| H1 Independent America's allies in Iraq under pressure as civil war breaks out among Sunni Our Reign of Terror, by the Israeli Army In shocking testimonies that reveal abductions, beatings and torture, Israeli soldiers confess the horror they have visited on Hebron McClatchy GIs in Sadr City under fire from friends and foes Three weeks after U.S. troops were ordered into the sprawling Shiite Muslim slum of Sadr City to stop rockets from raining down on the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad's Green Zone, they're caught in crossfire between Shiite militiamen and the mostly Shiite Iraqi army Analysis: Time, delegate math working against Clinton Washington Post Carter Meets With Hamas Chief In Exile, Defying Israel and U.S. Iraqi, U.S. Forces Put Pressure on Mahdi Army NewsHour Carter Meeting Sparks New Debate Over Engaging Hamas Clinton, Obama Enter Final Stretch in Keystone Primary Fight Guardian Top Bush aides pushed for Guantánamo torture Senior officials bypassed army chief to introduce interrogation methods Ronald Brownstein / National Journal Online: The First 21st-Century Campaign Time How to Win the Global-Warming War MESH Extended deterrence
Newmyer, Rosen, Inbar, Mandelbaum. MESH. Asia Times Petraeus hid Maliki's resistance to US troops Petraeus' portrayal of last month's offensive in Basra by Iraqi forces as inept masked a quite different picture in which Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki launched the attack to forestall a much bigger US-led operation against the Mahdi Army. Maliki did not want the US push to succeed. - Gareth Porter Afghanistan Moves to Center Stage By: M.K. Bhadrakumar | Asia Times The United States' monopoly of the Afghan war is coming under serious public challenge. Iran and Turkey have been vocal in their criticism of the way things are going -- or not going. At the same time, erstwhile bitter enemies of the Taliban from the former Northern Alliance are now involved in direct talks with "important people" from the Taliban. Simultaneously, the geopolitics of energy are inextricably drawing China, Russia and Iran towards Afghanistan. - M K Bhadrakumar A birthday present for Mubarak
Eighty-year-old President Hosni Mubarak faces trouble as never before in his 26 years at Egypt's helm. For myriad reasons, people are angry, which alarms "Big sister Egypt's" neighbors, and particularly Cairo's ally, the United States. The beleaguered president could well recall the events leading to the demise of the last king of Egypt in 1952. - Sami Moubayed McClatchy Washington Bureau: Pentagon institute calls Iraq war ‘a major debacle’ with outcome ‘in doubt’ Choosing War: The Decision to Invade Iraq and Its Aftermath (PDF; 1 MB) Source: Institute for National Strategic Studies (National Defense University) Pentagon Study? Current Events in Iraq? Not so Fast... US Army War College’s Parameters “The Mythical Shia Crescent” by Pat Proctor (.htm format) (.pdf format) The Strategic Importance of Central Asia: An American View by Stephen Blank Robert Jervis here Bush lied and people died? Not so, says prominent social scientist Robert Jervis. And what's more, the U.S. intelligence service remains the best in the world. New York Times McCain, Iraq War and the Threat of ‘Al Qaeda’ Critics say Senator John McCain’s descriptions of the enemy in Iraq oversimplify its hydra-headed nature. SyriaComment News Round Up (18 April 2008) After Bush
Gordon Brown sets out foreign policy vision for years to come
Yedioth Ahronoth 'Troops torture Palestinians' Testimonies of Israelis who serve in Hebron reveal common use of unrestrained violence To read the pamphlet in full, click here IHT SIZE AND POWER A bigger nation isn't always better By PAUL KENNEDY Being very big, either in acreage or in population, is of itself no guarantee of becoming and remaining a Great Power. Financial Times Gideon Rachman’s blog Fear of China, fear of America: As China emerges a challenger to US dominance, Europeans may remember they have more in common with the Americans than the Chinese Girls allowed After Iran’s Islamic Revolution, women had fewer legal rights and were forced to wear the hejab. Ironically it also opened up opportunities for those who used to be kept at home, writes Anna Fifield The dilemma haunting Clinton’s prey Edward Luce analyses Barack Obama and ‘elitism’ Economists’ Forum Dissecting Greenspan’s defence: ‘It didn’t have to be this way. Saying no to asset bubbles – equity, property, or credit – was always an option’, writes Stephen Roach Russia tries to soothe Georgia Moscow lifts visa restrictions on Tbilisi and will hold talks to allow banned goods amid criticisms over its move to establish official relations with separatist Georgian regions RFE/RL Georgia Asking Too Much On Abkhazia? Sukhumi has repeatedly rejected Tbilisi's peace proposals, even as Moscow deepens its own presence in the region. Some say it's time for a different approach. The Times Al-Qaeda warns of Iranian threat Ayman al-Zawahri said in an audio message that Washington's war had met with nothing but failure and defeat Los Angeles Times Stuck in the middle The United States has put itself in a dangerous spot -- between warring Shiite factions in Iraq. Arab ambassadors to Iraq Iraq's Arab neighbors keep vowing to send ambassadors to Baghdad. Will they? | H2 UPI Analysis: Al-Qaida to attack Turkey? By STEFAN NICOLA Experts are worried that Turkey will soon be hit by an al-Qaida-orchestrated terror attack BittterLemons Turkey, Iraq and the PKK Steven A. Cook,Turkey's Problematic Middle East Role - Council on Foreign Relations A time for moderates? Hiwa Osman New Turkish strategy points the way ahead Bulent Aras Toward a new era in Turkish-Iraqi relations regarding the PKK Abdulkadir Onay EDM TURKISH RELATIONS IMPROVE WITH IRAN BUT ARE SHAKY WITH IRAQ
Erdoğan'ın, ABD Başkanı Bush ile 5 Kasım 2007'de Beyaz Saray'da yaptığı görüşmenin ardından PKK ile gizli anlaştığı ortaya çıktı ABD’den ikili oyun Sami Kohen ABD-AB farkı İlter Türkmen Türkiye-ABD ilişkilerinde bahar havası Öcalan:Türkiye'ye karşı PKK'yi hazırda tutuyorlar. Tamamen bitirmiyorlar! Kürt devleti olmaz Iraqi Kurds Back PKK Despite Hardships Institute for War and Peace Reporting '301 değişikliği yetersiz' AKPM kapatma davasından endişeli AKPM bildirisi küme düştü Abdülhamit Bilici Does the Islamic world view the closure case differently than the West? İşte o bildiri EurasiaNet Turkey: More Woes for Government, as Economy Loses Steam If the secularist-dominated Supreme Court in Turkey doesn’t sink the governing Justice and Development Party, the country’s slowing economy just might. McClatchy Turkish court threatens to oust government that lifted head scarf ban Mustafa AKYOL The American plot to overthrow the Turkish Republic 'Derin devlet’ ve Amerika
İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national Rasim Ozan Küahyalı Kürt meselesi ve Türkiye BM'nin Kerkük planı üç aşamalı - Öcalan:Türkiye'ye karşı PKK'yi hazırda tutuyorlar. Tamamen bitirmiyorlar! Iraqi Kurds Back PKK Despite Hardships Institute for War and Peace Reporting Filistinliler Iraklı Kürtleri örnek almalı
HAYRULLAH HAYRULLAH The Invisible People FrontPage Why there are 22 Arab states, but not a single Kurdish state? Kürt devleti olmaz Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.
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Iraqi Social Movement Official in Mosul Criticizes Kurdish Parties, Peshmerga Presence Iraqi Kurdish Writer Appreciates Barzani's Speech on Fall of Saddan Dr Hassan Aydinli, ITF Europe Representative's letter to Iraqi Prime Minister Mr. Nouri Al-Maliki Doktor olmak yerine ‘canlı bomba’ oldu
DTP'li vekilden ezber bozan çıkış Şırnak’ta 3 PKK’lı terörist öldürüldü Iraq Oil Deal Could Ignite International Investment Sezgin Tanrıkulunun duruşu ve KCK - DTP Matin Münir Hükümet, Katar’ı neden bu kadar seviyor? Iran, Turkey sign memorandum to deepen cooperation against terror Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık AB, Cumhuriyet ve ulusal çıkar BAHADIR KALEAĞASI -
Abdulkadir Onay
CSM In Germany, a breakthrough year for immigrant politicians This weekend, more than 50 elected officials of Turkish descent meet to spur wider political participation among the country's 2.7 million Turkish residents. Kalus Jurgens UK-Turkey relations: formula for success Zeynep Göğüş Avrupa kehanetleri Semih İdiz Küçük Çek Cumhuriyeti’nden büyük destek Russia tests waters in Cyprus ahead of talks New reunification process in Cyprus officially under way Avrupa Konseyi: Kapatma davası endişe verici, reform yapılmalı Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.
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Rusya'dan KKTC'ye önemli ziyaret
BM Kıbrıs sürecinden memnun Tartışılan bildiride ‘endişe’ vurgusu! Beril Dedeoğlu The EU-Turkey: again? ABD'de "Ermeni yalanlarıyla mücadele" mitingi İnsan Hakları İzleme Örgütü: "301 önerileri yetersiz" PACE joins criticism of closure case UN Security Council welcomes Cyprus process Balıkçı kazayla vurulmuş!
Turkey slams move to ask CoE for AKP statement "Ermeni yalanlarıyla mücadele" mitingi Big prize for the partnership Missing persons What the dead have to say [NEWS ANALYSIS] You are neither democratic, nor Atatürkist nor secular Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop Öğretmen, Azrail'i okul sırasına soktu DAĞBAŞI GİBİ Ankara-Eskişehir high-speed link on track for completion soon Kamerasız duruşma yapılmayacak
CHP: Çalık, Sabah-atv'nin parasını kamu bankalarından mı alıyor? Book | Turkish Migration to the United States Cevdet Aşkın Varşova gettosu direnişinin 65. yılı: Cesur yürekler yazdı bu destanı MELİHA OKUR
Türkiye'nin deli dana sınavı Aziz Yıldırım askeriyeden kazanıyor, Sadri Şener borç ödüyor Sünnilerden Cemevi | H3 'Mahkemeyi aramaya asker cesaret edemez' Fikret Bila Karahanoğlu: Haberler akla ziyan Army remains silent over 367 ruling allegations 301'de yetki Adalet Bakanı'na verildi [Yorum - Fidel Balta] AK Parti'ye karşı 'çatı partisi' tartışmaları Milliyet Son Dakika Saldırının hedefi Büyükanıt’tı Asker, 23 Nisan için henüz karar vermedi 'Başbakan para arıyor' Sivas'ta dengeleri bozacak karşılama töreni Cengiz Çandar Avrupa'de demokrasiden kaçış yok; enselenirsiniz... Ahmet Taşgetiren Türkiye’yi kim yönetsin? Ruşen - Çakır
Taha Akyol Paralarda İnönü resmi Hasan Cemal Söyleyin, ne zaman ses verecek bu ülke? Murat Yetkin İsmet Berkan Kazandıran slogan ERDAL ŞAFAK Açlık, asimetrik tehdit ve demokrasi Fehmi Koru Dinlenirken düşünmek... Taha KıvançNew York düşünceleri Şamil Tayyar Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.
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Ömer Lütfi Mete Pirinç tanesi kadar bilinç Güneri Civaoğlu Mor ve kırmızı Derya Sazak Tarımın krizi Oktay EkşiMerhumu biz de bilirdik Tufan Türenç Soner Yalçın’ın çarpıcı kitabından bir tablo Özdemir İnce Dışişleri Bakanı suç işliyor Hadi Uluengin İkinci adam Mehmet Y Yılmaz Başbakan’ın Yüce Divan’lık olma meselesi MUHARREM SARIKAYA ENGİN ARDIÇ Basitler cenneti Mustafa Erdoğan Demokrasiyi sevmeyen bir ‘Dördüncü Kuvvet’ Mahir kaynak Problem çözmek Ahmet Kekeç Ergenekon solcuları... ERGUN BABAHANGece gelen telefon ve Avrupa hukuku EMRE AKÖZSömürge yönetimi
İlnur Çevik Of course AK Party will rally democratic forces against party closure
Umur Talu HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMANİtalya'da zaman NAZLI ILICAKOktay Ekşi uyarıyor MEHMET BARLASTayyip Erdoğan şanssızlıklarına uyum gösteriyor...
MAHMUT ÖVÜRAK Parti içinden 'muhalefet' yaratmak! YAVUZ DONAT301 ve "ilginç bir karar"
AK Parti'nin tarihi sınavı Asker 23 Nisan’a ‘sınırlı’ katılacak Şener’e Başbakan gibi karşılama Mahkemeye baskı yapılmadı 301 dayağı
Tuğcu: 367 kararında ne tehdit ne ima var Şiddet uygulayan o zatın kendisidir Toptan: Boykot askere yakışmaz Erdoğan'ın 2 G'si mi Baykal'ın 2 G'si mi
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CHP'li başkan, Kutlu Doğum'u helva dağıtarak kutladı "Halktan beklenti gelirse, cevaplandırırım" ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Ercan Kumcu Erdal Sağlam Türkiye'nin 130 bin tonluk pirinç kumarı Ege Cansen Sağlıklı ekonomi köşesi 'Türkiye'yi Parlak Bir Gelecek Bekliyor' Düşünce değiştiren türbulans
Taner Berksoy ATO'dan zam raporu Tatsız tuzsuz bir senaryo
Erol Katırcıoğlu |
| H4 New York Times McCain, Iraq War and the Threat of ‘Al Qaeda’ Critics say Senator John McCain’s descriptions of the enemy in Iraq oversimplify its hydra-headed nature. OP-ED COLUMNIST; All Atmospherics, No Climate Zimbabwe Arms Shipped by China Spark an Uproar Vatican Hints at Changes in Church Laws on Abuse McCain Releases His Tax Return, but Not His Wife’s BOB HERBERT Road Map to Defeat Instead of capitalizing on political advantages, the Democrats, with their increasingly small-minded approach to this election, are squandering them. GAIL COLLINS The Fat Bush Theory Imagine it’s 2025, and you’ve got a 486-pound ex-president being wheeled in to accept the congratulations on his excellent physical fitness program. Really, that’s big. | H5 Washington Post Carter Meets With Hamas Chief In Exile, Defying Israel and U.S. Iraqi, U.S. Forces Put Pressure on Mahdi Army Israel Would Trade 400 For Soldier, Egypt Says Afghan Commandos Emerge U.S.-trained force of homegrown combatants is intended to take the lead in fighting insurgents Roadside Bomb in Afghanistan Kills Son of Dutch Defense Chief Obama Fights On Two Fronts Old Lessons For Obama By Colbert I. King, Clinton and her GOP allies are teaching him about the dark side of politics Our Shrinking Resource Footprint Pope Stresses Human Rights, Ethical Science Watching the Popes Go By By Peter Manseau No longer a spiritual father figure, this pope is more like a distant relation. Senators Ask For Pentagon Explanation on Contract Abuse Colombia's Case The intellectual poverty of a free-trade deal's opponents | H6 Guardian Top Bush aides pushed for Guantánamo torture Senior officials bypassed army chief to introduce interrogation methods Stress, hooding, noise, nudity, dogs Q&A: Torture and 'enhanced Going global Leader: The America Gordon Brown visited this week is caught between the past and the future Hard money Leader: In less than a decade the European single currency has established its credibility on financial markets. The point has been made £50bn move to free mortgage market Bank of England preparing to unveil plan to inject £50bn of funds into the financial system next week Brown calls for new collaboration Europe and the US will face 'terrifying risks' if they fail to join forces to fight global terrorism, PM says Who's that man? Trip fails to lift PM's US profile Blair's legacy: For Chicago read Boston Martin Kettle: Brown must avoid the Blair delusion Here, at least, he's on the right track. But the prime minister must remember that he will never shape US global thinking Obama spends big to oust Clinton Democratic frontrunner to splash out $2m on advertising in run-up to Pennsylvania primary EU set to scrap biofuels target Commission backing away from its insistence on 10% quota by 2020 amid fears of food crisis The Boston blueprint Daniel Korski Gordon Brown needs to radically and effectively re-present Britain's foreign policy agenda tonight, in light of the west's waning influence History lessons Ali Eteraz The Islamists have it wrong: a book by Tarek Fatah convincingly argues there's no historical justification for the concept of an Islamic state |
| H7 “The Mythical Shia Crescent” by Pat Proctor (.htm format) (.pdf format) Pope worries that big powers control decision-making Bringing Iran Policy Back from the Precipice Pope warns countries against undermining U.N. authority U.S. Mistakes in Iraq Weapons Transfers Could Have Been Avoided By: Katarzyna Bzdak | World Politics Review
A number of governmental and media sources have recently highlighted the haphazard procedures and inadequate accountability standards the United States utilized to equip Iraqi soldiers and police officers with lethal firepower WINEP Bad News or Bad Data? The Debate over Arab and Muslim Public Opinion Electoral and Social Tensions Spike in Egypt
Washington Institute for Near East Policy Which Path Will the Brotherhood Choose? By: Amr Hamzawy and Mohammad J. Herzallah | The Daily Star
On April 8, Egypt held its local council elections after a two-year postponement. Alleging that the results of the elections were largely predetermined by the regime, the Muslim Brotherhood, the main opposition force in the country, announced on April 6 that it would be boycotting the elections. MESH Afghanistan: New Taliban Tactics
Egypt's Government Battles With the Muslim Brotherhood The Economist
Egypt's higher military court has handed out stiff sentences against 25 people associated with the Muslim Brotherhood, including the banned group's third-in-command, Khayrat Shater, in a case that focused on the organisation's sources of financing. Daily Star All avenues must be explored to break the war and death cycle A bridgeable gap between Arabs and the US By Rami G. Khouri Barack's bitter truth: Just forget about the Iraqis By Michael Young | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq String of Iraq attacks spark concern al-Qaida is regrouping Iran Paper Criticizes Ahmadinezhad's Efforts to Change "World Management" US Warns of Wave of Bombings in Baghdad Iraqi Troops Surround Sadr Office in Basra Al-Sadr Followers Denounce Wall Americans Are Building Sistani Aide Arrested by US Forces in Diyala Company of Iraqi Troops Abandons Position After Attack Heavy Fighting as Iraqi Troops Face Off With Sadr Followers Iraqi Envoy Criticizes US for Trying to Harm Iran-Iraq Relations Iran Reaches Trade Deal With Iraq Who's Handling the Saudi Account in Washington? (O'Dwyer's PR News) Iran Paper Analyzes Cause of "Anti-Islamic" Stance of Western Countries Distant relatives
Syrian Druze festival unites families divided by the ceasefire line
Cleric: Iran should defend Islamic world..., Iran: Claims of support for Iraqi insurgency unfounded,, Zawahri: US will lose in Iraq whether it stays or goes Iraq: U.S. Troops Target Errant Iraqi Police | H9 Ha’aretz – Carter and Hamas' Meshal meet in Syria on Israel-Hamas truce Hamas official: We'll free Shalit, but for a price; Carter aides to discuss 'price and mechanism' with Hamas Jerusalem Post Making Waves By SAM SER
An Israeli inventor develops a plan to produce cheap, environmentally friendly electricity. What Is a Sufficient Victory? - Caroline Glick 'Iran should not acquire not acquire nukes, period' Security and Defense: Blue, white, red alert all over Yedioth Ahronoth 'Troops torture Palestinians' Testimonies of Israelis who serve in Hebron reveal common use of unrestrained violence To read the pamphlet in full, click here Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Carter in Hamas 'ceasefire call' Ex-US President Jimmy Carter meets Hamas in Syria, urging it to end rocket fire on Israel, the militants say. Ezra Klein No Time For Neutrality merica's conversation about Israel has largely left out the voices of progressive Jews and often alienated them from their faith. It's time for them to stop feeling marginalized and start speaking out about the difference between Zionism and Judaism. Carter meets with exiled Hamas leader Hamas: the case for engagement, Jeroen Gunning Cobban Palestinian choice on dealing with a hostile status quo A Passport to Peace in the Middle East? By: Cesar Chelala | The Japan Times
Noted Israeli musician Daniel Barenboim's symbolic gesture of accepting Palestinian nationality, sets an example for those Israelis who refuse to accept Palestinians' equal right to freedom and dignity. Why Fear a Mishal/Carter Meeting By: Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed | Asharq Alawsat
Is Carter's meeting with Mishal in itself a problem? In fact, the Americans are going too far in blaming Carter and in boycotting the Hamas leader. In reality, Mishal has little to be blamed for because most of Hamas's decisions are now made abroad, I mean outside the Palestinian arena, i.e. Iran. Movie about a hero spy returns for Israel’s 60th Hamas Can End Palestinian Suffering By: Frida Ghitis | Miami Herald
Queen Rania is right. Ayman's story is a tragedy -- and, as she correctly points out, it is a man-made tragedy. No child should have to endure the hardships that he and other children of Gaza face. It is also tragic that children across from the Gaza border, on the Israeli side, live in constant fear of the rockets launched toward them from Gaza almost daily, with the express intention of killing civilians Commentary Views US-Israel Tensions Over Settlement Construction Opposition Leader Discusses "Iran Nuclear Threat" in Jerusalem Post Interview |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor ASIA “China through Arab Eyes: American Influence in the Middle East” by Chris Zambelis and Brandon Gentry (.htm format) (.pdf format) Will Rice Depart from Asia’s Tables? By: Philip Bowring | Asia Sentinel
Will Asians start thinking of rice as an occasional semi-luxury rather than a staple for all? Or is rice consumption just going to decline naturally as Asian diets become more diversified Bruce Grant, a former diplomat, writes that Australia has to realize it is a middle power and adjust its international role accordingly East Turkistan Islamic Rebels Creating Unrest - Chinese Envoy in Pakistan Wrong time, wrong place Daniel A Bell Beijing in the midst of the Olympics is the last place for foreign athletes or governments to protest about Tibet. Constructive dialogue is better Taliban kills son of Dutch general A roadside bomb attack on a patrol of Dutch soldiers killed the son of the Netherlands' top military officer yesterday, a day after his father took command of the country's armed forces, officials said. Afghanistan's Vietnam portent, Paul Rogers
Newsweek Afghanistan: New Taliban Tactics
China Stocks, Once Frothy, Fall by Half The sharp decline in Chinese stocks is approaching a milestone: With a 4% drop Friday, the market has fallen by nearly half since its peak last fall. The decline is testing the government's resolve to let the market find equilibrium on its own FORUM: Forging closer Washington-Seoul ties (By Samuel R. Berger and Stephen Bosworth) IHT Malaysian hopes and fears By PHILIP BOWRING The political uncertainties in the wake of recent elections are many, but there are few Malaysians who don't welcome them. Inside the Great Firewall By PETER SCHEER China's Internet censorship is a crime against individual liberty on a mass scale. Asia Times CHAN AKYA
Bankrupt policies, empty stomachs
Inflation in food products has become the new front in the geopolitical battlefield. Asians can start by blaming themselves for the present mess in which their farmers remain poor, their poorest struggle to pay for basics such as rice, and their governments continue to pay economic allegiance to the has-been powers of America and Europe. BOOK REVIEW Asia pushes, West resists The New Asian Hemisphere by Kishore Mahbubani A turbulent era of de-Westernization has begun in Asia, and Western societies, apprehensive about Asia's galloping modernization, fear the world order built to sustain their domination will be overthrown. This could be a good thing, the enlightening book suggests, if the West could learn to work with, rather than against, Asia's renaissance. - Sreeram Chaulia Move to Force Musharraf Out of Office Continues | H11 IHT SIZE AND POWER A bigger nation isn't always better By PAUL KENNEDY Being very big, either in acreage or in population, is of itself no guarantee of becoming and remaining a Great Power. EUROPE European press review Farewell to Arms By: Jay Winter | The American Prospect
In his new book Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?, James Sheehan charts the rise of Europe's welfare states and the death of its warfare states in the aftermath of World War II EU Fears Food Price Rises Will Lead to 'Spiral of Protectionism' By: Leigh Phillips | EU Observer
The European Union's trade chief has warned against governments being seduced by food export restrictions in the wake of rapid food price rises, saying such moves are the worst thing the developing world should do as they will only exacerbate scarcity. TIME interviews British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on his trip to the United States, in which Brown is meeting with President Bush and all three main contenders for the U.S. presidency. EU tightens anti-terrorism laws European Union justice ministers agree that inciting terrorism through the internet should be a crime. EU plans biometric border CSM In Germany, a breakthrough year for immigrant politicians This weekend, more than 50 elected officials of Turkish descent meet to spur wider political participation among the country's 2.7 million Turkish residents. | H12 RFE/RL Georgia Asking Too Much On Abkhazia? Sukhumi has repeatedly rejected Tbilisi's peace proposals, even as Moscow deepens its own presence in the region. Some say it's time for a different approach. Russia: Examining Moscow Motives In Georgia's Frozen Conflicts Turkmenistan: Finance Officials Sacked Amid Talk Of Economic Reforms Analysis: North Ossetia Struggles With Crime Wave, Police Corruption Analysis: Azerbaijan Grapples With Rising Inflation Analysis: Armenia's Outgoing Foreign Minister Defends Karabakh Policy The Strategic Importance of Central Asia: An American View by Stephen Blank Turkmenistan's tentative opening Kimberly Marten If its reforms go to plan, the country could emerge as a leader of change in Central Asia and set an example for other closed societies U.S. urges Russia to repeal orders on Georgia Putin dismisses report of romantic link to Olympic gymnast Armenia: US Officials Say Yerevan Risks Losing Development Funds
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Armenia could lose US economic support if it does not quickly take action to promote a "national dialogue," US legislators and administration officials are cautioning. EDM RUSSIA MOVES TOWARD OPEN ANNEXATION OF ABKHAZIA, SOUTH OSSETIA Google News Azerbaijan $4.5Bln Debt Deal Crowns Libya Trip By: Nicholas von Twickel | The Moscow Times
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday oversaw the writing off of $ 4.5 billion of Libya's Soviet-era debt in return for securing multibillion-dollar contracts for state corporations with the North African country. Putin Lifts Visa Ban, Restores Mail: Georgia Appeals to Western Powers as Russia Moves in
Georgia Keeps Aloof By: Olga Allenova and Georgy Dvali | Kommersant
Georgia’s authorities addressed the international community yesterday, demanding that the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin recently given by him to the Russian Government, and aimed at “annexing Georgia’s territory” as Tbilisi takes it, are denounced Georgia-Russia: The BBC surveys Georgian media reaction to Russian efforts to establish closer ties with the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Moscow Korrespondent forced to retract allegations of President's affair after visit from Russia's security services |
| H13 The Times Al-Qaeda warns of Iranian threat Ayman al-Zawahri said in an audio message that Washington's war had met with nothing but failure and defeat The new scramble for Africa begins Modern imperialism on the resource-rich continent will be less benign than old colonialism Matthew Parris Russian oligarchs go head-to-head The $4bn proceeds of Russia’s oil and aluminium riches at stake as Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich fight it out in court Wall Street Journal Trigger Happy
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The data prove it: Gun owners are more content. Trapped in the Middle Middle-class incomes have been stagnant for several years, even as the well-heeled keep doing better, and the resulting angst is coming front-and-center in Tuesday's Democratic showdown in Pennsylvania Trapped in the Middle U.S. Shifts Enrichment PolicyThe Bush administration, under heavy pressure from Canada, dropped its push for an international ban on sales of uranium-enrichment technology to nonnuclear states. Ottawa wants the right to build uranium-enrichment plants. Roubini TV Interview on the US and Global Economy
| H14 Financial Times Gideon Rachman’s blog Fear of China, fear of America: As China emerges a challenger to US dominance, Europeans may remember they have more in common with the Americans than the Chinese Girls allowed After Iran’s Islamic Revolution, women had fewer legal rights and were forced to wear the hejab. Ironically it also opened up opportunities for those who used to be kept at home, writes Anna Fifield The dilemma haunting Clinton’s prey Edward Luce analyses Barack Obama and ‘elitism’ Economists’ Forum Dissecting Greenspan’s defence: ‘It didn’t have to be this way. Saying no to asset bubbles – equity, property, or credit – was always an option’, writes Stephen Roach Russia tries to soothe Georgia Moscow lifts visa restrictions on Tbilisi and will hold talks to allow banned goods amid criticisms over its move to establish official relations with separatist Georgian regions Leader’s ambitions worry Baghdad elite At the head of the ‘Awakening’ movement that has helped to pacify Sunni areas of Iraq, Sheikh Ahmed Abu Rishe wants to move into national politics Israeli minister offers to talk to Hamas A senior Israeli government minister has offered, in the course of a meeting with former US president Jimmy Carter, to negotiate directly with Hamas in order to secure the release of an Israeli soldier held captive by the Islamist group Pope tells UN to intervene over rights Pope Benedict XVI told the United Nations that the international community had a responsibility to intervene if states failed to protect citizens from sustained human rights violations A People's History of American Empire Climate policy must be credible Environmental risks appear small in the short term. The credit squeeze, on the other hand, has provided people with tangible, immediate concerns Banks ask for help Will Brown have the nerve to resist dangerous special pleading? The answer is: probably not.
Rights court struggles with spiralling backlog At the European Court of Human Rights, the tribunal supervised by the Council of Europe, a backlog is piling up so fast that a doubling of resources has had no effect Oil and rice race to record levels... The age of entitlement The diverse values and disputes of the baby boomers retain a strong influence on society, writes Michael Skapinker Man in the News: Umberto Bossi Guy Dinmore writes on the impact of the Northern League’s evolution on Italy’s system of government Citi’s $5.1bn loss highlights depth of crisis Fresh writedowns of $13bn on assets | H15 Los Angeles Times Stuck in the middle The United States has put itself in a dangerous spot -- between warring Shiite factions in Iraq. Arab ambassadors to Iraq Iraq's Arab neighbors keep vowing to send ambassadors to Baghdad. Will they? Editorial The company candidates keep We should distinguish between who candidates know and who helps shape their views. Carter meets Hamas chief over Israeli, U.S. objections Pope addresses United Nations on human rights The borders' watchman Once dubbed the nation's antiterrorism czar, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is now also its top border agent. McCain releases tax return The Republican candidate's individual filing does not include his wife's far more extensive holdings. Capital punishment common sense The Supreme Court didn't end capital punishment, but it may have started the U.S. down that road. |
| H16 American Politics A new Newsweek poll shows Obama pulling away. Gallup Daily: Clinton Moves Within 3 Points of Obama Robert Reich / Robert Reich's Blog: Obama for President Ronald Brownstein / National Journal Online: The First 21st-Century Campaign The rubes and the elites By calling small-town Americans "bitter," Obama has deepened a long-standing rift in the Democratic base. The party's success in November depends on healing it.
By Michael Lind Clinton's Goal: Win Big in Pennsylvania, Sow Doubts Over Obama New York Magazine: Heilemann: Robert Reich to Endorse Obama What's the Matter With Bitterness? A gamble for the superdelegates DEMOCRATS are casting about, trying to find the scoring system that ends their nominating process before their convention with the fewest bad feelings. A variety of solutions has been floated: delegate counts, states won, popular vote, and national polls. (By David Sparks, Boston Globe) The red-state/blue-state paradigm is not only anti-democratic, it is deliberately so, in ways not unlike the USSR’s one-party state... more» Was Obama loyal to an influence peddler, or merely reckless?
By David Ignatius Newsmax/Zogby Poll: Clinton Edges Ahead in Pennsylvania Ezra Klein / American Prospect: WILL THE SUPERDELEGATES BREAK? Joe Klein / Swampland: It's Getting Close to Over New York Times: McCain, Iraq War and the Threat of ‘Al Qaeda’ FIRST THOUGHTS: OBAMANATION'S POWER Curious of what the bitterness and anger could look like if Obama is somehow denied the Democratic nomination realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp McCain faces accusations of hypocrisy John McCain faced accusations of hypocrisy for failing to disclose his wife’s tax records, despite his promise to bring greater transparency and accountability to government Clinton scorns the base Obama's secret weapon: the media Journalists Slam ABC Debate Tactics | H17 Daily TelegraphHeadaches as Gordon Brown returns A prime ministerial trip to America is always an important event for Britain. Financial crisis forces Britons into austerityFamilies having to cut back on groceries, eating out and holidays as credit crisis hits Obama mocks McCain over US economy Republican candidate mocked as an out-of-touch insider who "thinks our economy has made great progress under George W. Bush". Enoch Powell: the Great Lie survives It is the 40th anniversary of perhaps the most significant speech in British politics since WWII: Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood" speech, writes Simon Heffer. Doing God in the land of Mammon Christopher Howse wonders if we are in not in danger of completely missing the point of the Pope's trip to America. | H18 Independent America's allies in Iraq under pressure as civil war breaks out among Sunni "God is Great," screamed a man seconds before he blew himself up, killing 10 people in a restaurant in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province in western Iraq. A series of suicide bombings have shown over the past week that al-Qa'ida in Iraq, though battered by defections over the past year, is striking back remorselessly at Sunni Arab leaders who ally themselves to the US. Our reign of terror, by the Israeli army In shocking testimonies that reveal abductions, beatings and torture, Israeli soldiers confess the horror they have visited on Hebron Carter defies US and Israeli critics to meet Hamas leader Mario Vargas Llosa: How Arabs have been driven out of Hebron 'The strong are just': Brown invokes JFK in his vision of a united world Gordon Brown has called for a "global covenant" in collaborative action between Europe and America in a keynote speech in Boston Leading article: The real purpose of this visit was not to praise, but to persuade Georgia angry at Russia's links with rebel regions Mugabe uses Independence Day to warn 'British thieves' to leave his country alone Leading article: The longer the contest, the better – for Obama |
| H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism The Spring 2008 issue of the US Army War College’s Parameters is posted. al-Qaeda (aka al-Qaida, al-Qa'ida) - Council on Foreign Relations Electromagnetic spectrum is new war zone
Officials from the new U.S. Air Force Cyber Command say the battleground of the future will be dominance in the electromagnetic spectrum. EU tightens anti-terrorism laws European Union justice ministers agree that inciting terrorism through the internet should be a crime. EU plans biometric border Don't Put Detainees at Ft. Leavenworth By: U.S. Senator Sam Brownback | Los Angeles Times If the Guantanamo Bay prison does close, Ft. Leavenworth isn't the place to house them. US general 'duped' over Guantanamo Computer sees through US air passengers Passengers will be subjected to a 'virtual strip search' as they travel through Los Angeles and New York airports G8 and U.N. to enhance counter-terror ties
The U.N. counter-terrorism head was in Tokyo Thursday to open a dialogue on enhancing cooperation with the Group of Eight industrialized nations. | H20 Slate The Brave New World of Cross-Regionalism CEPII A 45-page French paper explaining how cross-regionalism is replacing mutually-exclusive free trade area agreements Can We Eradicate Hunger? UNU-WIDER This 8-page paPer addresses a combination of social and economic perspectives on the roots of world hunger A Storehouse of Greenhouse Gases Is Opening in Sibera By: Volker Mrasek | Der Spiegel
Researchers have found alarming evidence that the frozen Arctic floor has started to thaw and release long-stored methane gas. The results could be a catastrophic warming of the earth, since methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. But can the methane also be used as fuel? | H21 New light shed on dark matter Physicists renew claim to have discovered evidence of the material that makes up the bulk of the universe. In praise of ... porridge Leader: Where Tony Blair was champagne, says one of the prime minister's critics, Gordon Brown is porridge Plants are green because the sun that keeps them alive is a type G star. If they’d evolved for a red dwarf, plants would be black... more» Gods and earthlings By Richard Dawkins The 'science of intelligent design' is science fiction. Newspaper Web Sites Attract Record Audiences in First Quarter Source: Newspaper Association of America Distant Suffering in the Media Can't beat home cooking Joel Stein: Could eating out be cheaper than home cooking? One intrepid columnist finds out. Shakespeare for Everyone The most interesting books, movies, and Web sites related to the Bard.
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