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8 September 2008
  September 08, 2008

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H1 Text of the draft Iraq-US SOFA On August 31, Al-Sharq al-Awsat published a leaked version of the nearly completed text US-Iraqi security (SOFA) agreement. A full translation here.

Tom Barnett - Scripps Howard.

Here's to a globalization-centric grand strategy for America

New York Times In Rescue to Stabilize Lending, U.S. Takes Over Mortgage Finance Titans

The bailout plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac places them in a conservatorship of the government and replaces the management.

A Sigh of Relief, but Hard Questions Remain on U.S. Economy The takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reinforced concerns about troubles of the American economy and highlighted its significant reliance on foreign investors, particularly in Asia

Secession Dreams By: Sumit Ganguly and Kanti Bajpai | Newsweek Secession, it seems, is now in vogue, thanks to Vladimir Putin and Russian tanks, which came steamrolling into Georgia a few weeks ago in defense of South Ossetia. Basques in Spain, Baluchis in Pakistan, Turkmen and Tibetans in China and other secessionists all over the world will be watching the reactions of the international community closely

Poll: Convention lifts McCain over Obama

Gallup Daily: McCain Moves Ahead, 48% to 45%

A Delicate Balance: Freddie and Fannie Bail-Out - Mohamed El-Erian, FT

New York Times 'The War Within' By BOB WOODWARD Reviewed by MICHIKO KAKUTANI Bob Woodward paints a picture of an administration shrugging off bad news and postponing decisions as the crisis in Iraq deepened

Right at the Edge By DEXTER FILKINS The Taliban and Al Qaeda have established a haven in Pakistan’s tribal areas along the Afghan border. This is where the war on terror will be fought – and possibly lost

Coming to Grips With Russia’s New Nerve By JAMES TRAUB A McGovern-era peacenik finds, in Georgia, a fear that Russia is no longer contained

The Vanishing Republican Voter

By DAVID FRUM Why income inequality is destroying the G.O.P. base.

FRANK RICH Palin and McCain’s Shotgun Marriage John McCain’s speed-dating of Sarah Palin reaffirmed that his decision-making process is impetuous and, in its Bush-like preference for gut instinct over facts, potentially reckless

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Georgia on My Mind Barack Obama and John McCain need to focus, not on war, but on strengthening our capacity for innovation — our most important competitive advantage

Washington Post

What's Missing From the Iran Debate Building a Security Framework for a Nuclear Tehran By David Kay Tehran is likely 80 percent of the way to nuclear weapons capability, and it's time to start talking about damage control

The Trouble With Saakashvili By Jackson Diehl, It'd be easier to defend Georgian democracy if we didn't have to defend its president.

Doubt, Distrust, Delay: Bush's Team and Iraq Part 1: Dissension | Amid a spike in violence and U.S. casualties in summer 2006, Bush acknowledged to himself what he didn't publicly: The war had taken a perilous turn. After months of delay, he approved a secret war review. Bob Woodward

'You're Stressing the Force, Mr. President' Part 2: Rift | In the fall of 2006, the nation's military leaders found themselves badly out of sync with the White House over what to do in Iraq, finally losing control of the war strategy.

Spying on Iraqi Leader: Worth Risk? ABOUT THIS SERIES

Editorial A Dictator Befriended

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Moammar Gaddafi

Asia Times CHAN AKYA
Triangulating an Asian conflict
It's possible that in the near future Islamic extremists will have their finger on the Pakistani nuclear trigger, while Han nationalists in China and Hindu fundamentalists in India control their nuclear-armed countries. These are the trends shaping tomorrow's world, writes Chan Akya

THE ROVING EYE All square
It's more than possible that within the next few months a pro-gun, pro-Big Oil, mooseburger-eating PR stunt named Sarah Palin, whose foreign policy credentials are burnished by a visit to Canada, will have her finger on America's nuclear button if anything untoward happens to a septuagenarian president. But fear not: Palin will have a plan, just as she has/will have (it's not at all clear) a plan for Iraq: "[T]hat is what we have to make sure, [that] there is a plan and that plan is God’s plan." - Pepe Escobar

How Fast Should Iraq Re-Arm? (Time.com)

Wall Street Journal U.S. Seizes Mortgage Giants The government seized Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in its most dramatic market intervention in decades. Treasury plans to replace the companies' CEOs and provide up to $200 billion as part of the rescue

Bush Owes His Successor a Tough Finish on Foreign Policy
By John R. Bolton The president shouldn't trust his legacy to Condi Rice.

Chancellor Candidate Steinmeier
Mr. Schröder's former chief of staff will take on Mrs. Merkel

IHT Urgent aid for Pakistan By ANATOL LIEVEN Long-term economic aid is the key to strengthening Pakistan against Islamist extremism.

Poll displays West's economic pessimism People in Western Europe and the United States share an extremely negative view of the economy and place the blame squarely on their national governments, a new survey shows.

Poll results (pdf)

Roger Cohen: Real wars and the U.S. culture war The culture-war surge in the U.S. election campaign has come at the expense of meaningful debate about the real wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Christian Science Monitor A new approach to Iran's nukes

A loyalty test can reassure Iran and the world. By Charles D. Ferguson

Russia courts old allies, steps up defiance of the West President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that Russia is 'a nation to be reckoned with.'

U.S. begins hunting Iraq's bombmakers, not just bombs Fatalities from improvised explosive devices, the biggest killer of US troops in Iraq, declined 78 percent over the past year.

U.S. financial crisis spreads toward your wallet Banking woes, rising debt levels, and unemployment will put consumers in greater trouble, economists say

Sunday Times Peres warns Israel’s hawks over Iran strike Israel's president has warned that a military attack would not tackle the threat and could even provoke a broader conflict

Putin set to bait US with nuclear aid for Tehran Russia is considering increasing its assistance to Iran’s nuclear programme in response to America’s calls for Nato expansion

The fright begins as John McCain reveals his reckless side By Andrew Sullivan

How Can Decision Making Be Improved? Source: Harvard Business School Working Papers Full Paper (PDF; 77 KB)

Independent Where is Kim Jong Il? Speculation was mounting last night over the health of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il

Leading article: Twelve steps to the White House

Los Angeles Times Russia ships to join Venezuela naval exercises in Caribbean Four Russian vessels and 1,000 Russian military personnel are to participate. The move could further strain Washington-Moscow ties

Pentagon debates development of offensive cyberspace capabilities The current emphasis is on intelligence gathering and defending U.S. electronic security, but some officials think the military should know how to attack other nations' computer systems.

Guardian America is dissatisfied - and that's good news for Obama Michael Tomasky: Polls show most think their country is on the wrong track, and they won't be swayed by Palin's culture-war rhetoric

A doomed presidency Peter Preston: With the army poised for a coup and the Taliban winning hearts, Zardari doesn't stand a chance

Police call for Israeli PM's indictment Israeli police recommend Olmert be indicted for corruption after 18-month investigation

Daily Star The Middle East and Russia's return as a 'post-ideological' power

America's Islamophobia problem By Ghassan Rubeiz

Ha’aretz Police: Indict Olmert on corruption charges Police recommend that Attorney General Mazuz charge the prime minister with bribery, fraud

Cheney tells Peres: Russia supplies weapons to terrorists

EurasiaNet Central Asia: Russia and United States Intensify Energy Competition A three-sided diplomatic scrum is intensifying in Central Asia, as US, Russian and Chinese officials are stepping up efforts to wring energy-export deals from regional leaders.

Flirting With Stalin By: Arkady Ostrovsky | Prospect Magazine
While 1917 saw a cultural flowering in Russia, the post-Soviet intelligentsia has failed to articulate a liberal vision and produced only shallow art. Little wonder that Putin has been able to exploit nostalgia for Soviet "greatness."

China Still On-Side With Russia By: Yu Bin | Asia Times
The West is engaged in a premature celebration of the death of the China-Russia relationship following Beijing's perceived lack of support for Moscow's intervention in Georgia. This is a misreading of China's evolution to normal ties with Russia after going though "honeymoon" and "divorce" periods over the past 60 years.

CFR The Candidates on Iran

The world after the Caucasus war , Rein Müllerson

Iraq, Iran, China: the emerging axis, Paul Rogers

Slate Character vs. Issues

The presidential race enters a 60-day sprint. John Dickerson

How a downturn could turn into a disasterRecent research suggests global investors might be inclined to switch out of dollars much faster than some people believe, says Wolfgang Münchau

Europe must bring Ukraine into the fold The EU should begin to restore its influence in eastern Europe by putting Ukraine on a track to accession, says Tomas Valasek

Kiev needs EU more than Nato

A future membership pledge would not, in itself, protect Ukraine from outside interference. But by giving Kiev’s leaders a common goal, it would make that interference easier to resist

The Times How the West is losing the energy cold war

Russia's victory in Georgia is having far-reaching effects as its neighbours rethink the wisdom of selling gas and oil to Europe

Edward Lucas

This culture clash is drowning out the issues The four contenders for the White House each represent a different America. Which can win over the swing voters?

William Rees-Mogg

The Middle East: Evolution of a Broken Regional Order CEIP This 28-page US paper identifies patterns and trends in the dynamic history between the countries of the Middle East

The Need for a Strategic Dialogue with China CDI
An 11-page analysis of how the US should avoid space warfare with China

H2 Fikret Bila Ankara ve Erivan açısından Gül'ün ziyareti

McClatchy Iraq's knotty Kirkuk problem: Crucial, urgent, but no quick answer

Zeyno Baran Amerika için Erivan ziyareti Ergenekon'dan daha önemli

Soli Özel| Yükselen profil

Kadri Gürsel AKP iktidarı bir ABD komplosu mu?

İlk şart Tarih Komisyonu

[HABER ANALİZ] Futbol diplomasisi Amerika'da sürecek

Erivan’la ABD randevusu

ANALYSIS-Georgia war boosts Turkey-Armenia thaw

Boston Globe Soccer diplomacy's goal

The Times Turkey and Armenia start to mend old emnities Presidents sat together to watch their teams play football and 'demolished'a psychological barrier in the Caucasus'

Daily Telegraph Turkey-Armenia relations boosted by president's historic trip Gul, the first Turkish leader to visit Armenia, sounded upbeat that the two estranged neighbours could normalise relations if they follow up on his historic trip, it was reported

Saban Kardas TURKEY'S PUSH FOR CAUCASUS STABILITY AND COOPERATION PLATFORM

[HABER İNCELEME] 'Kerkük'ün başına ne geldiyse petrolden geldi'

Kirkuk Must Remain United
Middle East Online

ÖMER TAŞPINAR Tarihi ziyaret

[WASHINGTON] McCain-Palin, Başbuğ-Koşaner

NYT Turkey’s President Makes Historic Visit to Armenia

Lütem 'Erivan Ziyareti Bir Başlangıç Olabilir'

Ömer Taşpınar Credibility and priority in foreign policy

Sunday Times Turkey and Armenia start to mend old emnities via World Cup football match

Semih İdiz Azerbaycan da geniş açıdan bakabilmeli

. Department of State Under Secretary William Burns Visits Turkey

ARMENIA, TURKEY PUT DIFFERENCES ASIDE FOR SOCCER EurasiaNet

Güneydoğu gezisinin fotoğrafları sitede

Video Alliance at sea Israel, US and Turkey hold joint naval search-and-rescue drills.

Soccer diplomacy brings Turkey's Gul to Armenia

Those who invest in Turkey will win Süleyman Demirel

Vision of a solution
Sylvia TİRYAKİ

EurasiaNet Armenia, Turkey Put Differences Aside for SoccerA football match could possibly give a kick-start to efforts by Armenia and Turkey to normalize relations. On September 6, Turkish President Abdullah Gul will travel to Yerevan to watch a 2010 World Cup qualifying soccer match between Armenia and Turkey, thus becoming the first Turkish leader to visit Armenia

Tarihî Erivan ziyareti, dünya basınında yankı buldu

Dış basın: Tarihi ziyaret

Dünya alkışladı

ATAK, hedefi Roketsan'la vuracak

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

Ruşen - Çakır Org. Başbuğ’un Güneydoğu açılımı tutar mı?

Survey reveals divergence among Kurds on Kurdish issue

Mehmet Metiner Başbuğ'unki açılım mı, çıkarma mı?

Dağa gitme, işe git

Kirkuk Must Remain United
Middle East Online

Jason Gluck: Kirkuk needs a political solution (KurdishMedia)

Kirkuk, sitting on time bomb, seeks a way out of quagmire

Şemdinli’de 1’i üsteğmen, 6 şehit

Cevdet Aşkın Erdoğan'dan 'patinaj yapıyoruz' itirafı, DTP'den ramazan atağı

MUSTAFA ÜNAL - Teröre karşı Başbuğ Paşa

Negotiating Nationhood on the Net: The Case of the Turkmens and Assyrians of Iraq

What do Iraqi Kurds’ think of Turkey?

The Kurds and Baghdad: Marriage Without Divorce By: Hiwa Osman | The Daily Star In the absence of a permanent United States presence in Kurdistan -- something that would be welcomed by almost every Kurd -- the Iraq that the Kurds and most Iraqis want when US troops withdraw is one that is at peace with itself and the world

Şemdin Sakık konuşuyor, Kürt Ergenekon'u deşifre oluyor

Kurdistan—understanding the Middle East

Türkiye ile koalisyon yeterli değil

KRG officials promote Kurdistan at US Democrat and Republican ...

Kirkuk Officials Warn of Cholera Risks

Arbil pushes energy, tourism, farming

Iraqi deputy premier: Kurds are committed to the Iraqi constitution

'Apo Ergenekon'un Truva atı'

Iraq builds intelligence network in without referring to Kurdish ...

OSC: Qabbanji and Saghir: Kirkuk Crisis Endangers Shiite-Kurdish ...

Can Ataklı

HAKAN ALBAYRAK

'Yaralı Filistinlilere şefkat, ha?'

Telafer'de intihar saldırısı: 6 ölü

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

Soccer sows seeds of new era between Turkey and Armenia

5 yılda AB’ye ancak bir adım yaklaşabildik

Ekrem Dumanlı Medya ayak uydurunca

Kipriyanu: Müzakereler kolay geçmeyecek

Talat: AB olumlu rol oynayamaz

Amerikan gemisi Poti'ye yanaştı

Ali Bulaç Ermenistan maçı

Turkey in an uncomfortable position as third US warship slips into ...
Arab Monitor

Bürokratımızı göndereceğiz

Görüşmede ‘Soykırım’ sözü ağza bile alınmadı

Fatih Çekirge Karabağ’a yeni harita için sinyal

Şahin Alpay Congratulations President Gül

Mensur Akgün Her konuda anlaşıldı da geriye garantörlük mü kaldı

Rum Başpiskopos İngilizlerden korkuyor

Top artık sahamızda değil

EKREM DUMANLI - 'Amacımız Ermenistan ile diyalog iklimi oluşturmak'

Turkey Discovers Africa: Implications and Prospects
SETA

Turkey's Crisis and Future MIT CIS Dogu Ergil

Krizin bedeli 500 milyon dolar

Bakan Tüzmen Rusya’ya geciken ihracatın maliyetini açıkladı

Ali Saydam Baykal, ‘Cumhurbaşkanı gitmesin!’ demişti...

Divided Cyprus Will digging up the past bring reconciliation?

Sedat Sertoğlu
Cehenneme giden yol, iyi niyet taşları ile döşenmiştir

Increased cargo traffic among growing concerns in Black Sea

Şevket Sürek Rusya ile aynı ringde olmak

Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Is Possible – and Necessary!
Center for Research on Globalization

The Caucasus: Small war, big damage
Soner ÇAĞAPTAY

A match without a loser by ALİNE ÖZİNİAN*

Geostrategy meets human touch: A snapshot from Yerevan
Nigar GÖKSEL

Turkey has chance for Security Council bid, says UN envoy

Yusuf KANLI

Soccer diplomacy

İhsan Dağı Why the secularists dislike the EU

Etyen Mahçupyan Praising a boring soccer match

President Gül’s Yerevan visit boosts Turkey's credentials in Europe

Baykal, AB için müsait değil

Babacan:Önümüzdeki dönemde iki yeni fasıl daha açılacak

Georgia War Boosts Turkey-Armenia Thaw

Nabi Yağcı Arda topu Sargis'e at

Rusya’dan ‘soğuk sulh’ reçetesi
CEYDA KARAN

Yiğit Bulut Türk Halkını Avrupa balonuyla kandıranlara 'yeter' deme zamanı

Mensur Akgün

'Sorunlar gelecek nesillere aktarılmasın'

Nur Demirok Seçim sonucunu enerji politikaları tayin edecek

[IMPRESSIONS]If only Hrant were here, too

Little wonder that many people -- including in the two countries themselves -- view the outbreak of "football diplomacy" with amazement. More

'Breakthrough' Or Wishful Thinking?

Rum öğrenci Türklere yapılan zulmü öğrenecek

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

Güngör Uras Neden sadece Ramazan’da ve çadırda? (“Evde ve yıl boyu” olsa olmaz mı?)

[MONDAY TALK]Prof. Soysal: Most Turkish universities are still autocratic

Orhan Pamuk: Characters pull me along in their own directions

14 milyon öğrenci için ders zili bugün çalıyor

In the shadows: serial killers in Turkey

Abdülhamid’in yeğeni ile damadının Aşk-ı Memnu’u

Türk Yahudi Cemaati'nden Müslümanlara iftar yemeği

Mahkemedeki Karabekir Paşa'yı da komutanlar ziyaret etmişti

H3 Hilton arazisi için bana geldin

‘Bizim grubumuz biat etmez’

Demokrasi ve özgür basını içine sindir

Aydın Doğan: Velev ki Başbakan'a gittim, ama Hilton için değil

Ergenekon'un emniyet ve yargı ayağı da ortaya çıkarılmalı

Doğan'a 5 gün süre

Aydın Doğan'a bir hafta süre verdi: İftiraların sebebini açıklamazsan ben açıklarım

Paralar ‘klonlanan şirketler’le aktarıldı

‘Erdoğan, skandalı örtbas etmeye çalışıyor’

Yine AKP'li belediye!

CHP’yi değiştirelim

Çözüm birliktelikte

Komutanlara ziyaretin karşılığı ek iddianame olur

Başbakan yine medyayı suçladı

İki ayda dört vukuat

Muhalefet Erdoğan’a tepkili: Bu diktatörlük özlemi

Plan tutsa, büyük rant sağlayacaktı

İnterpol üzerinden Akman’ı sormuşlar

İlerlemek için tek şart, üretken nesiller yetiştirmek

İşte CHP'nin 3 büyük ildeki adayları

Şemdinli’de 1’i üsteğmen, 6 şehit

'Veli Küçük bana işkence yaptı'

Akman’ın ’zırhı’ delinecek mi

Turkish military to launch PR campaign, improve media relations

Babacan’ı o da reddetti

Ulusal Program'ı CHP'ye Dışişleri bürokratları götürecek

Bütün suçların altında çeteler var

Fener aydınlatmadı

Kadir Topbaş'ın karşısına İlhan Kesici!

İçki timi yalan

İçkili yerlerle uğraşmam, denetimler gürültü ve sağlık için

Hilton'da Doğan'ın hayal kırıklığı

Doğan'dan Rezidans ve CNN itirafı

Doğan'a bir hafta süre

'Organize baskını' sızdırana soruşturma

Seçimi kazanacak başkan aranıyor!

Sudan’a “esrarengiz” yardım

Deniz Feneri dosyası 3.5 ay şantaj için bekletildi iddiası

Bizde anchormanlar patronla hükümetin arabulucusudur

Bucak'la birlikte ABD'ye gidecekti

BAYKAL'DAN TEZİÇ'E, PAMUK'TAN SEZER'E SUİKAST LİSTESİ »

Bir Taraf yazarı radikal yargıçların yemeğine giderse neler olur?

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman GH Türkiye

Cengiz Çandar Erivan'da yolun yarısı geçildi

Ahmet Taşgetiren

Ruşen - Çakır Org. Başbuğ’un Güneydoğu açılımı tutar mı?

Taha Akyol Yalan haberin gerçeği

Fikret Bila Ankara ve Erivan açısından Gül'ün ziyareti

Hasan Cemal ‘Yolun yarısı geçildi’ Gül ve Sarkisyan: İyi bir başlangıç yaptık

Murat Yetkin ‘Bu fırsat kaçsaydı, bir daha ele geçmezdi’ Erivan’da ilk Türk Cumhurbaşkanı

İsmet Berkan Hayırlara vesile...

Fehmi Koru

Taha Kıvanç Almanlar bunu hep yapıyor • Gerçeklerin ortaya çıkma huyu vardır -

Şamil Tayyar

Ali Bayramoğlu

Yasemin Çongar Bir ziyaret, bir sürmanşet, bir gaflet

Ertuğrul Özkök Sanırdım ki o hesap soracak

İsmail Küçükkaya
Başbuğ’un “onarıcı liderlik” modeli...

Kadri Gürsel ‘Baykal dışarı!’... O olmazsa ‘CHP kümeye!’

Durmuş Hocaoğlu Müslümanlar niçin Müslüman'dır?

Öfkenin hatırlattığı?
TARHAN ERDEM

MÜMTAZ'ER TÜRKÖNE - Anayasa Mahkemesi, bireyi laikleştirebilir mi?

Ahmet Hakan Ayıp ediyorsun Başbakan

M Ali Birand

Cüneyt Ülsever

Enis Berberoğlu Siyaset normalleşsin isteyen itiraz etmez

Oktay Ekşi

Özdemir İnce

Ekrem Dumanlı

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Eski bir Kızılderili numarası

Tufan Türenç Tarihteki diktatörler bile medyayı susturamadı

Sabahattin Önkibar Sadaka hortumculuğunu, Hilton'a imar hikâyesiyle örtmek!

Güngör Mengi - Yakarım kültürü!

Okay Gönensin - Köşe yazarı azmış...

Necati Doğru - Patronun Hilton arsası! Başbakan’ın kirli feneri!

Yiğit Bulut - Başbakan’ın “provokasyon” açıklaması...

Mehmet Tezkan - Yandaş medya skandalı!

Ferai Tınç Tehdit kültürü tehdidi

MUHARREM SARIKAYA

ERDAL ŞAFAK Spor ve diplomasi

ENGİN ARDIÇ İçgüveyisinden hallice

ERGUN BABAHAN

EMRE AKÖZ

Serdar Akinan
Tencere dibin kara

Umur Talu Düzen budur!

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

On beş yıldır kesintisiz...

NAZLI ILICAK Deniz Feneri ve polemik

MEHMET BARLAS İktidar yalakalığı da patron yalakalığı da mesleği yozlaştırır

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

YAVUZ DONAT Hocamız "Anayasa'cı", dersimiz "organik tarım"

OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
Askerin sivil açılımından dersler

OKUR TEMSİLCİSİ
Öteki mahallenin yüzü

Armenian visit, Ergenekon and the Ottoman Ergenekon

Aydın Doğan yalnızlaşıyor! Çünkü

Ali Başpınar örneği...
ORAL ÇALIŞLAR

Oray Eğin Eski gazetesine küfreden adama yanıt

Aydın Ayaydın

Çizik yiyen bakan çıkmazda

KÜRŞAT BUMİN

Güzel bir haber: 'Bundan sonra artık her şey açık ve net olacak'

YUSUF ZİYA CÖMERT

Kim açtı bu işleri Aydın Doğan'ın başına?

Ali Ünal TSK ve cemaatler

Ekonomi

Osman Ulagay Türkiye önünü görecek noktaya geldi mi?

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Kur yükselirse faizde inişi unutalım mı?

Ercan Kumcu Özel sektörün dış borçlanması

Erdal Sağlam Türkiye’den 2 milyar dolar çıktı

Güngör Uras Özel sektör büyük ‘kur riski’ taşıyor

Yaman Törüner Rant amaçlı telefon dinlemeleri

Hükümetin elektriğe %11'lik zam planı sanayiciyi kızdırdı

İBRAHİM KAHVECİ

Sorunları söylemek kadar çözümü desteklemek önemli

Deniz Gökçe
Özel sektör net döviz borçluluğu ve kur riski...

Asım Erdilek Economy becomes US election battleground

Enerjiye gelince: ‘piyasa’
UĞUR GÜRSES

Önerinin böylesi FATİH ÖZATAY

H4 New York Times In Rescue to Stabilize Lending, U.S. Takes Over Mortgage Finance Titans

The bailout plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac places them in a conservatorship of the government and replaces the management.

Outline of Plan (treasury.gov)

Paulson: Text | CNBC Video

As Crisis Grew, a Few Options Shrank to One The downfall of Fannie and Freddie stems from a series of miscalculations and deferred decisions.

A Sigh of Relief, but Hard Questions Remain on U.S. Economy The takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reinforced concerns about troubles of the American economy and highlighted its significant reliance on foreign investors, particularly in Asia

'The War Within' By BOB WOODWARD Reviewed by MICHIKO KAKUTANI Bob Woodward paints a picture of an administration shrugging off bad news and postponing decisions as the crisis in Iraq deepened

Right at the Edge By DEXTER FILKINS The Taliban and Al Qaeda have established a haven in Pakistan’s tribal areas along the Afghan border. This is where the war on terror will be fought – and possibly lost

Coming to Grips With Russia’s New Nerve By JAMES TRAUB A McGovern-era peacenik finds, in Georgia, a fear that Russia is no longer contained

The Vanishing Republican Voter

By DAVID FRUM Why income inequality is destroying the G.O.P. base.

FRANK RICH Palin and McCain’s Shotgun Marriage John McCain’s speed-dating of Sarah Palin reaffirmed that his decision-making process is impetuous and, in its Bush-like preference for gut instinct over facts, potentially reckless

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Georgia on My Mind Barack Obama and John McCain need to focus, not on war, but on strengthening our capacity for innovation — our most important competitive advantage

PAUL KRUGMAN The Power of De The attempt to contain the fallout from the financial crisis is a fight the feds seem to be losing

ROGER COHEN Real Wars and the U.S. Culture War The surge in the culture wars of U.S. politics has come at the expense of debate of two real wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

WILLIAM KRISTOL A Heartbeat Away Should voters be alarmed by a relatively young or inexperienced vice-presidential candidate? No

MAUREEN DOWD Clash of the Titans It’s delicious imagining the debate between Big Mama, as Bill’s male aides called Hillary Clinton, and “Hottie Granny,” as People magazine will doubtless dub Sarah Palin

Editorial John McCain’s Energy Follies The John McCain who understood that the country should expand carbon-free energy sources has receded in time for the campaign

The Maverick Ticket By WILLIAM SAFIRE With his acceptance speech, John McCain became the candidate of change.

Mortgage Giant Overstated the Size of Its Capital Base Advisers poring over the books of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac concluded that Freddie’s accounting methods had overstated its cushion, officials said.

News Analysis: A History of Public Aid During Crises

Mortgage Giants Agreeable to Rescue Plan, but Its Cost Is Unknown Under the plan, the Treasury Department will buy billions of dollars in new mortgage securities issued by the companies and inject an unknown amount of capital into them.

Rival Tickets Are Redrawing Battlegrounds With just over eight weeks left until Election Day, the two campaigns are settling into a set of state-by-state face-offs

Watching ‘Friends’ in Gaza: A Culture Clash As Gazans turn to television and the Internet for a view of the world, Hamas is facing a divide on culture.

Seeking Details, Lawmakers Cite Anthrax Doubts Leading members of Congress say they do not think the F.B.I. has proved that an Army scientist was the anthrax killer

Fannie, Freddie and You: What It Means to the Public Mortgage rates may fall a bit initially but probably not enough to quickly halt the decline in home prices

Bhutto’s Widower, Viewed as Ally by U.S., Wins the Pakistani Presidency Handily

Soviet Union’s Fall Unraveled Enclave in Georgia

Media Bashing 101 By MARK LEIBOVICH Memo to the elite: Thicken that skin of yours and develop a good sense of humor.

Atomic Club Votes to End Restrictions on India

China Calls for Peaceful Resolution of Nuclear Standoff

Turkey’s President Makes Historic Visit to Armenia

Arctic Ice Hints at Warming, Specialists Say

Cheney Warns Russia to Reverse Its Course

Car Bombing Kills at Least 6 in City in Northwestern Iraq

Fusing Politics and Motherhood in New Way Since he was born, Gov. Sarah Palin’s youngest son, Trig, has had an unexpected effect on her political fortunes

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Washington Post

What's Missing From the Iran Debate Building a Security Framework for a Nuclear Tehran

By David Kay Tehran is likely 80 percent of the way to nuclear weapons capability, and it's time to start talking about damage control

Doubt, Distrust, Delay: Bush's Team and Iraq Part 1: Dissension | Amid a spike in violence and U.S. casualties in summer 2006, Bush acknowledged to himself what he didn't publicly: The war had taken a perilous turn. After months of delay, he approved a secret war review. Bob Woodward

'You're Stressing the Force, Mr. President'

Part 2: Rift | In the fall of 2006, the nation's military leaders found themselves badly out of sync with the White House over what to do in Iraq, finally losing control of the war strategy.

Spying on Iraqi Leader: Worth Risk?

ABOUT THIS SERIES

The Trouble With Saakashvili By Jackson Diehl, It'd be easier to defend Georgian democracy if we didn't have to defend its president.

U.S. Takes Over Mortgage Giants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Treasury secretary says a failure for either firm "would cause great turmoil in our financial markets."

U.S. Takes Over Mortgage Giants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Treasury secretary says a failure for either firm "would cause great turmoil in our financial markets."

Editorial A Dictator Befriended

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Moammar Gaddafi

McCain's Convenient Untruth

By Sebastian Mallaby He wouldn't ask Americans to surrender a single dime more to a cause larger than themselves.

U.S. Seizes Control Of Mortgage Giants

Takeover of Fannie And Freddie Aims To Revive Housing, Financial Markets

ANALYSIS In Crisis, Paulson's Stunning Use of Federal Power

Why Did Violence Plummet? It Wasn't Just the Surge.

By Bob Woodward,

The War Within | Rift Outmaneuvered And Outranked, Military Chiefs Became Outsiders

For the Republican Base, Palin Pick Is Energizing

China's Outsourcing Appeal Dimming

Fuel Prices Squeeze Profit Margins for U.S. Manufacturers

A Failure of Leadership By Dan Froomkin

Afghanistan's Communications Revolution By David A. Gross and Amir Zai Sangin,

Cell phones, web access and fiber optic networks are expanding across the country, much to the Taliban's dismay.

Bhutto's Widower Elected Pakistani President

Risking Armageddon for Cold, Hard Cash By Mira Kamdar, A pending nuclear deal will not magically transform India into China's economic or military equal.

Editorial The Final Sprint The 2008 election lineup is set: Unconventional candidates, all too conventional agendas

A Tapestry In Two Tickets By David Ignatius

White House Set to Put Aside U.S.-Russia Nuclear Agreement

By Michael Abramowitz, Page A12

The White House plans to formally pull from congressional consideration an agreement with Russia for civilian nuclear cooperation, perhaps as soon as today, Bush administration sources said over the weekend.

5 Myths About Those Civic-Minded, Deeply Informed Voters

Change vs. Change By David S. Broder, Change is coming, change you can count on

Family Matters By Jim Hoagland

Are You Better Off ? By George F. Will

Cheney Scolds Russia Over War in Georgia

Presidential Candidates Explain Their Capacity for Change

An Iraqi Exodus Out of Money and Options in Egypt, Some Refugees Are Heading Home

International Group Backs Nuclear Accord For U.S., India

In Tunisia and Algeria, Rice Asks for Cooperation

Ms. Palin's Pipeline

Her attempt to deliver natural gas from Alaska is revealing about her governing style

Rice: U.S. Has Aided In Nuclear Regulation

Efforts to Halt Spread Of Weapons Are Cited

H6 Guardian America is dissatisfied - and that's good news for Obama Michael Tomasky: Polls show most think their country is on the wrong track, and they won't be swayed by Palin's culture-war rhetoric

A doomed presidency Peter Preston: With the army poised for a coup and the Taliban winning hearts, Zardari doesn't stand a chance

Birthday blues Editorial: Cause for celebration and concern as Google celebrates 10th anniversary as a corporation

Asif Ali Zardari: the godfather as president Tariq Ali: He may be a pliant partner for the west, but with his record of corruption, Zardari is the worst possible choice for Pakistan

Tories: Labour will leave us in a straitjacket Shadow chancellor says economic mess has triggered Conservative policy rethink

US takes over mortgage giants

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae go into public ownership in biggest ever US financial bailout

More on Freddie and Fannie's nationalisation

Explainer: Government-sponsored enterprises

Police call for Israeli PM's indictment Israeli police recommend Olmert be indicted for corruption after 18-month investigation

Afghan civilian deaths triple in a year Surge in civilian deaths from US and Nato air strikes fuelling public backlash, finds Human Rights Watch

Woodward book puts boot into Bush Latest exposé portrays US government as being riddled with dissension over Iraq war

Asian model should have more fans

A UN report points to China rather than US for lessons in stimulating growth

The Observer Brown's hypocritical Cold War rhetoric The big issue:What a pity Gordon Brown appears not to have read Thomas de Waal's excellent piece in The Observer two weeks earlier

UN says eat less meat to curb global warming Top expert urges radical shift in diet to help tackle climate change

US election: Storm as Oprah says no to Palin interview US daytime TV star refuses to have Republican vice-presidential candidate as a guest on her show

A very Gallic view of single motherhood Janine di Giovanni: US reaction to Bristol Palin is starkly different to France's attitude towards its Minister of Justice

Labour despairs of Brown, but there is no sign of a Brutus Andrew Rawnsley: The party can neither make a collective decision to get rid of the beleaguered Prime Minister, nor to rally round him

H7 Daily Star The Middle East and Russia's return as a 'post-ideological' power

America's Islamophobia problem By Ghassan Rubeiz

Underestimating Libya: the folly of the ignorant By Michael Frendo

Jordan reassesses its strategic ties with Hamas and Iraq By Asher Susser

Cold realism is needed to face Russian revivalism By Joschka Fischer

The meaning of the summit in Damascus By Rami G. Khouri

No Bush road to Damascus

Nicholas Sarkozy and others are filling a void created by President Bush, who has abdicated from America's traditional role as mediator for Israeli-Arab peace talks. (Boston Globe)

Debka Iran’s al Qods, Hizballah secretly integrate rocket and commando units

Is American Success a Failure in Iraq? by Michael Schwartz and Tom Engelhardt

The Challenge in the Middle East: An Egyptian Perspective

Hokayem and Young on the Assad-Sarkozy Summit

Al Anbar: Who Would Have Thought! By: Tariq Alhomayed | Asharq Alawsat
Who would’ve thought that Al Anbar -- Iraq’s largest province and its most famous cities being Ramadi and Fallujah -- would be handed back to the Iraqis since it was one of Iraq’s most dangerous regions, which led to the country losing control of the province almost two years ago

Hamas's Gluttony : Tariq Alhomayed

Time to Go Nuclear By: Austin Bay | The Washington Times
Reliance on one or only a handful of energy sources is a bad idea -- which is why solar, geothermal, tidal, wind, conservation and increased energy efficiency are part of any sound strategic energy policy.

How to Manage Savagery By: Bret Stephens | The Wall Street Journal
At the time of its writing, "The Clash of Civilizations?" had, beyond the virtues of pithiness and historical sweep, something to recommend it on purely empirical grounds. It seemed especially plausible as applied to the "crescent-shaped Islamic bloc" from the Maghreb to the East Indies

Republic of Blowback By: Ken Menkhaus and Karin von Hippel | International Herald Tribune
American diplomatic, intelligence and military activity designed to reduce Islamic radicalism and the threat of terrorism in Somalia have instead helped to catalyze a much more powerful, popular, shockingly violent and stridently anti-American jihadist movement.

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

Iraq Warns Against U.S. Spying (View Article)

Rice in talks with Libya's Gaddafi
Condoleezza Rice meets Col Gaddafi in Libya in the latest step towards improving relations between the former enemies

Iraqi Cabinet approves initial gas deal with Shell

U.S. Spied on Iraqi Leaders, Book Says By: Steve Luxenburg | The Washington Post The Bush administration has conducted an extensive spying operation on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, his staff and others in the Iraqi government, according to a new book by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward.

Iran open to talks with U.S. over Iraq

Iraqi army and police join forces in Basra

Historic trip US visit marks a milestone for Col Gaddafi's Libya

Iraqi minister in Kuwait to seek relief from war reparations

Experts: U.S. should not try Iraq militia strategy in Afghanistan

Saudi and Iraq to Enhance Security Cooperation

Iran to hold presidential election in June 2009 (Reuters)

H9 Ha’aretz Police: Indict Olmert on corruption charges Police recommend that Attorney General Mazuz charge the prime minister with bribery, fraud

Cheney tells Peres: Russia supplies weapons to terrorists

The Kadima circus In the last days before the Kadima primary, Tzipi Livni, Shaul Mofaz, Dichter and Sheetrit should speak out clearly. Their tendency to blunt their messages might be understandable to their political advisers but it is insufferable from a public point of view

Fatah leader: Al-Qaida intifada could make Hamas look like child's play

Uzi Benziman: Livni, Mofaz opposition to settler evacuation bill stems from fear

How the war was won

So as not to go the way of KadimaSo what are the Likud positions on the central issues facing Israel today? The Likud should be emphatic in maintaining the positions it has taken during its time in opposition.

Jerusalem Post Police recommend indicting Olmert on bribery charges Recommendations in Talansky, Rishon Tours cases also include money laundering, fraud; police want to grill PM again over Investment Center

Analysis: Indictment is still at the beginning of a long road We're still a relatively long way off from even the possibility of Olmert being indicted.

Peace Push Olmert still hoping
for deal with PA

John McCain - master strategist

[ CAROLINE GLICK

Security and Defense: After Abbas - a looming threat [ YAAKOV KATZ

Israel, US to hold first defense forum Defense Ministry aims to ease US export regulations on dual-use products in joint technology forum

Strategic deal that never was

"Please, call me Ron. And may I call you Menachem?"

A cabinet meeting all too fitting

Troubling signs for Olmert's successor as his gov't collapses.

Yedioth Ahronoth Police: Indict PM on bribery
After endless months of complex investigations and the political turmoil that erupted in their wake - police on Sunday recommend state indict Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on corruption charges tied to Rishontours, Talansky affairs

'Olmert could go to prison'

Legal expert says indictment recommendation serious, but attorney general may ignore police

The courage to speak up

Jackie Levy says courage, clarity on Islam are important not only for West, but for Islam itself

Desperate to make history/ Sofer Olmert slammed for ‘pathetic’ attempt to leave his mark at any price

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

Forward How To Hand Off the Peace Process to Our Next President Steven L. Spiegel

Is Al Qaeda in Gaza? By: Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed | Asharq Alawsat In terms of activities and recruitment, I think that Gaza is one of the easiest places in the world for Al Qaeda or any similar organization. Due to its historically tragic situation under the Israeli occupation, troubled Gaza has always been fertile ground for those seeking revenge or a challenge.

Progressive Nation Can Help Region By: Frida Ghitis | Miami Herald In less than two weeks, the process for replacing Israel's prime minister will begin in earnest when the ruling Kadima party holds primary elections. The leading candidates, as one would expect, have been discussing the familiar litany of problems facing the country

A New Mayor for Jerusalem By: Alex Stein | The Guardian
The city's forthcoming election hints at what might happen in Israeli elections if the peace vs. security debate wasn't dominant

Armed Palestinian Groups Train New Fighters

H10 Christian Science Monitor A new approach to Iran's nukes A loyalty test can reassure Iran and the world. By Charles D. Ferguson

Russia courts old allies, steps up defiance of the West President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that Russia is 'a nation to be reckoned with.'

U.S. begins hunting Iraq's bombmakers, not just bombs Fatalities from improvised explosive devices, the biggest killer of US troops in Iraq, declined 78 percent over the past year.

U.S. financial crisis spreads toward your wallet Banking woes, rising debt levels, and unemployment will put consumers in greater trouble, economists say.

Obama vs. McCain as change agents The conventions still left questions about the candidates' ability to change Washington

India a step closer to nuclear trade

The Nuclear Suppliers Group agreed Saturday to lift a 34-year ban on selling nuclear technology to India, even though it hasn't signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Fannie and Freddie: why the takeover Treasury said Sunday the mortgage giants will enter a conservatorship.

Getting ahead of the next big storm Government agencies and volunteer organizations are testing a new system to regroup and respond to multiple hurricanes.

Cairo disaster leaves many blaming Mubarak Many Egyptians complain the government is not doing enough to save slum-dwellers buried in a Saturday morning rock slide that killed at least 31 people.

ASIA

China Still On-Side With Russia By: Yu Bin | Asia Times
The West is engaged in a premature celebration of the death of the China-Russia relationship following Beijing's perceived lack of support for Moscow's intervention in Georgia. This is a misreading of China's evolution to normal ties with Russia after going though "honeymoon" and "divorce" periods over the past 60 years.

Banking on Neo-Confician Capitalism

Asia Pacific economic outlook – September 2008 Source: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Suicide blast death toll reaches 35 in northwest Pakistan

Heritage Foundation Olympic Invasion: China, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Russia's Aggression

The Need for a Strategic Dialogue with China CDI An 11-page analysis of how the US should avoid space warfare with China

Engaging Pakistan: Getting the Balance Right CEIP This 8-page US policy brief proposes a strategy for the US to pursue in respect of Pakistan

Pakistan's Military and National Politics

Lowy Isntitute Restraining nuclear arms in the Asian century: an agenda for Australia

Outside View: Japan's Aso renaissance (UPI) -- Although Germany shed its "historical guilt" for the 1939-45 war by the 1980s, most Japanese leaders have yet to abandon the cringing tone that they employ in the presence of those coming from countries that collectively defeated Japan. Recently resigned Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was a typical example of this, especially with regard to policy toward China.

Pakistan “suspends” main fuel supply route for NATO forces in Afghanistan

Asia Times Afghanistan's war has a new battlefield
The raids this week by United States special forces into Pakistan in search of al-Qaeda and militant leaders mark a new era for Pakistan under president-in-waiting Asif Ali Zardari. In preparation for his expected anointment this weekend, "Iron Man" Zardari, with strong backing from the US, has skillfully consolidated his hold over the security and intelligence services and is ready to prosecute the "war on terror" with a vengeance. - Syed Saleem Shahzad

Tasks for Zardari By: Farhan Bokhari and Daniel Dombey | Financial Times Bhutto’s widower, Pakistan’s likely next president, is poised to become a central figure in the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban -- but faces constraints

Asian model should have more fans A UN report points to China rather than US for lessons in stimulating growth

Big Spenders in Beijing? By: Stephen Green | The Wall Street Journal It's official: China's economy is slowing. This year, the mainland economy is forecast to expand 9.9% in real terms, down from 11.9% last year. The Ministry of Finance is hard at work on a fiscal stimulus package, and the State Council could approve it within a matter of weeks

H11 IHT Urgent aid for Pakistan By ANATOL LIEVEN Long-term economic aid is the key to strengthening Pakistan against Islamist extremism.

Poll displays West's economic pessimism People in Western Europe and the United States share an extremely negative view of the economy and place the blame squarely on their national governments, a new survey shows.

Poll results (pdf)

Roger Cohen: Real wars and the U.S. culture war The culture-war surge in the U.S. election campaign has come at the expense of meaningful debate about the real wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

German foreign minister picked to challenge Merkel Social Democrats were thrown into turmoil Sunday after their leader, Kurt Beck, said he would step down as party chairman and Frank-Walter Steinmeier was chosen to challenge Angela Merkel.

European Union struggles to hold Moscow to promises European foreign ministers met in France over the weekend to discuss how to get Russia to comply with the six-point cease-fire agreement it signed to end the Georgia war

EU split over Ukraine's path to membership By STEPHEN CASTLE

Poles, Czechs, British, Swedes and Baltic states are pressing for language stating that Ukraine will join the Union

U.S. to withdraw proposed nuclear pact with Russia The Bush administration will withdraw a civilian nuclear pact with Russia soon as a penalty for its invasion of Georgia last month, a State Department official said Friday.

Afghan civilians: Caught in the crossfire Unless the Pentagon comes up with a better strategy, the United States and its allies may well lose the war in Afghanistan.

Fuel is added to French debate over separation of religion and state

A decision by a French court to postpone a robbery trial involving a Muslim defendant until the end of the holy month of Ramadan has raised questions about whether France's secularist institutions are bending to religious demands

EUROPE European press review

European Union Labour Force Survey-Annual results 2007
Source: Eurostat Full Document (PDF; 428 KB)

Serb opposition leader resigns The head of the main opposition party in Serbia resigns after colleagues refuse to back efforts to join the EU

CER The Arab-Israeli conflict: France's dashed hopes

Ahead of a top EU diplomatic mission to Moscow, Peter Semneby, the bloc's special envoy to the South Caucasus, speaks exclusively to RFE/RL about options for influencing Russian actions in Georgia, and the silver lining in the bloc's failure to prevent the conflict. More

EurasiaNet Central Asia: Russia and United States Intensify Energy Competition A three-sided diplomatic scrum is intensifying in Central Asia, as US, Russian and Chinese officials are stepping up efforts to wring energy-export deals from regional leaders.

Flirting With Stalin By: Arkady Ostrovsky | Prospect Magazine
While 1917 saw a cultural flowering in Russia, the post-Soviet intelligentsia has failed to articulate a liberal vision and produced only shallow art. Little wonder that Putin has been able to exploit nostalgia for Soviet "greatness."

U.S. Attempts to Strengthen Ties in Azerbaijan By: Shahin Abbasov | Eurasianet For Azerbaijan, the Cheney visit signals the rapid approach of a moment when it will have to choose geopolitical sides between the United States and Russia, local experts say

Helena Cobban The longterm status of Georgia: Challenges ahead

Tymoshenko's Realism vs. Yushchenko's Politics of Hope

“Russians talk about globalization, of course. But behind this is an absolutely black and white picture: It’s ours. It’s theirs. Everybody is enemy or vassal”... more»

EDM CAN NAZARBAYEV HELP KYRGYZSTAN ESCAPE MOSCOW’S PRESSURE?

FURTHER RUSSIAN MILITARY ACTION IS POSSIBLE

THE STATE OF THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY

Why Ukraine's Pro-Western Coalition Split By: Yuri Zarakhovich | Time
Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Ukraine Thursday to bolster its pro-Western government in the wake of the Georgia debacle, but he's unlikely to save it from collapse.

Independent at Last By: Ludwig Chibirov | The Moscow Times
August 2008 will enter the annals of South Ossetian history as a month of epochal importance. For the first time in their history, Ossetians living beyond the Caucasus ridge gained their independence, giving official status to the Republic of South Ossetia

Google News Azerbaijan

Ukraine 'must live without fear'
The US vice-president reassures Ukraine that the US has a "deep and abiding interest" in the country's security

Cigarettes: Killing Russia softlyAs the Russian population declines, some health experts are warning of a "nicotine genocide." Sixty percent of male Russians smoke, and their life expectancy is just 60 years old. The number of female smokers has nearly doubled since Soviet times

Georgian President Vows to Reclaim 2 Provinces

BP's Russian defeat
a market victory

BP's agreement with its Russian partners over the running of its TNK-BP joint venture marks more than a defeat for the British company and its political chums in Westminster. A footnote to the deal may tell more about BP's tactics and intentions than the company should have allowed to be known. - John Helmer

H13 The Times How the West is losing the energy cold war

Russia's victory in Georgia is having far-reaching effects as its neighbours rethink the wisdom of selling gas and oil to Europe

Edward Lucas

This culture clash is drowning out the issues The four contenders for the White House each represent a different America. Which can win over the swing voters?

William Rees-Mogg

US government seizes control of mortgage giants Executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been replaced as the Bush administration makes federal takeover

US attacks on border may hinder chances of help from Asif Zardari

Sarah Palin continues to electrify crowds Obama's campaign is struggling to seize back voters’ attention or work out how to tackle the resurgent campaign of McCain

Nuclear go-ahead for India amid fears United States' support helped the Asian superpower's admission to the fold but detractors describe the move as a 'disaster'

Sunday Times Bhutto clan divided by Asif Ali Zardari’s rise to power

President Zardari must first win back the West By Christina Lamb: Commentary

Peres warns Israel’s hawks over Iran strike Israel's president has warned that a military attack would not tackle the threat and could even provoke a broader conflict

Putin set to bait US with nuclear aid for Tehran Russia is considering increasing its assistance to Iran’s nuclear programme in response to America’s calls for Nato expansion

The fright begins as John McCain reveals his reckless side

By Andrew Sullivan

North Korea ‘uses doubles to hide death of Kim’

Sarah Palin: northern star injects new life into lumbering campaign

Hillary Clinton unleashed to counter ‘pitbull in lipstick’ Sarah Palin By Sarah Baxter

Politicians are using the internet to harness your bright ideas By Richard Woods

A big bang and ... big problems are ignored By Simon Jenkins

Wall Street Journal U.S. Seizes Mortgage Giants The government seized Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in its most dramatic market intervention in decades. Treasury plans to replace the companies' CEOs and provide up to $200 billion as part of the rescue

Bush Owes His Successor a Tough Finish on Foreign Policy
By John R. Bolton The president shouldn't trust his legacy to Condi Rice.

Chancellor Candidate Steinmeier
Mr. Schröder's former chief of staff will take on Mrs. Merkel

Weekend at Henry's
Propping up the living dead at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Obama Has a Plan to Manage Our Oil Reserve
By John D. Shages
Supplies should match refining capacity.

Russia's BP 'Signal'
Risky business as usual.

Sarah Palin Feminism
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
Contrary to media stereotypes, evangelicals have no problem with women in the workplace.

Now Sudan Is Attacking Refugee Camps
By Mia Farrow And Eric Reeves It's a reflection of our own complacency.

Books on Presidential Administrations
Fred Siegel on books about presidential administrations

Shaky Foundations: Policy Lessons from America’s Historic Housing Crash Source: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College

H14 Financial Times US takes control of Fannie and Freddie

The US government seized control of the troubled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage groups in what could become the world’s biggest financial bail-out

Bold move trades promises for public cash The intervention by the US government in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has two key objectives: to bring down mortgage rates and ease financial market stress by making it clear that debt securities issued by these firms are safe since the US government will not allow either of them to fail

Olmert indictment call Israeli police last night recommended that Ehud Olmert, prime minister, be indicted on corruption charges in two of five probes against him. Police investigators are...

Iraq dismay at claims US spied on senior politicians Iraqi leaders expressed incredulity and disappointment yesterday over a report that US officials had spied on prime minister Nouri al-Maliki and other top Iraqi...

Candidates get personal in swing vote fight John McCain and Barack Obama are kicking off the first formal week of the general election race, signalling they plan to fight an unexpectedly conventional battle for swing voters in a handful of states in which attacks on personality will play a big role

John McCain’s speech Clive Crook’s blog: John McCain’s closing speech to the convention was disappointing. The speech concentrated mainly on his biography—again

Back to where we started from Gideon Rachman’s blog: Despite the Palin effect, it appears Obama supporters are still more enthusiastic than Republicans

How a downturn could turn into a disasterRecent research suggests global investors might be inclined to switch out of dollars much faster than some people believe, says Wolfgang Münchau

Europe must bring Ukraine into the fold The EU should begin to restore its influence in eastern Europe by putting Ukraine on a track to accession, says Tomas Valasek

Kiev needs EU more than Nato

A future membership pledge would not, in itself, protect Ukraine from outside interference. But by giving Kiev’s leaders a common goal, it would make that interference easier to resist

PM rebukes ‘hysterical’ Yushchenko

Yulia Tymoshenko accused Ukraine’s president of jeopardising both bilateral relations with Russia and western integration initiatives by labelling her a Kremlin conspirator

Manufacturers turn to US

The latest cheap manufacturing site for European companies is not in Asia or eastern Europe but the US, say top executives from some of the continent’s biggest companies

German SPD picks Steinmeier

Germany’s troubled Social Democratic party has ousted Kurt Beck, its hapless left-leaning chairman, and nominated the centrist Frank-Walter Steinmeier to run for chancellor

Iraq shock at spying claims

Opec ponders when to cut oil output in effort to boost price

Limitations of the Anglo-American 'pact with God'

Sarkozy to urge Moscow to pull back

The French president and other European Union leaders will on Monday urge Dmitry Medvedev to withdraw Russia’s forces in Georgia

Europe looks for allies against inflation The EU’s economic affairs commissioner says price instability poses a global threat – particularly in emerging markets – and calls for greater international co-ordination of monetary policy

Split looms for Serb nationalists

The acting leader of Serbia’s main opposition party stepped down at the weekend amid a rift with his imprisoned party chairman over a pre-accession accord with the EU

Quality of mercy Whoever takes the White House in November has an excellent chance to continue reforming American aid in line with emerging international standards

A delicate balance in the Freddie and Fannie action The US Treasury’s takeover of the mortgage finance companies aims to halt further devastation caused by the deleveraging hurricane, writes Mohamed El-Erian

H15 Los Angeles Times Russia ships to join Venezuela naval exercises in Caribbean

Four Russian vessels and 1,000 Russian military personnel are to participate. The move could further strain Washington-Moscow ties

Pentagon debates development of offensive cyberspace capabilities The current emphasis is on intelligence gathering and defending U.S. electronic security, but some officials think the military should know how to attack other nations' computer systems.

U.S. takes control of mortgage giants Fannie, Freddie Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. says stabilizing the firms is crucial to ending housing market turmoil.

Blog: Is it a bailout, or isn't it?

Finally, a senator By Ezra Klein

For the first time in four decades, a senator will be elected president -- and that's a good thing.

The Palin charm is a tough sell in small towns Working-class women say economic fears trump gender

Iraq's air force taking to the skies again Grounded at the start of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, the once-powerful force is being nurtured back into existence with the help of American trainers

Zardari is Pakistan's new president Lawmakers overwhelmingly vote to replace Pervez Musharraf with Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir Bhutto's widower. Many Pakistanis wonder whether the political novice can deal with the country's problems

International alliance approves U.S.-India nuclear deal The Nuclear Suppliers Group supports selling goods and services to India, but the agreement could face resistance in Congress.

U.S. needs more troops in Afghanistan, commander says

But with Petraeus set to recommend slowing the drawdown in Iraq, more forces are unlikely to be available soon to deal with rising bloodshed

China watches U.S. elections with bemusement The electoral spectacle appears chaotic and unseemly to many Chinese, used to disciplined one-party rule. It doesn't help that the media focus on the absurdities

White House disputes aspects of Iraq book by Bob Woodward

National security advisor Stephen Hadley says 'The War Within,' due out Monday, wrongly depicts Bush as detached from decision-making and misleading in public statements about the Iraq war

Iraq politician Ahmad Chalabi survives assassination attempt

A suicide bomber kills six guards in Chalabi's convoy. At least 17 people are injured

Czech official warns of crises involving Russia 'A new conflict can be created in Crimea . . . because of [Russia's] political and demographic and military presence,' Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar says

Sudan doesn't see relations improving after the U.S. election

Officials in Khartoum are renewing efforts to reach agreement with the U.S., spurred by a genocide investigation and the impending end of the Bush administration

Editorial

H16 American Politics McCain overtakes Obama with convention bounce

Latest polls

Poll: Convention lifts McCain over Obama

Gallup Daily: McCain Moves Ahead, 48% to 45%

Obama says regrets abortion answer at Saddleback forum

BBC US takes over key mortgage firms

The US government announces plans for the takeover of failing mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

The value of Freddie and Fannie

Q&A: Twin mortgage giants

Are Evangelicals Really Sold on Palin? - Amy Sullivan, Time


Palin, Evangelicals, and the Secularists - John Podhoretz, Commentary

McCain's Bias Claim - Truth or Tactic?

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

Palin Could Be an Elusive Target for Dems - Howard Fineman, Newsweek


McCain Finds the Right Wingman - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard

McCain: Rich Cabinet members may get $1 salary

Fall from grace Jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff's ties to Republican party

Some wonder if McCain's too old and wrinkly to be president

The Buchanan-Palin Connection

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Greetings from the energized GOP base By Meghan Daum Sarah Palin looks good from this family's living room

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China stakes a claim to Iraq oil China has secured Baghdad's first post-Saddam oil deal by reviving a 1997 concession to exploit reserves south of the capital.

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Look across the pond for lessons in listening We may snigger at Sarah Palin, but Britain's patronising political elite could learn a lot from an election where ordinary voters still call the shots, says Janet Daley.

Top EU official 'leaked secrets' to Chinese businessmen

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Sunday Telegraph Sarah Palin is extraordinarily ordinary

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Peacemaker Sarkozy in mission to Moscow

Palin power helps McCain draw level in race for the White House

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The Dilemma between Deterrence and Disarmament
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This 20-page paper argues that China is a potentially important partner for global disarmament

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The dark dreams of global warming

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MESH East: Near, Middle, Far

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“Interface” for “meet”? Maybe soon the word it will become a synonym for “kiss,” as in: “Interface me, baby!”... more»

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We need a Thinker Royal, not a Poet Laureate A philosopher should become our figurehead national intellectual Michael Gove

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Türk Dış Politika Gündemine Dair 7 Kısa Not 6 Eylül 2011
“Zafer İlan Et ve Kaç:” ABD ve Afganistan’dan “Sorumluca” Çekilmenin Mantığı 23 Haziran 2011
Orta Doğu'da Durum Raporu 25 Mayıs 2011
Bin Ladin’in Öldürülmesi Üzerine Notlar 25 Mayıs 2011
Bin Ladin’in Öldürülmesi Üzerine 15 Kısa Not 3 Mayıs 2011
ABD ve Karadeniz Nisan 2011

Türkiye Beşar’a Ne Demeli? Suriye'de “52 Cuma” Reformsuz Geçmez 20 Nisan 2011
Amerika-Sonrası Dünyanın Provası Olarak Libya Krizi ve Türkiye 22 Mart 2011
“Demokratikleştiremediklerimizden misiniz?”: Orta Doğu’daki Değişim Dalgasının Neden, Şekil ve Olası Sonuçları 10 Şubat 2011
Analiz Üzerine Notlar 14 Ocak 2011
Wikileaks Üzerine Notlar ve Yorumlar 23 Aralık 2010
Enerji ve Güvenliği Üzerine Notlar 29 Kasım 2010
Amerikan Travması ve Kongre Seçimleri 23 Kasım 2010
Füze Savunması Üzerine 20 Soru ve 5 Seçenek 20 Ekim 2010
Obama Ekibinde Yaprak Dökümü - Beyaz Saray’dan Kaçış mı? 12 Ekim 2010
"Kürt Devleti" Üzerine Notlar ve Çeşitlemeler 23 Eylül 2010
Mullen’ın Ankara Ziyareti 7 Eylül 2010
ABD’nin Afganistan’daki Seçenekleri 24 Ağustos 2010
Financial Times Haberinin Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Üzerine Düşündürttükleri 18 Ağustos 2010
İsrail-ABD-İran-Türkiye Dörtgeni 26 Temmuz 2010
Bay Netanyahu Washington’a Gitti: Böyle mi Olacaktı, Obama? 16 Temmuz 2010
Stratejik Dehlizlerde Derinlik Sarhoşluğu: Bir AKP Dış Politikası Eleştirisi Temmuz 2010
Rus Casusluk Olayı: "John Le Carre mi, Austin Powers mı?" 5 Temmuz 2010
“Mahalleye Hoş Geldin”:Türkiye’nin Orta Doğu’da İlk Günü 02 Haziran 2010
Nükleer Takas: “Savaşı Bitiren Anlaşma” mı, “Acem Oyunu” mu? 20 Mayıs 2010
ABD Irak’tan Çekilirken Riskler ve Hesaplar 1 Mayıs 2010
ABD-İsrail İlişkilerinde “Normalleşme” Sancıları 22 Nisan 2010
Obama’nın Nükleer Cazibe Taarruzu: Bardağın Üçte Biri Dolu 9 Nisan 2010
ABD-İsrail İlişkilerinde “Tektonik Kayma” mı? 5 Nisan 2010
Irak Seçimleri: Sonun Başlangıcı, Başlangıcın Sonu 19 Mart 2010
Ermeni Karar Tasarısı Üzerine Notlar, Yorumlar ve Öneriler 8 Mart 2010
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Bütçe Açığı ve Amerikan Gerilemesinin Ekonomi Politiği 19 Şubat 2010
Cemaat-skeptic 6 Ocak 2010
AKP bir seçim daha kazanırsa burası FC olur 4 Ocak 2010
ABD bu işin neresinde? 29 Aralık 2009
Türkiye-Ermenistan Protokolü Üzerine Düşünceler 3 Eylül 2009
"Obama’nın Savaşı":AfPak Üzerine Notlar 20 Nisan 2009
Obama’nın Ardından 17 Nisan 2009
Obama’nın Türkiye Gezisi ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri 19 Mart 2009
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
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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 -
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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
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Askerî Alanda Devrim: Askerî Bir Senfoni Ocak 2004
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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
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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
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