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29 December 2008
  December 29, 2008

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H1 New York Times News Analysis With Strikes, Israel Reminds Foes It Has Teeth Israel’s military operation in Gaza aims to expunge the ghost of its flawed 2006 war against Hezbollah in Lebanon and re-establish Israeli deterrence.

Gaza Crisis Is Another Challenge for Obama, Who Defers to Bush for Now

The State of Iraq: An Update By JASON CAMPBELL, MICHAEL O'HANLON and AMY UNIKEWICZ As 2008 and the Bush presidency conclude, Iraq has settled into a kind of violent semi-peace. But there are still big challenges.

OP-CHART; The State of Iraq: An Update

Niall Ferguson / Financial Times:

An imaginary retrospective of 2009 — It was the year when people finally gave up trying to predict the year ahead. It was the year when every forecast had to be revised - usually downwards - at least three times. It was the year when the paradox of globalisation was laid bare for all to see, if their eyes weren't tightly shut.

Los Angeles Times From Pax Americana to slacker Americans Superpower baggage By Chris Ayres Take it from a Brit: Losing an empire won't be so bad for Americans. In fact, there's much to look forward to.

In Gaza, Israel isn't repeating
its Lebanon mistakes
ANALYSIS: Unlike its 2006 attack on Hezbollah, the assault on Hamas is carefully planned and offers a way out.

Obama's Mideast peace plans face tougher road, experts say The violence in the Gaza Strip may also reinforce many Muslims' unhappiness with the U.S. position on Israeli-Palestinian affairs and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Ha’aretz Disinformation, secrecy and lies: How the Gaza offensive came about Long-term preparation, careful gathering of information, secret discussions, operational deception and the misleading of the public - all these stood behind the Israel Defense Forces "Cast Lead" operation against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip

ANALYSIS / IAF strike on Gaza is Israel's version of 'shock and awe'

ANALYSIS / Key Arab states hope for weakened Hamas

OPINION / Trying to 'teach Hamas a lesson' is fundamentally wrong Most dangerous of all is the cliche that there is no one to talk to. That has never been true

Foreign Ministry readies 'diplomatic exit plan' from Gaza Jerusalem sources rule out Security Council resolution, such as the one that ended Second Lebanon War

Why hasn't Hamas responded to Gaza strikes with greater force?

Washington PostWhat Iran Wants Out of Talks With the U.S.

By Ray Takeyh, It views talks with the U.S. as a way to consolidate its gains and validate its regional role.

As It Continues Attacks on Gaza Strip, Israel Is Poised for a Long Fight Palestinian Deaths Near 300; Hamas Calls for Suicide Strikes

The Crash | What Went Wrong

The Beautiful Machine Greed on Wall Street and blindness in Washington certainly helped cause the financial system's crash. But a deeper explanation begins 20 years ago with a bold experiment to master the variable that has defeated so many visionaries: Risk.

The Crash in Conventional Wisdom By Robert J. Samuelson, The great lesson of 2008 is how little we understand and can control the economy.

Olmert's Final Failure By Jackson Diehl, The Israeli prime minister most committed to peace will be remembered for his wars.

Ha’aretz Define the objectives in Gaza Even if the invasion continues for many days and even weeks, it will end in an agreement, or at least an understanding similar to that reached last June.

Bar’el Delusions of victory in Gaza Ending Hamas rule, securing peace and rescuing Shalit are unlikely outcomes of an Israeli invasion of Gaza.

Jerusalem Post Analysis: Shock, awe... and deception The decision to open Gaza crossings created the perception that Israel was holding off on an operation.

Analysis: Fighting Hamas in the shadow of 2006's mistakes

[ DAVID HOROVITZ,

Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: The Current Round of Israeli-Palestinian Fighting Hamas' decision to end a truce with Israel presented both Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with opportunities.

Daily Star Iran is coming to grips with Barack Hussein Obama
By Karim Sadjadpour

The Middle East as a nagging irritant By Rami G. Khouri

Getting Away with Murder in Lebanon? - Joshua Hammer, The Atlantic

Steve Clemons / The Washington Note: Hijacking Obama's Middle East Strategy

McClatchy Baghdad bombing suggests that security gains are fragile A car bomb ripped through a historic Shiite Muslim district of Baghdad Saturday, killing at least 24 people and wounding at least 46, Iraqi police said. The bombing in Kadhimiyah, a holy area for Shiite Muslims, underscores fear that the security gains of the past year are fragile, even in the country’s capital

Iraqi government to take control of Sunni militia in Diyala Jan. 1 will see an important test of Iraqi reconciliation when the central government takes control of Sunni Muslim militias that had backed a U.S.-led security program in volatile Diyala province. The province is a fault line of sectarian tensions, with Sunni tribal leaders fleeing because they fear being targeted by Iraq's Shiite-led central government.

Could saber-rattling lead to war between India and Pakistan? Pakistan is moving some troops away from its border with Afghanistan, Pakistani officials said on Friday, sparking renewed fears that last month's terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, could trigger a fourth war between the two countries, both of which are now armed with nuclear weapons

Samuel P. Huntington, 1927-2008

• 'We need a Middle East grand design' by Yehezkel Dror, Jerusalem Post

Nir Rosen: Gaza: Israel, Hamas and the logic of colonial power

Time The Strategic Price of Israel's Gaza Assault

Guardian What are we not talking about now that we will be - or should be - in 2009? Guardian columnists offer their new year's revelations

Ian Black: This will only strengthen HamasDevastating Air Strikes May Limit Hamas's Capacity to Attack – but Will Almost Certainly Increase Its Support Among Palestinians

12 Months That Changed the World - Joan Walsh, Salon


2008: We Learned What We Don't Know - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek

Independent Robert Fisk: Leaders lie, civilians die, and lessons of history are ignored

CSM India: Let Kashmir go Resolving the disputed territory would benefit all. By Bennett Ramberg

Weekly Standard The Net-Zero Gas Tax A once-in-a-generation chance.

New York Times White House Puts Onus on Hamas to End Escalation of Violence

Debt Sweat Printing Money – and Its Price By PETER S. GOODMAN The future seems a distant concern now. But Washington is spending as we once did.

Wall Street Journal Israel's Gaza Defense

Michael B. Oren and Yossi Klein Halevi: Palestinians Need Israel to Win

OPEC and the Prisoner's Dilemma

Washington Post WITH FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE

Better Luck Next Year Pundits make bold predictions at their own risk. The commentators and leaders below offered confident forecasts about politics, war, the economy and even the end of humanity itself that completely missed the mark.

Israel Strikes Hamas suffers a serious blow -- but the real winner may be Iran.

Pipeline politics in Ukraine What the latest spat with Russia over natural gas says about the direction of US foreign policy. (Boston Globe)

McClatchy Was 2008 the beginning of another Great Depression? It wasn't 1929, but like that infamous year, 2008 is sure to be remembered by economic historians as one unlike any other. Where to begin? In March, there was the overnight collapse of Wall Street titan Bear Stearns, in hindsight the first domino to fall in what would become a meltdown of the global financial markets.

Financial Times Old danger threatens new model Europe The EU is becoming a community of nation states that co-operate solely on issues they cannot address alone. Yet there are limits and dangers in this approach, writes John Thornhill

America in 2009: US will forgive Obama’s failures but not indecision The president-elect will be judged by his ability to retain the respect of the country even as the disappointments pile up, writes Clive Crook

World Economy in 2009: Three priorities for recovery Wolfgang Münchau on the outlook for next year

Russian economy – The Putin defenceThe Kremlin’s refusal to implement significant devaluation may be delaying a necessary adjustment

Bad start for new Bretton Woods

The G20 needs more detail, more hard work and less political posturing. It will do well to soft-pedal expectations for the meeting in London in April

Bombing Gaza is not a solution

With a lame duck administration in Washington, it is hard to see who will de-escalate this crisis. Barack Obama should make Israel-Palestine a priority

Emerging economies face rush for credit Industrialised nations bonds could limit access to markets

Arab states squirm as anger rises

Regional governments found themselves under renewed pressure to help the Palestinians, but with little room for manoeuvre

Can the free market give you moral backbone?

Theorist of cultural clash who triggered drive for dialogue

Iraq: The Necessary Withdrawal - Juan Cole, The Nation

Samuel Huntington, R.I.P. (1927-2008)

Israel Changed the Rules Forever With Gaza Airstrike

2008: A Year of Living Dangerously : Amir Taheri

New Afghan Strategy Might Not Be Enough - Fred Kaplan, Slate

Old Danger Threatens New Europe - John Thornhill, Financial Times

Is the End of Oil in Sight? - Gwynne Dyer,
Japan Times

Bush Is Winning the War on Terror - Nile Gardiner, The Telegraph

Obama's Global Agenda - Phyllis Schlafly,
Washington Times

The World's Wishlist for Obama - Thomas Omestad, US News & World Report


What Is Peace? -
Austin Bay, RealClearWorld

Al Hayat The Arab World's Grim Prospects for 2009 Patrick Seale - As 2008 draws to a close, the Arab world can derive little joy from the events of the past year, and will have good reason to fear that the next year will not be any better. Economically, socially and politically, 2009 promises to be tough.


A Crisis And An Opportunity - Michael Oren, The New Republic

Boldly tackling the Palestine question
GulfNews

Newsweek Will Gaza Attack Help or Hurt Israel?

Russia’s crisis: the political options, Vladimir Gelman

Helena Cobban What does Hamas want?

ISRAEL, WRONG. (Ezra Klein/American Prospect)

National Defense University. Industrial College of the Armed Forces· National Security Policy Process: The National Security Council and Interagency System


Confrontation in Gaza Was Inevitable - Richard Beeston, Times of
London

The Necessary Withdrawal
Middle East Online

Israel Strike May Shift Obama Plan - Ben Smith & Harry Siegel, Politico

Return of the Great Society? -
George Will, Washington Post

Gorbachev's model for Obama The "decisive year" for which Gorbachev called two decades ago may now be here -- for our side. (By James Carroll, Boston Globe)

Provoking Russia

Once again, the West's policy toward Russia and its addiction to interfering in the affairs of other countries is having dangerous effects on the rest of the world. (By Muammar Gaddafi, Boston Globe)

Guardian Power shift Yuri Fedotov: Russia's warning about gas shortages in the EU comes right before its new Opec-style cartel with other major producers

H2

Babacan ABD ile "yol kazası"ndan endişeli

Obama'lı yeni dönem MGK'da

Semih İdiz Erdoğan’ın İsrail çıkışı Ankara için sorun yaratabilir

Ferai Tınç Türkiye’ye gelmeden verilmiş bir karar

Should Turkey Apologize to Armenians? - Asli Aydintasbas, Forbes

Faruk Loğoğlu Turkey with a seat on the UNSC: Tough decisions ahead

Turkey in the European Union: A Bridge Too Far EuropeNews

Hedefimiz HAMAS’tı siviller için üzgünüz

Hamas ups the ante Ha'aretz A senior Turkish source confirmed to Haaretz that Hamas asked Turkey a few weeks ago to act as a mediator, but the Turks did not accept.

Cevdet Aşkın Karayılan: Ateşkes için heyet geldi

Kurds herald launch of Turkey's first official Kurdish language station

But scepticism among many about its state-sponsored message will mean it faces a battle to earn acceptance among Kurds in impoverished southeast Turkey.

Erdoğan: Ciddi insanlık suçu

Turkish parliament cuts spending

Dışişleri'nden saldırıya kınama

Turkey calls Israeli air strikes on Gaza blow to peace efforts

AKP salonunda İsrail’e öfke

ÖMER TAŞPINAR
2009: ABD'nin en zor yılı

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

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

Turkey 'hits PKK targets in Iraq'

Turkish fighter planes bomb suspected Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, Turkish military sources say.

Istanbul Calling: Turkey's Kurdish TV Gamble By Yigal Schleifer

Türkiye'nin 5 yeni korkusu

Başbakan: Saldırı bize de yapılmış bir saygısızlıktır

Soli Özel Gazze

Hüsnü Mahalli Seçim füzeleri

Kadri GürselKısır döngüden beslenen savaş

Selçuk Gültaşlı Hoş geldin Kürtçe TV

Ali H Aslan Obama ve İsrail

Ömer Taşpınar Time for grand diplomacy in the Middle East

Tufan Türenç Facianın aktörleri: Amerika, İsrail ve Hamas

Rastî: INTERVIEW WITH PKK AT TARAF

Kurdish TV opens but picture still fuzzy

DTP'li Türk: Kürtçe TV sürecini dikkatle izliyoruz

Araplar iğneyi İsrail’e, çuvaldızı kendilerine batırsın CEYDA KARAN

Abdülnasır da Atatürk gibi ‘insanileştirilmeli’

FEHMİ HÜVEYDİ

Talabani, Barzani discuss fate of disputed Kirkuk

Talabani, Barazani Discuss Separation of Parties From Govt

Turkey to launch Kurdish TV to take on rebels

Turkey takes step forward with Kurdish TV channel Reuters India

Washington Post Widespread Female Circumcision Highlights the Plight of Kurdish Women

The Widespread Practice of Female Circumcision in Iraq's North Highlights The Plight of Women in a Region Often Seen as More Socially Progressive

TAMER KORKMAZ Katliam

Ardan Zentürk ‘İsrail aslında OBAMA’ya saldırdı!’

Nasuhi Güngör Kürtçe TRT’den Gazze’ye bir uzun yol

Kerim Balcı Gaza operation is self-deception

İhsan Dağı Understanding the Israeli provocation

Yavuz Baydar The horror of Gaza

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

Avrupa'da Türkiye'yi konuşmak (orjinal tam metin)

2010 yılbaşı için erken yazı

BAHADIR KALEAĞASI

Türkiye, Almanya siyasetini karıştırdı

Turkey in the European Union: A Bridge Too Far EuropeNew

İstiklal madalyalı Ermeniler

AVNİ ÖZGÜREL

The Armenian apology campaign and the Ottoman Ergenekon

Nicolas Sarkozy Türkiye'de yatırıma da karşı

Will Turkey officially apologize for the 'Great Catastrophe'? by CENAP ÇAKMAK*

All quiet on EU front, but several foreign policy surprises on eastern front

Almanya'nın En Güçlü Kadınlarından Biri Türk

Almanya: Aşırı Sağcıların İşlediği Suçlar Artıyor

Şeytanı bol bir ülkeyiz

More than 1 mln Brits visit Turkey, expected to double in 2009

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

TSK'da yerli mal dönemi

Turkey: Dreams of an ancient land

Serdar Turgut Medya patronlarına okuma ödevi

Serdar Turgut Türkler yandı Kürtler de yansın

Shoes flung at Bush flying from shelves An Istanbul cobbler capitalizes on the 'shoe mania' sparked by the tossing of his work.

FT'den yatırımcılaraı: Türkiye'den ev alın 3 yorum

H3

“Bu ülkede herkes defans oynuyor”

2009 Türkiye için zor bir yıl olacak

[Röportaj - Nuriye Akman] Türk ordusuna Ermeni bir general lâzım

‘Anadolu bu’ denemez biz bir iklimi tespit ettik

Açık Toplum Enstitüsü Türkiye Direktörü: Araştırma Türkiye genelini yansıtmayabilir

Gökçek sıkıntısı

Alevilerin AKP’den altı talebi

AKP’de belde krizi

Baykal: Bu seçim iktidar bile değiştirir

Canlandırma ve yapısal reform şart -Derviş Radikal’e yazdı

Yine Gökçek demedi

GÖKÇEK’e ecel teri döktürüyor

18 aday açıklandı, Ankara yeni yıla

İstanbul'da CHP'nin ibresi Tekin'e döndü

Gülen cemaati denetim altına alınmak isteniyor

'Yeşil'i Eymür öldürttü

Genelkurmay ile savcıya kritik sorular

Temizlikçi sizi dinliyor olabilir

Bu anket AKP'yi sarstı

IMF’nin dediği olur!

Aleviler TRT’de program istiyor

Yeşil’i yargılayacak mahkeme bulunamadı

Kurtlar Vadisi değil Ergenekon davası

İdari yargının kararı Prof. Akyüz'ü de yaktı

Kömür yardımı tepkisi

TRT’den Muharrem’de canlı...

Saçan'ın işkenceleri Tantan'a rapor edilmiş

Karayalçın'dan 'deli Ergenekon' tehdidi

Danıştay böyle bir karar vermemeliydi

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman GH Türkiye

Birinci Sayfalar Akşam Birgün Bugün Cumhuriyet Dünya Hürriyet Milli Gazete Milliyet Posta Radikal Referans Sabah Star Taraf Tercüman Türkiye Vakit Vatan Yeni Şafak Zaman Arşiv

Video NTV CNNTürk Milliyet

Cengiz Çandar Kandil yolu Bağdat'tan geçmiyor

Sırası mıydı?

Ahmet Taşgetiren Ergenekon: Sır içinde sır ( 27.12.2008 )

Ruşen - Çakır Erdoğan ile Gökçek: İki ayrı dünyanın insanları

Taha Akyol Yine yargı sorunu

Fikret Bila Kürtçe yayın politikası

Hasan Cemal

Murat Yetkin Özkök'ün 28 Şubat tespiti, 27 Nisan'la doğrulandı

İsmet Berkan Belde depremi geliyor

Fehmi Koru İtibar ve uzun ömür miyarı Kan gözleri bürümüş

Taha KıvançGarih dosyasının kapağı açılırken

Şamil Tayyar Erken seçim olur mu?

Ali Bayramoğlu Hilmi Özkök, asker, demokrasi…

Yasemin Çongar

Ertuğrul Özkök

Hasan Ünal

Ekrem Dumanlı Seçim stratejisi belli olmuştur gelin deşifre edelim

Ahmet Hakan Mesele Melih değil

Son üç adam

İsmail Küçükkaya
Erdoğan’la Baykal’ın adaylar satrancı

M Ali Birand

Cüneyt Ülsever Yeni yıl dileklerim

Şahin Alpay Sources of intolerance and discrimination in Turkey

Enis BerberoğluFethi vacip yeni kale

Oktay Ekşiİsrail hep haklıdır

Özdemir İnce

Mehmet Y YılmazBaşbakan’a BM’yi anlatmak gerek

KÜRŞAT BUMİN Yeni bir zümre: 'Sosyal bilimci' gazeteciler

YASİN AKTAY Mahalle baskısından İslamofobyaya bir yol vardır

Terörle mücadelede İsrail örneği...ORAL ÇALIŞLAR

Seçim bu listelerle yapılmamalıdır!

TARHAN ERDEM

Öbür mahalleler HALUK ŞAHİN

Yüksek yargıda partizanlık

HASAN CELAL GÜZEL

“Türkiye, üzgün yurdum, güzel yurdum”ALTAN ÖYMEN

Yasaklı Şivan’la Kürtçe yayın...

ORAL ÇALIŞLAR

Gülay Göktürk Binnaz Toprak Araştırması 2- Devlet değil, toplum baş edebilir

Nuh Gönültaş Tuncay’dan haberler... Güney Kurtlar Vadisi’nde..

Rıza Türmen Bankaların keyfi yerinde

Mustafa Akyol Mahallenin baskısı ne kadar İslami?

[MONDAY TALK] Pollster Sencar calls 2008 ‘lost year’

MUHARREM SARIKAYA

ERDAL ŞAFAK"Felaket tellalı"na veda

ENGİN ARDIÇ

ERGUN BABAHAN

EMRE AKÖZ Hangi vatandaşlar "makbul" değildir?

Umur Talu Biliyor muydun Amca!

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

NAZLI ILICAKTarih-Lenk'in tırpanı

MEHMET BARLASGüçlü olmanın gerçek ölçüleri farklıdır

KÜRŞAT BUMİN

'Ötekileştirme'ye ilişkin notlar

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

YAVUZ DONATBüyükşehirler neden gecikiyor?

Ali Saydam Kim kaybediyor? AK Parti mi, yoksa CHP mi?

Ekonomi

Osman UIagay TÜSİAD ve Demirel ile darbeli döneme yolculuk

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu

Erdal Sağlam Sicil affı yarardan çok zarar getirir

Turkish Parliament Cuts Spending

Krizler, para ve iktisatçılar

MAHFİ EĞİLMEZ

Kefalet sistemi yardımcı olur

FATİH ÖZATAY

Yeni yıla girerken

BARAN TUNCER

Deniz Gökçe Ne yapıyoruz?

Hurşit Güneş Bu kriz bizim krizimiz!

Yaman Törüner Bankaların keyfi yerinde

OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
Ekonomi küçüldükçe tartışma büyür!

Eser Karakaş IMF krize karşı ne öneriyor?

Sona kalan, IMF’ye kalır!

UĞUR GÜRSES

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FATİH ÖZATAY

H4 New York Times News Analysis With Strikes, Israel Reminds Foes It Has Teeth Israel’s military operation in Gaza aims to expunge the ghost of its flawed 2006 war against Hezbollah in Lebanon and re-establish Israeli deterrence.

Gaza Crisis Is Another Challenge for Obama, Who Defers to Bush for Now

The State of Iraq: An Update By JASON CAMPBELL, MICHAEL O'HANLON and AMY UNIKEWICZ As 2008 and the Bush presidency conclude, Iraq has settled into a kind of violent semi-peace. But there are still big challenges.

OP-CHART; The State of Iraq: An Update

Israeli Troops Mass Along Border; Arab Anger Rises With the death toll in Gaza rising to nearly 300, a furious reaction spread across the Arab world, raising fears of greater instability in the region

PAUL KRUGMAN Fifty Herbert Hoovers Even as Washington tries to rescue the economy, the nation will be reeling from the actions of 50 Herbert Hoovers — state governors who are slashing spending in a time of recession.

William Kristol George, Abe, Rick & Barack I look forward to Barack Obama’s inauguration with a surprising degree of hope and good cheer.

The Office Pool, 2009

By WILLIAM SAFIRE Last year, in the 34th annual Office Pool, I predicted that the Dow Jones industrial average would break 15,000 in 2008. But this year — I’m due.

White House Puts Onus on Hamas to End Escalation of Violence

Debt Sweat Printing Money – and Its Price By PETER S. GOODMAN The future seems a distant concern now. But Washington is spending as we once did.

Editorial Mr. Obama and Mr. Putin If Barack Obama wants better relations with Russia, he should start by cutting back on the belligerent talk and invite the Russians to high-level discussions

Taliban Hit Pakistan Town That Fought Back

Islamist Militants in Somalia Begin to Fight One Another

Blast Kills 16 Afghans Near Pakistan Border

No Easy Indian Response to Pakistan’s Troop Shift

Ex-Hussein Officials and Others Go on Trial Over Execution of Thousands

Moscow Journal: A Bank Without Money Disillusions Members of a New Middle Class

China Says Man Confessed to Bus Bombings

Israelis Say Strikes Against Hamas Will Continue Israeli officials said the Gaza airstrikes, which killed more than 225 on Saturday and went on into the night, were the start of what could be days or even months of an effort against Hamas.

Car Bomb Near Baghdad Shrine Kills 24, as Iraqi Shiites’ Holiest Month Approaches

Editorial Recruiting the Best President-elect Barack Obama should consider these steps to ensure the high-quality Army that America needs.

THOMAS L. FRIEDMANWin, Win, Win, Win, Win ... We have got to stop “taking off the table” the gasoline tax, the tool that would add leverage to everything we want to do at home and abroad.

NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF A New Chance for Darfur Sudan fears the Obama administration, and now for the first time in years, there’s a real chance of ousting President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and ending his murderous regime.

TIMOTHY EGAN The Pre-Blame Game As President Bush fogs up history’s rearview mirror, Barack Obama does have a clean slate. He deserves none of the pre-emptive blame his critics are trying to assign to him.

The American Agenda Experts give Barack Obama advice on crime, education, energy, health care and immigration.
The Gas Tax If the Obama administration is to meet its twin objectives of reducing the consumption of foreign oil and cutting emissions, it needs to curb the nation’s demand for energy

Pakistan Moves Troops Amid Tension With India Two officials said troops were headed to the Indian border, but there was little to indicate a major redeployment.

BOB HERBERT Stop Being Stupid Over the past few decades, the American way has been to pay for things with money that wasn’t there. Americans must resolve to be smarter going forward.

The Energy Challenge: No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’

Islamic Revival Tests Bosnia’s Secular Cast

Chinese Warships Sail, Loaded for Pirates

The Saturday Profile: Behind Analyst’s Cool Demeanor, Deep Anxiety Over American Policy

Laurie Rosenwald 'The Man Who Owns the News' By MICHAEL WOLFF Reviewed by DAVID CARR Michael Wolff attacks Rupert Murdoch with casual delight in this portrait of the media titan and his quest to buy The Wall Street Journal. First Chapter

'Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity' Michael Lewis collects journalism on the past 20 years of market madness — and finds a pattern.

'The Ascent of Money' By NIALL FERGUSON
Reviewed by MICHAEL HIRSH
Niall Ferguson argues that finance has weighed heavily on the outcome of history’s big events

TV News Winds Down Operations on Iraq War

H5 Washington PostWhat Iran Wants Out of Talks With the U.S.

By Ray Takeyh, It views talks with the U.S. as a way to consolidate its gains and validate its regional role.

As It Continues Attacks on Gaza Strip, Israel Is Poised for a Long Fight

Palestinian Deaths Near 300; Hamas Calls for Suicide Strikes

The Crash | What Went Wrong

The Beautiful Machine Greed on Wall Street and blindness in Washington certainly helped cause the financial system's crash. But a deeper explanation begins 20 years ago with a bold experiment to master the variable that has defeated so many visionaries: Risk.

The Crash in Conventional Wisdom

By Robert J. Samuelson, The great lesson of 2008 is how little we understand and can control the economy.

Olmert's Final Failure By Jackson Diehl,

The Israeli prime minister most committed to peace will be remembered for his wars.

WITH FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE Better Luck Next Year Pundits make bold predictions at their own risk. The commentators and leaders below offered confident forecasts about politics, war, the economy and even the end of humanity itself that completely missed the mark.

Scores in Gaza Killed in Wave of Israeli Airstrikes Reports of at least 205 dead, hundreds wounded in Gaza attacks; Israeli official says operations targeting Hamas will be expanded as needed.

Israel Strikes Hamas suffers a serious blow -- but the real winner may be Iran.

Israeli Warplanes Pound Targets in Gaza Strip Hamas security installations are targeted in retaliation for rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel; at least 225 Palestinians are killed, 700 wounded

Lebanon's Quiet Truce By David Ignatius

In China, Media Make Small Strides Amid small signs of increased freedom for the state-controlled media in today's China, there continue to be examples of the Communist Party's determination to control what is reported

The Crash | What Went Wrong

The Beautiful Machine

Greed on Wall Street and blindness in Washington certainly helped cause the financial system's crash. But a deeper explanation begins 20 years ago with a bold experiment to master the variable that has defeated so many visionaries: Risk.

How the Series Was Reported

This is the first of a three-part series on how AIG, one of the world's premier companies, became a fulcrum in the global economic crisis. AIG's impending collapse in September triggered the most costly bailout of a private company in U.S. history.

The GOP Goes South By David S. Broder, Republican ranks are increasingly dominated by right-wing Southerners who don't care about the party's national image

Obama's Down Payment A Stimulus Must Aim for Long-Term Results

By Lawrence Summers, His economic policy aims to create the jobs that Americans need and do the work that our economy requires.

Counterterrorism Fight Blurs Lines Between Government, Private Sectors Private Agents Snared Afghan Drug Kingpin

Pakistan Moves Troops From Tribal Areas to Border With India

The World That Harold Pinter Unlocked By Ariel Dorfman

What the playwright, who died this week, taught me about human existence and politics.

Politics Is No Longer Local. It's Viral.By Jose Antonio Vargas

The Internet has put the 'you' back in the political process

H6 Guardian Killing a two-state solution Editorial: A hammer blow is intended to terrorise and that is exactly what Israel did

Civilian death toll rises in Gaza

Seven UN students killed in air strike as Palestinian casualties rise to 280 dead and 600 injured

What are we not talking about now that we will be - or should be - in 2009? Guardian columnists offer their new year's revelations

Ian Black: This will only strengthen HamasDevastating Air Strikes May Limit Hamas's Capacity to Attack – but Will Almost Certainly Increase Its Support Among Palestinians

Israel considers ground invasion in Gaza Ehud Olmert warns that fighting will be 'long and painful' as 6,500 soldiers are called up

Power shift Yuri Fedotov: Russia's warning about gas shortages in the EU comes right before its new Opec-style cartel with other major producers

Buy a newspaper for democracy

Tim Luckhurst: No website can yet afford to send correspondents on speculative foreign missions or to fund expensive long-term investigations

India's double standards Kapil Komireddi: While India blames Pakistan for inaction after Mumbai's terror attacks, it turns a blind eye to a dangerous terror organisation

'There's a strong likelihood that people are dying needlessly'

Gaza hospitals in crisis with power blackouts for 12 hours a day and 20% of drugs out of stock

Thousands of protesters in streets Crowds gather throughout Middle East to denounce Israel's air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza

'The injured were lying there asking God to let them die' Fikr Shaltoot, programme coordinator for Medical Aid for Palestinians, a British NGO, witnesses Gaza crisis

Key figures The leading players in the current Israel-Palestine hostilities

Defiant leaders dismiss calls to reinstate ceasefire The prospects for renewing ceasefire considered slim as Hamas leaders call for third uprisin

Air strikes in Gaza kill 225 as Israel targets Hamas Israel vows to continue offensive against key targets in the Gaza strip

To be in Gaza is to be trapped

Analysis: The latest attacks in Gaza rank with Deir Yassin and the Sabra and Shatila massacres

World reaction to the Israeli attacks on Gaza

'There is a time for calm... now is the time to fight'

We have no words left Ali Abunimah: Palestinians are at a loss to describe this attack. International civil society must act now

Talking, not force, is the only solution in Gaza Editorial: The near certainty that Israeli aggression against Hamas will end in failure is surely a compelling reason for negotiation

Pinter was powerful and passionate, but often misguided Nick Cohen

Afghan suicide bomb kills 14 children Failed attempt to blow up meeting of tribal elders in eastern Khost province also leaves 58 injured

Recession could cost Britain 1m jobs CIPD warns of 'winter surge' in unemployment with up to 300,000 losses in early part of next year

Six months of secret Gaza planning

'Patience ran out' over missile attacks, but Israeli strategy risks creating fresh motives for revenge

Israel builds PR campaign to lay blame on Hamas

Obama refuses to be drawn on conflict

Profile: Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak

Darwin shouldn't be hijacked by New Atheists - he is an ethical inspiration Madeleine Bunting: We need to expose the myths about Darwin in order to improve his public perception

CBS newsman's $70m lawsuit likely to deal Bush legacy a new blow

Breaking the rules Editorial: In an age of intellectual conformity such independent spirits as Harold Pinter are rare

Perilous perceptions Editorial: A clear majority of people are worried about their own financial situation, a marked contrast to one month ago

We need a moral vision Will Hutton: After a year of meltdown, we will require wisdom, imagination and a new ethic

The double-hype of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad James Meek: Both the president of Iran and his critics share an interest in exaggerating his importance

Pinter was powerful and passionate, but often misguided

Nick Cohen

The recklessness of HamasSeth Freedman: Those who have condemned Israel for falling into a trap ought to be just as vocal in condemning Hamas for setting such a trap

Gaza: where civilians become targets Andrea Becker: Israel accuses Hamas of hiding 'terrorist infrastructure' among civilians, but does that justify the slaughter of innocent Gazans?

Pakistan remembers Bhutto as tension with India mounts Tens of thousands of Pakistanis pay their respects at grave of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto

Obama's Europe Dominique Moisi: The problems the US will face under its seemingly multilateral new president will test old Europe too

Channel 4's Iran propaganda Peter Tatchell: Ahmadinejad's Christmas message was an insult to the 100,000 Iranians murdered since the Islamists seized power in 1979

H7

Daily Star Iran is coming to grips with Barack Hussein Obama
By Karim Sadjadpour

The Middle East as a nagging irritant By Rami G. Khouri

Getting Away with Murder in Lebanon? - Joshua Hammer, The Atlantic

Steve Clemons / The Washington Note: Hijacking Obama's Middle East Strategy

Cost of Bush's War on Terror Hits $1 Trillion

Report: Russia Selling Surface-To-Air Missiles to Libya, Syria: Report

Radicals with al-Qaeda Link to Take Control in Somalia - Mike Pflanz, Daily Telegraph

CBS News: Condoleezza Rice: “I'm Not A Type A”

Adam J.V. Sell / Boston Globe: Samuel Huntington, author, Harvard political scientist; at 81

Premarital sex on rise as Iranians delay marriage, survey finds Study reveals that more than one in four men aged 19 to 29 had experienced premarital sex

Somalia: To Move Beyond the Failed State Crisis Group

Top 10 Myths About Iraq, 2008
by Juan Cole

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

Arabs rally against Israeli raids

Thousands rally across the Arab world to condemn Israel's air raids in the Gaza Strip, while Hezbollah calls on its fighters in southern Lebanon to be on alert.

Israeli Drones, Warplanes Loom Over S. Lebanon

New IBC Study: Civilian Deaths in Iraq 98,000 Since 2003

Iraq Presidency Approves UK Troops Staying

Syria Halts Israel Talks to Protest Gaza Attack

Opposition Says Mubarak Blessed Israeli Attacks

Many killed by Baghdad car bomb

At least 22 people have died in a car bomb attack in a Shia district of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, security officials say.

UN Welcomes Iraq Debt Forgiveness - United Press International

Arab world condemns Israeli attack on Gaza

Maliki Cancels Iran Trip

Coalition Forces to Remain in Basra Airport's Military Section

H9 Ha’aretz At least 225 dead, over 780 hurt in IAF Gaza strikes Meshal: This intifada will rescue Gaza and protect the West Bank, but be lethal for Zionist enemy

ANALYSIS / IAF strike on Gaza is Israel's version of 'shock and awe'

ANALYSIS / Key Arab states hope for weakened Hamas

Editorial Defend, don't invade

The way out of Gaza After the politicians flex their muscles, the analysts blow smoke and the citizens of Israel have their "honor restored," a new exit from Gaza must be sought - certainly not a new entrance

An overdue reawakening Israel goaded its enemies to provoke it because they ceased believing that Israel would agree to pay the price of using force

A moment before stepping into the quicksandA moment before Barack Obama and his secretary of state enter the quicksand of Middle East politics, the marketplace of proposals for preserving or upgrading the peace process seems overflowing with produce both fresh and stale

Israel deploys tanks and ground troops along Gaza border IAF strikes mosque, TV station on day 2 of Gaza offensive; Barak: Now is the time for fighting, not calm

Amira Hass / 'Gaza strike is not against Hamas, it's against all Palestinians'

UN Security Council calls for immediate halt to Gaza violenceRice: Hamas responsible for renewed violence; Australia: Hamas broke truce and Israel has responded

Hamas: Time for a third Intifada Hamas leaders go into hiding fearing assassination, calls on Palestinians to resume suicide bombings

ANALYSIS / Key Arab states hope for weakened Hamas

OPINION / Trying to 'teach Hamas a lesson' is fundamentally wrong Most dangerous of all is the cliche that there is no one to talk to. That has never been true

Foreign Ministry readies 'diplomatic exit plan' from Gaza Jerusalem sources rule out Security Council resolution, such as the one that ended Second Lebanon War

Why hasn't Hamas responded to Gaza strikes with greater force?

GOC Southern Command: IDF will send Gaza back decades Major General Galant: Raid meant to damage Hamas leadership, tactical capabilities and smuggling routes

Define the objectives in Gaza Even if the invasion continues for many days and even weeks, it will end in an agreement, or at least an understanding similar to that reached last June.

Bar’el Delusions of victory in Gaza Ending Hamas rule, securing peace and rescuing Shalit are unlikely outcomes of an Israeli invasion of Gaza.

IDF ground forces gather on Gaza border; cabinet approves call-up of 6,700 reservists

Disinformation, secrecy and lies: How the Gaza offensive came about Barak ordered preparations for Saturday's operation 6 months ago, as Israel, Hamas agreed on a truce

The neighborhood bully strikes again The response to the rocket firing needs to be fundamentally different: diplomatic efforts to restore the cease-fire and then, if those efforts fail, a measured, gradual military response.

ANALYSIS / How did Assad manage to gain international respect?

Israel Using New US-Supplied Smart Bomb

Gazans breach Egypt border as IAF hits more than 40 Gaza smuggling tunnels

Hamas threatens to assassinate Livni, Barak

Not Just Another "Surgical Strike" in Gaza - Amos Harel (Ha'aretz)

ANALYSIS / With Gaza raid, Barak is back in the political ring

Bradley Burston / The worst anti-Israel charges you'll hear in wartime A guide to the least productive, most resolutely ingenuous claims likely to be hurled at Israel

Jerusalem Post A year's intel yields 'alpha hits'More than 170 targets hit by IAF aircraft throughout the day, including Hamas HQs and training camp.

Mashaal: We still want cease-fire

Hamas leader warns Israel fighting won't work where diplomacy failed; calls for West Bank intifada.

Analysis: Shock, awe... and deception
The decision to open Gaza crossings created the perception that Israel was holding off on an operation.

Analysis: Fighting Hamas in the shadow of 2006's mistakes

[ DAVID HOROVITZ,

The 'realist' fantasy [ CAROLINE GLICK

The Hamas army

New poll: Kadima surges into the lead

Israel defends Gaza op to UN chief

UN ambassador: No country would allow continuous rocketing; Sarkozy slams 'disproportionate' force

Yedioth Ahronoth Shock treatment in Gaza IDF achieves tactical surprise as Israel tries to change rules of the game, Ron Ben-Yishai says

Mashaal calls for 3rd intifada

ANALYSIS / With Gaza raid, Barak is back in the political ring

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

The Operation in Gaza - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (Prime Minister's Office)

The Third Intifada

Abbas: Hamas Could Have Avoided Gaza Raids

Israeli Defense Minister: Would U.S. Accept Ceasefire with Al-Qaeda? (FOX News)

Israel Must Defend Its Citizens - Amos Oz

The Jews Will Survive, but Will Europe?

Israel prepares possible Gaza invasion; air strikes continue

Analysis: 'I don't see how this ends well' in Gaza They have clear military goals but no political vision for how to end the confrontation

Israel to Reprise Lebanon War in Gaza?

Hamas Chief of Staff May Be Dead

Israel bombs university in Gaza

Israeli jets bomb a university in the Gaza Strip, as air raids against Hamas continue for a second day.

Massive Israeli air raids on Gaza

Air strikes kill at least 225 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, medics say, as Israel targets Hamas militants with the heaviest raids on Gaza for decades.

Daily Star Israel is poised for the latest act in a long history of tragic folly

Pelosi: US Must Stand Strongly With Israel

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

Marty Peretz and the American political consensus on Israel

Hizbullah Vows to Open Second Front in Gaza Conflict

Ezra Klein / American Prospect:

ISRAEL, WRONG.

Egyptians open fire on Palestinians — Egyptian border guards have opened fire on Palestinians who breached the border to escape Israel's assault on Hamas in the Gaza Strip

Greg Mitchell / The Huffington Post:

Attack on Gaza: As Usual, U.S. Media (And Most Liberals) Silent — As Israeli Newspaper Raises Doubts

Daniel Levy / Prospects for Peace:

What next on Gaza/Israel and Why Americans Should Care

Some US Hispanics trace their Jewish past They discover roots in the Sephardic Jews of Spain through DNA testing

H10 Christian Science Monitor

Gaza: Why Israel and Hamas are trading rocket fire Both sides are maneuvering for another ceasefire, and Israeli troops are not likely to invade the Gaza strip, say analysts.

India: Let Kashmir go Resolving the disputed territory would benefit all. By Bennett Ramberg

Beyond bombs and rockets in Gaza

Israel and Hamas need help looking beyond their immediate concerns

US economy's gloom expected to begin lifting by late '09

Until then, employment, output, and housing prices will keep falling.

Tensions rise as Pakistan moves troops China and Russia join calls to avoid brinksmanship.

Wanted: More science and math teachers in the US

School officials hope financial and training incentives will help fill the need for 200,000 new teachers.

ASIA

As Taliban Nears Kabul, Shadow Govt Takes Hold

China and India Are Diverging - Harsh Pant, Japan Times

South Asia in Terror's Vortex - M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times

Chinese Warships Sail, Loaded for Pirates - New York Times

Tensions rise as India, Pakistan fail at diplomacy A month after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India and Pakistan are turning to brinksmanship because they haven't found a way to talk constructively. Both governments have spoken of their desire to avert war, yet both are constrained by strong public prejudice against the othe

‘Firm and Patient’

President Bush’s prescription for the off-again-on-again North Korea nuclear deal was good; the administration still isn’t following it.

India's double standards Kapil Komireddi: While India blames Pakistan for inaction after Mumbai's terror attacks, it turns a blind eye to a dangerous terror organisation

Pakistan Moves Troops Amid Tension With India - Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Salman Masood, New York Times

Tensions Increase After Mumbai Terror Attacks - Zahid Hussain, The Times

Chinese Warships Sail, Loaded for Pirates - New York Times

In China, Media Make Small Strides

Amid small signs of increased freedom for the state-controlled media in today's China, there continue to be examples of the Communist Party's determination to control what is reported

China's new export: farmers China has a shortage of land, Africa a shortage of food. So one entrepreneur had the bright idea of persuading Chinese farmers to emigrate.

Security tight in Bangladesh vote

Thousands of soldiers are deployed as Bangladesh goes to polls to replace caretaker government.

Suicide Bombing Kills 34 in Pakistan as Marriott Hotel Reopens

Coalition Government Likely in Jammu and Kashmir

Vote in Indian Region Yields No Clear Winner

Explosives-Laden SUV Kills 14 Afghan Schoolchildren

Plans for Base Illustrate Afghanistan Effort in Microcosm

The complexity of the military undertaking in Afghanistan, and the United States' approach to it, can be seen in miniature in the Army Corps of Engineers' plans to build a forward operating base next year in western Afghanistan.

H11 IHT Germany resists calls to spend its way out of trouble

Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the focus of spending measures must be preserving jobs. But her government continues to resist calls to spend an additional €40 billion to escape its recession.

NATO awaits new leadership

Russia has always taken NATO more seriously than the West. Now its relevance will be tested when it picks a new leader

The wrong role for Bill Clinton

The Obama administration can't get tangled up in the past. U.S. diplomacy needs a fresh start.

SECURING THE SEA-LANES

China's gunboat diplomacy

By RORY MEDCALF

If China's naval excursion can raise trust among the sea powers of the Asian century, the world may yet thank the pirates of Somalia.

EU entry helps Romanians and Bulgarians understand each other

Two peoples who seldom even thought about each other now find that cooperation is rather pleasant.

EUROPE European press review

Czech challenge The Eurosceptic president preparing to take the EU helm

Serbia urged to free KLA suspects

The Kosovo parliament speaker calls on Serbia to free 10 suspected former Kosovo fighters it accuses of war crimes.

Islamic Revival Tests Bosnia’s Secular Cast - New York Times

H12 RFE/RL

Pipeline politics in Ukraine

What the latest spat with Russia over natural gas says about the direction of US foreign policy. (Boston Globe)

Georgia: Commission Report Spares Saakashvili Blame for August War The version of events leading up to Georgia's August war with Russia outlined in a recently released report by an ad-hoc parliamentary commission jibed with the government's official line. But the report also criticized Georgian national security, defense and foreign affairs structures for failing to identify and respond to imminent threats.

Google News Azerbaijan

CIS Security a Priority, Medvedev Says - United Press International

Handling Putin Harper's on Mikhail Saakashvili's balancing act.

A bank without money disillusions Russia's new middle class

The failing of Capital Credit bank has upset a new middle class in Moscow that had begun to feel confident in the country's banking system, despite its troubled history.

Medieval warrior overcomes Stalin in poll to name greatest Russian

Booted out of Georgia Denis MacShane: The Kremlin's expulsion of the OSCE mission shows that a solemn agreement signed by the Russian president is worthless

Tajiks walk a dangerous path to work in Russia A recent killing was a grim reminder of the vicious daily attacks against ethnic minorities that have become a part of daily life for the millions of migrants from the former Soviet Union who work in Russia.

H13 The Times Bitter Harvest

Israel had little choice but to respond to the Hamas attacks. But its deadly action shatters hopes for the already battered Middle East peace plan

China and the Downturn

Arguments for 2009: how will China fare amid economic slowdown?

Israel masses forces for ground assault on Gaza Israeli airstrikes kill nearly 300 people and wound about 1,000 in two-day blitz on Hamas. Islamists call for new intifada

Fundamentalism led us into chaos

Behind all the year's misjudgments was the naive belief that markets are always right and that interfering is wrong

Plan B? Let's look at C, D and E

It looks unlikely that financial conditions will return to normal in the near future- the question now is what more needs to be done

Hamas has precipitated this confrontation Ever since Hamas seized control of Gaza 18 months ago, a full-scale military conflict with Israel has been inevitable

Obama’s hopes for early peace deal shattered Offensive has dealt a significant blow to Barack Obama's hopes of forging a Middle East peace deal early in his presidency

West Bank youths call for third intifada In down-town Ramallah, capital of the Fatah-led administration in the West Bank, there is a deep anger born of despondency

2009: the year in view

Gaza is more than a morality play

Zionist dream of reclaiming biblical lands is over. But Israel will lash out when threatened

Mick Hume

Six vital lessons of the 1931 depression As we enter a second year of slump, history has some key pointers to the best way forward William Rees-Mogg

Israeli jets kill ‘more than 200’ in Gaza strikes Short but brutal aerial blitz maims children and policemen as Israeli forces targets the military compounds of Hamas

Region waits anxiously for Obama's reaction

Britain, US refuse to demand end to airstrikes Britain echoes American calls for 'militants' to stop firing rockets into Israel while the EU demands an 'immediate ceasefire'

ANALYSIS: China spreads its wings, reluctantly Beijing looks eager to wield its power abroad, but its ambitions do not lie overseas, yet

Holy Land tops pile in the in-tray from hell The MIddle East issue has been dogged by weak leadership in America, in Israel and among the Palestinians

Michael Portillo

This bloody stalemate in Gaza must be brokenIf there is one thing we have learnt about Israel over the years it is not to underestimate its ability to strike back

Wall Street Journal Israel's Gaza Defense

Michael B. Oren and Yossi Klein Halevi: Palestinians Need Israel to Win

Israel Signals More on the Way

Israeli jets attacked Hamas targets in Gaza for a second day, as the death toll in an aerial assault against the Islamic militant group escalated, along with international calls to halt the violence.

Attacks Complicate Obama's Mideast Pledge

Sudan's Slaves

Adding to the list of crimes in Darfur.

The War on Terror Has Not Gone Away

By Thane Rosenbaum
Despite economic woes, this is no time to let our guard down

Tensions Rise Between
India, Pakistan

Tensions between India and Pakistan rose as Pakistan said it was redeploying troops from the country's northwest, a move decried by Indian officials as needlessly provocative.

Weaker Dollar Worries Japan, Germany

Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S.

A Russian academic who has long predicted that an economic and moral collapse will trigger a civil war and the eventual breakup of the U.S. has recently found an eager audience: Russian state media.

There's No Pain-Free Cure for Recession By Peter Schiff
Belt-tightening is required by all, including government.

Ronald J. Pestritto / Wall Street Journal: Theodore Roosevelt Was No Conservative — There's a reason he left the GOP to lead the Progressive Party. — We know that Barack Obama and his allies identify themselves as “progressives,” and that they aim to implement the big-government liberalism that originated in America's Progressive Era and was consummated in the New Deal.

The Weekend That
Wall Street Died
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The financial crisis that began with the collapse of Lehman Brothers marked sharp change by Wall Street bosses from banding together to every man for himself.

Lawrence Summers / Washington Post: Obama's Down Payment — A Stimulus Must Aim for Long-Term Results — When President-elect Barack Obama takes office, he will face what may well be the bleakest economic outlook since World War II.

Prospects for the U.S. and the World: A Crisis That Conventional Remedies Cannot Resolve
Source: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College

Revisiting retail globalization
Source: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

H14 Financial Times Chronicle Of A Decline Foretold By Niall Ferguson

Old danger threatens new model Europe The EU is becoming a community of nation states that co-operate solely on issues they cannot address alone. Yet there are limits and dangers in this approach, writes John Thornhill

America in 2009: US will forgive Obama’s failures but not indecision The president-elect will be judged by his ability to retain the respect of the country even as the disappointments pile up, writes Clive Crook

World Economy in 2009: Three priorities for recovery Wolfgang Münchau on the outlook for next year

Russian economy – The Putin defenceThe Kremlin’s refusal to implement significant devaluation may be delaying a necessary adjustment

Bad start for new Bretton Woods

The G20 needs more detail, more hard work and less political posturing. It will do well to soft-pedal expectations for the meeting in London in April

Bombing Gaza is not a solution

With a lame duck administration in Washington, it is hard to see who will de-escalate this crisis. Barack Obama should make Israel-Palestine a priority

Emerging economies face rush for credit Industrialised nations bonds could limit access to markets

Arab states squirm as anger rises

Regional governments found themselves under renewed pressure to help the Palestinians, but with little room for manoeuvre

Can the free market give you moral backbone?

Theorist of cultural clash who triggered drive for dialogue

Outside Edge: If you can fake it, you will make it Jonathan Guthrie on authenticity in business

Israel threatens escalation in Gaza Reservist call-up follows attacks on Gaza

Israel launches fierce air strikes on Gaza At least 225 killed with hundreds injured

Russia unveils list of strategic enterprises Russia has unveiled a list of strategic enterprises entitled to preferential government support in the economic crisis but said the list was not complete and did not guarantee the receipt of the financial help

ECB given bad marks over inflation

The euro may have established global credibility but continental Europeans are not yet ready to give the European Central Bank high marks for its control of inflation

Obama weighs ‘government spending and tax cuts’ A fiscal stimulus plan being prepared by the Obama economic team includes “both government spending and tax cuts”, said Lawrence Summers, the designated head of the White House National Economic Counc

Rich US investors shun stock 'bargains' Unease at the health of the US economy is keeping wealthy Americans on the sidelines of the stock market even though most feel there are investment bargains to be had.

Latest bloody twist in a cycle of violence Both Hamas and Israel repeatedly professed their interest in restoring calm to the border region but the reality on the ground suggested neither side was willing to show restraint over a longer period

UN backs global calls for truce renewal The United Nations Security Council issued a statement expressing serious concern at the escalation of the situation in Gaza and calling for an immediate halt to all violence

Russia braced for unrest Moscow continues rouble devaluations Russia is bracing for further unrest as the rouble slid to a new low against the euro after several currency devaluations by Moscow in a week

Deutsche Bank rejects church charge

Chief Ackermann attacked for turning money-making into ‘idolatry’

Kuwait cancels Dow Chemical deal

$17.4bn joint venture scrapped

H15 Los Angeles Times From Pax Americana to slacker Americans Superpower baggage By Chris Ayres Take it from a Brit: Losing an empire won't be so bad for Americans. In fact, there's much to look forward to.

In Gaza, Israel isn't repeating
its Lebanon mistakes
ANALYSIS: Unlike its 2006 attack on Hezbollah, the assault on Hamas is carefully planned and offers a way out.

Obama's Mideast peace plans face tougher road, experts say The violence in the Gaza Strip may also reinforce many Muslims' unhappiness with the U.S. position on Israeli-Palestinian affairs and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Iran supreme leader urges Muslims worldwide to defend Palestinians

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stops short of issuing a call to arms. Arab anger continues to mount. Syria calls off peace talks, and lawmakers in Jordan burn the Israeli flag

Israel continues airstrikes in Gaza; toll passes 300

By Ashraf Khalil and Rushdi abu Alouf

Raids target underground tunnels to Egypt. Some Gazans attempt to breach barrier to Egypt to flee the violence, but are stopped. Israel calls up 6,000 reservists suggesting a possible ground assault.

In Basra, political skirmishing heats up as elections near The key oil production center and port in southern Iraq is home to Shiite factions with competing visions for the region. And then there is Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, who has his own agenda.

Editorial

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip leave scores dead A Palestinian official says at least 205 people were killed, about a third of them civilians. Israeli forces bombarded military targets across Hamas-ruled Gaza, retaliating against recent attacks

Gaza's desperate hospitals overwhelmed by casualties

Two of Gaza's highest-ranking security officials are among the victims of Israeli airstrikes. Medical personnel scramble to treat the wounded in facilities left low on supplies by a blockade

Arabs throughout Middle East protest Israel airstrikes on Gaza

The uproar is strong, but analysts say it's unlikely to destabilize pro-U.S. governments in the region

Pakistan moves some troops away from Afghanistan and toward India Pakistan's action reflects continuing tensions with India in the wake of the November terrorist attacks in Mumbai, which Indian authorities have blamed on Pakistani groups

Baghdad car bomb kills up to 24

The attack in an affluent Shiite neighborhood wounds 46 others, police say. The bombing comes less than a week before Iraq regains responsibility for its security from the U.S

H16 American Politics LA Times Conservative sees reasons for hope in a season of gloom John McCain's poor showing in California highlights the dismal health of the GOP. But an activist says it's too soon to write off the party's prospects for the future.

Shields and Gerson Review the Year in Politics - The NewsHour

The Case for a Net-Zero Gas Tax - Charles Krauthammer, Weekly Standard

Fifty Herbert Hoovers - Paul Krugman, New York Times

realclearpolitics memeorandum

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet

Politico ABC’s The Note MSNBC FirstReadTime ThePage Politico Playbook

PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin

Poll: Obama is man Americans admire most

Obama the most admired man in the world, American poll says

Ronald J. Pestritto / Wall Street Journal: Theodore Roosevelt Was No Conservative — There's a reason he left the GOP to lead the Progressive Party. — We know that Barack Obama and his allies identify themselves as “progressives,” and that they aim to implement the big-government liberalism that originated in America's Progressive Era and was consummated in the New Deal.

Obama May Be An Aloof President - Michael Barone, US News & World Rpt


Our Failure to Invest in the U.S. - Bob Herbert, New York Times

Obama's Commitment to Common Sacrifice - Ronald Brownstein, Natl Jrnl

Conservatives' Domestic Successes - Matthew Continetti, Weekly Standard

H17 Daily Telegraph Obama's slogans won't bring peace to Gaza Expectations are high that the new President will try to resolve the conflict at the heart of the war against terrorism, says Con Coughlin, but it will take more than slogans.

Israel poised for ground assault on Gaza Israel has called up 6,500 reservists, as warplanes pounded Gaza for the second day and the death toll approached 300.

Raids hand propaganda coup to Hamas Telegraph view: Only one group of people can have derived any satisfaction from the footage of blood-covered children being pulled from the rubble in Gaza on Saturday night: the fanatics of Hamas.

Heaviest air strikes in Gaza history kill hundreds At least 200 Palestinians have been killed after Israel attacked dozens of Hamas targets.

Bishops deliver damning verdict on Labour rule Leading bishops in the Church of England have launched a withering attack on "morally corrupt" Government policies.

Obama needs Syria to help bring peace to Gaza As the conflict grinds on relentlessly, the world will look to America's new president, says Simon Scott Plummer.

Will Barack Obama help Gordon Brown in 2009? Brown just might get a Barack Bounce this year says Matthew d'Ancona.

Brown has brought Britain to the brink of bankruptcy Labour's lax attitude to public spending, to soaring debt and shady dealings has led to disaster, says David Cameron.

Winter offensive against the Taliban leads to scores of British casualties

George W Bush: winning the war on terror Bush's foreign policy has been reviled but his achievements should speak for themselves, says Nile Gardiner

Indulgence of Islam is harming society Showing undue sensitivity to Muslims damages us all, says Damian Thompson.

H18 Independent Israel prepares to invade Gaza As Israel's fierce bombardment of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip continued into a second day, the UN called yesterday for an independent investigation into the deaths of eight young Palestinian students killed by an air strike in Gaza City.

Explainer: Israel's attack on Gaza

'For the children, it is like living in hell'

'Shrapnel hit the place where we were hiding'

Anne Penketh: Lack of condemnation as good as approval for Israel

Robert Fisk: Leaders lie, civilians die, and lessons of history are ignored

Israeli air strikes kill 200 and leave 700 injured Sudden attacks lead to territory's highest death toll in a single day since Six Day War

Inside Gaza: 'The hospital morgues were already full. The dead were piled on top of each other outside'

Leading article: Gaza: the cycle can be broken

Tricky times for EU as Sarkozy hands presidency to Czechs

Robert Fisk’s World: How can anyone believe there is 'progress' in the Middle East?

Andrew Grice: Role of the state is defining question for 2009

Pakistan moves troops to Indian border

Leading article: Benazir Bhutto's divisive legacy to Pakistan

From crisis to crisis: Zardari's Pakistan

Brown vows new alliance with Obama

Gordon Brown will today use his New Year message to broker a new "coalition for change" with Barack Obama on the economy, the environment and the war on terrorism.

John Rentoul: Cameron, master of the modern world

Never have hopes been higher – and never has the job been tougher

Rupert Cornwell: On 20 January, Barack Obama will become President of the United States. His preparation has been faultless. Soon, we will learn if all the optimism is justified.

Pakistan tries to ease tensions with India

Zardari pleads for peace as troop buildup continues on anniversary of his wife's murder

Britain's GDP will decline at fastest pace since the 1940s

Harold Pinter by Michael Gambon and Tony Benn

Jonathan Heawood: For Pinter, the outsider came first

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

All Counterinsurgency Is Local

Gates' Memo to Self at Defense - Fred Kaplan, Slate (St. Petersburg Times)

Random Thoughts on Irregular Warfare and Security Assistance

Plans for Base Illustrate Afghanistan Effort in Microcosm

The complexity of the military undertaking in Afghanistan, and the United States' approach to it, can be seen in miniature in the Army Corps of Engineers' plans to build a forward operating base next year in western Afghanistan.

Homeland Security Forecasts 5-year Terror Threats - Associated Press

H20 Slate Why Not Start Your Weekend on Wednesday?
There's no need to preach the gospel of leisure. Most of us work less than our parents did. Tim Harford

Risk intelligence in emerging markets
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If You Are So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich? The Effects of Education, Financial Literacy and Cognitive Ability on Financial Market Participation (PDF; 344 KB)
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