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A Middle East Strategy for the Next President Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President Brookings-Council on Foreign Relations project. A series of policy recommendations for Obama.

The Times Experts warn Obama of 'hornet's nest' in Middle East Report claims Iran poses greatest foreign policy challenge to Barack Obama with Tehran on course to produce a nuclear bomb

Charlie Rose Show - A conversation about National Security with Steve Coll, Nic Burns and Fareed Zakaria.

Financial Times Global imbalances threaten the survival of liberal trade Surplus countries must expand domestic demand relative to potential output. Only in this way can the deficit countries realistically hope to avoid spending themselves into bankruptcy, writes Martin Wolf

How to avoid the horrors of ‘stag-deflation’ Nouriel Roubini calls for aggressive action

Economists’ Forum Towards a new financial system: A decades-long transition from bank-domination to market-domination is in reversal. Market-based finance has weakened financial institutions and strained non-bank sectors

Gates ‘less concerned’ about Iraq troop removals Robert Gates, the US defence secretary who will remain as Pentagon chief in the Obama administration, said he was “less concerned” about President-elect Barack Obama’s 16-month timetable to remove combat troops from Iraq

WINEP Decoupling Syria from Iran: Constraints on U.S.-Syrian Rapprochement

IHT Russia's road rage

By MARK MEDISH Russia has indulged in a series of visceral responses to perceived slights, revealing atavism, not strength. Rage is not a strategy.

Forget State vs. Treasury By ROBERT HORMATS AND DAVID M. KENNEDY Economic policy and foreign policy are not two distinct domains. They constitute a strategic nexus whose interconnections Americans ignore at their peril.

Christian Science Monitor

Obama's team of stars: Can he manage it? Some inner-circle conflict can be of help to a president, but building a sense of teamwork will be key.

New template for terror? Mumbai attacks' sophistication shows need for new approach to defenses, experts say.

Washington Post Obama Shows the Instincts of a Large Political Figure In Obama's Cabinet, the Audacity of Moderation By Michael Gerson Obama is doing something marvelously right: He is disappointing the ideologues.

Could a Mumbai-Style Attack Happen in the U.S.? By David Ignatius, And if America is hit with a Mumbai-style attack, how should the country react?

Need cash? Cut nuclear weapons budget

A good part of the military budget is still devoted to programs designed for the Cold War, which ended 20 years ago. So why not transfer some of those billions of dollars to conventional military and domestic programs? (By Joseph Cirincione, Boston Globe)

Los Angeles Times Gates on board with Obama's Iraq plan The Defense secretary says the new U.S.-Iraq security agreement changes the conversation from debating a timeline for withdrawal to figuring out how to reduce troops responsibly.

Guardian Embracing inflation

Kenneth Rogoff: This once-in-a-lifetime economic recession requires a unique response. Inflation is needed to combat the crisis

The new West WingEditorial: Obama's main purpose seems to be putting the American political system back on an even keel

The end is in sight John Isaacs: The new US-Iraq security agreement represents the collapse of American designs for a permanent occupation

Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: The Accelerating Crisis on the Subcontinent Even as the United States urges calm after the Mumbai attacks, India likely has decided that the United States will not constrain its response to Pakistan.

Pakistan: Choosing Civil Strife Over War With India Pakistan appears to be leaning toward risking domestic strife rather than risking war with India.

New York Times Clinton’s Welcome Will Include a Plate of Global Crises

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Calling All Pakistanis Who in the Muslim world, who in Pakistan, is ready to take to the streets to protest the mass murders of real people, not cartoon characters, right next door in Mumbai, India?

After Sharp Words on C.I.A., Obama Faces a Delicate Task The president-elect must take charge of the agency in what is proving to be one of the more treacherous patches of the transition

Gates Vows Active Role in Staying On at Pentagon

U.S. Softens Stance on Russia at NATO Summit

Barack the Realist - Rich Lowry, New York Post

Can Obama Avoid Bombing Iran? - David Young, RealClearWorld

Palestinians Shift Position on Peace Accord By: Nicholas Kralev | The Washington Times Top Palestinian negotiators with Israel said Monday that they are prepared to establish a Palestinian state initially in the West Bank, which Gaza can join if the militant group Hamas gives up control of the strip.

RFE/RLRussian Political Elite Get Nervous It has long been an article of faith that if oil prices dropped significantly, Russia's ruling elite could find itself in trouble. Now that oil prices are down two-thirds since their August highs, Russia's rulers are indeed starting to feel the heat

Negotiating with Iran before its presidential election by Steven J. Rosen

Jerusalem PostFreeing Barghouti a Lesser of Two Evils - Joshua Gleis,

IDF opposes plan for NATO in W. Bank General James Jones (ret.), Obama's national security adviser pick, supports the idea.

Obama team promises 'new dawn' The key foreign policy and military picks for the Barack Obama administration who were unveiled on Monday promised to usher in a new era of strengthened United States diplomacy and multilateralism. But veteran supporters feel betrayed with the "hawkish" appointments, notably Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, saying they represent a departure from Obama's campaign stance, particularly on the questions of Israel and Iraq. - Jim Lobe

Daily Star The best course for Iran is a straight one based on its legitimate interests

Will sensible minds prevail in Washington? By Rami G. Khouri

Heritage Moving Forward with Ballistic Missile Defense: A Memo to President-elect Obama

Newsweek Peace Deal May Depend On International Presence Israelis and Palestinians seem to realize that a strong international presence will be critical to any deal.

Salon FDR's bold brain trust versus Obama's timid wonks Roosevelt came into office with a brain trust ready to enact change. Are Obama's brainiacs up to that task -- or are they too beholden to the Clintonian, neoliberal past?

Reflections on Al-Qa’ida from the Management Perspective

Reflections on Al-Qa’ida from the Management Perspective

• 'US Public Diplomacy for the 21st Century' by Kristin M. Lord, Brookings Institution

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Obama'nın Atamaları ve Türkiye

Obama'nın ulusal güvenlik ekibinin Türk - Amerikan ilişkilerine olumlu olarak yansıyacağı düşünülüyor

GMF Fellow Ian Lesser "Turkey and the Global Economic Crisis"

Soli Özel Ankara`nın ikilemi

EDM Ergenekon’s Alliance with the Eurasia Movement in Russia B Emrullah Uslu

Umur Talu Charles'tan al haberi!

CFR Turkey's Engine Shows Resilience

Turkey at an Energy Crossroads

‘Ankara should be vigilant with Obama cabinet’

IMF'yle anlaşma olmazsa Türkiye resesyona girer

The Ottoman Mystique - The Atlantic (December 2008) In Istanbul, James Fallows encounters an unexpected aesthetic power and harmony. Before going to Istanbul, I barely thought about the place. Now, a year later, it is often on my mind. That is mainly because it provides what is rarest in travel: an aesthetic and even sensual surprise."

Bir dostun ardından: Gündüz’lü yıllar YAMAN BAŞKUT

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

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

Mustafa Akyol AK Parti ve Kürt sorunu (II)

Gülay Göktürk Kürtler ne zaman isyan edecek?

AKP’den aday olan biri Kürt değildir

Ankara, Afganistan ile Pakistan liderlerini İstanbul'da buluşturuyor

Kurdish authorities stand by foreign oil contracts

Kuzey Irak'ın özerkliğinin hukuki düzeyde tanınmasından, Ankara kadar Tahran da korkuyor

Kürt kimliğini bölgesel olarak ortaya koyan bir yönetime neden sağcılık veya solculuk adına mesafe konuyor?

Kurdish may get a boost in Turkey

Cevdet Aşkın

Ahmet Turan Aklan Kerkük'ü gördüm

Kürtler arasındaki mutabakatı hep Apo bozdu

F tipi İmralı'da açık görüş!

Mehmet Kamış Türkiye'yi karıştırmak için elde sadece PKK kaldı

Ensarioğlu'na göre Ergenekon'un aydınlatılması bölgeyi rahatlatır

Ayna'dan tuhaf çıkış: DTP'ye oy vermeyen savaşa mühür basar

‘Kahrolsun PKK’ dedi linç ediliyordu

Kurds honor human-rights achievements

Iraqi Kurdistan serves as a model for tolerance and respect for diversity, regional officials said, marking the 60th anniversary of a human-rights declaration.

Federal Kürdistan bölgesi hükümetinden Maliki`nin açıklamalarına reddiye-1

AK Parti saldırısını PKK üstlendi

PKK’ya katılacak oğlunu ihbar etti

KRG says 34851 displaced Iraqi families in Kurdistan region

Kurdistan PM says oil minister shouldn’t make decisions alone

PKK’ya dikkat edin...

PKK'da yolsuzluğun arkası kesilmiyor

Ali Bulaç Neden "İslamî terör?"

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

[ANALYSIS] Lesser: Crisis may have dramatic effect on Turkey’s relations

'Mevcut anayasa ile AB yolunda sık sık kaza yaparız'

Enerjik Ermenistan ilişkisi

AB ve BAB’a, PKK ile mücadele için hassasiyet çağrısı

AP Dış İlişkiler Komisyonu'nda Türkiye raporu tartışıldı

Avrupa'dan çarpıcı tespit: Türkiye’de iç savaş yaşanıyor

Türkiye, AİHM'de 7 dava daha kaybetti

Türkiye'yi eleştirdi: Kıbrıs'ta çözüm için yeterince çaba harcamıyor

Ermeniler Clinton'dan memnun

Diaspora Hillary sarhoşu

Mensur Akgün Ukrayna hazır, peki biz hazır mıyız

AKP gözden düşüyor

Armenian Foreign Minister Visits Turkey, Reaffirms Determination for Dialogue

Mustafa Ünal Bakü-Brüksel hattı

Turkish Foreign Minister Defends Thaw with Armenia During Visit to Azerbaijan Agence France-Presse

Türkiye’ye yükümlülük hatırlatması

"Türkiye'den uygulama bekliyoruz"

Nagehan Alçı Avrupa’nın afyonu: Çok kültürlülük

Talat ve Hristofyas Yeniden Görüştü

Bakoyanni: Türkiye çaba göstermiyor

Erdoğan da ‘aynı’ çıktı

FARUK HACI MUSTAFA

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

The Ottoman Mystique - The Atlantic (December 2008) In Istanbul, James Fallows encounters an unexpected aesthetic power and harmony. Before going to Istanbul, I barely thought about the place. Now, a year later, it is often on my mind. That is mainly because it provides what is rarest in travel: an aesthetic and even sensual surprise."

Turkey: Female Worker’s Five-Month Sit-In Sheds Light on Workers’ Rights Soft-spoken Emine Arslan doesn’t look like the sort of person who likes to kick up a fuss. But her solitary 150-day sit-in outside a prominent Istanbul factory that supplies leather goods to international brands like Prada and Mulberry has attracted unprecedented domestic and international attention to labor rights issues in Turkey.

Teknoloji, 41 bin suçluyu yakalattı

In Paris, an Apartment Inspired by India and Turkey

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'Ergenekon'un 1 numarası kimseyi şaşırtmasın' VİDEO

Emek: Cephaneyi teslim etmek aklıma gelmedi

C-4 ve Kanas unutkanlıkmış

Emniyet amiri ve Taraf yazarı Uslu neden ABD'den dönemiyor?

Ergenekon'da Susurluk raporu sürprizi

Ergenekon Susurluk ilişkisi Neden’de tartışıldı

Telekulak komisyonu dinleme tekniklerini dinledi

Deniz Feneri’nde ikinci dalga geliyor - Hürriyet

‘İnişe geçen kriz’den notlar

Ergenekon davasında olaylı gergin duruşma

TSK disiplinden asla taviz vermez

Anayasa ihali var mı?

Yargıtay gizli tanığı dikkate almadı

Ermeniler Clinton'dan memnun

Karanlık mihrakların tertip ve tahriklerine karşı uyanık olun

Ergenekon critics use Güney as ploy

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

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Cengiz Çandar Obama'dan Erdoğan'a: 'Medeniyetler Çatışması'nın açmazında

Ahmet Taşgetiren Baykal’a bir artı bir eksi CHP kimlik mi arıyor?

Ruşen - Çakır

Taha Akyol

Fikret Bila Baykal: Anadolu Solu’ndan sapmadım

Hasan Cemal Erdoğan sandıkta çöküş yaşar mı?..

Ekrem Dumanlı Tuncay Güney ve Milliyet Gazetesi

Murat Yetkin Yerel seçim siyasi denklemleri değiştiriyor

İsmet Berkan Kırılganlık ve gündelik dalgalanmalar

Fehmi Koru Büyük fiyaskoyu unutmuş değiliz

Taha Kıvanç Yerel seçime doğru

Şamil Tayyar Son yazımdır 1 Numara’ya dair

Ali Bayramoğlu Suskunluk yasası ve Türk derin devleti...

Yasemin Çongar

Ertuğrul Özkök ABD’deki Türkiye

Hasan Ünal

Ahmet Hakan Ebu Leheb mi olduk

M Ali Birand Türkiye’yi islamcı ve milliyetçiler yönetecek

Cüneyt Ülsever Krizin Türkiye’ye olası etkileri

Enis Berberoğlu

Oktay Ekşi ABD’deki Türkiye

Erdoğan’a baskı

MEHMET ALİ KIŞLALI

Günay neden geride durur?

AVNİ ÖZGÜREL

Abdülhamit Bilici Sabrina'nın suçu neydi?

Sabahattin Önkibar Medyadaki MİT'çiler...

Bilal Çetin IMF’siz çözüm yok gibi...

Özdemir İnce

Mehmet Y Yılmaz

MUHARREM SARIKAYA

Hazar barışı...

ERDAL ŞAFAK Tatbikatta bir ayrıntı

ENGİN ARDIÇ

ERGUN BABAHANAydınlar ve AK Parti

EMRE AKÖZ

Umur Talu Charles'tan al haberi!

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

CHP çarşafa dolanınca

NAZLI ILICAK Nefesler tutuldu

MEHMET BARLASKimi dini kimi de devleti koruduğu gerekçesine sığınır...

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

YAVUZ DONAT5 parmak

Güneri Civaoğlu 1 yılda 6 milyon genç yarattık

Ece Temelkuran Erken örgütlenme hayat kurtarır!

Mehmet Altan Ergenekoncu musunuz?

Eser Karakaş İki Türkiye

Oray Eğin Bu komiseri kim koruyor?

Atılgan Bayar Dar çevre siyasetine isyan

Serdar Akinan İşkence havayolları Türkiye seferinde

Burak Bekdil Turkey's power-gang-conspiracy-everything emporium

Bülent Keneş An undersecretariat for religious affairs might be a solution

İsmail Küçükkaya
Krizden nasıl çıkacağız?

İşçiye ne gerek var?

TÜRKER ALKAN

Kemalists, AK Party supporters share similar view of Erdoğan by EMRE USLU & ÖNDER AYTAÇ*

KÜRŞAT BUMİN

Avcılar olayı-asıl olarak- bize neyi anlatıyor?

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL

“Türkiye hakkında şok iddia” bu mu?

Hoca Ahmet Yesevi ve izbasarlarında hoşgörü

NAMIK KEMAL ZEYBEK

AK Parti ve demokrasi ilişkisi...

ORAL ÇALIŞLAR

Yassıada, Ergenekon değildi

HAKKI DEVRİM

Çarşaf komedisi

HALUK ŞAHİN

Ekonomi

Kazanan: Ulagay, Kaybeden: Gökçe

Ege Cansen Paranın piyasa fiyatı yoktur

Osman Ulagay Hayalcinin mumu resesyona kadar yanar

Hurşit Güneş Küresel kriz ne kadar sürer?

Moody's: IMF'yle anlaşılmazsa resesyon olabilir

Tüzmen: İhracat 2009'da yüzde 17 azalacak

TÜSİAD: KDV indirimi tüketimi canlandırır

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu

Deniz Gökçe
Maliye politikası gevşetilebilir mi?

Erdal Sağlam

Güngör Uras Bankalar dış borçlarını yenilemeye başladı

Ergin Yıldızoğlu|Dünya Ekonomisine Bakış

Bankalarımız (2)

MUSTAFA AYSAN

Fırtına öncesinde reel şirketler

METİN ERCAN

Krizin seyir defteri

UĞUR GÜRSES

İBRAHİM KAHVECİ

Faizi bitirdi darısı borsaya

Aydın Ayaydın Herkesin gözü işçilerin parasında

H4 New York Times Clinton’s Welcome Will Include a Plate of Global Crises

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Calling All Pakistanis Who in the Muslim world, who in Pakistan, is ready to take to the streets to protest the mass murders of real people, not cartoon characters, right next door in Mumbai, India?

After Sharp Words on C.I.A., Obama Faces a Delicate Task The president-elect must take charge of the agency in what is proving to be one of the more treacherous patches of the transition

Gates Vows Active Role in Staying On at Pentagon

Diplomatic Memo: An Uncommon Résumé in an Unusual Time

India’s 9/11? Not Exactly By AMITAV GHOSH Unlike the United States, India’s experience of terrorist attacks far predates 2001. The key to victory against terrorism will be determined by its response

International Retaliations (the Trouble With…) By TOBIN HARSHAWConsidering a hypothetical retaliation for the attacks in Mumbai, India.

Pursuing U.S. Aid, G.M. Accepts Need for Drastic Cuts

By BILL VLASIC General Motors said it needed an $18 billion package in loans and lines of credit and that it will cut jobs, factories, brands and executive pay.

U.S. and India See Link to Militants in Pakistan

By ERIC SCHMITT, SOMINI SENGUPTA and JANE PERLEZ

Officials said they had identified leaders of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, stepping up pressure on Pakistan.

U.S. Softens Stance on Russia at NATO Summit

Bombs Kill 21 Iraqis, Including Children

Editorial The Next Attorney General Eric Holder could be an exemplary choice for attorney general but he must answer serious questions before the Senate votes on his confirmation.

Republican Wins Runoff for Senator in Georgia

H5 Washington Post Obama Shows the Instincts of a Large Political Figure In Obama's Cabinet, the Audacity of Moderation By Michael Gerson Obama is doing something marvelously right: He is disappointing the ideologues.

Could a Mumbai-Style Attack Happen in the U.S.? By David Ignatius, And if America is hit with a Mumbai-style attack, how should the country react?

Mumbai Attackers Made Sophisticated Use of Technology

Mumbai Attackers Had GPS Units, Satellite Maps

Experience Will Be Prime Asset for Obama's Intelligence Chiefs

Picks to Face Internal, External Challenges

Editorial Homeland Security Priorities A chilling report highlights the agency's primary purpose . . .

George W. Bush as Today's Herbert Hoover By Harold Meyerson, He's lucky that he was already in the ninth circle of presidential hell.

Next Europe: Germany's Own Obamania

Holbrooke Under Consideration for South Asia Diplomatic Role

Pakistan Offers to Join With India in Investigating Mumbai Massacre

Indian Investigators Reveal Details Culled From Arrested Gunman

U.S. Hopes to Quiet Indian-Pakistani Tensions

Bombings Kill at Least 15 Across Iraq; Chemical Ali Gets Second Death Sentence

The Big Three's Stalemate COLUMN | Neither automakers nor the government will likely emerge a winner in coming shootout.

Rome Burns,
China Won't Talk
John Pomfret | China to Europe: Meet with the Dalai Lama, we skip your summit on the world economy.

Was Larry Summers Right About 'Intrinsic Aptitude'?

By Ruth Marcus, Page A17

He may have cost himself the Treasury secretary job, but he probably had a legitimate point.

Auto Giants Ratchet Up Pleas for Aid As Sales Hit 25-Year Low, Companies Pledge to Unload Brands and Slash Costs

Democrats Should Face the Challenge Immigration reform can't be neglecte

The Twitter Phenomenon -- In Touch, Always, in Cyberspace

In the information age, nothing is not worth mentioning. To what end, one can only surmise

Republican Chambliss Wins Georgia Runoff Emphatic Victory Leaves Democrats Without Filibuster-Proof Majority in Senate

Obama to Announce Choice of Richardson for Commerce Secretary

President-Elect's Picks Prove Diversity Is More Than Skin-Deep

H6 Guardian Embracing inflation

Kenneth Rogoff: This once-in-a-lifetime economic recession requires a unique response. Inflation is needed to combat the crisis

· The new West Wing Editorial: Obama's main purpose seems to be putting the American political system back on an even keel

The end is in sight John Isaacs: The new US-Iraq security agreement represents the collapse of American designs for a permanent occupation

Pakistan finds unity under fire

Fe'reeha Idrees: Pakistan's media response to Indian allegations over the Mumbai attacks is a panicked form of patriotism

Pipe dreams Reading the International Energy Agency's latest long-term forecast, the World Energy Outlook 2008

· At last this exhausted region is energised - by its old foe

Simon Jenkins: From the Mediterranean to Islamabad, people battered for a decade by dreadful US policies are in the grip of Obamania

· Nato snubs US by resuming Russia contacts West European members stall Nato membership bids from Georgia and Ukraine despite US pressure

US warned India of Islamist attack

Public anger grows in Mumbai following disclosure American intelligence warned of sea-borne assault

· Most wanted man named among fugitives Mumbai underworld ruler and jihadist top list of Indian fugitives believed to be in Pakistan

For Bush - and Obama - a gut check

Scott Ritter: George Bush says the failure to find WMD in Iraq is his biggest regret. He should regret trusting his gut over the intelligence

· The shadows of Mumbai Siddhartha Deb: The violent spectacle of terror distracts from the reality of another India long used to suffering

· In this recession, we want comfort culture to go with our comfort food Jonathan Freedland: From Billy Elliot to JK Galbraith, our taste in a downturn satisfies one of two appetites: escape or understanding

Towards a safer world David Miliband and Frank Walter Steinmeier: By signing the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Germany and Britain are taking a strong lead in disarmament

H7 Daily Star The best course for Iran is a straight one based on its legitimate interests

Will sensible minds prevail in Washington? By Rami G. Khouri

Libya's succession question: Questions without answers
By Dana Moss

Three cheers for historical debate, right or wrong By Chris Patten

Barack the Realist - Rich Lowry, New York Post

Can Obama Avoid Bombing Iran? - David Young, RealClearWorld

Obama's 'Team of Rivals' Also Has Some Rival Ideas

Is Iran Policy Still Up for Grabs? by Robert Dreyfuss and Tom Engelhardt

Next Steps with Iran - Sen. Jon Kyl, RealClearWorld

Obama: Carter's Heir? - Nikolas Gvosdev, National Interest

Obama Urged to Quickly Engage Iran, Syria

Rove: Obama Security Team Represents Continuity

Obama's UN Envoy Got Iraq War Wrong

A strong message from a team of stars President-elect Barack Obama has sent clear messages of magnanimity, pragmatism, and bipartisanism in his appointment of stars for his national security team. (By Scot Lehigh, Globe Columnist)

America Needs a Fleet of Special Envoys By: Nirav Patel and Vikram Singh | World Politics Review
In order to recoup its international stature and make progress on tough global challenges, America will need seasoned diplomatic warriors who can clean up problems and, where appropriate, build on the successes of the Bush administration

Reactions in the Arab and Muslim World to the Terrorist Attacks in Mumbai IICC

Rand Four Countries in the Middle East Face the Human Capital Challenges of the 21st Century

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

Deputy Premier Discusses Pact with US Ambassador (Voices of Iraq)

Iran Holds Naval War Games in Hormuz

UN finds new clues in Hariri case

The UN body investigating the killing of Lebanese ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri says fresh evidence could help identify new suspects.

·WSJ Iraqi Oil Exports Could Fall Iraqi oil exports could fall by as much as 13% next year as maintenance problems and labor shortages undermine the country's export capacity.

U.S.-Iraqi Accord Shows Muqtada Sadr's Diminished Clout By: Tina Susman | Los Angeles Times The Shiite cleric was once key to keeping Nouri Maliki in power but could use his supporters' street credibility against the prime minister. Now his political future is in doubt.

Chemical Ali Sentenced to Death

UNAMI may need separate security deal

A new security deal defining the security relationship between U.S. forces and the U.N. mission in Iraq may be necessary once the current mandate expires.

H9 Ha’aretz Bradley Burston / The Jihadi as Nazi, from 9/11 to MumbaiThe monsters weren't Nazis because they were Muslims. It was in emulating Nazis, that they betrayed Islam

Experts urge Obama to negotiate with Iran, advance Syria peace

Jerusalem PostFreeing Barghouti a Lesser of Two Evils - Joshua Gleis,

IDF opposes plan for NATO in W. Bank General James Jones (ret.), Obama's national security adviser pick, supports the idea.

US experts: Dialogue with Iran needed

Report also says Hamas should be incorporated into PA because Palestinian unity essential for peace

Analysis: Al-Qaida-style extremism gains real power within Hamas

The jihadist- multicultural alliance [ CAROLINE GLICK

According to Jeff Barak, Obama and Bibi won't mix. Yuli Edelstein, however, believes the two can work together.

PA plans to purge West Bank councils controlled by Hamas

The move, planned for the coming weeks, could pave way for extension of President Abbas's term of office after January 9.

Yedioth Ahronoth

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

Palestinians Shift Position on Peace Accord By: Nicholas Kralev | The Washington Times Top Palestinian negotiators with Israel said Monday that they are prepared to establish a Palestinian state initially in the West Bank, which Gaza can join if the militant group Hamas gives up control of the strip.

Rumour sparks Hebron settler riot

Jewish settlers riot in the West Bank city of Hebron, clashing with Israeli troops who normally protect them.

As Israel buries its Mumbai victims, accusations simmer

Jews of Mumbai, a Tiny and Eclectic Group, Suddenly Reconsider Their Serene Existence

Giving Back the Golan Will Not Be Easy,” by Shai

NATO, Israel to strengthen cooperation

The Race Is On For Hot Job as Obama’s Liaison To Nation’s Jews

H10 Christian Science Monitor

Obama's team of stars: Can he manage it? Some inner-circle conflict can be of help to a president, but building a sense of teamwork will be key.

New template for terror? Mumbai attacks' sophistication shows need for new approach to defenses, experts say.

In Guantánamo case, a judge tightens the screws on the US

He is insisting that the government disclose any evidence that points to a detainee's innocence in a 'dirty bomb' plot.

ASIA

Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: The Accelerating Crisis on the Subcontinent Even as the United States urges calm after the Mumbai attacks, India likely has decided that the United States will not constrain its response to Pakistan.

Pakistan: Choosing Civil Strife Over War With India Pakistan appears to be leaning toward risking domestic strife rather than risking war with India.

Indians feel mix of defiance, anger at terrorists, government USA Today

Indo-Pak row may draw US into the fray

Fresh Blood From an Old Wound By: Pankaj Mishra | The New York Times
Barack Obama has the opportunity to create deeper and more enduring alliances for the United States in South Asia -- and he should start with Kashmir.

The Unhealed Wound of Kashmir By: H.D.S. Greenway | The Boston Globe 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.

India Demands Fugitives

Hold Pakistan Accountable - Ram Kelkar, Rediff


India Stoking the Fires - Rasul Bakhsh Rais, Daily Times

Lessons from Mumbai Tragedy - Gideon Rachman, Financial Times


Strange Storm Brews in South Asia - M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times

Saving India-Pakistan Relations - Frank Schell, Far East. Econ. Review

Pakistan Also a Target of Mumbai Attacks - Daniel Benjamin, Slate

ENGAGING CHINA IN SPACE, Part 1 A fresh start or a protracted showdown? The new administration in the United States will have to deal with China in space at a time when the Europeans, Russia, India and Japan are gaining momentum there as well. Achieving a greater degree of cooperation sounds easy, but if another Chinese anti-satellite test takes place, a more confrontational space warfare agenda will be the driving force again. - Peter J Brown
This is the first article in a two-part repo

South Asia Seen As Key Challenge For Obama

With India accusing Pakistan of links to the Mumbai terrorist attacks, relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors are at their lowest point since the two countries pulled back from the brink of war in 2002. Experts say this creates a major foreign-policy challenge for the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama -- how to keep tensions between India and Pakistan from derailing the fight against Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants along the Pakistan-Afghanistan borde

H11 IHT Russia's road rage

By MARK MEDISH Russia has indulged in a series of visceral responses to perceived slights, revealing atavism, not strength. Rage is not a strategy.

Forget State vs. Treasury By ROBERT HORMATS AND DAVID M. KENNEDY Economic policy and foreign policy are not two distinct domains. They constitute a strategic nexus whose interconnections Americans ignore at their peril.

David Brooks: Nation-building, take two 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.

NATO ministers move to resume talks with Russia NATO foreign ministers agreed Tuesday to gradually resume talks with Russia that were frozen after Moscow's invasion of Georgia in August in exchange for accelerating work on preparing Ukraine and Georgia for eventual membership.

As Russia rises, a test for Berlin

As the U.S. aims to counter Russia's military assertiveness, Germany favors developing Russia economically and ensure its political stability.

Thousands in Kosovo protest EU mission

By DAN BILEFSKY

Thousands took to the streets of Pristina to demonstrate against the planned deployment of an EU judicial mission that many ethnic Albanians fear will partition the new country.

EUROPE European press review

'Europe heading to major cultural clash' Jerusalem Post

CEPS Beyond dependence: How to deal with Russian Gas

A Tear in the NATO Bulwark - Walter Mayr, Der Spiegel How should NATO approach Russia? Contrary to Germany, the Baltic countries and Poland want to enlarge the alliance to include Georgia and Ukraine. With NATO foreign ministers meeting this week, the alliance has hardly ever been so at odds.

Don't Rush Georgia and Ukraine Into NATO By: Michael O'Hanlon | The Washington Times
According to press reports, the Bush administration is pursuing a final bold foreign policy move in its last weeks. Bypassing normal procedures, it wants European allies and Canada to agree to offer Georgia and Ukraine rapid membership into NATO.

Stratfor Kosovo: A Souring View of the EU Mission Kosovo is losing its enthusiasm for the coming deployment of EU law-enforcement and judiciary officials as the interests of Pristina and Brussels begin to diverge

NATO: The U.S. Push Into Russia's Traditional Turf At an ongoing foreign ministers' meeting, NATO is debating the U.S.-prompted idea of extending Membership Action Plans to Ukraine and Georgia.

Nato 'to resume ties with Russia'

Nato agrees to a "graduated re-engagement" with Moscow,four months after talks were frozen over Russia's war with Georgia.

NATO leaders review global operations

EU to operate 'all over Kosovo'

EU police and justice officials will start deploying throughout Kosovo next week, including to Serb-majority areas.

Double Win in EU-Russia Relations – Roadmap for a New PCA CAP

What Europe Wants from President Obama CER

The St Malo declaration 10 years on

Leaked notes implicate Spain in transfers to Guantánamo

H12 RFE/RLRussian Political Elite Get Nervous It has long been an article of faith that if oil prices dropped significantly, Russia's ruling elite could find itself in trouble. Now that oil prices are down two-thirds since their August highs, Russia's rulers are indeed starting to feel the heat

Georgia: NATO Membership, Not MAP, Is the Goal In a sharp reversal from earlier statements, Georgian officials are now playing down hopes that Georgia will receive a Membership Action Plan at the December 2-3 meeting of North Atlantic Treaty Organization foreign ministers in Brussels

Georgia: President Saakashvili Denies That Washington Gave OK for South Ossetian Military Days after a stinging public attack from a former ally, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili testified about his course of action during the August war with Russia. Saakashvili emphatically denied an earlier allegation that he had received a thumbs-up from Washington to use force in South Ossetia

Azerbaijan: Global Crisis Hits Baku Banks and Real Estate Sector Despite the recent sag in oil prices, Azerbaijan’s 2009 state budget is still betting big on potential oil revenues. Some analysts believe the Azerbaijani government is leaving the country exposed to a financial catastrophe by clinging to optimistic revenue projections

Google News Azerbaijan

Hydroelectricity or Irrigation: a Central Asian Dilemma

Double Win in EU-Russia Relations – Roadmap for a New PCA CAP

Georgia Acted in Self-Defense By: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili | The Wall Street Journal
Since Russia invaded Georgia last August, the international community seems stuck on one question about how the war started: Did the Georgian military act irresponsibly to take control of Tskhinvali in the South Ossetia region of Georgia?

Germany Aims to Guide the West's Ties to Russia By: Nicholas Kulish | The New York Times
Just as the United States is struggling to redefine its relationship with a resurgent and at times antagonistic government in Moscow, Germany is scrambling to protect the close commercial, cultural and diplomatic ties with Russia.

Why Russia Has No Friends
By Anne Applebaum

Russia's Caribbean Farce By: Anne Applebaum | The Washington Post
During his trip to Venezuela, Medvedev reportedly added a couple of passenger planes to the $4.4 billion worth of military hardware Russia has sold to Venezuela since 2005.

Medvedev Tour Shows Moscow's Latin American Limits By: Richard Weitz | World Politics Review
Accompanied by an impressive delegation of Russian officials and business leaders, Medvedev hoped to promote various economic and defense deals, and reaffirm Russia's intent to strengthen its presence in South America. But the trip also demonstrated the limits of Russian influence in the region.

WSJ Postwar Aid Buffers Georgian Economy As ex-Eastern bloc countries stumble amid the global financial crisis, Georgia has so far largely escaped. The reason: reconstruction aid allocated since its war with Russia.

H13 The Times Experts warn Obama of 'hornet's nest' in Middle East Report claims Iran poses greatest foreign policy challenge to Barack Obama with Tehran on course to produce a nuclear bomb

German soldiers deemed 'too fat to fight' According to official reports 3,500 troops in Afghanistan drink too much beer and wine and fail in their mission to train police

British ‘tortured and jailed Obama’s grandfather’

Harrowing story of Hussein Onyango Obama's survival in prison after he became involved in the Kenyan independence movement

Nato on hold for Ukraine and Georgia Only agreement is help for them to improve their militaries in preparation for eventual membership of the alliance

Report warns Obama to prepare for terrorist attack Joe Biden is being briefed on the study which based its findings on evidence from military, political and academic experts

Iraq's forgotten workers duped into migration Poor and desperate, hundreds of men from developing countries promised work are now stranded in Baghdad with no way out

The merits of “one-club” economics Reopening the debates of the 1980s has no relevance to tackling today's recession

Condoleezza Rice on mission to ease tensions The US Secretary of State will attempt to soothe India-Pakistan friction that could jeopardise America’s War on Terror

Wall Street Journal

· Economists Have Abandoned Principle By Oliver Hart and Luigi Zingales Twelve months ago nobody could have imagined government interventions we now take for granted.

Jones Urges Broad Afghanistan Approach James Jones, Obama's new national security adviser, said a U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan will work only if other efforts are made to bolster the government.

Postwar Aid Buffers Georgian Economy As ex-Eastern bloc countries stumble amid the global financial crisis, Georgia has so far largely escaped. The reason: reconstruction aid allocated since its war with Russia.

Gates Seeks to Close Guantanamo

Gates said closing the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay is a "high priority" and called on Congress to work with the Obama administration to make it happen.

Blackwater Plans Effort Against Piracy Private security firm Blackwater Worldwide is in talks with potential clients for a new venture -- protection from pirates.

· Let's Give Pakistan the Attention It Deserves

By Bernard-Henri Levy
The Mumbai attack is the latest wake-up call.

The Strategic Economic Dialogue Works By Wang Qishan
China and the United States are cooperating to solve the financial crisis.

Health-Care Reform Could Kill the GOP THE TILTING YARD
By Thomas Frank
Bill Kristol was right to panic.

Big Three Seek $34 Billion Bailout Detroit's Big Three presented turnaround plans to Congress that indicate both GM and Chrysler could collapse by the end of December unless they get billions of dollars in emergency loans.

Paulson Debates Second Infusion

Treasury Secretary Paulson is debating whether to ask Congress for the second installment of the $700 billion rescue package.

India Names Mumbai Mastermind

India named a senior leader of a Pakistani militant group as the mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks, and demanded Pakistan turn him over

Look at the Brighter Side of the Financial Crisis By: Tom Plate | The Japan Times
Americans should emerge from this horrific financial meltdown in better shape, especially if they observe the experience and lessons of Asia these past 10 years.

H14 Financial Times Global imbalances threaten the survival of liberal trade Surplus countries must expand domestic demand relative to potential output. Only in this way can the deficit countries realistically hope to avoid spending themselves into bankruptcy, writes Martin Wolf

How to avoid the horrors of ‘stag-deflation’ Nouriel Roubini calls for aggressive action

Economists’ Forum Towards a new financial system: A decades-long transition from bank-domination to market-domination is in reversal. Market-based finance has weakened financial institutions and strained non-bank sectors

Gates ‘less concerned’ about Iraq troop removals Robert Gates, the US defence secretary who will remain as Pentagon chief in the Obama administration, said he was “less concerned” about President-elect Barack Obama’s 16-month timetable to remove combat troops from Iraq

Nato seeks to repair divisions over Russia

India needs a clear Pakistan policy

Sunil Khilnani on the tough questions ahead

The east’s innovators are no threat to the west The west can only gain, says John Kay

Kiev crunch Political feuding is hampering Ukraine’s leaders as they struggle to revive a debt-ridden economy

Oil prices fall to 3½-year lows

Concerns Opec may not cut production as much as promised

India demands Pakistan hand over suspects Government seeks 20 most wanted militants

Somalia’s jihad Ethiopia’s planned withdrawal offers hope that Somalis can unite against an extremist form of Islam and that fellow Muslim states will help them do it

Not a time for hoarding bullets

A 0.75 percentage point cut should be the ECB’s starting point. If there was ever a time for shooting first and asking questions later, this is surely it

US carmakers ask for $34bn

Ford and GM chiefs offer to forgo salary

H15 Los Angeles Times Gates on board with Obama's Iraq plan The Defense secretary says the new U.S.-Iraq security agreement changes the conversation from debating a timeline for withdrawal to figuring out how to reduce troops responsibly.

EditorialFor the U.N., a clean break Obama's choice of Susan Rice, a liberal multilateralist,...

Pakistan, India assert right to self-defense

The nuclear-armed rivals each touted its military strength on the eve of a visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice aimed at easing tensions after terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, last week

U.S.-Iraqi accord shows Muqtada Sadr's diminished clout

The Shiite cleric was once key to keeping Nouri Maliki in power but could use his supporters' street credibility against the prime minister. Now his political future is in doub

Fallout from terror in Mumbai India must not be provoked into a war with Pakistan or permit violence against its Muslims.

Nationalize GM By Dan Neil

The federal government should buy GM. We can run it, then sell it at a profit once it recovers.

Mumbai police officers describe nightmare of attack At a Mumbai hospital, one officer recalls a hand grenade rolling toward him. Another, whose colleagues were killed in a police van, survived by lying still among their bodies

H16 American Politics

Gallup: Obama National Security Picks Get High Marks

Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:

NIXON TAPES: RUTHLESS, CYNICAL, PROFANE — From NBC's John Rutherford — Richard Nixon's reputation takes a fresh pounding every time the National Archives releases another batch of audio tapes from his presidency, and today's opening of nearly 200 hours of Nixon White House recordings is no exception.

realclearpolitics memeorandum

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet

Politico ABC’s The Note MSNBC FirstReadTime ThePage Politico Playbook

PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin

Justin Webb: Obama's team gamble

H17 Daily Telegraph

India calls in intelligence experts to fight terrorists India asks foreign intelligence agencies to help 'neutralise' threat from the terrorist groups thought to be behind Mumbai attacks.

Hillary Clinton is a brilliant choice

Anne Applebaum explains why those who thought President-Elect Barack Obama had gone mad are mistaken.

India will find a way to overcome horror Amid all the dire predictions for the diplomatic, commercial and sectarian fallout from the terror attacks in India, it is worth remembering its historical ability to absorb such blows, says Peter Foster.

H18 Independent Setback for Georgia after Nato rejection

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?

The Death of NATO By: Nick Witney | The Moscow Times
Death comes to all living things, and NATO -- which approaches its 60th birthday next spring -- is dying. Human institutions, like human beings, can collapse with surprising speed once they have outlived their usefulness.

NATO’s Comprehensive Approach to Crisis Response Operations DIIS This 50-page Danish report aims to analyse the evolution of the Alliance’s Comprehensive Approach (CA) to date, to identify the principal obstacles standing in the way of further progress and to suggest how they can be overcome or circumvented

WMD Panel Releases Report to Congress: World at Risk: Nuclear and Biological Weapons Pose Greatest Peril
Source: Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism

Profile: Lashkar-e-Taiba

Cam Simpson / Wall Street Journal:

Chertoff Pushes Use of ‘Soft Power’

Heritage Moving Forward with Ballistic Missile Defense: A Memo to President-elect Obama

Need cash? Cut nuclear weapons budget

A good part of the military budget is still devoted to programs designed for the Cold War, which ended 20 years ago. So why not transfer some of those billions of dollars to conventional military and domestic programs? (By Joseph Cirincione, Boston Globe)

Gates walks fine line between two administrations

100 countries join clamour for global ban on cluster bombs

Cluster bomb treaty to be signed

The first of more than 100 countries are to sign a treaty banning cluster bombs, at a ceremony in Norway

Zero tolerance for terrorism - Sanjay Devnani

Reflections on Al-Qa’ida from the Management Perspective

From Conversations with History, an interview with Jane Mayer, author of The Dark Side: How the War on Terror Turned into A War on American Values;

an interview with Philippe Sands, author of Torture Team: The Rumsfeld Memo and the Betrayal of American Values.

Spooky Stuff: Chabad House Loaded With Mossad Connections

Mumbai bombers ‘took cocaine and LSD’ before carrying out attacks

Intel questions Attacks in Mumbai highlight Indian security failings

Psychotic Terrorists Seek Grievance - David Aaronovitch, The Times

In Colombia, paramilitary groups still spreading terror The new gangs, like rebels and drug traffickers, force people from their homes and farms, taking an enormous human toll. Displacement is accelerating in the southwest state of Nariño

Life imitates art in Mumbai The terror attacks unfolded against the backdrop of an acclaimed new film. For moviegoers, the effect is jarring. (Boston Globe)

H20 Slate Moscow's Empire of Dust For all Russia's imperial ambitions, its thuggish political system is totally unattractive.
Anne Applebaum

Reunderstanding Rupert Murdoch
Michael Wolff's new biography accepts the mogul on his own sordid terms. Jack Shafe

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Delayed Participation of Developing Countries to Climate Agreements: Should Action in the EU and US be Postponed? CESifo

Climate change matters; does the UN?
Last year, the United Nations' climate change conference met on the balmy Indonesian island of Bali amid great optimism. This year's gathering opened on Monday in Poland, highlighting the UN's loss of relevance. Yet despite the gloomy skies - and the gloom - the United States is in a position to raise consciousness about global warming and carbon emissions. A bit of "race-to-the-moon" pizzazz would help. - Muhammad Cohen

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John Le Carre in the New Yorker on the madness of spies.

Want less, spend less – wealth is relative to desire

It's when we are satisfied with what we have, that we become ric

From NPR, here's a history of museums, "the memory of mankind".

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