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H1 Los Angeles Times U.S. quietly seeks Gaza compromise Washington worries a prolonged campaign in the Gaza Strip could bolster Hamas. It wants a timetable from Israel.

Guardian  Let us stop. Hold our fire. Restraint is our duty to the innocent of Gaza

David Grossman: Israel has much to gain from reinstating a ceasefire and inviting the international community to mediate with Hamas

Israel mulls pause in Gaza assault as invasion looms Officials consider French proposal but key meeting tomorrow will discuss massive ground invasion

Yedioth Ahronoth Answering Israel’s critics/ Yigal Walt

Six clichés you are likely to hear constantly in the coming days, and why they’re false

Postpone elections to June

Fateful Gaza op must not be managed against backdrop of needless vote, Sever Plocker says

New York Times Amid a Buildup of Its Forces, Israel Ponders a Cease-Fire With air attacks on Gaza heading into a fifth day, Israel is considering a 48-hour cease-fire.

The Year in Questions One hundred and eighteen questions, and a fiendish election table, on the incidents, accidents, hints and allegations that defined 2008. An annual quiz by Ben Schott. Part II | PDF: Full Quiz (answers will be posted on Jan. 1).

Russia Aside, Georgia Chief Is Pressed at Home Mikheil Saakashvili is facing political pressure from Russia and domestic rivals at a time when an economic downturn could upend Georgia’s political order.

Gazprom, Once Mighty, Is Reeling

Washington Post Israel Presses on With Gaza Strikes European Commission Calls for Immediate Cease-Fire

Obama's ‘One President' Philosophy Is Not One-Fit-All Democrat Defers to Bush on Foreign Policy but Not on Economy

An Iraqi City Divided, and Defined, by Its Walls An Hour at a Crowded Baghdad Checkpoint Reveals Pervasive Nature of Capital's Hated Barriers

Behind Israel's Attack Vivian Salama | In mercilessly attacking Hamas, Israel is trying to regain the air of indestructibility it lost in 2006. | Other Options?

Iran Activating Its Proxies BY: Olivier Guitta | The Middle East Times After the six-month truce with Israel expired on Dec. 19, Hamas decided, or perhaps was urged, to resume its attacks on Israel. Thus Hamas went on a rampage campaign, firing rockets at Israel to create terror and death among Israeli civilians. A new war in the region is likely to benefit only one country: Iran.

RFE/RLEconomic Crisis In Russia Holds Threat Of Social Unrest The once-booming ruble has been hit hard by the global financial crisis -- after years of economic prosperity, Russians are suddenly having to tighten their belts. Could mounting public discontent become a genuine threat to the Kremlin?

The Times What's coming the world's way in 2009 Recession or recovery, general election or not? More intolerance, fewer workaholics? We predict the year ahead Times writers

ANALYSIS: the options now for Israel Now Ehud Barak faces the real test of his leadership as he begins the next more dangerous phase of his campaign

Security Dilemmas in Gaza

Israel is entitled to defend its civilians against rocket attacks, but its military options are constrained and shrewd diplomacy would serve its interests

Wall Street Journal Lee Aron: Russia's Woes Spell Trouble for the U.S.

The 'Market' Isn't So Wise After All THE TILTING YARD
By Thomas Frank This year saw the end of an illusion.

Financial Times Recession, recovery, trade war and artificial life – welcome to 2009 What does the year ahead have in store? Financial Times writers predict the events and issues in politics, business, economics and world affairs that will shape 2009

Onwards and upwardsTen years of the euro: as the currency enters its second decade, the value of membership is clearer than ever

Medvedev’s assertiveness troubles Putin Kremlin watchers say the Russian president appears to be frustrated that, in spite of his constitutional power as commander in chief, he is stuck in a subordinate role

Czechs to work on ‘three Es’ in EU presidency Following in the footsteps of Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s unorthodox and super-energetic president, would be a hard act for any country inheriting the EU rotating presidency

H2

Limited edition today, FPR away tomorrow

FT Turkey keen to see consensus response

Der SpiegelApologizing to the Armenians: 'Eroding One of Turkey's Biggest Taboos'

Türkiye’yi utandırmayız

MGK’dan Gazze için iki önemli çağrı

‘Özür’ Kıbrıs’a sıçradı

Sami Kohen 2009’da neler olacak?

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye BBC Türkçe 0700 1800VOA Türkçe 0630 1345 2130 Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit ASAM

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

Le Monde ‘TRT Şeş’i kapaktan duyurdu

Yeni yıl hedefi: Müslümanların birlikteliği...

BM'deki ilk işimiz Gazze

Okay Gönensin Bu gezinin amacı nedir?

Bilal Çetin Erdoğan’ın Ortadoğu turu.

Başbakan Kürtçe ne diyecek ve nasıl yazılacak?

Askeri harekâtı derhal durdur

Türkiye-İsrail Dostluk Grubu'ndan 136 istifa

İsrail'den Erdoğan'a özür gibi yanıt

Cevdet Aşkın

Minorities, Displacement and Iraq's Future Brookings Institution This 20-page presentation analyzes the relationship between minorities and displacement, with a particular emphasis on the case of Iraq’s smaller minorities

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL

'Beş kızkardeş'in acısı ve Meclis'teki 'İsrail dostları'

HAKAN ALBAYRAK

Aşağılık yalancılar!

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

The Compelling Case of Turkey's Constitution BY: Liam Hardy | World Pres Turkish Constitution as it stands now will not help Turkey move forward with its reform agenda.

STELYO BERBERAKİS
Yunanlılar, kendi tarihiyle yüzleşiyor

Le Monde ‘TRT Şeş’i kapaktan duyurdu

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

Noel Baba’nın Anadolu’da doğup öldüğünü anlatarak Türkiye’yi tanıtmayı beceremiyoruz

H3CHP İstanbul adayı Kılıçdaroğlu gibi

CHP'den Mesut Yılmaz'a Rize teklifi!

CHP’de yeni ’böcek’ iddiası

Doğalgaz abonelerine geri ödeme

Mahkemede her şeyi anlattım dinlemediler

'Yeşil'in ölümünden Eymür sorumlu'

Mahkeme, Ergenekon'aait bütün yazıları istedi

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 2008'e Gazze'li son; 2009'a Filistin'li giriş...

Ahmet Taşgetiren

Ruşen - Çakır

Taha Akyol Kimlik sorunları

Fikret Bila Ahmet Davutoğlu’nun domino teorisi

Hasan Cemal Erdoğan 2008'de sınıfta kaldı!

Murat Yetkin

İsmet Berkan

Fehmi KoruBakalım kimin hesabı tutacak

Taha KıvançYeni kanala 'Hoşgeldin' diyorum

Şamil Tayyar

Ali BayramoğluDuraklama yılı biterken…

Yasemin Çongar

Ertuğrul Özkök

Hasan Ünal

Ahmet HakanAbdullah Gül’e soru önergesi

M Ali BirandMutlu yıllar dilerim...

Cüneyt ÜlseverDin ve bilim

Enis Berberoğlu

Oktay Ekşi Kendi düşen ağlamaz

Özdemir İnceBir geçmiş yıl değerlendirmesi

Mehmet Y YılmazBir geçmiş yıl değerlendirmesi

Tufan Türenç Bir Haşim Kılıç sunumu

MUHARREM SARIKAYAGideni aratacak...

ERDAL ŞAFAK

ENGİN ARDIÇ

ERGUN BABAHAN2009'a merhaba -Ergun BABAHAN

İsmail Küçükkaya
Başbakan’ın kriz çözme tekniği

EMRE AKÖZKemalistler Gülen'e niye sinir oluyor?

Umur Talu

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

NAZLI ILICAK

MEHMET BARLAS

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

YAVUZ DONATSüreç yönetimi

Ekonomi

Ege Cansen Ne horozmuş ama

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu

Erdal Sağlam

Hurşit Güneş 2009'da neler olabilir?

H4 New York Times Amid a Buildup of Its Forces, Israel Ponders a Cease-Fire With air attacks on Gaza heading into a fifth day, Israel is considering a 48-hour cease-fire.

The Year in Questions One hundred and eighteen questions, and a fiendish election table, on the incidents, accidents, hints and allegations that defined 2008. An annual quiz by Ben Schott. Part II | PDF: Full Quiz (answers will be posted on Jan. 1).

Russia Aside, Georgia Chief Is Pressed at Home Mikheil Saakashvili is facing political pressure from Russia and domestic rivals at a time when an economic downturn could upend Georgia’s political order.

Fight Fire With a Cease-Fire

By DAVID GROSSMAN

Until last Saturday, Israel acted with impressive level-headedness. Israel must not lose perspective now, in the heat of battle, and should stand down for 48 hours.

Moderate Arab States Feel Popular Anger

Egypt Offers Humanitarian Aid but Is Criticized for Refusing to Open Gaza Border

Despite Deeper Strikes, Israelis Vow to Soldier On

U.S. to Widen Supply Routes in Afghan War The plan reflects a U.S.-led effort to seek out a more reliable alternative to the strategic Khyber Pass.

Editorial A Few Big Ideas

Three impressive ideas could relieve the stresses on the men and women fighting overseas and keep the country safe over the long term

New Rules in Iraq Add Police Work to Troops’ Jobs

Iranian President Proposes Ending Energy Subsidies

Hamburg Journal: As a German Neighborhood Changes, a Raunchy Shadow Lingers

Iraq to Greet New Year in a Hush, Officials Say

U.S. Pull - Back From Iraq Will Hit Private Contractors

Defiant Illinois Governor Names Pick for Obama Seat

H5 Washington Post Israel Presses on With Gaza Strikes European Commission Calls for Immediate Cease-Fire

Obama's ‘One President' Philosophy Is Not One-Fit-All Democrat Defers to Bush on Foreign Policy but Not on Economy

An Iraqi City Divided, and Defined, by Its Walls An Hour at a Crowded Baghdad Checkpoint Reveals Pervasive Nature of Capital's Hated Barriers

Behind Israel's Attack Vivian Salama | In mercilessly attacking Hamas, Israel is trying to regain the air of indestructibility it lost in 2006. | Other Options?

Behind Gaza Operation, An Uneasy Triumvirate

Israel Studies Truce Proposal

French plan calls for 48-hour halt to air assaults against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.

Support Obama Will Need

By Michael Gerson In 2009, he will require sober supporters -- and loyal critics

Pakistan Targets Taliban Fighters Near Supply Routes in Major Offensive Insurgents Near Supply Routes Targeted

Attack Brings Military Focus Home

Pakistan Preoccupied With India, but Insurgent Threat Looms

War Will Not Bring Peace to Gazans and to Israelis in the Negev.

By Julia Chaitin, War will not bring peace to Gazans and to Israelis in the Negev

Retiree Charged With Passing U.S. Documents to Israel in the 1980s Pleads Guilty

THE CRASH | What Went Wrong

Downgrades And Downfall

How could a single unit of AIG cause the giant company's near-ruin and become a fulcrum of the global financial crisis? By straying from its own rules for managing risk and then failing to anticipate the consequences.

A Chilling Uncertainty

The Lessons of Roosevelt's Experimentation By Amity Shlaes,

The randomness of the New Deal made the Depression worse. Obama should take note.

Russia's Medvedev Signs Constitutional Amendment to Lengthen Presidential Terms

Two Lessons From 2008

By Harold Meyerson, We learned two things about our politics and our economy in 2008.

Pyrrhic Torture Trials

By Ruth Marcus, Should Bush administration officials be put on trial for crimes such as authorizing torture?

Ill. Gov. Blagojevich Makes Senate Pick Over Democrats' Objections

H6 Guardian  Let us stop. Hold our fire. Restraint is our duty to the innocent of Gaza

David Grossman: Israel has much to gain from reinstating a ceasefire and inviting the international community to mediate with Hamas

Israel mulls pause in Gaza assault as invasion looms Officials consider French proposal but key meeting tomorrow will discuss massive ground invasion

Foreign journalists demand Gaza access Israeli supreme court to hear petition protesting against reporters being kept out

US to use Afghan militias against Taliban Controversial plan to organise local militia echoes tactics used by American commanders in Iraq

Quiet of the grave Editorial: The same mistakes are being repeated time and time again

Bloodied in Gaza Laila El-Haddad: Silently, the world watches. And silently, governments plotted: how shall we make the thunder and clouds rain death on to Gaza?

Obama's challenge to Iran Karim Sadjadpour: The questions posed by an Obama presidency could accentuate Iran's deep internal divisions

Islamists urge pro-western regimes to act

Welcome to America's hall of shame Michael Tomasky: From Sarah Palin to AIG's pamper-hungry sales reps, the following characters have made us less than proud

In banks we trust should not be the mantra for 2009 Simon Jenkins: Bankers save the economy? You must be joking - they're far too busy feathering their own nests

The Soviet menace Richard Norton-Taylor: Thirty years ago, in an age of potboilers about a third world war, James Callaghan was terrified by the threat posed by Russia

H7 Iran Activating Its Proxies BY: Olivier Guitta | The Middle East Times After the six-month truce with Israel expired on Dec. 19, Hamas decided, or perhaps was urged, to resume its attacks on Israel. Thus Hamas went on a rampage campaign, firing rockets at Israel to create terror and death among Israeli civilians. A new war in the region is likely to benefit only one country: Iran.

Minorities, Displacement and Iraq's Future Brookings Institution This 20-page presentation analyzes the relationship between minorities and displacement, with a particular emphasis on the case of Iraq’s smaller minorities

Global Governance Breakthrough: The G20 Summit and the Future Agenda Brookings Institution A 5-page US policy brief arguing that the successful first G20 Summit provides a platform on which President-elect Obama can build in forging an inclusive and cooperative approach for resolving the current financial and economic crisis

America Needs Obama Now - Christopher Smith, The New Republic

Analysis: U.S. needs for language critical (UPI) -- America's global competitiveness and national security could be at risk because of a failure to invest in critical foreign language education. Deficiencies in Middle Eastern and Asian languages pose the most immediate problems. Part 2 of 2.

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

Iraq signs foreign troops deals

Iraq signs deals with the UK and Australia for their troops to stay after a UN mandate expires on 1 January, Baghdad says.

Maliki expected in Tehran Saturday

Diyala next for SOI transfer

Fault lines in Arab world

While Israel in Gaza, Egypt and Saudi Arabia take on Iran.

H9 Ha’aretz Cabinet debating 48-hour Gaza truce as international pressure grows

French proposal for 48-hour Gaza truce 'not realistic,' Israel says

ANALYSIS / Hamas winning battle of public opinion in Arab world

Benn What next? The escalation was a reminder that Gaza cannot be ignored, and Israel will have to devise a new strategy for the south.

The original plan isn't the only oneIt is possible to expect the final results of the operation to differ drastically from what the leaders planned when they began.

Gideon Levy: Are Israel's pilots callous and blind to Gaza's suffering?

Fatah loyalists: Gaza op is 'Allah's revenge' for Hamas actions

Ex-U.S. Army engineer Kadish pleads guilty to spying for Israel

Barak's briefing / Timing his political entrance

Jerusalem PostIAF aircraft strike Haniyeh's offices

Smuggling tunnels also targeted; army says building was being used to conduct terror activities

Hamas steps up bombardment of Beersheba; empty school hit

Is Israel using 'disproportionate force' in Gaza? The IDF's current military actions in Gaza are on solid legal ground

Cease terror, not cease-fire

Effort to bring long-term peace to South is only in its early stages.

Fault lines in Arab world

While Israel in Gaza, Egypt and Saudi Arabia take on Iran.

Yedioth Ahronoth Answering Israel’s critics/ Yigal Walt

Six clichés you are likely to hear constantly in the coming days, and why they’re false

Postpone elections to June

Fateful Gaza op must not be managed against backdrop of needless vote, Sever Plocker says

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

A Pebble in the Peace Pond Dayan Center A 2-page Israeli commentary on the Arab Peace Initiative

Fighting and Defeating Hamas - Ely Karmon (Institute for Counter-Terrorism/IDC-Herzliya

Israel Can Buy Time, Not Peace - Ralph Peters

Analysis: Gaza: Flashpoint of Violence - Claude Salhani, United Press International

Gaza diplomatic pressure boosted

A concerted diplomatic drive is under way to try to end Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip and Hamas rocket attacks.


Israel Postures to Reshape Truce - Washington Times

Egypt: No Full Opening of Gaza Crossing - Associated Press

Israel's Options in Gaza - Los Angeles Times editorial


Tehran's Cannon Fodder - Washington Times editorial

Israel, Hamas and the Seduction of Blind Force - Los Angeles Times opinion

Zbigniew Brzezinski Calls Joe Scarborough ‘Stunningly Superficial’

ZBIG SMACKS DOWN MORNIN' JOE — Zbig to Joe: “You have a such stunningly superficial knowledge of what went on it's almost embarrassing to listen to you.”

Public Affairs and Information Operations

What YouTube Doesn't Want You to See — Yesterday, the IDF did something innovative: it opened a channel on YouTube and posted videos to it that help explain why Israel is fighting Hamas. The site hosted about a dozen videos showing things like Israeli humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza

The Options Now for Israel - Richard Beeston, Times of London


Obama Fiddles While Gaza Burns - Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation

Israel is Not the Villain - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times

Can Israel Win the Gaza War? - Shmuel Rosner, Slate


Israel, Hamas, & Moral Idiocy - Alan Dershowitz, Christian Science Monito

Jeffrey Goldberg:
A Fatah Friend Writes: I'm Supporting the Israeli Air Force

Israeli troops dance as they await the order for a Gaza war In a muddy field overlooking the smoke-blackened Gaza Strip skyline, young soldiers from an Israeli tank unit linked arms with euphoric civilians in energetic dance in anticipation of a possible ground invasion of Gaza. Huge speakers blasting religious songs fed the emotion as civilians cheered troops who'd take part in any ground invasion.

H10 Christian Science Monitor

Gazan civilians increasingly at risk in assault on Hamas Israel may consider a 48-hour cease-fire with Hamas, but threatened a ground invasion if militant rockets didn't stop during a temporary truce

Unexpected twists make 2008 an epochal year The financial crisis, war on two fronts, and, above all, the US election make 2008 historic

Ukraine will pay its $2 billion Russian gas bill

Ukraine said Tuesday that will avoid a Kremlin cutoff in gas supplies. European gas customers breathed sighs of relief.

Gaza crisis: a crossroads for Obama It could bring renewal – if Obama is bold enough to stand up to Israel.

Israel, Hamas, and moral idiocy

Much of the world's response is a false moral equivalence that simply encourages the terrorists

ASIA

Anchors Aweigh, China BY: David Fullbrook | Asia Sentinel China’s top national defense spokesman, Huang Xueping, lit up the world’s airwaves on December 23 when he said yet again that his country is seriously considering adding an aircraft carrier to its navy, suggesting China remains determined to build a blue-water navy, the first since Admiral Zheng He was reined in by the Ming Dynasty in the 1400s.

Global Insights: Chinese Navy Becomes Global Security PlayerBY: Richard Weitz | World Politics Review Beijing's unprecedented decision to join the anti-piracy fleet off Somalia's coast resulted from a pragmatic assessment of the likely net security benefits to China from the deployment. The international community, including the United States, should likewise approach the issue from a hardheaded perspective.

Close Air Support and Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan (Full PDF Article)

H11 IHT Shifting troop targets

Barack Obama should stick to his campaign pledge to pull combat troops out of Iraq in 16 months.

Russia aside, Georgia chief is pressed at home Mikheil Saakashvili is facing political pressure from Russia and domestic rivals at a time when an economic downturn could upend Georgia's political order

There's plenty of blame to go around for Gaza's war There can be no justification for Hamas's attacks. But others must also take responsibility for the current mess.

Philip Bowring: A close-up on Japan's 'lost decade' Could the Japanese have been wiser than you think?

Undermining peace By MARWAN BISHARA Behind Israel's military action lie cynical electoral calculations and a flawed strategy.

Medvedev signs law extending presidential terms in Russia

President Dmitri Medvedev signed a law extending presidential terms from four years to six on Tuesday in a move seen as paving the way for Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency.

U.S. downturn hitting German exporters hard Even companies that make few sales to the U.S. are expected to suffer in 2009 as strapped Americans pare their purchases from abroad.

EUROPE European press review

Europe: Skills forecast extended to 2020 Full Text Report (PDF)

The Greek Riots: Anomic Youths, Headless Government FPRI A US article on the part played by myth-founded beliefs in the Greek riot

Mardell's Europe No to Lisbon Treaty clouded EU's successes in 2008

Vondra: Czechs To Focus On 'Three E's'

On the eve of the Czech Republic's assuming of the EU Presidency, RFE/RL correspondents Kathleen Moore and Oksana Pelenska spoke to Czech Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra. They began by asking him to outline the Czech Republic's priorities

Corruption in Bulgaria tests EU expansion Frustrations mount over Bulgaria – the most violent, corrupt, and poorest of EU members. Aid is being withheld as reform promises are made (and broken). Can it be fixed?

Will a new generation bring fresh justice to Bulgaria? 'We need a moral cleansing of the system,' says jurist Nelly Koutzkova.

With EU help, Bulgarians return to roots

Failure to curb corruption means less assistance for some.

H12 RFE/RLEconomic Crisis In Russia Holds Threat Of Social Unrest The once-booming ruble has been hit hard by the global financial crisis -- after years of economic prosperity, Russians are suddenly having to tighten their belts. Could mounting public discontent become a genuine threat to the Kremlin?

Fault lines in Arab world

While Israel in Gaza, Egypt and Saudi Arabia take on Iran.

Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times: Gazprom, Once Mighty, Is Reeling

Google News Azerbaijan

Ukraine 'paid gas debt in full'

Ukraine says it has paid its debt to Gazprom, but the Russian firm says it has not received the money.

Azeri ban on foreign broadcasts

Azerbaijan bans foreign radio broadcasts on its national frequencies, drawing US and European criticism.

H13 The Times What's coming the world's way in 2009

Recession or recovery, general election or not? More intolerance, fewer workaholics? We predict the year ahead Times writers

ANALYSIS: the options now for Israel Now Ehud Barak faces the real test of his leadership as he begins the next more dangerous phase of his campaign

Security Dilemmas in Gaza

Israel is entitled to defend its civilians against rocket attacks, but its military options are constrained and shrewd diplomacy would serve its interests

Israel considers 'humanitarian ceasefire' in Gaza Pressure increases on Israel to agree to a ceasefire that would allow aid shipments to reach Gaza's 1.5 million Palestinians

We must adjust our image of Hamas Gaza is a place where people listen to pop, watch TV and many women walk the streets unveiled William Sieghart

Israel uses 'perfect time' to fight the PR war Israel is mindful of the public relations disaster of the 2006 war with Lebanon and has banned foreign journalists from entering Gaza

$6bn bailout of GM 'may have saved car industry'

Economists and industry experts said that the impact of the move on sales was likely to be evident by the second quarter

Pakistan closes Nato's Afghanistan supply route

Route shut for an offensive backed by tanks and helicopter gunships against Taleban forces in the strategic Khyber Pass

Record fall in US house prices

Recovery looks distant for world's biggest economy with expectation of the worst Christmas shopping figures for 40 years

Pakistani Islamist admits Mumbai link Top commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba allegedly tells investigators that he was in contact with the gunmen involved in the attacks

Wall Street Journal Lee Aron: Russia's Woes Spell Trouble for the U.S.

The 'Market' Isn't So Wise After All THE TILTING YARD
By Thomas Frank
This year saw the end of an illusion.

Instant Info Is a Two-Edged Sword By Paul H. Rubin
The Internet facilitates markets, and bubbles.

Pakistan Probe Links Lashkar to Attacks Pakistan's probe of the Mumbai terror attacks shows substantive links between the 10 gunmen and an Islamic militant group that its spy agency spent years supporting.

Keynes' comeback

In the long run, John Maynard Keynes once said, we are all dead. True enough. And yet, in the longer run, Keynes, who died in 1946 at 62, has made a startling comeback. (By Scot Lehigh, Globe Columnist)

Home Prices Fell at Their Sharpest Pace in October

Capitalism Worst System Except for the Rest - Caroline Baum, Bloomberg

Mood amongst US consumers worsens US consumer confidence unexpectedly drops to a record low in December, due to mounting job cuts.

Economy's toll: No bailout for the overqualified jobless With the economy in freefall, more and more people with college degrees and years of experience are finding themselves out of work. As weeks become months without work, job seekers are lowering their standards, fighting to fill jobs they used to manage. For many, they're hearing back from interviewers that they're overqualified. It's an increasingly common problem throughout California, where job losses were building even before the country officially entered the current recession a year ago

H14 Financial Times Recession, recovery, trade war and artificial life – welcome to 2009 What does the year ahead have in store? Financial Times writers predict the events and issues in politics, business, economics and world affairs that will shape 2009

Onwards and upwardsTen years of the euro: as the currency enters its second decade, the value of membership is clearer than ever

Medvedev’s assertiveness troubles Putin Kremlin watchers say the Russian president appears to be frustrated that, in spite of his constitutional power as commander in chief, he is stuck in a subordinate role

Czechs to work on ‘three Es’ in EU presidency Following in the footsteps of Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s unorthodox and super-energetic president, would be a hard act for any country inheriting the EU rotating presidency

Roger E.A Farmer / The Economists' Forum: How to prevent the Great Depression of 2009

US lacked the tools to tackle crisis

FT interview with Hank Paulson

Israel ready to maintain offensive

Peace quartet demands ceasefire

Prepare the ground for post-Castro era It is in neither Cuba nor America’s interest for Fidel’s death to be followed by economic and political turmoil in Cuba. The US must begin planning to avoid it

The return of the ‘real’ economy

Finance and production are not alternatives but complements. Successful economies need finance both

Fears for Iraqi prisoners after handover Washington must ensure that proper safeguards are in place before the US military cedes control of Iraqi prisons to Baghdad at midnight on Wednesday, according to human rights organizations

Security business scrutinises Iraq transition Executives of the private security industry, not least those based in Britain, will be watching with interest as Iraqi police and soldiers take the lead in providing security for government and business

Ukraine nears Russian gas debt deal

Kiev and Moscow appeared to be edging towards an eleventh-hour resolution of their dispute over gas debt after Ukraine said it had settled its obligations to avoid a cut-off in supplies that could disrupt deliveries to Europe

Dollar emerges from the doldrums

A better book for Obama's bedside

H15 Los Angeles Times U.S. quietly seeks Gaza compromise Washington worries a prolonged campaign in the Gaza Strip could bolster Hamas. It wants a timetable from Israel.

Israel indicates interest in Gaza truce proposal The French plan would set a 48-hour cease-fire. Meanwhile, attacks against Hamas targets continue

Samuel Huntington's true vision

Jonah Goldberg Samuel P. Huntington, who died this week, foresaw that cultural and religious...

Editorial Israel's options in Gaza

The longer Israel attacks Gaza, the more disproportionate its justifiable...

Talk, not torture, gets the information Fear, domination and control are not effective methods of making our enemies...

Israel, Hamas and the Seduction of Blind Force BY: Gershom Gorenberg For angry people, force is seductive. It would have taken only a few moments of thought to predict that no Israeli politician would want to show weakness, to lift the siege because of rockets hitting Israeli towns -- especially a few weeks before an election.

The already-strained Hamas-Egypt relationship sours Ties may be irreparably damaged by perceptions that Cairo supports Israel. It is no longer clear whether Egypt can continue as a mediator Palestinian affairs

Russian leader signs law extending presidential terms The move by President Dmitry Medvedev amends the nation's constitution for the first time in the charter's history and sparks speculation that Vladimir Putin will soon return to the presidency.

H16 American Politics

Twelve Steps for the GOP

By Stephen Moore Advice from voters for a Republican recovery.

Republicans vs. Bush

Obama rejects Senate replacement

Barack Obama says Democratic senators should reject the man the scandal-hit Illinois governor wants to send to the US Senate

realclearpolitics memeorandum

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet

Politico ABC’s The Note MSNBC FirstReadTime ThePage Politico Playbook

PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin

The Politico:
Go out on a limb and give us your boldest political prediction for 2009

H17 Daily Telegraph

H18 Independent Pressure grows on Israel for ceasefire

Europe and US unite to offer hope in Gaza as Israel hints at 48-hour truce with Hamas

Israelis mourn rocket victim – and unite against Hamas

Robert Fisk: The self delusion that plagues both sides in this bloody conflict

2008 in ideas Original thinking that illuminated a gloomy world

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

Public Affairs and Information Operations

Close Air Support and Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan (Full PDF Article)

H20 Slate

H21

How to Fix Your Life in 2009 Frugality is, once again, a virtue. To help you settle into this strange new world, WSJ reporters have dug deep into their beats to offer advice that will help you make your dollars work harder.

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İslamcı Dalga Üzerine 5 Aralık 2011
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İran ile İlgili Son Amerikan İddiaları ve Türkiye 16 Ekim 2011
Ankara Suriye’de “Rejim Değişikliği” Politikasına Geçerken 28 Eylül 2011
Türk Dış Politika Gündemine Dair 7 Kısa Not 6 Eylül 2011
“Zafer İlan Et ve Kaç:” ABD ve Afganistan’dan “Sorumluca” Çekilmenin Mantığı 23 Haziran 2011
Orta Doğu'da Durum Raporu 25 Mayıs 2011
Bin Ladin’in Öldürülmesi Üzerine Notlar 25 Mayıs 2011
Bin Ladin’in Öldürülmesi Üzerine 15 Kısa Not 3 Mayıs 2011
ABD ve Karadeniz Nisan 2011

Türkiye Beşar’a Ne Demeli? Suriye'de “52 Cuma” Reformsuz Geçmez 20 Nisan 2011
Amerika-Sonrası Dünyanın Provası Olarak Libya Krizi ve Türkiye 22 Mart 2011
“Demokratikleştiremediklerimizden misiniz?”: Orta Doğu’daki Değişim Dalgasının Neden, Şekil ve Olası Sonuçları 10 Şubat 2011
Analiz Üzerine Notlar 14 Ocak 2011
Wikileaks Üzerine Notlar ve Yorumlar 23 Aralık 2010
Enerji ve Güvenliği Üzerine Notlar 29 Kasım 2010
Amerikan Travması ve Kongre Seçimleri 23 Kasım 2010
Füze Savunması Üzerine 20 Soru ve 5 Seçenek 20 Ekim 2010
Obama Ekibinde Yaprak Dökümü - Beyaz Saray’dan Kaçış mı? 12 Ekim 2010
"Kürt Devleti" Üzerine Notlar ve Çeşitlemeler 23 Eylül 2010
Mullen’ın Ankara Ziyareti 7 Eylül 2010
ABD’nin Afganistan’daki Seçenekleri 24 Ağustos 2010
Financial Times Haberinin Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Üzerine Düşündürttükleri 18 Ağustos 2010
İsrail-ABD-İran-Türkiye Dörtgeni 26 Temmuz 2010
Bay Netanyahu Washington’a Gitti: Böyle mi Olacaktı, Obama? 16 Temmuz 2010
Stratejik Dehlizlerde Derinlik Sarhoşluğu: Bir AKP Dış Politikası Eleştirisi Temmuz 2010
Rus Casusluk Olayı: "John Le Carre mi, Austin Powers mı?" 5 Temmuz 2010
“Mahalleye Hoş Geldin”:Türkiye’nin Orta Doğu’da İlk Günü 02 Haziran 2010
Nükleer Takas: “Savaşı Bitiren Anlaşma” mı, “Acem Oyunu” mu? 20 Mayıs 2010
ABD Irak’tan Çekilirken Riskler ve Hesaplar 1 Mayıs 2010
ABD-İsrail İlişkilerinde “Normalleşme” Sancıları 22 Nisan 2010
Obama’nın Nükleer Cazibe Taarruzu: Bardağın Üçte Biri Dolu 9 Nisan 2010
ABD-İsrail İlişkilerinde “Tektonik Kayma” mı? 5 Nisan 2010
Irak Seçimleri: Sonun Başlangıcı, Başlangıcın Sonu 19 Mart 2010
Ermeni Karar Tasarısı Üzerine Notlar, Yorumlar ve Öneriler 8 Mart 2010
Ermeni Karar Tasarısı Üzerine Notlar, Yorumlar ve Öneriler 8 Mart 2010 (word)
Bütçe Açığı ve Amerikan Gerilemesinin Ekonomi Politiği 19 Şubat 2010
Cemaat-skeptic 6 Ocak 2010
AKP bir seçim daha kazanırsa burası FC olur 4 Ocak 2010
ABD bu işin neresinde? 29 Aralık 2009
Türkiye-Ermenistan Protokolü Üzerine Düşünceler 3 Eylül 2009
"Obama’nın Savaşı":AfPak Üzerine Notlar 20 Nisan 2009
Obama’nın Ardından 17 Nisan 2009
Obama’nın Türkiye Gezisi ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri 19 Mart 2009
ABD ve Orta Doğu Barış Süreci Mart 2009
Obama’nın “Kırkı Çıkarken” Mart 2009

ABD-PKK “İlişkisi” Üzerine Notlar Şubat 2009
Mahşerin Üç Atlısı: Ross, Holbrooke ve Mitchell 5 Şubat 2009
SOFA ABD için Irak’ta “Sonun Başlangıcı” mı? Ocak 2009
Obama Döneminde ABD ve Asya 15 Ocak 2009
Obama’nın Güvenlik Kabinesi Üzerine Notlar 4 Aralık 2008
Yeni ABD Başkanı Obama ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri 6 Kasım 2008
ABD Başkanlık Seçimlerinin Türk-Amerikan İlişkilerine Muhtemel Etkileri 30 Ekim 2008
ABD Başkanlık Seçimleri Ekim 2008
Obama’nın Biden’ı Tercihinin Bir Tahlili 26 Ağustos 2008
Amerikan Sağı Üzerine Notlar Ağustos 2008
Gürcistan Krizi, ABD ve Türkiye 11 Ağustos 2008
Obama'nın Dış Gezisi 29 Temmuz 2008
Başkan Bush’un Avrupa Gezisi ve Transatlantik İlişkileri 18 Haziran 2008
ABD Seçimleri (ppt) - 10 Haziran 2008
"Sessiz Tsunami": Global Gıda Krizi (ppt) - 29 Nisan 2008
Amiral Fallon'un İstifası 13 Mart 2008
ABD ve PKK İlişkisi Üzerine Notlar 22 Kasım 2007
“İçeride Liberal, Dışarıda Şahin”: K. Irak’a Harekat Üzerine Notlar 25 Ekimy 2007
K.Irak'a Ekonomik Müeyyideler Üzerine Sorular 25 Ekimy 2007
Irak "Hamle"sinin Muhasebesi Eylül 2007
Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri - Yeni Dönemin Gündemi Eylül 2007
ABD, K. Irak ve Türkiye Üzerine Notlar ve Sorular Haziran 2007
ABD ve Orta Doğu: "Müflis mirasyedi" mi "stratejik deha" mı? Mayıs 2007
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ABD'nin Irak'taki Seçenekleri Ocak 2007
'Topal Ördek'le İki Yıl Daha: 2006 Kongre Seçimleri Aralık 2006
U.S.: Empire, Gulliver or the “First Among Unequals” (ppt) - ASAM 2023 Conference - October 2006
Türk-Amerikan İlişkilerinde “İkinci Bahar” mı, “Sonun Başlangıcı” mı? Stratejik Analiz - Haziran 2006 -
Irak’ta Direnişin ve İşgalin Gölgesinde Demokrasi Deneyi Avrasya Dosyası - İslam ve Demokrasi Özel Sayısı
Gurur ve Önyargı: ABD İran Gerginliği ve Türkiye Stratejik Analiz Nisan 2006 - (pdf)
Arzın Merkezine Seyahat: ABD Ulusal Güvenlik Konseyi - Journey to the Center of the World: U.S. National Security Council Avrasya Dosyası 2005
Dört Tarz-ı Siyaset: Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri ve Başbakan Erdoğan’ın Washington Ziyareti Temmuz 2005
11 Eylül’den Sonra Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri: Eski Dostlar mı Eskimeyen Dostlar mı? Avrasya Dosyası - 2005
“Dört Yıl Daha”: Yeni Bush Yönetimi ve Dünya Aralık 2004
2004’ten 2005’e Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Aralık 2004
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Askerî Alanda Devrim: Askerî Bir Senfoni Ocak 2004
Çirkin Amerikalı’ ile ‘Güven Bunalımı’: ‘Süleymaniye Krizi ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Temmuz 2003 - ( pdf )
The Middle East: A Land of Opportunity and Peril for Turkey - May 2003
Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Üzerine Notlar: Ataerkil Yapıdan Tüccar Mantığına mı? Mayıs 2003
Türkiye, ABD ve Irak Harekâtı: Hayır Diyebilen Türkiye? - Şubat 2003
Değişim, ‘Sense of Proportion’ ve Tarihin Yararları ile Sınırları Üzerine Nisan 2003
ABD Güvenlik Politikalarında Güç Kullanımı ve Caydırıcılık Ağustos 2002
“Yalnız Kovboy” ya da “Eşit Olmayanlar Arasında Birinci”: ABD Dış Politikasında Tektaraflılık-Çoktaraflılık Tartışmaları Mart 2002
İyi, Kötü ve Çirkin: ABD'nin Orta Doğu Politikaları Ocak 2002
Unilateralism corrupts, absolute unilateralism corrupts absolutely Turkish News, May 21, 2002
ABD ve Afganistan: Çıkış Var mı? Kasım 2001
Realism and Change
Crime and Punishment - Deterrence and its Failure in Theory and Practice 2001
“Tüketebileceğimizden Daha Fazla Değişim” ya da Eskimeyen Dünya Düzeni Ekim 2001
“ABD-AB İlişkilerinde Metal Yorgunluğu” Haziran 2001
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