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H1 Newsweek Wanted: A New Grand Strategy Fareed Zakaria The next U.S. president faces a unique opportunity to put in place an architecture of peace for the 21st century.
Washington Post When Security Trumps Sovereignty What Pakistan Won't Do, the World Should By Robert Kagan, Pakistan and other states that harbor terrorists shouldn't take their sovereignty for granted
Economic Signs Point to Longer, Deeper Recession Decline Began a Year Ago, Experts Declare; Wall Street Reacts With Huge Sell-Off
Editorial Team of Centrists Barack Obama's national security appointees have plenty in common.
Ignatius: An All-Star Roster
Planet War: Pakistan Cracking Under Pressure?
New York Times DAVID BROOKS Continuity We Can Believe In Barack Obama and his team should put into action a foreign policy doctrine that builds on some of the ideas developed during George W. Bush’s term
Editorial Mr. Obama’s Team President-elect Barack Obama will need a strong team to help him with the challenges he will face. The choices announced on Monday are a strong start
Recession Began Last December, Economists Say The U.S. economy officially sank into a recession last December, which means that the downturn is already longer than the average for all recessions since World War II.CNBC Video: Bernanke Defends ‘Rapid’ Measures — Part 1 | Part 2
Afghan Strategy Poses Stiff Challenge for ObamaBy MICHAEL R. GORDON Experts caution that a troop increase in Afghanistan is unlikely to lead to the sort of turnaround seen in Iraq.
Germany Aims to Protect Its Interests by Guiding the West’s Ties to Russia
Kurds Defend Policies in Sharp Rebuke to Iraqi Government
ABCNEWS: U.S. Warned India in October of Potential Terror Attack — NSA Now Tracking Captured Phones, U.S. Connections — U.S. intelligence agencies warned their Indian counterparts in mid-October of a potential attack “from the sea against hotels and business centers in Mumbai,” a U.S. intelligence official tells ABCNews.com.
Statement by the President on Agreements with Iraq
+ Agreement Between the U.S. and the Republic of Iraq on the Withdrawal of U.S. Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq (PDF; 6.6 MB)
NYRB What to Do By Paul Krugman What the world needs right now is a rescue operation. The global credit system is in a state of paralysis, and a global slump is building momentum as I write this. Reform of the weaknesses that made this crisis possible is essential, but it can wait a little while. First, we need to deal with the clear and present danger. To do this, policymakers around the world need to do two things: get credit flowing again and prop up spending.
McClatchy Search for Mumbai gunman's roots only deepens mystery For the past three days Pakistani intelligence agents and police have been combing the sleepy village of Faridkot in search of clues to the identity of the lone gunman captured in the Mumbai terror attacks. But residents on Monday said they're bewildered and alarmed. There's no one with the gunman's supposed surname in the village, and no missing resident who fits the pictures shown on Indian TV
The Times Yushchenko looks to Moscow as Nato cools Ukraine moves to soothe relations with Russia as it appeals to the alliance not to delay the offer of a membership plan
Geopolitical Diary: The Challenges Awaiting Obama's Foreign Affairs Team
| H2 Murat Yetkin Obama’nın dış politika-güvenlik ekibi ve Türkiye
Washington Post PostGlobal Turkey's Powerplay: Bridging The West and the Middle East Ibrahim Kalin
Kürt liderler bağımsız devletin rüya olduğunu görmeli
AB'nin hazırladığı Kürt raporunda çarpıcı tespitler
Analysis: The danger of 'losing Turkey' (UPI) -- Is it possible to lose something you haven't yet found? That is a question being asked by two scholars from the Brookings Institution in Washington, and what would happen in the event that Turkey got tired of waiting to be accepted as a full partner by the West.
Turkish planes bomb PKK in N.Iraq - border guards
NYT Kurds Defend Policies in Sharp Rebuke to Iraqi Government
Teknolojik saldırılar MGK'nın gündeminde
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
Kürt liderler bağımsız devletin rüya olduğunu görmeli
NYT Kurds Defend Policies in Sharp Rebuke to Iraqi Government
İhsan Dağı Kürt sorununu İslam kardeşliği çözer mi?
Kürt meselesi: Talepleri soymak, altına bakmak
Cevdet Aşkın Şahin 'İnşaat devletin kararı' dedi, Öcalan çözüm önerisini açıkladı
Ergenekon bağlantısı PKK'yı bitirir, devlet göreve
Kurdish Party Hits Out at Former Leader
KRG hits back at Maliki The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq responded to criticism from the prime minister, saying the law of the land covers all of Iraq.
14 PKK’lı etkisiz hale getirildi
Bu kadarı insafa sığmaz!
BlackBerry teröristi, kutsal ittifak ve tuhaf bağlantılar!
Sami Kohen Teröristlerin hesabını bozmanın yolu...
Ali Bulaç Why ‘Islamic terror’?
[Yorum - Bejan Matur] Diyarbakır'ın son Ermeni'si
Four new refineries in Iraq will be built to meet local demand
Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık
İngiltere Başbakanı Brown Erdoğan'a övgüler yağdırdı
Cem Özdemir: 'Eşit Toplum Hedefliyoruz'
ABD'deki Ermeniler bir şeyi unuttu Ermeni kuruluşun Hillary sevinci
Caucasus platform to have first meeting in Helsinki
Rum basınından en cesur itiraflar
Yiğit Bulut Avrupa Türkiye’yi tehdit ediyor
Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop
Kitap dünyasında Google devrimi
| H3 Türkiye’nin solu yok ama iki tane sağ tarafı var!
4 yıldır cezaevinde olan Sedat Peker baba oluyor
AK Parti'ye kargo ile gelen bomba, x-ray cihazında patladı
Bir faili meçhulün izi daha Ergenekon’da çıktı
AKP binasında patlama: 10 YARALI
Emniyet’ten Tuncay Güney’in videosu istendi
Durak'a 10 gün önce 'Aday olma' dendi
Ergenekon sanığından ilginç savunma: Çantamdaki patlayıcı depremden kaldı
Enkazda buldum
Eymür, MİT'in paralarını borsada kumarda batırdı
Yahudi, Ermeni öğrenciye YÖK izni
Intellectuals call on Erdoğan to return to his reformist line
AKP’de aday adayı saptama günü
Hrant Dink davasında 6 muvazzaf askere hazırlık soruşturması başlatıldı 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 AK Parti'ye bombalı saldırı
Ahmet Taşgetiren PKK Ergenekon'la bağlantılı ise...
Taha Akyol
Sedat Ergin Tuncay Güney ve Zaman gazetesi
Fikret Bila Baykal: Tek parti zihniyetine mi dönelim?
Hasan Cemal Liderle çevresindeki evet efendimciler...
Murat Yetkin Obama’nın dış politika-güvenlik ekibi ve Türkiye
İsmet Berkan Kötümser olmayalım ama...
Taha Kıvanç Bir kafası karışığın sayıklamaları
Şamil Tayyar
Ali Bayramoğlu Türkiye'nin asli soruları ve sorunu
Yasemin Çongar Savcılar Eymür’ün ve Güney’in ifadesine başvurmalı
Ertuğrul Özkök Kim bu fotoğraftakiler
Ahmet Hakan Vazgeçin yardım toplamaktan
M Ali Birand Ekonomi, Babacan’ı göreve çağırıyor…
Cüneyt Ülsever Ekonomik krizin nedenleri
Enis Berberoğlu Bir yıl önce gelirler miydi?
Serdar Turgut
Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu What dictates change of mentality within TSK?
Şahin Alpay CHP 'piyasa partisi' mi oldu?
Nuh Gönültaş Tuncay Güney'in sıra dışı portresi
Mustafa Karaalioğlu Ergenekon davası nasıl başarısız olur?
‘Altı milyon yeni seçmen’le ilgili sorular ne olacak?
Genelkurmay ve olmayan ‘JİTEM’
‘İttihatçılık’ ve yeni siyaset söylemi
Oktay Ekşi Maksat demokratlık mı?
Oray Eğin
Özdemir İnce ’İdeolojik bir kategori olarak tolerans’
Yalçın Doğan Hamdolsun 41 bin işyeri kapandı
Mehmet Y Yılmaz İşe yaramayan 50 otobüs
MUHARREM SARIKAYA Partiye bağlılık frekansı...
EMRE AKÖZ Ergenekon'un başı bir sivil olabilir mi?
Mustafa Mutlu Cumhurbaşkanı Gül Tuncay Güney’i aradı mı?
Bilal Çetin Kriz hangi noktaya ulaştı?
NAZLI ILICAK Faili meçhuller gene gündemde
YAVUZ DONAT Kimyanın bozulduğu an
Mümtazer Türköne Alevî zirvesi ve mecburî din dersi
Eser Karakaş Eroin fikr-i takibi Berat Özipek Çözüm Atılgan Bayar
Ekonomi
Seyfettin Gürsel Kapitalizmin yanıtsız soruları
Asaf Savaş Akat “Ekonomik paket” üzerine
Erdal Sağlam Merkez Bankası tek başına krizi engelleyemez
Yaman Törüner Krizle ilgili yeni durumlar
Deniz Gökçe
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Asia Times SOFA not sitting well in Iraq
Tehran Welcomes U.S. Talks By: Jay Solomon | The Wall Street Journal Iran's top diplomat for nuclear issues said his government would welcome a broad dialogue with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's administration, but offered few signs that Tehran is willing to slow its expanding nuclear program.
Ha’aretz – Obama mulls ex-ambassador to Israel, Daniel Kurtzer, as special Mideast envoy An observant, Hebrew-speaking Jew, Kurtzer was on the Clinton administration's peace team
What Israel hasn't tried Israel needs no further proof of the failure of the military option. And the Palestinians, who see themselves as the eternal victim of the occupation, must awaken from their aspirations for a solution, aspirations that are beyond their capabilities
Jerusalem Post Analysis: J'lem mostly pleased with Obama choices
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H4 New York Times DAVID BROOKS Continuity We Can Believe In Barack Obama and his team should put into action a foreign policy doctrine that builds on some of the ideas developed during George W. Bush’s term
Editorial Mr. Obama’s Team President-elect Barack Obama will need a strong team to help him with the challenges he will face. The choices announced on Monday are a strong start
Recession Began Last December, Economists Say The U.S. economy officially sank into a recession last December, which means that the downturn is already longer than the average for all recessions since World War II.CNBC Video: Bernanke Defends ‘Rapid’ Measures — Part 1 | Part 2
Afghan Strategy Poses Stiff Challenge for ObamaBy MICHAEL R. GORDON Experts caution that a troop increase in Afghanistan is unlikely to lead to the sort of turnaround seen in Iraq.
Germany Aims to Protect Its Interests by Guiding the West’s Ties to Russia
Kurds Defend Policies in Sharp Rebuke to Iraqi Government
Fresh Blood From an Old WoundBy PANKAJ MISHRA Barack Obama has the opportunity to create deeper and more enduring alliances for the United States in South Asia — and he should start with Kashmi
Bush Calls Flawed Iraq Intelligence Biggest Regret
BOB HERBERT A Team of Whizzes Will this new Obama team, as brilliant as it appears to be, begin addressing on day one the interests of those who are not rich and who have not had the ear of those in power?
In Wake of Attacks, India-Pakistan Tensions Grow Indian officials said that Pakistanis were responsible and must be punished for last week’s terrorist attacks.
| H5 Washington Post When Security Trumps Sovereignty What Pakistan Won't Do, the World Should By Robert Kagan, Pakistan and other states that harbor terrorists shouldn't take their sovereignty for granted
Economic Signs Point to Longer, Deeper Recession Decline Began a Year Ago, Experts Declare; Wall Street Reacts With Huge Sell-Off
Editorial Team of Centrists Barack Obama's national security appointees have plenty in common.
Ignatius: An All-Star Roster
Planet War: Pakistan Cracking Under Pressure?
Obama Names National Security Team
The Return of Debate? By Dan Froomkin
Success of Clinton Choice Hinges on Rapport Her success as secretary of state may depend as much on Obama's willingness to admit her to his inner circle as her mastery of the job, officials say.
By Eugene Robinson, Page A21 Obama's foreign policy brain trust needs a coherent intellectual framework -- and a winning battle plan.
Reflecting on His Tenure, Bush Shows New Candor
Gates's Top Deputies Not Expected to Be Part of New Administration Major Shifts at Pentagon Anticipated in Obama Administration
Nomination of Rice for U.N. Post Indicates a Shift Toward Multilateralism
Editorial Pakistan's Task Peace in South Asia requires a crackdown on terrorists.
U.S., India Pressure Pakistan to Cooperate in Mumbai Probe
Report Sounds Alarm on Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction The odds that terrorists will soon strike a major city with weapons of mass destruction are now better than even, a bipartisan congressionally mandated task force concludes in a draft study that warns of growing threats from rogue states, nuclear smuggling networks and the spread of atomic know-how...
Meet Obama's New Hero: Hillary Clinton
A Pragmatic Pair Chosen to Confront Terrorism Threat
A National Security Team That Looks Like the Nation
By Anne Applebaum, Page A21 A Russian visit to Venezuela isn't a Cuban missile crisis, even if it is supposed to remind us of one.
With Decrease in Violence in Baghdad, Iraqi Women Slowly Go Back to Driving Cars
By E. J. Dionne Jr., The burden is on the CEOs to explain how this bailout could be a good deal.
Bombings in Baghdad and Mosul Kill at Least 27; U.S. Patrol Among Those Targeted U.S. Military Patrol In Mosul Among Those Targeted
Flight to U.S. Treasury Bonds Is Bad News for the Economy If Americans had mattresses big and secure enough to stuff hundreds of billions of dollars into, they wouldn't have to buy U.S. Treasury bonds to keep their money safe.
| H6 Guardian Obama and Clinton bury the enmity President's top representative abroad will be woman with whom he clashed bitterly for months
Clinton joins cabinet of rivals - but I'll be setting policy, insists Obama
Bush expresses doubts about rationale for Iraq war
Iraq war my biggest regret, Bush admits
Israel blocks aid ship bound for Gaza Vessel carrying 3,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid was intended to challenge economic blockade
Nato allies divided over Ukraine and Georgia At least six members oppose US push for new formula that would put countries on slow path to membership
Israel blocks aid ship bound for Gaza Vessel carrying 3,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid was intended to challenge economic blockade
Rice urges Pakistan to cooperate fully Global pressure on Islamabad mounts as India exposes potential Pakistan link to terror attacks
Tomasky talk: Hillary is a risky choice Michael Tomasky: Hillary Clinton is the big risk of Obama's upcoming presidency
Barack Obama's kettle of hawks Jeremy Scahill: The absence of a solid anti-war voice on Obama's national security team means that US foreign policy isn't going to change
Sense and credibility Ian Williams: In appointing both Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice, Obama has established a wary tension over US foreign policy goals
No way, José Martin Kettle: José Manuel Barroso is deluded if he thinks Gordon Brown is about to reopen the debate on the UK joining the euro
My Hillary flip-flop Michael Tomasky: I had grave doubts about Clinton as Obama's secretary of state. But today I was persuaded that it might just work |
H7 SOFA not sitting well in Iraq
Tehran Welcomes U.S. Talks By: Jay Solomon | The Wall Street Journal Iran's top diplomat for nuclear issues said his government would welcome a broad dialogue with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's administration, but offered few signs that Tehran is willing to slow its expanding nuclear program.
Daily Star When Arab republics turn into monarchies
Syria and Libya: frozen in the past, fearing the present
Here's why Obama brought Hillary Clinton back
Iran Could Blow Up in Obama's Face - Gregor Peter Schmitz, Der Spiegel
Statement by the President on Agreements with Iraq
+ Agreement Between the U.S. and the Republic of Iraq on the Withdrawal of U.S. Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq (PDF; 6.6 MB)
Strong opinions in tough times Obama's national-security picks show he understands the value of robust debate. Fancy that. (Boston Globe)
It's Obama that's changing
The List: The World?s Largest Untapped Oil Fields
| H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq
Dozens killed in Iraqi bombings At least 32 people have died in bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul, officials say.
Dozens killed, scores wounded in spate of Iraq attacks As many as 38 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded Monday in multiple attacks across Iraq, including one in which a man detonated a suicide vest near a convoy of coalition vehicles in Mosul, killing up to 16
Iraq Civilian Death Toll Up, U.S. Deaths Down
| H9 Ha’aretz – Obama mulls ex-ambassador to Israel, Daniel Kurtzer, as special Mideast envoy An observant, Hebrew-speaking Jew, Kurtzer was on the Clinton administration's peace team
What Israel hasn't tried Israel needs no further proof of the failure of the military option. And the Palestinians, who see themselves as the eternal victim of the occupation, must awaken from their aspirations for a solution, aspirations that are beyond their capabilities
Jerusalem Post Analysis: J'lem mostly pleased with Obama choices
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H10 Christian Science Monitor America's diminishing role in Iraq Many Iraqis say passage of the US-Iraqi security pact ushers in a new era in which US military power will be replaced by Iraqi political power.
Financial crisis may worsen food crunch it eclipsed Although commodity prices for a wide range of crops have fallen by as much as 50 percent from record highs in June, the financial crisis is expected to make food shortages dramatically worse.
Obama's national security balancing act With Clinton, Gates, and Jones, he can weigh opposing views better than Bush did.
Pakistan pressed on India attacks Condoleezza Rice calls for Pakistan's 'cooperation.' She will visit India Wednesday.
Strange storm brews in South Asia Washington is trying to cool tempers and avoid an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation between India and Pakistan in the wake of last week's terror attack in Mumbai - even as both the nuclear-armed adversaries race to get the United States on their respective good side. China, Israel and others are watching the emergence of a new South Asian power equation from the wings, but the US is a full-fledged participant, thanks to the war in Afghanistan, which is critically poised. - M K Bhadrakuma
WPR Feature: The Asian Triangle By: M.K. Bhadrakumar, Jong-ding Yuan and Arif Rafiq | World Politics Review Lurking in the shadows of the India-Pakistan rivalry is China, with its complex relations with the former and more steady patronage of the latter. The delicate balance of power that these three nuclear powers maintain will ultimately need to be taken into consideration for any lasting approach to stabilizing the broader region.
CHAN AKYA The hottest place in the world The Mumbai terror attacks present the next-level gambit of an extremist takeover of Pakistan as the government’s ability to act becomes increasingly restricted and free agents call the shots across the security spectrum. India's callous disregard for improving its security infrastructure to protect innocent taxpayers is tragic, but not surprising given the utter inefficiency of the current government
Stratfor Strategic Motivations for the Mumbai Attack
Pakistan: Assessing Military Options Pakistan's military is about to face demands from both New Delhi and Washington -- but it will not be able to satisfy either.
China Fears a Reverse Migration China's roaring industrial economy has been abruptly quieted by the effects of the global financial crisis. A wave of reverse migration to rural areas has the potential to shake the stability of the world's most populous nation.
Al-Qaeda 'hijack' led to Mumbai attack
From The Atlantic, Robert D. Kaplan on the Hindu-Muslim tensions festering within India. Can terrorism halt India's global rise?
The unhealed wound of Kashmir In the aftermath of the attacks on Mumbai, and India points the finger toward Pakistan, it's becoming clear that the unhealed wound of Kashmir is spreading its gangrenous grievance yet again. (By H.D.S. Greenway, Boston Globe)
Lesoons for India After Three Days of Terror By: Ramesh Thakur | The Japan Times
Chinese Officials 'Go Naked' Before Fleeing By: Melinda Liu | Newsweek
China's Manufacturing Downturn Gathers Pace Reuters
Was Indo-Pak Peace the Real Target? - Peter Brookes, New York Post
Obama's Collision Course with China - Benjamin Shobert, Asia Times | H11 IHT Germany aims to protect its interests by guiding the West's ties to Russia As the United States aims to counter Russia's newfound military assertiveness, Germany favors steps to develop Russia economically and ensure its political stability.
Tomorrow's Europe: Not necessarily influentialA report talks of an EU with citizens skeptical of deeper integration, distracted by internal bickering and competing national agendas and possibly, over the next two decades, "less able to translate its economic clout into global influence."
Angela Merkel wins re-election as head of Germany's Christian Democrats But her differences with top party officials over changing the tax system, in particular, loomed as one of her biggest challenges.
Calming the furies aroused in Mumbai The new fear is that the terrorist attacks in Mumbai could unleash dangerous new furies between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan
U.S. Entertainment Increases Worldwide Appeal, Even if U.S. Image Doesn't By: Tim Arango In the past eight years, American pop culture, already popular, has boomed around the globe, though opinions of the United States itself have soured
EUROPE European press review
Eurostat regional yearbook 2008
German Complacency Poses a Serious Threat By: Wolfgang Münchau | Financial Times
Long road Nato is not ready to take in Ukraine and post-war Georgia
Nato to discuss ties with Russia Nato ministers prepare to discuss resuming talks with Russia, which were frozen after Moscow's war with Georgia in August.
| H12 RFE/RL
LITTLE HOPE IN MOSCOW FOR A BREAKTHROUGH IN RELATIONS WITH US Eurasia Daily Monito
Google News Azerbaijan
“Profile of Prominent Russian Security Services Commentator Andrey Soldatov,” Open Source Center Media Aid, November 25, 2008.
Five Ways to Manage Russia's Crisis - Boris Titov, Moscow Times
Yushchenko looks to Moscow as Nato cools Ukraine moves to soothe relations with Russia as it appeals to the alliance not to delay the offer of a membership plan
With eye on the U.S., Russia resists Venezuela's wooing
Russia-Venezuela exercises begin The Venezuelan and Russian navies begin joint exercises in the Caribbean Sea, close to US territorial waters.
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H13 The Times Team of rivals to keep Obama's promise of change President-elect dismisses doubts over team that includes Hillary Clinton and a Republican Defence Secretary. Watch video
Re-educating Hillary The next US Secretary of State's first job is to learn how Obama thinks
Yushchenko looks to Moscow as Nato cools Ukraine moves to soothe relations with Russia as it appeals to the alliance not to delay the offer of a membership plan
A change of tone if not policy Obama picks big names whose known positions appear closer to those of the Bush Administration than many Obama followers hoped
President Bush regrets false Iraq intelligence With less than two months left in office Mr Bush is spending much of his time contemplating his place in history
Appointment to UN signals way forward Susan Rice named as Ambassador to the United Nations, the first envoy since the Clinton era to be elavated to cabinet status
Security agencies search for scapegoats Indian government seeks to placate an outraged public amid claims that hotels and coastguards were warned about attacks
Obama expects conflict within new security team President-elect confirms Hillary Clinton as choice for Secretary of State - but says he expects there to be dissenting voices in team
Mumbai attacks - five terrorists 'missing' Fishing boat used by gunmen had equipment for 15 men on board, suggesting five would-be terrorists could still be at large
Travels With Hillary
Bret Stephens: Media Narratives Feed Terrorist Fantasies
Mikheil Saakashvili: Georgia Acted in Self-Defense
Mumbai and Obama Lessons in security and diplomacy.Plus Ça Change By James Taranto Did Obama sell the Democratic left a bill of goods?Fed Signals More Action The U.S. recession began last December, the National Bureau of Economic Research said. Bernanke cited actions the Fed is considering. (Remarks)
Dow Plunges 680 Points as Recession Is Declared
| H14 Financial Times New US administration tilts towards hawks Clinton nominated secretary of state and Gates staying as Pentagon chief Gideon Rachman’s blog Obama and the price of loyalty
Data signal deep global downturn US declared in recession since end-2007 - Evidence of a global slide to a deep recession mounted with severe strain reported by manufacturing companies around the world, large falls in car sales across Europe and bad construction figures in the US
Lessons from the Mumbai tragedy Full of rich foreigners and the local elite, smart hotels are prestige targets for terrorists. The only long-term solution, says Gideon Rachman, is to strengthen the civilian politicians who realise that Pakistan’s past support for jihadist movements has backfired
Obama gambles on Hillary Clinton The question is whether Hillary Clinton can subordinate not just her opinions but her political ambitions to making the Obama administration a success
Jim Jones appointed national security adviser A French-speaking Vietnam veteran and former head of the Marine Corps, Gen Jones will join a small coterie of military officers who have been national security adviser, including Brent Scowcroft under Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, and Colin Powell under Ronald Reagan
Clinton nomination wins politicians’ praise In the days since Mrs Clinton’s appointment was first suggested, praise for the decision has been near universal among the US political class
EU rethink on pollution permits European industry appears to have won concessions on free pollution allowances after persuading policymakers that proposed legislation would threaten jobs
Split widens over Europe recovery plan Differences are widening over a European Commission €200bn economic recovery plan, with France and the UK eager to see a big, co-ordinated stimulus package but Germany more critical of such measures
Merkel hints at boost to German stimulus Chancellor will ‘keep all options open’ as country enters recession
US urges Pakistan to assist Mumbai probe Rice calls for ‘total co-operation’
India under fire The attacks have exposed an urgent need for security improvements and show the threat is not just home-grown
F-35's first battle will be over sales
French ambassador calls for more European defence spending
Sunset carmakers should look to a new dawn Jeremy Rifkin urges a post-carbon revolution
Strong medicine If EU policymakers want to stimulate innovative new drugs, they must promote public investment in medical research, improving the climate for clinical trials
| H15 Los Angeles Times 679-point rout ends Wall St.'s five-day rally The Dow's fall erases most of last week's big gains, and all the major indexes fall more than 7%.
• It's official: U.S. economy is in recession
Editorial |
Bush's Exit Interview
Politico ABC’s The Note – MSNBC FirstRead – Time ThePage Politico Playbook PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin
an article on the past and future of the debate between libertarians and conservatives.
| H17 Daily Telegraph More British troops could be sent to Afghanistan More British troops will be sent to Afghanistan next year, the head of the Armed Forces has signalled.
West tries to prevent Pakistan-India breakdown Relations worsen between Asia's two nuclear powers after India accuses Pakistan of allowing terrorists to mount Mumbai attacks
RAF spy plane will aid war on Taliban Secret spy plane that can detect the enemy on the ground from seven miles up in the sky has begun operations in Afghanistan
Obama's team will repair US image America needs all the friends it can get, a fact the new Obama national security team appear to grasp, says Con Coughlin.
For José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, "the people who matter in Britain" think we should join the euro. Could he be referring to Mandelson?
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H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism
U.S. Warned India in October of Potential Terror Attack — NSA Now Tracking Captured Phones, U.S. Connections — U.S. intelligence agencies warned their Indian counterparts in mid-October of a potential attack “from the sea against hotels and business centers in Mumbai,” a U.S. intelligence official tells ABCNews.com.
Analysts Say It Will Be Difficult to Shield Luxury Hotels From Terrorist Attacks
RAF spy plane will aid war on TalibanSecret spy plane that can detect the enemy on the ground from seven miles up in the sky has begun operations in Afghanistan
F-35's first battle will be over sales
Five Lessons from Mumbai - Tunku Varadarajan, Forbes
Zawahiri's Last Gasp By: Interview: Gilles Kepel | Foreign Policy
Obama’s National Security Adviser Pick Known for Bluntness
A Review of the Department of Defense’s National Security Personnel System (PDF; 131 KB)
“Profile of Prominent Russian Security Services Commentator Andrey Soldatov,” Open Source Center Media Aid, November 25, 2008.
“Security Clearance Reform — Upgrading the Gateway to the National Security Community,” House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House Report 110-916, November 20, 2008.
It's Not the Cold War By: Mark Steyn | National Review
| H20 Slate
Christopher Hitchens / Slate: We must stand by our most important ally.
| H21 From Daedalus, Martha Nussbaum (Chicago): Toward a globally sensitive patriotism
SPENGLER China’s six-to-one
The Triumph of Roberto Bolaño By Sarah Kerr
E.U. Repeals Strict Rules on Form and Appearance of Fruits and Vegetables |
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