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H1 Jerusalem Post IDF preparing options for strike at Iran without US assentExclusive: Defense officials evaluate "It's always better to coordinate," but an attack without US coordination would not be impossible.
'Syria awaits J'lem response on Golan'Al-Hayat: Turkey holding onto Damascus's answers to Israeli questions until Israel issues response.
Los Angeles Times Making the World Safe for Multipolarity - The Kissinger-era counterbalancing won't do the trick. Investing in global institutions will. By Thorsten Benner
Ha’aretz – NATO: Diplomacy, not defense, will determine deployment of peacekeepers in Mideast Top NATO official to Haaretz: Mideast units could easily be allocated out of NATO's 3 million troops
Between Mumbai and Tel AvivThe new Israeli leadership that will come to power in March will have to make a similar strategic assessment to the one Rabin and Peres made in 1993.
Editorial: Jewish terrorists are holding hostage Israel's future
Editorial: Jewish terrorists are holding hostage Israel's future
Pakistan moves up US priority list The terror attacks in India next door have emphasized the instability in the region.
Are Al Qaeda's fingerprints on the Mumbai attack? The consequences could definitely be in their favor.
New York Times NEWS ANALYSIS; Campaign Promises on Ending the War in Iraq Now Muted by Reality
Editorial Gloom, but Not Doom The possible decline in America’s power does not mean that the United States would not remain powerful
Clash in Iraq Over a Plan for Councils Intensifies
Mumbai Attacks a Test of Pakistan’s Ability to Curb Militants Evidence of links between the attacks and a Pakistani militant group raises the question of whether Pakistan’s government is able — or willing — to rein in militancy.
ROGER COHEN A Court for a New America Only by realigning America with international law can the damage inflicted on America’s image and appeal by the Bush administration
Group Urges More National Security Integration CQPolitics.com
Washington Post Experts' Report Urges Changes in National Security System A bipartisan panel of foreign policy experts, including some associated with the incoming Obama administration, has recommended changes in the White House national security apparatus that would provide the president and his staff with new tools to ensure interagency cooperation.
Capitalism: The Remix By Sebastian Mallaby, This end-of-capitalism talk is bunk and distracts us from the real debate.
New Pentagon Policy Says ‘Irregular Warfare' Will Get Same Attention as Traditional Combat
A Mission for James L. Jones? By: Interview: James R. Locher III | Foreign Policy A scathing new report on U.S. national security offers a sneak preview of how Barack Obama's top foreign-policy advisor might approach the difficult task before him.
IHT William Pfaff: What was the message? What were the Mumbai attacks really about? Are we really witnessing a war between civilizations?
By JOSEPH R. WOOD The mistakes characteristic of American administrations defy change over time. Here are three things not to do when running American foreign policy.
Reducing U.S. reliance on security contractors The Obama administration must quickly reduce its reliance on the private security contractors so favored - and so protected - by the Bush administration.
10 Terrorists and Pathetic Security - Edward Luttwak, Globe & Mail
Atlantic Lebanon's Unsolved Murder Who killed Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Al Hariri in 2005?
McClatchy How India officials fumbled the response to Mumbai attack It took 10 nearly 10 hours for India's best commando team to reach the scene.
Obama and the Bush Realists
Guardian China's economic success may soon bring trouble. It would be ours too Timothy Garton Ash: The country's reformers seek incremental political changes to complement its gobsmacking growth. If they fail, it could be war
Merkel stands alone – but we should join her Ela Soyemi: While most developed economies are tossing fiscal prudence out of the window, Germany's chancellor is preaching caution
Waking up to Afghanistan's realities Michael Shank and Shukria Dellawar: Enticing Iraqis away from al-Qaida was an isolated success. It won't work on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border
Détente over Nato Joshua Kucera: The Bush administration has wisely backed off its support for Nato expansion. Will Barack Obama do the same?
Financial Times China urges US to stabilise its economy China urged the United States to spare no effort to stabilise its economy and financial markets to help avert a global recession
Markets braced for big European rate cuts Bad economic data continue to flow from leading economies
Russia claims victory in Nato’s Georgia climbdown Russia said that a Nato decision to rule out near-term membership for Ukraine and Georgia showed that the US-led military alliance is shying away from interfering with the Russian sphere of influence
Gulf to escape with ‘scratches’ The region’s states will suffer a narrowing of fiscal surpluses as oil prices average $56 a barrel, but the region will escape a recession, a leading financial body has forecast
Wall Street Journal Daniel Henninger: America Needs Its Frontier Spirit
McCain Couldn't Compete With Obama's Money By Karl Rove
The Times Irresistible financial force will prevail Economic paralysis seems like an immovable object. But dramatic interest rate cuts can shift it
Georgian Foreign Minister, Eka Tkeshelashvili, warned against action that might undermine chance of joining the alliance
Dan Drezner Will Obama renew the transatlantic patnership?
Descent into Chaos: The US and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia
Two national security advisers talk about the future Boston Globe
| Soli Özel Obama'nın tercihleri ve Türkiye
As Ankara moves closer to Tehran, US faces reality The National
Albright: I am a Turkophile of major proportions
BM Kıbrıs raporu (orjinal tam metin)
Yasemin Çongar Beyaz Ev’in yeni generalinin bir gözü Türkiye’de olacak
Ülkenin güvenlik örgütü S.O.S. sinyalleri veriyor...
Ardan Zentürk Türk-ABD ilişkisi:NE OLUR? M Ali Birand Avrupa, AKP'ye sempatisini kaybediyor...
Semih İdiz Azeriler Türk-Ermeni açılımından endişeli
Ali H AslanTeksas'ın yaman Türkleri yine zoru başardı
ABD'li yeni elçi ayağının tozuyla güven mektubunu Gül'e sundu
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‘Ne Güney’i tanırım ne de Gülen’i’
Hangi parti kimi aday yapıyor?
AKP büyükşehirlerde sandık kurdu
Baykal’a CHP içinden ‘reddi miras’ tepkisi
Bir insan ya Marksist olur ya da Alevi
‘Ya Sev Ya Terk Et’ İskenderun’u gerdi
Hayrünnisa Gül ilk kez resmi kabulde
Genelkurmay'ın akreditasyon uygulamasına da karşıyım
Deniz Baykal'ın zihniyet devrimine büyük destek
Gökçek'siz Ankara'yı alamayız!
Aydın seçmen kaydırma iddialarını yalanladı
Eymür: MİT'in istediği gibi davranırdım Sandıkta başarıyı isteyen siyasetçiler her şeyi yapar
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
Ahmet Taşgetiren Zihinsel perestroykaya doğru mu?
Taha Akyol
Fikret Bila Anneler heyecanlı, politikacılar tedirgin
Hasan Cemal Bazen bir şeyler dinlersin, için birden ısınır!
Murat Yetkin Erdoğan askerle kavga mı etsin?
İsmet Berkan
Sedat Ergin Zaman gazetesine yanıtlar -ikinci bölüm
Hüseyin Gülerce 29 Mart: AK Parti için seçimden de öte...
Şamil Tayyar
Ali Bayramoğlu Gladyo ve buzdağının katmanları…
Yasemin Çongar Beyaz Ev’in yeni generalinin bir gözü Türkiye’de olacak
Ertuğrul ÖzkökDur Cem hemen kızma
Hasan Ünal Krizden bölünmeye mi?
Oray Eğin Komiseri Cemaat mi koruyor?
M Ali Birand Avrupa, AKP'ye sempatisini kaybediyor...
Cüneyt Ülsever Bir özeleştiri gerekmez mi?
Şükrü Küçükşahin Erdoğan’ın istediği bakanların vermediği destek
Nuh Gönültaş Salı’dan devam... Tuncay Güney’in sıra dışı portresi (2)
Bilal Çetin Solda ittifaktan çatışmaya...
Süheyl Batum Bir yılda altı milyon yeni seçmen
Hakan Aygün Aman Ali Atıf Bir, anlamadığın işlere girme!
Mustafa Akyol Conservative Islam with a smiling face
Ekrem Dumanlı Zihniyet devrimi Mehmet Altan İkinci Cumhuriyetçi ol, seçimi kazan [Yorum - Levent Köker] "Çarşaf açılımı münasebetiyle yeniden başörtüsü, laiklik ve demokrasi sorunu"
Atılgan Bayar Bugün de küreselleşemedik... Yarına Allah kerim...
Mehmet Y YılmazAmir memurun kararına şerh koydu!
Bekir Coşkun S.O.S.yal demokrat açılımlar...
EMRE AKÖZBildirilmeyen malzemeye uyuşturucu da dahil mi?
HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMANTürbanı ve AKP'yi AKP'den çalmak
NAZLI ILICAKNevzat Tandoğan'dan Baykal'a
MEHMET BARLASDemokraside tüm başarılar seçim yenilgisiyle sona erer
YAVUZ DONATSiyaset yan gelip yatma yeri değil
İşgal kuvvetleri PERİHAN MAĞDEN
‘Aydınlar’ın beyaz atlı prensi
‘Tek seçici’ler demokrasisi ve aday ilanı zamanlaması... ALTAN ÖYMEN
Kütük karmaşasında görev Meclis’indir TARHAN ERDEM
Is democracy possible through an unchangeable republic? (2) by ETYEN MAHÇUPYAN
Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Turkey can escape with less damage from global crisis
İbrahim Kalın Moving from modernization to globalization
Nasuhi Güngör Oyun kurucu siyaset
Mustafa Erdoğan Gazeteci kılığında ajanlar
Ekonomi
Ercan KumcuDış ticarette eğilimler değişiyor
Erdal SağlamIMF’den gelecek para için senaryolar
Metin Münir Oto üreticileri hükümetten destek istese ne olur?
UPDATE 1-Turkey not facing prospect of recession-minister
Moody's sees Turkey "stable", IMF deal to seal growth
Kriz bahane işçi parası şahane
Güngör Uras İşçi sendikaları işten çıkarmaları seyrediyor
Seyfettin Gürsel Bölgesel eşitsizlik
Kriz ortamında 'dayatma' değil, 'ortak akıl' gerekiyor
Serpil Yılmaz ‘Biz’ ve ‘siz’ büyük derbiye hazırlanıyor
Beklenenler ne yazık ki gerçekleşiyor
‘Tedbir almakta geç kaldınız’ diyen işalemine Bakan, ‘Krizin MR’ını çektik’ yanıtını verdi
Kötü alametler sürüyor: Elektrik tüketimi düşüyor
Paket geciktikçe beklenti artıyor
Deniz Gökçe ABD’de resesyon takvimi açıklandı! |
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H4 New York Times NEWS ANALYSIS; Campaign Promises on Ending the War in Iraq Now Muted by Reality
Editorial Gloom, but Not Doom The possible decline in America’s power does not mean that the United States would not remain powerful
Clash in Iraq Over a Plan for Councils Intensifies
Mumbai Attacks a Test of Pakistan’s Ability to Curb Militants Evidence of links between the attacks and a Pakistani militant group raises the question of whether Pakistan’s government is able — or willing — to rein in militancy.
ROGER COHEN A Court for a New America Only by realigning America with international law can the damage inflicted on America’s image and appeal by the Bush administration be undone.
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Raising the World’s I.Q. One of the most simple and effective ways to improve the physical and mental health of impoverished people is to add iodine to the salt supply.
U.A.W. Makes Concessions in Bid to Help Automakers The United Automobile Workers union’s surprise move to accept concessions could be critical in helping the auto industry secure $34 billion in federal aid.
As More Eat Meat, a Bid to Cut EmissionsFarm emissions are being discussed during international talks on a new treaty to combat global warming.
Conservatives Expected to Split Episcopal Church Conservatives alienated over the ordination of an openly gay bishop are prepared to create a rival denomination.
Palestinians’ Rift Prevents Gazans From Traveling to Mecca
Lack of Preparedness Comes Brutally to Light
U.S. Tries to Ease India-Pakistan Tensions
Afghanistan Says It Will Sign Cluster Bomb Treaty
Council Backs Idea to Indict Sudan Leader
GAIL COLLINS One Singular Sensation A comment made by Gov. Ed Rendell seemed to infer that single unmarried people, like the homeland security nominee Janet Napolitano, have no life outside of work.
| H5 Washington Post Experts' Report Urges Changes in National Security System A bipartisan panel of foreign policy experts, including some associated with the incoming Obama administration, has recommended changes in the White House national security apparatus that would provide the president and his staff with new tools to ensure interagency cooperation.
Capitalism: The Remix By Sebastian Mallaby, This end-of-capitalism talk is bunk and distracts us from the real debate.
New Pentagon Policy Says ‘Irregular Warfare' Will Get Same Attention as Traditional Combat
Gates, Geithner Are Good Choices, but Obama Should Keep an Eye on Them By David S. Broder Gates and Geithner are good choices, but Obama should keep an eye on them.
Retired Officers Meet With Obama Team to Urge End to Abusive Interrogations
Treasury Weighs Action on Mortgage Rates Intervention Would Aim to Buoy the Housing Market by Forcing Down the Cost of Loans
Insiders Say Richardson Is Well Equipped to Guard U.S. Interests at Commerce Insiders Praise Background in Diplomacy
Rejecting the Torture Legacy By Dan Froomkin
U.N. Urged to Persist With Sudan Leader's War Crimes Case
As Rice Presses Pakistan, Tens of Thousands Take to Streets in Mumbai
Bill Gates Urges Obama to Increase Spending
Chertoff Cites Mumbai Attacks in Calling for Tighter U.S. Security Citing Mumbai, He Talks of Coastal Measures and Other Moves
Desperate Detroit The automakers have promised a new business model. Now Congress must insist that they deliver.
Fighting Pirates Off the Somali Coast After 2,000 Years, It's Time for a New Strategy By Peter Fromuth
Thailand's Vicious Circle The opposition succeeds in ousting yet another government -- which is likely to be replaced by one much like it.
The Race Is On for Prime Ambassadorships
A Grass-Roots Input on Policy Obama team redeploys campaign's organizational tools to help shape coming health-care debate.
| H6 Guardian China's economic success may soon bring trouble. It would be ours too Timothy Garton Ash: The country's reformers seek incremental political changes to complement its gobsmacking growth. If they fail, it could be war
Merkel stands alone – but we should join her Ela Soyemi: While most developed economies are tossing fiscal prudence out of the window, Germany's chancellor is preaching caution
Waking up to Afghanistan's realities Michael Shank and Shukria Dellawar: Enticing Iraqis away from al-Qaida was an isolated success. It won't work on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border
Détente over Nato Joshua Kucera: The Bush administration has wisely backed off its support for Nato expansion. Will Barack Obama do the same?
Philippe Sands: President Bush leaves the Obama administration with some difficult decisions, including what to do with present and future detainees
Comparing Mumbai to 9/11 diminishes both tragedies Priyamvada Gopal: We must not let '9/11' become a horrific status symbol signalling arrival into the fraternity of wounded superpower
Terrorists could mount nuclear or biological attack within 5 years, warns Congress inquiry Obama urged to prioritise non-proliferation issues as US margin of safety shrinks
Tricky Dicky: Nixon recordings confirm popular view Confirmation that Richard Nixon was a lying, venal, foul-mouthed, paranoid conspirator
Russian navy in Panama Canal Warship will sail through the Canal for first time since WW2 in a voyage seen as a show of Russian power
Millions of Chinese graduates out of work after fivefold rise in university places Economic crisis adds to woes of job-seekers with big loans and high expectations
Man blamed for Darfur says I am at peace with myselfAhmad Muhammad Harun rejects suggestions of guilt over actions which has left 200,000 people dead
Raid uncovers al-Qaida network of child suicide bombers in Iraq Blueprint for recruitment of children stored on memory stick found on body of an emir of al-Qaida Jody Williams and Shirin Ebadi: The International Criminal Court needs international support to bring Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, to justice for genocide
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Michel Aoun's minority package tour
The Final Leap By: Alvaro Vargas Llosa | The New Republic
Atlantic Lebanon's Unsolved Murder Who killed Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Al Hariri in 2005? The crime remains unsolved, and Joshua Hammer writes that powerful forces are hoping to keep it that way. Many suspect the Syrian government is behind it, but a public accusation could act contrary to the West’s interests in the Middle East. "Given current U.S. strategic imperatives—keeping the region from becoming even more unstable, containing a powerful Iran, tamping down tensions over Israel and Palestine—the tribunal could hardly be coming together at a more awkward time," writes Hammer. Sources close to the investigation now believe it may wither on the vine, with a few minor officials being handed over in exchange for favor with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. As one of Al Hariri's closest allies put it, "You cannot appease dictators. You can only kill them—like they have been killing us ... But nobody at this moment is willing to make the Syrian regime fall down.”
Walker's World: Our Great Depression Two wholly predictable verdicts came in this week that between them suggest it's time to drop all these tired comparisons with the 1930s. As car sales collapse 30 percent to 40 percent and California goes broke, this is fast becoming a Great Depression of our own.
Terrorism recognises no borders | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq Lebanon's Aoun in Damascus visit Lebanese Christian leader Michel Aoun, who fought a "war of liberation" against Syrian troops, meets Syria's president.
Maliki tested in wake of security deal Negotiating the pact for a U.S. troop withdrawal cast Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as a power-hungry ruler or a charismatic leader, experts say
Iraqi mechanized forces take shape - Iraqi military plans to buy M1A1 Abrams tanks and the expected deployments along the eastern border highlight the shape of the mechanized force, a study shows
Iraqi Political Parties in Lobbying Over-Drive Intelligence Online
Sunni group JAR slams U.S.-Iraqi pact - A letter from the militant Sunni group Jaish al-Rashideen condemned the U.S.-Iraqi security pact and pledged resolve in its resistance movement.
Maliki, Talabani Escalate Fight Over Militias
US Commander: Iraq Attacks at Lowest Level Since 2003
Reconciliation Needed in Iraq's Most Violent City
Iraq's President Steps Up Row Over PM's CouncilsU.S. - Led Coalition In Iraq Dwindles as Allies Leave
Gates: Military Looks to Accelerate Iraq Pullout
Security Force Assistance Case Study: Mosul, Iraqn by Major Rob Thornton, Dr. John Fishel and Dr. Marc Tyrrell SFA Case Study: Mosul, Iraq (Full PDF Article)
South Korean troops prepare to leave Iraq
| H9 Ha’aretz – NATO: Diplomacy, not defense, will determine deployment of peacekeepers in Mideast Top NATO official to Haaretz: Mideast units could easily be allocated out of NATO's 3 million troops
Between Mumbai and Tel AvivThe new Israeli leadership that will come to power in March will have to make a similar strategic assessment to the one Rabin and Peres made in 1993.
Editorial: Jewish terrorists are holding hostage Israel's future
Editorial: Jewish terrorists are holding hostage Israel's future
Jerusalem Post IDF preparing options for strike at Iran without US assentExclusive: Defense officials evaluate "It's always better to coordinate," but an attack without US coordination would not be impossible.
'Syria awaits J'lem response on Golan'Al-Hayat: Turkey holding onto Damascus's answers to Israeli questions until Israel issues response.
'Netanyahu can work well with Obama'Key Obama supporter tells 'Post' leaders could "work in concert toward achievement of mutual interests.
Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine
Has Hamas Lost Its Mind? By: Tariq Alhomayed | Asharq Alawsat
Hawks, Doves Could Spar On Mideast Policy New York Jewish Week
A Brokered Peace Newsweek
Israel Keeps Mum About India's Botched Rescue
The Shame of the Gaza Siege - Hasan Abu Nimah, Jordan Times |
| Pakistan moves up US priority list The terror attacks in India next door have emphasized the instability in the region.
Are Al Qaeda's fingerprints on the Mumbai attack? The consequences could definitely be in their favor.
With a Detroit bailout, the Fed may become too invested to quit It's called the behavioral trap. And it's curable.
Automakers' recovery plan: Get small. Their CEOs visit Washington, trying a second time to win lawmaker approval for an auto industry bailout.
Dubai's frenzied, trillion-dollar building boom falters The global credit crunch and falling oil prices are taking a toll on the superrich Gulf emirate as developers mothball high-profile projects and lay off workers
US subcontractor keeps 1,000 Asians in Iraq warehouseA Kuwait catering company, hired by KBR, kept its workers in a windowless warehouse near Baghdad for as long as three months.
Chertoff: US can learn from Mumbai attacksThe Homeland Security Secretary said government agencies must be integrated in order to be effective.
China's economic success may soon bring trouble. It would be ours too Timothy Garton Ash: The country's reformers seek incremental political changes to complement its gobsmacking growth. If they fail, it could be war
Millions of Chinese graduates out of work after fivefold rise in university places Economic crisis adds to woes of job-seekers with big loans and high expectations
Stratfor India, Pakistan: The Dynamics of Conflict If New Delhi were to use force against Islamist militant facilities in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, it likely would trigger a response from Islamabad and exacerbate the Islamist militant threat to India.
India Shakes Up Obama-Clinton Plans - Jason Horowitz, NY Observer
India Warns All Options Open With Pakistan
Finding the driver's seat in Pakistan's tribal areas
General: Afghan Training a ‘Miserable Failure’ Jones Urges Broad Afghanistan Approach - Neil King Jr., Wall Street Journal What India Needs - Washington Times editorial
Mumbai Explained - Washington Times opinion
China's Economy, in Need of a Jump Start, Waits for Citizens' Fists to Loosen By: Andrew Jacobs | The New York Times
The United State of India - Sitaram Yechury, Hindustan Times
Obama and Kashmir - Ijaz Hussain, Daily Times
The Implications of the Mumbai Attacks for Afghanistan The Brookings Institution
Pakistan Major Worry for US Panel as Terrorism Incubator
| H11 IHT William Pfaff: What was the message? What were the Mumbai attacks really about? Are we really witnessing a war between civilizations?
By JOSEPH R. WOOD The mistakes characteristic of American administrations defy change over time. Here are three things not to do when running American foreign policy.
Reducing U.S. reliance on security contractors The Obama administration must quickly reduce its reliance on the private security contractors so favored - and so protected - by the Bush administration.
Roger Cohen: A court for a new America The U.S. should close ranks with its allies in using the law to fight genocide.
EU proposes deeper ties to 6 ex-Soviet nations The proposed new "Eastern Partnership" with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus offers free trade deals, closer energy ties, easier access to visas and financial assistance programs
EUROPE European press review
Time for Europe to Fill a Fading NATO's Shoes By: Nick Witney | The Japan Times
Caught in Europe's Net? By: Eirikur Bergmann | The Guardian | H12 RFE/RL
Putin to face economy questions Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is set to face a series of questions about the economy in a nationwide broadcast.
Ukraine's Currency Hits Crisis Level Ukraine's currency spiraled to a new low as new data showed the country's population ditching the hryvnia in favor of the dollar faster than ever
Google News Azerbaijan
Political Exiles Fear Kazakh Leader's Wrath By: Jason Motlagh | The Washington Times
An Opportunity With Russia By: Andranik Migranyan | The Washington Times
A Kremlin Feast During a Financial Plague By: Yevgeny Kiselyov | The Moscow Times
Russia's Road Rage By: Mark Medish | International Herald Tribune
Kosovo Faces Russia and Radical Islam - Weekly Standard opinion
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| H13 The Times Irresistible financial force will prevail Economic paralysis seems like an immovable object. But dramatic interest rate cuts can shift it
Georgian Foreign Minister, Eka Tkeshelashvili, warned against action that might undermine chance of joining the alliance
Arrogant and joyless: Obama's take on Britain? The President-elect's writings seem to be coloured by his grandfather's brutal treatment at the hands of the colonists Ben Macintyre
Colonial relationsBritain may have to work at its relationship with Barack Obama
Countries argue over Azam Amir Kasab As tensions rise, India and Pakistan are still at loggerheads over life of the 24-year-old 'with eyes of killer'
Blair hails Obama’s ‘A-team’ for peace Former Prime Minister says he has received assurances that peace in the Middle East will be high on new president's agenda
100 nations make call for cluster bomb ban The US, Russia, China and Israel – the four largest cluster bomb producers – were absent from the treaty signing in Oslo
Wall Street Journal Daniel Henninger: America Needs Its Frontier Spirit
McCain Couldn't Compete With Obama's Money By Karl Rove
Gates Urges Foreign Aid, Education Bill Gates urged lawmakers and the coming Obama administration to maintain investment in foreign aid and education initiatives despite the financial crisis.
Auto Bailout Just Postpones the Inevitable - Shikha Dalmia, Reason
Stop Rebuilding Gigantic Financial Institutions - Eliot Spitzer, Slate | H14 Financial Times China urges US to stabilise its economy China urged the United States to spare no effort to stabilise its economy and financial markets to help avert a global recession
Markets braced for big European rate cuts Bad economic data continue to flow from leading economies
Russia claims victory in Nato’s Georgia climbdown Russia said that a Nato decision to rule out near-term membership for Ukraine and Georgia showed that the US-led military alliance is shying away from interfering with the Russian sphere of influence
Gulf to escape with ‘scratches’ The region’s states will suffer a narrowing of fiscal surpluses as oil prices average $56 a barrel, but the region will escape a recession, a leading financial body has forecast
Rice in Pakistan, urges a tough line on terrorism Visits to India and Pakistan aimed at easing tensionsTime to give something back, Bob Robert Rubin needs to find a way to make up for his part in Citi’s downfall. My suggestion is that, in addition to giving up his bonus for this year and last, he returns the bonuses he got in 2005 and 2006, when Citi’s risk-taking ratcheted up, writes John Gapper
Climate action Any global climate-change accord will work only if big developing nations can be persuaded to cap emissions. The EU can help by showing commitment
Carmakers on a road to nowhere The US motor industry should not be helped to stumble on through the downturn. Any state support should focus on forcing the Big Three to consolidate
Lebanese Christian leader courts AssadMichel Aoun, the Lebanese politician who once personified opposition to Damascus, completed an astounding about-face on Wednesday by meeting the Syrian president - Former military chiefs urge Obama to ban torture and close Guantánamo
Let us call off the bank-burning posse Jonathan Guthrie reappraises business lendingSense of crisis keeps life sweet for Sarkozy Dominique Moisi weighs the risks and rewards
Only new thinking will save the global economy Mohamed El-Erian on adjusting to new realities
Thailand: the next Asian basket case? David Pilling on the country’s damaged reputation
Kiev crunch Political feuding is hampering Ukraine’s leaders as they struggle to revive a debt-ridden economy
Putin confidant calls for greater scrutiny Faced with the task of bailing out Russian companies unable to repay billions of dollars in foreign loans, officials have become frustrated with the lack of supervision
Record contraction in US services sector The US services sector contracted by the most on record in November, while the private sector as a whole lost 250,000 jobs
Warning over mass destruction attacks Terrorist groups would succeed in using weapons of mass destruction within five years unless the world community “acts decisively”, according to a US congressionally mandated commission set up to scrutinise WMD after the 2001 attacks
Push to ban torture and close Guantánamo
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Rice urges Pakistan and India to work together in Mumbai probe 'Pakistan needs to act with resolve and urgency and cooperate fully and transparently,' Rice says. India says evidence increasingly points to a militant group in Pakistan
Jewish settlers in West Bank fear an Israeli withdrawal As many politicians call for giving up most of the territory, residents are divided on whether to resist by violent means
Nations sign cluster-bomb ban, U.S. and Russia refuse An Afghan teenager who lost both legs in a cluster bomb explosion helped persuade his country to change its stance and join nearly 100 nations in signing a treaty today banning the disputed weapons
India and Pakistan talk tough The rivals emphasize their right to defend themselves as tension over the Mumbai terrorist attacks grows and leads trickle in.
Big Three ask for money -- againShould Congress be swayed by their business plans?
IRAQ: UN's Iraq report still missing casualty count | Babylon & ... |
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| H17 Daily Telegraph Nixon wanted to 'decimate' N Vietnam President Richard Nixon's paranoid rantings about "enemies" aired for the first time as US release Oval Office tapes.
| H18 Independent The Big Brother state – by stealth Personal information detailing intimate aspects of the lives of every British citizen is to be handed over to government agencies under sweeping new powers.
Tribal leaders to sabotage West's assault on Taliban America's plan to enlist Afghan militias in the war against the Taliban threatens to backfire.
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10 Terrorists and Pathetic Security - Edward Luttwak, Globe & Mail
New Irregular Warfare Directive
Report's recommendations
McClatchy How India officials fumbled the response to Mumbai attack It took 10 nearly 10 hours for India's best commando team to reach the scene.
Former military chiefs urge Obama to ban torture and close Guantánamo
Security Force Assistance Case Study: Mosul, Iraq
Mumbai police to use truth serum on ‘baby-faced’ terrorist Azam Amir Kasab
“International Convention for Suppression of Nuclear Terrorism,” Report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, September 11, 2008.
“Technologies to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction,” hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, March 12, 2008.
Nations Sign Cluster Bomb Ban, U.S. and Russia Refuse By: Doug Mellgren | The Associated Press
NATO Backs U.S. Missile Shield Over Russian Protest By: Paul Ames | The Associated Press
A Touchy Path for Obama: Taking Charge of the CIA By: Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane | The International Herald Tribune
Homeland Security: A Multi-Agency Behemoth
Ret. Officers Urge Obama to Expunge 'Stain of Torture'
Experience is Prime Asset for New Spy Chiefs By: Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus | The Washington Post
Terrorism in India and the Global Jihad Brookings Institution
Role of terrorism adviser could fall to Biden’s office, group suggests
This Working Paper from CFR's Center for Preventive Action surveys existing approaches to assessing state fragility and failure within the context of development, conflict, and governance. It argues that the goal of "early warning" should be more to inform and temper our expectations for policy response than to trigger costly and risky interventions.
HUMINT Nature and the Jim Thyne Theory (Full PDF Article)
Panel Warns of Risk of an Attack by 2013 - Washington Times
The Mythology of the
Blackwater Plans Effort Against Piracy - Wall Street Journal | H20 Slate
Better Aid: Responding to Gaps in Effectiveness The Brookings Institution This 8-page US policy brief uses a two-pronged approach so that aid architecture can be strengthened, gaps filled, flows coordinated, and development sustainable and effective—ultimately making aid better
New Report Finds Worsening Global Hunger Crisis, Reinforces Need for More Effective U.S. Foreign Aid
Weathering the Storm: Economic Policy Responses to the Financial Crisis World Bank A 23-page report evaluating policy stances for developing countries to adopt in dealing with the global economic downturn
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The Spirit of Democracy: How to Make Democracies Work CIPE A 10-page US article on the state of global democracy development and the prerequisites for future success
Meltdown Hits HarvardHarvard University's endowment has fallen 22 percent in the last four months, the largest drop in modern history, forcing the school to announce it will take a "hard look at hiring, staffing levels, and compensation."
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