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13 June 2008
  June 13, 2008

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H1 New York Times Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts The court repudiated the fundamental legal basis for the Bush administration’s strategy of housing prisoners at the United States Naval base in Cuba.

News Analysis: Guantánamo’s Detention Camp Remains, but Not Its Legal Rationale Text of the Decision (pdf)

Editorial Justice 5, Brutality 4 The Supreme Court’s recent ruling was a good day for people who abhor President Bush’s attempts to turn Guantánamo Bay into a constitutional-rights-free

Editorial A Dangerous Place The Bush administration needs a comprehensive plan — integrating diplomacy, intelligence, law enforcement and economic aid — to help stabilize Pakistan.

DAVID BROOKS Obama, Liberalism and the Challenge of Reform Barack Obama is politically astute — giving everybody the impression he’s on their side — but substantively vague. Change just isn’t that easy.

The Economist Iraq starts to fix itself The gains are fragile, but Iraq is doing a lot better than it was only a few months ago

The change in Iraq Is it turning the corner?

The American election and Iraq The war for the White House

CNAS Making America Grand Again Report - Shawn Brimley, Michele A. Flournoy, Vikram J. Singh

Iran: Assessing U.S. Strategic Options - James N. Miller, Christine Parthemore, Kurt M. Campbell

Shaping the Iraq Inheritance - Colin Kahl, Michele A. Flournoy, Shawn Brimley

A Strategy for American Power: Energy, Climate and National Security - Sharon Burke and Christine Parthemore

The Power of Balance: America in iAsia - Kurt M. Campbell, Nirav Patel, Vikram J. Singh

Washington Post Make It About Iraq Charles Krauthammer | McCain can run and win with Iraq as a main tenet of his platform.

Democrats on the Rise E. J. Dionne Jr.| A sharp shift toward the Democrats could prove decisive in November.

Gates Vs. Rumsfeld NEW GROUP: Planet War | Is Gates a better defense secretary than Rumsfeld? Join the discussion with Peter Feaver and William Arkin

CBS 60 Minutes Top Guns: Inside the Secret World of the Israeli Air Force

Iraqi Lawmakers Reject US Security Draft Pact

Wall Street Journal Brave New World? By Peggy Noonan
Declarations: McCain represents the way we were, Obama what we are becoming.

Independent Leading Article: How to unnerve Mr Ahmadinejad

McClatchy Supreme Court ruling could free scores from Guantanamo Within hours of the court's decision granting Guantanamo detainees access to federal courts, attorneys were preparing to demand hearings for detainees long held without charges. These hearings will force the Bush administration to reveal its evidence and expose publicly how the detainees have been treated. Some attorneys think that the administration simply will start releasing detainees to avoid the potentially embarrassing hearings altogether.

Iraq Could Cost Taxpayers $2.7 Trillion

Asia Times War on Iran: Law the first casualty
The decision by the United States and Israel to escalate the threat levels against Iran, as reflected in President George W Bush's statement in Europe that all options remain on the table, has been matched by an equally resolute defiance by Iran. Another unjustified, illegal war in the Middle East is being plotted. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

Al Hayat Syria: Between the Brink of the Abyss and "Constructive" Ambiguity Abdullah Iskandar - While no one will risk offering a decisive interpretation of Syria relinquishing the brink-of-abyss policy, it is still difficult to predict how far the new Syrian approach will go.

IHT A new start By MIKHAIL GORBACHEV Russia's challenge today is to modernize its economy, politics and society as a whole.

THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

A question of leadership By DAVID GERGEN AND ANDY ZELLEKE Shouldn't part of the process of choosing the next U.S. president be a "job interview" of sorts, designed to shed light on the candidates' leadership capacity?

NATO defense ministers meet over security missions The U.S. defense secretary, Robert Gates, joined NATO defense ministers in Brussels to push forward a design for missile defenses that will protect all alliance nations from a potential Iranian ballistic missile attack.

High court vs. kangaroo justice

FOR THE THIRD time, the Supreme Court yesterday stood up for the rights of terrorism suspects imprisoned at Guantanamo, some for more than six years. Congress and the Bush administration should stop seeking extra-constitutional ways to justify the inmates' indefinite imprisonment and instead bring them to the mainland United States for courts-martial or federal criminal court proceedings. (Boston Globe)

National Intelligence Council “Disruptive Civil Technologies: Six Technologies With Potential Impacts on US Interests Out to 2025″ (pdf), Conference Report, April 2008.

Garrisoning the Global Gas Station by Michael T. Klare and Tom Engelhardt


Ralph Peters GATES THE GREAT - New York Post MIRACLES do happen: A Bush Cabinet officer has proven not only competent, but wise, honest, independent and courageous.

CRS - “Russia’s Economic Performance and Policies and Their Implications for the United States,” May 30, 2008.

Foreign nations overwhelmingly prefer Obama, survey finds For more on the poll: http://pewglobal.org

Christian Science Monitor Syria sees warming ties in Middle East Its improved standing poses challenge to US policy of isolation.

Iran's nuclear program: will more sanctions work? The EU's Javier Solana heads to Iran this weekend to offer revised US-EU incentives.

U.S. strike aggravates alliance with Pakistan Tuesday's deadly US incursion is under investigation, but it points up the contrast between the two nations' approaches to militants along the Afghanistan border.

What Should Have Been Said to AIPAC by Michael C. Desch

Forward Rift in Al Qaeda Raises Specter of Bin Laden Bringing Jihad to Holy Land A recent flurry of signals from Al Qaeda leaders has fueled concerns among terrorism experts that Al Qaeda could be setting up to launch an attack on Israel

Bill Presses Iraq To Recognize Israel To the many challenges facing the fledgling Iraqi government, Congress may soon add this: Recognize the State of Israel and establish diplomatic ties with Jerusalem, or else risk losing some of the billions in aid that Baghdad receives from the United States

INSS Insight: The Belated Message from the IAEA on Iran Ephraim Asculai and Emily Landau (June 8, 2008) analyze the recently-issued IAEA report, which, they argue, contains new documentation of Iran's progress towards a nuclear weapons capability, yet is unlikely ti be translated into determined and effective action anytime soon

INSS Insight: Revival for Lebanon or the Beginning of the Shia Crescent? Amir Kulick (June 4, 2008) analyzes the recent Doha agreement and suggests what are Lebanon's prospects for a new national beginning or, alternatively, pursuit of a radical-based Shiite track

The Poland of Islam? By: Stephen Schwartz | The Weekly Standard
Iraq is a central Islamic country; a keystone with the potential for influencing its powerful neighbors, Saudi Arabia and Iran. It shares a common Arab language and tribal traditions with the former, and the Shia interpretation of Islam with the latter

Court says detainees have rights, bucking Bush In a stinging rebuke to President Bush's anti-terror policies, a deeply divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign detainees held for years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have the right to appeal to U.S. civilian courts

Al Awsat Iraq: After the Tipping Point : Amir Taheri

The Decline in America’s Reputation: Why? (PDF; 711 KB) Source: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs — Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight

OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet
Source: Energy Information Administration

Our view on the Middle East: Stop the Iran saber rattling and give diplomacy a chance (USATODAY.com)

Salon Relax, liberals. You've already won No matter who prevails at the ballot box in November, John McCain or Barack Obama, the four-decade-long conservative counterrevolution is over.
By Michael Lind

France's Strategic Posture: The Temptation of Forward Defense By: Judah Grunstein | World Politics Review Any strategic posture review inevitably boils down to preparing for possible conflict, and the scenarios for such that were evoked in discussions with French officials and experts emphasized the possibility of military intervention for forward defense, a significant evolution in France's vision of its global role

'State Of Confusion' Looms As Transition Period Approaches

As Kosovo prepares to implement its new constitution, the details of its administration and security remain deeply unclear. Longtime U.S. diplomat James Hooper says international bodies' confusion means opportunities for the Kosovars.

Daily Star Iranian power comes with responsibility
By Volker Perthes

OpenDemocracy Washington's choice: subdue Iran, secure Iraq

Paul Rogers In managing its unfinished business with Tehran and Baghdad, the George W Bush administration seeks to bind the region - and its successor

Guardian BP ups stakes by accusing Putin Chairman claims Russia's leadership should intervene in struggle over country's third-largest oil producer

Spoiling the barrel Jeremy Leggett: BP's review of global reserves is tainted by 'political' oil, and distorts our view of future supply

Ha’aretz Poll: Most Israelis, Palestinians see no point in peace talks

The myth of the Shia crescent These complexities are lost on many observers when matched up against the convenient and catchy rhetoric of the "Shia Crescent." But they have not gone unnoticed among ordinary Arabs.

Lebanon and the Weakening of the Arab Order Moshe Dayan Center

Hizbollah's Weapons Turn Inwards Crisis Group

Obama Is a Truly Democratic Expansionist by John Pilger

When bankers went bonkers: A review of The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: the Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means by George Soros.

Comment on Iran’s strategy in the Levant by Malik Mufti, MESH

Comment on The myth of linkage by Walter Reich, MESH

Cairo's Failing Fundamentalists By: John R. Bradley | Prospect

Financial Times A war that badly needs a definition of victory

Afghanistan is not about to become a shiny new democracy. Any political system must pay its respects to history, geography and culture. The ambition should be for a government that is strong enough to defend the country’s borders and deny safe havens to terrorists, and sufficiently honest and pluralist to guarantee fundamental rights, writes Philip Stephens

Oil summit needs to get results, says US The US national security adviser warned on the importance of meeting expectations generated by the talks as the world economy reeled from surging global crude prices

A liberal like no other: An article on understanding Obama's bipartisan appeal.

Ten reasons to worry about Obama's chances in November.

Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties [video] by Rep. Ron Paul, Stephen Kinzer, and Andrew J. Bacevich

H2 The Economist Turkey A tragedy in the making The likelihood of a ban on the ruling party is growing. It would be a disastrous mistake

Turkey Beyond the veil The secular and the pious march towards a new collision, with unforeseeable consequences for democracy and Turkey's chances in Europe

RAND | The Rise of Political Islam in Turkey Full Document (By: Angel Rabasa, F. Stephen Larrabee

Jamestown Turkey’s Multifaceted Anti-PKK Strategy Continues to Unfold (Terrorism Monitor - June 12, 2008) By Frank Hyland

UPI Walker's World: Can France veto Turkey?

Pew raporu: Türkler ABD’ye olumsuz bakıyor

Babacan mesaj verdi: Akdeniz Birliği'nin tamamen dışında kalabiliriz

Ali H Aslan How to deal with Turkey’s bureaucratic sovereigns

Nejat Eslen Jeopolitik güç mücadelesi ve rejim tehlikesi

Does America Have a Role in Ankara? Middle East Times

Turkey balances democracy and Islam Indianapolis Star

ABD'de konuşulan Türkiye-5

Jamestown Turkish Generals Admit Military and Intelligence Coordination with Iran

Asia Times Turkey admits coordination with Iran The willingness of General Ilker Basbug, the commander of Turkish land forces, to confirm that Turkey and Iran are working together in Turkey's war against the Kurdistan Workers' Party puts the United States in a pinch, particularly as Washington will need Ankara's help if it means to pressure Iran further over its nuclear program

Political Demands of Turkey’s Religious and Ethnic Minorities–A History

From FP, an interview with Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency, on the new world energy order

Constitutional Court and the Closure of Political Parties in Turkey SETA

ABD’den CHP’ye görülmemis destek var

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

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

KRG Official on Oil Production, Kirkuk, Turkey

Iraq federal, Kurd region oil chiefs informally agree on exports
United Press International

DTP savunmasını verdi: Siyaset yolu kapanacaksa Kürtler ne yapsın?

Statement by the Kurdistan Region Political Leadership on Mr de Mistura’s report on disputed areas

Kürtlerin OBAMA'yla ilk teması

Diyarbakır'a sarılan DTP'nin hedefi 100 belediye -

Apo’nun sözleri DTP’yi bağlamaz

Yugoslavya savunması

DTP'nin Yüce Divan planı

Kapatma PKK’ya yarar

De Mistura releases Article 140 recommendations

KRG suggests De Mistura rethink his recommendations

Turk, Arab leaders push for business ties

Hüsnü Mahalli Barış misyonu

PKK'ya eleman temin eden muhtar yakalandı

Turkey-Iran incursions continue

Cevdet Aşkın

google şahit ki bölücü değiliz

Xinhua: Iraq says to seek strategic partnership with Turkey

Turkey's pro-Kurdish DTP submits defense

We are waiting for the answer to the question: Isn’t Kurdish free in this country?

Kurds welcome Kurdish broadcast bill

Turkey: Israel Could Have More-Natural Relations With Arabs - Palestine Premier

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

European Transformation of Turkey? – The Limits of Political Conditionality

"Türk ordusu çekilseydi sorun çözülürdü"

Babacan mesaj verdi: Akdeniz Birliği'nin tamamen dışında kalabiliriz

Zeynel Lüle Sarko hep duvara tosluyor

Ankara'dan Paris'e tepki

Ferai Tınç Avrupa ilişkilerinde iktidar boşluğu

Christofias gets public backing for peace talks with Turkish Cypriots

Sarkozy'nin Akdeniz Birliği fikri Arapların kafasını karıştırdı

KKTC, teknik komite belgesini Rumlara sundu

Russian foreign minister to pay visit to Turkey next month

Büyükanıt ziyaretine gecikmeli karşılık

Eser Karakaş İrlanda oylaması, Avrupa ve biz

Türk general: Varşova Paktı üyesi olsak AB'ye girerdik

Barçın Yinanç Türkiye'nin en büyük destekçisi Avrupa iş dünyası

Turkey takes tiny EU membership step, but more uncertainty looming — EUbusiness.com - p

Gül'den AB uyarısı: Mesafe alalım, ileride daha kötü yıllar gelebilir

Nadim Macit Cinayete ortak olmak

Kampta kanlı isyan

Ege’de can pazarı

Bu paraya casusluk olur mu

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

Türksat 3A uydusu fırlatıldı

Misyoner olmak için askerlikten ayrılmış

Türk yapımı casus uçak

Gayrimüslim yaşlılara domuzbağı vahşeti

'Kaftanımız hoşumuza gidebilir ama ürkütücü oluyor'

İlahiyat Fakültesi değil istihbarat üssü!

Czech Republic and Turkey can make tournament history Times Online

Arda'nın son dakika golü, tam 42 milyon euro değerinde

Başkent’te su savaşı

Kore’yle ilelebet kan kardeşiyiz

Serdar Turgut Fikrin yoksa babalanma

Soruşturma açıldı, Nuray ağız değiştirdi

13 Haziran 2008 Basın Özeti

H3 Karargahta 'karartmalı' görüşme

AKP'nin 6 savunma kriteri

Matruşka senayosu

‘Erken seçim’ havası

Anayasa Mahkemesi'nin başörtüsü gerekçesi! Kılıç ve Adalı'dan ilginç tavır! İşte iptal kararının gerekçesi...

Danıştay’da ilginç tesadüf

Yüksek Askeri Şura öncesi derin hesap!

AKP’nin Alevi açılımı çöktü

Alevi açılımına partimin tepkisi rahatsız etti

'Alevi açılımı' olmadı Çamuroğlu istifa etti

Neo-nationalists plotted coups but were unsuccessful

Kapatma davası açıldı siyasi çalkantı başladı

9. 32. Gün'de olay tartışma

CHP’de erken seçim alarmı

‘Türkiye’de siyasi çalkantı o gün başladı’

�Uzman� olan �eski papaz� katliam tutanağında çıktı

Başörtüsü kararı Resmi Gazete'de

Şener yeni parti mesajı verdi

AKP’lilere Şener sorgusu

2. Türkiye'ye hazırlanan tuzağın özeti

Başbakanlık'ta mini zirve gerçekleşti

1. Ben Fadime Şahin değilim!

Gerekçe hala ortada yok

CHP'nin militan akıl hocası Zeyno Baran

'Kutlama yemeğine' Portakal Çiçeği Partisi

AKP’de Alevi sıkıntısı

Alevilerden istifaya destek

Türkiye’de siyaset artık espri yeteneğini kaybetti

Parliament speaker's initiative falls short of expectations

Analist maskeli profesyonel militan

CHP'li Kart: Önder Sav açıklama yapana kadar mücadelem sürecek

CHP'nin isteğini uygun bulan Mahkeme'nin kararı resmi gazetede

CHP, 22 Temmuz seçimlerinde başörtüsünü oy için kullanmış

Öğrencisi olmayan fakültenin hocaları 'istihbarata' çalışmış

Danıştay'da ilginç karşılaşma

Yabancıya mülk satışı yine takıldı

DTP, yargıçlar için Yüce Divan istedi

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman

Cengiz Çandar Cengiz Aytmatov ile Cengiz Han

Ahmet TaşgetirenKimse o anneye vurmasın! 'Ilımlı İslam'ı ne yapmalı?

Ruşen - Çakır Çamuroğlu ‘şimdilik’ trende

Taha Akyol Yetkisini aşmış mı?

Fikret Bila Marbury-Madison davası ve bükülmez anayasa

Hasan Cemal

Murat Yetkin Meclis yoruldu

İsmet Berkan Duvarlarımız, tabularımız

Fehmi Koru Malum yemeğin düşündürdükleri

Taha KıvançKolay olmadı, ama maçı aldık

Şamil Tayyar Genelkurmay treni

Ali Bayramoğluİtibarlı ahlaksızlık… Hesap vermesi gerekenler hesap sorunca...

Cami duvarı MEHMET ALİ KIŞLALI

Yasemin Çongar

Hüseyin Gülerce AK Parti neden kapatılmaz?

Ertuğrul Özkök Artık patron rahatlıkla atabilir

Nasuhi Güngör MHP neden TSK’yı eleştiriyor?

Serdar Turgut Senaryo demokrasisi

Mustafa Ünal Yemekte ne konuşuldu?

İhsan Dağı Besleme sermayeden 'Anadolu burjuvazisi'ne

Mümtazer Türköne Meşrûtiyet krizi ile çöken meşrûiyet

Jüristokrasiye karşı demokrasi mücadelesi (3)HASAN CELAL GÜZE

Ahmet HakanSıkıldım artık

M Ali Birand Meğer Dink’in cinayetine göz yumulmuş…

TAMER KORKMAZ

'Adrese Teslim' notlar

YASİN DOĞAN

Mahkeme bu kıskaçtan çıkmalı

Uzlaşma masası Gökhan Özgün

Derya Sazak Seçim olursa

Cüneyt Ülsever

Enis Berberoğlu

Oktay Ekşi Kimi dinleyeceğiz?

Tufan Türenç Başbakan’ın iki büyük hatası

Güneri Civaoğlu TV’de tencere ve kapağı

Hurşit Güneş Kim demokrasiden yana?

Özdemir İnce Cemaat üzerine

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Profesörsüz üniversite

Yalçın Doğan Mutsuzluğun lideri yine AKP

MUHARREM SARIKAYA

Kapanacaklara seçim umudu

ERDAL ŞAFAK Birleşmiş kentler

ENGİN ARDIÇ
Muasır

ERGUN BABAHAN Sünniler hem azınlık, hem çoğunluktur

EMRE AKÖZ

Umur Talu Cilalı köle devri!

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN Arato ve Baykal'ın 'başarısı'

NAZLI ILICAK Seçkinler ve halk

MEHMET BARLAS Demokrasimiz "Siyasi irade" ile "Milli irade" arasında kalmış...

MAHMUT ÖVÜR AK Parti'nin 'Alevi açılımı' yattı mı?

YAVUZ DONAT Nihayet

Ece Temelkuran Tuzla sadece Tuzla değildir!

Hakan Aygün AKP treninden ilk atlayan kim oldu?

Gülay Göktürk Aleviler ilelebet beklemez

Mehmet Metiner Kriz kaybettirir!

Ekonomi

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Cari açıkta tek ayaklı gidiş

Ercan Kumcu Sanayi büyürken ekonomi büyümüyor mu

Erdal Sağlam

Hasan Ersel Araştırmadan hanehalkı borçluluğu üzerine konuşmak

IMF, Türkiye’deki başarısını ölçecek

Deniz Gökçe
Ya petrol 250 dolar olursa?

3 milyon kişi sosyal güvenlik kapsamı dışında

Devlet Bakanı Şimşek: Enflasyon hedeflerinin tutacağını düşünüyorum

Güngör Uras Yabancının kaçmaya niyeti yok (Korkuya gerek yok!)

H4 New York Times Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts The court repudiated the fundamental legal basis for the Bush administration’s strategy of housing prisoners at the United States Naval base in Cuba.

News Analysis: Guantánamo’s Detention Camp Remains, but Not Its Legal Rationale

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Editorial Justice 5, Brutality 4 The Supreme Court’s recent ruling was a good day for people who abhor President Bush’s attempts to turn Guantánamo Bay into a constitutional-rights-free

Editorial A Dangerous Place The Bush administration needs a comprehensive plan — integrating diplomacy, intelligence, law enforcement and economic aid — to help stabilize Pakistan.

DAVID BROOKS Obama, Liberalism and the Challenge of Reform Barack Obama is politically astute — giving everybody the impression he’s on their side — but substantively vague. Change just isn’t that easy.

PAUL KRUGMAN Bad Cow Disease In the case of food, for the sake of our health and our export markets, we need to go back to the way it was after Teddy Roosevelt, when the Socialists took over.

Are Washington Insiders Necessary? What’s wrong with some fresh talent, especially behind candidates who roam the nation proclaiming the era of change?

A Bull Market Sees the Worst in Speculators The escalating hostility in Washington toward financial speculators is starting to worry people with knowledge about how commodity markets work

Critics and News Executives Split Over Sexism in Clinton Coverage Many in the news media, with a few exceptions, see little need to reconsider their coverage of the Clinton campaign.

Gates Presses NATO on Missile Defense

Japan, Seeking Trim Waists, Measures Millions

Frankfurt Journal: Classroom Door Gives Immigrants an Entry to Society

World Briefing | Europe: Ireland: European Union Treaty Goes to Referendum

World Briefing | Europe: Sweden: BP Chairman Rebukes Russian Oil Partners

Taiwan and China Reach Deal on Charter Flights

Global Image of U.S. Improves Slightly

Iraq Seeks Shield Against Claims by Hussein Victims

Donors Press Karzai on Corruption

Disputed Blast in Gaza Kills 5

Blast in Falluja Damages Sunni Party’s Main Office

H5 Washington Post Make It About Iraq Charles Krauthammer | McCain can run and win with Iraq as a main tenet of his platform.

Democrats on the Rise E. J. Dionne Jr.| A sharp shift toward the Democrats could prove decisive in November.

Gates Vs. Rumsfeld NEW GROUP: Planet War | Is Gates a better defense secretary than Rumsfeld? Join the discussion with Peter Feaver and William Arkin

The Education of George W. Bush By Dan Froomkin

Justices Say Detainees Can Seek Release

Detainees Now Have Access to Federal Court

ANALYSIS Administration Strategy for Detention Now in Disarray

Editorial The Justices' Refrain

America's Gitmo Victory

» Eugene Robinson| George W. Bush may not trust America's basic values and highest ideals, but I do

Congress's Guantanamo Burden

» Benjamin Wittes| We need a system that can separate the bad guys from the innocently detained

Irish Wielding an Outsize Power in Europe By a Wrinkle in Law, Voters Decide Fate Of E.U. Overhaul

Berlusconi Effusive in Welcoming President Bush, in Rome Visit, Says Italian Troops to Take On Broader Mission in Afghanistan

International Donors Pledge Additional $21 Billion for Afghanistan

U.S. Military Releases Video Footage of Airstrike in Pakistan

China Steps Up Pressure on Sudan Over Darfur

Jolly Green ShowMichael Gerson

| How Prince Charles's garden is a model for conservation and conservatism.

Ability to Challenge Transfer to Foreign Custody Is Limited

Town Hall: McCain's Comfort Zone

Campaign Banks On Meetings to Give Best Forum for Republican

H6 Guardian Supreme court ruling on right to trial puts Guantánamo future in doubt Lawyers for the prisoners hail ruling as a vindication of their battle to have detention centre closed

BP ups stakes by accusing Putin

Chairman claims Russia's leadership should intervene in struggle over country's third-largest oil producer

Spoiling the barrel Jeremy Leggett: BP's review of global reserves is tainted by 'political' oil, and distorts our view of future supply

Guantanamo justiceKen Gude: The US Supreme Court's ruling that detainees have the right to a trial ends one of the worst abuses by the Bush administration

Karzai wins $20bn aid for Afghans

US, Britain and other donor countries make clear aid to the country must be better co-ordinated

Climate Chaos Is Inevitable By: Mark Lynas | The Guardian
We can only avert oblivion. At best we will limit the extent of global warming, but Kyoto barely helps. Does humanity have the foresight to save itself?

Ireland undecided Richard Delevan: As Ireland votes on the Lisbon treaty, economic uncertainty is challenging its links with Europe

A new kind of fight Michael Tomasky: The scandal over Barack Obama's vice-presidential search team shows why he isn't as battle-tested as you might think

Intelligent, divine Giles Fraser: Religion thrives in Africa and the Middle East. So is the argument that clever people don't believe in God racist?

Security breaches don't get much worse than this Crispin Black: If we cannot keep files on al-Qaida secure what else might we find one day left behind on a train – nuclear codes?

H7 Lebanon and the Weakening of the Arab Order
Moshe Dayan Center

Hizbollah's Weapons Turn Inwards Crisis Group

Comment on Iran’s strategy in the Levant by Malik Mufti, MESH

Comment on The myth of linkage by Walter Reich, MESH

Cairo's Failing Fundamentalists By: John R. Bradley | Prospect Magazine A general strike in Egypt in April brought much of the country to a standstill. Two days of rioting left three people dead and hundreds injured in the worst social unrest since 1977, and brought to a head the biggest wave of industrial action since the 1952 coup d'état that brought Gamal Abdel Nasser to power. What was especially surprising to many observers was that the strike succeeded without the help of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Salon Displaced Iraqis to return -- but to where? Thanks to a law meant to quell sectarian violence, returning refugees who find their homes occupied cannot kick them out. By Anna Badkhen

New York Sun Iran and the New York Times - Editorial

Iraq’s Problem Lies in its ‘Necktie’ : Tariq Alhomayed

The Arabs and Obama : Hussein Shobokshi

Bush Pledges on Iraq Bases Pact Were a Ruse

A solution for the Iran crisis

THE FAILURE to resolve doubts about Iran's nuclear program looms as the world's most ominous security threat. A military attack to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities could produce catastrophic consequences. An Iranian break-out from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty would almost certainly frighten Iran's neighbors into acquiring nuclear weapons themselves. (Boston Globe)

Syria: Repression of Activists Continues Unabated by Human Rights Watch

Bashar Will Always Have Paris: Obama has AIPAC

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

Iran Paper Upbeat About 'Strategic Relations' With Iraq

Israeli PM, Syrian Leader May Meet at July Mediterranean Conference

With Oil Prices Gushing, Crude Threats May Not Be the Way to Counter the Iranian Menace

Al-Sharqiyah Talk Show Discusses Iraqi-Iranian Security Agreement

Analysts: US Troops Take on More Peacekeeping Role in Iraq

Iraq Needs Treaty With Iran to Halt Its Interference - Pan-Arab Paper

Iranian Envoy on Relations With UAE, US Blockade, Israeli Threats, Iraq

Analysis: Hezbollah's armory up for debate

Iraqi Interior Ministry reviews 2008 goals

Iraqi leaders reach out, new party emerges

Bush: Iran Losing Influence in Iraq

H9 Ha’aretz Poll: Most Israelis, Palestinians see no point in peace talks

The myth of the Shia crescentThese complexities are lost on many observers when matched up against the convenient and catchy rhetoric of the "Shia Crescent." But they have not gone unnoticed among ordinary Arabs.

Bradley Burston: When smart countries - like Israel - go dumb Imagine, impossible as it may be, that a Jewish state that is home to hundreds of thousands of Holocaust survivors, could decide not only to imprison African refugees for five years, but to make those fleeing genocide in Sudan subject to prison sentences of at least seven years

A year after Gaza takeover, Hamas shows no sign of ending violence Politics aside, the coup's negative implications for the personal lives of Gazans have been enormous

'Israel Lobby' authors in Israel: Ahmadinejad not inciting genocide

Gadhafi: Obama fears Israel may kill him like it did JFK

Israel to persevere with truce talks despite heavy shelling from Gaza

Marcus Olmert, go home

Edgy about ObamaThe most obvious problem with Obama, however, is more immediate. He has had the brass to insist on persistent diplomacy, not military action, against Iran.

Emulating ScandinaviaIsrael has proven that it can be competitive, but without a socio-economic contract based on national consensus, it's not clear that it can provide quality of life

Jerusalem Post Analysis: How Arab rivalries are delaying cease-fire process

Israel Lobby authors face critics at HU Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer say Israel and its lobby are pressuring the US to attack Iran.

Civil Fights: Olmert's holiday gifts to Assad [ EVELYN GORDON

Giving up Golan - most painful concession [ LARRY DERFNER

Is Israel Indirectly buying Iranian oil? Ex-energy minister Shahal says it's possible, adds he used to authorize purchases from Syria, Libya

Yedioth Ahronoth Hamas weighing ceasefire
Head of Defense Ministry's Security-Diplomatic Bureau meets with Egyptian intelligence minister in last-ditch effort to reach ceasefire between Israel, Gaza militias, prior to final decision on Gaza op. Hamas to reply by next week

Obama’s gift to Israel/ Plocker Leftist hero Obama’s pro-Israel speech has immense significance at this time

'Assad fulfilled obligations'

French PM: Syrian leader invited to Paris after he 'fulfilled his obligations during Lebanon crisis'

American authors slammed Professors critical of powerful pro-Israel lobby in US face raucous reception at Hebrew University

Blix: Give Iran incentives

Former UN weapons inspector slams US policy on Iran, says 'military threat counterproductive'

Will you make up your mind?

Most ministers oppose Gaza truce, so why did none of them vote against it? Roni Sofer asks

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

CBS 60 Minutes Top Guns: Inside the Secret World of the Israeli Air Force

Forward Rift in Al Qaeda Raises Specter of Bin Laden Bringing Jihad to Holy Land A recent flurry of signals from Al Qaeda leaders has fueled concerns among terrorism experts that Al Qaeda could be setting up to launch an attack on Israel

Bill Presses Iraq To Recognize Israel To the many challenges facing the fledgling Iraqi government, Congress may soon add this: Recognize the State of Israel and establish diplomatic ties with Jerusalem, or else risk losing some of the billions in aid that Baghdad receives from the United States

Bush’s Bluffing Has Made Mideast Peace a Bad Bet Michael Shtender-Auerbach

'Jewish settler attack' on film Footage taken with a camera handed out by a human rights group appears to show Jewish settlers beating up Palestinians

Israeli Editorial Comments on Futility of Negotiating With Syria

A New Path to Mideast Peace By: Frida Ghitis | World Politics Review While Arab and Israeli peace negotiators expend their energy trying not to bolt from their seats in exasperation, business men and women on both sides of the divide think they may just have found a way to peace that will prove faster, more entertaining, and definitely more profitable.

Jordan Fears New Pressure to Merge with West Bank - Randa Habib (AFP)

EU Not Ready for Major Upgrade with Israel

Israeli air strike targets Hamas
A powerful blast destroys a Hamas commander's house in northern Gaza, killing seven people including a baby girl

Barak ups pressure on Israeli PM Israel's defence minister warns Ehud Olmert he will support moves to dissolve parliament if he does not stand aside.

H10 Christian Science Monitor Syria sees warming ties in Middle East Its improved standing poses challenge to US policy of isolation.

Iran's nuclear program: will more sanctions work? The EU's Javier Solana heads to Iran this weekend to offer revised US-EU incentives.

U.S. strike aggravates alliance with Pakistan Tuesday's deadly US incursion is under investigation, but it points up the contrast between the two nations' approaches to militants along the Afghanistan border.

Guantánamo detainees win right to court review The US Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 Thursday that those held in Guantánamo can challenge their detention.

Obama's appeal in the Muslim world An Arab Muslim foresees a possible new era of positive US leadership.

Nations offer Afghanistan aid, demand accountability Afghans sought help for its $50 billion five-year plan as donors met in Paris June 12.

Global perceptions of U.S. improves The prospect of a new president may be helping favorability ratings.

U.S. judges can't pull Americans from Iraqi courts Thursday's Supreme Court ruling involved men accused of kidnapping-for-ransom schemes.

Congress wary of oil-market speculation After a failed effort to boost taxes on oil companies, lawmakers turn attention to role of speculators in driving up oil prices.

GOP Senate campaign head: '08 toughest election since '74 Goal is to limit losses to three Senate seats, says Sen. John Ensign of Nevada

Terror in retreat The US and Colombia are winning a campaign against rebels and Chávez.

ASIA

CNAS The Power of Balance: America in iAsia - Kurt M. Campbell, Nirav Patel, Vikram J. Singh

Pakistan – on the Brink?

US strike hits Pakistan's raw nerve Tuesday's raid by United States warplanes into Pakistani territory in which 11 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were killed will further strain the US's relations with one of its key allies in the "war on terror", which it accuses of aiding the Taliban. But Islamabad has to weave an intricate web with militants to protect its own back. - Syed Saleem Shahzad

Official says Pakistan should reconsider its ties to U.S.

Incident Foreshadows Future Attacks in Pakistan | Stratfor

Talibanization: In an editorial, the paper laments the Talibanization of Pakistan, to which it says its cities are falling one by one.

In an editorial, Dawn says Islamabad must insist that those responsible for the U.S. air strike on Pakistani soldiers on Tuesday must be made accountable.

Video of Skirmish Along Border - Candace Rondeaux, Washington Post

Pakistan: Relations With U.S. In Crisis After Clash Across Afghan Border

Weak Pakistan: In an editorial, the paper says Tuesday's air strike by U.S. forces on a Taliban target on the Pakistan border illustrates the complexities and hazards of the military situation there, and says the heart of the problem is the weakness of the Pakistani state.

Desperate Afghanistan: Peter Beaumont of the London Observer writes that Afghanistan seems like a desperate place where optimism has largely evaporated and where, increasingly, its population has become alienated from the government

`Musharraf May Resign Within a Week’ By: Yaniv Berman | The Media Line A leading academic at the University of Karachi has said Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf may resign within a week as a result of severe pressure placed on him, and his lack of support in both the army and the political arena

Japan sets standard to cope with oil shocks The world should not be surprised at the recent sharp oil-price increase; it has happened before. Yet only Japan appears to have learnt the lesson of past surges, whatever their cause. - Dilip Hiro

Paris Conference: Aid Effectiveness Key to Addressing Afghanistan’s Rebuilding Challenges The Paris donors’ conference that opened June 12 provides a pivotal opportunity to correct past mistakes in Afghanistan’s reconstruction effort. Already, Afghanistan’s supporters have pledged additional billions in development assistance. But to ensure that the aid is deployed successfully, a greater level of strategic coordination is needed.

Chinese Suspected in Capitol Hacking Cases By: Richard B. Schmitt | Los Angeles Times
The breaching of congressional computers, which apparently began in August 2006, seemed to target information on Chinese dissidents and human rights activities.

An Anger in Korea Over More Than Beef By: Choe Sang-Hun | The New York Times
This is a small country in a strategic location with a deep sense of grievance about being manipulated by the great powers around it. Chinese emperors demanded tribute from Korea; Japanese occupiers forbade Koreans to speak their own language; American, Chinese and Russian cold war rivalries divided Korea in two. While mostly approving of their alliance with the United States, South Koreans remain acutely sensitive to any suggestion that they must do America’s bidding.

China and Taiwan in political thaw The two sides agreed to set up offices in each other’s territory at the first talks between the rivals in nearly a decade

H11 IHT A new start By MIKHAIL GORBACHEV Russia's challenge today is to modernize its economy, politics and society as a whole.

THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

A question of leadership By DAVID GERGEN AND ANDY ZELLEKE

Shouldn't part of the process of choosing the next U.S. president be a "job interview" of sorts, designed to shed light on the candidates' leadership capacity?

NATO defense ministers meet over security missions The U.S. defense secretary, Robert Gates, joined NATO defense ministers in Brussels to push forward a design for missile defenses that will protect all alliance nations from a potential Iranian ballistic missile attack.

Bush urges Europe to unite with U.S. idealsPresident George W. Bush is urging Europe to work with the United States on matters that extend beyond their trans-Atlantic ties, including securing peace in the Middle East, fighting radical Islamic terrorists and keeping Iran in check.

Integrating Germany through the classroom A simple language program, Mama Learns German, shows that there is no secret to a successful program other than a few small steps to accommodate students

With reservations, countries pledge $17 billion in aid for Afghanistan Many countries and international institutions offered more than $17 billion in aid for Afghanistan at a conference Thursday in Paris. But officials worry that the country is not doing enough to fight corruption

CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA

Just say 'Nyet!' By BROOK HOROWITZ Significant progress in reducing corruption will be possible when people in positions of power and influence in Russia finally accept that the value of values outweighs the cost of values, and start acting accordingly.

Clamping down on mercenary interrogators The U.S. Congress should approve measures to make war-zone contractors liable for criminal behavior and to assign the FBI to make inquiries into contractor crimes.

Still too heavy, too early, too many

Tens of millions of young Americans will be at risk of illness and death unless the United States commits to reversing, not just stabilizing, the epidemic of obesity.

EUROPE European press review

France's Strategic Posture: The Temptation of Forward Defense By: Judah Grunstein | World Politics Review Any strategic posture review inevitably boils down to preparing for possible conflict, and the scenarios for such that were evoked in discussions with French officials and experts emphasized the possibility of military intervention for forward defense, a significant evolution in France's vision of its global role

'State Of Confusion' Looms As Transition Period Approaches

As Kosovo prepares to implement its new constitution, the details of its administration and security remain deeply unclear. Longtime U.S. diplomat James Hooper says international bodies' confusion means opportunities for the Kosovars.

Press Briefing By Dana Perino and National Security Advisor Steve Hadley

Pour vaincre l'euroscepticisme, par Thomas Ferenczi

Ireland in crunch EU treaty vote Ireland has voted in a referendum on ratifying the EU reform treaty, in a poll which could make or break the agreement.

UN to transfer powers in Kosovo
The UN chief sets out plans to cede UN functions in Kosovo to the EU, despite Russian opposition.

Ovi, here's a hard look at the European Union's cultural identity (and part 2);

Commentary Asks France, Greece Not to Use Macedonia As "Bargaining Commodity"

EU Envoys Condemn Incidents, Call for Free, Fair Runoff Election in Macedonia

EU, U.N. Roles Hazy in Kosovo's New Era By: NIcholas Kralev | The Washington Times
Days before the West begins one of the most ambitious nation-building experiments in modern history, profound questions remain about how the day-to-day governance of Kosovo will be handled.

H12 RFE/RLAnalysis: Armenian President Calls For Public Unity

Analysis: Georgian Ruling Party, Opposition Seek New Modus Vivendi

Analysis: Presidents Give Green Light For Continuation Of Karabakh Talks

Google News Azerbaijan

CRS - “Russia’s Economic Performance and Policies and Their Implications for the United States,” May 30, 2008.

Azerbaijan: For One Election Monitoring Group, Seeing Is Believing BY MINA MURADOVA A recent court decision to cancel the registration of Azerbaijan’s largest election observation group has sparked concerns about the ability of non-governmental organizations to monitor the country’s upcoming October 15 presidential vote.

Armenia: Government Kicks Off Tax, Customs Reforms BY HAROUTIUN KHACHATRIAN
Armenia’s new government has taken the first steps towards a shake-up of its notoriously corrupt and inefficient tax and customs agencies.

H13 The Times Europe will miss Bush when he's gone The US President is a useful bogeyman - but his successor's policies may not be much different Gerard Baker

Ruling cripples Guantanamo trials

In its third rebuke of the Bush Administration over Guantanamo Bay, Supreme Court gives inmates right to appeal to US civilian courts

World donors promise Afghanistan $20bn President Sarkozy of France leads a chorus of backing for President Karzai's fragile Government at Paris conference

Wall Street Journal Brave New World? By Peggy Noonan
Declarations: McCain represents the way we were, Obama what we are becoming.

Sunnis to Baghdad
Iraq's neighbors return, except for the Saudis.

The European Model (Really)
Lessons on how to deal with terrorists.

Life Is Good, So Why Do We Feel So Bad?
By Gregg Easterbrook The latest form of political correctness: positive thoughts

Global Drying
By Peter Braback-Metmathe
Misuse of water is a far bigger problem than global warming.

Obama Is No 'Post-Racial' Candidate
By Ward Connerly How can the senator reconcile his message with his support for institutionalized discrimination?

Factories Bring Jobs Home Again

The movement of U.S. factories to low-cost countries has been a bittersweet three-decade story for the economy. But U.S. companies are starting to bring production closer to home thanks to soaring transport costs. Mexico could be the biggest beneficiary but that might even be too far for some

The Lobbyist Wars

By Kimberley A. Strassel
Potomac Watch:
Obama and McCain have more important things to fight about.

President Kennedy
An assertion of judicial supremacy that will cost American lives.

Adiós, Guantánamo
By James Taranto Gen. Anthony Kennedy fights the last war

Gary Becker, Myron Scholes, Michael Spence and Ed Phelps discuss discuss the depth of the U.S. financial crisis.

H14 Financial Times A war that badly needs a definition of victory

Afghanistan is not about to become a shiny new democracy. Any political system must pay its respects to history, geography and culture. The ambition should be for a government that is strong enough to defend the country’s borders and deny safe havens to terrorists, and sufficiently honest and pluralist to guarantee fundamental rights, writes Philip Stephens

Oil summit needs to get results, says US The US national security adviser warned on the importance of meeting expectations generated by the talks as the world economy reeled from surging global crude prices

Guantánamo detainees win right of appeal The US Supreme Court dealt the Bush administration a blow by ruling 5-4 that detainees at Guantánamo Bay could challenge their detention using US civilian courts

The new stagflation: an Asian export

But this is not like the 1970s, says Stephen Roach

Bulgaria struggles against corruption Gangland killings complicate Sofia’s task as it seeks to persuade Europe it is tackling organised crime,

Sarkozy invites Syria to French festivities In a move signalling a warming of relations with Damascus, the French president invites Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, to Bastille Day celebrations in Paris

Saudis plan to grow crops overseas

Riyadh is in talks with Ukraine, Pakistan, Sudan, Turkey and Egypt to set up projects of at least 100,000 hectares to grow cereals that will secure its food supply

WORLD NEWS: Fierce Opec critic signs up for Saudi oil summit

Olmert faces more pressure to quit

Ehud Olmert came under fresh pressure to resign as Israel’s prime minister when his principal coalition ally warned it would back an early election should Mr Olmert’s Kadima party fail to replace him with a new leader soon

WORLD NEWS: US blamed for economic gloom across the globe

Moscow puts UN in tight spot over Kosovo Russia demanded action against Joachim Ruecker for preparing to hand over powers to a EU mission as Nato chiefs tried to iron out problems over its security presence

Merkel puts poll focus on education

The German chancellor, who will seek re-election next year, plans to put education at the heart of her campaign – seizing on a potentially popular electoral theme

Rome denies involvement with Iran coup plot Italy’s centre-right government has rejected allegations contained in a US Senate report that Italian and Pentagon officials held secret meetings in Rome in 2001 and heard proposals from Iranian dissidents to overthrow the regime in Tehran

Kosovo struggles to control border with Serbia Four months after Kosovo declared independence the fledgling state is struggling to exercise control over its northern border zone, populated mainly by ethnic Serbs who still maintain there country is Serbia

Output slides in Gulf in spite of oil boom The region’s labour markets need to be modernised as research reveals productivity decreasing outside the oil and gas sectors, threatening sustainable economic growth

Online Obama fights web smears

Barack Obama provided a reminder that what has already been dubbed the ‘YouTube election’ can also be a double-edged sword as he launched a website called ‘Fight The Smears’

US retains technology top spot

Other nations are not significantly outpacing the country in terms of R&D spending but the dominant global player cannot afford to be complacent, Rand Corporation says

Pakistan hits out at US airstrike

Pakistan angry at raid by US-led forces that killed 11 of its soldiers near the border with Afghanistan, saying it could undermine co-operation against terrorism

The Gods that Failed This engagingly written book is less doom-laden than it appears. But in embracing greater regulation, its authors should keep freedom in mind

Tories in shock at Davis’s ‘mad’ gift to Brown The Conservatives are in disarray as David Davis, the party’s main spokesman on home affairs, security and policing, resigns to fight a by-election on ‘the slow strangulation of fundamental British freedoms’

Britain’s utility model is broken

Change the regulatory regime, urges Martin Wolf

H15 Los Angeles Times Supreme Court again says Guantanamo prisoners should have rights

Editorial

'Heads in the Sand' by Matthew Yglesias

Joe Lieberman keeps twisting that knife

British official suspended after documents on al Qaeda and Iraq found on train

Is McCain too old? Is Obama too young?

McCains remark sparks an uproar

H16 American Politics

PUTTING OBAMA'S LEAD INTO PERSPECTIVE

Leadership Question: David Gergen and Andy Zellek of the Harvard's Kennedy School of Government say despite millions of dollars spent so far, the American public has come to know very little about the leadership qualities of the two presidential candidates.

A liberal like no other: An article on understanding Obama's bipartisan appeal.

Ten reasons to worry about Obama's chances in November.

SCOTUS: Obama Right on Constitution - John Nichols, The Nation


What the Johnson Affair Says About Obama - Howard Fineman, Newsweek

Obama's Change: What? When? How? - Gary Andres, Washington Times

The Problem is Obama, Not Johnson - Jim Hoagland, Washington Post

Tax Relief for the Middle Class - Senator Barack Obama

Will the Iraqi Govt Destroy Half of McCain's Campaign?
by David Corn

Obama launches website to dispel campaign 'smears'

Poll: Many in world look to US election for change

Commentary: Bipartisan calculus

(UPI) -- What do Sens. Chuck Hagel, moderate Republican, and James Webb, hard-nosed Republican turned Democrat, have in common? They are possible picks as vice presidential running mates for either Barack Obama or John McCain.

Wesley Clark: McCAIN IS UNTESTED AND UNTRIED ON NATIONAL SECURITY

realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

Washington diary World's love for Obama may not win votes in the US

A new issue of Democracy is out. Martha Nussbaum reconsiders John Rawls' Political Liberalism. A look at why Democrats have become more liberal than Bill Clinton because of Ralph Nader. Relax, liberals, you've already won: No matter who prevails in November, the four-decade-long conservative counterrevolution is over. Sean Wilentz reviews The Conservative Ascendancy by Donald T. Critchlow; Comeback by David Frum; and Grand New Party by Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam

H17 Daily Telegraph Bush builds a coalition against Iran Too little, too late. That's how most European governments will judge George W. Bush's efforts to mend fences with his European partners, notes Con Coughlin.

Davis's resignation stuns Westminster Shadow home secretary's resignation over 42-day detention may have backfired as Labour will not fight resulting by-election

Guantanamo inmates get right to appeal The US Supreme Court has ruled that detainees held at Guantanamo Bay are entitled to challenge their incarceration.

End corruption, aid donors tell Karzai President Hamid Karzai's allies have urged him to tackle the corruption riddling Afghanistan's government when he asked for another £12.5 billion of Western aid.

Fate of EU Treaty rests on Ireland

Campaigners against the Lisbon Treaty will today find out if their efforts to derail the pact have succeeded when the votes cast in Ireland's referendum are finally counted

H18 Independent Leading Article: How to unnerve Mr Ahmadinejad

The day that shocked the Tories David Davis became an unlikely hero of liberal Britain yesterday by sacrificing his career to launch a crusade against the Government's 42-day anti-terror law.

Supreme Court condemns Guantanamo America's highest court has delivered a catastrophic blow to George Bush's policy of locking up terror suspects without charge in Guantanamo Bay

Europe holds its breath for result of Ireland's vote Political Europe held its breath as the Republic of Ireland's voters went to the polls yesterday in a referendum to decide the fate of the EU's Lisbon Treaty.

Brown says world needs 1,000 extra nuclear power stations

Gordon Brown has signalled he wants Britain to play a major role in the race to build an extra 1,000 nuclear power stations across the world as part of his vision for ending the global "addiction to oil". The Prime Minister, who will be flying to Saudia Arabia for an emergency oil summit next week, said in spite of the risks of terrorism, Africa could build nuclear power plants to meet growing demands for energy.

The end of Communism? Cuba sweeps away egalitarian wages

Raul Castro's reforms continue with abolition of rule that labourers and surgeons earn the same

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

Ralph Peters GATES THE GREAT - New York Post

The Director of National Intelligence this week issued a new Intelligence Community Directive (pdf) that defines the structure and mission of the National Intelligence Council (NIC).

The most recent unclassified product of the NIC that has been publicly disclosed is “Disruptive Civil Technologies: Six Technologies With Potential Impacts on US Interests Out to 2025″ (pdf), Conference Report, April 2008.

Supreme Court sides with Guantanamo detainees again

How the Jihadi Propaganda Machine Will Win the Guantanamo Trials by Walid Phares

H20 Slate

High Food Prices: The What, Who and How of Proposed Policy Actions IFPRI

CRS “Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer,” May 20, 2008.

“Nanotechnology and U.S. Competitiveness: Issues and Options,” May 15, 2008.

Climate Chaos Is Inevitable By: Mark Lynas | The Guardian We can only avert oblivion. At best we will limit the extent of global warming, but Kyoto barely helps. Does humanity have the foresight to save itself?

H21 Does science make belief in God obsolete? A wide range of commentators weigh in

The Future Has Always Been Crazier Than We Thought

So you want to testify to a Senate committee…..

So let’s see... The less money your peer group has, the more flashy the jewelry you buy. But then there is also inconspicuous consumption... more»

From Harper's, an article on the calling of politics: Max Weber was a creature of his times, but he has remarkably much to say to us today

What is known about Mohammed?

Patricia Crone How new evidence and insight is enriching historical understanding of early Islam

who’s afraid of the Library of America? What is it about these amazingly gorgeous books that makes one not want to read them?

Yahoo rejects Microsoft's advances and seals advertising deal with Google

Google admits it still can't make money from YouTube

We may make snap judgments, or mull things carefully; why and when do we use the brain systems behind these decision-making styles?

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ABD ve Orta Doğu Barış Süreci Mart 2009
Obama’nın “Kırkı Çıkarken” Mart 2009

ABD-PKK “İlişkisi” Üzerine Notlar Şubat 2009
Mahşerin Üç Atlısı: Ross, Holbrooke ve Mitchell 5 Şubat 2009
SOFA ABD için Irak’ta “Sonun Başlangıcı” mı? Ocak 2009
Obama Döneminde ABD ve Asya 15 Ocak 2009
Obama’nın Güvenlik Kabinesi Üzerine Notlar 4 Aralık 2008
Yeni ABD Başkanı Obama ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri 6 Kasım 2008
ABD Başkanlık Seçimlerinin Türk-Amerikan İlişkilerine Muhtemel Etkileri 30 Ekim 2008
ABD Başkanlık Seçimleri Ekim 2008
Obama’nın Biden’ı Tercihinin Bir Tahlili 26 Ağustos 2008
Amerikan Sağı Üzerine Notlar Ağustos 2008
Gürcistan Krizi, ABD ve Türkiye 11 Ağustos 2008
Obama'nın Dış Gezisi 29 Temmuz 2008
Başkan Bush’un Avrupa Gezisi ve Transatlantik İlişkileri 18 Haziran 2008
ABD Seçimleri (ppt) - 10 Haziran 2008
"Sessiz Tsunami": Global Gıda Krizi (ppt) - 29 Nisan 2008
Amiral Fallon'un İstifası 13 Mart 2008
ABD ve PKK İlişkisi Üzerine Notlar 22 Kasım 2007
“İçeride Liberal, Dışarıda Şahin”: K. Irak’a Harekat Üzerine Notlar 25 Ekimy 2007
K.Irak'a Ekonomik Müeyyideler Üzerine Sorular 25 Ekimy 2007
Irak "Hamle"sinin Muhasebesi Eylül 2007
Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri - Yeni Dönemin Gündemi Eylül 2007
ABD, K. Irak ve Türkiye Üzerine Notlar ve Sorular Haziran 2007
ABD ve Orta Doğu: "Müflis mirasyedi" mi "stratejik deha" mı? Mayıs 2007
Recommendations for Strengthening U.S.-Turkish Relations February 26, 2007
ABD'nin Irak'taki Seçenekleri Ocak 2007
'Topal Ördek'le İki Yıl Daha: 2006 Kongre Seçimleri Aralık 2006
U.S.: Empire, Gulliver or the “First Among Unequals” (ppt) - ASAM 2023 Conference - October 2006
Türk-Amerikan İlişkilerinde “İkinci Bahar” mı, “Sonun Başlangıcı” mı? Stratejik Analiz - Haziran 2006 -
Irak’ta Direnişin ve İşgalin Gölgesinde Demokrasi Deneyi Avrasya Dosyası - İslam ve Demokrasi Özel Sayısı
Gurur ve Önyargı: ABD İran Gerginliği ve Türkiye Stratejik Analiz Nisan 2006 - (pdf)
Arzın Merkezine Seyahat: ABD Ulusal Güvenlik Konseyi - Journey to the Center of the World: U.S. National Security Council Avrasya Dosyası 2005
Dört Tarz-ı Siyaset: Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri ve Başbakan Erdoğan’ın Washington Ziyareti Temmuz 2005
11 Eylül’den Sonra Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri: Eski Dostlar mı Eskimeyen Dostlar mı? Avrasya Dosyası - 2005
“Dört Yıl Daha”: Yeni Bush Yönetimi ve Dünya Aralık 2004
2004’ten 2005’e Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Aralık 2004
Türkiye, Iraklı Kürtler ve Statükonun Meşruiyeti Nisan 2004 - eksik
Askerî Alanda Devrim: Askerî Bir Senfoni Ocak 2004
Çirkin Amerikalı’ ile ‘Güven Bunalımı’: ‘Süleymaniye Krizi ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Temmuz 2003 - ( pdf )
The Middle East: A Land of Opportunity and Peril for Turkey - May 2003
Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Üzerine Notlar: Ataerkil Yapıdan Tüccar Mantığına mı? Mayıs 2003
Türkiye, ABD ve Irak Harekâtı: Hayır Diyebilen Türkiye? - Şubat 2003
Değişim, ‘Sense of Proportion’ ve Tarihin Yararları ile Sınırları Üzerine Nisan 2003
ABD Güvenlik Politikalarında Güç Kullanımı ve Caydırıcılık Ağustos 2002
“Yalnız Kovboy” ya da “Eşit Olmayanlar Arasında Birinci”: ABD Dış Politikasında Tektaraflılık-Çoktaraflılık Tartışmaları Mart 2002
İyi, Kötü ve Çirkin: ABD'nin Orta Doğu Politikaları Ocak 2002
Unilateralism corrupts, absolute unilateralism corrupts absolutely Turkish News, May 21, 2002
ABD ve Afganistan: Çıkış Var mı? Kasım 2001
Realism and Change
Crime and Punishment - Deterrence and its Failure in Theory and Practice 2001
“Tüketebileceğimizden Daha Fazla Değişim” ya da Eskimeyen Dünya Düzeni Ekim 2001
“ABD-AB İlişkilerinde Metal Yorgunluğu” Haziran 2001
It never rains circa. 1991.
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