| H1 New York Times Global Fears of a Recession Grow Stronger Three days after the approval of the White House’s $700 billion rescue plan, it looks like a pebble tossed into a churning sea. The Dismal Questions By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ, R. GLENN HUBBARD and MYRON S. SCHOLES Three economists suggest questions they would most like to hear John McCain and Barack Obama answer in tonight’s presidential debate. Emerging Markets Find They Aren’t Insulated From the Tumult DAVID BROOKS The Testing Time Today, world leaders have to figure out how to stabilize economies amid volatile global capital flows. This test is rooted in a shift in economic power The Economist Survey on US Elections - The battle of hope and experience download pdf GuardianAmerica's fall is a dangerous opportunity for its enemies Simon Tisdall: The US-triggered economic crisis has reinforced hostile perceptions of American vulnerability · Time for action Editorial: What should a government seeking to provide leadership to anxious markets and a fretful public do? · Get ahead of the game Larry Elliott: Now the denial is over, there are three key tasks: in philosophy, in policy, and practical action "Reactions of the Wall Street Slump" The Economist. Published in 1929. The Economist proves that if you dig back far enough in the archives, you might just come full circle. WSJ Zoellick Faults G-7, Calls for New Order World Bank President Robert Zoellick called for the G-7 to be expanded to include major developing countries, saying the current world leadership structure is ill-equipped to deal with global crises Conservatism overshoots its limit Ideas become fashionable and get pushed to their logical conclusion, as their backers succumb to “irrational exuberance”. Then comes the crash, writes Gideon Rachman Russia seeks to mend post-Georgia fences Russia will seek to mend fences with the west after the conflict in Georgia by brokering more foreign direct investment deals amid fears that the country faces a period of stagflatio Vision of Palestine at odds with the world Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Israeli prime minister and current leader of the rightwing Likud party, outlines his plan for tackling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict House Cleaning in Damascus? By: Olivier Guitta | The Middle East Times If there is one country that has been all over the news lately, it is Syria. In fact between President Bashar Assad's charm offensive to the West (real or not), Syrian troops amassing near the Lebanese border, a terror attack in Damascus, it seems that today things are shaking up in Syria. But the difficulty of reading into this imbroglio is growing by the day: more players, more incidents, more drama. A "Third Neighbor" Strategy for Asia
American Enterprise Institute Stratfor The German Question Geopolitical Diary: The Credit Crunch's Effects Outside the United States. Independent 20 reasons for the crunch From Iceland to Greece, Europe marches out of step Leading article: The day Britain and Europe shared each other's pain Daily TelegraphNato plan to defend ex-Soviet members Nato's top military commander has demanded the authority draw up military plans to defend former Soviet bloc members Israel 'may bomb Iran' if Russia sells missile system The Israeli prime minister will press Russian President Dmitry Medvedev not to sell anti-aircraft defences to Iran amid growing speculation the Jewish state will bomb Iran's nuclear facilities Washington Post TIPPING POINT? Unfolding Worldwide Turmoil Could Reverse Years of Prosperity Robert Fisk reports that prisoners are being summarily executed in the government's high-security detention centre in Baghdad. Der Spiegel Three Superpowers: Why the US, Europe and China Need a 'G-3' IHT Nicholas D. Kristof: Racism without racists One of this season's fallacies is that if Barack Obama is paying an electoral price for his skin tone, it must be because of racists. But the evidence shows he is facing what scholars have dubbed 'racism without racists.' James Carroll: Making sense of $700 billion Has the U.S. gutted the real worth of its economy by fueling massive over-investment in the military? Trans-Atlantic policy on Russia needed By JOHN VINOCUR Obama and McCain seem to be in agreement on resisting Russian aggression. Can Europe also find a unified policy? A hard-liner's call for peace By URI DROMI It's a pity that Israeli leaders express themselves candidly about the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict only when they are out of office. America and the New Financial World By: Zachary Karabell | The Wall Street Journal
For more than six decades, from the end of World War II in 1945 until now, the U.S. was the hub of global capital and capitalism. In the years to come, it will remain a vital center, but not the center Daily Star Iraq's next big test looms this month By Rayyan al-Shawaf The US bailout plan may be no panacea for the markets
By Kenneth Rogoff Ha’aretz – Amir Oren: Nuclear deterrence attributed to Israel doesn't affect its enemies' plans Editorial: Livni mustn't decide to strike Iran out of a desire for prestige Olmert unlikely to persuade Russia not to arm Iran, Syria If Iran receives Russian anti-aircraft missiles, aerial strike on its nuclear sites would be more difficult CNN Poll: Obama advantage grows Gallup Daily: Obama Leads 50% to 42% | H2 Ruşen - Çakır PKK taşeron bir örgüt mü? Taha Akyol Kürt meselesi için notlar Fatih Altaylı BBG evininin formatına ABD yasağı Karakol, üçlü istihbarata rağmen baskın yemiş Enis Berberoğlu Dikkat, terörle savaşı kaybediyoruz
DAVID ARNETT ‘Böyle saldırıya hiçbir devlet tahammül etmez’ Kerim Balcı Americans should take the PKK more seriously Sami Kohen K.Irak nasıl güvenli olur? Asker OHAL istedi ‘Altınova Raporu’ açıklandı
Hain saldırının emrini o verdi Askerin 5 talebinden ikisine 'evet' "Kerkuk Problem and Article 140: Defining Alternatives. The Views of Kerkuk’s Turkmen and Arabs” GMFUS As Turkey and Armenia inch toward reconciliation both sides talk the talk, but can they walk the walk?
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Asker, OHAL yetkisi istiyor ABD Elçisi Wilson Dışişleri'ne çağrıldı EDM TURKEY SEARCHES FOR A PLAN B AFTER PKK ATTACK 6 komando tugayı, profesyonel askerlerden oluşacak Askerin talepleri ve tezkere masaya yatırıldı Analysts: Army doesn’t need extra powers in terror fight Bilal Çetin Barzani işbirliğine nasıl ikna edilecek? CSM Cypriots unearth a little reconciliation Greek and Turkish Cypriots exhume mass graves to help move beyond a bitter past. Mekanizmayı bırak artık önlem al Medya,Aktütün baskınını sorguluyor Askerin 5 talebinden ikisi tamam... Dizayi: Askeri operasyonlar PKK'yı bitirmez
Genelkurmay, "yetki artırımı" ile birlikte bir dizi taleple hükümetin kapısını çaldı. ABD'li komutan: "PKK hedef alınıyor" Dağlıca’yı tartışabilsek Aktütün’ü yaşamazdık 3'lü mekanizma için adım atıldı 13 milyar YTL'lik ödenek 1 yılda nelere harcandı? ABD: "PKK'nın ortadan kalktığını görmek istiyoruz" 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 MAHMUT ÖVÜRTürkiye siyaseti "Kürt" sorunlu! Kandil'de Türkçe eğitim Diyarbakır'da Kürtçe gerilim - Massoud Barzani: The KRG Representative to the US Responds Female fighters: We won't stand for male dominance
CNN International Yine o alçak Turkey to set up professional anti-terrorism units Kurdish intellectuals fear step backward on rights Kürtçe TV'nin adı var - Türkiye Kürt sorununun özüne temas etmiyor MUHAMMED NUREDDİN Berat Özipek ‘Bütün gerekçeler kendini astı!’ Eser Karakaş Uluslararası sistemin talepleri Hüsnü Mahalli Hüsnü Mahalli
Amerikan gerçeği ve PKK Başbakan asker gibi konuşuyor DTP ‘hayır’ çağrısı yapacak
Talabani ile Barzani PKK'yı konuştu Kurds respond to Arafat comparison Cevdet Aşkın Aktütün'deki tablo yoksa daha mı ağır? İş dünyası teröre karşı ekonomik OHAL çağrısı yaptı 'Aktütün'de zaafiyet var Barzani: “Türkiye ile iyi ilişkiler içinde olmak istiyoruz” The report of conference hold in the European Parliament entitled "Kerkuk Problem and Article 140: Defining Alternatives. The Views of Kerkuk’s Turkmen and Arabs” and Organized by the Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Research Foundation (SOITM) in partnership with Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) TAMER KORKMAZ Kumpas
Çatışmada ölü ele geçirilen 9 PKK'lıların cesedi bulundu. 4 PKK'lı yabancı uyruklu. Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık AİHM'den Atina'ya son cevap: Yunanistan'da Türk azınlık var
Şahin Alpay Türkiye'nin Transatlantik eğilimleri MANSUR ASLANO Yunanistan'a AİHM'den tokat gibi karar çıktı 3'lü mekanizma için adım atıldı THE DAILY BLADE: Turkish Americans For Obama Islamicize His ...
Çatışmada ölü ele geçirilen 9 PKK'lıların cesedi bulundu. 4 PKK'lı yabancı uyruklu. Rus öğretmenler: Türk okulları, ülkemizin eğitim ve öğretimine kalite getirdi Oray Eğin
Masumiyet Müzesi’ni neden elimden bıraktım? | H3 Gül teröre ortak çözüm için devrede İsteme yazısını postaladık AK Parti'nin kırmızı çizgileri belli
Deniz Feneri davasının Alman hakimi ve savcısı CNN TÜRK'e konuştu. Baykal, DTP'ye yüklendi: Terörü mazur gören demokrasi ne İngiltere'de var ne de İspanya'da Tankın üstüne de çıkarım önünde de yürürüm MHP, tezkerenin görüşülmeden oylanmasından yana CHP: Genelkurmay hesap versin 'Dokunulmazlık zırhımızı kaldırın'
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Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman GH Türkiye Cengiz Çandar Bana 'yeni bir şey' söyleyin Ahmet Taşgetiren Ruşen - Çakır PKK taşeron bir örgüt mü? Taha Akyol Kürt meselesi için notlar Fikret Bila Toptan: Bu millet mağlup edilemez Hasan Cemal Yazık, Türkiye’nin morali yine bozulmaya başladı! Murat Yetkin Türk-Kürt çatışması tuzağına düşmemek İsmet Berkan Bize akıl falan gelmez
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| H4 New York Times Global Fears of a Recession Grow Stronger Three days after the approval of the White House’s $700 billion rescue plan, it looks like a pebble tossed into a churning sea. The Dismal Questions By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ, R. GLENN HUBBARD and MYRON S. SCHOLES Three economists suggest questions they would most like to hear John McCain and Barack Obama answer in tonight’s presidential debate. Emerging Markets Find They Aren’t Insulated From the Tumult DAVID BROOKS The Testing Time Today, world leaders have to figure out how to stabilize economies amid volatile global capital flows. This test is rooted in a shift in economic power Fed Considers Plan to Buy Companies’ Unsecured Debt As stocks spiraled lower around the world, the Federal Reserve considered a radical plan to jump-start the ailing financial system Campaigns Shift to Attack Mode on Eve of Debate John McCain turned toward a more negative tone, and the Obama campaign signaled it would respond in kind News Media Feel Limits to Georgia’s Democracy Georgia’s critics cite a lack of press freedom as an example of the shortfalls in the country’s democratic standards. Iraqis Unite to Restore Minority Representation Law Russia Says Georgia Tries to Provoke New Conflict Germany Seeks Wider Role for Army Islamic Group Gains Power in Indonesia Brother of Karzai Denies Links to Heroin Editorial The Crisis Agenda It is vital that Barack Obama and John McCain, one of whom will inherit a real mess, address the financial crisis in real detail at their debate Tuesday night. A Day (Gasp) Like Any Other By JOE NOCERA This crisis doesn’t wear you down over time. It hits you over the head with a two-by-four on a daily basis BOB HERBERT A Fool’s Paradise What we haven’t paid close enough attention to is the fact that there haven’t been enough good paying jobs to sustain an adequate standard of living. | H5 Washington Post Global Stocks Sink as Crisis Spirals; Fed Moves to Thaw Credit Markets Dow Closes Below 10,000 Despite Late Rally Editorial Now, Europe As financial instability crosses the Atlantic, the need for policy coordination grows. Editorial Dangerous Territory As the campaigns plunge into the mud, how should voters evaluate their claims? TIPPING POINT? Unfolding Worldwide Turmoil Could Reverse Years of Prosperity Germany Drafts Plan to Shield Banking SectorLawmakers say they are drawing up a massive intervention plan to protect the country's banks. Arab League Envoy Takes Up Post in Iraq The league dispatches an ambassador to Baghdad, the latest sign of progress in the effort to ease the country's diplomatic isolation. 20 in Pakistan Die in Bombing Suicide Blast in Central Region Targets Shiite Opposition Leader Palin's Imaginary Washington By Anne Applebaum, She seems to rail against a metaphor because it's easier than making any actual arguments Obama Leading In Ohio, Poll Finds Edge Is 6 Points In a State Looming Large for McCain This Debate's Biggest Loser By Richard Cohen, Page A21 She's right that the mainstream media haven't been doing a great job. The Flimflam Strategy By Eugene Robinson, Are the media going to aid and abet the McCain campaign's obvious ploy? As Palin Brings Up Ayers, Obama Team Cites Keating | H6 GuardianAmerica's fall is a dangerous opportunity for its enemies Simon Tisdall: The US-triggered economic crisis has reinforced hostile perceptions of American vulnerability · Mud sticks Editorial: McCain and Palin should have thought before taking their gloves off · Time for action Editorial: What should a government seeking to provide leadership to anxious markets and a fretful public do? · Get ahead of the game Larry Elliott: Now the denial is over, there are three key tasks: in philosophy, in policy, and practical action Republicans aim to undermine Obama by making it personal Markets slump as Darling fails to calm investor fears Chancellor's statement disappoints City as FTSE suffers biggest ever one-day fall EU governments struggle to agree Banking crisis: Damage limitation under way but Spain may follow German savings guarantee · This green subsidy for car makers is just a disguised corporate bail-out George Monbiot: Having long sabotaged eco-innovations, the motor industry is now demanding billions to cut its carbon emissions Lives lost through lack of leadership in UN response to humanitarian crises, Britain warns · 'Your company is bankrupt, you keep $480m. Is that fair?' Boss of Lehman Brothers left squirming as veteran Democrat grills him over multimillion-dollar pay · UN crisis response 'costing lives' Britain warns lack of leadership in UN response to humanitarian crises is 'costing lives' The nightmare on Main Street Sasha Abramsky: The US government has long neglected the working class. No wonder many Americans oppose the Wall Street bail-out Beyond the bail-out Dean Baker: The Wall Street bail-out doesn't address the core problem facing the US economy: house prices that are continuing to fal |
| H7 America and the New Financial World By: Zachary Karabell | The Wall Street Journal
For more than six decades, from the end of World War II in 1945 until now, the U.S. was the hub of global capital and capitalism. In the years to come, it will remain a vital center, but not the center Daily Star Iraq's next big test looms this month By Rayyan al-Shawaf The US bailout plan may be no panacea for the markets
By Kenneth Rogoff The 'war on terror' has proven to be a mixed bag
By Laurie Mylroie While America’s markets plummet, formerly moribund Arab economies are thriving after embracing the same principles that Washington carelessly discarded. Al Hayat Iraq: Disintegration on the Way to Unity? Elias Harfoush - Iraq's Presidential Council's approval of the electoral law for provincial councils represents a major step that could pull Iraq out of the crisis that has brought its institutions into a state of paralysis and nearly sabotaged the relative improvement in security. This in spite of bombings shifting from one place to the next, the last of which were the two massacres that targeted worshippers on the morning of Eid Al-Fitr So much for Bush's freedom agenda: Right now, global authoritarianism is worse than ever. · Trying to be Friends with Enemies - Barry Rubin, Jerusalem Post · Bush's Final Iran Blunder? - Kaveh Afrasiabi, Asia Times Bush administration's decision to turn down the opportunity of a diplomatic presence in Iran - despite Tehran's strong signals welcoming the idea - can be seen as a move to avoid undermining Republican Senator John McCain's presidential chances. More ominously, it could be tied to the drumbeats of war sounded by Israel. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi Chandran Nair: "Obama: the change Asia needs?" The Financial Times. It's an open secret: The "rest of the world" is rooting for the Democrats -- but the bar has been set low, and what might follow would be a true game of limbo indeed · Euro Regulation, American Style - Ronald Freeman, New Atlanticist · Danger on Remote Pakistan Border - Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer · The Caucasus: At History's Center - The Economist · The Young Turks of Tora Bora - Syed Saleem Shahzad, Le Monde Diplo. Winning the war? Judging al-Qaeda's strengths and weaknesses WINEP The Future of U.S. Military Aid to Lebanon - David Schenker 25 Years Later: We Came in Peace - Col. Timothy J. Geraghty (Proceedings-U.S. Naval Institute Who Can Dig Us Out of This Foreign Policy Mess? By: Trudy Rubin | Miami Herald
The financial implosion has shifted attention away from foreign policy in the presidential contest. Neither candidate has been inspiring in this arena. But we have only two choices. So who can best dig America out from the mess President Bush's foreign policy has made? House Cleaning in Damascus? By: Olivier Guitta | The Middle East Times If there is one country that has been all over the news lately, it is Syria. In fact between President Bashar Assad's charm offensive to the West (real or not), Syrian troops amassing near the Lebanese border, a terror attack in Damascus, it seems that today things are shaking up in Syria. But the difficulty of reading into this imbroglio is growing by the day: more players, more incidents, more drama. Iraqi Elections and Displacement Elizabeth Ferris, The Brookings Institution Emirates Flexes Its Financial Muscle By: Borzou Daragahi | Los Angeles Times
While Western economies lurch, sovereign funds in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, flush with oil gains, are snapping up property, companies and even English soccer teams. | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq UN criticises Iraq’s new election law Israelis See Delay in Iran-Russia Missile Deal Iran Says “No”, Now What? - Carnegie Endowment China cancels military contacts with US... · Voice Is Sought for Iraqi Christians A top Shiite lawmaker urged parliament to restore quotas for Christians and other small religious communities on ruling provincial councils that voters will select in balloting by Jan. 31 Syrian Officer Involved in Hariri Death Killed in Damascus Car Bomb (Jerusalem Post) | H9 Ha’aretz – Amir Oren: Nuclear deterrence attributed to Israel doesn't affect its enemies' plans Editorial: Livni mustn't decide to strike Iran out of a desire for prestige Olmert unlikely to persuade Russia not to arm Iran, Syria If Iran receives Russian anti-aircraft missiles, aerial strike on its nuclear sites would be more difficult Burston: Obama-hate, and Sarah Palin's War on Terror Iran Ordered Attack on U.S. Marines in Lebanon NATO chief: Given Iran nukes, we can't ask Israel to disarm De Hoop Scheffer says doubts world could stop Iran bomb, wouldn't expect Israel to quit 'supposed arsenal Inside Intel / The missile defense conundrum U.S. warns Syria against sending ground troops into Lebanon 20:44 Between a cop and a judge A foreign army at the gate Jerusalem Post Our World: The convenient war against the Jews Once Iran realizes it has a lot to lose, talks could succeed. Poll: Israelis Remain Proud and Patriotic - Lavrov reassures Olmert that Moscow is committed to stopping Islamic Republic's nuclearization - for military purposes. Hamas invited to Cairo as part of efforts to achieve "national reconciliation" among Palestinian factions Between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur By GERSHON BASKIN
The demise of partition as an option brings us back into an existential conflict Ex-Mossad chief Halevy seen as key Livni adviser Speculation rife about who will replace Foreign Ministry director-general Aaron Abramovich. Yedioth Ahronoth 'We'll keep Iran from nukes'
Olmert meets with Russian FM in Moscow, two discuss concerns regarding Tehran nuclear ambitions, supply of Russian arms to Hizbullah. 'Russia committed to preventing nuclearization of Iran for military purposes,' says Lavrov Put the heat on Hamas/ Ganor Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine --- Hebrew- and English-Language Media Guide, Open Source Center, September 16, 2008 US cool to Israeli strike on Iran
Washington is sticking to its policy of sanctions on Iran, reports say, and won't give Israel a green light to strike at its nuclear facilities - for now. The US is worried that Israel won't knock out all Iran's nuclear sites and that retaliation would target US troops Indo-Israel Ties: The Bond Grows Stronger With Time In Israel, a first attempt at high school integration Fourteen students in Israel are taking part in an educational experiment that aims to teach Jewish and Arab high-schoolers together for the first time. Israeli TV: US Won't Allow Israeli Attack on Iran Palestinians sue Israel over 'land robbers' Israel pledges to remove illegal outposts - crude trailer parks that become small towns as fixed structures are built How Instrumental Has The Mossad Been In Delaying Iran's Nuclear ... Livni concerned for peace talks Time is running out for a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, Israel's PM designate Tzipi Livni has warned. Tough road ahead for Livni Q&A: Israeli leadership change Profile: Ehud Olmert Israel Is Not Apartheid - David Hirsh (Mail and Guardian-South Africa |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor Georgia's Chechens relive own Russian war Russia's military presence in Georgia has unnerved refugees who fled here from Chechnya in the 1990s. Markets foresee global contraction France, Ireland, and Denmark are in recession. Others teeter on the edg . ASIA The Next Chapter: The United States and Pakistan Stephen P. Cohen, Pakistan Policy Working Group McClatchy Wave of violence worsens Pakistan's security, economic crisis A "Third Neighbor" Strategy for Asia
American Enterprise Institute China cancels military contacts with US... Pakistan Insists No Deal Made With US on Strikes Pakistan Insists No Deal Made With US on Strikes Chandran Nair: "Obama: the change Asia needs?" The Financial Times. It's an open secret: The "rest of the world" is rooting for the Democrats -- but the bar has been set low, and what might follow would be a true game of limbo indeed Pakistan, US await militant showdown
Britain's commander in Afghanistan admits the war against the Taliban can't be won, even as the Afghan government makes overtures to Taliban leader Mullah Omar to join the political process. It's not going to happen, and Pakistan and the United States are actively preparing for the inevitable - a clash with the Taliban inside Pakistan. - Syed Saleem Shahza · Oil Production to Increase in Asia Asia is expected to significantly increase its own oil production next year, a development that could add to downward pressure on prices. A Reality Check for Britain's Defence Strategy By: Rober Fox | The Guardian A senior brigadier's candour about the prospects of beating the Taliban in Afghanistan must have given the new defence secretary John Hutton a bit of jolt just days into his new job. But he should welcome the remarks of Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith about British strategy as a cue for a reality check. Russia seeks to mend post-Georgia fences Russia will seek to mend fences with the west after the conflict in Georgia by brokering more foreign direct investment deals amid fears that the country faces a period of stagflatio Slate How To Win Afghanistan's Opium War The best way to deprive the Taliban of drug profits? The United States should buy Afghanistan's poppy crop instead of trying to eradicate it.
Christopher Hitchen Rice Leaves U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Unsigned By: James Lamont | Financial Times Last-minute administrative hitches forced Condoleezza Rice, US secretary of state, to leave New Delhi at the weekend without signing the US-India nuclear deal to end more than three decades of isolation for India’s nuclear programme “China Report Urges Missile Shield” by Bill Gertz, Washington Times, October 1, with a copy of the draft report from the International Security Advisory Board obtained by Mr. Gertz here (pdf). FT India’s tricky path to industrialisation If India cannot industrialise, it will never be prosperous. Those who defend the status quo are condemning hundreds of millions of peasants to a life of back-breaking toi | H11 IHT Nicholas D. Kristof: Racism without racists One of this season's fallacies is that if Barack Obama is paying an electoral price for his skin tone, it must be because of racists. But the evidence shows he is facing what scholars have dubbed 'racism without racists.' James Carroll: Making sense of $700 billion Has the U.S. gutted the real worth of its economy by fueling massive over-investment in the military? Trans-Atlantic policy on Russia needed By JOHN VINOCUR Obama and McCain seem to be in agreement on resisting Russian aggression. Can Europe also find a unified policy? A hard-liner's call for peace By URI DROMI It's a pity that Israeli leaders express themselves candidly about the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict only when they are out of office. Winning the battle, losing the faith By NATHANIEL C. FICK AND VIKRAM J. SINGH A sound counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan requires bolstering the government's legitimacy. If faith in the government is lost, then so is the faith in the foreigners who prop it u GEO-ENGINEERING The ultimate sun-block By THOMAS HOMER-DIXON AND DAVID KEITH The melting of the polar ice cap in recent years is decades ahead of model predictions, raising concern that climate change is proving worse than expected. Recession fears pummel European stocks Stocks fell sharply across the globe Monday, with European shares plunging the most in 21 years, and the Dow ending below 10,000, as spreading problems in the world's banks increased the risk of a worldwide recession. EUROPE European press review Stratfor The German Question Walker's World: Europe fails to act Der Spiegel Knee-Jerk Reactions : EU Too Slow to Provide Answers in Financial Crisis EU Leaders Tear Up Rules of Eurozone By: John Lichfield | The Independent
Public spending curbs and rules against state subsidies will be thrown – temporarily – out of the window to rescue European banks from the abyss of the global financial crisis, EU leaders agreed at the weekend. EU finance chiefs in crisis talks EU finance ministers are set to meet for global crisis talks as Asian markets continue the turbulence in world share prices. Peston: Capitulation looms? Bloomberg: Bail-out not enough Bank crisis strains EU unity Iceland backs bank accounts Lehman head took home $300m Europe responds to crisis Oil price dips below $90 a barrel John Stevens: As the credit crunch bites harder, joining the Euro may prove not just economic wisdom but simple self-preservation for the UK EU's climate package 'in crisis'
The EU's attempt to lead the world on climate change will crumble unless its current policy crisis is resolved, a study warns | H12 RFE/RL Google News Azerbaijan Road Less Traveled Offers Shelter From U.S. Mess By: William Pesek | Bloomberg News Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan don't tend to come to mind when searching for safety. Nor do Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in the Caucasus region. Yet there's increasing merit to taking the road less traveled, literally and figuratively Kazakhstan: Astana Strives to Balance Ties with United States and Russia BY ARIEL COHEN The geopolitical competition between the United States and Russia in the Caspian Basin seems to be shifting away from Georgia and focusing on Kazakhstan. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Astana on October 5, sought to downplay the notion that Washington is vying with Moscow for the loyalty of President Nursultan Nazarbayev�s administration. Experts and officials inside Moscow�s Ring Road do not appear to be taking Rice�s comments at face value. Crimean Power Struggle By: Walter Mayr | Der Spiegel The naval fleets of Russia and Ukraine share the port at Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula. Some in Russia would like the Ukrainian city to return to the Russian fold. Many fear that a spark here could quickly lead to a larger conflagration Russia Accuses Georgia of 'New Hostilities' Kazakhstan Seeks to Balance East and West By: David L. Stern | The New York Times Mr. Tazhin, whose boss, President Nursultan Nazarbayev, has performed a delicate balancing act among the world’s major powers and whose country holds enormous oil and gas reserves, said Kazakhstan enjoyed good relationships with both Russia and the United States. Relations with Moscow are “very politically correct,” he said. Clock Ticking on EU Sanctions Against Uzbekistan By: Phillipa Runner | EU Observer
EU sanctions on Uzbekistan expire on 13 November despite the country's relapse into disturbing human rights abuses, with Germany exploiting the EU legal system to try and scrap a visa ban list The 9/11 Truthers have found some new friends, as the Russian government warms to their psychotic conspiracy fantasies... more» EDM RUSSIAN VERSUS INTERNATIONAL AGENDAS AT GENEVA DISCUSSIONS ON GEORGIA
- JAILED YUKOS FOUNDER REJECTS POLICY OF NON-COOPERATION WITH POWERS THAT BE
- RUSSIA AND GERMANY RESTART THEIR SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP |
| H13 The Times The hour of Europe The financial crisis has exposed failings wider than those of Wall Street and Washington Israel: landlocked If Israel is serious about peace, it must get serious about settlements There's no future for prophets of doom Those who are predicting the death of capitalism need new crystal balls David Aaronovitch Banking crisis: the world takes fright Panic swept through the world's financial markets wiping $2,500bn from share values amid a worsening crisis of confidence Resurgent Taleban vow to disrupt election Poll seen as a crucial test of the credibility of Afghanistan's fragile Western-backed Government and reconstruction effort Gloves off as McCain lands Obama 'lie' jibe John McCain said his Democratic opponent was a dishonourable, even dangerous, politician who had shown up 'out of nowhere' Pope says world financial system 'built on sand' Pontiff tells bishops that the collapse of major banks shows that "money vanishes, it is nothing" and only God's words matter Wall Street Journal There's a Job to Finish in Baghdad GLOBAL VIEW By Bret Stephens
The question now is how good we want Iraq to be. We're Not Headed for a Depression WSJ/NBC Poll: Obama's Lead Widens Independents are swinging behind Obama, who continues to benefit from economic turmoil. A new WSJ/NBC poll gives the Democrat a six-point edge over McCain, 49% to 43% Markets Fall on Rescue Doubts; Dow Closes Below 10000 Markets around the world tumbled, reflecting investors' lack of confidence despite stepped up relief efforts by the Fed and European governments. The Dow industrials fell below 10000 and European stocks fell to 20-year lows, a stark sign that the crisis may be outpacing policy makers' ability to contain it European Disunion REVIEW & OUTLOOK The message from the meeting on the crisis was: Every country for itself. Divided We Fall By Daniel Gros and Stefano Micossi Europe needs more than national rescue plan Europe Needs a United Approach to the Credit Crunch By Ulrich Volz National governments cannot stop the erosion of confidence on their own -------------- Alan Wolfe on why the economic crisis won't transform America. "Finance Crisis: In Graphics" BBC News. Depressingly correct charts on the credit crisis and its growing fallout. Let there be markets: An article on the evangelical roots of economics. From Fortune, why the bailout may not be enough: Cleaning up banks' balance sheets is a start, but the government may need to do more. From Business Week, what does Henry Paulson do now? A look at why the Paulson package is not the end of capitalism. We don't just need to recapitalize the banks — we need to reconceptualize capitalism. Jeffrey Sachs on how to fix the US financial crisis. How free should a free market be? It appears that we still have not had enough central planning in finance. Tim Harford on why Americans should stop complaining about the "moral hazard" problem and enjoy the bailout. The Economic Bailout: An Analysis of the Economic Emergency Stabilization Act (PDF; 164 KB)
Source: CCH/Wolters Kluwer | H14 Financial Times Conservatism overshoots its limit Ideas become fashionable and get pushed to their logical conclusion, as their backers succumb to “irrational exuberance”. Then comes the crash, writes Gideon Rachman Russia seeks to mend post-Georgia fences Russia will seek to mend fences with the west after the conflict in Georgia by brokering more foreign direct investment deals amid fears that the country faces a period of stagflatio Vision of Palestine at odds with the world Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Israeli prime minister and current leader of the rightwing Likud party, outlines his plan for tackling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ‘Looting’ of Iran’s central bank assets hit Tahmasb Mazaheri, who was dismissed for refusing to carry out populist monetary policies, said the government was exploiting people’s deposits and was fanning inflation Arab League puts man in Iraq The arrival of Hani Khilaf in Baghdad ends a gap in representation by the Arab League and is a sign of progress in Iraqi and US efforts to ease the country’s diplomatic isolatio Gulf markets suffer heavy losses Gulf equity markets suffered heavy losses amid mounting fears about contagion from the global financial crisis and domestic concerns about the region’s real estate markets Why fallen titans are more hated in America In the UK, everyone is a social democrat now. In the US, by contrast, the argument over the role of the state in the market is still going strong, says Michael Skapinker Developing economies feel force of global sell-off How an Asian bond could save us from the weak dollar Asia’s reserves could be turned into Asia bonds that, without losing value, could stimulate trade and investment in Asia, writes Thaksin Shinawatra How to save Europe’s banks Policymakers need to end the panic, improve the sound banks and allow a bloated sector to shrink. It is not easy to achieve all of these simultaneously
It is time to abandon imprudent caution Gordon Brown must take more risks. This crisis demands a politician ready to anticipate rather than respond to events, writes Philip Stephens | H15 Los Angeles Times McCain, Obama trade bitter shots Obama rolls out "Keating 5" video. McCain rips his foe's links to a 1960s radical. Syria, Lebanon abuzz over report about militant's arrest An intriguing item about the mysterious leader of a ferocious militant group floated around the Lebanese and Syrian media over the weekend Editorial World markets sink; Dow below 10,000 Foreign governments' attempts to shore up financial institutions trigger a sell-off. Credit markets remain tight. BLOG: Could that have been the bottom? • Some indexes see steepest losses in 20 years • Lehman Brothers chief faces lawmakers |
| H16 American Politics CNN Poll: Obama advantage grows Gallup Daily: Obama Leads 50% to 42% Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal: Independent Voters Move Toward Obama Obama Has Double-Digit Lead In Virginia Is Era of Dominance Over for Conservatives? - John Harwood, NY Times
Palin, McCain and the Weeks Ahead - Karl Rove, Newsweek
Race drives strategy, stirs uncertainty Race used to be the great constant in American politics. Now it is the great imponderable. Politico explores the debate. Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Economy and Ground Game Alike Give Obama an Advantage in Ohio CBS Poll: Presidential Race Tightens WSJ/NBC News Poll: Obama and Biden Are Better Debaters The Race is Over - Howard Wolfson, The New Republic From The Economist, a poll of economists on the candidates' economic plans. The first chapter from All Politics Is Global: Explaining International Regulatory Regimes by Daniel W. Drezner. McCain does nothing as supporter calls Obama a “terrorist” Pew Research Center: Post-Debate: Palin Still Seen as Unqualified, a Bump for Biden Scott Conroy / CBS News:
Lagging In The Polls, Palin Shifts To Fear Tactics McCain Campaign and the Financial Crisis - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics Five Questions About the New Electorate
Media Gives Palin a Pass - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
The Real Obama - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
Conservativsm Overshoots Its Limits - Gideon Rachman, Financial Times From Salon, who is the real John McCain? From David Foster Wallace to Paul Begala, four authors trace the politician's journey from the liberal's conservative to flip-flopping hack. More Bogus Obama Donors Surface Ezra Klein / American Prospect: A CAMPAIGN JOHN MCCAIN WILL REGRET. — Elections have life cycles. They have beginnings, middles, and ends. The beginnings tend to be exciting. The middles tend to be exhausting. And the ends tend to be ugly. The ends are ugly because the candidates are desperate and their teams are scared Joe Klein / Swampland: Embarracuda — I'm of two minds about how to deal with the McCain campaign's further descent into ugliness realclearpolitics memeorandum Politico ABC’s The Note – PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec New Yorker The Hardest Vote by George Packer Unusually large numbers of working-class voters seem to remain undecided or determined to sit the election out, as if they couldn’t bring themselves to vote Republican this year but couldn’t fathom taking a chance on Obama… Intelligence officials are worried, Richard Clarke writes, that al Qaeda may try to affect elections. In Fla., Palin Goes for the Rough Stuff as Audience Boos Obama McCain: ‘Who Is the Real Barack Obama?’ From TAC, whose Palin? The old Buchanan Brigades now ride to the sound of the neocon guns; and here's an open letter to Sarah Palin by the editors. From First Principles, an essay on the Americanization of conservatism; and a review of Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy of the Conservative Movement by Justin Raimondo. SPENGLERHockey moms and capital markets
Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, derided outside the United States as a mere country bumpkin unfit for higher office, personifies why Asian investors continue to pour money into the US, even as its financial sector nears breakdown | Nato's top military commander has demanded the authority draw up military plans to defend former Soviet bloc members Fears of further turmoil after Asian markets tumble Alistair Darling must act, not promise Now more than ever, we need a man with a plan and the Chancellor's lack of urgency yesterday afternoon was worrying. | H18 Independent 20 reasons for the crunch From Iceland to Greece, Europe marches out of step Leading article: The day Britain and Europe shared each other's pain Michael Bloomberg: Our response to the financial crisis should be modelled on 9/11 The Big Question: Is political and economic stability beginning to take root in Africa? |
| H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism “Fundamental Elements of the Counterintelligence Discipline” (pdf), published by the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive and the ODNI in January 2006, is available here. The Congressional Research Service discussed “Africa Command: U.S. Strategic Interests and the Role of the U.S. Military in Africa” (pdf) in a report that was updated August 22, 2008. Judgement Without Borders By: David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey | Los Angeles Times
Once reserved for offenses taking place at sea, beyond the territorial jurisdiction of any state, universal jurisdiction has increasingly been applied to "international" offenses taking place anywhere in the world Winning the war? Judging al-Qaeda's strengths and weaknesses Issues: Intelligence: Reorganization Fatigue CQPolitics.com FM 3.07: Stability Operations (Updated With FM Link) | How town-hall debates can go very wrong for a candidate.
John Dickerson The Power of Vice Palin is no Cheney, and neither is Biden. How much clout will the VP's successor have? Barton Gellman How To Win Afghanistan's Opium War The best way to deprive the Taliban of drug profits? The United States should buy Afghanistan's poppy crop instead of trying to eradicate it.
Christopher Hitchen One in four mammals facing extinction An "extinction crisis" is under way with one in four mammals in danger of disappearing forever because of habitat loss, hunting and climate change, a leading global conservation body warned Monda | H21 Evolution 'is over'No genetic development for humans, claims Professor Steve Jones From Vanity Fair, Christopher Hitchens on The Eton Empire: A fresh look at the bastion of privilege, which may have rebranded itself just in time. The Ambition of the Short Story: There are virtues associated with smallness — it is the realm of elegance and grace, · In praise of ... German humour Editorial: Germans don't lack wit, just the sort of wit that sounds good in English The New Yorker profiles Arianna Huffington May 1974 Is the Vice Presidency Necessary? No, argued historian Schlesinger in May 1974. It is like the human appendix, a vestigial organ on the body politic. Why the search company's ad deal with Yahoo is bad for the Web “Classical music audiences are going gray and will soon die.” Yeah, sure. And when was it not so?... more» ... more» What has long been known to all who pay attention is now official: the Nobel lit prize committee doesn’t have a clue... more» ... more» ... more» One of the saddest stories of the 20th century is the fate of air travel. In 1900 it was a dream. By 1999 it was a tedious chore... more» Students starting college this year likely never dialed a telephone. So began the first Mindset List, meant to show how remote students’ experience is from their teachers’... more» More on Slavoj Zizek's In Defense of Lost Causes. Who else sees your e-mail? Your employer and the government can snoop legally Nobel Prize winning scientist predicts breakthrough in treatment. Eastwood claims actress's career has been hampered by her good looks. |
