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H1 Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft: "America and the World" (Basic Books) Real Audio

Washington Post Reduced Dominance Is Predicted for U.S.

Analyst Previews Report to Next President An intelligence forecast being prepared for the next president on future global risks envisions a steady decline in U.S. dominance in the coming decades, as the world is reshaped by globalization, battered by climate change, and destabilized by regional upheavals over shortages of food, water and...

Caution Over Confrontation

By David Ignatius, The White House Georgia strategy looks more like Obama's response than McCain's.

Los Angeles Times U.S. still weighing stronger action against Russia, officials say Testifying before a Senate panel, two officials defend the Bush administration's response to the Georgia crisis. One suggests the U.S. will allow Russia's de facto rule in two breakaway republics

CSBA - The Challenges to U.S. National Security Defeating Violent Islamist Radicalism - Hedging Against a Hostile China - Preparing for a Proliferated World By Andrew Krepinevich, Robert Work, Robert Martinage

Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: U.S. Troop Allocations and Future Priorities The United States is withdrawing troops from Iraq and allocating more to Afghanistan -- but this is just the beginning of the U.S. military's upcoming challenges.

NPQ Aleksandr Dugin: FOR A 'PAX RUSSICA' -- A EURASIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST THE U.S.

After the War: Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush
Source: RAND Corporation Summary (PDF; 234 KB)
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Dick Cheney Mistakenly Staked on Caspian Kommersant Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev gave his American guest a cold welcome and sent a clear message that Baku won’t support the idea to redirect the energy resources pipelines so that they would omit Russia. He came to that conclusion watching the developments in the neighboring Georgia

Russia's Colonial Aspirations By: Amir Taheri | Asharq Alawsat
Russia has just invented a new kind of state: one in which the land is supposedly independent but the inhabitants are citizens of another country.

What's the difference between Palin and Muslim fundamentalists? Lipstick | Salon

Worshiping the Indispensable Nation by Andrew Bacevich and Tom Engelhardt

Guardian A very quiet surge Lawrence Korb and Sean Duggan: Bush's troop reductions in Iraq won't relieve the strain on US forces, while the troop increase in Afghanistan is insufficient

No, we are not all Georgians

Lionel Beehner: Dick Cheney's pledge of solidarity with Georgia is all about antagonising Russia, securing oil and helping the Republicans

White women now deserting Obama Barack Obama's poll lead reversed after selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate

The General's Dilemma David Petraeus, the Pressures of Politics, and the Road Out of Iraq New America Foundation

Wall Street Journal The Foreign Policy DifferenceBy Fouad Ajami Obama offers a sharp break with the postwar consensus on American exceptionalism.

Russia's Next Target Could Be Ukraine
By Leon Aron The Kremlin wants the home of its Black Sea fleet. It will say there's a Russian minority to 'protect.'

Palin Helps McCain Catch Obama McCain's choice of running mate has shaken up the race. A new WSJ/NBC poll finds a dead heat: 46% favor Obama, 45% favor McCain. (Results)

McClatchy Federal deficit soars, but McCain, Obama offer no answers

Experts: Bush's Iraq withdrawal small because gains are, too

Christian Science Monitor Bush's troop cuts in Iraq: larger questions His announcement raises concerns about the ability and loyalty of the ‘Sons of Iraq’ neighborhood-watch program.

Russians hail Georgia deal as big win This week's deal to end the Russia-Georgia war may drive wedge between US and EU.

With oil prices falling, O.P.E.C. weighs cuts Ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meet Tuesday in Vienna and may unofficially ease back on production levels that are above OPEC quotas.

New York Times FIRST CHAPTER; ‘Hot, Flat, and Crowded’ By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Editorial Still No Exit President Bush wants to have it both ways — claiming success in tamping down violence in Iraq and yet refusing to make the hard choices that would flow from that.

Russia’s Recognition of Georgian Areas Raises Hopes of Its Own Separatists

Iraqi Parliament Returns to Tackle Issue of Election Law

Living to Bomb Another Day

By RONEN BERGMAN It may well be that we are witnessing a shift toward advanced technologies that will enable jihadist bombers to carry out attacks and live to fight another day.

IHT Terrorism and counterterrorism By RICHARD BARRETT The international community must continue to undermine the specious claims of Al Qaeda, while strengthening the legitimacy of its counterterrorist actions

CLIMATE CHANGE With millions under threat, inaction is unethical By MAUMOON ABDUL GAYOOM Climate change threatens to rewrite borders, cause conflicts and violate individual fundamental rights on a scale at least comparable with the major wars of the 20th century.

The Times EU fails to offer Ukraine membership Europe offered a closer bond to Ukraine but the Union stopped short of promising Kiev future membership for which it yearns

EU right to avoid Ukraine accession gamble Ukraine's sheer size puts it far beyond the kind of expansion that the EU could begin to consider at the moment

Veiled faces banned under new school rules The veil and the burka will be banned for those working at or visiting Dutch schools, including parents, under a tightening of the law

Ha’aretz – Bradley Burston: Seven ways Israel could haunt the U.S. campaign

U.S. Seeks to Define Israel's Security Interests - Amos Harel

Jerusalem Post Israeli leaders consider Bushehr's imminent opening Russia has announced plant will be completed by year's end; US envoy James Jones here to talk about security after Palestinian state formed.

The Bomb in the basement

By LOUIS RENÉ BERES Discussions of a nuclear Iran assume rationality - but what if Teheran becomes a nuclear suicide bomber?

Asia Times When success is failure in Iraq Bush administration and the John McCain presidential campaign are pounding the "success" and even the "victory" drums over Iraq. There is another reality: for all the talk over the years about "tipping points" reached, and "corners" turned, it's possible the US might be heading for a genuine tipping point - a resounding defeat at the hands of the very government it has supported all these years. - Michael Schwartz

Iran wants Hamas to help, but not win The relationship between Hamas and Iran has become one of the major obstacles to Palestinian peace. Unlike Hezbollah, there are limits to what Iran offers Hamas - a Sunni group not fully eligible for "full honors". But Hamas does not take orders from Tehran, it uses Iran, just as much as Iran uses it, to achieve objectives in Palestine. - Sami Moubayed

Paulson placates China, Russia for now
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson had little choice but to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with China and Russia holding large amounts of their debt. Doing nothing would have left no further reason for other countries to invest in US government-guaranteed obligations. That day of reckoning has now merely been delayed. - Julian Delasantellis

• 'Iran's Faltering Economy' by Michael Rubin, Euro-Atlantic Quarterly

Yedioth Ahronoth Iran, Hizbullah, and the bomb

Can Israel strike Iran? Is Hizbullah seeking revenge? Ronen Bergman has some answers

What happened to Obama?/ Sommer Udi Sommer explains why charismatic presidential hopeful has failed to sweep general public thus far

Dangerous peace talks Giora Eiland presents worrying questions regarding our current negotiations with Syria

Jewish impact on US democracy Jewish participation in US politics greater than in any European country

Debka US-Russian naval rivalries heat up over Black, Caspian, Persian Gulf seas

Financial Times Italy upsets US over Georgia Once a favoured ally rewarded for his support of the US invasion of Iraq, Silvio Berlusconi has evolved into an irritant for the White House in handling Russia’s invasion of Georgia

Opec makes surprise cut to oil output Opec surprised the oil markets by announcing that it would make a small but symbolic reduction in its output because the oil cartel views the market as oversupplied

Crude prices fall below $100 mark

Ukraine’s EU hopes dashed

The EU declined to offer Ukraine the long-term prospect of membership, frustrating Ukrainian officials who said the bloc had thrown away a golden opportunity to stabilise its eastern frontier and encourage reform

Energy group urges Bush to back new gas pipeline

Five swing states could hold key to the Oval Office The US presidential race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain could boil down again to a nail-biter in which a few counties in Ohio settle the outcome

Moscow facing lending crisis An exodus of foreign capital is forcing Russian banks to slash lending as the international reaction to the military standoff with Georgia starts to affect the real economy

Investors give Iran funds cold shoulder There is reluctance to invest Gulf petrodollars in Iran because of historical tensions, concerns about Tehran’s nuclear programme and the hawkish stance of the US

Steinmeier at helm Germany’s Social Democratic is being dragged back into the centre. But the job will not be easy for Merkel’s new challenger

India nuke deal will help limit Iran, says US Washington argues that its accord with New Delhi will rein in Iran’s nuclear programme and bolster the international non-proliferation system, as it pushes for congressional approval of the agreement

Growth can be about better – not more John Kay reveals the truth about consumption. We use a lot of stuff. The average European gets through 50 tonnes a year. But the amount is not increasing, writes John Kay

The day McCain’s party blew its political advantage Palin lacks security skills, says James Carville

Brown breaks convention to praise Obama

Der Spiegel Letter from Berlin: Steinmeier Unlikely to Oust Merkel in 2009

Guardian Dilip Hiro: Walking the line in Pakistan

• 'The Right Return' (Palestinian refugees) by Chuck Freilich, The American Interest

EurasiaNet Iran: Tehran Makes a Cautious Move toward Moscow The Caucasus crisis, precipitated by Russia’s incursion into Georgia, created the possibility of a grand bargain between US and Iranian leaders, under which Tehran could have made a deal on its nuclear program in return for a commitment to develop Iran into a transit state for Caspian Basin energy. The window of opportunity for such a deal now seems to be closed, as Iranian and American experts say the Bush administration never seriously pursued Iranian diplomatic overtures to explore such a trade-off.

view: The next crisis —F Stephen Larrabee Daily Times

EDM RUSSIA ASSEMBLES ITS ALLIES AND PONDERS THE CONTENT OF ITS “PRIVILEGED INTERESTS”

- VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY’S VISIT TO BAKU RAISES SPECULATIONS

Asia Times SPENGLER
A comedy of areas Two of Washington's beacons of liberty - Georgia and Ukraine - won't even exist in the not-so-distant future. Not everyone is going to make it, Carlin always said, and that goes for desert countries with no food and former Soviet republics where there aren't any babies

H2 ASAM Analizleri

Murat Yetkin Azerbaycan’la güven tazeleme

MESH Comment on Turkey’s troubles in the Caucasus by Malik Mufti

8 ay içinde 601 PKK'lı öldürüldü

HOW WE FIGHT Program 3: Terrorists - Thursday, October 30, 2008, 8PM Stefano Savona?s Notes of a Kurdish Rebel follows a group of young, idealistic fighters in the mountains of Northern Iraq as they prepare to cross into Turkey

VOA Deniz Feneri Skandalı

Gül'ün Erivan ziyareti

ABD Dışişleri Bakan Yardımcısı Dan Freed, Cumhurbaşkanı Gül'ün Erivan gezisini övdü.

EDM ONGOING TRADE CRISIS DEMONSTRATES TURKEY’S LACK OF LEVERAGE AGAINST RUSSIA

"Yolun yarısını geçtik"

Qantara.de - Interview with Orhan Pamuk - "Winning the Nobel Prize Made Everything Political"

APA - Turkey’s effort to save from Western-Russian confrontation – ANALYSIS

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

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

Gov’t to launch action plan to take on terrorism

Cevdet Aşkın DTP'den Kürt sorunu için diplomatik atak, PKK 'vites' yükseltti, çatışmalarda kritik 2 ay

[Yorum - Muhammed Nureddin] Türkiye'nin, bölgenin istikrarındaki olumlu rolü

Başbuğ'la görüşen sivil toplumdan DTP'ye eleştiri

HOW WE FIGHT Program 3: Terrorists - Thursday, October 30, 2008, 8PM Stefano Savona?s Notes of a Kurdish Rebel follows a group of young, idealistic fighters in the mountains of Northern Iraq as they prepare to cross into Turkey

Kürt Ergenekonu'nun derin cinayetleri –

Ilımlı Kürtler çatışmaların büyümesini önlüyor

DTP'li başkana 10 ay hapis

DTP'nin savunmasını Ahmet Türk yapacak

Irak F-16’ları kime karşı kullanacak?

Cement Workers Protest in Iraqi Kurdistan

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

Gül urges Baku to be open to dialogue with Yerevan

CHP ve MHP artık AB taraftarı değil

MHP: Tepkimiz AB'ye değil, Erivan ziyaretine

Amanda Akçakoca EU impressed with Turkish diplomacy

Emin Pazarcı Gül’ün zor ziyareti

Sadi Somuncuoğlu Birinci raunt kaybedildi, sıra ikinci rauntta

Nasuhi Güngör AB, hükümetin kulağını çeker mi?

Yavuz Baydar An insider’s summary of ‘football diplomacy’

Georgia, NATO, the EU and Turkey by ALİ YURTTAGÜL*

Türkiye, Karadeniz'i kaptırmaz -

National program not 'national' enough for opposition

Ankara-Yerevan diplomacy accelerating

BM Kıbrıs Özel Danışmanı Ankara'da

'Neglecting Turkey a big mistake'

• Bakan'dan Ermenistan'a müthiş tekli...

Both Parties Include Cyprus in Their Political Platforms
Greek News -

Makam aracımı bile Ermeni sınırından geçirmedim

Türk kızları da Hayastan* diye bağıracak mı?

CHP yine randevu vermedi; Ulusal Program 'iadeli taahhütlü' gönderildi

KKTC’yi tanımayız

Greek-American questions Turkey's EU admission

Ada'daki '3 Eylül' rüzgârı umut vermiyor -

1. Rusya Montrö’nün yenilenmesini istiyor

Armenia and Turkey Probe Normalization of Relations By: Marianna Grigoryan | Eurasianet

AP Başkan Yardımcısı Scott: Türkiye AB için çok önemli stratejik bir ülke

Talat: Brüksel'de AB'nin sürece müdahale etmemesi mesajını verecek

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

Çelik: Devlet, özele ‘Parayı vereyim sen okut’ diyebilir

Alanya'da mayo yasağı tartışması

NYT EXPLORER | TRUVA, TURKEY; Searching for an Epic’s Origins

Arseniği sadece Türkiye tartışıyor!

TÜSİAD: Şebeke suyu özel sektöre açılsın

Erkeklerin tahtını sallayan kadınlar! –

Google internet için uzaya çıkıyor

Kamil Pasha » How Creationism Entered Turkey’s Schools

H3 Zekeriya Karaman’a elden 755 bin Euro

Başbakan kontrolü kaybetti, hanedanlığını kurtarma telaşında

7 milyon euro aldık ama Alman derneğiyle ilişkimiz yok

10 soruda Deniz Feneri

İşte belge Zahid Akman!

Bunlar şantaj kokan hareketler

Doğan'ın hapislik manipülasyonu

Mahkemede çifte tekzip

Bu yardım AKP'yi kapatma nedeni

Fener’in Türkiye bağlantısı

Deniz Feneri davasında Erdoğan azarı

Doğan'ın 60 milyon dolarlık kağıt vurgunu

Petrol Ofisi'nde fatura kabarık

Umut yeni orta sınıf

Savcı Öz'ün yazacağı ek iddianameyi etkilemeye çalışıyorlar

Ergenekon savcısı görevini yapıyor maksatlı haberleri yadırgıyorum

'Dişli değil, çark'

Başbuğ, akreditasyon kriterini genişletti

Paranın teslim yeri Başbakan

Deniz Feneri davasının Alman komiseri: Holdingin adı 'Beyaz' öyleyse AK Partilidir

Bahçeli sert yüklendi!

Her yol Deniz Feneri’ne çıkıyor

Davada tanıdık isimler var

RTÜK'ün kritik toplantısı iptal

Erdoğan: Bağrışmalara pabuç bırakmayacağız

Sanıklar bağışları zimmetine geçirdi

Deniz Feneri için yasa değişti

AKP'li üyelerin Akman için 'mazeret' manevrası

RTÜK Başkanı'na açılan dava Erdoğan'ın iznini bekliyor

Şahin: Savcılar resen harekete geçebilir

MASAK neden sessiz?

Topbaş: Hilton'a imar artışı veremeyiz

'Avanta veriyorlar'

Devlet Denetleme Kurumu el koysun

Baykal'a Anayasa Mahkemesi'nin kararını hatırlattı

4. Akman görevden çekildi mi?

Şahin, 301'den yargılama izni verdi

'Cumhuriyet savcıları gereğini yapmalıdır'

İçki timi kararından çark etti

Akman çekilmiş sayılır

Atalay Almanlara baskı yaptı mı

Doğan benden talepte bulundu

Sahte bağış makbuzları 35 dosyayı dolduruyor

Erdoğan'a tek sent bile göndermedik

Öz'e inceleme rutin uygulama

Başbuğ'dan Yeni Şafak'a iki davetiye

Bakan ile Kadir Topbaş arasındaki rekabet Kadir Topbaş ile Mehmet Ali Şahin arasında kıyasıya bir rekabet yaşanıyor.

Okkır’ın ölümü ağır bir insan hakkı ihlalidir

AKP’li üyelerden Zahid Akman’a mazeret kalkanı

Gül’ün atadığı 23 yeni rektörden 16’sı türban özgürlükçüsü

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman GH Türkiye

Cengiz Çandar 'Erdoğan-Doğan Savaşı'nı Ermenistan'dan izlerken

Ahmet Taşgetiren Genel seçim kaçınılmaz

Ruşen - Çakır

Taha Akyol Frekans meselesi

Fikret Bila Yolsuzlukla mücadelenin gereği

Hasan Cemal Erdoğan, bu kadar kırık notla sınıfta çakar!

Murat Yetkin Azerbaycan’la güven tazeleme

İsmet Berkan Memleketin birinde...

Fehmi Koru Toz duman dağıldığında...

Taha Kıvanç 'Biat medyası'ndan son haberler

Şamil Tayyar Baykal nasıl rejim sorunu oldu?

Mustafa Karaalioğlu Gerilim biterse Baykal biter

Ali Bayramoğlu Önce medya, merkez medya…

Yasemin Çongar

Asker-sivil el ele
MEHMET ALİ KIŞLALI

Erdoğan-Doğan!..
AVNİ ÖZGÜREL

Ertuğrul Özkök Kopenhag'da böyle bir semt yok

Ahmet Hakan Hasar tespit raporu

M Ali Birand Org. Başbuğ’un, ince ayar operasyonu …

Cüneyt Ülsever Başbakan neden hiddetli?

Enis Berberoğlu

Oktay Ekşi Bir kitap özeti

Bekir Coşkun Başbakan ile karpuzcu...

Ece Temelkuran Daniska makamından bir türkü: Denizfeneri

Güngör Uras Kuvvetler ayrılığı yok olursa ‘yürütme’ sınır tanımaz

Öfkelenme ayrıcalığı olanlar ve olmayanlar TÜRKER ALKAN

‘En yenilikçi’ türbanlı... ORAL ÇALIŞLAR

[HABER YORUM] Savcıya, Bakanlık üzerinden vurma taktiği

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL

Biz şimdi yolsuzluğu desteklemiş mi olduk?

KÜRŞAT BUMİN

Bunun adı 'sıfır tolerans' mı oluyor?

HAKAN ALBAYRAK

“Topyekün Savaş”çı Doğan Grubu'na haddini bildirmek

İBRAHİM KAHVECİ

Petrol Ofisi ve yetim hakkı

Sabahattin Önkibar İşte belge Zahid Akman!

Mustafa Akyol Sosyal devletin zararları (II)

Oray Eğin En önemli tanık neden suskun?

Tufan Türenç Niccolo Machiavelli ve Makyavelizm

Özdemir İnce

Retired Gen. Kürşat Atılgan: Politics is not done in uniform

Mehmet Kamış Değişimi okuyamamak

Mustafa Ünal Yargı reformu, hemen şimdi

Turan Alkan Yılan görmüş gibi

Ali Bulaç Tutum olarak laiklik

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Başbakan dedikodu yapmaz

Yalçın Doğan Yedi ülkede daha can acıtan sahneler

Hadi Uluengin Patronlar ve gazeteciler (I)

[Yorum - M. Naci Bostancı] Van'ın sureti paşalara da konuştu mu?

Güneri Civaoğlu Edebali Hazretlerinin Osman Gazi'ye vasiyeti

Gülay Göktürk Başbakan çıldırmış olmalı

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Kafkasya'dan Kıbrıs'a...

Aslında ne oluyor?
HALUK ŞAHİN

İhlas! NAMIK KEMAL ZEYBEK

ERDAL ŞAFAK Düşmanları barıştırmak

ENGİN ARDIÇ Miniminiler sivildirler

ERGUN BABAHAN Medya ve muhalefet

EMRE AKÖZ Mega kentin mega rantı

Umur Talu Özgürlük derken, mertlik şartı!

OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
Başbuğ gazetecilerle görüşecek

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

Rant istasyonunda trafik

NAZLI ILICAK Vatandaşlıktan atılan Ermeni

MEHMET BARLAS Muhafelet boşluğunu Doğan medyası doldurabilir mi?

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

YAVUZ DONAT Bir yönetim modeli

Ekonomi

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu Sanayi üretiminde büyüme

Erdal Sağlam

Ege Cansen Gerçek sıkı para politikası

Kerem Alkin Merkez Bankası eylülde aceleci davranmasın

52 ülke arasında mali istikrarı en kötü olan ülke Türkiye

Enflasyon yavaşlıyor mu?
MUSTAFA AYSAN

Tutsat piyasalarına derin müdahale
METİN ERCAN

Almanların bilmediği!
UĞUR GÜRSES

İbrahim Öztürk Long-term risks for Turkey (2)

Hurşit Güneş Meyve sektöründe artış sadece zeytin ve fındıkta

H4 New York Times FIRST CHAPTER; ‘Hot, Flat, and Crowded’ By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Wall Street’s Fears on Lehman Bros. Batter Markets Investors were gripped by fears that another big financial institution might founder — and that the government might not come to the rescue.

Political Memo: Feeling a Challenge, Obama Sharpens His Silver Tongue

Editorial Still No Exit President Bush wants to have it both ways — claiming success in tamping down violence in Iraq and yet refusing to make the hard choices that would flow from that.

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

From the Gut Whoever slipped that Valium into Barack Obama’s coffee needs to be found and arrested by the Democrats because Obama has gone from cool to cold.

MAUREEN DOWD My Fair Veep Now all Sarah Palin has to do is prove that she can be the leader of the free world on a moment’s notice, and field dress Vladimir Putin as adeptly as she can a moose.

For ’08 Rivals, a Skein of Ties to Loan Giants Senators Obama and McCain each cite the mess at Fannie and Freddie as a consequence of lobbying, but each has ties of his own

Russia’s Recognition of Georgian Areas Raises Hopes of Its Own Separatists

Moscow Will Keep Troops in Georgia Enclaves

Iraqi Parliament Returns to Tackle Issue of Election Law

Living to Bomb Another Day

By RONEN BERGMAN It may well be that we are witnessing a shift toward advanced technologies that will enable jihadist bombers to carry out attacks and live to fight another day.

Libertarians for Obama?

By CHRIS SUELLENTROP

Republicans, says an economics professor, have ignored libertarians and become the party of war and unlimited government

Widower of Bhutto Takes Office in Pakistan

North Korean Leader Is Very Ill, U.S. Official Says

H5 Washington Post Reduced Dominance Is Predicted for U.S.

Analyst Previews Report to Next President An intelligence forecast being prepared for the next president on future global risks envisions a steady decline in U.S. dominance in the coming decades, as the world is reshaped by globalization, battered by climate change, and destabilized by regional upheavals over shortages of food, water and...

Caution Over Confrontation

By David Ignatius, The White House Georgia strategy looks more like Obama's response than McCain's.

In Hunt for Bin Laden, a New Approach Predator drones are increasingly used to search for the al-Qaeda leader after efforts were stymied by an inability to develop informants, officials say.

A Portrait of a Man Defined by His Wars President Bush still has few doubts, but he has tempered his rhetoric over seven years

By Bob Woodward

Inside Bush's Surge By Dan Froomkin

The Commander in Speech

By Dana Milbank, "The president," Bob Woodward writes in his new book, "talked irritably of how he believed there was an 'elite' class in America that thought he could do nothing right."

Petraeus: Iraq Is 'Central Front' for Extremists

Most Members of Iraq Coalition Preparing to Pull Up Stakes

Obama Says McCain Has Erred by Focusing on Change

Palin Energizing Women From All Walks of Life

McCain Camp Sees An Insult in a Saying Obama Called Policies 'Lipstick on a Pig'

Zardari, Karzai Pledge New Era of Cooperation

Democrats Start on Energy Plan

Bill Would Permit Increased Drilling off Atlantic, Gulf Coasts

How to Beat McCain's Bounce

By Harold Meyerson, No wonder Republicans have been criticizing identity politics all these years. It works.

As Campaign Heats Up, Untruths Can Become Facts Before They're Undone

Federal Shortfall To Double This Year Next President To Inherit Deficit Of $500 Billion

Palin Hits The Motherload

By Ruth Marcus, Is there a mother around who heard Palin's story and didn't reflect on her own choices

Health-Care Realism By Robert J. Samuelson, The central health-care problem is not improving coverage. It's controlling costs.

Trig's Breakthrough

By Michael Gerson, Page A15

There was a third civil rights barrier broken at the political conventions this year.

N. Korean Leader Thought To Be Ill

Kim Didn't Appear At Key Celebration

H6 Guardian Bush limits Iraq troop withdrawal Only 8,000 US troops will come home by February while president orders 'quiet surge' in Afghanistan

A very quiet surge Lawrence Korb and Sean Duggan: Bush's troop reductions in Iraq won't relieve the strain on US forces, while the troop increase in Afghanistan is insufficient

No, we are not all Georgians

Lionel Beehner: Dick Cheney's pledge of solidarity with Georgia is all about antagonising Russia, securing oil and helping the Republicans

White women now deserting Obama Barack Obama's poll lead reversed after selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate

Tomasky Talk: How to solve the Palin problem

Pakistan 'must take responsibility for extremists'

Obama faces lurking forces of darkness Simon Tisdall: The Democratic contender has been rattled by Sarah Palin, but it will be a greater challenge to present himself as the first post-racial candidate

Nato rewrites rules for Afghanistan

Interactive: America's forgotten war

Bush sounds the retreat from Iraq Robert Fox: The hubristic talk of 'victory' in Iraq is long-gone, but will the painful lessons prevent a similar debacle in Afghanistan?

The world's verdict will be harsh if the US rejects the man it yearns for

Jonathan Freedland: An America that disdains Obama for his global support risks turning current anti-Bush feeling into something far worse

The Olympics party is over. Now China has to clean up Isabel Hilton: The games showed off the country's power and apparent wealth, but its pollution and hidden poverty must be faced

Terrorism intelligence report shelved Report believed to criticise police and MI5 over exchanges of information and missed tip-offs

This is what happens when a crime is redefined as war Simon Jenkins: The proper investigation of terrorist conspiracy has been wrecked by cynical politics. Meddling has again made us less safe

Cowboy justice Richard Norton-Taylor: The US's sledgehammer approach to investigations around terror attacks is as ineffective as it is blunt

Still Frozen in Moscow By: Julian Borger | Despite Nicolas Sarkozy's efforts, Nato and the EU are powerless to prevent Russia staying on in Georgia.

Welcome to Britain - if you're a maths teacher or sheep shearer

New rules on recruiting workers from outside EU to exclude doctors and nurses

Zardari offers Karzai olive branch

Afghan leader present at inauguration of new Pakistan president, signalling thaw in relations

H7 Reduced Dominance Is Predicted for US

Asia Times Iran wants Hamas to help, but not win The relationship between Hamas and Iran has become one of the major obstacles to Palestinian peace. Unlike Hezbollah, there are limits to what Iran offers Hamas - a Sunni group not fully eligible for "full honors". But Hamas does not take orders from Tehran, it uses Iran, just as much as Iran uses it, to achieve objectives in Palestine. - Sami Moubayed

Misperceptions about Islam - Bernard Lewis (Foreign Policy)

Washington Institute The Persian Gulf's 'Occupied Territory': The Three-Island Dispute

Iran's Nuclear Program: The Next President's Options By: Adam Wolfe | World Politics Review
Both U.S. presidential candidates agree that Iran's pursuit of nuclear technology is a serious threat to national security, but neither has presented a serious strategy for dealing with the problem

Achievements and Goals in Iraq By: Trudy Rubin | Miami Herald
This month, Gen. David Petraeus will end his tenure as top commander in Iraq. He moves to an equally challenging job this fall as chief of U.S. Central Command, overseeing the entire Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan. In that post, he'll be confronting the growing jihadi threat on the AfghanPakistan border

U.S. Losing Ground, Sway to Iran By: Claude Salhani | The Middle East Times Iran seems to be gaining ground and influence in the Levant, much to the detriment of the United States, its European allies and pro-democracy movements in the region. Indeed, recent developments in the Middle East have not unfolded entirely in favor of the United States or its other ally in the region, Lebanon

Israeli Attack on Iran Timed Between November and January? By: Olivier Guitta | The Middle East Times
Since Iran is a much bigger threat than Syria was and since the diplomatic efforts and sanctions have led almost nowhere, the question is not if Israel will strike but rather when. One of the people convinced of this outcome is French President Nicolas Sarkozy

America and the World Into a New Era – Part III

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

Bush reshuffles war zone troops

President George W Bush orders 8,000 US soldiers back from Iraq and 4,500 reinforcements to go to Afghanistan by February.

Will plan affect the election?

Iraqi Parliament Still Gridlocked Over Provincial-Election Law

Bush's Troop Withdrawal Modest Because Gains in Iraq Are Fragile, Officials Say

Sunnis Need Role in Iraq

Opec agrees oil production curb

Opec tells its members to limit their production to agreed quotas as Brent crude dips below $100 for the first time since April.

Iraqi Govt Vows Not to Let Down Awakening Forces

Iraqi Shi'ite Lawmaker Uneasy Over Ba'athist Roles

Iraqi Parliament Begins Key Session in Green Zone

Iran Won't Get Russian Missile System Soon, US Says

H9 Ha’aretz – Bradley Burston: Seven ways Israel could haunt the U.S. campaign

U.S. Seeks to Define Israel's Security Interests - Amos Harel

Israelis in D.C. suburb shaken up after swastikas painted on homes

Lili Galili: Tzipi Livni is more Obama than she is Hillary

Peres: Very small difference between Israel, PA positions on borders

Jerusalem Post Israeli leaders consider Bushehr's imminent opening

Russia has announced plant will be completed by year's end; US envoy James Jones here to talk about security after Palestinian state formed.

The Bomb in the basement

By LOUIS RENÉ BERES
Discussions of a nuclear Iran assume rationality - but what if Teheran becomes a nuclear suicide bomber?

Website: Croatia has sold S300 to Iran Israeli intel can't confirm report, but says Zagreb did obtain anti-aircraft platform after fall of USSR.

'Barghouti cannot unite Palestinians' Analysts say Fatah leader strong in Ramallah but weak in Hamas, Jihad strongholds in West Bank.

Russia seeks Israeli know-how on the smallest scale What does the largest nation on earth need to import from our tiny, crowded state?

The devils' Bible?Did Nazi leaders sign a copy of the New Testament as they faced judgment?

Yedioth Ahronoth Iran, Hizbullah, and the bomb

Can Israel strike Iran? Is Hizbullah seeking revenge? Ronen Bergman has some answers

What happened to Obama?/ Sommer Udi Sommer explains why charismatic presidential hopeful has failed to sweep general public thus far

Dangerous peace talks Giora Eiland presents worrying questions regarding our current negotiations with Syria

Jewish impact on US democracy Jewish participation in US politics greater than in any European country

'Israel dividing PA families'
Human rights group B'Tselem releases new report accusing State of trying to split Palestinians into two separate populations in West Bank, Gaza. 'Palestinians are turned into illegal residents in their own homes,' report says
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Iran demands UN action

Tehran asks for 'resolute and clear response' to 'dangerous threats' against it by Israeli minister

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

Hamas begins stepping out from Jordan's crosshairs
By Yossi Alpher

H10 Christian Science Monitor Bush's troop cuts in Iraq: larger questions His announcement raises concerns about the ability and loyalty of the ‘Sons of Iraq’ neighborhood-watch program.

Russians hail Georgia deal as big win This week's deal to end the Russia-Georgia war may drive wedge between US and EU.

With oil prices falling, O.P.E.C. weighs cuts Ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meet Tuesday in Vienna and may unofficially ease back on production levels that are above OPEC quotas.

Growth cheery, but economy glum A disconnect: Pocketbook well-being has fallen behind productivity gains.

McCain, Obama see different futures for Fannie, Freddie

Both candidates back US takeover. But McCain sees some level of privatization; Obama is less specific about what comes next

Transatlantic bomb plot: inconclusive verdict The trial, which ended Monday, highlights key differences between US, British counterterrorism approaches.

North Korea: Kim Jong Il's absence sparks concern as nuclear deal stalls The leader, who missed Tuesday's celebration of his country's 60th anniversary, has periodically been reported ill. But the speculation this time assumes greater urgency

Don't be swept away by hype in the Palin campaign The media's job is to unearth facts, not repeat myths.

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CRS “India-U.S. Relations,” updated August 12, 2008.

“Pakistan-U.S. Relations,” updated August 25, 2008.

The Lucky Country No Longer? By: Philip Bowring | Asia Sentinel
Having lived far beyond its means for far too long, Australia faces slowing growth and rising inflation.

Deadly Airstrike on School Set up by bin Laden Friend, Jalal-uddin Haqqani By: Zahid Hussain | The London Times
The attack by unmanned American drone aircraft was the third aimed at militant leaders and their hideouts just inside Pakistani territory. Officials and residents of the village of Dande Darba Khel in North Waziristan said that two drones fired three missiles, which also hit houses close to the Islamic seminary, killing three women and two children

Report: North Korean leader alive but ill

North Korea's Kim 'has collapsed' A South Korean official says North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is ill, a day after he failed to attend a celebratory parade.

Indonesia: Pre-Election Anxieties in Aceh
Crisis Group

Cross-Strait Relations: First the Easy Steps, Then the Difficult Ones
Hoover Institution
This 31-page essay deals with recent developments in cross-strait relations between China and Taiwan

Japan's leaders look set to go Voters have finally tired of their banana republic politicians, explains Julian Ryall

Twenty-year war Countering Taleban plans for a long-term conflict

US's 'good' war hits Pakistan hard US President George W Bush has for the first time explicitly named Pakistan as a new battleground in the "war on terror", and urged Islamabad to "defeat terrorists and extremists". To underline the point, the US has stepped up its own raids into Pakistan. Unfortunately, by targeting "good" Taliban with links to the Pakistani establishment, the US places Pakistan in even greater danger. - Syed Saleem Shahzad

Party time for China
Thirty years after Deng Xiaoping set China on the path of reforms that have transformed the country and the global economy, the communist government appears ready to switch its focus to political reforms that could give ordinary Chinese a bigger voice. Giving up a piece of its power, however, is not on the party's agenda. - Wu Zhong

H11 IHT Terrorism and counterterrorism By RICHARD BARRETT The international community must continue to undermine the specious claims of Al Qaeda, while strengthening the legitimacy of its counterterrorist actions

CLIMATE CHANGE With millions under threat, inaction is unethical By MAUMOON ABDUL GAYOOM Climate change threatens to rewrite borders, cause conflicts and violate individual fundamental rights on a scale at least comparable with the major wars of the 20th century.

EU promises closer Ukraine ties as Russia talks tough on Georgia The regional power struggle prompted by the crisis in Georgia intensified Tuesday when Moscow said thousands of troops would stay in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and the European Union promised deeper ties with Ukraine to counterbalance growing Russian influence

EUROPE European press review

EU-Ukraine Summit Masks Disappointment By: Phillipa Runner | EU Observer EU and Ukraine leaders will celebrate a "great day" as they unveil plans for a new bilateral treaty in Paris on Tuesday (9 September), but behind the fanfare Ukraine diplomats are disappointed at being denied an EU membership perspective

Germany Discovers a War in Afghanistan Der Spiegel For years, Germans have preferred to see their country's presence in Afghanistan as armed development assistance. That myth is now becoming more difficult to maintain as the violence spreads to the north where the Germans are based

New Security Database Angers Many in France

Serbian MPs endorse key EU deal Serbia's parliament ratifies a key agreement with the European Union, bringing eventual membership a step closer

Quiet quakes German coalition partners become electoral rivals

Polish newcomers say goodbye as hard times hit Britain

The recession looming over Britain is sending many Poles back home, signaling the end to the largest single wave of immigration that the British Isles have ever seen.

H12 RFE/RL Moscow Seeks Alliances in Energy-Rich Central Asia

The European Union is set to turn down a Ukrainian request for a long-term EU membership prospect. Ukraine has long pressed the EU to recognize it as a "European" country. But some EU member states are strongly opposed to welcoming any new entrants, wherever they are. More

OSCE: Stuffed Ballots, Biased Campaign Tainted Georgia Vote

Dick Cheney Mistakenly Staked on Caspian Kommersant
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev gave his American guest a cold welcome and sent a clear message that Baku won’t support the idea to redirect the energy resources pipelines so that they would omit Russia. He came to that conclusion watching the developments in the neighboring Georgia

Russia's Colonial Aspirations By: Amir Taheri | Asharq Alawsat
Russia has just invented a new kind of state: one in which the land is supposedly independent but the inhabitants are citizens of another country.

US Set on Mission to Rebuild Georgian Military

Russians Seized Considerable US Military Equipment in Georgia War

Georgian Opposition Urges Saakashvili's Ouster

Analysts: Russia's Venezuela Gambit a Test for US

Lavrov: Russia to Cede Peacekeeping Responsibilities in Georgia Buffer to EU

Russians Hail Georgia Deal as Big Win

European Union Fails to Offer Ukraine Membership

Fear That Sevastopol May Be Next Port of Call for Russia

Russia to keep troops in Georgia

Russia announces that some 7,600 troops will remain in the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

New Body To Coordinate Armenia’s Ties With Europe, NATO

Russia to Keep 7,600 Troops in South Ossetia, Abkhazia

Saakashvili Claims Secret 'Proof' Russia Started War

New East-West Proxy Wars By: Alexander Golts | The Moscow Times
Yes, there is a crisis between Russia and the West. Yes, Moscow is engaged in a battle with Washington and Brussels over which side can make the most inflammatory statement about the other.

Sacked Air Force Secretary: We Shoulda Sent Jets, Troops to Fight Russia

Google News Azerbaijan

Differences Between Russia, U.S. On Iran Are Tactical - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister

Azerbaijan Plays Waiting Game Following Cheney Blow Up in Baku
It seems that US Vice President Dick Cheney caused a scene during his recent visit to Azerbaijan when his hosts declined to follow his script

Russia Talks Tough, But Is Moscow Swaying Opinion on Georgia? Russia has long sought to establish an organization that could act as a geopolitical counterbalance to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In the aftermath of its most recent summit, it is clear that Moscow is pinning much of its hopes on the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Whether the grouping of six formerly Soviet republics is ready to fulfill Russia’s expectations remains an open question, however.

EDM RUSSIA ASSEMBLES ITS ALLIES AND PONDERS THE CONTENT OF ITS “PRIVILEGED INTERESTS”

- VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY’S VISIT TO BAKU RAISES SPECULATIONS

H13 The Times Sarah Palin, the pastor and the prophecy As a believer in Creationism, John McCain's running mate threatens to reopen a culture war that has scarred US politics

Is Palin responsible for pastor's views?

Obama rattled as rivals steal limelight

EU fails to offer Ukraine membership Europe offered a closer bond to Ukraine but the Union stopped short of promising Kiev future membership for which it yearns

EU right to avoid Ukraine accession gamble Ukraine's sheer size puts it far beyond the kind of expansion that the EU could begin to consider at the moment

Veiled faces banned under new school rules The veil and the burka will be banned for those working at or visiting Dutch schools, including parents, under a tightening of the law

Kim Jong Il awol amid rumours of ill health North Korea's reclusive and much lampooned leader fails to attend a military parade as reports of a severe stroke emerge

Bush exits with Afghanistan 'surge' President to send more US troops to Afghanistan but will exit with a greater military presence in Iraq than two years ago

Iranian leader ‘could be kidnapped by Mossad’ Former senior Mossad operative says the organisation could kidnap the Iranian President and take him to The Hague

Plots and Plotters The latest trial of Islamist extremists shows that the scourge terrorism is still far from defeated

Wall Street Journal The Foreign Policy DifferenceBy Fouad Ajami
Obama offers a sharp break with the postwar consensus on American exceptionalism.

Russia's Next Target Could Be Ukraine
By Leon Aron The Kremlin wants the home of its Black Sea fleet. It will say there's a Russian minority to 'protect.'

Palin Helps McCain Catch Obama

McCain's choice of running mate has shaken up the race. A new WSJ/NBC poll finds a dead heat: 46% favor Obama, 45% favor McCain. (Results)

Nuclear Distraction
By Brahma Chellaney
The U.S.-India nuclear deal isn't as important as you think

Missile Offense
Democrats undercut the Polish defense pact.

Criminalizing Criticism of Islam
By Elizabeth Samson
Jordan wants to stifle free speech in Europe.

The GOP Loves the Heartland to DeathBy Thomas Frank
The Tilting Yard
Small-town America needs protection, not praise.

H14 Financial Times Italy upsets US over Georgia Once a favoured ally rewarded for his support of the US invasion of Iraq, Silvio Berlusconi has evolved into an irritant for the White House in handling Russia’s invasion of Georgia

Opec makes surprise cut to oil output Opec surprised the oil markets by announcing that it would make a small but symbolic reduction in its output because the oil cartel views the market as oversupplied

Crude prices fall below $100 mark

Prices for Brent close more than $4 down on the day as traders bet that Opec, the oil cartel, will keep production levels unchanged

Ukraine’s EU hopes dashed

The EU declined to offer Ukraine the long-term prospect of membership, frustrating Ukrainian officials who said the bloc had thrown away a golden opportunity to stabilise its eastern frontier and encourage reform

Energy group urges Bush to back new gas pipeline

Five swing states could hold key to the Oval Office The US presidential race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain could boil down again to a nail-biter in which a few counties in Ohio settle the outcome

Moscow facing lending crisis An exodus of foreign capital is forcing Russian banks to slash lending as the international reaction to the military standoff with Georgia starts to affect the real economy

Investors give Iran funds cold shoulder There is reluctance to invest Gulf petrodollars in Iran because of historical tensions, concerns about Tehran’s nuclear programme and the hawkish stance of the US

Quentin Peel: Prospects for a legal block are slim Georgia has launched a case against Russia at the ICJ over allegations of ethnic cleansing, which it denies. But the chances of a ruling taking flight seem unlikely, writes Quentin Peel

US housing solution is not a good one to follow Is the rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac an example of US policymaking that the UK, quite as vulnerable to the collapse in the housing market, should follow?

Martin Wolf very much hopes it will not. But the pressures on the UK government to act will be strong

Obama wins global voters' support

Is US house crash bottoming out? The federal rescue of Fannie and Freddie may strengthen incipient signs of a firmer residential property market

Cost of US loans bail-out emerging

The US began to face the financial consequences of the bail-out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after Congress’s budget watchdog said the housing giants’ operations should sit on the government’s books and the cost of insuring against a US default crept higher

Steinmeier at helm Germany’s Social Democratic is being dragged back into the centre. But the job will not be easy for Merkel’s new challenger

India nuke deal will help limit Iran, says US Washington argues that its accord with New Delhi will rein in Iran’s nuclear programme and bolster the international non-proliferation system, as it pushes for congressional approval of the agreement

Most US allies in Iraq to pull out troops

Saudis mop up surplus capital Western central banks may be pumping billions into money markets to shore up liquidity and prevent financial failures, but Riyadh is trying to tighten monetary policy by extracting excess liquidity

Iran family law bill stirs controversy

Iran’s parliament has approved the outlines of a marriage bill after taking out a controversial pro-polygamy amendment that had been endorsed by President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad’s government

Talking tough on public spending

After it made its own unfunded tax cuts, accusations by Labour that Britain’s shadow chancellor is acting irresponsibly will fall on deaf ears

Britain needs a Chinese lesson

Martin Sorrell on unclogging business

Growth can be about better – not more John Kay reveals the truth about consumption. We use a lot of stuff. The average European gets through 50 tonnes a year. But the amount is not increasing, writes John Kay

The day McCain’s party blew its political advantage Palin lacks security skills, says James Carville

Brown breaks convention to praise Obama The British prime minister broke with political convention by offering effusive praise for Barack Obama at a time when foreign leaders are meant to maintain a careful neutrality ahead of the US election

H15 Los Angeles Times U.S. still weighing stronger action against Russia, officials say Testifying before a Senate panel, two officials defend the Bush administration's response to the Georgia crisis. One suggests the U.S. will allow Russia's de facto rule in two breakaway republics

Barack Obama attacks President Bush's Iraq troop withdrawal plan Things get muddy as McCain's camp demands an apology for Obama's supposed insult of Palin. Obama's aides say his pig-in-lipstick comment is 'a common analogy,' not a sexist slur.

Double-teaming Obama Jonah Goldberg: Forget Biden. McCain enlisted Palin to help him bring down Obama –- and it's working.

"The War Within" by Bob Woodward

Controlling Fannie and Freddie

Editorial: Having taken over the troubled lenders, the federal government should sharply reduce its role in the mortgage market.

Pakistan's president: Crazy like a fox? Asif Ali Zardari has a shaky grip on power -- and perhaps reality

Editorial

House Dems consider aid for auto industry The $25-billion package would provide low-interest loans to automakers and mean more jobs in election battlegrounds.

John McCain walks a fine line on the environment

H16 American Politics

RCP Electoral Count: Obama +28

World wants Obama as president: poll

Mark Murray / MSNBC: NBC/WSJ Poll: '08 race turns into a dead heat — Barack Obama holds a narrow one-point lead over John McCain

Obama win preferred, says poll All 22 countries in a BBC World Service poll would prefer Barack Obama to be US president instead of his rival John McCain

The List: McCain’s 10 Worst Ideas

FT Five swing states could hold key to the Oval Office

The US presidential race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain could boil down again to a nail-biter in which a few counties in Ohio settle the outcome

McCain looks set to lose Ron Paul’s support

The fringe Republican candidate’s decision to hold a joint event with third party hopefuls has raised speculation that he may be about to repudiate his party’s presidential nominee

Salon John McCain is connecting with voters But make no mistake: Barack Obama retains some important built-in advantages.
By Walter Shapiro

How Democrats are fighting back against Sarah Palin The Obama campaign is working the press, avoiding a full-scale assault, and waiting for Palin-mania to subside. But is that a smart strategy?
By Mike Madden

Why Democrats shouldn't panic about McCain's poll bounce -- yet While there are some worrying long-term trends for Barack Obama, there are also some caveats about the size of McCain's post-convention, post-Palin surge.
By Paul Maslin

Jonathan Freedland / Guardian:
The world's verdict will be harsh if the US rejects the man it yearns for

Brown backs Obama — Gordon Brown has broken with British convention and made clear that he favours Barack Obama as the next US President

It's the economy... US voters want a candidate to share and cure their pain

Why Libertarians Should Vote for Obama (1)

Obama Campaign Spooked?
by Kelley Vlahos

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David Sirota / The Huffington Post:
Why Is Obama Slipping? Because He Won't Say Which Side He's On.

Karen Tumulty / Time: Can Obama Win Back Wal-Mart Moms?

Peter Beinart & Jonah Goldberg: The State of the Race

Gov. Palin and the GOP Resurrection - Tony Blankley, Washington Times

'Pit Bull' Palin Raises Biting Questions - Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune

November Lineup: Obama vs. Obama - Dick Morris, Fox News

Obama Has Edge on Economy - Gerald Seib, Wall Street Journal

Obama is Still in the Driver's Seat - Douglas Schoen, New York Daily News

John Fund / Wall Street Journal: The Hunt for Sarah October Democrats understand Sarah Palin is a formidable political force who has upset the Obama victory plan. The latest Washington Post/ABC Poll shows John McCain taking a 12-point lead over Barack Obama among white women

Ron Paul Plans ‘Special Announcement’

H17 Daily Telegraph When saving lives is enough for MI5

The Al-Qaeda bomp plot trial shows that intelligence can foil a conspiracy yet fail to secure convictions, writes Philip Johnston

Brown triggers row with McCain by 'backing' Obama Gordon Brown has triggered a potential row with John McCain after apparently backing Barack Obama for US president - breaking convention not to get involved in foreign elections

Lessons of the troop surge

US troops being withdrawn from Iraq should be redeployed in Afghanistan, the real front line in the war on terror.

Brown's backing won't help Obama

The Prime Minister's endorsement of the US Democratic candidate is an inept mistake, thinks Tim Shipman.

• Sarah Palin 'claims expenses for nights at home'

• Obama lowers expectations as McCain surges

Sarkozy 'threat to walk out'

French president secured promise of Russian exit from Georgia by threatening to walk out of talks.

Al-Qaeda's American-Born Propaganda Chief May Have Died in Predator Attack

Experts Debate Fannie/Freddie Nationalization - Council on Foreign Relations

H18 Independent Airports in talks to lift ban on liquids

The government is in discussions with security companies and Britain's airports to lift the ban on liquids being carried in hand luggage as early as next year, The Independent has learnt

Britain needs migrant workers, but only if they are on checklist

Britain needs to hire engineers, maths teachers, ship pilots, ballet dancers and sheep shearers from around the world, immigration advisers have concluded.

Cern special: The 9 billion dollar question

Today, mankind’s greatest experiment begins as the Large Hadron Collider powers up. The cost is huge, the scale is massive – and the discoveries could be enormous. But, asks Andy McSmith, what does it all add up to?

Women voters flock to McCain despite new Palin disclosures

Democrats may not want to believe it but there is fresh evidence that the addition of Sarah Palin, the "hockey mom" Governor of Alaska, to John McCain's ticket is winning him women voters in droves.

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

Russians Seized Considerable US Military Equipment in Georgia War

Special Operations Forces Training and Readiness

“Knowledge Management Section,” U.S. Army Field Manual 6-01.1, August 29, 2008.

Survey: Terrorist Threat Perception Down

Al-Qaeda's American-Born Propaganda Chief May Have Died in Predator Attack

Terror of a different kind

Nushin Arbabzadah: Across Afghanistan, women are setting fire to themselves. What drives them to this level of desperation?

Sep 8 SD# 2045 - New Al-Qaeda Video for 9/11/08: 'The Harvest of Seven Years Since 9/11'

CRS “Iraq and Al Qaeda,” updated August 15, 2008.

Daring mission Al-Qaeda's most ambitious attempt since 9/11

A Systemic Approach to Conflict Transformation
Berghof Research Center
A series of articles on differerent aspects of conflict transformation (single page linking to each article)

Reforming the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Time is Running Out ACA A US article examining international efforts to effect reform of the nuclear fuel cycle

H20 Slate 10 Questions for Sarah Palin

What ABC News anchor Charles Gibson should ask the candidate.
Jack Shafer

Egalitarian Conservatism

Why do Republicans suddenly worry about growing economic inequality?
Timothy Noah

Skills, Rights and Resources in the East Asian Path to Development

Making the Most of the Economic Downturn: Seven Steps States Can Take Today
Source: Deloitte LLP

H21 Ben Franklin liked to present himself as a small-town boy bewildered in the big city. This urbane, highly intelligent man was anything but... more»

In 1904, Max Factor huddled in a forest with his wife and children, hunted by the Czar’s men. Hollywood was still a long way off... more»

We must be wary of scientific research Research into the conditions of the Big Bang is potentially apocalyptic and must be regulated, argues Gerald Warner.

Idleness takes hard work

Even in this wired world, idle time has big benefits.

Thirty years ago, U.S. academics carried with them to England copies of David Lodge’s comic classic, Changing Places. But times have changed, writes Elaine Showalter... more»

Biologists on verge of creating life form
Team closing in on bringing non-living matter to life in Harvard laboratory.

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