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Ha’aretz – Harel & Issacharoff: Egypt's Gaza truce plan is mostly bad for Hamas The Egyptian plan is almost a kind of surrender agreement for Hamas, which seeks to maintain rule over Gaza
Hamas accepts Egyptian cease-fire proposal
New York Times Military Planners, in Nod to Obama, Are Preparing for a Faster Iraq Withdrawal
War on Hamas Saps Palestinian Leaders The Palestinian Authority’s top party, Fatah, seems increasingly marginalized, even in the cities it controls.
ROGER COHEN Magic and Realism Smart power alone cannot usher in the promise of the 21st century
Bringing Hegemony Back In: The United States and International Order Chatham House
New report identifies hard landing for China, collapse in asset prices, gaps in global governance and climate change as key risks ahead
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS: Bin Laden Challenges Obama in New Audio Message — “Is America Capable of Fighting Us After Bush?” Osama Asks.
Olivier Roy : MEMO TO OBAMA: LEAVE 'WAR ON TERROR' BEHIND AND TALK TO HAMAS AND TALIBAN
Just How Winning Is Petraeus? BY: Gian P. Gentile | Foreign Policy Why the U.S. Army's focus on nation-building at the expense of warfighting is misguided and dangerous
Guardian If Obama and Khamenei want to get along, they should start watching TV Timothy Garton Ash: The US is promising to engage with Iran at last. A snappy new television channel can help show both sides the way
'War on terror' was a mistake, says Miliband Foreign secretary argues west cannot kill its way out of the threats it faces
Risk worth taking Editorial: Obama has had no qualms about saying he would close Guantánamo Bay on his first day
Hopes for ceasefire as Hamas replies Egyptian-brokered ceasefire in Gaza might be close, despite signs of disagreement among Israel's leaders
It Takes Two to Tango: Danish Concepts of Dialogue as Counterterrorism NUPI This 28-page Norwegian paper analyses Danish counterterrorism policies to identify the concepts of dialogue implied and the positions awarded to less-than-radical Muslim Others
WINEP From Gaza to Tehran: The Obama Administration and the Middle East
Washington Post Bush's Incautious Optimism By David Ignatius, Bush never saw democracy and freedom as products of imperfect decisions.
Lessons to Learn From Bush Opinion | Author/Post associate editor offers 10 lessons for Obama from the last eight years. Bob Woodward
Gaza War Generates Debate on Civilians Questions Reflect Asymmetry of Fight Security No Longer Iraqis' Key Worry, Pentagon Says Los Angeles Times Inadequate supplies of food, water, electricity and healthcare have replaced security as the primary concern of Iraqi citizens, the Pentagon says in a progress report Tuesday Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq: December 2008 (PDF; 571 KB) Source: U.S. Department of Defense
IHT Scrambling to find a phone number for Europe The world is too complex for a continent like Europe to continue to sit by 27 separate phones.
Sarkozy's Europe is good for Obama FEDERIGA BINDI, CHARLES KUPCHAN AND JUSTIN VAISSE The French president's strong tenure as EU president shows how the U.S. needs a more capable European partner.
Christian Science Monitor In Iraq, an assertion of US 'hard' power Final chapter on war yet to be written; known costs include sagging world standing for US, rise of Iran in the region.
Fatah, Hamas split widens amid Gaza war Members of the secular Fatah movement, which controls the Palestinian Authority, are divided over how the group should respond to the ongoing Israeli offensive against Hamas.
Five ways Bush's policies changed world The Iraq war dominated his presidency, but it isn't the only signature foreign-policy event of his tenure.
Bush scores well on India and China, less so for Iran, N. Korea Other key foreign-policy moves include his decision to boost aid for fighting AIDS in Africa.
Jerusalem Post Hamas accepts Gaza cease-fire initiative 'in principle' |
Turkey's drift away from the West
CSM Alleged coup plot probe roils Turkey Last week's arrest of senior military officers and the discovery of several weapons caches deepens the investigation into a suspected secularist coup plan
Turkey and the Palestine Question SETA
WINEP Kirkuk: A Test for the International Community Iraqi voters will go to the polls to elect local governments later this month, but four provinces will be left out of the balloting: three within the Kurdish Regional Government and Kirkuk. Resolving the lingering problem of Kirkuk's status will be a leading test of international commitment to Iraqi reconciliation in 2009.
FT Pipe dreams
Gülen cemaati devleti ele geçirdi
Turkey: Kurdish Political Party Seeks to Be More Competitive in March Local Elections
"Dava eşsiz bir fırsat sunuyor"
EDM Investigation Deepens Divisions Within Turkey
Kadri Gürsel Erdoğan’dan Gül’e Egemen Bağış golü
İnsan Hakları Gözlem Örgütü'nden Türkiye'ye Sert Eleştiri
Türkiye KKTC'den daha az özgür çıktı
İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye – BBC Türkçe 0700 1800 – VOA Türkçe 0630 1345 2130 DW - (UTC) 0830 1130 1530 Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit ASAM
Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national
Biden in Iraq: Mission Possible? Obama sends Personal Letter to Kirkuk
Turkey: Kurdish Political Party Seeks to Be More Competitive in March Local Elections
Muhalif yazar Tarık Ali: Başbakan Erdoğan'ın ağır sözleri İsrail'i yaralamıyor
İlginç iddia: Küçük, PKK'yla 'derin' yapı arasındaki köprüydü
Concrete action needed to settle Kurdistan Middle East Times
Irak Özel Temsilcisi Murat Özçelik'in Erbil Ziyareti
İslam ülkeleri Gazze için olağanüstü toplandı
Ardan ZentürkRojin
Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık
Kadri Gürsel Erdoğan’dan Gül’e Egemen Bağış golü
Semih İdiz AB için olumlu bir atama
Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop
S. Berberakis: Ben bu yüzden dayak yiyordum
INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE; For Sale in ... Istanbul
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Limited Turkish press coverage today
İşte Tuncay Güney’in polis ifadesi
Tartışmalı ifadeyi Türkiye izledi
Tuncay Güney’in ifade kaydını değerlendirdiler
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| H4 New York Times Military Planners, in Nod to Obama, Are Preparing for a Faster Iraq Withdrawal
War on Hamas Saps Palestinian Leaders The Palestinian Authority’s top party, Fatah, seems increasingly marginalized, even in the cities it controls.
ROGER COHEN Magic and Realism Smart power alone cannot usher in the promise of the 21st century
Egypt Cites Progress Toward Truce as Gaza Toll Exceeds 1,000
North Korea Maintains Its Tough Stance
Suspect Is Held in Slaying of Chechen Exile
How ‘Soft Power’ Got ‘Smart’ The Opinionator summarizes bloggers’ reactions to Hillary Clinton’s use of the phrase “smart power.”
More Questions for Mr. Geithner The tax transgressions by Timothy F. Geithner, the nominee for Treasury secretary, paint a picture of noncompliance that is more disturbing than his supporters acknowledge.
GAIL COLLINS He’s Leaving. Really. George W. Bush has been saying goodbye for so long now, he’s come to resemble one of those reconstituted rock bands that has been on a farewell tour since 1982
Chávez Reopens Oil Bids to West as Prices Plunge The shift shows how the global financial crisis is hampering Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s ideological agenda and making him more pragmatic as he seeks to bolster his country’s stream of income.
For Homeland Security Nominee, Good Leadership Is in the Details
News Analysis: Torture Acknowledgment Highlights Detainee Issue
Biden Outlines Plans to Do More With Less Power
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Where Sweatshops Are a Dream What the world’s most impoverished people need isn’t fewer sweatshops, but more of them.
| H5 Washington Post Bush's Incautious Optimism By David Ignatius, Bush never saw democracy and freedom as products of imperfect decisions.
Lessons to Learn From Bush Opinion | Author/Post associate editor offers 10 lessons for Obama from the last eight years. Bob Woodward
Gaza War Generates Debate on Civilians Questions Reflect Asymmetry of Fight
Dems Near $850B Stimulus Deal Congressional plan set to have at least $300B in tax cuts, close to $550B in domestic spending.
Let the Bank Bailout Work By Martin Neil Baily and Charles L. Schultze, Don't emasculate the treasury's bank bailout program.
Audacity Without Ideology By E. J. Dionne Jr., Obama's anti-ideological talk is the real deal.
A Pitch for a Healing Diplomacy By David S. Broder, Obama and his team will learn the value of health as a messenger of peace.
Bank Losses Complicate U.S. Rescue Pressure Grows on Obama to Allocate More Money for Distressed Financial Firms
The Reality of Torture By Dan Froomkin
The Nomination That's Too Big to Fail
According to New Figures, China Was Third-Largest Economy in 2007 | H6 Guardian If Obama and Khamenei want to get along, they should start watching TV Timothy Garton Ash: The US is promising to engage with Iran at last. A snappy new television channel can help show both sides the way
'War on terror' was a mistake, says Miliband Foreign secretary argues west cannot kill its way out of the threats it faces
Risk worth taking Editorial: Obama has had no qualms about saying he would close Guantánamo Bay on his first day
War on terror' was wrong David Miliband: The phrase gives a false idea of a unified global enemy, and encourages a primarily military reply
Europe left to beg and rage as Russian gas row drags on Leaders of the worst-hit countries, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Moldova, pleaded with Moscow for fuel
Hopes for ceasefire as Hamas replies Egyptian-brokered ceasefire in Gaza might be close, despite signs of disagreement among Israel's leaders
A coup for democracy Paul Collier: International reaction to changes of regime in two African countries is a triumph for sanctimony
Obama's Middle East conundrum Joel Schalit and Arthur Neslen: Much of Israel's leadership views the president-elect as naive. But will it be able to box him in on Gaza?
Israeli human rights groups speak out as death toll passes 1,000 Israeli government warned of 'grave violations of international humanitarian law by military forces'
Hopes of ceasefire as Hamas replies to Egyptian plan Israeli leadership split after Islamist movement submits conditions on proposal to halt fighting for 10 days
UK government assesses impact of Gaza conflict on its campaign to prevent violent extremism at home
Bush administration: 'We tortured Qahtani' US lawyers are concerned that George Bush will pardon members of his administration who sanctioned torture
Oligarch to buy Evening Standard Billionaire ex-KGB agent, Alexander Lebedev, to buy newspaper after year of negotiations
Torturing the truth Vikram Dodd: After years of denials by the Bush administration, the first official admission that the US used torture at GuantánamoHoly war is not the answer Muhammad Cohen: Jews and Muslims should ignore calls from extremists like Osama bin Laden to take sides in the conflict in Gaza
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| H7 Security No Longer Iraqis' Key Worry, Pentagon Says Los Angeles Times Inadequate supplies of food, water, electricity and healthcare have replaced security as the primary concern of Iraqi citizens, the Pentagon says in a progress report Tuesday Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq: December 2008 (PDF; 571 KB) Source: U.S. Department of Defense Mass Murdering' Must Come to an End - Manouchehr Mottaki, Der Spiegel Al Awsat Hamas in Gaza and Damascus : Tariq Alhomayed Q & A with Arab League SecGen Amr Musa A mission impossible for Ban Ki-moon
| H8 Iraq Updates IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq
In Iraqi Politics, the Sunni-Shi'ite Divide Recedes BY: Abigail Hauslohner | Time The most significant blow came in 2007 with the angry departure of dozens of followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. And the bloc's remaining big powers — al-Maliki's Dawa Islamic Party and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq — will be running on separate lists come Jan. 31, thereby splitting the Shi'ite vote.
Iran Says US Tied to Plot Against Government
Opening Day for America's Enormous New Embassy in Iraq
Basra Is Focus of Shi'ite Rivalry in Southern Iraq
Biden Did Not Discuss Federalism – Source | Iraq Updates
| H9 Ha’aretz – Harel & Issacharoff: Egypt's Gaza truce plan is mostly bad for Hamas The Egyptian plan is almost a kind of surrender agreement for Hamas, which seeks to maintain rule over Gaza
Hamas accepts Egyptian cease-fire proposal
Thousands flee Gaza City homes as IDF enters neighborhoods
ANALYSIS / Key to Israeli exit from Gaza rests with Egypt, U.S.
U.S., Israel near deal aimed at halting Gaza arms smuggling
Delay the elections, not the war
Avraham Burg: Israel is the champion of missed opportunities
Gideon Levy: Compared to previous wars, Gaza op is child's play
U.S. may cut $1billion in loan guarantees to Israel over West Bank settlements
Jerusalem Post Hamas accepts Gaza cease-fire initiative 'in principle' |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor In Iraq, an assertion of US 'hard' power Final chapter on war yet to be written; known costs include sagging world standing for US, rise of Iran in the region.
Fatah, Hamas split widens amid Gaza war Members of the secular Fatah movement, which controls the Palestinian Authority, are divided over how the group should respond to the ongoing Israeli offensive against Hamas.
Five ways Bush's policies changed world The Iraq war dominated his presidency, but it isn't the only signature foreign-policy event of his tenure.
Bush scores well on India and China, less so for Iran, N. Korea Other key foreign-policy moves include his decision to boost aid for fighting AIDS in Africa.
An intense US focus on checking terrorism Terrorists have not succeeded in striking on US soil since 9/11. But some say the US focus was too much on a military response, regime change, and a 'with us or against us' mentality.
Judging Bush with a bird's eye Today's tasks are so vast for a US leader that they can easily lead to mistakes, lapses, and hubris
As house prices rise, Iraqis find they can't go home again Many who sold at rock-bottom prices as they fled violence are now priced out of their old neighborhoods.
Alleged coup plot probe roils Turkey Last week's arrest of senior military officers and the discovery of several weapons caches deepens the investigation into a suspected secularist coup plan
Britons snort at Blair's award President Bush awarded the Medal of Freedom to Blair, whose legacy is clouded by the Iraq war.
As Islamists exploit financial crisis, Lebanon stands fast Its economy has thrived thanks to sound fiscal policy.
The Group of Two That Could Change the World BY: Zbigniew Brzezinski | Financial Times When President Jimmy Carter sent me to China in 1978 to initiate the secret negotiations that resulted in the normalisation of US-China relations, only 1,200 foreigners lived in Beijing. It is estimated that 150,000 foreigners now live in the city.
Masked motives in China's piracy push The arrival of a Chinese armada in the Gulf of Aden could rightly be described as Beijing's "expansionism by a thousand strides". The naval fleet will hunt a few pirates for sure, but only because prudence requires that it not draw too much attention to China's broader focus well beyond the Somali coast. Washington may not be braced for this latest escalation of Africa's strategic stakes. - Bright B Simon
The Economist notes that China's trade surplus is still increasing, despite the fact that its exports have collapsed of late, due to the fact that Chinese imports are falling at an even faster rate.
US Arms Sales to Taiwan May Slow ‘New Era’ of Ties With China
Indian Army Chief: War With Pakistan an Option
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said Islamabad was still examining (Dawn) the information India provided about the Mumbai terrorists, but said that thus far it had not seen sufficient evidence to link the attacks to Pakistan. Separately, Gilani said Pakistan would share the results of its own investigation with New Delhi.
Japan’s Governing Party Is Plunging in Polls
Japan: The price of normalcy The Japanese military has used its cuddly comic book mascot Prince Pickles, nubile women on recruitment posters
Energy security guides China on Gaza
Barbara Demick / Los Angeles Times: In China, Bush remains a popular president
Over the Cliff We Go BY: Philip Bowring | Asia Sentinel Forget about the 2.9 percent fall in China's exports in December compared with a year ago. The statistic that should really shock is the fall in China's imports – a mammoth 23 percent last month to $72 billion, pushing its trade surplus to $39 billion.
Chance for East Asian Security Cooperation BY: Brian P. Klein | The Japan Times The struggle against piracy off Somalia offers a low-risk opportunity for U.S.-Japan-China cooperation that may establish a foundation for productive future engagement
What India Wants from Its Diaspora - The Economist
Tidal Wave of Discontent Threatens China - Wei Jingsheng, The Times
Powers that need each otherFor the global economy to be rebuilt, US and Chinese policies will need to be in harmony. (Boston Globe)
India and the US talk missile defense
| H11 IHT Scrambling to find a phone number for Europe The world is too complex for a continent like Europe to continue to sit by 27 separate phones.
Sarkozy's Europe is good for Obama FEDERIGA BINDI, CHARLES KUPCHAN AND JUSTIN VAISSE The French president's strong tenure as EU president shows how the U.S. needs a more capable European partner.
Roger Cohen: Obama and magical realism Smart power alone cannot usher in the promise of the 21st century
Gas crisis in Europe continues The Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said in that Naftogaz, its Ukrainian counterpart, had refused Wednesday for a second day to accept natural gas from Russia for transit to Europe.
EUROPE European press review
| H12 RFE/RL Russia Suspected of Trying to Take over Ukraine’s Gas Transit Network
Google News Azerbaijan
Dealing with Russia a Key Challenge for Obama
Russia Hiding Gas Shortfall by Touting Multiple Export Routes BY: Vladimir Socor | Eurasia Daily Monitor Russia is using the gas supply crisis, which it has itself triggered, to induce a contest among consumer countries over imports of Russian natural gas. Russian-produced gas has become a commodity in short supply when measured against Russia’s internal requirements and its existing export commitments.
Georgia’s Energy Minister Is Assailed for Deal With Russia
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H13 The Times Obama: it is no longer important to kill bin Laden The president-elect has indicated he believes that it was now more important to simply contain the al-Qaeda leaderUnfinished business The United States has prevented further al-Qaeda attacks on its mainland since 2001, but has failed to kill or capture Osama bin Laden. Why?
Putin has given us a wake-up call The game Russia is playing with its gas exposes Britain's dangerous energy dependencyRosemary RighterGaza hopes rise but death toll passes 1,000Officials in Cairo say Hamas has responded favourably to Egyptian ceasefire plan - but not before tragic milestone is passedOne in five Guantanamo inmates on hunger strike Of the 248 inmates inside the US detention facility 44 are refusing food in protest and 33 of those are being force-fedBin Laden tells Obama the fight goes on In a 22-minute audio recording, world’s most wanted man taunts Bush over one of his biggest pieces of unfinished business
Al-Qaeda is still out there Osama bin Laden is not yet a busted flush but the damage caused to his organisation has torn a huge hole in his global network
1759 and all that The modern world began 250 years ago, and Britain was decisively at the helm
Wall Street Journal Welcome to the White House, Mr. Obama By Karl Rove The honeymoon doesn't last long.
Israel, Lebanon Face
The global downturn is thwarting efforts by Saudi Arabia and other big oil exporters to prop up prices of crude amid rising supply and dwindling demand.
Cease-Fire Sought Amid Gaza Fight Egypt and Hamas have narrowed in on the outlines of a 10-day cease-fire in Gaza, as the Palestinian death toll in the war passed 1,000 and smoke from Israeli airstrikes rose over Gaza City's devastated streets.
Bush Destroyed a Dictator. Clinton Installed One. By Ruth R. Wisse Which of our last two presidents made the world safer?
Daniel Henninger: Bush and the Libby Pardon
Grim US data sparks shares slide Shares in Europe and the US have fallen sharply after more bleak news on the US economy alarmed investors.
| H14 Financial Times America cannot spend its way to prosperity Tough choices will pay off, writes David Walker
Endgame in Gaza It is a fantasy Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president whose party was routed at the polls by Hamas and driven out of Gaza, can be restored to power by Israeli tanks
Economists’ Forum Does monetary policy still work? US interest rates are now in effect at zero and there is talk of monetary policy “running out of ammunition”. Has monetary policy become impotent in the US and Japan?
Summit row exposes Arab divisions A row over the venue for an Arab summit to discuss Israel’s offensive on Gaza is threatening to deepen Arab divisions and to complicate Egyptian efforts to secure a ceasefire
Britain to attack its Afghan war allies Defence secretary John Hutton will launch an attack on the commitment of his EU allies to the war in Afghanistan, warning that Europe can no longer continue ‘freeloading’ on the back of US military security
Polish disenchantment at lop-sided alliance In the first in a series looking at Barack Obama’s challenges in Europe, the FT finds a nation where links are less prominent since EU membership
Medvedev seeks gas talks amid rethink on EU supply
Pentagon official says 9/11 suspect was tortured at Guantánamo Bay
Private equity funds must be regulated, says EU European Commission president Jose-Manuel Barroso has said that the financial crisis means that new regulation will be required and that ‘no financial player should be exempt
S&P cuts Greece’s credit rating Eurozone concerns over public finances of weaker economies
China becomes third largest economy Germany overtaken as revised 2007 GDP shows 13% growth
EU halts upgrade of ties to Israel International backlash against offensive
$150bn taken out of hedge funds December sets record for fund redemptions
Citigroup must recruit a zombie-slayer The fear is that the US government will take control of bank to stop it becoming a 1990s Japanese-style zombie bank, drifting from crisis to crisis with inadequate capital in a swamp of bad loans and toxic securities. Welcome to the job, Mr Parsons, writes John Gapper
Chen’s trial is a test for Taiwan’s democracy David Pilling on cross-strait relations
The Fund could tame unfair competitive devaluation Give the IMF teeth, says Jessica Einhorn
Citi puts itself under the knife The financial giant plans to separate higher-risk businesses and put them together away from the core bank, with the aim of disposing of them when it can
Onwards, upwardsSocial mobility is a problem for the UK – and hollow gestures, such as the government’s woolly plans to outlaw ‘class discrimination’, are a distraction
| H15 Los Angeles Times Hamas eases its terms for a Gaza cease-fire with Israel As the Gaza Strip death toll tops 1,000, the militant group offers a new deal aimed at ending its conflict with Israel.
In China, Bush remains a popular president He is shown in a dozen flattering photographs at a Beijing exhibit marking 30 years of Sino-U.S. diplomatic ties. Many Chinese openly express affection toward Xiao Bush, or 'Young Bush.'
Editorial The Clinton connectionsThe former president should keep his foundation at arm's length while his wife...
Secrecy and the Bush administration
Israel's losing media strategyBy Jonathan Finer Keeping journalists out of Gaza hurts more than helps its cause.
Israel's Gaza offensive stokes anger among Jordan elite Public protests against Israel have grown larger, and officials of the staunch U.S. ally have strongly criticized the Jewish state and begun to hedge their bets diplomatically
Security no longer Iraqis' key worry, Pentagon says Concerns about the adequate supply of food, water, electricity and healthcare top Iraqis' concerns, a quarterly report by the U.S. military says.
In Baghdad, taking the wheel With violence reduced drastically, new cars have become the latest must-have for those who can afford it, as they get rid of clunkers they had stuck with to avoid kidnappings
A painful history clouds Japan-South Korea efforts to fortify economic ties Japan's prime minister visits South Korea, where bitter memories of his country's use of Korean slave laborers in WWII still resonate
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Obama meets with liberal columnists
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic: Why Liberals Aren't Angry Over Obama's Dinner — I actually don't find it terribly surprising that liberals haven't shown any outrage over Barack Obama's dinner party with George Will, Charles Krauthammer, Bill Kristol, and David Brooks.
Bush Presidency Closes With 34% Approval, 61% Disapproval
Cheney Tells Jim Lehrer Tonight: No Torture, Few Mistakes, Economy Not Our Fault
Politico ABC’s The Note – MSNBC FirstRead – Time ThePage Politico Playbook PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin
Andrew Roberts / Telegraph: History will show that George W Bush was right
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal: Poll: Broad Backing for Obama, Stimulus
The Politico: Can Obama save Geithner?
The White House/President George W. Bush
The Ambitious Anti-Ideologue - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post Obama Doesn't Deserve Liberal Criticism - Joe Klein, Time
Optimism Got The Better Of Bush - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Obama Should Act Like He Won - Thomas Frank, Wall Street Journal Which Is Better? Monetary or Fiscal Stimulus? - Daniel Gross, Slate Worst Economy Since Jimmy Carter - Peter Ferrara, American Spectato r Obama’s Plan Is Inadequate & Incomplete - Martin Wolf, Financial Times
| H17 Daily Telegraph History will show that he was right Andrew Roberts, a historian close to President Bush, says future generations will learn of a man of wisdom and integrity.
The rest of the EU must play their part in Afghanistan Telegraph View: Britain is being let down by our EU allies in this vital struggle.
Analysis: The choices confronting Hamas
Israel plans for ceasefire but threatens escalation Israel has been preparing for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered.
| H18 Independent Big Brother database a 'terrifying' assault on traditional freedoms
Civilian casualties: Human rights groups accuse Israelis of war crimes |
| H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism
Just How Winning Is Petraeus? BY: Gian P. Gentile | Foreign PolicyWhy the U.S. Army's focus on nation-building at the expense of warfighting is misguided and dangerous. Panetta and What We Need at the CIA - John Diamond, USA Today
It Takes Two to Tango: Danish Concepts of Dialogue as Counterterrorism NUPI This 28-page Norwegian paper analyses Danish counterterrorism policies to identify the concepts of dialogue implied and the positions awarded to less-than-radical Muslim Others
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS: Bin Laden Challenges Obama in New Audio Message — “Is America Capable of Fighting Us After Bush?” Osama Asks.
U.S. military report warns ‘sudden collapse’ of Mexico is possible | H20 Slate
Climate Change and Policy Considerations: New Roles for Earth Science RFF
| H21 David Irving: 'I'm Hitler's biographer'Hitler wasn’t anti-Semitic, and the Holocaust wasn’t his fault - David Irving’s take on Nazi Germany has made him many enemies. Johann Hari meets an unapologetic apologist.Flocking to Library |
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