| H1 Financial Times Paulson’s plan was not a true solution to the crisis The US Treasury secretary views the core challenge as illiquidity, not insolvency. By creating a market for toxic assets, he hopes to halt the spiral of falling prices and bankruptcies. But the scheme is neither necessary nor efficient, says Martin Wolf The world’s nations ponder reform From the Security Council to the secretariat, the United Nations is showing symptoms of increased sclerosis Washington Post Poll: Economic Fears Give Obama a Clear Lead More voters trust the Democrat to deal with the economy, giving him a 9-point edge among likely voters, according to new Post-ABC News survey Poll Data New York Times The Buck Stopped Then By JAMES GRANT Since 1971, nothing has stood behind the American dollar except the world’s good opinion of the United States. And now, the world is changing its mind The Power of Negative Thinking By BARBARA EHRENREICH The delusional optimism of mainstream, all-American, positive thinking should get its share of the blame for the financial crisis THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Dear Iraqi Friends As Americans lose their homes and sink into debt, they no longer understand why we are spending $1 billion a day to make Iraqis feel more secure in their homes. FT Sarkozy presses for capitalism summit The French president calls on world leaders to hold a summit later this year aimed at rebuilding a ‘regulated capitalism’ to replace a world financial system that had become unhinged Syrian troops raise Beirut anxiety The massing of 10,000 Syrian troops on the Lebanese border this week has raised fears among Damascus’s opponents in Beirut that Syria is seeking to consolidate its influence over its smaller neighbour. Wall Street Journal Our Generals Almost Cost Us Iraq By Mackubin Thomas Owens
The military needs to understand its role in a republic. It's Judgment Day for McCain THE TILTING YARD By Thomas Frank His campaign bus is full of the people who caused the meltdown. Daily Telegraph Suddenly McCain is on shaky ground The Republican presidential candidate is being forced to face up to his limited grasp of economics, says Irwin Stelzer Startfor The New President and the Global Landscape (Open Access) Part one of a series by Stratfor founder and Chief Intelligence Officer George Friedman on the U.S. presidential debate on foreign policy. The Turkemen theatre GulfNews By Amir Taheri Der Spiegel Wooing the Pariah: How Syria's Assad Is Steering His Country out of Isolation
Washington Post Bailout Proposal Meets Bipartisan Outrage Lawmakers Balk as Officials Press Case For Quick Action Alternative Solutions Diverge From Administration's Approach Editorial Dreams From the Nominees The financial crisis imposes a fiscal reality check on the grand plans of John McCain and Barack Obama Paulson's Panic By Robert J. Samuelson, As world financial markets verged on panic, Henry Paulson did the same. Our Federal Economy By George F. Will The line between the public and private sectors is being blurred to indistinctness Guardian Keeping distance from Wall Street Editorial: The political fallout of this month's events has yet to take anything approaching its final shape David Woodward: Rich countries are over-represented at the International Monetary Fund. It should be democratised The history is complex, but there's no doubt Crimea is part of Ukraine Response: The border with Russia was agreed at the UN, and talk of moving it now is dangerous, says Ihor Kharchenko The new Warsaw Pact Gyula Hegyi: Poland and the Baltic states have formed an informal alliance that is anti-Russian and pro-US The surge has outlived its usefulness Ken Gude: The only way to preserve the gains of the last 18 months is to begin the orderly withdrawal of US troops from Iraq Our power lies in unity Ban Ki-moon: Nations can no longer protect their interests, or advance the wellbeing of their people, without coming together in partnership This was not the speech of a leader about to be unseated Simon Jenkins: Brown plainly expects those who slavishly queued at his door a year ago to back him into an election. Now they will Containing Russia Without Containment By: Dominique Moisi | The Moscow Times Let's engage Russia if we can but contain it if we must."" These two alternatives already defined Western strategy toward Russia in the mid-1990s. Politico Obama makes key gains in tight race A wave of polls show Obama gains in Florida and Virginia. The Latest IAEA Report on Iran and the Options Facing the International Community - Ephraim Asculai If all goes well for Iran, it would be able to amass a sufficient quantity of low-enriched uranium (LEU) to enable it to further enrich it and produce a quantity of military grade uranium by the turn of the decade, sufficient for the production of a single nuclear explosive device. There is very little chance that Iran would cease its nuclear development agenda and start serious negotiations unless strongly and effectively pressured. Without strong, painful sanctions Iran will continue its game of playing for time. (Institute for National Security Studies-Tel Aviv University) Iran leader says 'American empire' near collapse Putin Gives Up on Bush, Complicating Iran, North Korea Efforts By: Bill Varner | Bloomberg News Russia is intent on mending ties with the U.S. once President George W. Bush leaves the office on Jan. 20, prompting unprecedented interest in this year's presidential campaign, its UN ambassador said in an interview The Times 10,000 Syrian troops mass on Lebanon border Fear grows that surprise deployment could be prelude to first incursion since invading forces pulled out three years ago US plans extra 14,000 troops for Afghanistan US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said three combat brigades could be deployed by mid-2009 on top of 3,700 already due Independent Rupert Cornwell: Iran is a bigger threat to the US than the financial crisis
Ha’aretz – Ahmadinejad to UN: Zionist murderers are dominating the world Iranian leader: We won't accept illegal demands on nukes; Peres says Iran guilty of worst anti-Semitism
Bradley Burston: Erasing Ahmadinejad from the map Poll: 28% of Palestinians back idea of joint state with Jordan A Three State Solution is Better than a Two State Solution by Marty Peretz Livni's Outlook: Political and Policy Options in Israel, The Washington Institute Christian Science Monitor Emerging markets hit hard by Wall Street crisis But Russia, Brazil, and China are expected to have the cash and domestic growth to weather the storm. Israel's slipping democracy This beacon of freedom is becoming more like its authoritarian neighbors. By Nir Eisikovits U.S. and Pakistan: different wars on terror One seeks domestic security, the other stability for Afghans What drives Ahmadinejad's combative rhetoric The hard-line views expressed by the Iranian president at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday are informed by a Messianic religious belief. Jerusalem Post Ahmadinejad says he is ready to meet US presidential candidates Obama slams Iranian leader's "outrageous" remarks, says he's "disappointed" UN provided platform for "hateful and anti-Semitic views Eiland: Two-state solution 'untenable' Former NSC head proposes land swap with Egyptian and Jordanian control of West Bank Russia and China thwart Iran sanctions Russian official: We do not see any "fire" that requires meeting to discuss Iran's nuclear program IRAN: A week of war cries, sanctions talk and protests begins
Los Angeles Times The Crisis of Global Capitalism?Becker Time Pakistan's Zardari Tries to Keep His Distance from US
EDM AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF Foreign Policy What Petraeus Understands The List: If Google Were President
PostGlobal Lessons America Can't Teach Us Now | H2 IHT Calming the Caucasus By ALI BABACAN The countries of the Caucasus need to find solutions to their problems from within. Babacan ''Charlie Rose Show'' programına katıldı Charlie Rose Show A conversation with Ali Babacan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. FT EBRD directors back Turkish investment The directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development recommended that the bank should start investing in Turkey, a move that would mark the institution’s first operation outside former communist countries Gül BM Genel Kurulu’na Hitap Etti Konuşma Metni Sadi Somuncuoğlu Gül'ün sürecinde, bizi neler bekliyor? James F. Jeffrey for Ankara Gül’den BM’de Kafkasya vurgusu Turkey, Armenia Engage in 'Football Diplomacy' By: Eric Palomaa | World Politics Review Seventeen more detentions in Ergenekon investigation 2008 Turkey International Religious Freedom Report Der Spiegel A Muslim Creationism Debate: Taking on Darwin in Turkey
Interview with Harun Yahya: 'All Terrorists Are Darwinists'
AKP PUSHES AHEAD WITH NUCLEAR POWER TENDER İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit ASAM Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national DTP kapatılırsa 'ılımlı Kürtler' tasfiye olur Gülay Göktürk DTP Davası Nasuhi Güngör Kuzey Irak’tan notlar-II Nabi Yağcı DTP kapatılmamalı Al Awsat Hoshyar : Mamoun Fandy AkParti’nin Diyarbakır adayı kim FT Gates defends operations inside Pakistan Robert Gates, US defence secretary, suggested that the US was justified under international law in conducting unilateral military operations inside Pakistan to protect American troops Cevdet Aşkın DTP Meclis'te Kürtçe'den önce demokrasiyi konuşsa Turkey submits new mandate for northern Iraq to parliament Kurds address refugees with UNHCR (UPI) -- Kurdish coordinators with the United Nations met with their counterparts in Geneva Tuesday to discuss repatriation and displacement issues İBRAHİM KARAGÜL O 'çelik kutu'ların içinde gizlediğiniz şey neydi?
Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık CHP AB ile Temasta Can Baydarol AB süreci üniter yapımızı bozmaz, demokratikleştirir Rauf Denktaş Adalette tarafsızlık Mensur Akgün Farkında değiller ama fedakârlık yapacak olanlar Rumlar ABD sağlam adımlar atarsa imajı İtalya gibi düzelebilir Beril Dedeoğlu Ulusal Program II High hopes for three-way meeting in New York
Hadi Uluengin Türkmen’den Türmen’e Gül, Moon'un verdiği yemeğe katıldı TURKEY WITHOUT U.S. INTERVENTION? // Armenian News by A1+ Armenia Türkiye Güvenlik Konseyi'ne çok yakın Türk-Japon ilişkilerinin 'ufku' genişledi Merkel'e Türkler'den Tepki Yunan tatbikatına nazar değdi Ece Temelkuran Bebek ölümleri Ali Bulaç Niçin severiz? Halit Kakınç
Otopsi kararı geç bile kaldı (1) Oscar adayımız ‘Üç Maymun’ KEBABBLE A pyrotechnical
Ramadan in Turkey
Once marked by the blast of cannons, the daily breaking of the fast during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan is now heralded in Turkey with the whiz and bang of cheap Chinese firecrackers. A growing national obsession with pyrotechnics and easily evaded fire precautions mean the new displays are more risky than the old artillery. - Fazile Zahir Serdar Turgut
Bir yayın yönetmeninin başarılı olmak için hiç söylememesi gerekenler Yerli 'Erasmus' başlıyor, masraflar sponsordan | H3
Asrın davasına adım adım İddianamedeki 1 Numara Şener Eruygur 8’inci dalga Sekizinci dalgada, ‘Beni de alın’ diyen Özkan da var Ortalık karıştı 'Beni de alın' dedi aldılar
Vakit’in CHP belgesi sahte, haberi yalan
Fener'den Erdoğan'a büyük darbe Özkan-CHP-Ergenekon üçgeninde neler oldu? Siyasette seviyeye bak Armada ile Akman’ın rakamları tutmuyor Gizli belgeleri sızdıran için işlem yapıldı mı
Ergenekon savcısına kritik öneri... Genç subaylara 'karargah evleri' izni tuğgeneralden Erdoğan'dan Gökçek'e ültimatom Toptan: 48 saat kavga etmeyelim Hukuk-siyaset- futbol komplo ve Ergenekon İadesini beklerken baskınla karşılaştı Erdoğan’ın özel istihbaratı var
Danıştay'daki koruma polisi Ergenekon'dan gözaltında
Büyük düello
Zeki Sezer, Sarıgül'ün DSP'ye katılacağı söylentiler için ne dedi? Başsavcı, CHP'nin Almanya'dan para aldığı iddiasını inceliyor Peker'in adamı, örgütün 'kara kutu'sunu kaçırdı Nuh Mete'ye tuzak kuran albay da Ergenekon'da Ergenekon için Cumhuriyet'te devreye girdi Aydın Doğan bir mektup da RTÜK'e yazmış Abi beni de alıyorlar Savcılık Deniz Feneri için devrede Önce kaçtı sonra şartlar öne sürdü Arınç: Fevkalade üzgünüm 28 Şubat’ın ikna odaları özgürlükçü Boğaziçi’nde [HABER PORTRE] BÇG raporlarından çıktı, CHP'nin yıldızı oldu Bozdağ: Gül, Köşk'te 7 yıl görev yapacak
Ergenekoncuların kötü gün dostu Basın kuruluşları olağanüstü toplandı: Gerilimi tırmandırmayın Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman GH Türkiye Cengiz Çandar Türkiye ve Kafkasya için New York’tan ipuçları Ahmet Taşgetiren Müslümanlık kültürü 500 bin kişilik sofra Laiklikte yeni arayışlar ve Türkiye Ruşen - Çakır Hâlâ cevaplanmayan 5 Ergenekon sorusu Taha Akyol Liberalizmin krizi? Fikret Bila ABD'deki krizin Türkiye'ye etkisi Hasan Cemal Sayın Başbakan, zaman soğukkanlılığını kaybetme zamanı değildir! Murat Yetkin Deniz Feneri AB sürecini etkileyecek mi? İsmet Berkan Siyasette seviye arayışı boşuna mı? Fehmi Koru Kriz içinde bir ülke Taha Kıvanç Bir hoşgörü nümunesi Şamil Tayyar Ergenekon nereye gider? Oray Eğin Fehmi Koru Fişleme Merkezi’nde mutluluk dolu saatler Mustafa Akyol Cihanda sulh, yurtta iç savaş Ali Bayramoğlu Derin devlet avı ve yandaşlık meselesi… Bir brifing, bir komutan, çelişkiler... Yasemin Çongar Ertuğrul Özkök Serdar Turgut Kriz sermaye ayırmaz Ahmet Hakan Dengir mi Kemal mi? M Ali Birand Sovyetler dağıldı işler karıştı Cüneyt Ülsever Türk’ün Türk’ten başka dostu yoktur Enis Berberoğlu Oktay Ekşi Yine o üslup Tufan Türenç Gözaltı aşağılayıcı ve ağır bir süreçtir Sabahattin Önkibar BDDK ve SPK Citibank'a neden göz yumuyor? Abdülhamit Bilici Ergenekoncu hayale Rus darbesi! Mustafa Ünal Pusudan düelloya A Turan Alkan Ergenekon, sistemi dönüştürüyor! Mehmet Tezkan Artık AK değil mi? Cemaat ve vakıf ağlarında yoksullar ALİ HAYDAR FIRAT Fatih Altaylı Hadi artık istifa et Mehmet Altan Ergenekon’un mezhebi Özdemir İnce Fesat Mehmet Y Yılmaz AKP demokrasisi işte böyle! Yalçın Doğan Bu haber Erdoğan’a armağan olsun Güneri Civaoğlu Siyaset, gazeteciye emanet KÜRŞAT BUMİN Siyasetin 'moralizasyonu' mu yoksa? TAMER KORKMAZ “Çankaya'ya barikat kuracağımız günler gelecek” demişti, Tuncay Nuray Başaran Meclis açılırken Ankara'da son resim Fatih Altaylı Mehmey Kamış Yanlış hesap! Mustafa Mutlu ‘Hükümete karşı isyan’ın sınırı nerede başlıyor? Güngör Mengi Susturucu! Kaymağın kaymağı
TÜRKER ALKAN İçki içenleri düşman görmek...
ORAL ÇALIŞLAR Birlikte yaşamada bir aşama
HAKKI DEVRİM Anayasa Mahkemesi dur demeli
HALUK ŞAHİN Alicilik, Muaviyecilik
NAMIK KEMAL ZEYBEK Yargıdan ne beklenir?
MEHMET ALİ KIŞLALI Erdoğan’ı kalkan yapmak
AVNİ ÖZGÜREL MUHARREM SARIKAYA Siyasi düello... ERDAL ŞAFAK Bir "Think tank" izlenimleri ENGİN ARDIÇ Uyarmadın deme Fadime! ERGUN BABAHAN Bu kavga yorucu
EMRE AKÖZ Hesaplaşma yeri televizyon olamaz Umur Talu Olacağı bu mudur! HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN Muharebe tahlilleri-1 NAZLI ILICAK Ergenekon'da 9. dalga MEHMET BARLAS Tuz Gölü yok olduğu için artık risk de kalmamış... MAHMUT ÖVÜR YAVUZ DONAT Zaman tünelinde bir seyahat
İsmail Küçükkaya Arınç, Başbakan’ın boykotunu deldi Hakan Aygün Ergenekon’da son dalga... Metin Münir Hilmi Bey, bu işi beceremezsiniz! Sami Kohen Çekilme iradesi Nuh Gönültaş Tayyip Bey’in boykotun işe yaramayacağını bilmesi lazımdı! Medya linci dedikleri işte böyle bir şey... Ekonomi ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Ercan Kumcu Devlete yaslanma zamanı Erdal Sağlam Ege Cansen Bu hesap yanlıştır Hurşit Güneş Başbakan’ın basın toplantısının ardından Güngör Uras Milli gelir 2002’de 100 iken, Başbakan’a göre 286, TÜİK’e göre 139 oldu Okay Gönensin Ekonomi boş laf kaldırmaz UPDATE 1-Turkish banks feeling global credit squeeze-Is Bank Aydın Ayaydın ABD Hazine Bakanı Mr. Paulson’a krizi aşması için önerim var İBRAHİM KAHVECİ İşte gerçek kriz! Salih Neftçi Bu kriz ne krizi? Deniz Gökçe
ABD’de başka alternatifler de var! İ.Hüseyin Yıldız
ABD kriziyle her şey yeniden tanımlanıyor Eser Karakaş Ulusal Program’ın faiz karşılığı nedir? Ekonomi bunalımının boyutları
MUSTAFA AYSAN Krizde ‘Süper Kahraman’ dönemi
METİN ERCAN Ekonomiye tek gereken moral mi?
UĞUR GÜRSES Servet Yıldırım Paulson'un telaşı |
| H4 New York Times The Buck Stopped Then By JAMES GRANT Since 1971, nothing has stood behind the American dollar except the world’s good opinion of the United States. And now, the world is changing its mind The Power of Negative Thinking By BARBARA EHRENREICH The delusional optimism of mainstream, all-American, positive thinking should get its share of the blame for the financial crisis Lawmakers Challenge Lack of Help Aimed at U.S. Homeowners Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. warned that if Congress failed to pass the $700 billion plan, it risked causing a recession and increasing joblessness. Prepared Testimony: Henry M. Paulson Jr. | Ben S. Bernanke Leonhardt: The Issue Is Payback, Not Bailout Editorial An Inadequate Case for the Bailout Congress has more work to do on the proposal to bail out the financial system before lawmakers and voters can support it. THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Dear Iraqi Friends As Americans lose their homes and sink into debt, they no longer understand why we are spending $1 billion a day to make Iraqis feel more secure in their homes. MAUREEN DOWD Park Avenue Diplomacy Gov. Sarah Palin and Henry Kissinger made an odd couple on Tuesday: the last impure Rockefeller Republican and the first pure Rovian Republican. Editorial Failing the World’s Poor Wealthy nations have fallen far behind on their aid commitments to the world’s poor Brown Urges Party Unity While He Focuses on Economy Russia Won’t Meet With U.S. On Iranian Nuclear Program Goldman to Raise Capital, With $5 Billion From Buffett Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, will receive preferred shares in Goldman Sachs as part of the bank’s effort to raise $7.5 billion in fresh capital In Bailout Furor, Wall Street Pay Becomes a Target The stratospheric pay packages of Wall Street executives have become a lightning rod issue as Congress shapes the historic $700 billion bailout. McCain Aide’s Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac The disclosure contradicts a statement by Senator McCain that the campaign manager, Rick Davis, had no involvement with the company for the last several years. Pinpoint Attacks Focus on Obama A series of ads in Michigan highlight this year’s roughest political attacks: narrowly aimed shots from small groups. Upheaval on Wall St. Stirs Anger in the U.N. Terrorism’s Impact Grows as Indian Election Nears U.S. Drone Crash Reported in Pakistan Iraqi Trade Officials Ousted in Corruption Sweep | H5 Washington Post Poll: Economic Fears Give Obama a Clear Lead More voters trust the Democrat to deal with the economy, giving him a 9-point edge among likely voters, according to new Post-ABC News survey Poll Data Bailout Proposal Meets Bipartisan Outrage Lawmakers Balk as Officials Press Case For Quick Action Alternative Solutions Diverge From Administration's Approach Editorial Dreams From the Nominees The financial crisis imposes a fiscal reality check on the grand plans of John McCain and Barack Obama Paulson's Panic By Robert J. Samuelson, As world financial markets verged on panic, Henry Paulson did the same. Our Federal Economy By George F. Will The line between the public and private sectors is being blurred to indistinctness Can We Get Change for $700B? Economists argue that alternatives to proposed bailout might be less risky and more effective Nominees In Need Of Ideas By Michael Gerson, The death of policy in this election will make governing -- on the economy and other issues -- much more difficult. Gates Is Pessimistic On Pakistani Support Planet War: Will U.S. "Advisors" Help Pakistan? In U.N. Speech, Bush Focuses on Terrorism Other World Leaders Speak on Economy Concern in Lebanon After Syria Bolsters Border Force The Smart Money in Afghanistan By Anne Applebaum, Every mistake ever made in an underdeveloped economy is being repeated here. Brown Seeks Public Trust During Crisis: 'No Time for a Novice,' Prime Minister Warns ( Lemmings In Reverse Will: Government speed shouldn't vary inversely with its information. Fat Cats First By Dan Froomkin
Toles: Spreading the Risk
Meyerson: Abu Dhabi Wins, Taxpayers Lose How Main Street Will Profit By William H. Gross, The Treasury proposal will not only be a bailout of Wall Street Telnaes: Why All the Fuss About Oversight? Bipartisan Outrage Over Bailout As officials press for quick passage of $700B deal, lawmakers from both parties begin to balk. To The Hill, With Hat in Hand Washington Sketch | Treasury Secretary Paulson's panhandling act gets an indifferent reception Obama, Capitol Hill Leaders Speak as One on Crisis Barometer: Pakistani Terror Troubles Palin Sits Down With 2 Foreign Leaders: Nominee Talks to Afghan, Colombian Presidents, Also Confers With Kissinger China's Small Investors Get Pummeled: Retirees, Families Try to Draw Lessons From U.S. Crisis as Their Savings Dwindle Editorial | H6 Guardian Keeping distance from Wall Street Editorial: The political fallout of this month's events has yet to take anything approaching its final shape The history is complex, but there's no doubt Crimea is part of Ukraine Response: The border with Russia was agreed at the UN, and talk of moving it now is dangerous, says Ihor Kharchenko The new Warsaw Pact Gyula Hegyi: Poland and the Baltic states have formed an informal alliance that is anti-Russian and pro-US The surge has outlived its usefulness Ken Gude: The only way to preserve the gains of the last 18 months is to begin the orderly withdrawal of US troops from Iraq Our power lies in unity Ban Ki-moon: Nations can no longer protect their interests, or advance the wellbeing of their people, without coming together in partnership This was not the speech of a leader about to be unseated Simon Jenkins: Brown plainly expects those who slavishly queued at his door a year ago to back him into an election. Now they will Why Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is smilingLionel Beehner: Demonising the Iranian president during his visit to the UN distracts from a serious discussion of US policy toward Iran A stagnant promise Kevin Watkins: The G8's Gleneagles pledges on trade and aid look about as bankable as sub-prime securities Brown gets up close and personal in Manchester PM delivers personal speech by demanding right to take his party into next election Brown pledges a fairer Britain Gordon Brown declares that he would champion a 'new settlement for new times' A speech that put Cameron back in short trousers 'Cynical, but splendid - he will die with his boots on' Gordon's unlikely party anthem Congress lukewarm on $700bn plan Proposed bailout of cash-strapped Wall Street banks receives rancorous hearing in Congress Congress urged: back bank bail-out The time for inaction is over. We have to cut rates, and cut them now David Blanchflower: In the wake of financial upheaval, Britain is about to suffer a painful spike in unemployment. We can't afford to stay idle US candidates drilled for first of make-or-break debates Obama and McCain begin rehearsals for presidential debate which they hope will break deadlock No regrets: Bush accentuates the positive in last speech to world body US president devotes most of address to terror threat, criticising Russia, Iran, Syria and North Korea High stakes in Islamabad and Washington Simon Tisdall: As Pakistan's situation worsens, Zardari faces paying for the Bush administration's desperation to leave a lasting legacy 17 hurt in Jerusalem car attack Palestinian driver crashes car into group of Israeli soldiers in what police describe as a 'terror attack' Paying lip service to multilateralism Ian Williams: George Bush's emphasis on international cooperation in his final UN speech is totally disconnected from his actions as president The crunch hits Cairo Jack Shenker: In Egypt, the economic shocks rippling out from Wall Street will shake an already fragile political landscape |
| H7 Global Leadership for Global Problems By: U.S. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon | Miami Herald
We all recognize today's perils. A global financial crisis. A global energy crisis. A global food crisis. Trade talks have collapsed, yet again. There are new outbreaks of war and violence. Climate change ever more clearly threatens our planet. We say that global problems demand global solutions. And yet, do we act Sara Robinson on ten conservative myths about national security An excerpt from The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism by Andrew J. Bacevich (and a review and more). From TNR, put your invisible hands up! Irwin Stelzer on the surrender of free market capitalism Call for more balanced security budgets
Instead of throwing money at bolstering its military might, the United States could invest more in international diplomacy and homeland security, a group of experts, including retired generals and admirals, advises. Even Defense Secretary Robert Gates agrees. Canning costly programs to develop fanciful hi-tech weapons would be a start. - Jim Lobe | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq U.S. Aims to Boost Aid to Jordan (AP) US Military: Iraqi Government Will Pay Sunni Fighters - Meredith Buel, Voice of America Iran defends nuclear plans at UN
Iran will resist "bullying powers" trying to stop its peaceful nuclear ambitions, its president tells the UN General Assembly. Sadr won't run on party ticket | H9 Ha’aretz – Ahmadinejad to UN: Zionist murderers are dominating the world Iranian leader: We won't accept illegal demands on nukes; Peres says Iran guilty of worst anti-Semitism Bradley Burston: Erasing Ahmadinejad from the map Poll: 28% of Palestinians back idea of joint state with Jordan A party is just a name Kadima, Labor and Likud are names, or brands, more than they are political organizations with clearly recognizable features and distinct diplomatic and social platforms Iranian President wooed with U.S. media attention Ahmadinejad tells U.S. radio: 'Zionist regime has caused the U.S. problems around the world. Obama slams Iranian leader's "outrageous" remarks, says he's "disappointed" UN provided platform for "hateful and anti-Semitic views Former NSC head proposes land swap with Egyptian and Jordanian control of West Bank Russian official: We do not see any "fire" that requires meeting to discuss Iran's nuclear program Israel can't afford further inexpert leadership or further political drift. Sarah Palin - pro-Israel by default? Yedioth Ahronoth 'UN backs Zionist murderers'
Iran's Ahmadinejad addresses UN General Assembly in long-winded theological lecture, criticizes 'bullying powers' of trying to thwart his country's progress and rails against Security Council's support of 'murderous Zionists' Tzipi, you can do it/ Gershon Baskin Gershon Baskin reminds Tzipi Livni that the time for peace with the Palestinians is now 'Livni may offer to make Mofaz FM' Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Poll: Palestinians Reject Two-State Solution (An-Najah University-PA/IMRA) CSM Israel's slipping democracy This beacon of freedom is becoming more like its authoritarian neighbors. By Nir Eisikovits PA Threatens Military Attack on Hamas By: Cherrie Heywood | The Middle East Times
Palestinian General Dhiab al-Ali, who heads the Palestinian Authority's (PA) military forces in the West Bank, has threatened to use force against Hamas in Gaza to unite the West Bank and Gaza Strip if efforts at reconciliation fail, turning up the heat in the ongoing Fatah-Hamas tensions. "The PA must be ready to use force to unify the homeland," al-Ali told the Israeli daily Haaretz last weekend From The Nation, Eric Alterman on Israel at 60: The State of the State. How Feasible is Peace with Syria? - United Press International |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor Emerging markets hit hard by Wall Street crisis But Russia, Brazil, and China are expected to have the cash and domestic growth to weather the storm. Israel's slipping democracy This beacon of freedom is becoming more like its authoritarian neighbors. By Nir Eisikovits U.S. and Pakistan: different wars on terror One seeks domestic security, the other stability for Afghans What drives Ahmadinejad's combative rhetoric The hard-line views expressed by the Iranian president at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday are informed by a Messianic religious belief. Extreme poverty the focus at U.N. summit Fewer people live in poverty now than in the 1990s, the UN wants to cut this number in half by 2015. The other bailout: Main Street How much will it cost taxpayers when Treasury renegotiates troubled loans it buys from banks? Lebanon warily watches its Salafis While the small community of adherents to strict Islam are being courted by Sunni and Shiite rivals, many worry they could bring Al Qaeda into the Lebanon conflict. Congress to Wall Street: 'Curb excessive pay and perks' Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson warns of measures that could slow the bailout bill, but says, "I share your frustrations" on executive pay Bush, at the U.N., warns world again of extremist threats He also singles out Iran's pursuit of a nuclear program as endangering international security. Why G.M. needs a government loan A healthy auto industry is critical to the economy. Anti-Christian attacks flare in India Some see a government hand in the fanatical Hindu anger against a minority and its converts. ASIA Brian Ross / ABCNEWS: ‘Grim’ Afghanistan Report To Be Kept Secret by US Roots of Antipathy Toward China By: Kazuo Ogoura | The Japan Times
In international polls, people express a favorable image of Japan. There is, however, a noteworthy exception: China. IHT SPIRALING CORRUPTION China's robber-baron ways By STEVEN HILL How can a country that organized such a splendid Olympic splash be the same country that produces deadly food scares on a regular basis? US unable to spare Afghan troops The Pentagon says that a call for three extra combat brigades to go to Afghanistan cannot be met before spring 2009. LA Times 2008 not a lucky year for China Except for two weeks of near-perfection during the Olympics, China has been awash in bad news, including riots, a massive quake and now tainted formula and sick babies Able Aso By: Jesper Koll | The Wall Street Journal
Taro Aso was elected Liberal Democratic Party President yesterday and is poised to be confirmed by Parliament Wednesday as Japan's next prime minister. He faces one big policy challenge: How to pull the world's second-largest economy out of recession? Thankfully, he is the right man for the job. Bush Administration Reviews Its Afghanistan Policy, Exposing Points of Contention By: Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker | The New York Times
Four months before President Bush leaves office, his top civilian and military aides are conducting four major new reviews of the war strategy and overall mission in Afghanistan, which have exposed internal fissures over American troop levels, how billions of aid dollars are spent, and how to cope with a deteriorating security situation in neighboring Pakistan Welcome to the Nuclear Club, India By: Gideon Rachman | Financial Times A US-India nuclear deal allowing India to buy nuclear material for civil use and -- critics fear -- to make more nuclear bombs -- is all but inevitable. Many non-proliferation experts claim it puts the world at risk -- but it is the right decision. | H11 IHT H.D.S. Greenway: The Panic of 1907 Back then, perhaps for the last time, Wall Street could take care of its own crises Fast food hits Mediterranean and a diet succumbs The Mediterranean diet, which has been associated with longer life spans and lower rates of heart disease and cancer, is in retreat in its home region. Unloved, Brown makes case to disgruntled party Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday swatted aside all talk of high-level plotting and imminent putsches against him . Georgia says it has shot down a Russian drone; Moscow issues a denial If confirmed, the downing of the drone over Georgian territory would be the first such incident since last month, when Russian and Georgian forces fought a brief, one-sided war. Former Greek minister convicted of harboring criminal The Greek prime minister suspended one of his aides on Tuesday after he was convicted of attempting to harbor a criminal and instigating others to commit a crime in a drug dealing case. EUROPE European press review Private sector output in the 15-country region contracted in September for the fourth consecutive month, according to eurozone purchasing managers’ indices. The pace of decline was the fastest since the aftermath of the September 2001 terrorist attacks in the US Kosovo's Man in Brussels Sets Out Priorities By: Phillipa Runner | EU Observer The main tasks of Kosovo's new embassy in Brussels will be to lobby the EU for wider recognition of the country's independence and to raise awareness of Serbia's attempts to sabotage the young state, Kosovo envoy Ilir Dugolli told EUobserver. Metrosexual Healing: Can Barack Obama save the trans-Atlantic alliance? Charismatic new leader Werner Faymann has given the formerly trailing party a boost in support. His populist touch and promises to raise public spending have proved popular with voters | H12 RFE/RL Containing Russia Without Containment By: Dominique Moisi | The Moscow Times
Let's engage Russia if we can but contain it if we must."" These two alternatives already defined Western strategy toward Russia in the mid-1990s. Europe's Last Dictator Der Spiegel
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has warned that the West should recognize next Sunday's parliamentary elections as democratic, or Minsk will end current efforts to improve ties Google News Azerbaijan EDM AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF
- AZERBAIJAN LEAPS FORWARD IN MAKING ITS ECONOMY ATTRACTIVE TO BUSINESS
Georgia: Opposition Takes on Saakashvili in Tbilisi
BY MOLLY CORSO
After weeks of unity following the war with Russia, the truce between Georgia’s opposition and the government has finally ended. Opposition leaders are now scrambling to define their position against President Mikheil Saakashvili and his role in the war. |
| H13 The Times 10,000 Syrian troops mass on Lebanon border Fear grows that surprise deployment could be prelude to first incursion since invading forces pulled out three years ago US plans extra 14,000 troops for Afghanistan US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said three combat brigades could be deployed by mid-2009 on top of 3,700 already due How? When? Who? The questions over replacing Gordon Brown dominated private conversations at the Labour conference. They were not dispelled by anything on the podium Ahmadinejad blames Bush for financial woe Speaking to the UN the Iranian president claimed US military interventions abroad had caused the global financial crisis Paulson and Bernanke in bailout fight Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke united in an effort to overcome mounting opposition to their $700 billion rescue package Wall Street Journal Our Generals Almost Cost Us Iraq By Mackubin Thomas Owens
The military needs to understand its role in a republic. It's Judgment Day for McCain THE TILTING YARD By Thomas Frank His campaign bus is full of the people who caused the meltdown. The Paulson Sale Let's Get the Bank Rescue Right Pandora's Bailout Lots of People Could Use a Cash Infusion By Tom Brokaw
If average Americans acted like Wall Street . . . Britain's Brown Bust By Rupert Darwall The prime minister has run out of ideas. The Cost of Government Financial Interventions, Past and Present
Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS) Chairm Congress cool after bail-out plea US lawmakers voice stiff opposition to a planned bail-out of the US banking system, after a five-hour Senate hearing. Finance firms 'probed by FBI' Will bail-out end the crisis? Chairm an Ben S. Bernanke / Board of Governors …: Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate Jody Shenn / Bloomberg: Paulson Debt Plan May Benefit Mostly Goldman, Morgan McClatchy Hostile Congress likely to revise Wall Street bailout plan Congressional lawmakers grew uneasy Tuesday about the Bush administration's plan to spend $700 billion rescuing America's financial industry, demanding provisions that limit executive pay and assurance to taxpayers that they're not writing a blank check to bail out troubled firms Paulson plan
throws oil on fire
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has made the unfolding financial crisis even more dangerous with his plan to create a trust to take on the liabilities of failing institutions. It could ignite the worst inflation in the US and reverse globalization to levels not seen since the Great Depression. - Hossein Askari and Noureddine Krichene | H14 Financial Times Paulson’s plan was not a true solution to the crisis The US Treasury secretary views the core challenge as illiquidity, not insolvency. By creating a market for toxic assets, he hopes to halt the spiral of falling prices and bankruptcies. But the scheme is neither necessary nor efficient, says Martin Wolf The world’s nations ponder reform From the Security Council to the secretariat, the United Nations is showing symptoms of increased sclerosis Sarkozy presses for capitalism summit The French president calls on world leaders to hold a summit later this year aimed at rebuilding a ‘regulated capitalism’ to replace a world financial system that had become unhinged Syrian troops raise Beirut anxiety The massing of 10,000 Syrian troops on the Lebanese border this week has raised fears among Damascus’s opponents in Beirut that Syria is seeking to consolidate its influence over its smaller neighbour. Gates defends operations inside Pakistan Robert Gates, US defence secretary, suggested that the US was justified under international law in conducting unilateral military operations inside Pakistan to protect American troops Do not abandon inflation targets A more flexible approach might make this strategy more attractive to countries that have not adopted it, writes Frederic Mishkin Obama admits plans face delay Barack Obama acknowledged for the first time that the financial crisis could force him to rein in his ambitious spending plans as the proposed $700bn bail-out of Wall Street threatens to plunge the government deeper into debt Bail-out faces flak from wary Congress The US plan to create a $700bn financial rescue fund encountered widespread discontent in Congress as Ben Bernanke suggested that the government should buy toxic mortgage assets at more than their current distressed prices Bernanke squares virtuous circle The Federal Reserve chairman says the government should buy toxic mortgage assets from banks at prices higher than the current distressed market prices of these securities Republican anger at ‘financial socialism’ Congressional Republicans voiced their strongest objections to date about the Bush administration’s $700bn financial rescue plans, dealing a blow to White House ambitions for them to be quickly approved US blue-collar workers look for bail-out Workers at the General Motors truck plant in Flint, Michigan, want the government to bail them out too Dollar rally halted on debt concerns The US dollar weathered the financial storm surprisingly well last week. But investors are now questioning the longer-term outlook Putin’s package The Russian government’s $100bn rescue plan has won a better reception from investors than Washington’s $700bn proposal. But the mood remains nervous Brown buys time Gordon Brown gave a clever speech to the Labour party conference. But it was neither compelling nor convincing Iran shipping line shrugs off sanctions threat Iran’s largest shipping company says it is confident it can protect its business from the impact of US sanctions imposed earlier this month Buffett to take $5bn stake in Goldman Goldman Sachs is to raise $7.5bn from Warren Buffett and other investors, fortifying its financial base as it begins its transition from Wall Street broker to Federal Reserve-regulated bank holding company European banking on borrowed time The largest banks have become not only too big to fail, but also too big to be saved, write Daniel Gros and Stefano Micossi Rich nations attacked over corruption fight Palin's popularity adds to Iran risks We let down diligent folk at the Halifax The road to nemesis began, not at conversion, but on the day it was decided that treasury should be a profit centre, writes John Kay | H15 Los Angeles Times Americans reluctant to fund bailout Times/Bloomberg poll: Most feel taxpayers should not be responsible for rescuing financial firms • FBI investigating companies at heart of meltdown Iran president blames Wall Street turmoil on U.S. 'military engagement' 2008 not a lucky year for China Except for two weeks of near-perfection during the Olympics, China has been awash in bad news, including riots, a massive quake and now tainted formula and sick babies At the U.N., leaders call for new rules for global markets Bush focuses heavily on terrorism, but others addressing the assembly concentrate on the financial crisis. Pakistan military push helps U.S. troops, Gates says The Defense chief tells U.S. senators that the Pakistani army's campaign in the country's tribal regions has eased pressure on U.S. forces across the border in Afghanistan The race card By Jonah Goldberg The media are wrong to see GOP criticism of Obama as racist. It's the Democrats who have a racism problem. What Palin defenders see By Alan Douglas Whitcomb Blowback: The attacks by bloggers betray a cartoonish view of conservatives. 'Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency' by Barton Gellman' The book, which grew out of a Pulitzer Prize- winning series in the Washington Post, paints Cheney as a man driven not by ego, but by his ideas. |
| H16 American Politics New poll finds Obama leading in four battleground states Florida leaning by 2 points to Obama in most recent poll Poll: Voters prefer McCain on security, Obama on economy Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Close Contests in Four Key States: Obama Says Bailout Should Include 4 Conditions realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp Palin Camp Goes To New Lengths To Shut Out Media Bernanke: Approve bailout or risk recession Stephanopoulos: McCain Holds Key to Administration's Bailout Passage on Capitol Hill What if the bailout plan doesn't work? From Texas Monthly, Leave It To Weaver: What John McCain’s former chief strategist thinks of his campaign TNR, more radical than Bush: Jonathan Cohn on the full horror of John McCain's economic agenda Like George W. Bush, McCain and Palin have to lie, because if they told the truth about their policies, they'd lose the election. A review of Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency by Barton Gellman (and more and more and an interview). Palin meets world leaders, but keeps the public at arm's length CENSUS: 74% of El Paso speaks Spanish at home... | H17 Daily Telegraph Suddenly McCain is on shaky ground The Republican presidential candidate is being forced to face up to his limited grasp of economics, says Irwin Stelzer. The land of the conspiracy theory Isambard Wilkinson on the challenge Pakistan's new president faces in getting his countrymen to admit to the reality of extremism. PM convinces party, but not country The PM's conference speech played well to the party faithful, but to the outside world its flaws were evident. President uses final speech to the United Nations to lambast the enemies of his administration and to reassure the rest of the world that America has a grip on its financial crisis. American officials have denied reports that one of their unmanned reconnaissance drones has crashed in Pakistan's lawless tribal regions | The only advantage for leaders who are unpopular, says Steve Richards, is that they can be easily underestimated. In his speech yesterday, Gordon Brown broke away from the gunfire to deliver one of his best orations at a party conference. Barack Obama's advisers fear John McCain's ruthless reputation as the candidates prepare to clash. Leading article: The Prime Minister gains some breathing space Leading article: Credit munch hits France |
| H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism Yedioth Ahronoth What does he have to lose? Terrorists must know that their families will pay heavy price for attacks “Landmine Casualty Data: Best Practices Guidebook” Provides New Reference Materials for Mine Victim Information Systems
Source: Mine Action Information Center, James Madison University (via U.S. Department of State) Landmine Casualty Data: Best Practices Guidebook (3.85 MB) US Needs to Prepare to Fight Bigger Land Wars - Martin Sieff, United Press International Business as usual for US arms sales
It is the season for weapons industry conferences in the United States, and business has never been better. The prize is a slice of the current half-trillion-dollar defense budget. Giants such as Lockheed Martin have their eyes on US$32 billion in contracts, while the Pentagon will offer about $34 billion in weapons to Iraq, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia From Open Source, an interview with Philippe Sands, author of Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values; and an interview with Philip Gourevitch, author of Standard Operating Procedure CMC on the Maritime Strategy | H20 Slate Just because the press loves Obama doesn't mean it hates McCain.
Jack Shafer The state is finally taking a shine to Democrats. But is it blue enough to accept Obama?
Christopher Beam Millenium Development Goals at Midpoint: where do we stand and where do we need to go
Source: European Commission - Development | H21 United States of Mind Researchers Identify Regional Personality Traits Across America From LRB, why it matters: Ellen Meiksins Wood reviews Hobbes and Republican Liberty by Quentin Skinner Wired’s 2008 Smart list Wired Magazine’s latest issue lists the 15 people their staff believes the next President should listen to. From The New Yorker, Louis Menand on Lionel Trilling and his discontents From NYRB, Steven Weinberg is without God. Google Unveils Book Preview Tool It's conquered the internet, now Google goes mobile Billionaire founders of search engine unveil rival to the BlackBerry and iPhone Google aims to take bite out of Apple Search giant unveils first handset, incorporating Google's Android system, in bid to rival iPhone Review: G1 lacks the wow factor Oscar Wilde was a man made of books, from Plato to Pater. The story of his libraries is the story of his life... more» Google phone - the first review Google's new G1 phone is good, very good, but the iPhone is better, says Times reviewer Tears without end Cole Moreton reflects on the terrible price that true love ultimately demands
From Love and Sex - a free glossy magazine with the print edition. Homeland Security Tests Security System That 'Reads Minds'... |
