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H1 Washington Post 'All-Out War' Declared on Hamas Israel Expands List of Targets to Include Group's Vast Support Network in Gaza

Foreign Affairs, January /February 2009 The Next National Security Adviser Ivo H. Daalder and I. M. Destler, Read the full article » One of the most important figures in Obama’s administration will be his national security adviser. An examination of past advisers shows how to get the job right—or wrong

From the Archive Arzın Merkezine Seyahat: ABD Ulusal Güvenlik Konseyi - Journey to the Center of the World: U.S. National Security Council Avrasya Dosyası 2005

Washington Post Editorial Divided on Gaza Israel's offensive gives Iran and its allies a way to pressure Egypt, Jordan and other Arab "moderates."

Has Israel's Gaza Attack Revived Hamas? By Daoud Kuttab, Thanks to Israeli bombs, the Islamic movement has been saved from near political defeat.

Independent Now Israel declares 'war to the bitter end' International outcry grows as death toll from continued assault on Gaza reaches 320 and three Israelis are killed in retaliatory rocket attacks by Hamas.

Leading article: We must not let despair dash hopes of peace in Gaza

Robert Fisk: Why bombing Ashkelon is the most tragic irony

Foreign Affairs America's Edge Anne-Marie SlaughterThe United States’ unique ability to capitalize on connectivity will make the twenty-first century an American century


The Great Crash, 2008
Roger C. Altman The financial crisis has called into serious question the credibility of western governments and may precipitate an eastward shift of power. Read

The Myth of the Autocratic Revival Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberry Autocracies such as China and Russia do not represent a sustainable alternative to liberal democracy. In fact, the pull of liberal democracy is stronger than ever.
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From Doha to the Next Bretton Woods Aaditya Mattoo and Arvind Subramanian Trade problems are an underlying cause of the financial crisis. To truly revive the world economy, a new trade consensus is necessary. Read

New York Times

No Early End Seen to ‘All-Out War’ on Hamas in Gaza Israel struck at the organization’s civic institutions, with no active diplomacy and protesters taking to the streets around the Arab world.

For Hamas, Logic Led to Cease-Fire’s End The militant group’s return to military actions against Israel is part of its strategy to appear as the Palestinians’ principal resistance.

Editorial War Over Gaza There can be no justification for Hamas’s attacks or its virulent rejectionism. But others must also take responsibility for the current mess.

Why Israel Feels Threatened

By BENNY MORRIS

Iran’s nuclear threat, the rise of Hamas and Hezbollah and Israeli Arabs’ growing disaffection with the state offer challenges that Israel’s leaders and public find difficult to counter.

MEMRI Dec 26 IA# 488 - Renewed Power Struggle in Iran as the Presidential Elections Approach: Part I – Ahmadinejad's Revolutionary-Messianic Faction vs. Rafsanjani–Reformist Alliance

WINEP IDF Military Action in Gaza: Options and Implications


By Jeffrey White


Israeli military action in Gaza is not likely to be surgical or final. Hamas's literal and figurative entrenched position rules out quick and easy military solutions for Israel, while large operations carry serious complications and risks with no guarantee of success.

Obama’s Gaza Challenge

Mustafa Barghouthi / The Huffington Post: Palestine's Guernica and the Myths of Israeli Victimhood

Financial Times Restoring America’s world stature Restoring the US to its rightful standing in the world requires adjustments on both sides. If Obama does his part, other governments must do theirs

Attacks restrict Obama's room for diplomatic manoeuvre

Why the military option is likely to backfire

Operation Cast Lead – Update No. 1 IICC A 17-page Israeli report on the military operation against Hamas in Gaza

The Clash of Huntingtons - Reihan Salam, Forbes

The Strategic Price of Israel's Gaza Assault - Tony Karon, Time


Israel: Damned if They Do, Dead if They Don't - Ralph Peters, New York Post

Ha’aretz Bradley Burston: Who speaks for Gazans, when they need it most?

ANALYSIS / Hamas is hoping for an IDF ground operation Hamas hopes it can inflict loses that would cause the IDF to flee Gaza with its tail between its legs.

David Grossman / Is Israel too imprisoned in the familiar ceremony of war? Stop. Hold your fire. For once, act against the usual response, in contrast to the logic of belligerence

Wall Street Journal Fouad Ajami: Samuel Huntington's Warning

A Tale of Two Peoples STATE OF THE UNION
By Rick Zedník The Czechs and Slovaks, 16 years after their divorce.

Christian Science Monitor

Israeli strikes in Gaza risk political win for Hamas

The Islamist militants in Gaza may emerge as a symbol of defiance, much as Hezbollah did in its 2006 war with Israel.

Needed in Gaza: US inspectors, peacekeepers, and aid workers

We must stop lecturing – and start helping. By Timothy Rieger

IHT NATURAL ALLIES?

How Moscow courts the Muslim world By JACQUES LÉVESQUE

Russia now claims to have a privileged political relationship with the Arab and Muslim world, and believes it has a historic vocation as a mediator between the Western and Muslim worlds

Russia's pipeline politics with Ukraine and the West Bush's attempt to absorb Ukraine into NATO gives Moscow the excuse to apply pressure.

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume XXIV, Middle East Region and Arabian Peninsula, 1969-1972; Jordan, September 1970 (published December 23, 2008).

2007 Summer Study: Challenges to Military Operations in Support of U.S. Interests Source: Defense Science Board - This study concerns itself with challenges the U.S. military might face in the future, emphasizing areas where the nation is less well prepared. Future adversaries are more likely to attack the nation with asymmetric tools of war, employed using non-traditional concepts of operation. Thus, challenges from nuclear weapons, from cyber warfare, in and from space, to force deployment and resupply, and on U.S. soil, may well dominate in the decades ahead. + Volume I — Executive Summary (PDF; 4 MB) + Volume II (PDF; 9.9 MB)

Guardian · · Israel's onslaught on Gaza is a crime that cannot succeedSeumas Milne: Attempt to bring Hamas to heel by overwhelming force is in fact more likely to boost the movement's appeal

Gaza strategy divides Israeli analysts Rory McCarthy discovers sharp differences over how Israel can achieve aim of reducing militant rocket fire

The world gives Israel a free hand Simon Tisdall: The initial response to the crisis in Gaza from countries including Britain has comprised only routine expressions of dismay

A fatal miscalculation Jonathan Spyer: Inspired by Hizbullah, Hamas provoked this Israeli attack by overestimating its bargaining power as the ceasefire ended

H2

Erdogan's Lack of Statesmanship - Ulf Gartzke, Weekly Standard

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye BBC Türkçe 0700 1800 – VOA 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

TRT Şeş bi xwêr be

[Yorum - Bejan Matur] Kürtçe yayın ne işe yarar?

Nuh Gönültaş Gazze'yi bombalayan İsrail uçakları Konya'da eğitiliyor!

Erhan Başyurt Bombaların sonu ne olacak?

Talabani in Erbil on Kirkuk talks (UPI) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani met officials with the Kurdistan Regional Government to discuss the status of the disputed Iraqi city of Kirkuk, officials said.

Erdoğan’dan Ortadoğu turu

Köşk’te Gazze diplomasisi

Bu trajediye sessiz kalınamaz

Operasyonlar durdurulsun

Arabuluculuk askıda

Erdoğan'ın Kürtçe jesti

Can freedom flower in Iraqi Kurdistan? Reason Online August/September 2006

Israeli strikes deliver ’cold’ signal to Obama

MGK bugün toplanacak

Turkey suspends mediation between Israel and Syria

Conflict puts the brakes on Syria-Israel peace

Cevdet Aşkın

Sami Kohen Güvenlik böyle mi sağlanır?

Hüsnü Mahalli Arap dünyası Mısır’ı ihanetle suçladı!

Mehveş Evin Orantısız güç değil, cerrahi müdahale!

Oray Eğin İsrail neden hep haklı?

Mehmet Altan Olmert Ankara’da ne yaptı?

İşte siyonizm!

HASAN CELAL GÜZEL

İsrail vahşeti ve Yahudi düşmanlığı...

ORAL ÇALIŞLAR

İhsan Dağı İsrail'i kim temize çıkarabilir?

Mısır Ankara’da günah mı çıkardı

Gül’den 3 mesaj

Ahmedinecad Gazze konusunda Gül’ü aradı

Plan, Arap Birliği Toplantısı'nda ele alınacak

TAMER KORKMAZ

Çocukları katleden İsrail'dir, “çıkmaz sokak”ta olan…

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL

Kurban aynı, ihanet aynı, alçaklık aynı…

HAKAN ALBAYRAK

Siyonist işbirlikçiliğine karşı mücadeleye var mısınız?

FATMA K. BARBAROSOĞLU

Huntington ve İsrail ve ABD

AKİF EMRE

Meselenin özü: İsrail sorunu

Bombalar, insanlığın vicdanını kanatıyor

Ankara ve Kahire'den 'derhal ateşkes' çağrısı

Mersin’de İran patlayıcıları!

Turkish Digest: Arbitrary Detention of Iraqi Turkmen by Kurdish ...

Our Urban Future: the death of distance and the rise of cities

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

Ermenilerden özür dileyenler, Türk tarihini bilmiyor

Italian Priest's Attacker Sentenced In Turkey

Çekilen acıları tarihe bırakalım

Savaş Süzal Türk-ABD ilişkilerinin 2009'u

Kıbrıs'ta çözüm umutları 2009'a kaldı

Serpil Yılmaz Rusya bir iki yıla kadar savaş çıkarır

Türk mallarına Putin işkencesi

Serbia ready to focus on future with Turkey

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

Avrupalı Eses, Ankaralı kanka

TANIL BORA

Serdar Turgut Serdaramus yazısına bir gün kala 2008 yılı

Hasan Kanbolat Possible physical problems at think tanks

Devlet silah bırakıyor

'Mehmetçiğin can damarı' özelleşme yolunda

Turkish cultural center offers immigrants a taste of home

Fatih Birol: Söylediklerimiz bir bir çıkıyor

Hadi Uluengin Medeniyetler çatışması (I)

H3 Ankara'yı karıştıran söylenti

TRT Şeş bi xwêr be

Danıştay’dan geri adım yok

Çatlak büyüyor

’Telekulak izni’ 3 bürokrat yaktı

‘Binbaşı’ Güney parmakları manikürlü geldi’

’Efemine binbaşı inandırıcı gelmedi’

Eymür’le ters düşen öldü

Muhafazakarlar ve laiklerin yaptığı baskılar eşit değil

Kemalizm’in ruhu ırkçı

Mesut Yılmaz CHP ile gizli pazarlık yapıyor!

AKP’de Ankara, CHP’de İstanbul bilmecesi!

Aile doktoru İstanbul Üniversitesi rektörü oldu

Arınç’ın, Gökçek itirazı...

Çiçek Ankara adaylığına soğuk

Dink suikastında Albay Öz’e hapis istemi

Gülaltay: Tolon Paşa'yla güç birliği yapmayı planladık

Dink suikastında komutan Öz'e suçlama

862 belediye 29 Mart seçimlerine girebilecek

Din duyguları politikaya karıştırılmaz

State TV puts spotlight on Alevi religious ties

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

Köşe Yazarları

Cengiz Çandar Gazze’de kan banyosu

Ahmet Taşgetiren Sabra, Şatilla, Beyrut, Gazze...

Ruşen - Çakır

Taha Akyol Filistin ve İsrail

Fikret Bila Erdoğan’ın verdiği sert tepkinin iki nedeni

Hasan Cemal Katliamlarla barış yolu hiç açılmadı!

Bilal Çetin AKP’de Gökçek krizi aşılamıyor...

Murat Yetkin İsrail ve Türkiye’nin önemli farkı

İsmet Berkan Berbat yıl bitiyor ama...

Fehmi Koru Kan tutar

Taha Kıvanç Büyük oyun

Sedat Ergin Emriniz olur Sayın Başbakan

Şamil Tayyar

Ali Bayramoğlu 2008 biterken…

Yasemin Çongar

Ertuğrul Özkök Marjinal gazete, marjinal devlet

Hasan Ünal İsrail barış istemiyor

Ahmet Hakan 2008’in en’leri

M Ali Birand 2008 Erdoğan'a hiç yaramadı

Cüneyt Ülsever Gülen Cemaati’nden gelen cevap

Enis BerberoğluErgenekon bile o kadar deli değil

Can Dündar Kriz ve savaş

Oktay Ekşi Açıkla da konuşalım

Özdemir İnce Ben şu işe karışmasam diyordum...

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Siyasette yeni yüz önemlidir!

MUHARREM SARIKAYA

Belediye meclis üyeliği yarışı...

ERDAL ŞAFAK Türkiye'ye düşen

ENGİN ARDIÇ

ERGUN BABAHAN Medeniyetler çatışması bu

EMRE AKÖZ Milliyetçilerle liberallerin buluştuğu nokta

Umur Talu Sürprizin iki sazanı

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

NAZLI ILICAK

MEHMET BARLAS Filistinliler için yeni çözüm arayışı başlatılmalıdır...

MAHMUT ÖVÜR AK Parti'de kritik ilçelerin kritik adayları

YAVUZ DONAT Deniz Baykal ve... İstanbul-İzmir hattı

Bülent Korucu Ergenekon'da 'devlet' komplosu

Şahin Alpay Baskıların ve ayrımcılığın kaynakları

Atılgan Bayar ‘Mahalle baskısı’ dinci değil, faşisttir

Uğur Dündar susturamadı Tayyip Erdoğan susturdu

Ekrem Dumanlı Adım Hüseyin, babam Hasan, ağabeyim ve oğlum Ali

Okay Gönensin Baykal’ın hali de farksız

[Yorum - Atilla Yayla] 'Ötekileştirilenler' araştırması üzerine notlar

Çankaya, tarafsızlığını hepten yitirdi

Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Turbulent years ahead for Turkish democracy

Mümtazer Türköne Yargıda iktidar savaşı

Kerim Balcı Huntington-the-Clash-of-Civilizations

Sami Selçuk Vicdani kanı yargısının denetimi ve sınırları-1

Berat Özipek ‘Mahalle baskısı’ gerçekten artıyor mu?

Ekonomi

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu

Erdal Sağlam 2009 harcamalarındaki kısıntı 13 milyar YTL’yi buluyor

Sanayide 110 aydır görülmeyen deprem

Yaman Törüner Faizler ne kadar gerçek?

Asaf Savaş Akat Mali kriz ve dünya para sistemi

Deniz Gökçe
Faiz sıfıra inince ne yapılıyor?

2008’de ne dedik ne oldu?

MAHFİ EĞİLMEZ

Kötü para iyi parayı kovar

KORKMAZ İLKORUR

Başbakan yerine Çağlayan ile Ekren konuşsa psikoloji düzelir

FUNDA ÖZKAN

Eser Karakaş 2009 bütçesi kriz, cep ve sigara

H4 New York Times

No Early End Seen to ‘All-Out War’ on Hamas in Gaza Israel struck at the organization’s civic institutions, with no active diplomacy and protesters taking to the streets around the Arab world.

For Hamas, Logic Led to Cease-Fire’s End The militant group’s return to military actions against Israel is part of its strategy to appear as the Palestinians’ principal resistance.

Editorial War Over Gaza There can be no justification for Hamas’s attacks or its virulent rejectionism. But others must also take responsibility for the current mess.

Why Israel Feels Threatened

By BENNY MORRIS

Iran’s nuclear threat, the rise of Hamas and Hezbollah and Israeli Arabs’ growing disaffection with the state offer challenges that Israel’s leaders and public find difficult to counter.

U.S. Exit Increases Optimism in Falluja

Rare Suicide Bombing in Iran Kills 4

Iranian Authorities Raid Offices of Rights Advocate

Secular Party Wins in Bangladesh

World Briefing | Europe: Turkey: Italian Priest’s Attacker Sentenced

After 4 Years, Switzerland Frees Man Suspected of Smuggling Nuclear Technology

A Captured Israeli Soldier Figures in Military Assessments and Political Calculus

Opportunities and Risks After Somali Leader Quits

BOB HERBERT

Add Up the Damage

I don’t think George W. Bush should be allowed to slip quietly out of town. There should be a loud, collective angry howl and demonstrations over the damage he’s done to this country.

H5 Washington Post 'All-Out War' Declared on Hamas Israel Expands List of Targets to Include Group's Vast Support Network in Gaza

Editorial Divided on Gaza Israel's offensive gives Iran and its allies a way to pressure Egypt, Jordan and other Arab "moderates."

Has Israel's Gaza Attack Revived Hamas? By Daoud Kuttab, Thanks to Israeli bombs, the Islamic movement has been saved from near political defeat.

Welcome to the 21st Century

By E. J. Dionne Jr., Page A15

Why 2009 will, finally, mark the real beginning.

Palestinian Family Mourns 5 Daughters as Civilian Death Toll Mounts

Pro-Democracy Party Challenges Kremlin Effort to Extend Presidential Term

THE CRASH | What Went Wrong

A Crack in The System

By 1998, AIG Financial Products had made hundreds of millions of dollars and had captured Wall Street's attention with its precise, finely balanced system for managing risk. Then it subtly turned in a dangerous direction.

Bernie Madoff's Lesson About a Free Lunch By Eugene Robinson, We've been running our economy on false principles for a generation.

The Greatest Speeches of All Time

By Anne Applebaum, We are lucky that America's great political rhetoric has persisted into the present.

GOP Leaders Seek Extensive Vetting of Stimulus Plan

Extensive Vetting of Proposal Sought

George W. Bush as an Avid Reader

By Richard Cohen, Although the list is long, his books reflect a man who is seeking to learn what he already knows

H6 Guardian · · Israel's onslaught on Gaza is a crime that cannot succeedSeumas Milne: Attempt to bring Hamas to heel by overwhelming force is in fact more likely to boost the movement's appeal

Gaza strategy divides Israeli analysts Rory McCarthy discovers sharp differences over how Israel can achieve aim of reducing militant rocket fire

The world gives Israel a free hand Simon Tisdall: The initial response to the crisis in Gaza from countries including Britain has comprised only routine expressions of dismay

A fatal miscalculation Jonathan Spyer: Inspired by Hizbullah, Hamas provoked this Israeli attack by overestimating its bargaining power as the ceasefire ended

The dire cost of domestic rivalries Neve Gordon: Israel seems more concerned with electoral politics and restoring its military reputation than stopping the Qassam rockets

· What to watch in 2009The stories likely to occupy the headlines in 2009: from fighting in Afghanistan to the US and Cuba

· Year of living dangerously Simon Tisdall: We moved closer to the abyss in 2008, but changes in US and China give cause for hope

· 'I didn't see any of my girls, just a pile of bricks' Israeli air strike kills five daughters from one family as Gaza death toll passes 300

· Death toll rises as air strikes continue Jets bomb university's science laboratories and hit interior ministry in widening series of attacks

Q&A: what next for Gaza?

Islamists urge pro-western regimes to act

Not so many happy returns Editorial: That the euro has survived its first decade comes as a relief to Europe's policy-makers, but greater effort is needed if it is to thrive

· Forgotten deaths Editorial: Thousands of migrants took to seas in 2008 in most perilous of circumstances, according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees

The militia mistake Michael Williams: Expecting tribal militias to help solve Afghanistan's problems is a dangerous error by America

H7 Sam Huntington: Scholar & Gentleman - M. Thomas Owens, NRO


What Did Huntington Advocate? - Heather Hurlburt, Democracy Arsenal

Taking Iran's Threats Seriously - Washington Times opinion

Obama's Mideast Peace Plans Face Tougher Road - Los Angeles Times

· What Hides Behind the Russian Gift to Lebanon? BY: Claude Salhani | The Middle East Times Is Russia simply trying to help out Lebanon, or is Moscow trying to move in on Washington's traditional Mideast turf? Indeed, Lebanon has, since its independence in 1943, been a "client" of the United States and of France, obtaining most of its military hardware in those two countries.

CHINA: USA LOST STRENGTH IN 2008; RUSSIA GAINED

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

Iraq Civilian Deaths Down in 2008 - BBC News

Conflict puts the brakes on Syria-Israel peace


A Drain on Iraq's Talent - Baltimore Sun

H9 Ha’aretz Bradley Burston: Who speaks for Gazans, when they need it most?

ANALYSIS / Hamas is hoping for an IDF ground operation Hamas hopes it can inflict loses that would cause the IDF to flee Gaza with its tail between its legs.

David Grossman / Is Israel too imprisoned in the familiar ceremony of war? Stop. Hold your fire. For once, act against the usual response, in contrast to the logic of belligerence

EU to press Israel on ceasing Gaza operation Jerusalem sources: 'International hourglass' would allow Israel to continue op until Jan. 5, at most

ANALYSIS / Operation Cast Lead in Gaza is entering its problematic phase

The longer the operation continues, the more trouble Israel's leadership will have staying unified.

Greek paper: World Jewish plutocracy behind Gaza strife, global financial crisis

Amira Hass / Uncertainty and bombing keep Gazans awake and fearful of who will be next

War games predict look of Gaza ground operation

Writer Amos Oz: Hamas responsible for outbreak of Gaza violence

Knowing when to end itJust as Barak knew when and how to begin the operation, we must hope that he will also know when to end it.

Rockets fired from Gaza kill 2 Israelis within hour

Jerusalem Post Analysis: Ground operation would seek to shock

The IDF will face a difficult mission on the ground in Gaza

Arab elites vs Hamas The Arab elites must dissociate the Palestinian cause from anti-Israel rejectionism.

Our World: Patriots and anti-patriots

[ CAROLINE GLICK, Dec 29 23:31 ]

Encountering Peace: How will it end?

[ GERSHON BASKIN, Dec 29 23:03 ]

Hamas's strategy: Rockets or media [ BARRY RUBIN

Yedioth Ahronoth Preventing a ‘divine victory’

Israel expected to boost military pressure in face of Hamas counterattack, Ron Ben-Yishai says

Déjà vu in Gaza/ B. Michael

Only hatred, bereavement, pain, and desire for revenge will come out of Gaza op

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

Operation Cast Lead – Update No. 1 IICC A 17-page Israeli report on the military operation against Hamas in Gaza

“Hamas and Israel: Conflicting Strategies of Group-Based Politics” by Sherifa Zuhur, U.S. Army Strategic Studies Institute, December 2008.

Daily Star Israel's Gaza assault wastes lives without changing anything

Re-learning the biblical 40 years in Gaza By Rami G. Khouri

BBC Israel pounds Gaza for fourth day Israeli jets pound the Gaza Strip for a fourth day, with air strikes on a number of Hamas government buildings and security installations.

US tacitly backs Israeli action

Jeffrey Goldberg: The Gaza War — If someone was sending rockets on my house where my daughters were sleeping at night, I would do everything to stop it, and I would expect Israelis to do the same thing. — These aren't my words — they're Barack Obama's.

Mustafa Barghouthi / The Huffington Post: Palestine's Guernica and the Myths of Israeli Victimhood

Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:View From a Palestinian Leader: Palestine's Guernica and the Myths …

Bush's Failed Gaza Legacy - Scott MacLeod, Time

Did Israel Use "Disproportionate Force" in Gaza? - Dore Gold (Institute for Contemporary Affairs/Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

Palestinians Need Israel to Win - Michael Oren & Yossi Klein Halevi, WSJ


Why Israel Wants a Short War - Shmuel Rosner, New Republic

What Was Hamas Thinking? - Shadi Hamid, Huffington Post

Can Israel Win 'Soft Power' War in Gaza? - Gerald Steinberg, Jerusalem Post

Why Gaza Matters - Yossi Halevi, New Republic


Gaza Conflict: Hamas' Escalation Strategy - Heumann & Putz, Der Spiegel

Obama Should Engage Now for Peace - John Nichols, The Nation

An Israeli Community Under Constant Attack - David Keyes, Commentary

The Gaza calamities

The only way Israel can achieve true security, and the only way Palestinians can achieve self-determination, is to negotiate a two-state peace agreement. (Boston Globe)

The suffering that Hamas causes

To the list of grotesque human rights violators must be added Hamas, whose disdain for the suffering its policies cause the Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip is exceeded only by its open, and even proud, infliction of atrocities on Israeli civilians. (By Jeff Robbins, Boston Globe)

The cycle of violence in Gaza

In the end, will Israel's brand of disproporionate violence against Palestinians achieve its ends? Trouble is, it never has. (By H.D.S. Greenway, Boston Globe)

Der Spiegel · The Gaza Conflict: Hamas' Strategy of Escalation

· Israeli Self-Defense: Merkel Blasts Hamas for Middle East Violence

H10 Christian Science Monitor Israeli strikes in Gaza risk political win for Hamas

The Islamist militants in Gaza may emerge as a symbol of defiance, much as Hezbollah did in its 2006 war with Israel.

Needed in Gaza: US inspectors, peacekeepers, and aid workers

We must stop lecturing – and start helping. By Timothy Rieger

Bailout may cost trillions ... or not

Even if it adds up to $8 trillion, the final cost will be lower as US sells the assets it's now buying

China projects naval power in pirate fight

Its warships and special forces are due in the Gulf of Aden by Jan. 6.

ASIA

Changes in China that began with Deng Xiaoping were matters of subterfuge as much as new ideas, says Gordon Chang... part 1 ... part 2 ... part 3 ... part 4

China`s Sex Ratio Imbalance and its Implications for the Domestic and Global Economies

Afghanistan Needs a Marshall Plan - Ashraf Ghani, The Independent


New Afghan Strategy Adds to US Problem - Brahma Chellaney, Japan Times

REDS: China, Russia military chiefs hold first phone call...

Unanswered Questions in Pakistan - Shaheryar Mirza, RealClearWorld


India's Cynical Political Elite - Tariq Amin-Khan, Dawn

· Pakistan's Unruly Intelligence Services BY: Andrew D. Bishop | Asia Sentinel Questions over the ISI and its activities have assumed added urgency with the announcement last Friday by Pakistani military officials who said as many as 20,000 troops are being redeployed close to the Indian border amid rocket-rattling by both nuclear-tipped nations.

No Easy Indian Response to Pakistan’s Troop Shift BY: Somini Sengupta | The New York Times Though tensions have risen in the past few days, neither India’s governing coalition led by the Congress Party nor its habitually hawkish political opposition is advocating a military confrontation with Pakistan

Afghan Roadside Bombings Rise Sharply Roadside bombs, long the biggest danger facing Western forces in Iraq, have also become the primary threat to forces in Afghanistan.

Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: Pakistan's Nuclear Option

Pakistan's first-use policy regarding its nuclear capability is a defensive move -- but it might not prove to be effective against India at this point

The militia mistake Michael Williams: Expecting tribal militias to help solve Afghanistan's problems is a dangerous error by America

China's Gunboat Diplomacy BY: Rory Medcalf | International Herald Tribune Two destroyers and a supply vessel have departed on China's first long-range naval expedition since 1433. The decision to join the global armada in the pirate-plagued waters off Somalia is a momentous step in China's rise as a world power

Bangladesh Has First Vote in 7 Years Tens of millions of Bangladeshis cast ballots in the first national election in seven years, a vote aimed at restoring democracy to the troubled South Asian nation after two years of emergency rule.

Basics of Afghan Law and Criminal Justice: A Manual for the Afghan Police and Legal Professionals (PDF; 1.9 MB)
Source: GTZ (Dr. Hossein Gholami)

H11 IHT NATURAL ALLIES?

How Moscow courts the Muslim world By JACQUES LÉVESQUE

Russia now claims to have a privileged political relationship with the Arab and Muslim world, and believes it has a historic vocation as a mediator between the Western and Muslim worlds

Russia's pipeline politics with Ukraine and the West Bush's attempt to absorb Ukraine into NATO gives Moscow the excuse to apply pressure.

Moldovans hope fervently for recognition from Russia In Transnistria, a tiny, poor separatist province in Moldova, the dream of joining Mother Russia is now stronger than ever.

From the left, a call to end the current Dutch notion of tolerance A Labor Party paper states that government and politicians had too long failed to acknowledge the feelings of "loss and estrangement" felt by Dutch society facing parallel communities that disregard its language, laws and customs

EUROPE European press review

Analysis: Germany's 2008

BERLIN, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Deteriorating security in Afghanistan, excitement over Barack Obama's visit to Berlin and fear of an economic disaster despite record employment figures -- Germany's 2008 was marked by ups and downs.

· Kosovo's Moderate Muslims

By Michael J. Totten
From City Journal:
The world's newest country is a model of tolerance.

Ex-KLA men stay in Serb custody

Nine ethnic Albanian former guerrillas arrested on war crimes charges in Serbia are remanded in custody for 30 days.

H12 RFE/RL Is Russia’s Social Contract Breaking Down?
BY BRIAN WHITMORE
Just how nervous is Russia’s elite about the ongoing financial crisis?

Google News Azerbaijan

· South Ossetia Becomes Thorn in Russia's Side

Der Spiegel South Ossetia has been a de facto Russian protectorate since Moscow's victory in the five-day war in Georgia. But the breakaway republic is becoming an embarrassment for the Kremlin, with a corrupt president, disappearing aid money and brewing social unrest.

· Putin's Remote Control Puts Kremlin on MuteBY: Vladimir Frolov | The Moscow Times Medvedev's presidency is changing from the management of a modernization policy to the management of an economic collapse. The financial crisis is also testing the viability of the Putin-Medvedev "tandemocracy."

Andrew Osborn / Wall Street Journal:
As if Things Weren't Bad Enough, Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S.

How Moscow Courts the Muslim World - Jacques Levesque, IHT

Ukraine must pay a fair price Yuri Fedotov: No country can be expected to continue supplying gas to a customer which refuses to meet its bill

· Russia Braced for Unrest BY: Isabel Gorst and Anuj Gangahar | Financial Times Russia is bracing for further unrest as the rouble on Friday slid to a new low against the euro after a succession of moves to devalue its currency.

· The Russian-Iranian Tradeoff BY: Mark N. Katz | The Middle East Times Russia's quick, successful military intervention in Georgia during August 2008 has raised the prospect that pipelines through Georgia can easily be shut down or even taken over by Russia any time Moscow wants.

Armenia: Two Decades After Devastating Earthquake, Thousands Of Displaced Families Still Waiting For Permanent Home

H13 The Times Enough pointless outrage about Gaza We have no idea what the arguments inside Hamas are or how they are affected by Israeli actions

David Aaronovitch

Iraq death toll drops as 'rule of law returns' Soldier deaths in 2008 to be the lowest since invasion nearly six years ago while far fewer Iraqi civilians lost their lives

Support for ‘genius’ of Israeli politicians Airstrikes in Gaza appear to have Israeli voters’ approval as polls show 81 per cent of respondents back army action

Coming to a book shop near you: the ideas that will shape 2009

They are loved by readers and by politicians in search of a theme. We look forward to the volumes that will set next year's agenda

James Harkin

Israel vows to sweep Hamas from power At least 345 confirmed dead in the Gaza Strip as Israel promised to smash every building linked to the Islamist movement

‘Prepare to be bombed’: the psychological war Residents in Gaza strip panic after receiving telemarketing calls warning them to prepare for bomb attacks

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

In search of the forgotten wars

While Afghanistan and Iraq dominate the headlines, Anthony Loyd goes in search of the world's overlooked conflicts

Wall Street Journal Fouad Ajami: Samuel Huntington's Warning

A Tale of Two Peoples STATE OF THE UNION By Rick Zedník The Czechs and Slovaks, 16 years after their divorce.

The Wizards of Oil

Israel Presses Attacks, but Hamas Fires Back

Israel pummeled Gaza for a third day. But even as the death toll rose, Hamas responded with its strongest rocket barrage since the Israel attacks began.

Bret Stephens: Hamas Knows One Big Thing

Retail Is Doomed

When textile quotas end this week, will U.S. jobs go, too? McClatchy Newspapers The U.S. textile industry is worried that what happened in 2005, when similar safeguards were lifted temporarily, will happen again in 2009. China flooded the U.S. market in 2005, with a more than 1,500 percent increase in cotton trousers alone. While that drove down the prices of those products for American consumers, U.S. textile companies lost about 55,000 jobs that year, more than 8 percent of the industry's work force, trade officials say

H14 Financial Times Restoring America’s world stature Restoring the US to its rightful standing in the world requires adjustments on both sides. If Obama does his part, other governments must do theirs

Attacks restrict Obama's room for diplomatic manoeuvre

Why the military option is likely to backfire

Watching, waiting

Israel in ‘all-out war’ on Hamas Gaza Strip militants in retaliatory attacks

The undeniable shift to Keynes

The sudden resurgence of Keynesian policy is a stunning reversal of the orthodoxy of the past several decades, which held that efforts to use fiscal policy to manage the economy and mitigate downturns were doomed to failure

Lex: Obamarama The sharp escalation of the financial crisis in the waning weeks of the campaign has left little time for reflection on Mr Obama’s achievement – which brings us to P for pragmatis

Ukraine holds firm in Russia gas debt dispute An energy delegation from Ukraine arrived in Moscow for last ditch talks aimed at resolving a gas debt dispute with Russia that could disrupt the supply of gas to Europe

Year that ended in winter of discontent

Czechs to work on 'three Es' in EU presidency

The black swan was too big to fail

Shah out of touch as Tehran is ripped apart

A straitened future for troubled banks

The industry faces a year of struggling to restore itself to profitability, amid public criticism of its past record and simmering employee discontent

IMF argues for large stimulus packages

Tax cuts should favour spenders, not savers

Ukraine holds firm in Russia gas debt dispute Fourth energy stand-off in as many years

Watching, waiting India and Pakistan say they do not want war but Islamabad’s inability to curb militants is testing patience in Delhi

Slowdown risk to Saudi growth

The oil boom was a chance for Saudi Arabia to rehabilitate its infrastructure. But now the Arab world’s largest economy is grappling by the prospect of a dramatic fall in revenue

Move to the euro haunts Ahmadi-Nejad

The rial has lost about 10 per cent against the dollar during the past month, and has even risen above the important 10,000 to the dollar mark for the first time in its history

Arabs turn on Egypt for collusion over siege Tens of thousands of Arabs took to the streets for the second day to protest against Israel’s deadly assault on Gaza as a huge wave of anger spreads across the Middle East

Business in 2009: On the bright side, the chocolate-makers will be fine

Businesses face depressed demand and credit difficulties, and banks are unpopular with taxpayers who bailed them out, writes John Gapper

Kudos for the contrarian Honour the seekers of truth, suggests John Kay

Outside Edge: An über language for the Zeitgeist Frederick Studemann on German coming into its own

Crackdown on hedge funds after Madoff affair Tougher rules and safeguards for investors

Crackdown on hedge funds after Madoff affair Tougher rules and safeguards for investors

H15 Los Angeles Times Gaza residents brace for Israeli armored strike Israel begins mobilizing thousands of reservists for what Ehud Barak calls a war against Hamas.

Israel, vowing 'all-out war' on Hamas, continues airstrikes on Gaza The death toll in Gaza rises to 364. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says the offensive will be expanded 'as we see fit.' Palestinian militants' rocket attacks kill three Israelis.

Civilians suffer as missiles fly in Gaza and Israel A Gaza father mourns for his five slain daughters, and a rocket from the enclave kills a man nearby in Israel. Though the overall tolls are wildly disparate, the effect on loved ones is the same.

Q&A: What led to this latest round of violence

Analysis: Israel learned lessons in Lebanon

EditorialAmerica, 2008 and 2009

A year ago, we examined America's values, promise and blessings. So much has...

Obama's well-stocked Cabinet

The president-elect has chosen a heavyweight team of top advisors.

H16 American Politics

The New Culture War - Rich Lowry, New York Post


Why Bush Is Rooting for Obama - John Heilemann, New York Magazine

The GOP Must Reject Big Government - Richard Viguerie, Los Angeles Times

realclearpolitics memeorandum

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet

Politico ABC’s The Note MSNBC FirstReadTime ThePage Politico Playbook

PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin

Top 10 Political Upsets of 2008 - Alexander Burns, Politico

H17 Daily Telegraph Peace in Gaza is in the hands of Hamas Telegraph view: For as long as Hamas refuses to contemplate the only possible answer to this conundrum – a two-state solution – there is little chance of peace.

Israel declares 'war to the bitter end' on Hamas Israel declared 'war to the bitter end' on Hamas on Monday as it continued its strikes on targets in Gaza leaving up to 320 dead.

Pakistan general in bid to avoid conflict with India

Call for reduction in tensions after Pakistan's military began massing troops along the border after Mumbai terror strikes.

The sinister resurrection of Stalin The Soviet leader’s triumphant imperialism is the key to his rehabilitation under Putin, says Anne Applebaum

Somalia faces more turmoil as president resigns

H18 Independent Now Israel declares 'war to the bitter end' International outcry grows as death toll from continued assault on Gaza reaches 320 and three Israelis are killed in retaliatory rocket attacks by Hamas.

Leading article: We must not let despair dash hopes of peace in Gaza

Robert Fisk: Why bombing Ashkelon is the most tragic irony

Sami Abdel-Shafi: Israel puts security before peace

· Five sisters killed while they slept

· Three Israelis killed as Hamas launches revenge attacks

· Blair visits Middle East amid pressure to broker ceasefire

· Mary Dejevsky: Don't overlook Israel's vulnerability

The Shah? He's as safe as houses ...Newly released secret documents reveal the startling misjudgement made by the British ambassador on the eve of Iran's Islamic revolution.

Three Israelis killed as Hamas launches revenge attacks Rocket and mortar fire from the Gaza Strip took the lives of three Israelis yesterday, the highest toll since Israel began its devastating bombardment of Gaza on Saturday, while the Israeli Prime Minister's spokesman warned the conflict could "get worse before it gets better."

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

2007 Summer Study: Challenges to Military Operations in Support of U.S. Interests Source: Defense Science Board - This study, robust in scope, concerns itself with challenges the U.S. military might face in the future, emphasizing areas where the nation is less well prepared. Future adversaries are more likely to attack the nation with asymmetric tools of war, employed using non-traditional concepts of operation. Thus, challenges from nuclear weapons, from cyber warfare, in and from space, to force deployment and resupply, and on U.S. soil, may well dominate in the decades ahead. Addressing U.S. vulnerabilities in these and other areas is the focus of the study’s effort, leading to actions for the Department that can improve the nation’s posture against future threats. + Volume I — Executive Summary (PDF; 4 MB) + Volume II (PDF; 9.9 MB)

An Analysis of Al-Qa'ida's Worldview: Reciprocal Treatment or Religious Obligation? MERIA This Israeli essay seeks to highlight the many disparities behind al-Qa'ida's words

· Britain Grapples with Terrorist Threat BY: Douglas Davis | World Politics Review Britain has cause for concern. On a visit to Islamabad this month, Prime Minister Gordon Brown revealed that more than 20 serious terrorist plots against Britain -- about three-quarters of the active plots currently monitored by Britain's MI5 intelligence service -- are being planned in Pakistan. And he told President Ali Asif Zardari that, "the time has come for action, not words."

Mullen's 'Good Instincts' Cited in Joint Chiefs Role - Sara Carter, Washington Times

“Government Secrecy: Classic and Contemporary Readings”

H20 Slate

H21 Did the universe exist before it existed, bouncing back even then from a previous collapse and bounce? Ad infinitum... more»

If a persuasive argument for the existence of God is wanted, then it looks like philosophy has come up empty. Of course, the devout were not exactly holding their collective breath... more»

Obituaries Political Scientist Samuel P. Huntington

The Big Question: How important was Charles Darwin, and what is his legacy today?

Our Urban Future: the death of distance and the rise of cities

Just following orders Decades after Stanley Milgram's experiments on obedience, we're still willing to inflict pain.

Even in our aesthetic tastes, we are like our ancient ancestors: we share a love of communion with others through art. Our art instinct is theirs... more»

Disraeli, with his olive complexion and coal black eyes, was an English Jew at a time when being English and Jewish was inconceivable... more»

What made Harold Pinter a fine dramatist – free association, unreliable recollections, non-sequiturs – also made him a bad political activist... more» ... more» ... more» ... more» ... more» ... more»

Africa needs Christianity, says atheist Matthew Parris. Alternatives leave Africans at the mercy of a malign fusion of Nike, witch doctors, mobile phones, and machetes... more»

The Evaporation of the U.S. Newspaper - Joseph Duggan, RealClearMarkets

A tipping point for Gladwell?

By ALEX BEAM Supercalifragilistic sales are accompanied by widespread media distaste for his books.

To read or not to read, that is the question.A New Year's resolution to read a Shakespearean drama each month drew all sorts of reactions from strangers.

Pandora: History ain't what it used to be, according to Sir Roy At the ripe old age of 73, it appears that Sir Roy Strong has lost none of his fighting spirit. The flamboyant art historian – who famously became the youngest National Portrait Gallery Director at age 32 – has launched an impassioned attack on the nation's teaching of history, claiming the Government holds responsibility for fostering ignorance among children

Census Bureau Projects U.S. Population of 305.5 Million on New Year’s Day

Google makes the world efficient, but is it Big Brother?
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