

Centers Access Personal Data

In so-called "fusion centers," states use commercial, government databases to mine information.

NATO: Keeping Kosovo from Becoming Entangled with Caucasus Complexities
A EURASIANET COMMENTARY BY STEPHEN BLANK Kosovo, specifically the impact of its independence on the geopolitical situation in the Black Sea and Caspian basins, stands to be a hot topic at NATO’s April 2-4 summit in Bucharest

Afghanistan: More NATO Troops and Trainers Needed to Defeat the Taliban EURASIANET
Securing Afghanistan against the Taliban’s cross-border insurgency will take center stage at the NATO summit in Bucharest

H2 Guardian Turkey's culture wars Stephen Kinzer

FT MARKETS & INVESTING: Another blow to Turkey's already shaky confidence

FT: Türkiye'nin en son ihtiyacı olan şey

Turkish court case threatens fresh turmoil

Heyetini yolluyor

ABD, PKK'ya karşı sosyal adım bekliyor

EU: Talks must be suspended if AK Party closed down

LA Times Genocide, diplomacy and terrorism A partial transcript the Assembly of Turkish American Associations’ meeting with The Times editorial board.

Sami Kohen Olaya nasıl bakıyorlar?

The World from Berlin: 'An AKP Ban Would Be a Putsch' - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

Le Monde: Ak Parti'ye yasak gerçek bir hukuki darbe olur

Alternative to Article 140 on Disputed Areas Said Agreed - Paper

McClatchy Will U.S. envoy to Armenia become an election issue?

Turkish, Azeri Troops to Have Joint Exercises - Military Expert

Türkiye'nin ABD'deki lobi şirketi değişti

ABD’den AKP’nin oy oranına atıf

İstikrar riske girdi

President Gül heading Turkish delegation at critical NATO summit

Dış basın ateş püskürüyor

Turkey's AKP mulls formulas to avoid closure as world reacts

Turkey and democracy - International Herald Tribune

LEADER ARTICLE: Flawed Secularism Times of India

Turkish prosecutor's case is a guidebook to secularist fears

Turkish crisis appears to be a clash between the elites
Radio Netherlands

Obama’dan Türkiye’ye mesaj

Demokratik Parti’nin başkan aday adayı, AB’nin mutlaka Türkiye’yi üye yapması gerektiğini söyledi

A Turkish Coup? Atlantic Online

Gulf Times Turkey will now have to suffer at least six months of uncertainty and the threat of more turmoil.

Foreign press defines AK Party case as power struggle

A Face-off Over Turkish Democracy - TIME

The Arabist “wonders whether this is really motivated by ideological opposition to Islamists or by the fact that the country’s secular establishment now finds itself out of power, and therefore unable to access the resources of the state for their own purpose.”

EDM TURKEY’S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AGREES TO HEAR AKP CLOSURE CASE

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON APR 02

Dış basında karamsar değerlendirmeler

Babacan: Turkey needs to go ahead with judiciary reforms

Le Monde Eski şeytanlarla hesaplaşma bitmedi

Bunun adı darbeden başka şey değil
Grenvılle Byford

Başörtüsü tartışması laik İslam'ın geleceğiyle ilgili
Anne Applebaum

Erdoğan'ın hâlâ desteklenmesi doğal -

Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter – national

Heyetini yolluyor

Konsolosluk krokileri El Kaide’de çıktı

Al-Qaeda suspects held in Turkey

Gaziantep'in intikamı için uyanan hücreye darbe

Reuters AlertNet - Turkey detains 45 al Qaeda suspects - Anatolian

ABD, PKK'ya karşı sosyal adım bekliyor

Turkey hits rebel targets in Iraq

Cevdet Aşkın Kapatma davasının gümbürtüsü, ABD'nin Ankara-Erbil'e baskısı

7 terörist daha öldürüldü

Kanları yerde kalmadı

Alternative to Article 140 on Disputed Areas Said Agreed - Paper

Kurdish Opposition Leader Interviewed on Iran Elections

Incident occurs in Israeli Knesset’s commission while discussing issue on “Armenian genocide”

Azerbaijani and Turkish Diaspora Need to Hold Joint Fight to Prevent Myth on Armenian Genocide: Turkish Ambassador

Bayrağı taşımaya hazırız

Türk: Bugün Türkiye'de 3 devlet var

TRT’ye, Kürdçe bilen MEB sertifikalı 30 spiker…

DTP'li Türk'ten dava yorumu: Demokrasiyi halka çok görüyorlar

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık

Avrupa tepkili: AK Parti kapatılırsa müzakereler derhal askıya alınmalı

Rauf Denktaş Adil ve kalıcı çözüm

Sadi Somuncuoğlu AB ahlakı ve sömürgecilik

AB'nin iki önemli ismi Türkiye'ye geliyor

Komşudan 12 yıl sonra gelen itiraf

Mensur Akgün AB Türkiye'yi dışlamamalı

Reform uyarısı

'Bu yıl sınav yılı olacak'

Bu ziyaret Rumları çok kızdıracak

BM Genel Sekreteri Ban Ki-moon’un yardımcısı Lynn Pascoe, KKTC Başbakanı Soyer ve Dışişleri Bakanı Avcı’yı makamlarında ziyaret etti

Reform yoksa destek de yok

YılmazÖzdil EXPO

Türkiye raportörü: Anayasa değişsin

Yalçın Bayer Özet; AB’ye almayız EXPO’yu da vermeyiz

Barroso and Rehn due in Turkey (UPDATED)

Amanda Akçakoca Turkey -- a nation in trouble

Köşelerde AB’ye savaş naraları

Top UN diplomat optimistic over Cyprus talks

Hasan Kanbolat Can the Russian Federation become a NATO member?

Turks need a calmer approach to counter Armenian claims

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

Haydi kızlar kocaya!

Masonları YouTube korkusu sardı

2 Nisan 2008 Basın Özeti

CL Preview: Fenerbahçe - Chelsea

Gül hosts historians at Çankaya Palace

Karadeniz kararıyor

İslam'da 'gay'liğe yer var iddiası

"Size Tansular, Mesutlar, Denizler layık!"
Milli futbolcu Emre Belözoğlu'ndan AKP'ye kapatma davasına tepki

301’den yargılansınlar

H3 Yol haritası haftaya kaldı

Haziran'da referandum

Metehan Demir AKP neden frene bastı?

İşte AKP'nin yeni formülü

AK Parti, muhalefete "Ecevit-Bahçeli formülü" ile gidecek

Önerim kabul edilseydi Gül yargılanmazdı

Tarihi kararın perde arkası

Mahkeme kararının şifreleri

Erdoğan: Manifesto gibi savunma yaparız

Abdüllatif Şener kararını verdi

'Siyasette varım' dedi

Demirel davadan yana

Dün dündür

Genelkurmay yazısı en etkili delil sayıldı

Kararın perde arkası

Valilik'te 'yedek parti' görüşmesi

MHP, AK Parti ile köprüleri attı

Milliyet Son Dakika

Cengiz Çandar Yürütme iptal, yük yasamada

Ahmet Taşgetiren Yargı yargılanacak

Ruşen - Çakır Erdoğan’ın krizin üstesinden gelme şansı hiç de az değil

Taha Akyol Kuzu kuzu bekleyin

Fikret Bila Laiklik ilkesine uygunluk

Murat Yetkin Anayasa tartışmaları

Hasan Cemal Tayyip Erdoğan’ı nasıl bir gündem bekliyor?..

Şamil Tayyar Sincan’ın yerini Anayasa Mahkemesi aldı

Mehmet Altan Haziran’da referandum mu?

Ertuğrul Özkök Dün dündür bugün bugün

Ahmet Hakan Gör başına neler gelir

M Ali Birand Demokrasimizde ince ince ayar kavgası yapıyoruz

Cüneyt Ülsever AKP ve CHP’ye bir öneri

Oray Eğin Fethullah Gülen Hocaefendi’ye mektup

Bilal Çetin AKP’nin alternatif senaryosu

Cevdet Aşkın Kapatma davasının gümbürtüsü, ABD'nin Ankara-Erbil'e baskısı

Sebahattin Önkibar Erdoğan için bağımsız milletvekili ve Başbakan formülü olur mu?

Mustafa Karaalioğlu CHP’ye sarılarak kurtulmak mı?

Eser Karakaş Sözü Doğu Silahçıoğlu Paşa’ya bırakmak

Serdar Turgut Ülkeye yazık oluyor

Bülent Keneş Sacred judiciary, damned democracy!

Yavuz Baydar A simple Q&A on the ‘irreversible course to political paralysis’ in Turkey

Fatih Altaylı AKP kapatılsa da Erdoğan Başbakan olur mu?

Gizli belge değil senaryo!

Özden: Siyaset yasağı Cumhurbaşkanı’nı kapsar

AKP’nin yedeği GTP mi?

Meclis ve çalışanı polis ayırdı

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA TSİ 06:30 Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit

Fehmi Koru: Bıkmadan, usanmadan...

İsmet Berkan - Jakoben demokrat!

MEHMET KAMIŞ - Yerliler, yabanlar ve MHP

Nagehan Alçı ‘Nizam’ın zaferi

Serdar Akinan Olmaz olmaz

İsmail Küçükkaya AKP’de kriz yönetimi...

Nuray Başaran Bilinmezlerin ortasında bilenlerin yol haritası var mı

Enis Berberoğlu

Oktay Ekşi Bekleyelim, görelim

Bekir Coşkun Hukuk, ya da darbe...

Tufan Türenç Erdoğan’ın başını Bahçeli yaktı

Özdemir İnce Başbakan icmayı demokrasi sanıyor

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Çatışma, akıllı bir tercih olmaz

Yalçın Doğan Yiğit gidiyor kamçı kalıyor

İlnur Çevik Can the Turkish Supreme Court restore confidence in the judiciary?

Mustafa Akyol Kentteki manken ve dağdaki çoban

Başbakan'ın İletişim Danışmanı, emekli subaymış!

Murat Aksoy Askerle olmadı umut yargıda!

Nuh Gönültaş Eğer adalet buysa...Batsın bu dünya!

6. İşte AKP kapatıldığı gün kurulacak parti

400 bin aileye ''seçim yatırımı''

Gökçek ihtiyaç sahiplerine gıda yardımına başladı. İşte kolideki malzemeler...

Hakan Aygün Anayasa Mahkemesi’nin dört şövalyesi...

Nasuhi Güngör Anayasa Mahkemesi’nden beklentiler

Can Ataklı

MUHARREM SARIKAYA MHP'nin "kurtarma" formülü

ERDAL ŞAFAK Çıkış yolu: AB süreci

Doğu Ergil The sounds of new elections

ENGİN ARDIÇ Castro ilke ve devrimleri

ERGUN BABAHAN Hukuku tartışılır hale getirmek

EMRE AKÖZ Fanatik hakemi nasıl engellemeli?

Umur Talu Koyu renk adamlar, rengârenk çocuklar

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN Tuz çürüdüğü zaman

NAZLI ILICAK Mahkeme'nin görüşü değişti mi?

MEHMET BARLAS Osmanlı'da oyun bitmez ama Osmanlı bitebilir

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

YAVUZ DONAT Sami Selçuk-1

AKP'nin seçenekleri

Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi'ni kapatma davası süreci başladı.

Hadi Uluengin AKP’ye yalan emsál

Yurttaşlarımla övünüyorum TÜRKAN SAYLAN

Siyaseti zayıflatmak devleti zaafa uğratır

Savunma Çiçek'ten

Provokasyonlara fırsat verilmemesini istedi

Günümüzün Fırıldak Kubi’si

’Genel başkanınız alın sizin olsun’

Devletin bekaası ancak milletin bekaasına bağlı

Gül için hukuk skandalı

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Türkiye hikâyesinin sonu

OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
IMF ile yeni anlaşmanın adı 'İhtiyati Stand-By' olacak

Ege Cansen Aramızda aptal yok

Ercan Kumcu Faiz politikasında hedef kur mu enflasyon mu

Erdal Sağlam

Yüzde 3'ü mumla arar mıyız?
Uğur Gürses

Güngör Uras Tüketim harcamasının yüzde 25’i gıdaya gidiyor

Deniz Gökçe Büyüme oranı ve beklentiler...

İbrahim Öztürk Fighting inflation, the slowing economy and exit scenarios for Turkey

İ.Hüseyin Yıldız Milli gelir büyüme analizi

Hurşit Güneş TL’de değer kaybı nereye kadar?

Turkey's exports increases 22.86 pct in March

UPDATE 1-Turkish stocks rebound after sharp losses

Turkish Q1 exports exceed year 2001 export earnings

Ertuğ Yaşar Umudumuz Fener'de

H4 New York Times Iraqi Deaths Are on the Rise Again During Clashes With Militias

A Battalion’s Worth of Good Ideas By JOHN A. NAGL

The key to success — in Iraq as well as Afghanistan — rests largely with a small group of American military advisers who live and fight alongside foreign forces.

Editorial Wasting and Wanting at the Pentagon Whoever wins the presidential election will need courage to scale back or cancel expensive acquisition programs that don’t meet today’s threats or tomorrow’s.

Pentagon Is Expected to Close Intelligence Unit The expected shuttering of the Counterintelligence Field Activity office is part of a larger effort to overhaul the nation’s intelligence architecture.

Bush Supports Ukraine’s Bid to Join NATO

MAUREEN DOWD The Hillary Waltz One of the most valuable lessons the gritty Hillary Clinton can teach the languid Barack Obama — and the timid Democrats — is that the whole point of a presidential race is to win.

Before Greeting NATO, Romanians Confront Canines

From a Beirut Cell, an Iraqi Watches as the U.S. Finally Takes His Advice

Britain Puts Troop Drawdown on Hold

’03 U.S. Memo Approved Harsh Interrogations

U.S. and Britain at Odds Over Guantánamo Inmate

To Court or Shun the Wealth of Nations

U.S. Alarmed as Some Exports Veer Off Course Officials said the United Arab Emirates were failing to prevent goods that have a potential military use from slipping into the wrong hands

UBS to Write Down Another $19 Billion

Talks May End Mugabe’s Rule in Zimbabwe

H5 Washington Post Attacks on U.S. Forces Soared at End of March

Government Assault On Shiite Militias Drew Americans In

Bush Pressing NATO to Set Membership Path for Ukraine, Georgia

Iraq Violence Halts British Drawdown

Does Bush Know Something We Don't? By Dan Froomkin

Heavy Troop Deployments Called Major Risk

U.S. Appears to Take Lead in Fighting in Baghdad: U.S. Forces Battle Mahdi Army in Sadr City, Aircraft Target Basra

'03 Memo: Interrogators Immune From Charges Now rescinded, Justice document said military interrogators of al-Qaeda captives exempt from federal laws prohibiting assault, other crimes. Dan Eggen and Josh White Memorandum: Part 1 | Part 2 (PDF)

Centers Access Personal Data

In so-called "fusion centers," states use commercial, government databases to mine information.

Is Cheney Right About Hamas?

PostGlobal | The VP says Hamas will torpedo Mideast peace talks. Panelists in Quatar, Dubai and Syria take sides.

Economic Advisers Draw Fire

Some say the philosophy of Sen. John McCain's team may be poorly received in uncertain times

India's Choice: Tibet or China

Country tries to ensure freedoms for its Tibetan population while staying close to trading partner

Don't Quit, Hillary By Ruth Marcus,

Clinton shouldn't drop out -- but she, and her advisers, should stop the personal attacks.

Mr. Paulson's Starting Point

It's not so far from Barack Obama's.

Editorial Ignoring the Supreme Court

The Bush administration punts on greenhouse emissions

H6 Guardian In search of a mission Leader: An organisation that attempts to define itself as much by shared democratic values as it does by brute force

Bush-Putin row grows as pact meets George Bush and Vladimir Putin on a collision course ahead of critical Nato summit in Bucharest

Strategic interests dominate security debate

China accuses the Dalai Lama and his supporters of plotting suicide attacks Tibetan spiritual leader denies allegations as Beijing claims monks have built up arsenals of weapons

Basra troop withdrawal on hold

Number of UK forces will stay at 4,100 for the forseeable future as violence increases in Iraqi city

The battle for Basra Robert Fox The hapless Des Browne's announcement on delayed troop withdrawal from Iraq reveals British impotence in the face of global geopolitical forces

Defying categorisation Michael Lind The US should abolish its official racial classifications and achieve the original ideal of civil rights reformers: race-neutral law and public policy

Condoleezza has a dream Petra Marquardt-Bigman: Defying media scepticism, the US secretary of state's plans for peace in the Middle East seem to be gathering momentum

The Chinese burden? Brendan O'Neill Attacks on China's role in Africa are driven by a desire to preserve the continent as a playground for western do-gooders

Zimbabwe on a precipice as pressure grows on Mugabe

Miliband heads fresh pro-EU offensive

Pelosi urges Democrats to avoid long, drawn-out race

A campaign for lower pay David Cronin The minimum wage is under fire in Europe - on the grounds that it could hinder competition

Pakistan's neo-colonial rule Peter Tatchell The people of Balochistan are demanding an end to Pakistani military operations and the restoration of self-rule

Pennsylvania isn't Ohio Ben Whitford US elections 2008: Hillary Clinton is way ahead in polls in the Keystone state - but Barack Obama still has time to turn things around

'Like Rocky Balboa, I never give up' Unlike Rocky, Hillary punches below the belt

H7 World views US 'more positively' A BBC World Service poll suggests people are starting to view the US more positively than in recent years.

McClatchy Paltry results of Iraqi offensive silence U.S. withdrawal talk "There is no empirical evidence that the Iraqi forces can stand up" on their own, said a senior U.S. military official. Iraqi forces taking a leadership role was crucial to U.S. hopes of withdrawing more troops

Washington Times Tehran pushes to join Central Asian alliance Seeking to break out of its diplomatic isolation, Iran has applied for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, an alliance dominated by China and Russia and seen as challenging U.S. security interests in Central Asia

Outside View: Khamenei takes control (UPI) -- As parliamentary elections in Iran confirm a vast majority for the hard-liners in Iran, jostling seems to have already gained pace for Iran's presidential elections in 2009.

Country Analysis Brief: Syria
Source: Energy Information Administration

Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:

No Iraq Intelligence Update For You!

Iran Incites Cold War With U.S. in Lebanon Roiled by Hezbollah By: Janine Zacharia | Bloomberg News In this contest is the danger that Lebanon may turn into a full-fledged battleground in the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran, which is allied with Syria to derail Lebanon's fragile democracy.

The Basrah Gambit – Defining Moment for Iraq or the Jaysh al-Mahdi? (Updated w/ Links)

Oil execs: We're not to blame for high gasoline prices

Jordan Times Maliki’s choice of time to wage war on the Mehdi Army, loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr, is questionable.

Country Analysis Brief: Bahrain Source: Energy Information Administration

Exclusive: Iran gains valuable geo-strategic footholds from new defense umbrella for Sudan

The clear and present danger of rising nuclear threats By Joschka Fischer

Paying the Price - Miami Herald editorial

Iraq Offensive Backfires - USA Today editorial

Embassy Bomber - Wall Street Journal editorial

Saudi Arabia: Real Talk? - Raymond Ibrahim, National Review

Hollow Wounds and Uncertain Solutions! Jamil Theyabi - Riyadh, Cairo, Amman, and Sanaa are faced with the same predicament – the necessity of solving the Lebanese crisis in line with the Arab vision and initiative. As for Damascus and Tehran, they find themselves in a different trench, that of trickery and defiance.

Daily Star How would Lebanon's puppet politicians fare without their strings?

The End of Empire?
by Howard Zinn and Tom Engelhardt

Who Is Iraq's 'Firebrand Cleric'?
Justin Elliott interviews Patrick Cockburn

H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq

Iraqi death toll climbs sharply The number of Iraqis killed in March rose by 50% compared with the figure for February, according to official counts.

Timing, Weaknesses in Iraqi Offensive Surprised Bush Administration

Iraqi civilian deaths at highest level since August, report finds

Arab Leaders Agreed on Need for Dialogue With Iran, Differed Over "How" - Paper

Al-Sadr Statement Urges Iraqis to Unite Against ‘Occupiers’

BBC Monitoring Headlines, Quotes From Iraqi Press 1 Apr 08 - Package B

Iraqi Media Five Years On: Freedom and Chaos

Apr 1 SD# 1884 - Editorial in Saudi Paper: Arab-Israeli Peace Is Possible

Iraq Spokesman, Military Commander Answer Questions on Basra, Al- Sadr, Arab Ties

Report: U.S. Names North Korean Nuclear Experts Helping Syria

Alternative to Article 140 on Disputed Areas Said Agreed - Paper

Poll Reveals Saudi Arabia at Greater Risk From Religious Extremism Than Any Other Country

Iraqi Tribal Chief Says Iran Retaliates Against USA Through Iraq

Inner Conflict Plagues Iraq: ; Turmoil Between Government, Al-Sadr Illustrates War Hurdles

Tanks deployed after Yemen riots

Basra sign of political showdown
Published: April 1, 2008 at 7:49 PM
BAGHDAD, April 1 (UPI) -- The fighting between Shiite militias and Iraqi security forces may be a sign of the beginnings of political infighting ahead of parliamentary elections.

H9 Ha’aretz – Editorial: Israel's settlement policy is one of deception

Barak: Gaza crossings may open if rocket attacks, smuggling stop

Hamas TV puppet 'kills' Bush as revenge for U.S., Israeli actions

Intelligence officers: Hezbollah may strike Israel via third party Experts say militant group 'growing stronger on all levels,' operating in south Lebanon amid civilians

Israel Factor: What's the ideal U.S. president-Israel PM combo? The Israel Factor panel prefers a McCain-Barak match, least favors Clinton or Obama with Netanyahu

Clinton and Obama voters support Israel in similar numbers

Meshal: Hamas backs '67 state lines, right of return

Dutch Jews louder than Muslims in condemning 'Fitna' film

Jerusalem Post Israel not top priority for US voters Voters, including Jews, focus on economy, Iraq and health care.

Don't let PA control Gaza crossings, IDF tells Barak

'Israel's influence as bad as Iran's'

BBC poll results similar to last year, but negative views of Israel slightly on the decline.

Yedioth Ahronoth 52% view Israel negatively BBC World Service survey ranks Jewish state second from bottom in terms of global image. Iran has worst rankings, with 54% of participants having a mostly negative view of its influence on world; US image abroad begins to improve

Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine

Walter Laqueur, entitled Disraelia: A Counterfactual History, 1848-2008. What if mass Jewish immigration to Ottoman Palestine had begun decades earlier, and put two million Jews in the land by the mid-nineteenth century?

• 'Reassessing the strategy on Hamas' by four authors, bitterlemons.org

Exclusive: Rice plans Middle East summit starring Bush, but hedges it round with provisos

Rice misses the obvious in peace-making
By Rami G. Khouri

Hamas is gaining, thanks to the blunders of its foes
By Safwat Kahlout

The Clandestine Saudi-Israeli Relationship By: Rachelle Kliger | The Media Line Governments have no official statistics of the extent of trade between Israel and the Saudi kingdom, as these dealings take place away from the limelight and often involve repackaging and re-branding through third-party countries

A national security adviser to the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), Gen. Merrill “Tony” McPeak (Ret.), defended his 1976 Foreign Affairs article on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Monday, publishing a letter to his critics in the same publication.

Anti-Semitism is finding new allies on both Right and Left

Commentator Argues West Bank, Gaza Authorities Not Interested in Reconciliation

Is Pope Benedict Ashamed of the Holocaust?

H10 Christian Science Monitor

At NATO summit, Bush likely to get some of what he wants

His quest for more forces in Afghanistan, headway on continental missile defense may gain ground in Bucharest.

Afghanistan to ask NATO for bigger army of its own At the NATO meeting in Romania Thursday, Afghan officials are expected to request money to expand its National Army from 86,000 to 120,000 troops.

Muslim reformer's 'heresy': The Islamic state is a dead end

From Nigeria to Indonesia, Sudanese law professor spreads ideas of a secular state and human rights.

ASIA

Asian exports are shifting to Europe, Russia, and the Middle East

Poll: China Among Top US 'Enemies'

Tibet, China, and the west: empires of the mind, Dibyesh Anand

At Least India Can Look Dissent in the Eye By: Gautaman Bhaskaran | The Japan Times
As China prepares to host the Olympics, the government's inability to deal with differing points of view is an ever more obvious Achilles' heel

Taliban will talk, but no 'sugar-coating'The Pakistani Taliban have reacted promptly to the government's offer of peace talks, agreeing in principle. First, though, they want some key captives released, including a firebrand cleric. In return, the Taliban will release some 250 security personnel they are holding. It's a tempting offer, but one which Washington will oppose with all its strength, including financial muscle. - Syed Saleem Shahzad

Terror Remains Beyond Control of Pakistani State By: Sreeram Chaulia | Indo-Asian News Service The disclosure by Chinese authorities that the hijackers of a domestic airplane who were thwarted in March came from Pakistan confirms terrorism to be the prime export item of the volatile country. It is the latest shred of evidence in an unsavory track record for which Pakistan has gained international notoriety as the cradle of extremist jihad

Key Pakistani official says U.S. must end attacks on militants

A new report from the U.S. Army War College looks at U.S. military contingency plans in North Korea (PDF) and runs through several possible political scenarios in the country.

Snubbing India No Way to Engage Asia - Andrew Robb, The Australian

Rebiya Kadeer, President of the Uyghur American Association, writes that if China wishes to become a responsible member of the international community, its government must engage in a meaningful dialogue that addresses the sources of discontent in Tibet and East Turkestan.

A new Pakistan? (By Tony Blankley)

Signs abound that the terms of the U.S.-Pakistani alliance have changed, and that these changes are likely to impede the Bush administration's prosecution of the war on terror

There are five months until the Olympics and says Beijing had better deal with the situation in Tibet, or risk losing face in the eyes of the world

An Olympic Dream in China

The New Asian Hemisphere - The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East

Olympic Torch Threatens to Scorch China By: Gideon Rachman | Financial Times
China is not just an emerging great power. It is also an authoritarian and nationalistic one-party state. Those concerns might have been brushed under the red carpet, if the Beijing games had not become the focus for protests against the government

The Roots of Chinese Nationalism By: Emily Parker | The Wall Street Journal The Chinese media decry violent Tibetan rioters; the West criticizes the Chinese crackdown. The Western press describes Chinese censorship; Chinese netizens slam Western media bias

China offers Nigeria $50bn credit

China has offered export guarantee facilities worth up to $50bn to encourage investment in Nigeria in a bold strategy to woo Africa’s biggest oil producer

Taiwan Strait Relations: How Far Can It Go? By: Li Mingjiang | RSIS In light of the landslide victory of the KMT in Taiwan's recent presidential election, it is likely that Beijing and Taipei will soon proceed to pursue cooperation on some economic and social issues. Breakthroughs in political and security matters, however, may be hampered by Taiwan's domestic politics and the uncertainties in China's response

White Out: Asia’s Rice Price Crisis By: Brian McCartan | Asia Sentinel Although Asia’s farmers and exporters ought to be laughing all the way to the bank over the rapidly increasing price of rice, they aren’t

H11 IHT France says EU ready for a greater role in defense As France jockeys to rejoin the command structure of NATO, a senior French official said that, for the first time, conditions were right for Europe to become a more serious player in defense

Bush supports Ukraine's bid to join NATO

Blacksliding on reform is seen in new EU states The European Union's eastward expansion aimed to cement former Communist countries into a bloc committed to pluralism, democracy and good government. But the new members have a tendency to backslide and succumb to "reform fatigue," according to a recent academic study.

EUROPE European press review

A Grand Plan for NATO Will Have to Wait

Le Monde Réintégrer l'OTAN, mais laquelle ?, par Daniel Vernet

Bush makes trouble in Kiev AS PRESIDENT BUSH'S second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor. Yet that is exactly what he was doing yesterday in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. In an appearance alongside that country's pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko, Bush declared that NATO should begin the process of admitting Ukraine and Georgia as members. (Boston Globe)

Globalize NATO? (By Helle Dale)

Redefine the alliance (By Harlan Ullman)

Bush in Romania for Nato summit US President George W Bush is expected to push for Nato's eastward expansion at a key summit in Romania later.

France sets out Afghan deployment France could send a "few hundred" extra troops to Afghanistan, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon says

NATO Won't Give Up on Entry Bids of Ukraine, Georgia By: James G. Neuger | Bloomberg News
NATO will eventually offer the prospect of membership to Ukraine and Georgia, unfazed by Russia's determination to keep the two former Soviet republics within its sphere of influence, Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said

Two CFR scholars discussed the prospects for the NATO summit in a recent conference call, the transcript of which is available here.

Ahead of April 13 parliamentary elections in Italy, Newsweek International interviews former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who seeks to propel his party back to power.

EU Defense: A report from a French think tank (PDF) examines challenges facing EU defense policy and calls for an increased focus on counterterrorism and nation-building.

NATO needs new lease By Friis Arne Petersen Europe and the United States should work together on joint training, sharing lessons learned and best practices in this area, not only to ensure our militaries and civilians in the field share a common approach, but also to harmonize the oversight, objectives and resources of every country and institution engaged.

Trading in recklessness By Richard W. Rahn The Europeans after World War II looked at the economic success of the U.S., which was at the time the world's largest free-trade area — the U.S. Constitution mandated free trade among the states — and decided it was necessary for their own future peace and prosperity to build a free trade Europe, which became the very successful European Union.

The Shrivelling of European Citizenship

Facing the truth about jihadist violence THE GLOBAL jihad is unpleasant. Consequently "Fitna," the controversial new film about the Koran and jihadist violence produced by the Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, is also unpleasant. Parts of it are graphic and violent, and you might find it difficult to watch. (By Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe)

H12 RFE/RLCentral Asia: Odd Couple Crashes NATO Summit

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Georgian Government Announces Abkhaz Peace Proposal By: Leigh Phillips | EU Observer The Georgian government announced a series of proposals on Friday (28 March) aiming to resolve its conflict with the break-away republic of Abkhazia, days ahead of a NATO summit where the Caucasian country is hoping to win a Membership Action Plan – the first step on the path to membership in the alliance

Russia and Rotating the U.S. Focus | Stratfor

Azeri Deputy Foreign Minister Downbeat About Karabakh Peace Talks

Russia’s Balkans

Bush Visits a Ukraine Deeply Split Over Bid to Join Western Alliance
By the time President Bush arrived here Monday to hail the emerging democracy and urge the NATO alliance to put Ukraine on the path to membership, the mood on the square had changed

Bush Coming to Sochi With Hat in Hand By: Peter Lavelle | The Moscow Times Bush will meet President Vladimir Putin for the last time in Sochi this weekend. The agenda is full of contentious issues -- Kosovo, anti-missile defense, NATO expansion and the state of Russian-U.S. relations

NATO Talks Hurt Russian-Ukranian Relations

EDM EXTRANEOUS CONSIDERATIONS BLOCK GEORGIAN AND UKRAINIAN MAPS AT THE NATO SUMMIT

- GEORGIA OFFERS FAR-REACHING AUTONOMY TO ABKHAZIA

- KOSOVA ISSUE POINTS TO RUSSIAN SWAY OVER ASTANA

H13 The Times Bush tells Nato to ignore Kremlin's bluster On visit to Kiev, President Bush says he supports membership of two ex-Soviet states despite Russian objections

Sarkozy faces row over Afghanistan troops pledge Opponents accused the President of taking France into a 'new Vietnam' and waging war just to win favour with America

Nato allies' different aims in AfghanistanWestern forces in Afghanistan are nominally under a single banner but at times seems to be fighting different wars

Nouri al-Maliki asks militant to return his cars

Prime Minister claims his campaign to stamp out illegal armed groups in Basra was a "success"

British troop withdrawal from Iraq delayed Amid continuing instability in Basra, Britain has delayed the promised withdrawal of a further 1,500 troops from Iraq

President drops summit as Argentina chaos bites As an Argentinian farmers' strike nears the end of its third week the country faces renewed social unrest and empty shops

The case for immigration control

Yes, there are clear economic benefits for Britain to take in migrants. But there's a limit

Daniel Finkelstein

Immigration: the numbers game

Immigration is desirable in principle and of economic benefit in practice

Zimbabwe endgame as Mugabe nears exit

Wall Street Journal

A Robust Alliance
The Wall Street Journal Europe
Germany and Greece tear up the MAP of NATO's future.
Review & Outlook

Obama and the 'L' Word
By Peter Wehner Despite his 'postpartisan' rhetoric, the senator is a conventional liberal

The Intelligence Consensus
By Anna G. Eshoo and Mike McConnell Spies and civil libertarians can both agree that surveillance tactics must evolve with evolving threats.

The Radical Solution

By Holman W. Jenkins Jr.
Business World: If taxpayers have to save Ben Bernanke from himself . . .

The Economist examines Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s newly released regulatory plan to reform the U.S. financial system. The Wall Street Journal reports on criticisms the plan has met on Capitol Hill, particularly among Democrats.

A risk-free revolution
The US Federal Reserve-led rescue of Bear Stearns was a blatant example of moral hazard being rewarded. The US financial system, thought to be exemplified by rough and ready individualists and free marketers, now gleefully accepts the greatest government intervention in the financial markets in at least 70 years. One question - what comes next in this new risk-free model? - Julian Delasantellis

H14 Financial Times Nato pauses at Russia’s ‘red lines’The alliance must decide whether to hold out the prospect of membership to Georgia and Ukraine

Bush vows to press Kiev’s Nato claims The US president promised Ukraine he would press for the nation to take a significant new step towards joining Nato at the summit in Bucharest

Nato Map is of little use to Macedonia Of all the nations queuing up to join the alliance, Macedonian needs and deserves the move more than any other, yet it is the least likely to get the green light

American dream hit by dollar’s decline Migrant workers are choosing to move to Europe, Australia or Canada instead of the US in order to protect the purchasing power of the money they send home to their families, according to one of the world’s leading experts on remittances

UK takes flak from Basra flare-up

When British troops pulled out of Basra last year, UK military officials claimed the Iraqi military would be capable of taking over security, but critics now say the handover was premature

Riyadh and Cairo to cut import duties

Egypt and Saudi Arabia said they planned to cut import tariffs on foods and other goods to tackle inflation, as global commodity prices cause increasing concern

The prudent will have to pay for the profligateOn the upside, the fairy government-mother stood on the sidelines, or she is dragged in, as risk-addiction turns into risk-aversion, writes Martin Wolf

Migration debate gains momentum

There is much to support in the House of Lords economic committee report on Uk migration – but its broader solution, namely a cap on non-EU immigrants, is wrong

Stocks rise in spite of fresh bank woes

Global stock markets rebounded sharply, stirring debate about whether investors were growing more confident or just retreating from trading strategies that profit from falling prices

H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial Putin has a point The Russian president opposes Bush's push to expand NATO eastward, and he's right

A look inside Al QaedaThe militant is known as Abu Ubaida al Masri, and charting his path reveals his vulnerabilities and those of the terrorist group

Muslim true/false What you think you know about them is likely wrong -- and that's dangerous. By John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed

Bush wants 2 ex-Soviet states in NATO

H16 American Politics

Exclusive Poll: Clinton's Lead Shrinks In Pa. —

Clinton Less Appealing Than Obama as Potential V.P. — Clinton backers favor an Obama-Clinton ticket; Obama backers do not

Gallup Daily: Obama 49%, Clinton 45%

Superdelegates buoy Obama in rough month

Blumenthal Claims Inside Knowledge that McCain Flirted with Leaving GOP...

CNN catches McCain making contradictory statements about Sadr.

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Clinton likens herself to ‘Rocky’

Pelosi says Democratic race should go on

McCain seeks distance from Bush...

Internet as Political Information Tool Popular, But Television Still Dominates, Annenberg Survey Finds (PDF; 165 KB)

McCain Sees Trouble on Two Fronts McCain is trying to close a deep fund-raising deficit against Clinton and Obama, but the two Democrats are raking in cash from business interests that give mainly to Republicans. Some prominent conservatives say they remain disenchanted with their party's likely nominee

Clinton's convention strategy in doubt

H17 Daily Telegraph Nato shouldn't advance too far east

If Ukraine or Georgia become full members of Nato, it could destroy the organisation's supreme role as a mutual defence alliance, warns Malcolm Rifkind.

Israel: Syria nuclear base was raid target

H18 Independent US and Ukraine challenge Russia on Nato expansion President Bush has thrown down the gauntlet to Russia and set the stage for a showdown with Europe by expressing public support for Ukraine and Georgia to become members of Nato,

Leading article: The withdrawal that never was

Hamish McRae: Has the US averted financial catastrophe?

Endgame for Mugabe Whisper it quietly, but Zimbabwe may be witnessing the final days (if not hours) in office of the only leader it has ever known.

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

The Jamestown Foundation - Online Terrorist Training Manual - Part One: Creating a Terrorist Cell by Abdul Hameed Bakier.

France is the world’s most sophisticated practitioner of counterterrorism, and the U.S. can learn from her experience

The Real Bush Intelligence Failure By: Gabriel Schoenfeld | The Wall Street Journal On Sunday, CIA director Michael Hayden warned on "Meet the Press" that a reconstituting al Qaeda was preparing operatives in Afghanistan who would draw no attention while passing through U.S. airport checkpoints.

Ninety-five Pentagon weapons systems are over-budget by a total of $295 billion, the GAO reports

Germany may have foiled terror attack (UPI) -- Germany may have foiled a terror attack during the FIFA Soccer World Cup in 2006 but kept the public uninformed to prevent panic

An Antibody for Suicide Bombers - Gary Anderson, Washington Times

The Capital Interview: General William Lord on Cyberspace and the ... - Council on Foreign Relations

Global weapons shipments fell in 2007, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Blogs and Military Information Strategy (zipped PDF; 512 KB)
Source: Joint Special Operations University (via Cryptome.org)

H20 Slate Why Are Global Food Prices Soaring? Energy costs, investment in ethanol, bad weather in Australia …

The Smoking Gun? John Yoo's infamous March 2003 torture memo surfaces.

A review of The Globalization of Ethics: Religious and Secular Perspectives, ed. William M. Sullivan and Will Kymlicka.

An Empirical Study of U.S. Copyright Fair Use Opinions, 1978-2005 Source: PENNumbra

2008 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (PDFs) Source: Office of the United States Trade Representative

U.S. Nuclear Electricity Generation at Record Level in 2007 Source: Energy Information Administration

H21 Death of the author: you fall out of print, move to a book dealer’s website, or a grad student does a thesis on you. Finally, a last reader will turn the last page... more»

Good Leadership Is Deciding How to Decide By: Joseph Nye | Financial Times Understanding context is crucial to effective leadership. Some situations call for autocratic decisions and some require the opposite. There is an infinite variety of contexts in which leaders have to operate, but it is particularly important for leaders to understand culture, the distribution of power, followers’ needs and demands, time urgency and information flows.

Walter Laqueur, entitled Disraelia: A Counterfactual History, 1848-2008. Counterfactual history—what might have happened—is no idle enterprise. What did actually happen cannot be evaluated unless it is put into some context and this includes, of course, the question what might have happened. This we shall never know for certain. But given some knowledge of history, there is room for speculation, and given the role of accident in history, developments which may seem today far-fetched might easily have taken place. What if mass Jewish immigration to Ottoman Palestine had begun decades earlier, and put two million Jews in the land by the mid-nineteenth century?

Fire is not like other forces of nature – glaciers or hurricanes. Its history and ours are intertwined. We did not invent fire: we seized it from nature... more»

From The New Criterion, at the forest's edge: An article on Jose Ortega y Gasset and Sigmund Freud

How long you live, whether you win or lose cancer lotto or Parkinson’s bingo, have little to do, says Michael Kinsley, with life’s other successes... more»

AAP Reports Book Sales Rose to $25 Billion in 2007 Source: American Association of Publishers

From The New York Observer, an article on How to Change Your Life in One Year! Completely.

From Wired, a look at nine trends driving business in 2008

Translation technology: Language subtleties make full automation a myth

Online Newspaper Advertising Jumps 19 Percent in 2007
Source: Newspaper Association of America

BBC's flying penguins is a classic

Amid Antarctic ice-floes, the presenter Terry Jones, once a star of Monty Python, commented excitedly as before our eyes a group of penguins took to the air.

Journalism at its very best

The Pulitzer Prize for public service shows newspaper courage still lives.

Scientists mix human and cow DNA in embryo...

Profs: embrace Wikipedia
You can't fight it.

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