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| H1 Financial Times Is America’s new declinism for real? There is a new acceptance in America of the constraints on US power. America has been through phases of “declinism” before. But there are still reasons for thinking the latest version may be more soundly based than its predecessors, says Gideon Rachman
Obama pledges to shore up economy Barack Obama said his proposed stimulus package would be as big as necessary to shore up the economy and lay the foundations for renewed growth, amid predictions it could match the government’s $700bn financial sector bail-out for size.
IHT Europe is waiting to see how Obama plays Iran By JOHN VINOCUR A new and accelerating situation - that Iran is getting much closer to building a nuclear bomb - is giving life to apprehension in Europe about how Barack Obama will handle trying to stop the Iranian drive
LA Times Iraq's Nouri Maliki may gain power with U.S. security agreement A security deal expected this week would bring glory, and more power, to Prime Minister Nouri Maliki as the man who brought an end to the U.S. troop presence
BloggingHeads Robert Wright & Robert Kagan: Precedent-Setting Edition
New York Times Obama and Bush Working to Calm Volatile Market The Federal Reserve and the Treasury plan to announce a lending program Tuesday to jump-start frozen loan markets, administration officials said.
The Case Against Hillary By: David Ignatius | The Washington Post The game changer in foreign policy is Barack Obama himself. Given this, the idea of subcontracting foreign policy to Clinton -- a big, hungry, needy ego surrounded by a team that’s hungrier and needier still -- strikes me as a mistake of potentially enormous proportions
Spying on Tony Blair Has the United States cheated in its "special relationship?" In an interview with ABC News, a former communications intercept operator says he read a file on Tony Blair's private life while assigned to a secret NSA facility in Fort Gordon, Georgia, between 2003 and 2007.
Asia Times Last-minute scramble over Iraq's pact Iraq's controversial Status of Forces Agreement with the United States, which calls for withdrawal of all US troops by 2011 yet gives the US long-term privileges, has divided Iraqi politics like never before. If parliament fails to reach consensus on Wednesday, a delay may deepen divisions among Shi'ites, Kurds and Sunnis. There are still many deals to be cut before this unpopular pact goes through. - Sami Moubayed
A new spin on Iran's nuclear fuel The latest anti-Iran spin is that Tehran already has enough nuclear fuel for one bomb and that its nuclear capability will increase substantially in the near future. Combined with the "Clintonization" of the incoming Barack Obama administration, there is little chance of a major change in Washington's Iran policy while it remains influenced by the wheels of the "Fourth Estate". - Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Iraq's Nouri Maliki May Gain Power With U.S. Security Agreement By: Ned Parker | Los Angeles Times
Iraqi Foes of Security Agreement Cite Its Failure to Shield Assets From Suits By: James Glanz and Steven Lee Myer | The New York Times Iraqi lawmakers opposed to the proposed security agreement with the United States have seized on a new argument that has emerged only in recent days: the accord does not explicitly protect Iraq’s vast oil wealth and other assets from seizure to satisfy billions of dollars in legal claims against the former government of Saddam Hussein
Influence Wanes for Followers of Iraq's Sadr
The Times New Labour 1994-2008 The death was announced yesterday of the political idea first advanced by Tony Blair. News of its passing was announced to parliament yesterday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Ben Bernanke and the Financial Crisis - John Cassidy, The New Yorker
US Tells Israel No Wars Until Obama in Office
Newsweek Nouriel Roubini on Obama's Economic Team
Pacific Currents: The Responses of U.S. Allies and Security Partners in East Asia to China’s Rise Source: RAND Corporation + Summary (PDF; 213 KB) + Full Document (PDF; 2.1 MB)
Global Migration of the Highly Skilled (PDF; 348 KB)
A Plan for Action Brookings Institution A 42-page US report calling for a new era of international cooperation for responding to the disparate security challenges being presented now and in the near future
The End of Rivalry? Nixon Center The report of a US panel discussion held to investigate the effects of the financial crisis and responses to its fallout in several of the world’s key regions
Economist Says IMF Can Handle Spate Of Aid Requests, For NowTwo months ago, Iceland became the first country whose economy collapsed because of the global economic crisis, and it became the first to apply for aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Since then, Pakistan also has appealed to the fund, as have Ukraine, Belarus, Hungary, and Latvia. RFE/RL Washington correspondent Andrew F. Tully speaks about the crisis with Desmond Lachman, formerly the deputy director of the IMF's Policy and Review Department
Stratfor Obama: First Moves
The US and Iran: a new course, openDemocracy
The Foreign Policy Deputies
Obama's Foreign Policy Team
A Practical Vision for Solving the Georgia-Russia Crisis
The Obama-Clinton Administration - Council on Foreign Relations
Der Spiegel Duel at the Suez Canal: World Scrambles to Deal with Pirate Threat,
| H2 NYT Memo From Istanbul: Reform Stalls, and Liberals Can No Longer Hold Their Fire
FT Turkey and Armenia in tentative talks The foreign ministers of the two countries meet in Istanbul to mend relations, two months after the Turkish president visited Armenia to attend a football match between the national teams
Fuller: Büyük Ortadoğu Projesi çöktü 'Türkiye ABD planına dahil olmamalı'
Dear Barack: things you should know about Turkey By Soner Cagaptay
Türkiye'den Güvenlik Anlaşmasına Destek
EDM TURKEY PUSHES FOR CLOSER POLITICAL TIES WITHIN THE TURKIC-SPEAKING WORLD
Iraq in breakthrough to link Kurd oilfields to export
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
Kürtlere Silah Satışı Gerginlik Yarattı
Federasyon olacaktık
Kürtlerin Türkiye ile flörtünün tam zamanı
IHH'nın Doğu ve Güneydoğu araştırması
Öcalan ’Bombaları bırakın’ derse düşünürüz Devlet çözümü Kürtler’e soracak
Al Awsat A Message to the Kurds : Tariq Alhomayed
DTP proposes Kurdish departments at universities
Iraq in breakthrough to link Kurd oilfields to export Washington Post Progress in Iraq's Kurdish Region Leaves No Room for Some Iraq Says Kurds Can Seek Arms, but Must Inform Govt
Sami Kohen Irak’ta yeni gerçekler
Kurdistan: Crafting of National Selves
DTP, iki üniversitede Kürtçe bölüm istedi
Iraq's cabinet agreed to set up a refinery in Kirkuk
Avrupalı vekille ‘Kürt sorunu’ tartışması
Avrupa'daki Aleviler: Doğan'ın arkasındayız
Turkish Oil Pipeline Repaired After 3-Day Fire
Iraq minister meets Kurds over oil deal disputes
TURKEY AND IRAN SIGN ACCORD ON NATURAL GAS COOPERATION
Kurdistan Revisited Sidelines Online
Hüsnü Mahalli
Erdoğan Fırat’ın ‘karizmasını çizmiş’ DTP proposes Kurdish departments at universities
‘DTP should draw a line between Kurdish issue and terrorism’
Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık
ABC: "AB,Erdoğan'a karşı güvenini kaybetmeye başladı"
Nalbantyan: Yeni sayfa açmanın zamanı geldi
Hristofyas, Türkiye’yi BM’ye şikâyet etti
Erivan, tarihçiler komisyonu önerisine artık iyimser
Vatikan'dan Türk-Ermeni yakınlaşmasına darbe vuran açıklama
Greek Cyprus protests Turkey at UN
Mehmet Altan Başbakan yine yanıltıldı, kamu bankaları ucuz kredi veremez
Can Dündar Erivan’dan 11 yıl önce gelen telefon
Rumlar Türkiye'den Şikayetçi Oldu
'İlişkilerimiz Önkoşulsuz Normalleşmeli'
US Congress Outlook Positive
Rusya: Gürcü saflarında Türkler de vardı
Nalbantyan'dan Patrikhane'ye ziyaret
Energy Summit in Baku Advances Regional Energy Cooperation Agreements signed at Baku�s recent Energy Summit mark a significant show of Azerbaijani support for projects that could break Moscow�s regional stranglehold over export routes. The documents are the first such affirmations since the August war between Georgia and Russia. Local experts caution, however, that implementation of Baku�s pledges is contingent on world energy prices and the global financial crisis, as well as on the South Caucasus� changing geopolitical climate.
Turkmenistan: Frustration Mounts as Western Energy Companies Wait for Ashgabat to Make Up Its Mind It was the only thing that many of the participants of the 13th Annual Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhiition could think about, yet no Turkmen official cared to mention its name aloud -- Nabucco.
Ermenistan ile yeni bir adım daha
A NEW UKRAINIAN RUSSIAN GAS CONFRONTATION
'İlişkilerimiz Önkoşulsuz Normalleşmeli'
Germany's Goethe Institute opens dialogue centre in Erbil
RIL's Oil Deals with Kurdistan Illegal: Iraq (The Times of India)
Iraqi Kurdistan official denies purchasing arms from Bulgaria
Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop
Varoş kadını: Yarısı hiç makyaj yapmamış, dörtte üçünün mayosu olmamış
Batman vs. Batman The small-town mayor of Batman, Turkey, is threatening to sue filmmaker Warner Bros. for using his locale's name without permission
Serdar Turgut
'Türkiye Mayınlarını Temizlemedi' Suçlaması
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IMF ile yapılacak anlaşma stand-by şeklinde olacak
Derviş'e göre krizden alınacak ders: Tasarruf
Ergenekon sanığında savaşa yol açabilecek belge çıktı!
Federasyon olacaktık
Aydınlar tartışıyor... Değişen Türkiye-3 Erinç Yeldan Çiçek: Alevi sorunu geç kalınan bir konu
Erdoğan: Alevi açılımında biz yoldayız, durmak yok
Engin Çeber iddianamesi kabul edildi
Kanal 7 Başkanı’na ‘sahte’ soruşturması
'Siyasetin nimeti gibi külfeti de lidere olmalı'
'Siyasetin nimeti gibi külfeti de lidere olmalı'
AKP’liler talep etti parasıyla ’fişledim’
Albay Özden cinayetine Ergenekon incelemesi
Başkomutanın helikopteri muhafız alayı pistine inemedi
Avrupa'daki Aleviler: Doğan'ın arkasındayız 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 Türkiye-Ermenistan normalleşmesi: Pragmatik ve etik
Ahmet Taşgetiren Çarşafta asıl sorun
Taha Akyol Tehcir ve uluslaşma
Fikret Bila Türkçe öğretmenleri
Hasan Cemal Sözüm, Erdoğan’la Başbuğ Paşa’ya!
Murat Yetkin Erdoğan’ın önünde iki zor karar
İsmet Berkan Başbakan yoksa beni mi dinledi?
Fehmi KoruBirini çözen hepsini çözer
Şamil Tayyar
Ali BayramoğluErgenekon'un “askeri derinliği” ve infazlar...
Hasan ÜnalBarzani silahlanırken...
Bilal Çetin Erdoğan’ın “Bırakırım” taktiği kimi hedefliyor?
Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu ASAM: Has this rich think tank ended its mission?
M Ali BirandBaykal geri adım atmamalı...
ABD’nin WASP’ı Türkiye’nin TMSL’i FAZIL HÜSNÜ ERDEM*
CHP'de her seçim öncesi yeni bir paket açılıyor
Güngör Mengi Kriz siyaseti
Ali Bulaç What does defense expenditure mean?
Andrew Finkel The poetry of diplomacy
MUHARREM SARIKAYAEnerjide yeni kartlar...
Mustafa Karaalioğlu Kaybeden gitsin, yenisi gelsin düzeni Yağmur Atsız Türk Ordusu’na dáir no Sami Selçuk Duruşmada aracısızlık/doğrudanlık ilkesi Berat Özipek Gelin aymaz olalım [Yorum - Herkül Millas] Sözlü dalaşma üzerine
EMRE AKÖZYabancı dil mi Kuran kursu mu?
Erhan Başyurt ‘BRIC’ oynayan Türkiye... Türkiye’de değişimin ayak sesleri
Derya Sazak Erdoğan gider mi?
HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMANAmerika'da iktidar savaşları
MEHMET BARLASHiç seçim kazanamayan parti sonunda sivil toplum örgütü olur
MAHMUT ÖVÜRYerel seçimin teması: 'Yolsuzluk'
YAVUZ DONATTayyip bey 'kafa buluyor'
Hakan Aygün Serdar Turgut
Ekonomi
Aydın Ayaydın IMF ile yapılacak anlaşma stand-by şeklinde olacak
Asaf Savaş Akat Üçüncü çeyrekte dış denge
Erdal SağlamBaşbakan yine yanıltıldı, kamu bankaları ucuz kredi veremez
Güngör Uras Yüzde 4 büyüyebilsek bize kimse ‘Dur!’ diyemez
Yaman Törüner Paralar nereye gidiyor?
Serpil Yılmaz Derviş sürpriz olmaz
Seyfettin Gürsel Merkez Bankası ne yapmaya çalışıyor
Eyüp Can Lehman'ı batıranlar Citi'yi neden kurtardı?
Ergin Yıldızoğlu|Dünya Ekonomisine Bakış
Güven Sak Bankacılar dünyayı nasıl görüyor?
Aydınlar tartışıyor... Değişen Türkiye-3 Erinç Yeldan Eser Karakaş Keşke Mundell’i doğru anlasaydık
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| H4 New York Times Obama and Bush Working to Calm Volatile Market The Federal Reserve and the Treasury plan to announce a lending program Tuesday to jump-start frozen loan markets, administration officials said.
Editorial Mr. Obama’s Economic Advisers Unless Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers recognize their past mistakes, there is little hope that they can provide the sound economic judgment and leadership that the country needs
Indefinite Detention The Supreme Court should make clear that a president cannot seize and detain indefinitely individuals in the United States without charges.
A Fiery Czech Is Poised to Be the Face of Europe
News Analysis: Once Considered Invincible, Chávez Takes a Blow
At Kremlin, Optimism on U.S. Ties Under Obama
Memo From Istanbul: Reform Stalls, and Liberals Can No Longer Hold Their Fire
18 Are Killed in 3 Bombings in Baghdad
Iraq Ally Lists Were Altered, Study Shows
For Lobbyists, No Downturn, Just a Turnover Republican lobbyists are feeling the demand for their services plummet as Democrats ascend in Congress and at the White House
Economic Slump May Limit Moves on Clean Energy A poor global economy and plunging prices for coal and oil are upending plans to curb the use of fossil fuels.
Geithner, Rescue-Team Veteran, Has Head Start in Seizing Reins
Hugo Chávez’s ChoiceRather than lash out at his opponents, Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan president, must accept democratic limits to his rule.
BOB HERBERT Not a Moment Too Soon We’re never going to get out of this economic fix if we can’t swing open the doors to millions of new jobs. At long last, we are about to have a president who gets that.
Did Britain Just Sell Tibet?By ROBERT BARNETT As Western powers struggle with the huge scale of the measures needed to revive their economies, they have turned increasingly to China.
Sync, and Swim TogetherBy DANIEL KAHNEMAN and ANDREW M. ROSENFIELD Simultaneous bankruptcy filings by Chrysler, Ford and G.M. would substantially reduce both the uncertainty and the stigma for each one.
| H5 Washington Post U.S. Plans to Send Troops to Volatile Afghan Provinces Lacking Western Forces Hundreds of Troops Destined for Afghan Provinces With Few Western Forces, Top Army Official Says
3 Deadly Blasts Hit Iraq Ahead of Security Pact Vote
The Reverse Wealth Effect» Robert J. Samuelson | Too much belt tightening could make it hard to get out of the financial crisis.
British Leaders Announce $30 Billion Stimulus Package Plan Cuts Sales Tax, Boosts Borrowing for Major Public Projects
Panel: Who Will Recession Destabilize?
Power Barometer: China Up, US Steady
Plus �a Change We Can Believe In Back to the Future Richard Cohen | Obama seems intent on restoring a version of the old Clinton presidency.
Citizenship 2.0 on the Internet » Danielle Allen Can the Obama campaign's success with social networking technologies be turned into a tool for good governance?
Editorial Fast Forward on the Economy
Obama Introduces Economic Team, Says 'Work Starts Today' President-Elect Says 'Work Starts Today' On a Stimulus Plan
Market-Oriented Economic Team Advisers believe in limited spending, free markets at a time that Obama says requires the opposite
A Market-Oriented Economic Team Advisers Will Be Expected to Guide Implementation of Stimulus and Tightened Regulation
Citigroup Bailout's Familiar Trio Bank's $306B rescue was set in motion by Henry Paulson, Robert Rubin and Timothy Geithner.
Obama's Brain TrustDionne: He is bringing in a gifted team to enact economic reform
Toles: Obama Limbers Up Bin Laden's Ex-Driver to Be Sent Home to Yemen Convicted of supporting terrorism, Salim Ahmed Hamdan will be transferred from Guantanamo Bay back home, to serve the rest of his sentence.
Adrift With Two Captains Eugene Robinson | Having two presidents is starting to feel like having no president.
| H6 Guardian The planet is now so vandalised that only total energy renewal can save us George Monbiot: Without radical action, we will be the generation that saved the banks and let the biosphere collapse
Team Obama promises huge jolt to economy President-elect vows multi-billion dollar economic package to avoid an historic financial crisis in America
Torture is illegal – and it never works Philippe Sands: Jack Bauer and 24 were hugely popular with interrogators at Guantánamo. Let's hope the new series is more realistic
We can't hide in our labs and leave the talking to Dawkins Jim Al-Khalili: While people still cling to beliefs from the dark ages, more scientists must publicly defend rational, secular society
Woman in suicide attack as 19 die in Baghdad bombings One of the explosions was caused by a bomb vest being detonated remotely, say witnesses
US intelligence 'kept files on Tony Blair's private life', claims ex-US navy operator Ex-US Navy communications operator claims file on former PM contained information of a personal nature
Iran claims Israel spy ring broken Revolutionary guards ratchet up war of nerves by claiming to have stopped a spy network run by Mossad Simon Tisdall: Western policy for the continent lacks coherence as attention flits from crisis to crisi Obama and Darling: the economic plans compared Jonathan Freedland on the telling differences between the financial packages laid out within hours of each other by Barack Obama and Alistair Darling
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H7 Dying Saudi Crown Prince sparks royal succession battle
The Global Financial Crisis: The Role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)< This 6-page US report discusses potential roles the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may have in helping to resolve the current global financial crisis
Deciphering the Oil Puzzle By: David Howell | The Japan Times
Connecting the Solutions While There's Still Time By: Ban Ki-moon | The Japan Times
Increase Economic Pressure on Iran - Mark D. Wallace
What the Pirates Say By: James Carroll | The Boston Globe
Obama, Darfur and ICC Justice By: Eric Reeves | The Christian Science Monitor
Bush Does the Right Thing for Darfur By: Kenneth Roth | The Wall Street Journal
Is Iran Full of Ahmadinejads? - Nikolas Grosfield, Middle East Times
So it Really was a Reactor in Syria INSS
World Scrambles to Deal with Pirate Threat - Der Spiegel
Iraq's New Dawn - Michael Yon, New York Post
IAEA: No Basis for Curbing Syrian Nuclear Rights
New era for human rights Five initiatives the new president should embrace to signal a new era in US human-rights policy (By William F. Schulz, Boston Globe)
On the Brink of an Atomic Tehran
U.S., Nuclear Chief Clash Over SyriaThe chief U.N. nuclear inspector said Syria had a right to his agency's help in planning a power-producing atomic reactor, rejecting U.S.-led requests that Damascus be denied the aid.
| H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq
Iraq's Nouri Maliki May Gain Power With U.S. Security Agreement By: Ned Parker | Los Angeles Times
Iraqi Foes of Security Agreement Cite Its Failure to Shield Assets From Suits By: James Glanz and Steven Lee Myer | The New York Times
Influence Wanes for Followers of Iraq's Sadr
US-Iraqi security deal likely to be passed
Iraq Says Kurds Can Seek Arms, but Must Inform Govt
Iranian Leaders Speak on US-Iraqi Pact
Iran, Armenia ink 10 agreements
Iraq’s new ‘American-style’ uni
| H9 Ha’aretz – Documents obtained by Haaretz reveal split among Hamas leaders Leadership abroad says it does not want 'to control Gaza completely while losing West Bank.'
Obama's opportunity Immediacy, priority and the personal involvement of the president are no less important than the components of the plan, one version of which was made public last weekend by two old U.S. foreign affairs and security hands who are advising Obama
Tehran claims it arrested Israeli spy network
IDF: Retaking Gaza will cost Israel NIS 17 million a day
Olmert: History will owe Bush for setting Mideast on path to peace In Washington, outgoing PM bids farewell to president, says two-state solution only way to solve conflict.
Jerusalem Post 72% of Israelis say society corruptPoll: Institutions considered most corrupt are gov't offices, Knesset, local councils, manpower firms
A disarmed Palestinian state?[ AMITAI ETZIONI
'US warns Israel against large IDF ops' Time magazine: US asks Israel not to act on Iran, Gaza in the weeks before Obama takes office.
Analysis: Why now, and for what?Looking for meaning in Olmert's last trip to the United States.
Washington Watch: Hillary at State: Why worry? [ DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD,
Don't flatter your enemies, protect your friends [ BARRY RUBIN
Our World: Time for the real Bush to stand up[ CAROLINE GLICK, Hizbullah paying Palestinian groups to avenge Mughniyeh |
| Its parliament should approve a pact on a 2011 US withdrawal to assert Iraqi sovereignty.
Russia's new presence in Latin America President Medvedev visits Venezuela this week as a Russian nuclear warship leads joint maneuvers.
Obama's vast jobs plan: How hard? His aim is to add 2.5 million jobs. But job totals are dropping sharply now
Rise in crime, kidnapping, top Afghans' worries Western forces target the Taliban, but for many Afghans the biggest threat comes from criminals and complicitous police.
Obama acting increasingly presidential Not 'a minute to waste' in addressing economic woes, the president-elect says.
Pacific Currents: The Responses of U.S. Allies and Security Partners in East Asia to China’s Rise
Saving Afghanistan By: Dan Green | Armed Forces Journal
The 'Good War' Isn't Worth Fighting By: Rory Stewart | The New York Times
China's Protesters REVIEW & OUTLOOK | H11 IHT Europe is waiting to see how Obama plays Iran By JOHN VINOCUR A new and accelerating situation - that Iran is getting much closer to building a nuclear bomb - is giving life to apprehension in Europe about how Barack Obama will handle trying to stop the Iranian drive
France and Germany find little common ground on economy The Sarkozy-Merkel talks came two days before the European Commission intends to call for a coordinated, package of national measures to revive the economy.
Putin and Medvedev hope for brighter future with Obama Russia's leaders are reiterating that they would like to improve ties with the United States under the incoming Obama administration, expressing some optimism that agreements can be reached on contentious military issues.
OBAMA AND AFGHANISTAN I By KARL F. INDERFURTH It will be critical for Obama and his team to quickly prepare a comprehensive political, economic and military plan for Afghanistan
OBAMA AND AFGHANISTAN II The 'Good War' isn't worth fighting By RORY STEWART It is in the interest of the U.S. for Afghanistan to become more stable in part because it contributes to the stability of the region, and in particular Pakistan.
THE FINAL CHAPTER? For Detroit, Chapter 11 would be a disaster By SPENCER ABRAHAM There's no denying the American auto companies have made major mistakes, but allowing one of them to file for bankruptcy would be a disastrous course. “
EUROPE European press review
France's Suicidal Socialists - The Economist
Fiery Czech Leader Poised to Be EU President -- Called Gore an 'Apostle of Arrogance'...
Pope: Dialogue Among Religions Should Be Pursued
| H12 RFE/RL After The Bloom Georgia is marking the fifth anniversary of its Rose Revolution, the peaceful public rebellion that sought a clean break from a corrupt and undemocratic past. But the events of 2003 have lost much of their promise to creeping authoritarianism and a ruinous war with Russia. Can Tbilisi preserve its 'rose' legacy?
Geopolitical Diary: High-Stakes Talks Between Kiev and Moscow As Ukraine negotiates with Russia over Kiev's outstanding debt for natural gas, the situation is similar to one in 2005 -- but this time the stakes are higher
Energy Summit in Baku Advances Regional Energy Cooperation Agreements signed at Baku�s recent Energy Summit mark a significant show of Azerbaijani support for projects that could break Moscow�s regional stranglehold over export routes. The documents are the first such affirmations since the August war between Georgia and Russia. Local experts caution, however, that implementation of Baku�s pledges is contingent on world energy prices and the global financial crisis, as well as on the South Caucasus� changing geopolitical climate.
Why Ukrainians Don't Want NATO By: Andrew D. Bishop | Diplomatic Courier
For NATO-Russia Relations, No More Business as Usual By: David Capezza | World Politics Review
Google News Azerbaijan
Russia's New Presence in Latin America - S.M. Llana & F. Weir, CS Monitor
Russia's Bare-Knuckle Policy on Oil By: William Shughart | The Washington Times
Georgian Opposition Leader Launches New Party - Voice of America
Meeting Medvedev Halfway
Turkmenistan: Frustration Mounts as Western Energy Companies Wait for Ashgabat to Make Up Its Mind It was the only thing that many of the participants of the 13th Annual Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhiition could think about, yet no Turkmen official cared to mention its name aloud -- Nabucco.
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| H13 The Times New Labour 1994-2008 The death was announced yesterday of the political idea first advanced by Tony Blair. News of its passing was announced to parliament yesterday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Revealed: the true target of US Predator strike The death of top al-Qaeda explosives expert Abu Zubair al-Masri was the aim of the attack which also killed Rashid Rauf
US held intelligence file on Blair while he was PM Existence of the secret file was disclosed by former communications intercept operator and contravened US/Britain agreements
Iran says Miliband part of Zionist plot Foreign Secretary accused of secret pro-Israel bias after urging Persian Gulf states to confront Iran's nuclear ambitions
China's richest man was 'unfailingly polite' He works 13-hour days and holidays bore him - the billionaire who lives in a ordinary apartment and owns only one car
Obama steps in to the economy power vacuum Barack Obama effectively took control of the US economy two months early by declaring his recovery plan 'starts today'
Superlatives alone cannot shield the Middle East's financial hub from crisis
Wall Street Journal Obama Signals Big Stimulus Plan The president-elect's plan reflects the view that downward pressure on the economy would last for several years. (Remarks)
STATE OF THE UNION
Barack Obama unveils a reassuringly pragmatic team of economic problem-solvers (Boston Globe)
Fed Pledges Top $7.4 Trillion to Ease Frozen Credit — Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. government is prepared to lend more than $7.4 trillion on behalf of American taxpayers, or half the value of everything produced in the nation last year, to rescue the financial system since the credit markets seized up 15 months ago.
From Fortune, an article on how to love trillion-dollar deficits: This reformed fiscal conservative has stopped worrying about the nation's ballooning deficit — you should too
What's Ahead for GM? - Alex Taylor, Fortune | H14 Financial Times Is America’s new declinism for real? There is a new acceptance in America of the constraints on US power. America has been through phases of “declinism” before. But there are still reasons for thinking the latest version may be more soundly based than its predecessors, says Gideon Rachman
Obama pledges to shore up economy Barack Obama said his proposed stimulus package would be as big as necessary to shore up the economy and lay the foundations for renewed growth, amid predictions it could match the government’s $700bn financial sector bail-out for size.
The world’s central banks must buy assets John Muellbauer urges unorthodox policy
Europe’s socialists should look to Obama John Thornhill on the need for fresh thinking
A measured Merkel Germany’s leader may have responded warily to global financial upheaval but is performing well at home
Extraordinary optimism for extraordinary times The route back to financial sustainability was unconvincing – both as individual measures and taken as a whole. We must hope that Mr Darling’s extraordinary optimism about the economy is justified
Lessons from the Citigroup rescue Underwriting insurance on the value of toxic assets would solve the problems they cause by putting a floor under their value
Pakistani feelers Zardari’s overture should be taken up quickly by India. Ultimate reconciliation, however, will have to encompass Kashmir
US house prices suffer record fall The price of previously owned homes fell in October by the biggest amount in at least 40 years and the volume of sales also dropped, in a sign of the still mounting problems in the sector
Gillian Tett: Geithner gets the job done Tim Geithner is not somebody who spends hours theorising about what could or should have been done according to any policy textbook; his focus is always on results, and to get them he will collect ideas, advice and opinions from wherever he can, writes Gillian Tett
Iranian motorists take pride in Saipa's success
Rise in risk appetite weakens dollar
Linguist claims US intelligence spied on Blair
Economists’ Forum Finally, System-Risk Insurance: The complex Citigroup rescue involves Uncle Sam selling systematic risk insurance on high-grade securities in exchange for preferred stock - exactly what is needed
Tax hit to fund £20bn fiscal stimulus Taxpayers face six years of austerity
Citi soars as $300bn bail-out is agreed US move aims to avert crisis in confidence
Call for family friendly jobs to sustain EU birth rate Keeping women in jobs will be a vital factor in sustaining European birth rates as the continent’s population grows older in coming decades, according to a new stud
EU warned energy goal will be missed Germany, the UK and the Netherlands will struggle hardest to achieve their share of the target to generate 20% of energy from renewable sources by 2020, according to Ernst & Young
Iraq bombs target government employees Three bombings targeting government employees in Baghdad killed at least 20 people and left scores wounded, two days before the Iraqi parliament is expected to vote on a security agreement with the United States
Miliband urges Gulf states to isolate Iran David Miliband, the British foreign minister, has asked for Arab support in isolating Iran which he says is intent on destabilising the Middle East by backing extremist groups
| H15 Los Angeles Times Obama assigns radical moves on economy to centrists The respected team must reconcile the nation's historic commitment to free markets as the government intervenes ever more deeply in the financial system.
Iraq's Nouri Maliki may gain power with U.S. security agreement A security deal expected this week would bring glory, and more power, to Prime Minister Nouri Maliki as the man who brought an end to the U.S. troop presence
EditorialAn unfair litmus testOpposition to the war in Iraq should not be a condition for joining Barack Obama's administration.
Marines drafting plan to send more troops to Afghanistan Top officers have met repeatedly to consider deploying 15,000 Marines to join the 30,000 U.S. troops already there to fight the Taliban and other insurgents
The Dissident Voice By: Natan Sharansky | Los Angeles Times |
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Obama's Unusual Transition: Already a Co-President
Obama's Pragmatic Picks - E. J. Dionne, Houston Chronicle
Obama Will Govern Above Politics - Richard Cohen, Washington Post The Reverse Wealth Effect - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek Last Thing We Need is Clinton at State - Christopher Hitchens, Slate Ben Bernanke and the Financial Crisis - John Cassidy, The New Yorker
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Obama pledges 'jolt' to economy President-elect Barack Obama promises the rapid implementation of measures to stimulate the ailing US economy.
| H17 Daily Telegraph Meddler Brown's massive gamble The Prime Minister is running out of time, argues Boris Johnson. That's why he was forced into such desperate measures at yesterday's pre-Budget Report.
Labour lands Britain in a £1 trillion hole A "decade of irresponsibility" will culminate in a national debt that will actually double in just five years. People now face a lifetime of tax rises to pay off the debt.
| H18 Independent Leading article: A gamble that will decide Britain's political future
Hamish McRae: A monumental debt that takes us back to the 70s
The Big Question: Who are the Elders, and can they do anything to resolve world crises? |
| H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Guidance for 2008-2009 (PDF; 1.4 MB) Source: Admiral Mike Mullen, U.S. Navy
CCO Interview with Colonel Peter MansoorUnity of Command in Afghanistan: A Forsaken Principle of War - Colonel Ian Hope, Strategic Studies Institute Known Unknowns: Unconventional "Strategic Shocks" in Defense Strategy Development - Nathan P. Freier, Strategic Studies Institute CIA Strike Brings bin Laden Closer - Bruce Loudon, The Australian NATO Distances Itself From US Drone Strikes
U.S. Military Ripe for Fight with Obama - Mark Perry, Asia Times
'Eta head' linked to airport bomb The suspected leader of Basque separatist group Eta is charged over the December 2006 Madrid airport bombing
Keeping Gates at Defense - Arnold Beichman, Washington Times opinion
Saving Afghanistan By: Dan Green | Armed Forces Journal
Closing Guantanamo Prison May Be the Easy Part - Los Angeles Times Injured veterans engaged in new combat In a little-noticed rule change, the Pentagon's definition of combat-related disabilities is narrowed.
An inside look at Islamic militants Iranian French researcher's interviews with militant inmates in French prisons offer insight in efforts to curb radicalization
| H20 Slate
Obama's Reagan Democrats
Obama's White House, Clinton's Team Who's (loyal to) who in the Obama administration: an interactive chart. Chris Wilson
Global Migration of the Highly Skilled (PDF; 348 KB)
| H21 From Prospect, the severity of the credit crunch has taken the world’s central bankers by surprise, but they might have foreseen it had they not been intellectually enslaved by the ideas of the recently-deceased uber-economist, Milton Friedman
In web searches, scholars tend to follow one hyperlink to the next, in a journey that resembles a plunge down a rabbit hole. Is this any way to do research?... more»
From LRB, a review of Philosophy in Turbulent Times: Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, Derrida by Elisabeth Roudinesco.
From The Nation, how Wood works: A review of How Fiction Works by James Wood. We are immensely fortunate to have a critic of James Wood’s talent, erudition, and judgment. But if criticism follows his lead, it will end up in a desert... more»
A life of V. S. Naipaul.
Manhattan is the capital of people who live alone. Yet are New Yorkers lonelier? Far from it: studies show urban alienation is largely a myth... more»
So many assumptions, agendas and, distinctly iffy data behind those ubiquitous words, “research shows.” Frank Furedi explains a few of them... more»
Research shows use of the word “went” declined by 32% in the NYC press since 2000. Bad economy? Global warming? Are people just going less in the past tense? It’s really ironic... more»
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