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| H1 New York Times Pact, Approved in Iraq, Sets Time for U.S. Pullout Iraq’s cabinet approved a security agreement that calls for a full withdrawal of American troops from the country by the end of 2011
Washington Post Overhaul of National Security System Sought
David Ignatius -- Terrorists Wary of Obama's Victory Let's try for a moment to read the mind of an al-Qaeda operative in the remote mountains of Waziristan as he listens to the news on the radio.
Iraqi Cabinet Approves U.S. Security Pact Parliament, Top Council Must Approve
Sunday Times Barack Obama links Israel peace plan to 1967 borders deal
The urgency of an Israel-Arab solution EVERY AMERICAN President since Truman had to deal with the Israeli-Arab conflict. Now that the transition from the Bush to the Obama presidency is underway, Washington must recognize that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is in a race against time. (By David Kimche, Boston Globe)
Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: Peace Processes Proceed in Iraq and Afghanistan
The Observer The war on Pakistan's Taliban US money, technical assistance and equipment is welcome but interference on the ground is not
No longer the pariah president Profile: Amid a thawing of relations with Syria, David Miliband will meet President Bashar
Ha’aretz – U.S. study urges Obama to press Israel over nukes
Yossi Melman: Syria may soon face nuclear sanctions like Iran
Jerusalem Post Analysis: How Obama should reach out to Ayatollah Khamenei One must not overlook fact Ahmadinejad isn't most powerful man in Iran - Ayatollah Ali Khameini is
ISIS Unprecedented Projected Nuclear Growth in the Middle East: Now is the Time to Create Effective Barriers to Proliferation David Albright and Andrea Scheel George Packer's Kilcullen on Afghanistan: It's Still Winnable, But Only Just at The New Yorker
Fareed Zakaria GPS - CNN.com
Obama Looks to Lincoln
Washington Post Editorial Not Quite Mt. Everest The G-20 summiteers met modest expectations.
Jackson Diehl Says Obama Will Have to Decide If He's on the Side of Democratic Reformers in the Middle East Will Mideast Reformers Have a Friend in Obama? Obama may not find it so easy to put Arab democracy on a back burner.
Niall Ferguson Says U.S.-China Cooperation Is Critical to Global Economic Health Memo to President-elect Barack Obama: If I were you, I'd schedule a meeting with China for the day after your inaugural.
Robert Hutchings Says Barack Obama Should Seize the Opportunity to Forge a Grand Bargain on Global Finance A new international order is being created, and Obama should act now to shape it.
Foreign Policy Seven Questions: Richard Perle?s Advice for Barack Obama
McClatchy Why hasn't the U.S. gone after Mullah Omar in Pakistan? For seven years, the Bush administration has pursued al Qaida but done almost nothing to hunt down the Afghan Taliban leadership in its sanctuaries in Pakistan, and that's left Mullah Mohammad Omar and his deputies free to direct an escalating war against the U.S.-backed Afghan government. The administration's decision, U.S. and NATO officials said, has allowed the Taliban to regroup, rearm and recruit
Guardian Iraq: US forces to leave by 2011 Three-year withdrawal pact with Iraqi government agreed after u-turn by leading Shia cleric
Obama team to bring in Republicans President-elect wants opposition party to help him face twin challenges of war and the economic crisis
Ali Eteraz: While Bush was guided by Christian idealism, Obama seems to prefer Christian realism. Let's see what difference it makes
Damascus's Deadly Bargain By: Lee Smith | The New Republic
Brzezinski about Obama: 'Very different from most American ...
Independent All US troops out of Iraq 'in three years' The Iraqi cabinet has finally approved a hard-fought security pact with the US under which all American troops are to withdraw from Iraq in three years.
Leading article: A clean withdrawal from Iraq
Leading article: The summit which marks the changing of the old order
IHT Thomas L. Friedman: We need a bigger boat By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Iraqi cabinet votes to keep US troops A new pact that faces final approval from parliament will keep US troops in Iraq for up to three more years. By June 2009 US forces will pull back to major bases.
The Times Obama brings hope of Iran talks, says Peres Israel hopes there is a chance for dialogue with Iran if the new US administration can help unite the international community
EXCLUSIVE: Full text: Times interview with Shimon Peres
A Bigger Clubhouse
Financial Times Expectations come down to earth Had the leaders of the Group of 20 rich and emerging economies held their emergency weekend summit at the end of January, with the new American president in office, it would have been seen as a world-historic moment. Timing is everything, writes Clive Crook
G20 marks a shift in economic power If the world works together, it can yet emerge healthy from this crisis. If it does not, no government, however powerful, will be able to deliver on its promises
States seeking deeper cooperation to improve international energy security have signed a declaration aimed at loosening Russia’s hold over Caspian oil and gas exports
Iraq agrees US three-year troop stay After months of painstaking negotiations between Baghdad and Washington, the Iraqi cabinet approved a bilateral agreement allowing US troops to remain in the country for three more years
World leaders unite to restore growth G20 countries vow to reform financial regulation and global institutions
Why the British may decide to love the euro The facts have changed, says Wolfgang Münchau
| H2 Soli Özel İçerisi-dışarısı
Galbraith Backs Ethnically Divided Iraq Transcript
ÖMER TAŞPINAR
Turkey Derides US for War on Terror - Barbara Slavin, Washington Times
The Most Anti-American Nation: Since the AKP assumed power in 2002, Turks have heard nothing positive about the West from their leaders - Soner Cagaptay, Newsweek
IHT Greens in Germany pick son of Turks as leader The election of Cem Ozdemir, 42, born in southern Germany of parents who had come from Turkey during the 1960s, marks a major turning point not only for the opposition Greens, but also for the country as a whole
IMF: 'Türkiye'yle Anlaşma Yakın'
FT Istanbul's optimism wearing thin
Hükümet seçeneksiz kaldı, IMF kaynağı yüksek olmak zorunda
Semih İdiz Erdoğan’dan bir ‘Don Kişotluk’ örneği
Mübadele barışcıl olmadı 200 bin kişi hayatını kaybetti
Rıza Türmen İlerlememe raporu
Kadri Gürsel İrancı Başbakan
Erdoğan warns Obama possible plights ahead
Nükleerde hükümetiyle ters düştü
MAZİN HAMMAD
Ata binmeden eşekten inmeyelim
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
[MONDAY TALK] Altan Tan: Kurds’ love affair with AK Party ending
Kurdish Tensions Boon for al-Qaeda? - United Press International
Mehmet Yılmaz Sistani onaylı anlaşma
Displaced Iraqis forced to live at Kirkuk Stadium
Thousands of Iraqi Arabs attend anti-Kurdish protest
İngilizler de Osmanlı'yı fişlemiş
Thousands of Iraqi Arabs attend anti-Kurdish protest
Pushing the envelope of press freedom
Ali Bulaç Mübadele 1
Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık
EDM ERDOGAN AND BERLUSCONI WORK TOGETHER TO DEEPEN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
Slow Cyprus Talks Dampen Euphoria
Cemil Çiçek:Ya Kıbrıs ya AB tercihine mecbur değiliz Mustafa Akyol Doğu ve Batı arasında Türkiye Ermenistan'la üçüncü buluşma İstanbul'da
Ferai Tınç Konuk işçinin ev sahibi çocuğu
‘Yeşiller’in Obama’sı değil Özdemir’iyim’
AİHM, 301’i anlamak için sordu: Türklük nedir?
Bossi: Türkiye üye olursa Avrupa çöker
Ermenistan'la üçüncü buluşma İstanbul'da
Mübadele barışcıl olmadı 200 bin kişi hayatını kaybetti
Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop
| H3 Limited Turkish press coverageAKP yüzde 34’e geriledi ama yine birinci parti oldu
Gizli belge yayımlanırsa gizlilik kalmaz
Muhafazakarlar da CHP’ye sahip çıkıyor
Anayasa Mahkemesi yasama yapamaz
'Yeşil ölmeden görüntüsü çekilmiş' 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
Cengiz Çandar Tayyip Erdoğan'ın 'Obama arayışları'
Ahmet Taşgetiren “Değiştirilemezlik” dogması
Taha Akyol Atatürk ve Kürtler
Fikret Bila Gönül: Ya biz ya Yunanlılar devlet kuracaktı
Hasan Cemal Gazeteciyle siyasetçi, askerle gazeteci, gazeteciyle gazeteci!
Murat Yetkin
İsmet Berkan
Taha Kıvanç Hayatımı değiştiren cümle... “Dünkü Sabah ve Vatan gazetelerinde benimle yapılmış mülâkatlar” Şamil Tayyar En son kiminle konuştu?
Ekrem Dumanlı Yok böyle bir rekabet dünyada
ERDAL ŞAFAK Cem Özdemir
Ekonomi
Erdal SağlamIMF ile geç anlaşma kaynak miktarını azaltacak
Osman Ulagay Rüzgâr durdu, yakıt bitti, çakılabiliriz...
Güngör Uras Dünyada bankalar sallanıyor, bizimkiler ise iyi durumda...
Ali Ağaoğlu Hükümet IMF’ye yaklaşıyor! G-20 top çeviriyor!
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| H4 New York Times Pact, Approved in Iraq, Sets Time for U.S. Pullout Iraq’s cabinet approved a security agreement that calls for a full withdrawal of American troops from the country by the end of 2011
World Leaders Vow Joint Push to Aid Economy The leaders of 20 countries agreed to work more closely, but put off thornier questions until next year, in an early challenge for the Obama administration.Text of G-20 Statement
Obama Team Decides on 2 for Top Posts
Welcome to My World, Barack Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (and three other administration veterans) discuss what President Obama will inherit — and what to look out for.Topics: Condoleezza Rice | Christopher R. Hill | James L. Jones
Change By RON SUSKINDHow political eras end and begin.
Foreign Advisers See Advantages of a Secretary Clinton in an Obama Administration
Shiite Bloc Fails to Go to Meeting on Iraq-U.S. Pact
Militia Leaves a Georgian Village
As Leaders Wrestle With Economy, Developing Nations Get Ringside Seats
Russian Hopes Obama’s Win Will Warm Relations
Clinton Vetting Includes Look at Mr. Clinton Obama advisers were said to be reviewing Bill Clinton’s finances and activities to see whether they would preclude the appointment of his wife as secretary of state
Questions for Karl Rove Party Loyalist The Republican strategist talks about meeting Barack Obama, whether the era of negative politics is over and why the world is a better place because of President Bush.
If Detroit Falls, Foreign Makers Could Be Buffer Experts say the foreign makers could take control of the industry and its vast supplier network more quickly than is understood
Israel Kills 4 Militants in Gaza Strip
Karzai Offers Passage to Taliban Leader for Talks
Socialist Party in France Fails to Pick Leader
Germany’s Green Party Elects First Ethnic Turk as Leader
Editorial The Bailout’s Next 60 Days Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson must impose some coherence and clarity on the bailout soon, or otherwise he will only fan anxieties and mistrust.
WILLIAM KRISTOL George W. Hoover? If Republicans don’t come to grips with what’s happened over the last eight years, and can’t develop an economic agenda moving forward — then they could be back, politically, in 1933
Among Republicans, a Debate Over the Party’s Roadmap Back to Power
Whose President Is He Anyway? The road to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue went through a lot of neighborhoods. Don’t think they’ll forget.
‘Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer,’ by Fred Kaplan
Downturn Drags More Consumers Into Bankruptcy With their credit cards drained, the latest bankruptcy filers are deeper in debt than those in previous downturns.
Say Goodbye to BlackBerry? Yes He Can, Maybe Due to security concerns and record-keeping laws, Barack Obama is unlikely to become the first e-mailing president.
Facing Deficits, States Get Out Sharper Knives Rising unemployment and sharp drops in tax revenue are forcing states to face service cuts, hiring freezes, tax increases, or all of these
A Deregulator Looks Back, Unswayed Phil Gramm promoted policies that he says unshackled businesses from restraints but his critics charge contributed to the financial crisis
| H5 Washington Post Overhaul of National Security System Sought
David Ignatius -- Terrorists Wary of Obama's Victory Let's try for a moment to read the mind of an al-Qaeda operative in the remote mountains of Waziristan as he listens to the news on the radio.
Iraqi Cabinet Approves U.S. Security Pact Parliament, Top Council Must Approve
Iraq Head, Top Cleric Back 2011 Exit by U.S. Agreement Gives Pact Better Odds of Passing
Editorial Not Quite Mt. Everest The G-20 summiteers met modest expectations.
Jackson Diehl Says Obama Will Have to Decide If He's on the Side of Democratic Reformers in the Middle East Will Mideast Reformers Have a Friend in Obama? Obama may not find it so easy to put Arab democracy on a back burner.
Niall Ferguson Says U.S.-China Cooperation Is Critical to Global Economic Health Memo to President-elect Barack Obama: If I were you, I'd schedule a meeting with China for the day after your inaugural.
Robert Hutchings Says Barack Obama Should Seize the Opportunity to Forge a Grand Bargain on Global Finance A new international order is being created, and Obama should act now to shape it.
Robert J. Samuelson: How to Bail Out General Motors We should rescue the automakers, but we should also establish boundaries.
Jeffrey D. Sachs on Why a Rescue of the Auto Industry Is Essential The Future Is in Sight. They Just Need Help Getting There. We face an unprecedented financial calamity, energy crisis and environmental threat. A vibrant, growing U.S. automobile industry should play an essential role in solving all three
Medvedev Sees 'New Framework' for U.S.-Russia Ties Under Obama
World Leaders Agree to Seek Major Reform Group Pledges Cooperation to Restore Growth
The Center-Right Nation Exits Stage Left By Tod Lindberg, This month's drubbing is the latest sign that the political center of gravity is shifting
5 Myths About an Election of Mythic Proportions By Chris Cillizza, The GOP didn't suffer a death blow. There wasn't a surge of young voters. And more.
By Charles Morris, Virtually all of America's financial and political artillery has been dragooned into the great task of heading off a recession. This is exactly the wrong way to go. As painful as it will be in the short run, a recession is just what we need.
Bill Clinton's Global Reach Has Pluses and Minuses for a Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Ex-President Still a Force in Foreign Policy
Obama Stresses National Security in First TV Interview Since Election
U.S., Pakistan Have Tacit Agreement on Airstrikes
Defense Secretary Breaks From Past to Ensure Smooth Transition Pentagon Chief Breaks From Past With Leaner Approac
In Transition| Secretary of Defense
Obama Team Cautious on Homeland Security Appointment Next Secretary Inherits a 5-Year-Old Agency Tasked With Border Security, Disaster Response and Terrorism Prevention
In TransitionDepartment of Homeland Security
Afghanistan's Karzai Offers Safety if Taliban Leader Will Negotiate Afghan Promises To Protect Leader If He Negotiates
In Japan, the Picture Isn't Quite So Bright By Ayako Doi, Why is Japan less positive than the rest of the world about Obama?
George F. Will on Bipartisan 'Socialism' By George F. Will Government is now everywhere, and despite assurances, it won't be temporary or nonpolitical.
Editorial Raise the Gas Tax Energy independence won't happen if falling gas prices lead to a resumption of bad habits
By David S. Broder The deeper one digs into the returns from this past election, the more portentous the results seem.
Detroit Has Plans for Loans to Retool. First It Must Survive.
Experts Warn of Security Risks in Financial Downturn — Global Financial Crisis May Fuel Instability and Weaken U.S. Defenses
Nation's Economic Crisis Forces Democrats to Focus More Intensely on Creating Jobs Health Care, Energy Still Part of Agenda
The Former 'Enforcer' On the Best Way to Keep Financial Markets in Check. By Eliot L. Spitzer
THE BOOK ON BERNANKE I Took His Class. Now He's Being Tested. By Carlos Lozada
Obama Courted Federal Employees With Letters Before Election Pre-Election Missives Addressed Staff At Seven Agencies, Provided Specifics
U.S. Ban on Masks Upsets Iraqi Interpreters New Policy Prompted by Improved Security, U.S. Army Says
| H6 Guardian Iraq: US forces to leave by 2011 Three-year withdrawal pact with Iraqi government agreed after u-turn by leading Shia cleric
Obama team to bring in Republicans President-elect wants opposition party to help him face twin challenges of war and the economic crisis
Ali Eteraz: While Bush was guided by Christian idealism, Obama seems to prefer Christian realism. Let's see what difference it makes
Somalia government 'near collapse' Islamist insurgents control most of country, president admits, urging MPs to return to capital
UN: China's poverty gap slows growth Report shows growing gulf between standards of welfare, education and elderly care
Karzai pledge to Taliban leader Afghan president guarantees security of Mullah Mohammed Omar if he agrees to negotiations
The Observer The war on Pakistan's Taliban US money, technical assistance and equipment is welcome but interference on the ground is not
No longer the pariah president Profile: Amid a thawing of relations with Syria, David Miliband will meet President Bashar
This summit signalled the passing of the exclusive club of wealthy nations As far as global governance and the new international order is concerned, the G20 is the future, the G8 the past
Britain's not ready for the new global economy Editorial: The G20 summit was no replica of the Bretton Woods talks that rebuilt global finance in 194
It might be politically toxic - but we must join the euro now Will Hutton: In Washington the euro has become the most important currency next to the dollar
Darwin's no help on the origins of greed Nick Cohen: Financial and political leaders led us to ruin because they did not understand Keynes, not Darwin
Obama launches wi-fi White House President-elect launches his first regular weekly update to American voters via YouTube
Brown faces fight to win support The prime minister is arguing for a co-ordinated approach on taxes and interest rates
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| H7 Oil falls below $56 as Japan slips into recession (AP)
Damascus's Deadly Bargain By: Lee Smith | The New Republic
Brzezinski about Obama: 'Very different from most American ...
Changing times Why the G20 cast list was its most remarkable feature
The Perils of Testing Obama By: Amir Taheri | Asharq Alawsat
Gordon Brown: GULF STATES SHOULD HAVE LARGER PART TO PLAY IN RUNNING OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Obama's Iraq Challenge - Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation
Now Obama Had Better Pick Hillary - Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian
The Mind of Secretary of State - Aaron David Miller, Los Angeles Times
Reversing the Global Slowdown - Albert Keidel, Far Eastern Economic Review
Cold War Lessons and Contemporary Dilemmas Melvyn P. Leffler
Daily Star Sort out the real conflicts from the zealotry By Rami G. Khouri
Why Obama is making Al-Qaeda nervous By David Ignatius
How the new US president can win a lasting Middle East peace
Syria's case against Hariri cries out for Arab League scrutiny | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq
McClatchy Iraqi cabinet approves accord setting U.S. troop withdrawal Iraq's cabinet on Sunday approved an agreement with the United States that sets a timetable for the nearly complete withdrawal of American forces within three years — a date Iraqi officials said cannot be extended. It also lifts the immunity that U.S. soldiers and contractors have had from Iraqi prosecution. The agreement faces an uncertain future in the Iraqi parliament.
Campbell Robertson / New York Times: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact With U.S.
Iraq Head, Top Cleric Back 2011 Exit by US - Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post
Iraq cabinet backs US troops deal The Iraqi cabinet approves a security pact with the US governing the presence of US troops past the end of 2008. Many killed in Iraq bomb attacks
Iraqi security deal raises hope of US withdrawal Shiite Bloc Fails to Go to Meeting on Iraq-US Pact - Katherine Zoepf and Atheer Kakan, New York Times Troops to Leave Iraq by 2011 - Daily Telegraph
Metalheads Defy Baghdad Militias - The Times Talks Yield No New Sanctions Against Iran's Nuclear Program - Los Angeles Times
| H9 Ha’aretz – U.S. study urges Obama to press Israel over nukes
Yossi Melman: Syria may soon face nuclear sanctions like Iran
Report suggests Obama press Israel over nuke program
Olmert: We'll strike at any terror group that violates Gaza truce
ANALYSIS / Hamas is calling the shots as Israel's leaders bicker
Russia expected to buy Israeli UAVs
Poll: Only 6% of Americans think U.S. should back Palestinians in peace talks
Amira Hass: Is Israel deliberately strengthening Hamas? Under Israeli siege, Hamas can bolster its rule with coercion, charity, wages, consoling power of religion
Jerusalem Post Netanyahu pledges to continue negotiations with Palestinians
Analysis: How Obama should reach out to Ayatollah Khamenei One must not overlook fact Ahmadinejad isn't most powerful man in Iran - Ayatollah Ali Khameini is
'Obama to endorse Arab Peace Plan' Sunday Times: US President-elect has said that Israel would be "crazy" to reject the initiative.
'Iranians train Syrians to Fight Sunnis'Kuwaiti paper: Revolutionary Guards agents train Hizbullah in order to annihilate Sunni armed cells
Barack Obama and the decline of America[ AMOTZ ASA-EL
The perils ahead[ CAROLINE GLICK
Yedioth Ahronoth Amnesty, Syria: End siege Rights group demands Israeli government stop 'collective punishment' of Gaza residents, allow supply of goods to resume regardless of rocket attacks on its cities. Syria's Assad calls on Arab League to work towards ending blockade
Ultimately, decision on whether Gaza lull will continue is in our hands, Ron Ben-Yishai says
Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine
Sunday Times Barack Obama links Israel peace plan to 1967 borders deal
The urgency of an Israel-Arab solution EVERY AMERICAN President since Truman had to deal with the Israeli-Arab conflict. Now that the transition from the Bush to the Obama presidency is underway, Washington must recognize that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is in a race against time. (By David Kimche, Boston Globe)
Livni vs. Netanyahu: Next Election - David Makovsky, Washington Institute
Advice on the Arab-Israeli Front: Try Pursuing Peace, Just Don’t Fail
Back to violence? Why some in Gaza want the ceasefire to end
Forward Black, Jewish Vote for Obama May Signal a Renewed Tie
FORWARD 50: Our annual list of 50 machers and shakers in the Jewish world. Plus one more. Read More
Air strike kills Gaza militants
In Jordan, Media Strive to Demonize Israel By: Frida Ghitis | World Politics Review |
| Iraqi cabinet votes to keep US troops A new pact that faces final approval from parliament will keep US troops in Iraq for up to three more years. By June 2009 US forces will pull back to major bases.
For Europe, Obama revives positive image of America's unique identity US exceptionalism had largely been seen here as a messianic rationale for use of power by a nation assuming special prerogatives.
A start to a new economic order The G-20 summit reflect each nation's stake in quick, joint reforms
G-20 leaders agree to next economic steps They pledge a more coordinated response to the global financial crisis, including stronger regulation.
After Obama's win, white backlash festers in US The election of a black president triggered at least 200 hate-related incidents, a watchdog group finds.
A bipartisan Washington begins with Obama's judicial appointments Partisan divisions have gotten the US nowhere.
Can more spending revive the American dream? Why any new stimulus plan should boost spending on infrastructure and education.
Hip, new Baghdad hangout is a byproduct of war Akkad Street is a neighborhood's response to suicide bombers hitting the main shopping market.
McClatchy Why hasn't the U.S. gone after Mullah Omar in Pakistan? For seven years, the Bush administration has pursued al Qaida but done almost nothing to hunt down the Afghan Taliban leadership in its sanctuaries in Pakistan, and that's left Mullah Mohammad Omar and his deputies free to direct an escalating war against the U.S.-backed Afghan government. The administration's decision, U.S. and NATO officials said, has allowed the Taliban to regroup, rearm and recruit
How Should the U.S. Execute a Surge in Afghanistan? (Full PDF Article)
A World Led by India and China - Kim, Fidler & Ganguly, Forbes
UN: China's poverty gap slows growthReport shows growing gulf between standards of welfare, education and elderly care
Europe's Obama Problem: Afghanistan - Leo Cendrowicz, Time
Afghanistan Abyss Awaits Obama By: M.K. Bhadrakumar | Asia Times
China's Hacker Army Infiltrating US - Peter Brookes, China Post
Road to Recovery Runs Through Beijing - F. Sisci & D. Goldman, Asia Times
IMF Agrees to $7.6 Billion Loan to Pakistan –
China's News Concession Trade rules help Beijing's reformers.
| H11 IHT Thomas L. Friedman: We need a bigger boat By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Maureen Dowd: Team of frenemies By MAUREEN DOWD The man who vowed to deliver us from 28 years of Bushes and Clintons has been stocking up on Clintonites.
Goodman: It's not the gender, it's the agenda
» Krugman: When the rules don't apply
The way forward By KOFI ANNAN Whether the G-20 meeting was a success or not depends upon the follow-up.
Obama's challenge at the Pentagon The next president must rebuild a military that is overtaxed and ill-equipped.
Corruption in Bulgaria and Romania The shocking reports of corruption in Bulgaria and Romania are hardening resistance to further expanding the EU, lessening the chances of Turkey or Ukraine to ever join
EUROPE European press review
The remaking of NATOAmong the knotty issues President-elect Barack Obama will have to address are the future shape and mission of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (Boston Globe)
France holds 'Eta military head'
WSJ Recession in the Euro Zone REVIEW & OUTLOOK | H12 RFE/RL
Google News Azerbaijan
Confronting the Putin Doctrine - Andre Glucksmann, City Journal
Obama and Paranoid Putinocracy - David Satter, Forbes
New Russia No Longer a Crippled Giant - Sergej Karaganov, Der Spiege
Putin and Co.: By Any Means Necessary - Vladimir Ryzhkov, Moscow Times
A World Led by India and China - Kim, Fidler & Ganguly, Forbes
Russia 'pinning hopes on Obama' Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hopes US President-elect Barack Obama will help rebuild strained mutual relations.
Georgians flee as militia move in on edge of Ossetia
Russia hopeful Obama will improve relations Medvedev put the onus on President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday to fix what Medvedev called a "crisis of confidence" in U.S.-Russian relations, saying Moscow would wait to see how Obama proceeds with a U.S. missile defense system before deciding whether to retaliate
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| H13 The Times Obama brings hope of Iran talks, says Peres Israel hopes there is a chance for dialogue with Iran if the new US administration can help unite the international community
EXCLUSIVE: Full text: Times interview with Shimon Peres
Troops leave by end of 2011, US and Iraq agree Landmark deal approved by the Iraqi Cabinet restricts operations and draws a line under the campaign launched in 2003
Pakistan turns to ‘friends’ in its hour of need Officials head to Abu Dhabi to ask for billions of dollars from Britain and 11 others to help fight the economic crisis
Obama set to appoint Republican to Cabinet President-elect says he is ready to hand top posts to ‘enemies’ as Kissinger lends his support to Clinton's appointment
Good intentions put us on road to hell If world leaders want to restore financial stability, they should not shy away from clear-sighted analysis William Rees-Mogg
Eta military chief arrested in France The arrest of Garikoitz Aspiazu is the biggest blow against the group since its presumed leader was detained in May
Japan falls into recession The country is now facing the dreaded prospect of deflation, which took the Bank of Japan nearly a decade to defeat
Miliband faces Israeli anger over West Bank goods A long-standing dispute over the provenance of vegetables and skin-care products is turning into a diplomatic crisis
Sunday Times Obama links Israel peace plan to 1967 deal President-elect is set to pursue an ambitious goal of Israel withdrawing to pre-1967 borders in return for full recognition
Barack Obama is warned to beware of a ‘huge threat’ from al-Qaeda Security officials fear a ‘spectacular’ during the transition period
Spy in Nato sparks alarm over secrets Nato and EU officials investigate case of Estonian who had access to all top secret alliance documents while in pay of Moscow
Iraqi Cabinet agrees US troop pullout by 2011 Breakthrough over status-of-forces agreement, which now goes to the Parliament for vote in the next few days
Leaders endorsed a plan to boost the global economy through tax cuts, higher public spending and lower interest rates
Clinton awaits recall to serve on world stage Barack Obama has not formally offered the position of secretary of state but the word is that it is 'hers if she wants it'
Prudence will still have a role to play The balance between sensible regulation and wringing the lifeblood out of entrepreneurial behaviour is hard to strike
Carla ‘stirs the Che Guevara’ inside Sarkozy Bewildered supporters of Nicolas Sarkozy are pinning his sudden shift to the left on his glamorous wife, Carla Bruni
Wall Street Journal G-20 Summit Offers Mostly Promises Global leaders showed a united front against the financial crisis, but offered mostly promises of future cooperation to nudge the world out of its economic funk
George W. Bush: The Surest Path Back to Prosperity
Michael E. Levine: Why Bankruptcy Is the Best Option for GM
To Prevent Bubbles, Restrain the Fed By Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. | H14 Financial Times Expectations come down to earth Had the leaders of the Group of 20 rich and emerging economies held their emergency weekend summit at the end of January, with the new American president in office, it would have been seen as a world-historic moment. Timing is everything, writes Clive Crook
G20 marks a shift in economic power If the world works together, it can yet emerge healthy from this crisis. If it does not, no government, however powerful, will be able to deliver on its promises
States seeking deeper cooperation to improve international energy security have signed a declaration aimed at loosening Russia’s hold over Caspian oil and gas exports
Iraq agrees US three-year troop stay After months of painstaking negotiations between Baghdad and Washington, the Iraqi cabinet approved a bilateral agreement allowing US troops to remain in the country for three more years
World leaders unite to restore growth G20 countries vow to reform financial regulation and global institutions
Japan slips into recession Further weakness expected
China hints at aircraft carrier project Ship would be used for defence, says official
Carbon disclosure should be mandatory by 2010 James Murdoch urges companies to be open
Why the British may decide to love the euro The facts have changed, says Wolfgang Münchau
Prejudice in Europe is more than skin deep Mark Mazower on European xenophobia. Too many Europeans still talk and act as though their task is to shore up western civilisation against the barbarians
Germany to advocate ‘world risk map’ German chancellor Angela Merkel is set to push international leaders to draw up a “world risk map” of global financial institutions to allow financial authorities to quickly identify future trouble spots
Summit opens door to wide reforms The Group of 20 summit opens the door to what looms as a major overhaul of global financial regulation in a relatively tight timeframe – but only if the new US administration is willing to play ball
Saudis spurn chance to help IMF by focusing on domestic woes
Beijing pressures US over Taiwan arms deal China’s defence ministry is insisting that full military-to-military exchanges with the US cannot resume unless Washington scraps plans to sell more than $6bn worth of advanced weapons to Taiwan
Kissinger backs Clinton for top US cabinet job Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s India meeting, Mr Kissinger said: ‘I believe it would be an outstanding appointment,’ if Barack Obama, the president-elect, chose Senator Clinton for the foreign affairs portfolio
Call for probe into ex-Goldman executives at Treasury A senior Republican senator is seeking an investigation into potential conflicts of interest among former Goldman Sachs executives serving at the US Treasury and
European carmakers hopeful of €40bn rescue Carmakers also urging short-term measures
Newspapers face fresh printing pressures Constaints add to falling advertising sales
Korea after Kim Intelligence suggests that the ‘Dear Leader’ is semi-paralysed after suffering a stroke. The west needs to plan for a new regime in Pyongyang
Regeneration time Scientists will benefit as more public and private money from the US moves into stem cells – and so will patients with debilitating illnesses
French Socialists torn after congress failure The party is heading for a prolonged period of infighting after a special congress ended in acrimony and failed to agree on a new leader or policy outline
| H15 Los Angeles Times Obama could change dynamics in the Arab world Conservative Muslims may find it harder to rally opposition to a U.S. led by a multicultural, charismatic president. He could also inspire an Internet-based revolt
Iraq Cabinet agrees to U.S. troop exit by end of 2011 The long-negotiated security pact is expected to face opposition in parliament by lawmakers who see it as a sellout. Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr has threatened a renewed uprising.
Russia President Dmitry Medvedev warms up toward U.S. The leader, who is in Washington for economic talks, expresses hopes that President-elect Obama will help improve the deteriorating U.S.-Russian relationship
In Lebanon, puritanical Sunnis and a reputed playboy team up in politics Salafists, accused of being terrorists in other parts of the Arab world, are moving into the mainstream with the help of leading politician Saad Hariri in exchange for bolstering his religious base.
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G-20 economic summit brings pledges of teamwork Leaders agree to tighter controls on financial markets and to work together to halt the global economic crisis. Bush defends the gathering as a good start.
Iraqi Cabinet approves pact letting U.S. forces stay through 2011 The move ends months of talks between Iraq and the U.S., but it puts Maliki on a collision course with Muqtada Sadr
Attacks halt truck convoys into Afghanistan Shipments out of Pakistan bound for U.S. and NATO forces have been suspended pending a review of security in the vulnerable Khyber Pass, near where Taliban fighters hijacked several transports
Who would Obama pick for Supreme Court? Liberals hope an Obama nominee would counter the court's conservative justices. But Obama has hinted that he favors a more moderate choice to fill any vacancy.
Israel kills 4 Palestinians in Gaza airstrike
Calls are growing to overhaul 401(k) retirement plans The financial crisis, which has caused a dramatic decline in the value of the average worker's account, has undermined confidence in the system.
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The GOP Has a Major Hispanic Problem - Duncan Currie, Weekly Standard
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What Might a Real Depression Look Like? - Drake Bennett, Boston Globe
Newsweek:
Uncertain times for Religious Right as Obama moves in
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Obama staff combines DC minds with Chicago roots
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Eric Torbenson / New York Post:
Right-leaning media brace for shutout
Say Goodbye to BlackBerry? Yes He Can, Maybe
GOP senator: McCain betrayed Republican principles
Policing in the 21st Century | H17 Daily Telegraph Obama vows to regain moral stature of US
Tories plan tougher divorce Popularity of "informal relationships" to blame for rising levels of family breakdown, says Iain Duncan Smith as Tories vow to keep married couples together.
Female suicide bombers on the riseAn Iraqi terrorist known as the "mother of the female suicide bombers" has taunted interrogators with the threat of waves of attacks.
Sunday Telegraph Hillary shouldn't be Secretary of State Whichever way you look at it, appointing Clinton to be Secretary of State would be an extremely risky act, argues Toby Harnden
| H18 Independent All US troops out of Iraq 'in three years' The Iraqi cabinet has finally approved a hard-fought security pact with the US under which all American troops are to withdraw from Iraq in three years.
Leading article: A clean withdrawal from Iraq
Leading article: The summit which marks the changing of the old order
Andreas Whittam Smith: Putin's energy threat should be risible
Obama 'will close Guantanamo Bay'
The Big Question: Is the world's longest-lasting civil war finally coming to an end?
Robert Fisk’s World: There is no end to the centuries of savagery in Afghanistan
Rednecks out to kill Obama When Obama gave his victory speech, the bulletproof screen surrounding him stood out. Just how serious is the threat of assassination?
World leaders pledged yesterday to cut taxes and boost spending to drag their economies out of recession
G20 Summit Communiques in full
Obama starts to build a 'team of rivals' Leonard Doyle reports on the way that America's president-elect is set to follow Abraham Lincoln's example and recruit even his most bitter opponent
Garry Kasparov: The master who won't be Putin's pawn The chess prodigy honoured by the Soviet Union now combines his Western lecture tours with vociferous opposition to the Kremlin
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| H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism
Unsettling Times for Jihadists - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Dogs of War: US Has Paid $6 Billion to 310 Private Security Companies in Iraq - David Isenberg, United Press International New GAO Reports (PDFs) For Nation at War, Gates Seeks Smooth Transition - Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post A Military for a Dangerous New World - New York Times editorial
Glenn Greenwald / Salon: John Brennan and Bush's interrogation/detention policies
Why Were Psychologists Behind The Curve On Torture?
Al Qaeda's Deafening Silence By: Claude Salhani | The Washington Times
Protecting the Homeland from Day One: A Transition Plan
Policing in the 21st Century
Change in intelligence? | H20 Slate The Genius Cabinet
State of the World Population 2008: Reaching common ground: culture, gender and human rights
New Energy Realities – WEO Calls for Global Energy Revolution Despite Economic Crisis
Future Nuclear Technologies (PDF; 148 KB) | H21If the journalism goes, what will happen to citizenship? We can be heroes ... In different ways, three authors show the transition of journalism from a period of heroism to the age of the internet – an entrepreneurial time when everyone is a journalist, writes John LloydWhat Is Art For?
Outliers Malcolm Gladwell’s latest volume concludes that success is made possible by an accumulation of advantages – but it still takes hours of practice as shown by Mozart, who started young
The man who can't stop thinking Malcolm Gladwell discusses racial politics, obsessiveness, girlfriends, and his fear of failure
Extract from Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: Is there such a thing as pure genius?
Malcolm Gladwell's Method
Outliers Destined for the best-seller list, in spite of its flaws.
Google Adds Searching by Voice to iPhone Software
The people's republic of sport Why Karl Marx would love America's sports -- and hate Europe's. (By Steven Stark, Boston Globe)
American Time Use Survey — 2007 Results
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China may be ugly and soulless, but Paul Theroux retains a sickened fascination for India, a land that is trapped between hypermodernity and medievalism... more
The weird world of art. How do so many different views and kinds of art jell into a rough consensus about what art is in the first place?... more»
Has our political life really changed very much since Shakespeare’s day? Maybe it has regressed back towards it, having moved away only for a century or two... more»
Condoleezza Rice said that in the Middle East, the U.S. will do the cooking and the Europeans can do the dishes. Imagine how the French, so proud of their gastronomy, took that... more»
A Common What? By Sarah Ruden From The New Criterion: Yale hosts a Christian-Muslim "reconciliation" conference--behind closed doors.
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