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H1 New York Times Financial Crises Spread in Europe The growing crisis has underlined the difficulty of taking concerted action in Europe because its economies are far more integrated than its governing structures.

Economic Unrest Shifts Electoral Battlegrounds Barack Obama’s ambitious strategy to make incursions into Republican territory is gaining new force, while John McCain is scaling back his efforts to capture Democratic states. Interactive: How the Electoral Map Looks With a Month to Go

Guardian The storm hits Europe Editorial: Germany, Italy, Iceland and Belgium are all scrambling to find a solution to national banking crises

Şanlı Bahadır Koç ABD Başkanlık Seçimleri

NYRB Is This a 'Victory'?
By Peter Galbraith We hear again and again from Washington that we have turned a corner in Iraq and are on the path to victory. If so, it is a strange victory.

Christopher Ketcham: An Israeli Trojan Horse How Israeli Backdoor Technology Penetrated the U.S. Government's Telecom System and Compromised National Security

Washington Post Standard Warfare May Be Eclipsed By Nation-Building The Army on Monday will unveil an unprecedented doctrine that declares nation-building missions will probably become more important than conventional warfare and defines "fragile states" that breed crime, terrorism and religious and ethnic strife as the greatest threat to U.S. national security.

GOING FOR BROKE

He Told Us to Go Shopping. Now the Bill Is Due. By Andrew J. Bacevich, It's widely thought that the biggest gamble President Bush ever took was deciding to invade Iraq in 2003. It wasn't. His riskiest move was actually one made right after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks when he chose not to mobilize the country or summon his fellow citizens to any wartime...

Is It 1929 Again? By Robert J. Samuelson We need to remind ourselves that economic slumps rarely become national tragedies

Editorial Mr. Olmert's Farewell

The departing Israeli prime minister endorses a withdrawal policy his own government failed to uphold.

TWO SEPTEMBERS 9/11 Was Big. This Is Bigger. By David Rothkopf, Two September shocks will define the presidency of George W. Bush. Stunningly enough, it already seems clear that the second -- the financial crisis that has only begun to unfold -- may well have far greater and more lasting ramifications than the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

British Commander Calls Defeat of Taliban Unlikely

Lessons Taught By FDR

By David Ignatius, "Piece by piece, the nation's credit structure was becoming paralyzed. Crisis was in the air, but it was a strange, numbing crisis. . . . It was worse than an invading army; it was everywhere and nowhere, for it was in the minds of men. It was fear."

No More U.S. Preaching Carlos Alberto Montaner | The U.S. has lost the right to hold its values up as a model for the world

The Panel: Eroding American Influence

Rand Changes Needed in Way the United States Conducts Military Interventions

Integrating Instruments of Power and Influence - Lessons Learned and Best Practices

Biden’s 700 Years and the Dangerous Road to a “Settlement” in Iraq By Reidar Visser

The Choice: Barack Obama for President - The New Yorker

Reversal of Fortune - Joseph Stiglitz, Vanity Fair

UPI Iraqi funds bargaining chip for SOFA? Iranian state-run media reported Friday Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said U.S. officials threatened to seize Iraqi funds if a long-term security deal failed.

Jerusalem Post 'US considers lifting Syrian sanctions'

Senior US officials encouraged by improved relations with France, renewed Syria-Lebanon diplomatic ties

Time Changing the Conventional Wisdom About Iran

Iranian Fallout Nixon Center A US article assessing options for dealing with the dangers posed by Iran's nuclear developments

Global Economic Prospects: Surviving a Mild Case of Stagflation Peterson Institute

McClatchy Georgia's Saakashvili: freedom fighter or rights abuser?

SSI The 2006 Lebanon Campaign and the Future of Warfare, by Dr. Stephen Biddle and Mr. Jeffrey Friedman

The New Competition for Global Resources Source: Knowledge@Wharton Full Report (PDF; 599 KB)

Energy Policy of Presidential Candidates Source: Deloitte LLPFull Document (PDF; 265 KB) Free registration required

U.S. Assesses Isolation Policy Of Syria

Bush Administration Adds $4 Trillion to National Debt

Niall Ferguson The End of Prosperity?

Politico Obama clinches on Rove map

Der Spiegel Crimean Power Struggle: Russia and Ukraine Jockey in the Black Sea

Washington's Iraq: still wrong, Reidar Visser

Ha’aretz – French FM to Haaretz: Israel will act before Iran gets bomb Kouchner says Iran with an atomic bomb is unacceptable, but more time needed for diplomacy to work

Akiva Eldar: The PA is a fig leaf covering the nakedness of occupation If Israel gives the territories, all the territories, it will get a Jewish state. If Israel does not give the territories, including East Jerusalem, it will get the Balkans.

ANALYSIS / IDF plans to use disproportionate force in next war Top IDF generals say future war with Hezbollah will involve 'immense destruction,' heavy firepower

The Fall of America, Inc. - Francis Fukuyama, Newsweek Along with some of Wall Street's most storied firms, a certain vision of capitalism has collapsed. How we restore faith in our brand.

Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: Israel, the United States and the Search for a Russia Policy

Israel and the United States -- ahead of leadership changes in both countries -- are trying to deal with Russia

Geopolitical Diary: Three Events and the Tapestry of the Next Decade Three completely disconnected events occurred this week that will weave together the tapestry of the next decade

Financial Times A global downturn in western power

Who are the likely political losers and winners – that is, those who lose the least – from the present financial mess, asks Dominique Moisi

Why it is all uphill for McCain

Voters can tolerate only so much unpredictability in a politician. Zeal to reform government is fine. A passion to win difficult wars can be admirable. A daring taste in running mates is refreshing. All of the above, however, begins to make people nervous, writes Clive Crook

Germany guarantees savings to avert panic Germany said it would guarantee all private German bank accounts – currently worth €568bn – in a dramatic move to prevent panic withdrawals as fears over the worldwide financial crisis spread to Europe’s largest economy

The case for a European bank rescue plan A systemic banking crisis is one of the few conceivable shocks that could destroy Europe’s monetary union, says Wolfgang Münchau

Christian Science Monitor

Europe backs off of U.S.-style economic rescue plan

But EU leaders did agree to begin rewriting European accounting regulations later this month.

For Livni, forming an Israeli coalition just got a lot harder

The outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel may have to withdraw from the West Bank if it wants peace with Palestinians, making Tzipi Livni's job of building a new government coalition with hard-liners much more difficult.

Russian-Chinese Relations Through the Lens of the SCO IFRI

Newsweek The Age of Bloomberg by Fareed Zakaria It's a time to figure out what works, not what ideological mantras to keep repeating

Seven Questions: How to Prepare for the Big Debate

Daily Telegraph Talking to the Taliban The re-creation of an al-Qaeda foothold in Afghanistan must not be permitted. But in ensuring this, Nato leaders must be prepared to adjust their strategy if it is failing.

CFR Awaiting Elections in War-Weary Iraq

Setting a Constructive Russia Agenda

Political Situation in Iraq is 'A House of Cards'

USIP Russia and the West Listen to the audio from this event.

Carnegie Striking First: Preemption and Prevention in International Conflict Michael W. Doyle, Harold H. Koh, Joanne J. Myers

Terror and Consent: The Wars for The 21st Century

The Secret War With Iran: The 30-Year Clandestine Struggle Against Israel and the West

Rise of the Rest: The Challenges of the New World Order

Washington's Iraq: still wrong, Reidar Visser

America's interests: a bedside briefing by Martin Kramer

MESH - The First 100 Days.” Fourteen of our members contributed their admonitions and advice on the Middle East to the next president, whoever he may be. clicking here.

NPR The Race For Iraqi Oil

The Times Could Obama be the new Roosevelt? We are facing another crisis of financial confidence - and we need an exceptional president to deal with it William Rees-Mogg

H2 Genelkurmay: PKK başarısız oldu

Türk jetleri Kuzey Irak’ı vurdu

FT Turkey pressed to act against rebels Pressure mounts on Ankara to respond to the deadliest attack in months by Kurdish separatists and to urge Baghdad to clamp down on rebels operating out of northern Iraq

Washington Post Turkey Presses Iraqis After Attack by Rebels

Retaliatory Turkish Airstrikes Target Kurdish Rebels in Iraq

Turkey Launches Airstrikes Against Kurdish Rebels

Turkish Warplanes Bomb Kurd Bases in Northern Iraq

Yanıtlar, yanıtsız sorular

Aktütün'ün hesabı sorulacak mı?

Çiçek: Turkey to adopt new strategy in war against terror

13 asker havan topuyla şehit olmuş

Turkish Warplanes Bomb Kurd Bases in Northern Iraq

ABD: İstihbaratı çok aktif paylaşıyoruz!

G.Kurmay'dan şok sözler: BBG evi bir yalandı

Sizinle birlikte biz de yas tutuyoruz

Semih İdiz Aktütün saldırısıyla akla gelen sorular

Laçiner'den şok tespitler...

Mehmet Kamış Terörün mesajı Genelkurmay Başkanı'na

Genelkurmay bu kez hesap versin

Pressure on Turkey to Crush PKK May Hurt US, EU Ties

ÖMER TAŞPINAR
Ankara Obama'ya sıcak bakmalı

Obama and Turkey

Abdullah Gul on Iran, Iraq, the EU and Turkey | Newsweek International Edition | Newsweek.com

'Kriz, savaşı doğurabilir'

NYT 15 Turkish Soldiers Dead in Fighting With Rebels

Professor Inbar: Israeli-Turkish-US relations will grow stronger

Barzani’den kınama mesajı

Turkey slams Iraqi Kurds after rebel attack kills 15 soldiers

PKK’ya ağır darbe indirdiklerini söylüyorlardı, ne oldu? Büyükanıt Divan-ı Harp'te yargılanmalı

Süper Kobraları da düşürmek istemişler

Türkiye’de çatlak yok

Turkish general: Iraqi Kurds tolerate rebels

LA Times Dozens killed as Turkish troops clash with Kurds The fighting could prompt Turkey to attack rebel hideouts across the border in northern Iraq

18 Illegal Immigrants Killed in Turkey Road Crash

5 komutan düştü askerler çarpıştı

Meclis tezkereyi görüşecek

Irak’ın kuzeyine hava operasyonu

Bağdat Kürtlere baskı yapmadı

Turkey Accuses Iraqi Kurds of Aiding Rebels

Enis Berberoglu: US intelligence and Turkey’s N. Iraq border

Turkey Demands Iraq, US to Control Borders

Turkish Warplanes Bomb Kurd Bases in Northern Iraq

Şehit vermemenin bedeli ne kadar?

Karakol para olmadığı için taşınamamış

Senate confirms Jeffrey as US ambassador to Turkey

Dünya, PKK'yı tecrit ediyor

‘Türkiye’nin köprü rolünden faydalanalım’

Ali Aslan Amerikan ekonomisi ve seçimleri nereye?

FT Kurdistan’s press pays for tackling corruption Democratic Kurdistan is often heralded as a role model for the rest of Iraq, but the government is regularly accused of shady practices

İran, Karabağ için arabuluculuk önerdi

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

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

DTP'li Tuncel Roj TV'de Türkiye'yi tehdit etti

Sam BrannenThe Misrule of Massoud Barzani: Iraqi Kurdistan's Yasser Arafat

Kuzey Irak’taki Kürt partilerine duyulan güven azalıyor CEMİL EL ZEYABİ

Turkey's Kurdish Party Looks to Religion to Boost Political Profile

Cevdet Aşkın Aktütün'e 'göstere göstere' saldırı, Ankara'da yeni yol arayışı

Birleşmiş Milletler saldırıyı kınadı

Mustafa Akyol Etnik çatışma nasıl olur?

Doğu Ergil Are we a national or communal society?

TAMER KORKMAZ

Gabar-Dağlıca-Aktütün

HAKAN ALBAYRAK

Şemdinli baskınının düşündürdükleri

5 karakolun yeri değiştiriliyor

İhsan Dağı The PKK’s raid: predictions and questions

5 karakol taşınıyor

Kahreden açıklama

Amaçları Aktütün’ü ele geçirmekti

Who Are the PKK?

Can Dündar Yeni bir dil lazım

Aktütün'le birlikte dört karakol daha taşınacak

'Karakollar güçlendirilecek'

F-16'lar K. Irak'ı vurdu Bordo Bereliler sınırda

Aktütün baskını Dağlıca ile aynı

Altınova'daki olaylar etnik kökenli değil

Vahap Munyar Nitelikli Sanayi Bölgesi’yle terörün önüne set çekelim

Ferai Tınç Sorulmayan hesap kırılmaya yol açıyor

Meclis'in gündemi tezkere

Fatih Çekirge 15 değil 35

Terörle mücadelede başarı için iş dünyasına çağrı

Sabahattin Önkibar İşte AKP'nin PKK kayıtsızlığındaki gerekçeleri!

OKUR TEMSİLCİSİ
Bu sarmal bitecekse

[Yorum - Dr. Bekir Çınar] Koruyanları korumak ve hesap sormak

Yeter artık, bitsin artık

Olayın tek boyutu yok

Paşa'nın Çanakkale gafı

Barzani ile görüştü saldırıyı kınadı

ABD'ye sınırınıza sahip çıkın mesajı

Ege’de halkların fay hatları kırılıyor ATİLLA HUN

Mensur Akgün Terörle mücadele

Mehmet Altan Cevabını arayan soru

Ardan Zentürk Saldırı, savaş nedenidir

İsmail Küçükkaya Pusuda değil, hücumda şehit olmuşlar

Nabi Yağcı Artık lanetlemek yetmez büyük politikalar gerekli

Ali Bulaç Vatan sağ olsun, ama!..

Yiğt Bulut Hesap ver! Ali Babacan…

Necati Doğru Dünyanın üçüncü büyük ordusu bizde değil mi?

Can Ataklı Suriye’deki gibi etkin tavır koymalıyız

Iraqi president to pay official visit to Iran

KÜRŞAT BUMİN

'Siyaset' ile ama nasıl?

FT Kurdistan's press pays for tackling corruption

Öcalan mazgal sesinden rahatsız oldu

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

Nükleerle birlikte, enerjide Rusların payı yüzde 55'e çıkacak

A demilitarised Cyprus with UK bases and Turkish guarantees

Steinmeier: Turkey Needs to Do More for EU Membership | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 05.10.2008

AB ve serbest ticaret anlaşmaları

AB'ye ulaştırmada uyumun bedeli 20 milyar eurodan fazla

EU research centers advance across Turkey

PKK assault draws condemnation from European Union and NATO

Türklerin Çernobil korkusuyla savaşırız

Rehn thinks Turkey's entry talks depend on Turkey

Turkey's gas request blocks Nabucco, says Hungary

Turkey declared member of IAEA governors’ board

Hüseyin Macit Yusuf Küstah ve utanmaz Avrupa

Kıbrıs'ta sancılı müfredat değişikliği

Critical chapter in EU talks ready for opening

18 illegal immigrants suffocate on way to Europe

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

Güngör Uras Belediyeler iyi çalışırsa şehirler güzelleşiyor

Yeşil kartlı sayısı 9 milyonu aştı

İngiliz gazeteci gözüyle İstanbul

Başbuğ’a taş kırma operasyonu

Türbanla sınava almayan personele soruşturma

AKP'li vekile kıyak

Over 60 percent of solid waste improperly disposed in Turkey

DSP’s Tayyibe Gülek: International cooperation necessary to boost agricultural productivity

Turkish Soap Star Sparks Divorces in Arab World

Former Minister Uluğbay: World is witnessing final fight for oil

İlber Ortaylı, yeni banknotlardaki isimleri ağır eleştirdi

1 milyon Zaman için kampanyamız başlıyor, hazır mıyız?

H3

İki gerekçeli karar ayın 15’ine dek çıkar

Türbanla sınava almayan personele soruşturma

Ankara’nın içtiği su, sulama için bile uygun değilmiş

Millet yasta vekil halayda!

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman GH Türkiye

Cengiz Çandar

Ahmet Taşgetiren

Ruşen - Çakır Hem hükümet, hem asker sorumlu

Taha Akyol ‘Gidişat’ nereye?

Fikret Bila Genelkurmay Aktütün’ü gerekçeleriyle anlattı

Hasan Cemal

Murat Yetkin Barzani de işbirliği yaptığında

İsmet Berkan Bir savaş kaç yıl sürer?

Fehmi Koru

Taha Kıvanç İktidar mücadelesi: Dün ve bugün

Soli Özel Bayramdan sonrası için (2)

Şamil Tayyar Aktütün, Dağlıca gibi olur mu?

Ali Bayramoğlu

Yasemin Çongar

Ertuğrul Özkök

Ahmet Hakan Garp cephesinde iki yeni şey var

M Ali Birand

Cüneyt Ülsever

Enis Berberoğlu

Oktay Ekşi

Özdemir İnce

Mehmet Y Yılmaz

Rıza Türmen 3. gizli tanık

MUHARREM SARIKAYA

ERDAL ŞAFAK En uzun hafta

ENGİN ARDIÇ Gereksiz yazı

ERGUN BABAHAN

EMRE AKÖZ

Umur TaluHariçten ağıt!

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

Yorgun basınla yaşamak

NAZLI ILICAKİhmal mi, zaaf mı... Nedir sebep?

MEHMET BARLAS Akıl tutulması Türkiye'de sorunların çözümünü engelliyor...

Bülent Kenes The PKK knows what it does, but do we?

Yavuz Baydar Attack foretold

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

YAVUZ DONAT

Askeri ve sivil alanın sınırları...
ORAL ÇALIŞLAR

Bu savaşa hayır diyelim
YILDIRIM TÜRKER

Sorunu anlamak ve çözmek
TARHAN ERDEM

Okay Gönensin Acıyı kullanmak isteyenler

Eser Karakaş Vatandaş soracak yetkililer yanıtlayacak

Nasuhi Güngör Hesap sormak, yok saymak

Ekonomi

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu

Erdal Sağlam Krizin dibi bu kararla da görülmeyecek

Hasan Ersel Kurtarmak, yaşatmak için yeterli mi

Hurşit Güneş Şimdi ne olacak? Dünya durgunluğa girecek

'Kriz, savaşı doğurabilir'

Baturalp CandemirEylül enflasyonu beklentilerin altında

Aydın Ayaydın Gülme komşuna gelir başına

Ali Ağaoğlu Paket de işe yaramadı!

'Amerikan Rüyası'nın sonu mu

Türkiye'nin likidite sorunu yok

Ertuğ Yaşar Herkes krizi tadacaktır

Güven Sak Bizi koruyan, finansal sistemimizin ilkelliği ve faiz oranlarının yüksekliği

Kimse pembe günlerin devam etmesini beklemesin!

İBRAHİM KAHVECİ

Ya eşşeklik ederlerse!

Faiz iner dolar çıkar altın düşer!

Petrol 88 doların altına geriledi benzin fiyatları yerinde sayıyor

Ekonomide savunmacı süreç
UĞUR GÜRSES

Kurtarma planı hakkında şüpheler FATİH ÖZATAY

Will capitalism collapse? by ATİLLA YAYLA*

Asım Erdilek Rescuing the rescue plan

Turkish economy prepares for impact from global credit crisis

H4 New York Times Financial Crises Spread in Europe The growing crisis has underlined the difficulty of taking concerted action in Europe because its economies are far more integrated than its governing structures.

Economic Unrest Shifts Electoral Battlegrounds Barack Obama’s ambitious strategy to make incursions into Republican territory is gaining new force, while John McCain is scaling back his efforts to capture Democratic states. Interactive: How the Electoral Map Looks With a Month to Go

How Free Should a Free Market Be? By ALEX BERENSON Very free, Americans believe. But ...

Reports Link Karzai’s Brother to Heroin Trade Assertions that the Afghan president’s brother is linked to the heroin trade have deeply worried American officials.

Capitalism to the Rescue Can the venture capitalists at Kleiner Perkins reduce our dependence on oil, help stop global warming and make a lot of money at the same time?

Despite Ruling, Detainee Cases Facing Delays Months after a Supreme Court ruling, none of the habeas corpus cases of Guantánamo detainees have been resolved.

'Hot, Flat, and Crowded' By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Reviewed by JONATHAN FREEDLAND Thomas L. Friedman makes the case that green politics are compatible with big business. First Chapter

Command for Africa Is Established by Pentagon

Vice President The Heartbeat Job

By JOHN M. BRODER A tie-breaking funeral attender, or the fourth branch of government.

Boomtown of Dubai Feels Effects of Global Crisis

European Leaders Vow to Fight Financial Crisis

15 Turkish Soldiers Dead in Fighting With Rebels

2 U.S. Helicopters Crash; Poland Ends Its Iraq Role

Tom Davis Gives Up He was a star in the Republican Party. Now, like dozens of his G.O.P. colleagues, he’s quitting Congress, fed up with his party, his president and the process.

Russian Forces Begin to Shut Georgia Checkpoints

Observations From Handful of Cities That Could Prove to Be Electoral Key

A Fight Among Catholics Over Which Party Best Reflects Church Teachings

Palin, on Offensive, Attacks Obama’s Ties to ’60s Radical

Congress When 535 Take On Number 1 ,By PETER BAKER An empowered executive branch, or one that is under siege?

H5 Washington Post Standard Warfare May Be Eclipsed By Nation-Building The Army on Monday will unveil an unprecedented doctrine that declares nation-building missions will probably become more important than conventional warfare and defines "fragile states" that breed crime, terrorism and religious and ethnic strife as the greatest threat to U.S. national security.

GOING FOR BROKE

He Told Us to Go Shopping. Now the Bill Is Due. By Andrew J. Bacevich, It's widely thought that the biggest gamble President Bush ever took was deciding to invade Iraq in 2003. It wasn't. His riskiest move was actually one made right after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks when he chose not to mobilize the country or summon his fellow citizens to any wartime...

Is It 1929 Again? By Robert J. Samuelson We need to remind ourselves that economic slumps rarely become national tragedies

Editorial Mr. Olmert's Farewell

The departing Israeli prime minister endorses a withdrawal policy his own government failed to uphold.

TWO SEPTEMBERS 9/11 Was Big. This Is Bigger. By David Rothkopf,

Two September shocks will define the presidency of George W. Bush. Stunningly enough, it already seems clear that the second -- the financial crisis that has only begun to unfold -- may well have far greater and more lasting ramifications than the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

British Commander Calls Defeat of Taliban Unlikely

Lessons Taught By FDR

By David Ignatius, "Piece by piece, the nation's credit structure was becoming paralyzed. Crisis was in the air, but it was a strange, numbing crisis. . . . It was worse than an invading army; it was everywhere and nowhere, for it was in the minds of men. It was fear."

No More U.S. Preaching Carlos Alberto Montaner | The U.S. has lost the right to hold its values up as a model for the world

The Panel: Eroding American Influence

DYING INSIDE Behind the Bluster, Russia Is Collapsing By Murray Feshbach

Trust Is 'A Two-Way Street' Lally Weymouth interviews Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.

Blaming Deregulation By Sebastian Mallaby, A President Obama could regret candidate Obama's scapegoating of the free market.

U.S. Fiscal Crisis Seems to Have Altered Political Map McCain's Challenge Is Underscored by Pullout From Mich.

Registration Gains Favor Democrats

Voter Rolls Swelling in Key States

Glitch Delays Signing Of India Nuclear Pact New Delhi Wants Bush to Take First Step

Earth Aboil A new study raises the imperative to get serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

McCain's Running Mate By Jackson Diehl, He never named Palin in the debate, but he mentioned Gen. Petraeus seven times.

Illuminating Our Choices By Jim Hoagland The Ancient Mariner seems to have tied the albatross around his own neck.

Bad Medicine By James Grant Why the bailout bill is just more of the same.

Moments of Truth | McCain in Vietnam In Ordeal as Captive, Character Was Shaped

The Uplifting Debate By David S. Broder, McCain's candidacy needs bolstering, and Palin may be able to help.

What McCain Learned From the Rough Rider By George F. Will,

John McCain, like many Americans who should know better, extravagantly praises Theodore Roosevelt. He is a kindred spirit of the impulsive Rough Rider, but the visceral McCain is rescued from some of TR's excesses by not having TR's overflowing cupboard of ideas

WHO ARE THESE GUYS? From the GOP's New Guard, the Audacity of Nope By Eve Fairbank

A Pal Around McCain

By Harold Meyerson, Page A15

If the McCain people want to talk associates, how about Phil Gramm?

Germany to Guarantee Private Bank Accounts French Firm to Control Belgium's Fortis

Uighur Detainees May Be Released to U.S. Chinese Muslims Held at Guantanamo Aren't Considered Enemy Combatants

U.S. Fiscal Crisis Seems to Have Altered Political Map McCain's Challenge Is Underscored by Pullout From Mich.

A Choice for Latin America Should the United States continue to subsidize governments that treat it as an enemy?

Nebraska Becomes Unlikely Battleground

There's a Gold Mine In Environmental Guilt Carbon-Offset Sales Brisk Despite Financial Crisis

Supreme Court's Direction Hinges on Who Wins '08 Race A McCain Victory May Tilt Balance

GOP Seeks Probe of Donations to Obama

Artful Dodging Trumps Open Evasion, Studies Show Palin Criticized After Avoiding Questions

Bomber Strikes During Raid in Northern Iraq A suicide bomber detonates an explosives-laden vest inside a home in Mosul as U.S. forces were trading gunfire with its occupants. No U.S. casualties are reported

Paulson to Tap Adviser to Run $700 Billion Rescue Program

H6 GuardianTreasury anger at German savings move UK under pressure to guarantee savings of all depositors following events in Europe

· The storm hits Europe Editorial: Germany, Italy, Iceland and Belgium are all scrambling to find a solution to national banking crises

· Faith. Belief. Trust. This economic orthodoxy was built on superstition Madeleine Bunting: There is no alternative, went the mantra. Now this corrupt mythology lies in tatters, the crisis of conviction is profound

German guarantee blows hole in EU plan

Two governments agree ailing bank packages

Madeleine Bunting: Orthodoxy built on superstition

Larry Elliott: Contagion could fracture eurozone

FAQ: What is guaranteed where?

· Contagion could fracture the eurozone Economic meltdown pushes the EU both towards closer integration and disintegration

Whisper it: this election will be decided on the issues Michael Tomasky: America is a country in decline. And that means substance really matters to voters, which is very bad news for Republicans

World briefing: Bungled bail-out vote bolsters mood swing in favour of Obama Simon Tisdall: Polls show that economic mismanagement could be 'tipping point' necessary to defeat Republicans

· Talks with Taliban 'only way forward' UK urges allies to use diplomacy to end Afghanistan conflict as brigadier rules out decisive victory

Blair 'backed Mandelson comeback'

Business secretary admits he consulted former prime minister before accepting position

Desperation strategy works. But for emergency use only

Jackie Ashley: I doubt even Brown knows how to follow up his stunning, coup-stalling Mandelson recall. It will be a bumpy ride

Time running out for peace, says Livni Israeli prime minister-designate warns that extremists are gaining strength as negotiations stumble

· Bush supports US thinktank office in Iran Administration gives go-ahead for plan, in a departure from strict policy of isolating the Islamic regime

· White House shifts focus to declining employment market

Following approval of bail-out, attention turns to job losses and threatened homeowners

The Observer · Out of crisis comes an opportunity for change

Editorial: The current market turbulence does not distinguish between brands of capitalism

Mandelson: 'I'm joined at the hip with PM' Former Blairite's loyalty pledge ends Miliband challenge as survival becomes main priority

Interview: Brown and I have history

· What really drove Gordon and Peter back together again

Andrew Rawnsley: This is surely the wildest plot twist in the already convoluted history of New Labour

· Smiles for Obama in sunshine state Obama surges ahead in Florida, one of the crucial US election battlegrounds, writes Paul Harris

· Israeli army chief slams settler attacks Jewish extremists are stepping up attacks on West Bank Palestinians and peace activists

· Iraq: US military 'kills al-Qaeda chief'

Leader's wife also dies during attempts to capture head of cell responsible for mosque attacks

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Iranian Fallout Nixon Center A US article assessing options for dealing with the dangers posed by Iran's nuclear developments

Global Economic Prospects: Surviving a Mild Case of Stagflation Peterson Institute

Constraints to Economic Development and Growth in the Middle East and North Africa GIGA A 46-page German working paper attempting to identify the most significnt constraints on Arab Mediterranean economic development

McClatchy Displaced Iraqis, now told to go home, fear for their lives For all the debate in the United States about whether the surge has succeeded, there's no debate in the camps of displaced people throughout Iraq. Forced from their homes by the years of sectarian violence, they've now been told to go home by Iraq's Ministry of Displacement and Migration. But many are unwilling, saying friends and family have told them it would mean death

More Freedom, Less Terror? Liberalization and Political Violence in the Arab World
Source: RAND Corporation

Declining Public Support for Global Engagement
Source: The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

Meeting America’s Security Challenges Beyond Iraq: A Conference Report
Source: RAND Corporation

Time Why Syria Will Keep Provoking Israel - Robert Baer

Iran Votes for Obama : Tariq Alhomayed

Washington Institute From Campaigning to Governing: What Really Matters on the Stump Watch journalists Jackson Diehl and Jeffrey Goldberg discuss the relationship between how the presidential candidates deal with foreign policy issues while campaigning and how their potential presidential administrations would formulate policy in governme

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Are No Rogue Outfit - Michael Rubin

Mass Killings and Human Rights Violations in Syria

NPQ Kenichi Ohmae: LESSON FROM JAPAN’S MELTDOWN: $700 BILLION IS NOT ENOUGH TO SOLVE U.S. CRISIS; RESCUE MUST COME IN THREE PHASES

Carl Bildt: IF U.S. FOLLOWS LESSONS of SWEDISH CREDIT CRUNCH, IT CAN COME OUT WELL IN END

Daily Star Looking into the root causes of the world's financial mess
By Barry Eichengreen

The moose hunter and the mullahs
By Rami G. Khouri

A Karzai for Iraq or a Maliki for Afghanistan? Asharq Alawsat By Amir Taheri

New Lebanon War? By Amir Taheri IS Syria preparing to seize the opportunity provided by the global financial crisis and the US presidential campaign to invade Lebanon

Why Syria Doesn’t Want War with Israel

Helena Cobban The financial crisis and world power shifts

Al Hayat Syria's Need for Arabs Abdullah Iskandar - There are two widespread theories that explain the recent explosions and assassinations in Syria. Of foreign source undenied by Israel, the first theory links these operations to the Syrian endeavors to develop a military nuclear program. As for the second Syrian-based theory, it links these operations to takfiri groups.

RFERL Despite Petrodollars, Iranians Struggle To Make Ends Meet Sitting atop the world's second-largest gas and oil reserves, Iran earned an estimated $80 billion in energy sales in the last fiscal year as fuel prices spiked. But that windfall has not reached most of the population, whose living standards have plummeted

Iran: Willing to Consider a Nuclear Bargain? Given the security concerns surrounding existing pipeline routes connecting the Caspian Basin and Turkey, Iran is trying to fashion itself as a viable energy export alternative. The desire for an energy opening to the West is sufficiently strong that at least some political factions in Tehran seem willing to explore a deal with the United States and European Union concerning Iran�s nuclear program

CER Scapegoating the US lets others off too easily

In defence of Anglo-Saxon capitalism

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

US Sanctions: Financial Firewall for Iran, Syria?

Iran: Khatami to run against Ahmadinejad?

Iraq's presidency agrees to provincial-elections law

Iraq: As Dust Settles, Specter of Violence Returns

Negroponte: US Close to Security Deal With Iraq

Tight Security Ahead of Negroponte's Visit to Iraq's Kirkuk

Number of Net Users in Middle East Zooms 600 Percent

Iran Urges Officials to Keep Out of Syria

Sunni and Shia Hackers Battle it Out Online

US close to security deal with Iraq: Negroponte

Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt Faces Dissent from Within –

Washington calls off planned diplomatic outpost in Tehran

Suicide bomber strikes in Mosul

Three women and three children die when a suicide bomber detonates his explosives during a US raid, officials say

US mil: 11 Iraqis killed in Mosul raid (AP)

IAEA calls to disarm Mideast nukes

Iran: Natural Gas Conference in Tehran Proof US, Israel Pressure Ineffective

Somalia is 'most ignored tragedy'

The world should be shocked at the systematic destruction of Mogadishu and its residents, says lobby group Human Rights Watch

Christian Security Forces Growing Stronger In Iraq

CER

H9 Ha’aretz – French FM to Haaretz: Israel will act before Iran gets bomb Kouchner says Iran with an atomic bomb is unacceptable, but more time needed for diplomacy to work

Akiva Eldar: The PA is a fig leaf covering the nakedness of occupation If Israel gives the territories, all the territories, it will get a Jewish state. If Israel does not give the territories, including East Jerusalem, it will get the Balkans.

ANALYSIS / IDF plans to use disproportionate force in next war Top IDF generals say future war with Hezbollah will involve 'immense destruction,' heavy firepower

Livni tells France's Kouchner: I oppose Olmert's peace plan In first policy speech since primary, FM says Annapolis will continue regardless of political upheaval

Nuclear deterrence, with a grain of salt

Gideon Levy: Olmert has euthanized the Israeli right The left's ideas are now expounded by the majority; after all, everyone knows that it is either two states or we are finished.

Iran: We won't halt enrichment even if nuclear fuel supply guaranteed Iran's FM says Islamic Republic cannot trust West, especially the U.S., to provide nuclear suppor

Livni: Annapolis will continue, regardless of political upheavel

Jerusalem Post 'US considers lifting Syrian sanctions'

Senior US officials encouraged by improved relations with France, renewed Syria-Lebanon diplomatic ties

Livni: We dream of peace but our legs are rooted in reality

In first diplomatic address as Kadima leader, FM affirms commitment to peace with Arab world, warns Iran "is not only Israel's problem."

Diplomacy: Exit, stage left

[ HERB KEINON

Ahmadinejad isn't too impressed [ JONATHAN TOBIN

The Livni Challenge

Can Tzipi follow in
Golda's footsteps?i

Olmert's parting blows

[ CAROLINE GLICK

'Something has to be done with Iran'

French FM Kouchner says problem must be dealt with either peacefully or by using force

Yedioth Ahronoth Labor may drop preconditions Two-hour meeting between Livni, Barak and financial advisors held as part of ongoing efforts to form new coalition; aide says Labor chief 'may be willing to consider delaying talks on budget increase until party joins government'
Full Story . . .

Olmert off to Moscow to discuss Iran,...

'Political stability needed'
In her first national address since becoming prime minister designate, Livni discusses ongoing coalition negotiations, peace talks with the Palestinians and the economic crisis. 'Government must transcend politics,' she says Full Story . . .

Livni’s first mistake Pledge to refrain from negotiating Jerusalem’s future a grave mistake, says Danny Rothschild

Amnesty's Obsession with Israel -

Israel wants its own technology in F-35s for edge over neighbors

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

Christopher Ketcham: An Israeli Trojan Horse How Israeli Backdoor Technology Penetrated the U.S. Government's Telecom System and Compromised National Security

LEBANON: Israelis say spy chief killed Hezbollah commander Mughniyah

Israelis Wary of U.S. Radar Base in the Negev - Tim McGirk and Aaron J. Kein When a contingent of U.S. soldiers opens a radar facility on a mountaintop in the Negev desert next month, Israel will for the first time in its 60-year history have a permanent foreign military base on its soil. And despite the early warning that the American radar would provide if Iran launches a missile attack on Israel, some senior Israeli officials are nonetheless wary about its presence. One top official said, "It's a like a pair of golden handcuffs on Israel." The radar will allow the U.S. to keep a close watch on anything moving in Israeli skies. Israeli officials expressed concern that the radar's installation may anger Moscow, since its range will enable the U.S. to monitor aircraft in the skies over southern Russia. (TIME)

Mossad's Secret Role delaying Rogue Nukes?
Defense Update

Disproportionate Force: Israel's Concept of Response in Light of the Second Lebanon War - Col. (res.) Gabriel Siboni

Jerusalem: The Dangers of Division - Nadav Shragai (Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace

Israel should get to know Hamas a bit better By Yossi Alpher

When It Comes to Palestine and Israel, the US Simply Doesn't Get It by Robert Fisk

Yard probes billionaire spy's death

The New Face of Israel? Israel expert Daniel Levy assesses the odds that Tzipi Livni could become Israel's next prime minister, and considers what it might mean for the Middle East if she does.

Forward Why We Fear Sarah Palin
David Klinghoffer

Jewish 'Modesty Patrols' Sow Fear in Israel

Newsweek A Piece of the Peace: the One Thing Mideast Talks Are Producing Is More Settlements

“Hizballah Brigades of Palestine” - new Gaza-West Bank terror group

Ex-IDF, Mossad officials hail Obama Jerusalem Post

Newsweek Israel: The Problem with Peace Talks

Tom Segev: Ignore Anti-Semites in Order to Make Peace by Jeffrey Goldberg

H10 Christian Science Monitor

Europe backs off of U.S.-style economic rescue plan

But EU leaders did agree to begin rewriting European accounting regulations later this month.

For Livni, forming an Israeli coalition just got a lot harder

The outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel may have to withdraw from the West Bank if it wants peace with Palestinians, making Tzipi Livni's job of building a new government coalition with hard-liners much more difficult.

Paulson crafts his new role

In essence, Congress is telling him to create his own financial recovery plan.

How to smooth the transition in Iraq The town of Mahmoudiya is ready for the next step: a Transition Task Force.

If Russia's leaving, S. Ossetia town asks: Why build a new road?

The residents of Akhalgori, a town located just 25 miles from Georgia's capital, say Russian troops are creating a new military supply route.

Pakistan's fresh resolve in latest battle against Taliban

Behind big job losses, a tighter credit squeeze Layoffs are at their highest rate since 2003. A leaner holiday season is more likely.

U.S. military to deploy more surveillance planes to Afghanistan

To drill or not to drill is not the question Renewable resources abound. Let's use them.

ASIA

CFR The Candidates on U.S. Policy toward India

Russian-Chinese Relations Through the Lens of the SCO IFRI

Pakistan's Mysterious New Spymaster

Asians one and all
Pan-Asianism in modern Japanese history, edited by Sven Saaler and J Victor Koschmann The essays in this book reconstruct the development of Pan-Asianism - the assumption that Asians should be united - as one of the most important trends in modern Japanese history. One of the crucial points in the study of Pan-Asianism is its application and relation to real life, yet this is entirely ignored by the authors. - Dmitry Shlapentok

Newsweek The Perils Of Thrift George Wehrfritz

China's crisis is the opposite of America's.

Tom Barnett KnoxNews.Crisis begets accountability and transparency

The "People" in the PLA: Recruitment, Training, and Education in China's Military, edited by Mr. Roy Kamphausen, Dr. Andrew Scobell, and Mr. Travis Tanner

As the New India Rises, So Do Slums Of Laborers

Saudi Arabia mediates between Karzai Gov't, Taliban

NATO: Senior Taliban Leader Captured in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Manhunt or Vital War? - Robert Kaplan, New York Times

Danger on Remote Pakistan Border - Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer

Lowy Institute From losing to winning in Afghanistan

The Afghan War is for the Future of Pakistan, India, and the US

Pakistani Taliban 'Furious' Over US Missile Strike

Moderate Elements Within the Taliban Key to Ending Violence – Former Afghan Minister

H11 IHT Words that came too late

It is tragic that Ehud Olmert, Israel's departing prime minister, did not do more to act on his true beliefs when he had real power

Roger Cohen: Kiplin' vs. Palin Sarah Palin, Mainstreeter that she is, loves to drop her g's, so she'd no doubt call the poet Kiplin'. But could she have learned from him?

Thomas L. Friedman: Swedish spoken here When the next president takes office, Americans should not be surprised when he spells out the ramifications of being a debtor nation.

Gail Collins: Talking in points

This entire election season has been a long-running saga about the rise of women in American politics. On Thursday, it all went sou

A manhunt or a vital war?

By ROBERT D. KAPLAN Afghanistan is more than a manhunt, and it does matter, for reasons that have not been fully fleshed out by policy makers or the military

Another inconvenient truth

By PETER BRABECK-LETMATHE Producing biofuels will further deplete the world's already overtaxed water supply.

European leaders reject broad bailout but promise unity After days of squabbling, the leaders of Europe's largest economies vowed to work together to stop a growing financial panic

Leaked diplomatic cable promotes 'acceptable dictator' in Afghanistan

A coded French diplomatic cable leaked to a French newspaper quotes the British ambassador in Afghanistan as predicting that the NATO-led military campaign against the Taliban will fail.

Europe's big banks aim to profit from Wall Street's losses Despite problems at some banks, executives at Europe's still-solvent giants see a rare opportunity to crack markets long-dominated by American firms brought low by the financial crisis

EUROPE European press review

LA Times Europe's Far-Right Revival Isn't Nazism - Ian Buruma

Muslims in Europe: A Short Introduction Brookings Institution

EMU@10 - Successes and challenges after ten years of Economic and Monetary Union
Source: European Commission Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs

Unfavorable Views of Jews and Muslims on the Increase in Europe
Source: Pew Global Attitudes Project

Germany acts to guarantee savings

Chancellor Merkel says Germany will guarantee all private savings accounts, as a major bank struggles to stay in business.

Peston: Rest of EU to follow

Adaptation to Climate Change in the European Union: Efficiency vs. Equity Considerations CEPS

Security, Risk and Human Rights: A Vanishing Relationship? CEPS a 20-page essay examining how the risk-focused mindset has weakened human rights in Europe over recent years

Der Spiegel No EU Bailout: Europe Bids Adieu to Common Financial Crisis Approach

CSIS New Allies and the New U.S. Adminstration

The Shape of Things to Come - EU Future Group Source: Statewatch Full Document (PDF; 316 KB)

CEPS Europes banking crisis: A call to action

H12 RFE/RL

Kazakhstan Seeks to Balance East and West

Rice says US not trying to undermine Russia (AP)

Russia: Gazprom Having Second Thoughts About the South Stream Pipeline? The Kremlin-controlled energy conglomerate Gazprom is pushing back the start date of the South Stream pipeline by at least two years, according to a report published by the Russian business paper Vedomosti

Russian-Chinese Relations Through the Lens of the SCO IFRI

Analysis: What's killing the Russians? By MURRAY FESHBACH
Behind the bluster, former superpower is collapsing.

Russia removes Georgia checkpoint
Russia dismantles a checkpoint near Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region, the first step of a pullback plan.

Russia finds unlikely ally in Ukraine's Tymoshenko

Google News Azerbaijan

McClatchy Georgia's Saakashvili: freedom fighter or rights abuser?

Human Rights in Areas Affected by the South Ossetia Conflict. Special Mission to Georgia and Russian Federation Source: Council of Europe

Russian live missile fire air exercise near Alaska

Averting a New Great Game in Central Asia by Richard Weitz

H13 The Times Could Obama be the new Roosevelt? We are facing another crisis of financial confidence - and we need an exceptional president to deal with it William Rees-Mogg

Big City America Small-town values are embedded in the US psyche but will not decide this election

Iraq: Battle for business begins

Fewer attacks have encouraged companies to explore opportunities in the country for the first time since the invasion

Iraq: Risky land of opportunity

A range of state-owned industries, from oil and gas to agriculture and steel, are opening up in the country like never before

Russia's warships in Venezuelan exercise Mediterranean show of strength from Cold War fleet bound for South American exercise with Hugo Chavez's military

Seven battle states could decide outcome John McCain and Barack Obama's campaign teams focus on crucial 'toss-up' states as Democratic candidate nears magic number

Can King David stabilise Afghanistan? The troop surge in Iraq was a great success. But General David Petraeus will find pacifying the Taleban a tougher job still Michael Evans

Something Borrowed

As the UK faces recession, pressures on the public finances will only increase; politicians have yet come to terms with the painful choices in tax and spending

Every country for itself as unity crumbles Germany became the latest EU member to put its national interest first by announcing its own guarantee for bank deposits

Obama takes fight on to rival’s territory As the second presidential debate approaches, John McCain faces an electoral map that has shifted significantly against him

We can’t defeat Taleban, says British commander Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith tells The Times that a military victory in Afghanistan is 'neither feasible nor supportable'

Sunday Times War on Taliban cannot be won, says army chief Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith said the British public should not expect a decisive victory but should be prepared for a deal

Those crazy Taliban just keep coming As their gruelling tour of duty in Afghanistan ends, men of 2 Para tell of battles with an enemy that simply doesn’t know when he is outgunned

Interest rates to drop to 50-year low The prediction comes as Gordon Brown calls for a £12 billion EU rescue package to help small businesses weather crisis

A gamble that seems destined to fail Either this was the action of a bold politician who can forgive and forget or the act of a desperate man who has taken leave of his senses

Peter Mandelson damned PM to top Tory New business secretary criticised Gordon Brown to a senior Conservative just weeks before his shocking cabinet comeback

Hillary gives the pitbull a pat A comment by Clinton praising Palin on being "a very composed and effective debater" has infuriated Obama supporters

Wall Street Journal

The Weekend Interview

Pakistan's President: The Most Difficult Job in the World

The Problem Is Still Falling House Prices By Martin Feldstein
The bailout bill doesn't get at the root of the credit crunch

Palin and Populism DECLARATIONS
By Peggy Noonan
The downside of appealing to Joe Six-Pack

Cost Estimate on Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (PDF; 116 KB)
Source: Congressional Budget Office

NYRB He Foresaw the End of an Era
By John Cassidy
On The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means by George Soros

An Assassination Bailout Plan for the United States?by Christopher Ketcham

H14 Financial Times A global downturn in western power

Who are the likely political losers and winners – that is, those who lose the least – from the present financial mess, asks Dominique Moisi

Why it is all uphill for McCain

Voters can tolerate only so much unpredictability in a politician. Zeal to reform government is fine. A passion to win difficult wars can be admirable. A daring taste in running mates is refreshing. All of the above, however, begins to make people nervous, writes Clive Crook

Germany guarantees savings to avert panic Germany said it would guarantee all private German bank accounts – currently worth €568bn – in a dramatic move to prevent panic withdrawals as fears over the worldwide financial crisis spread to Europe’s largest economy

The case for a European bank rescue plan A systemic banking crisis is one of the few conceivable shocks that could destroy Europe’s monetary union, says Wolfgang Münchau

Out of the shadows Clive Crook reviews an absorbing if depressing narrative of how Dick Cheney became the most powerful vice-president in US history, energetically enlarging the powers of an ill-defined office

Fed under pressure to do more on credit crunch

The Federal Reserve and US Treasury were on Sunday night under increasing pressure to follow passage of the $700bn financial rescue plan with further measures to shock the ailing credit markets back to life

China must step up spending

If China’s leaders are committed to changing the focus of the economy from exports to domestic consumption, now is certainly the right the time to do it

All that glisters Rushing into gold could be a risky business and such an investment should be only one of several hedging strategies

BNP to take control of Fortis

French bank will take control of the remaining assets after the Belgian government was forced to find a buyer following the shock Dutch nationalisation of its part of the troubled banking and insurance group

Obama to hit back at McCain tactics

Barack Obama is expected to hit back aggressively against John McCain after the Republican gave the go-ahead to a fresh wave of attacks against the Illinois senator’s character and patriotism as the Democrat consolidates his lead in the presidential race

Beijing attacks US arms sales to Taiwan as 'crude interference'

H15 Los Angeles Times

Editorial

Iraq too dangerous for many professionals The brain drain continues as doctors, professors, engineers and other well-educated, affluent or secular Iraqis flee or stay away, nervous about kidnappings and random violenc

U.S. gives advocacy group the OK to open an office in Iran The American-Iranian Council, a nonpartisan group promoting better ties between the nations, still needs permission from the Iranian government

Europe's far-right revival isn't Nazism

By Ian Buruma Much of the support for the right-wing parties springs from a resentment of long-ruling political elites.

Mishaps mar McCain's record as Navy pilot

Three crashes early in his career led Navy officials to question or fault his judgment. A Times review of his record finds he was cocky, occasionally cavalier and tested limit

The real Americans By Neal Gabler

Forget red and blue, the real battle is over the allegedly authentic and inauthentic

The 'Bradley effect' in 2008

By Patt Morrison Will this year's election bring us the 'Obama effect'?

Time for an FDR moment

By Rosa Brooks

Congress should take note: We need government again.

Abolish the vice presidency

By Bruce Ackerman

The founders messed up. We should do away with the office.

No rescue in sight for ailing economy

Even if the bailout works, the economy faces troubles too pervasive to be solved any time soon, analysts say.

• No bank bailout in Europe

Appalachia's not on fire for Obama

Some voters in Virginia's coal country find his race troubling. Supporters bet frank talk will put them at ease.

11 Iraqis die in Mosul suicide bombing

In Baghdad, the Egyptian foreign minister announces his country will reopen its embassy.

Past and present Congresses shoulder blame for financial crisis .

Special interests and policymakers also had a hand in oversight failures. Hearings begin Monday

H16 American Politics

FDR's Lessons for Obama - David Ignatius, Washington Post

The Speech John McCain Should Give - Rod Dreher, Dallas Morning News

Economic Unrest Shifts Electoral Map - Nagourney & Zeleny, NY Times

How Mac Can Close the Gap, Ford Style - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard

The Fall of America, Inc. - Francis Fukuyama, Newsweek

Financial Mess Means Loss of Sovereignty - Tom Friedman, New York Times

Mindless Populism is the Palin Problem - Jon Meacham, Newsweek

Ignoring the People - David Warren, Ottawa Citizen

Instead of Hype, How About Honesty? - Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe

McCain-Obama Splits Moderates, Middle Class - John Avlon, Politico

Let's Not Consign U.S. to Dustbin of History Just Yet - Marcus Gee, G&M

Wall Street Ends McCain's Lucky Streak - Peter Brown, Wall Street Journal

GOP to file fundraising complaint against Obama...

Mysterious contributions...

The next decider

The election isn't just a referendum on ideology. It's a contest between two modes of thinking. (By Jonah Lehrer, Boston Globe)

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

Lieberman Predicts Record Jewish Vote for Republicans

American public has much to learn about presidential candidates’ issue positions (PDF; 81 KB)
Source: National Annenberg Election Surve

After holding financial advantage in primaries, Obama will likely achieve only funding parity with McCain in general election
Source: Campaign Finance Institute

Party over?

Unpopular bail-out could reshape poll-footing Congress

Will race be the deciding factor in battleground Missouri? Barack Obama, son of a Kenyan father and white American mother, is rewriting the history of an America shackled since inception by racial divide. Missouri has been at the crux of that old story and is at its crux now. A swing state, a bellwether, it looks like a jump ball once again. But could Obama, positioning himself as a post-racial candidate, be pulled down by racism there? No one knows, but many are wondering

H17 Daily Telegraph Talking to the Taliban The re-creation of an al-Qaeda foothold in Afghanistan must not be permitted. But in ensuring this, Nato leaders must be prepared to adjust their strategy if it is failing.

Government could take shares in high street banks

Radical plans for the Treasury to take shareholdings in the UK's biggest high-street banks are being drawn up.

McCain: Probe Obama's 'illegal contributions'The Republican Party has asked election officials to look into what it alleges are illegal contributions given to Barack Obama's White House campaign, following Sarah Palin's unprecedented attack

Sunday Telegraph Afghan war 'unwinnable' Top commander warns UK not to expect "decisive military victory"

Let Georgia be a guiding light

Great Britain has an important role to play in guiding the integration of Georgia into the free world, says Lado Gurgenidze, the Georgian prime minister.

Crisis needs more than Mandelson

The Prime Minister needs to signal far more clearly what he will do about the biggest problems that the economic crisis will create in Britain: unemployment and mushrooming public deb

Pitbull Palin becomes McCain's attack dog

H18 Independent The £2trillion question Gordon Brown is under intense pressure to guarantee all savings in British bank accounts after Germany and Denmark became the latest European countries to make the move

Palin the pitbull brands Obama 'pal of terrorist'

Independent on Sunday Power cuts feared in UK nuclear crisis Six out of 10 of the nation's atomic stations are operating below capacity, throwing their future into doubt.

Obama on the march

McCain embraces hardline tactics with focus on his rival's 'character' as opinion polls show shift to Democrats.

Rupert Cornwell: Democrats should fear the Boogie Man

Joan Smith: Be afraid – Palin's weaknesses are her strength

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

Standard Warfare May Be Eclipsed by Nation-Building

Analysis: NATO's troubled renaissance (UPI) -- When the outgoing NATO chief paid a visit to London, joining a meeting of the alliance's defense ministers, he was keen to emphasize that the 60-year-old military alliance is fundamentally sound. But few people are inclined to believe Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. For beneath the surface, away from the cameras and autocues, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is in a strategic fun

Stratfor Al Qaeda and the Tale of Two Battlespaces

Rand Changes Needed in Way the United States Conducts Military Interventions

Integrating Instruments of Power and Influence - Lessons Learned and Best Practices

SSI The 2006 Lebanon Campaign and the Future of Warfare, by Dr. Stephen Biddle and Mr. Jeffrey Friedman

Disproportionate Force: Israel's Concept of Response in Light of the Second Lebanon War - Col. (res.) Gabriel Siboni

ODNI: Trade-off information security for good intel
Source: NextGov

The CIA and the Looming Threats for the Next Administration

Meeting America’s Security Challenges Beyond Iraq: A Conference Report
Source: RAND Corporation

Homeland Security 3.0: Building a National Enterprise To Keep America Free, Safe, and Prosperous
Source: Center for Strategic & International Studies

British Government Will Spy on Every Call and E-Mail

A Manhunt or a Vital War? - Robert Kaplan, New York Times opinion

Closing Guantánamo: From Bumper Sticker to Blueprint
Source: Center for Strategic & International Studies

Saudi Arabia’s Counterterrorism Strategy Yields Success, Offers Lessons for United States and Others
Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

New Report on Illicit Nuclear Trafficking Source: International Atomic Energy Agency

Bin Laden's Recent Intensive Media Campaign IICC An Israeli interpretation of the objectives of Bin Laden's recent media campaign

Provincial Reconstruction in Afghanistan - An Examination of the Problems of Integrating the Military, Political and Development Dimensions with Reference to the US Experience in Vietnam
by Colonel Ian Westerman, Small Wars Journal Exclusive Provincial Reconstruction in Afghanistan (Full PDF Article)

Dogs of War: Will the last contractor to leave Iraq remember to please turn out the lights?

New, Controversial FBI Guidelines Go Into Effect

CSIS Challenges Facing Our 21st Century Army Secretary of the Army Pete Geren discussed “Challenges Facing Our 21st Century Army” at an event sponsored by the International Security Program (ISP).
Watch | Listen | ISP

H20 Slate

Global Food Crisies: Monitoring and Assessing Impact IFPRI This 52-page study describes the data and methods needed by policymakers to understand and respond to the effects of a global food crisis

International Comparisons of Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labor Cost Trends, 2007
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

The EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health: Third Monitoring Progress Report
Source: RAND Corporation

The Chemistry of Talent (New Ways to Think About People and Work)
Source: Deloitte LLP

Unilever against world biofuels rush

Consumer goods group concerned that demand is causing food shortages in developing world

CFR Will More Drilling Increase U.S. Energy Security?

H21 A talk with Philip Tetlock Expertise is overrated. (By Rick Heller, Boston Globe)

'Nothing to Be Frightened Of'

By JULIAN BARNES Reviewed by GARRISON KEILLORWith no faith in an afterlife, why should an agnostic fear death? On this simple question, Barnes hangs an elegant memoir and meditation, full of a novelist’s affection for his characters. First Chapter

We’ve been around for two million years, says Stephen Hawking. To last another million years, we will have to boldly go where no one has gone before... more»

A man must be adaptable to win in life, he said. Yet Niccolò Machiavelli, the ultimate expert in winning, lost it all... more»

Nietzsche knew best. Morality comes not from society, not from pure reason. It is innate. To know it, we need experimental philosophy... more»

“Libertarian paternalism” is a phrase with more than a whiff of paradox about it. Is it a third way for politics and economics?... more»

Without beauty, art becomes a kind of fetish or idol, untested by the rest of life. Only an authentic sense of beauty can animate aesthetic experience... more»

Richard Rorty said no standpoint outside human descriptions exists from which to decide truth or falsity. He was a corrupter of the youth... more»

Why does loneliness feel cold and sin feel dirty? Our inner emotional states touch deep metaphors that stretch across cultures... more»

When people talk about today’s financial troubles, they often invoke 1929. Better that they might think back a little farther, to the Panic of 1873... more»

Yes, men are hopeless on dates, and tend to say the most idiotic things. On the other hand, women can be stupid too. Why not try a little humor?... more»

China was once thought to have no great tradition of science and invention. The reversal in thinking on this question is owed to Joseph Needham... more»

1077 and all that Norman Stone looks back to a formative era wracked by questions of power, faith and sex

At 19, Plotting New Path to N.B.A., via Europe Brandon Jennings, a high school all-American, skipped college and is playing professional basketball in Italy.

· 'Intelligent' computers put to the test' Six computers face interrogation to answer question of whether machines can think

Higher art Universities should become society's great patrons of the arts. (By Marjorie Garber, Boston Globe)

Breast cancer vaccine 'within reach'

New study confirms disease is caused by abnormal hormonal patterns associated with childbirth

Thinktank: use YouTube in schools

Blogs, podcasts and online video diaries should be part of school curriculums, says thinktank Demos

The Future of ReadingUsing Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers By MOTOKO RICH

Publishers, authors and even libraries are embracing video games to promote books to young readers.

The Measure of a President

By OPEN N.Y. Does candidate height and weight play a role in electoral success? Here’s a look through recent history.

James Baldwin & Barack Obama By Colm Tóibín
Had their ambitions been less focused and their personalities less complex, Baldwin and Obama could easily have become pastors, preachers, leaders of black churches. But for both of them there was a shadow, a sense of an elsewhere that would form them and make them, eventually, more interested in leading America itself, or as much of it as would follow, than merely leading their own race in America.

A Footnote to Gellner: Megalomaniacs, Leftover-lands and ‘Putting the Clock Back', Tom Nairn

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