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H1 Independent Leading article: Obama may lack experience, but he doesn't lack command

New York Times The ’08 Race: A Sea Change for Politics as We Know It The 2008 election has upended how presidential campaigns are fought, a fact that has almost been lost amid the final battle

realclearpolitics memeorandum Politico ABC’s The Note – MSNBC FirstRead – Time ThePage Politico Playbook

PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight

MESHStrategic case for U.S.-Iran rapprochement Mark N. Katz

Two, Three, Many 'Grand Bargains'? By: Jim Lobe | Asia Times Two, three, many 'grand bargains'? A series of interlocking "grand bargains" could offer the next US president a way out of a foreign policy quagmire.

IHT Whispers of war By CAROL GIACOMO Americans are largely unaware of the serious discussions among policy experts about a military option to stop Iran's nuclear weapons program.

Washington Post A Quiet Deal With Pakistan By David Ignatius,

With a wink and a nudge to its ally, the U.S. can keep on bombing

Editorial The War That Didn't Bark A surge that helped Iraq -- and eventually Barack Obama

The Election That LBJ Won

By Richard Cohen, Somewhere beyond the gaze of Karl Rove, America's been changing

Financial Times Preparing for the first blue president The fact that Obama would be the first black president has obscured the significance of his political colouring. If he wins, he will be the first northern, urban liberal to win the presidency since the culture wars broke out in the 1960s, writes Gideon Rachman

Quentin Peel Winning Obama doomed to upset admirers

Obama profile In addition to the images of hope and inspiration associated with Barack Obama, people now see efficiency, a touch of ruthlessness and, above all, someone who possesses a “first-class temperament”, to repeat a phrase used frequently about him.

A political lesson for America: stick to centrism Mark Penn on sticking to the middle ground. The US is made up of 40% Conservatives, 40% moderates and 20% liberals. McCain does not seem to be speaking to anyone but conservatives, writes Mark Penn

Obama's ascent assures stardom

Policies and politics: where they stand

Khatami dilemma echoes Iran's place at a crossroads

Armenia and Azerbaijan seek peace accord Azerbaijan welcomed a thaw in relations with Armenia after the ­presidents of the two countries pledged to find a political settlement to their 15-year conflict over the breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh

NYT DAVID BROOKS A Date With Scarcity We’re probably entering a period in which smart young liberals meet a stone-cold scarcity that they do not seem to recognize or have a plan for.

Afghan Officials Aided an Attack on U.S. Soldiers A report found evidence of collusion between a police chief and the Taliban in an attack on the American military in Afghanistan

Guardian McCain is on the verge of a defeat that marks the end of the Republican era Sidney Blumenthal: Today's vote is likely to prove epochal. Bush's failure and the banks' collapse have exposed a deeply divided party

The seizing up eases up Editorial: Yesterday's official report suggests Britain has become less class-bound but it can't tell us if current education policies are also fostering fairness

Transatlantic fresh start Hans-Gert Pöttering: A new US president can relaunch the relationship with Europe and repair the strains of the Iraq war

Pakistan warns US general to stop attacks on its soil President tells General Petraeus during visit to region that missile strikes against suspected militants must end

Wall Street Journal From 9/11 to 11/4

Fred Barnes: We Could Be In for a Lurch to the Left

Guantanamo Revelation

Five Myths About the Great Depression By Andrew B. Wilson Herbert Hoover was no proponent of laissez-faire.

Some Lessons of the Financial Crisis By Stephen Schwarzman
Seven principles to guide reform, here and abroad.

What to Watch For
Newsweek By Nate Silver

Ha’aretz –ANALYSIS / Is Obama a danger to Israel after all? The overwhelming majority of Jews will apparently maintain their historical loyalty to the Democrats

The Times Leader An election that soared The contest for the American presidency has been uplifting and engrossing. There is plenty for a British observer to learn

Obama avoids power vacuum with Cabinet line-up In the event of victory, the Democratic candidate is anxious to make sure that there will be a smooth takeover at the top

Jerusalem Post A record number of Jews in Washington? With a Democratic surge expected nationwide, Congress may see more Jewish reps than ever.

Likud to US: We won't honor Syria deal Steinitz says party doesn't believe it must bind itself to an agreement reached by a caretaker gov't

James Fallows Obama for president

Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: The 'World Electoral Map' Countries around the world will be watching the U.S. election Nov. 4 -- and many of those countries have already decided which candidate they would like to see win

U.S. Weighs U.N. Option to Remain in Iraq By: Nicholas Kralev | The Washington Times The Bush administration is looking to the U.N. Security Council to extend a mandate for U.S. troops to remain in Iraq beyond Dec. 31 - a move that would require Iraqi government cooperation but not Iraqi acceptance of a bilateral accord with Washington.

Christian Science Monitor After Bush: How to repair US alliances By Michael Fullilove Bush's exit won't suddenly fix things. Both sides need to step up.

A bold step for US good will in Iraq Convert the huge US Embassy into a university

Wanted: next growth engine for US economy High-tech, healthcare, energy, or factory goods could rev up a year from now.

What is Assad's Next Move? By: Olivier Guitta | The Middle East Times Not a week goes by now without Syria showing up on the radar. In fact, after I analyzed the recent slew of incidents and their possible interpretations in my article last week titled "It is Clutch Time for Syria," this week brought new puzzling developments

New Beltway Debate: What to Do About Iran - New York Times opinion

Seven Questions for Syrian Ambassador Imad Moustapha By: Interview: Imad Moustapha | Foreign Policy Was Sunday’s raid by U.S. forces on Syrian territory ”terrorist aggression,” electoral politics, or righteous punishment?

A Skeptical Mideast Public Awaits the U.S. Election Verdict By: Souheila Al-Jaada | The Daily Star
John McCain and Barack Obama have very different visions for what America needs over the next four years, and when it comes to foreign policy, the differences are quite stark.

The Case Against Humanitarian Intervention - John Bolton, Globe & Mail

U.S. Weighs U.N. Option to Remain in Iraq By: Nicholas Kralev | The Washington Times The Bush administration is looking to the U.N. Security Council to extend a mandate for U.S. troops to remain in Iraq beyond Dec. 31 - a move that would require Iraqi government cooperation but not Iraqi acceptance of a bilateral accord with Washington.

WSJ Investors Hope for Iraq Deal

Foreign businessmen say a stalled U.S.-Iraq security pact could delay or halt plans for investment in Iraq.

Presidential Power in National Security: A Guide to the President-Elect (PDF; 500 KB) Source: WhiteHouseTransitionProject.org (via Law Library of Congress)

Strong dollar,
stamina in doubt Several factors lie behind the remarkable and largely unexpected recent gains in the US dollar. The likelihood of it maintaining that strength will depend to a large extent on there being officials in Washington who believe in tight money and a fiscal surplus. That would be another remarkable occurrence. - Ronald Solberg

H2 [Yorum - Ross Wilson] Hoş geldin Türkiye

Murat Yetkin Yeni ABD başkanı ve Erdoğan

OpenDemocracy Ergenekon: Turkey's military-political contest, Bill Park The trial of alleged conspirators acting in defence of Turkey’s “deep state” is exposing the country’s military as well as its political leadership to new pressures

DT Turkey accuses Duchess of York of smearing country The Duchess of York has been accused of trying to smear Turkey's image in an investigative television report about state-run orphanages

Şanlı Bahadır Koç – ABD Başkanlık Seçimleri ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkilerine Muhtemel Etkileri PDF

ABD Başkanlık Seçimleri Ekim 2008

Amerikan Sağı Üzerine Notlar Ağustos 2008

No US bases in northern Iraq without Baghdad nod: Talabani

Many Kurds support US military bases in Arbil

Kongre Seçimleri ve Türkiye

Beyaz saray’ın iq’su yükselecek

İhsan Dağı Amerikan seçimleri ve 'Ergenekon'un geleceği

Ankara, Moskova'nın Karabağ'daki sürece müdahalesinden memnun

AB:"Türk ekonomisi 2010'da düzelecek" (ingilizce)

Mutual consent on Turkey's EU bid: the slower the better
Barçin Yinanç

Obama, Armenian genocide claims and historical facts by CENAP ÇAKMAK*

Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Turkey is suspicious about Iran’s intentions, but...

Aliyev 5 Kasım'da Ankara'ya geliyor

Aliyev, Moskova zirvesinin ardından Ankara’ya geliyor

Babacan, Miliband ile üyeliği görüştü

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

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

DTP/PKK’nın oyunları bozulmalıdır HASAN CELAL GÜZEL

Cevdet Aşkın Demirel: Türkiye'de 1992 şartlarına dönüldü

Bülent Korucu AK Parti'nin Güneydoğu yanlışları

Şahin Alpay Öcalan'ın rolü nedir?

Ali Bulaç Kurdistan in northern Iran and PKK

[Yorum - Bejan Matur] Siyasette eksik olan akıl

İnsan düşmanı bunlar

Kim kimi kimin vatanından kovuyor

Bu da silahsız çözüm

Erdoğan'dan 'tahrik edici' sözler!

Polis vahşeti AKP eseri

KÜRŞAT BUMİN

MEHMET BARLAS Herkes "DTP'yi kapatmayın" derken DTP neden kapatılmak istiyor?

DTP’yi eleştirelim de...
ORAL ÇALIŞLAR

Eser Karakaş Güneydoğu ve ezberimiz

Mümtazer Türköne Araba yakarak oy kazanılır mı?

Ergenekon dünkü çocuk, Öcalan derin devletin adamıdır

Barzani'den ılımlı mesajlar

PKK hareketi Kürt halkına düşmanlıktır

Fatih Altaylı 'Ya sev ya terk et'in Başbakancası

DTP lideri Türk: Sokak eylemleri amacını aştı

Barzani fuels bases row

Meclis'te DTP -AKP kavgası

AK Parti ile DTP arasındaki gerginlik Meclis'e sıçradı

Diyarbakır'ın iade-i ziyareti!

Komutanlar DTP önünde halay çekti

DTP'li kadınlar anlatıyor:

Bizim çocuklar polise neden taş atar?

Savaş Süzal Batı'nın Apo planı hızla yürürlükte

PKK-Ergenekon'dan Veli Küçük-Dugin'e yeraltı ilişkileri

Erdoğan's comment rattles Kurds in Diyarbakır

Şantaj, patlama bizi yıldırmaz

Mehmet Tezkan G. Doğu’da tahrik siyaseti kan davasına dönüştü!

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

AB Raporu'ndaki uyarılar müzakereyi ilerletecek mi? -

Avrupa Komisyonu'ndan Ekonomik Tahmin

FT Armenia and Azerbaijan seek peace over enclave

Muslims Seek Crisis Management Plan With Vatican

Avrupa’ya enerji taşıyorsunuz

Obama: The new guy in town by EMRE USLU & ÖNDER AYTAÇ*

Gül pledges full backing for EU bid

Almanyalı Türkler'den Seçim Beklentileri

Dağlık Karabağ

Azeri ve Ermenilerin pozisyonları ne kadar değişti?

Merhaba Rumeli! –

Bu iddialar Denktaş'ı da bitirir

World Briefing | Europe: Cyprus: Unification Talks Resume

Erhan Başyurt Obama Türkiye’yi Irak’tan vuracak

İlter Türkmen ABD başkanlık seçimleri ve dünya

"Ulusal Program'da son aşamaya gelindi"

Sami Kohen Sürpriz olur mu?

Hadi Uluengin ABD’nin yeri (I)

HASAN CELAL GÜZEL

‘Deri siyah, maskeler beyaz’
NURAY MERT

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL

TAMER KORKMAZ

Bartholomeos: Türkiye’deki çatışmalar bizi de etkiliyor

AB:"Türk ekonomisi 2010'da düzelecek" (ingilizce)

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

Bunlar TTK’daki mektuplar değil

In pictures Trying to keep wine-making alive in Muslim Turkey

Duchess accused of smearing Turkey's image

Mehmet should be known as Restorer

Yayıncılardan Doğan’a Altın Victoria Ödülü

Serdar Turgut
Fildişi kulede rokoko stilinin evrimi

Harvard University - Available Position in Ottoman & Modern Turkish

H3

Siyasette yüksek tansiyon

‘TSK, K. Irak’ta yeterince başarılı olamadı’

Başbakan’dan pompalı yorumu

PKK’ya terörist demeyenlere Türkiye uzun süre dayanmaz

Yazıcıoğlu'ndan Çatlı pazarlığının perde arkası

Doğan grubu karargahta

Perinçek 'kara kutu'yu istedi

CHP, Bakırköy’den aday gösterecek

Seçimde öncelik kardeşliğimiz

Asıl gladio 16 Mart’ta Ergenekon’da değil

Vatandaşla dalga geçmeyin

Kılıçdaroğlu’ndan Akman belgeleri

Akman’ın patronu Karaman

Çeber olayında 6 gardiyan tutuklandı

Ergenekon'un tek kanıtı

Ergenekon'da sakin duruşma

Akman'dan Kılıçdaroğlu'na: Komisyona gel hesaplaşalım

Danıştay saldırısı okunurken Ergenekon sanıkları sustu

MHP'de seçim süreci başladı, adaylık için son başvuru tarihi 14 Kasım

Susurluk’un 12. yılında...

Mafya-polis-siyaset ilişkileri karanlıkta

Hahambaşı'ndan birlik çağrısı

Bahçeli'den aday adayı kriterleri

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman GH Türkiye

Birinci Sayfalar Akşam Birgün Bugün Cumhuriyet Dünya Hürriyet Milli Gazete Milliyet Posta Radikal Referans Sabah Star Taraf Tercüman Türkiye Vakit Vatan Yeni Şafak Zaman Arşiv

Video NTV CNNTürk Milliyet

Cengiz Çandar Ya Obama ya 'ırkçı' mucize

Ahmet Taşgetiren DTP’nin kimlik kıyımı Değiştirilmesi teklif edilememek

Ruşen - Çakır Çiller bozdu Erdoğan toparlayamıyor

Taha Akyol

Fikret Bila Güneydoğu'da yerel seçimin anlamı

Hasan Cemal Sayın Başbakan, şu yazıyı bir zahmet okur musunuz?..

Murat Yetkin Yeni ABD başkanı ve Erdoğan

İsmet Berkan

Fehmi Koru Aklımızı peynir ekmekle yememiş isek...

Taha Kıvanç Gri beyin hücrelerimizi çalıştıralım

Şamil Tayyar

Ali Bayramoğlu DTP ne yapmak istiyor? Biraz dün, biraz bugün, biraz yarın...

Yasemin Çongar

Ertuğrul Özkök Keşke dediğim an

Sabahattin Önkibar Doğan Grubu takas medyası mı oldu?

[Haber Yorum - Prof.Dr. Ergun Özbudun] Anayasa Mahkemesi'nin kırmızı çizgileri

Hasan Ünal Yeter artık!!! Ne istiyorsunuz???

Ahmet Hakan Erdoğan ile Obama arasındaki 7 benzerlik

M Ali Birand Üzmez yargılandı ve suçlu bulundu

Cüneyt Ülsever Amerikan seçimleri

Hurşit Güneş Vatandaş son 6 yılın en umutsuz noktasında!

Bilal Çetin Doğal gaz zammı zorunlu muydu?

Enis Berberoğlu Ne zaman ve nasıl biter?

Oktay Ekşi Kim kimi uyutuyor?

Özdemir İnce ’Atatürk insan oldu’ imiş?

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Sonucu ben şimdiden söyleyeyim

Yalçın Bayer TRT’de çağdışı propaganda

Yalçın Doğan Nokta mutabakatı

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Büyüklerin çocuk oyunu

ERDAL ŞAFAK 3 Kasım'dan 4 Kasım'a

ENGİN ARDIÇ

ERGUN BABAHAN Ya Mustafa Ya Mustafa

EMRE AKÖZ 'Mustafa' mı, 'Kemal' mi?

Umur Talu AK Parti-DTP gerilimi kime yarar?

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

NAZLI ILICAK Yüz kızartıcı sahneler

MEHMET BARLAS Herkes "DTP'yi kapatmayın" derken DTP neden kapatılmak istiyor?

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

YAVUZ DONAT

Ekonomi

2009 tahminleri MAHFİ EĞİLMEZ

Kriz okumaları KORKMAZ İLKORUR

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Yaman Törüner IMF anlaşması

Ercan Kumcu Bankalarda kár dağıtımı

Bakan Güler: Doğalgaz zammı çok oldu ama çaresizdik

Erdal Sağlam Zammın sorumlusu Başbakan

Seyfettin Gürsel Merkez Bankası'nın krize bakışı

Güven Sak Neredeyiz?

Şükrü Kızılot 2009 bütçesinde krizin "K" harfi bile gözükmüyor

Eyüp Can Krizin iki yüzünü görenler

Serpil Yılmaz IMF istedi BOTAŞ zam yaptı!

Güngör Uras Üreticide 1.36 YTL markette 4.59 YTL

Turkey's consumer, wholesale prices rise

MELİHA OKUR
BDDK kâr kılıcını niye çekti?

H4 New York Times The ’08 Race: A Sea Change for Politics as We Know It The 2008 election has upended how presidential campaigns are fought, a fact that has almost been lost amid the final battle

DAVID BROOKS A Date With Scarcity We’re probably entering a period in which smart young liberals meet a stone-cold scarcity that they do not seem to recognize or have a plan for.

Afghan Officials Aided an Attack on U.S. Soldiers A report found evidence of collusion between a police chief and the Taliban in an attack on the American military in Afghanistan

Turning Points, 2008 Edition

By ANA MARIE COX, BOB KERREY, MICHAEL KINSLEY, KEVIN MADDEN, PAUL MASLIN, and HOWARD WOLFSON Experts reflect on some of the undernoticed political moments from the past 18 months.

Computing the Odds

By CHRIS SUELLENTROP

Statistical analysis of the electoral map does not favor John McCain

Editorial So Little Time, So Much Damage Most presidents put on a last-minute policy stamp, but in President George W. Bush’s case it is more like a wrecking ball.

BOB HERBERT Beyond Election Day As Americans go to the polls in what is probably the most important presidential election since World War II, what they really have to decide is what kind of country they want.

As Ukraine Staggers, Its Leaders Quarrel

Petraeus, in Pakistan, Hears Complaints About Missile Strikes

Iranian Official Who Faked Degrees Faces Confidence Vote

Iraq Attacks Include One on Oil Official

Finance Chiefs of Europe Reject Package for Stimulus

European Union to Be Led by Former Soviet Satellite

Election Night (Popcorn Included)

A guide of highlights to watch for on Tuesday night, from the first poll closings in Indiana to the last tossup state in the West, Nevada

Report Backs Palin in Firing of Commissioner

Nominees Pack in Visits to G.O.P.-Leaning States as Campaign Closes

Networks May Call Race Before Voting Is Complete

Editorial Series: In Office A series of editorials on the important issues of the 2008 election campaign, and how the candidates have addressed them.

H5 Washington Post A Quiet Deal With Pakistan By David Ignatius,

With a wink and a nudge to its ally, the U.S. can keep on bombing

Editorial The War That Didn't Bark

A surge that helped Iraq -- and eventually Barack Obama

The Election That LBJ Won

By Richard Cohen, Somewhere beyond the gaze of Karl Rove, America's been changing

The Final Push For Obama, Grandmother's Death Casts Pall on Optimistic Election Eve

China's Economic Certitude Crumbles Nervous Officials Turn to Bailouts to Forestall Worker Unrest

E.U. Offers Road Map For Policy With U.S.

Editorial Election Day Our endorsements for today's races and ballot questions

Cheney's Parting Gift By Dan Froomkin

An Armchair Pundit's Guide to Election Night on TV

U.S. Airstrikes Creating Tension, Pakistan Warns

Scandal, Fistfight Erupt Over Impeachment Move in Iran

Five Election Myths By Anne Applebaum Beware the hopeful, reassuring cliches that will be passed around today and tomorrow.

Reinventing A Markets Watchdog

By Christopher Cox, The global financial crisis has exposed holes in our regulatory system.

A New Kind of Pride By Eugene Robinson, I know what Obama meant when he said his faith had been 'vindicated.'

McCain Makes Seven-State Swing In Bid for a Come-From-Behind Win

Congressional Republicans Work to Thwart Democratic Gains

U.S. Efforts Divert Iran-Bound Cargo India Denied Passage to N. Korean Jet

9 Killed, Dozens Hurt in Iraq Blasts

H6 Guardian McCain is on the verge of a defeat that marks the end of the Republican era Sidney Blumenthal: Today's vote is likely to prove epochal. Bush's failure and the banks' collapse have exposed a deeply divided party

The seizing up eases up Editorial: Yesterday's official report suggests Britain has become less class-bound but it can't tell us if current education policies are also fostering fairness

Transatlantic fresh start Hans-Gert Pöttering: A new US president can relaunch the relationship with Europe and repair the strains of the Iraq war

Pakistan warns US general to stop attacks on its soil President tells General Petraeus during visit to region that missile strikes against suspected militants must end

America's moment of truth

Officials braced for the biggest election turnout in US history as country goes to the polls

Jonathan Freedland: A vote on the world's future

Sidney Blumenthal: Vote is likely to prove epochal

How the electoral college votes stack up (pdf)

Fear and loathing: America divides

Liberal Americans fear repeat of 2000 disappointment while right-wingers rail against 'a socialist takeover'

Democrats expect big Congress gain Polls suggest party will add seven or eight Senate seats to their existing 51 in US congressional election

Tomasky talk: Election predictions

Michael Tomasky gives his final take on which states will go to Barack Obama and which to John McCain

Nowhere man: a farewell to Dubya, all-time loser in presidential history

Simon Schama

The McCain campaign's message of war Ken Gude: Foreign policy experts agree the next US president should negotiate with Iran – but it's not a move John McCain would be willing to make

No cavalry for Congo Simon Tisdall: Congo may be in the news now, but it will soon be forgotten and there is no appetite in Europe to deploy troops there

Staving off a global depression

Dominique Strauss-Kahn: I hope the big powers will help the IMF protect poorer countries from the worst of the downturn

Islamofascist slanders Anne Karpf:Equating Muslims with Nazis is a hazard in the Middle East, and misfires as a smear on Obama

Tempting fate Martin Kettle: Although many liberals are too scared to say the words, I have no such fear: Barack Obama will be America's next president

The Old South's last hurrah

Sasha Abramsky: Barack Obama could break the Republican party's hold on the south and prove that race-based politics are a thing of the past

Why I'm going to meet the Pope

Tariq Ramadan: It is a matter of greatest urgency that a Christian-Muslim dialogue on theological issues and broader values takes place

Unpopular misconceptions

Tim Montgomerie: Are we getting the full story from pollsters that aim to teach us about the world's view of the US?

Bretton Woods is dead Kevin Gallagher: World leaders must commit to forming new international organisations better suited to solving the economic crisis

Lights out for Pakistan Basim Usmani: The government is ultimately to blame for widespread riots in response to power cuts and escalating electricity bills

Is the US still 'one nation under God'? The question: After the election, will America still be one nation? And will it still believe that it shelters under God's providence?

What Britain can learn from the US

Denis MacShane: Campaigning for Barack Obama ahead of Tuesday's historic election, there are some valuable lessons for UK politicians

Tomasky talk: Who will take Pennsylvania? Could John McCain's big play in Pennsylvania be paying off, asks Michael Tomasky

America's hottest pollster gives his final verdict as US elections ...

Is it safe to be a judge yet?

Kate Allen: Pakistan's new president has still to show his commitment to justice and the upholding of the judiciary's independence

The new Rwanda Stephen Kinzer: The crisis in eastern Congo isn't really about Congo – it's a continuation of the Rwandan genocide

H7 What is Assad's Next Move? By: Olivier Guitta | The Middle East Times Not a week goes by now without Syria showing up on the radar. In fact, after I analyzed the recent slew of incidents and their possible interpretations in my article last week titled "It is Clutch Time for Syria," this week brought new puzzling developments

BBC Paradox of power Troubled Egypt awaits succession of new Mubarak

New Beltway Debate: What to Do About Iran - New York Times opinion

The next president's task in war on terror To bring about real change in the world, the new president will have to rethink and reorganize the entire concept of preventive war and the so-called war on terror. (By H.D.S. Greenway, Boston Globe)

A strike against 'Iranophobia' Arriving in Tehran this week with the head of the Gulf Cooperation Council comes the Arab trade bloc's support for Iran's nuclear program and a willingness to discuss Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's economic, political and security proposals. The oil sheikdoms, it seems, are no longer sold on the West's "Iranphobia" nor the effectiveness of its sanctions regime. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

Two, three, many 'grand bargains'? A series of interlocking "grand bargains" could offer the next US president a way out of a foreign policy quagmire. Luckily, a four-pronged regional initiative to pacify Afghanistan, integrate Iran, promote reconciliation in Iraq and launch a credible peace process between Israel and the Arab world has already been devised.

US division doesn't add up
General David Petraeus, head of the United States Central Command, is in Pakistan to push his plan to engage sections of the Afghan resistance and divide them from hardcore elements, including al-Qaeda. A similar initiative had some success with the Sunni resistance in Iraq, but in South Asia loyalties are much more complex, as illustrated by Arab commander Abu Akash, reportedly killed in a US strike. - Syed Saleem Shahzad

Seven Questions for Syrian Ambassador Imad Moustapha By: Interview: Imad Moustapha | Foreign Policy Was Sunday’s raid by U.S. forces on Syrian territory ”terrorist aggression,” electoral politics, or righteous punishment?

A Skeptical Mideast Public Awaits the U.S. Election Verdict By: Souheila Al-Jaada | The Daily Star
John McCain and Barack Obama have very different visions for what America needs over the next four years, and when it comes to foreign policy, the differences are quite stark.

The Case Against Humanitarian Intervention - John Bolton, Globe & Mail

A Strike Against Iranophobia - Kaveh Afrasiabi, Asia Times

Beltway Debate: What to Do About Iran? - Carol Giacomo, New York Times

The West Versus the Rest - Arvind Subramanian, Forbes

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

U.S. Weighs U.N. Option to Remain in Iraq By: Nicholas Kralev | The Washington Times The Bush administration is looking to the U.N. Security Council to extend a mandate for U.S. troops to remain in Iraq beyond Dec. 31 - a move that would require Iraqi government cooperation but not Iraqi acceptance of a bilateral accord with Washington.

WSJ Investors Hope for Iraq Deal

Foreign businessmen say a stalled U.S.-Iraq security pact could delay or halt plans for investment in Iraq.

McClatchy Iraq still thirsting for water that's safe to drink Violence has dropped dramatically across Iraq in recent months, but the fight for a better life is just beginning. From electricity and health care to education and the economy, Iraq has many needs, and safe drinking water is among the most urgent

Seven dead in Baghdad bomb blasts

Four bombs explode in Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding at least 20 others, including a deputy minister, police say.

Iran minister faces impeachment
Iran's interior minister faces impeachment after admitting a degree he said he received from Oxford University was a fake

American dream expelled from Syria
The closure of the American school in Damascus, in response to the recent United States raid into Syria, is a blow for Washington's hopes of winning over young hearts and minds in the Arab world. It is also a sad epitaph for the institution, which had promoted the "American dream" to young Syrians since the Dwight D Eisenhower administration. - Sami Moubayed

H9 Ha’aretz –ANALYSIS / Is Obama a danger to Israel after all? The overwhelming majority of Jews will apparently maintain their historical loyalty to the Democrats

Obama eyes Republican states to lock up win While polls favor Obama, there are still many uncertainties about how the unprecedented race will play out

Change needed in the U.S. The U.S. needs a leader who is not committed to his predecessor's ideological fetters and is prepared to listen seriously to new ideas. Israel should hope for this kind of leader.

Syria asks foreign staff of U.S. institutions to leave country Syria FM says his country will resort to more painful measures if U.S. fails to explain Oct. 26 helicopter raid

Jerusalem Post A record number of Jews in Washington?

With a Democratic surge expected nationwide, Congress may see more Jewish reps than ever.

Likud to US: We won't honor Syria deal Steinitz says party doesn't believe it must bind itself to an agreement reached by a caretaker gov't.

America decides Voters will be galvanized more by the economy and a range of domestic issues than foreign policy.

Hamas lawmakers invited to visit EU HQ

"We don't care who they are as long as they are members of the Legislative Council," says official.

· As America votes, Israel still can't

There are fundamental differences in the way the US and Israel do business

· A Middle East message to the new American leader

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'Mossad spy' tied to Mughniyeh hit

Yedioth Ahronoth EU invites Hamas lawmakers

European delegation visits Gaza, extends formal invitation to all elected Palestinian lawmakers

Arabs waiting for Obama

Roee Nahmias presents Arab world's view on US elections, Mideastern hopes for change

Obama better for Israel Israel needs active US peace-making involvement, not empty expressions of solidarity

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Israel Must Prepare for Economic Crisis - Daniel Doron, Jerusalem Post

But is it Good for the Jews? by Avishai D. Don

Israel raises security concerns amid settler unrest Attacks and demonstrations by Jewish settlers against Israeli soldiers and officials fuel concern of an assassination attempt aimed at scuttling any land-for-peace effort.

Members of Israeli spy ring 'related to 9/11 hijacker'

H10 Christian Science Monitor After Bush: How to repair US alliances By Michael Fullilove Bush's exit won't suddenly fix things. Both sides need to step up.

A bold step for US good will in Iraq Convert the huge US Embassy into a university

Wanted: next growth engine for US economy High-tech, healthcare, energy, or factory goods could rev up a year from now.

Obama set to make voting history But the McCain campaign, fighting to the end in key states, vows it'll be a 'slam-bang' finish.

In Lebanon, pragmatism tempers jihadist aims In a move to avoid a second deadly battle in a Palestinian refugee camp, some groups have taken a rare step away from Islamist militancy.

Don't stall on economic stimulus A lame-duck Congress must agree on a short-term plan to avoid a deep recession.

Afghans find modest prosperity in once-banned trade – milk The country's first dairy cooperative has helped farmers more than double their incomes.

ASIA

Bridging the China-India Gap By: N.V. Subramanian | The Japan Times Although the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal is spooking China and deep-seated suspicions are growing on both sides of the border, the best strategy for India and China to take is tactical cooperation

Different Playbooks Aimed at Balancing Asia's Powers By: Brahma Chellaney | The Japan Times The Japan-India security agreement signed recently marks a significant milestone in building a power equilibrium among Asian states linked by shared common interests.

McClatchy Pakistanis give Gen. Petraeus an earful on his first visit Pakistani leaders, frustrated that they're unable to curb U.S. missile strikes on Pakistani territory, publicly reproached Gen. David Petraeus Monday on his maiden visit to this country as the new U.S. commander for the Middle East

Election Could ‘Tear Afghanistan Apart’ By: Jon Boone | Financial Times Members of the Afghan government, European diplomats, and Nato military officials are pushing to delay, or even scrap, next year’s presidential election. They argue that the poll could dangerously aggravate political ­tensions.

Bangladesh Army promises a free election The Government announce relaxation of emergency powers in the run-up to parliamentary elections next month

Reynolds' China Comparing the communist styles of China and Cuba

The Dalai Lama takes a step back Claiming his efforts have failed, Tibet's spiritual leader said exiled Tibetans should determine the course of negotiations with Beijing.

Talking about Tibet Talks now going on in China between Tibetan and Chinese representatives might be the last best chance to satisfy Tibetans' desire for autonomy without the confict becoming violent. The new US president should appoint a special emissary for dealing with the issue. (Boston Globe)

H11 IHT Whispers of war

By CAROL GIACOMO Americans are largely unaware of the serious discussions among policy experts about a military option to stop Iran's nuclear weapons program.

Euro-zone growth to stall in 2009, European Commission says The euro zone is already in a technical recession and economic growth will come to a virtual standstill next year, the European Commission said Monday.

Sarkozy's Mediterranean plan slow to get movingEU and Mediterranean foreign ministers will meet Monday to look for common ground on the French president's Union for the Mediterranean initiative

Alison Smale: Missive from Old Europe to America in transition A message of survival from historic Europe to the United States as Americans vote.

Lessons of Iraq By: Christopher M. Schnaubelt | International Herald Tribune Less than two years ago, many politicians, analysts and pundits believed that the war in Iraq was lost. Yet today, following the "surge" ordered by President Bush in January 2007, progress in Iraq is widely recognized

Summit meeting with a lame duck

With only two months left in office, President Bush is in no position to dictate terms at the global summit on Nov. 15, but he can set the stage for future collaboration.

The soiled envelope, please

There are no awards for the season's slimiest political messages, but two deserve consideration in the character assassination category.

EUROPE European press review

Eurozone is on verge of recession The eurozone's economy shrank 0.2% in the second quarter of 2008, and will contract further, the European Commission says.

Now They See the Benefits of the Eurozone By: Wolfgang Münchau | Financial Times
It was a Friday but for Denmark it might as well have been Black Wednesday – that day in 1992 when sterling was forced out of the European exchange rate mechanism. After a speculative attack on the Danish krone on October 24, the country is now considering whether to adopt the euro

Obama Won't Win Election ... in Europe - Denis Boyles, National Review

Has Russia Beaten the EU? - Edward Lucas, The Telegraph

Der Spiegel Merkel's Push for Consensus: Crisis Creates a New German Politics

WSJ German Parties Fail to Reach Alliance

Germany's Social Democrats and a leftist party failed to reach an alliance, increasing the chance the country will be stuck with its bipartisan government after elections in 2009.

Next Up, Croatia? REVIEW & OUTLOOK Issues that do, and don't, need to be resolved before the next EU expansion.

H12 RFE/RL

Stratfor Ukraine: Demographic Fault Lines and the Media Battle with Russia Ukraine banned Russian-language cable TV stations in the country, while Russia vowed to do everything in its power to keep them on the air. (With Stratfor map)

Time Economic Darkness Descends on Putin's Russia

Report calls for Azerbaijan reforms

New president, better U.S.-Russian ties?

Google News Azerbaijan

Is Obama or McCain Better for Russia? By: Rose Gottemoeller | The Moscow Times If Barack Obama is elected U.S. president on Tuesday, he will join President Dmitry Medvedev in becoming the first post-baby boom leader of his country.

Qaddafi Discusses Energy Ties With Russia By: Andrew E. Kramer | The New York Times
Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the leader of Libya, visited Moscow over the weekend for talks on oil and natural gas deals, just two months after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was his guest in Libya. The visit here suggested that Colonel Qaddafi, a onetime pariah, is maneuvering to play Russia and the United States against each other for commercial and political favors

Libya: We signed nuke deal with Russia

H13 The TimesAn election that soared The contest for the American presidency has been uplifting and engrossing. There is plenty for a British observer to learn

Time for America to decide: Obama or McCain? Democrats are expected to take Capitol Hill in congressional elections with Obama polled to win the US elections

The world has no vote but it knows who it wants There are endorsements that no one welcomes, however enthusiastic: Hamas for Obama, Osama for McCain. But what of the globe?

Obama avoids power vacuum with Cabinet line-up In the event of victory, the Democratic candidate is anxious to make sure that there will be a smooth takeover at the top

Citizens make history with their sacred rite By some time early on Wednesday morning the US will, in all probability, end 216 years of presidential rule by white males

Getting the vote with laptops and muesli bars By phone and on foot, volunteers will be harassing those who still have not been to the polls, to choose their a candidate

New US president must step up immediately, says Brown

Speaking in the Gulf, the Prime Minister called on Barack Obama or John McCain to attend world leaders' meeting in November

This is no time for a novice. Oh yes it is Gordon Brown's favourite slogan will be seriously undermined if the American electorate vote for change

Rachel Sylvester

One triumphant example won't solve the chronic failure of blacks

Race in America is no longer a matter of bigotry and hatred but of ‘rational' discrimination against underachievement Matthew Syed

The hippy guide to Keynesian economics Forget those Depression rescue plans and focus on his vision for a more fulfilling life John Naish

UK unemployment to top 7 per cent Economic activity across European Union predicted to grind to a standstill next year with UK outlook particularly bleak

Sarah Palin cleared in Troopergate probe

Wall Street Journal From 9/11 to 11/4

Fred Barnes: We Could Be In for a Lurch to the Left

Guantanamo Revelation

Five Myths About the Great Depression By Andrew B. Wilson Herbert Hoover was no proponent of laissez-faire.

Some Lessons of the Financial Crisis By Stephen Schwarzman
Seven principles to guide reform, here and abroad.

Economic Ills Will Force Winner's Hand With a blast of bearish news hitting just before the election, Tuesday's victor will be under pressure to put his stamp on U.S. economic policy well before his Jan. 20 inauguration.

Next Up, Croatia? REVIEW & OUTLOOK Issues that do, and don't, need to be resolved before the next EU expansion.

Bernanke's Fed Chasing Down the Global Infection By: William Pesek | Bloomberg News
The first interest-rate cut in seven years had to be traumatic for Bank of Japan staffers. Not only did it undo years of struggling to lift borrowing costs from zero, but few investors seemed to care

Strong dollar,
stamina in doubt Several factors lie behind the remarkable and largely unexpected recent gains in the US dollar. The likelihood of it maintaining that strength will depend to a large extent on there being officials in Washington who believe in tight money and a fiscal surplus. That would be another remarkable occurrence. - Ronald Solberg

Crisis summit a chance
for genuine reform
The scale and depth of the financial crisis demand that the economic summit to be hosted by President George W Bush next week shun the temptation of a quick fix and grasp the opportunity for a clear restructuring in the global financial structure. The role of central banks is one priority. - Hossein Askari and Noureddine Krichene

H14 Financial Times Preparing for the first blue president The fact that Obama would be the first black president has obscured the significance of his political colouring. If he wins, he will be the first northern, urban liberal to win the presidency since the culture wars broke out in the 1960s, writes Gideon Rachman

Quentin Peel Winning Obama doomed to upset admirers

Obama profile In addition to the images of hope and inspiration associated with Barack Obama, people now see efficiency, a touch of ruthlessness and, above all, someone who possesses a “first-class temperament”, to repeat a phrase used frequently about him.

A political lesson for America: stick to centrism Mark Penn on sticking to the middle ground. The US is made up of 40% Conservatives, 40% moderates and 20% liberals. McCain does not seem to be speaking to anyone but conservatives, writes Mark Penn

Obama's ascent assures stardom

Policies and politics: where they stand

Khatami dilemma echoes Iran's place at a crossroads

Armenia and Azerbaijan seek peace accord Azerbaijan welcomed a thaw in relations with Armenia after the ­presidents of the two countries pledged to find a political settlement to their 15-year conflict over the breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh

Bomb injures Iraqi deputy oil minister A bomb blast wounded one of Iraq’s deputy oil ministers close to his home in Baghdad, a security source said

US manufacturing crashes to 26-year low US factory activity contracted sharply in October, falling to its lowest in 26 years as the financial crisis ravaged the world’s largest economy, an industry report showed

US banks tighten grip on lending

The Federal Reserve said banks have pulled back on lending to consumers and businesses in a big way over the past three months, as demand for credit also dwindled

Obama and McCain in final push

Barack Obama and John McCain wound up their presidential campaigns in a whirlwind of rallies and speeches even as new data underlined the scale of the economic crisis awaiting the winner

Merkel’s decisive reputation challenged The financial storm has cast doubt on the German chancellor’s ability to lead under pressure and might have undermined her re-election prospects next year

Europe dragged down by weak UK

Europe’s economic growth will grind almost to a halt next year, dragged down by a weak UK, but the continent will fare better than the US, according to the European Commission

A dose of austerity for a pampered generation How will they cope, asks Michael Skapinker

Pubs fall victim to the perils of lone drinking Jonathan Guthrie on canny publicans

Banks need to think locally to prosper They eschewed risk, writes Wolfgang Gerke

Barclays’ choice The Gulf deal has reduced risk for the UK government, but the bank is too big to fail, and ministers would be forced into a rescue if it became vital

Ways out of the liquidity trap

Policymakers have shown that they will do whatever it takes to avoid a deflationary trap. They must continue to do so, using all tools available

H15 Los Angeles Times Iraq OKs provincial council quotas for minorities Six seats are reserved in three provinces for Christians and others, provoking an outcry from Christians, who had sought more seats. Bombings in Baghdad kill seven.

McCain makes a sprint to the finish He hops from stop to stop in seven states, delivering his familiar call to fight, and to 'never give up.'

Networks vow patience in projections Officials say they won't call a winner until one candidate reaches 270 electoral votes.

Whoever wins, defense cuts loom

Southern California's aerospace industry could be hit hard as budget constraints end an eight-year boom.

Report clears Palin in Troopergate probe

H16 American Politics

How to read the numbers on Election Day

Obama Looks to Rewrite Electoral Map - Zachary Coile, SF Chronicle

For Obama, Bigger is Much, Much Better - David Gergen, CNN

Down to the Stretch, Uncertainty Remains - Rich Galen, Mullings

Obama, Dems Headed for Big Win - This Week Roundtable, ABC News

It'll Be Closer Than They Think - Jonathan Morris, FOX News

Obama holding onto lead in final Ipsos/McClatchy Poll

Swift-Boating of Obama Isn't Working - Michael Tomasky, Guardian

Voting GOP for the First Time - Vin Suprynowicz, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Win or Lose, How Will We Cope? - Poussaint & Alexander, The Root

Fifteen Races To Watch On Election Day - Reid Wilson, Politics Nation

Are Exit Polls Reliable? - Karlyn Bowman, Forbes

A Race Like No Other - James Rainey, Los Angeles Times

The Best Race Ever? Not By a Long Shot - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standa

Dan Drezner So you think you’re smarter than a political scientist?

Math Not Adding Up For McCain - Mark Halperin, Time

Fickle Voters Fill Pollsters With Dread - Daniel Finkelstein, Times of London

6 Reasons Obama Will Cost America Jobs - Ralph Reiland, Pittsburgh TR

Blacks' Dreams Will Come True. Then What? - Laura Washington, CST

Panicky America Set To Lurch To the Left - Conrad Black, National Post

Obama and the Better Angels of Our Nature - John Nichols, The Nation

What We Know About Obama - Stanley Kurtz, National Review Online

What Will Be Left of the GOP? - Paul Krugman, New York Times

A Conservative Reckoning - Jonathan Gurwitz, San Antonio Express-News

What Makes a President Great? - Steve Coll, The New Yorker

Kennedy doctrine How do Catholics square liberal views with their beliefs?

Issue Guide: Energy and Climate Change - Council on Foreign Relations
America's Burden Is To Lead the World - Ralph Peters, New York Post

A Test That's Sure to Come - Jackson Diehl, Washington Post

Has the Media Lost Its Credibility? - Doug MacKinnon, New York Times

How Smart is the American Voter? - Larry Bartels, Los Angeles Times

Rove's Final Map: Obama 338, McCain 200

McCAIN CAMPAIGN MEMO: READING THE EXIT POLLS

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Promises, Promises: A Fiscal Voter Guide to the 2008 Election (PDF; 772 KB) Source: U.S. Budget Watch (Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, New America Foundation)

H17 Daily Telegraph Like us, Bond needed America's help The new 007 adventure offers some interesting parallels for an incoming president, says Boris Johnson.

Will America take a gamble?

Mr Obama has lit up the political sky, but his down-to-earth opponent may yet be seen as more in tune with the tenor of the times.

New president 'must combat global fiscal crisis'

As the only superpower, the USA had a unique responsibility to steward the world through the economic downturn, said PM.

'He's been sent by God'

Even by the feverish standards of US politics, the messianic fervour of Obama's campaign is disquieting, writes Mick Brown

H18 Independent Leading article: Obama may lack experience, but he doesn't lack command

The last lap As the presidential race drew to a frantic, frenzied close last night, Barack Obama was hit by a personal bereavement, the death of his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham.

Beloved grandmother and cornerstone of the Obama family

Turmoil at the tape as voters flock to the polls

US Election Panel: 'It was close until the credit crunch – that was the game-changer'

Taliban forces advance across 'valley of terror' The Pakistani military fear that most of Swat state has come under the control of Taliban insurgents.

Pakistan urges America to halt air strikes on militants

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

Top Ten Challenges Facing the Next Secretary of Homeland Security (PDF; 428 KB)
Source: Homeland Security Advisory Council (via Federation of American Scientists)

Boots on the Ground or Weapons in the Sky? - August Cole and Yochi Dreazen, Wall Street Journal

Anticipating Cuts in Military Spending, Budget Planners Sharpen Their Pencils - Thom Shanker and Christopher Drew, New York Times

Presidential Power in National Security: A Guide to the President-Elect (PDF; 500 KB)
Source: WhiteHouseTransitionProject.org (via Law Library of Congress)

Guantanamo's final days

Whoever wins today can begin restoring the US reputation as a defender of human rights by pledging on Inauguration Day to close Guantanamo in 100 days and acting to switch criminal charges against inmates there to the jurisdiction of federal criminal courts, where they will have more rights. (Boston Globe)

Gen. David Petraeus assumes command of CENTCOM
Source: United States Central Command

H20 Slate Fired Up and Ready to Go
Obama concludes his campaign on a high and wistful note.
John Dickerson

What's Already Gone Wrong at the Polls?
A compilation of voting problems, so far.
Emily Bazelon and Juliet Lapidos

The Economics of Climate Change: 'The Goal Is to Change Course not Slow Down'

H21 Obesity crisis 'could cause cancer cases to double by 2050'

Snakes kill more than 90,000 around the world

On the Genealogy of Morals part 2: The slave morality Giles Fraser: How to believe: Nietzsche believed that Christian doctrine is hatred dressed up as love

The Greatest Fictional Presidential Candidates of All Time

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