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H1 The Economist Renewing America George Bush has left a dismal legacy, but Barack Obama can do much to repair the damage
The Gaza war Long past time to cease fire
World economyAccelerating downhill
Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS / Would a weak Hamas or no Hamas be better for Gaza?
Inquiries show Olmert version of UN Gaza vote spat closer to truth than Rice's Officials say U.S. had planned to back truce resolution, despite Rice denial of Olmert assertion he swayed vot
Ari Shavit / Gaza op may be squeezing Hamas, but it's destroying Israel's soul Israel can't deal with its enemies like belligerent superpowers deal with theirs - wars must be just, proportional.
A Letter to the President-Elect - Christopher Hitchens, World Affairs Journal
Engaging Syria? Lessons from the French Experience International Crisis Group
MIT's Center for International Studies Memos : "Advice for President Obama."
Not So Grand Bargains - Morton Abramowitz, National Interest
From The National Interest, Richard Perle on being Ambushed on the Potomac.
The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2009 (188 pages; PDF)
Guardian Cabinet clash: Battle of the EhudsIsraeli PM and his defence minister engaged in very public difference of opinion over strategy in Gaza , Airstrike kills senior Hamas minister as Cairo talks inch towards ceasefire Hamas official vows vengeance for death of interior minister, Said Siam, as brokering talks continue
Indiscriminate slaughter from the air is a barbarism that must be abolished Simon Jenkins: From Vietnam and Iraq to Gaza today, history testifies that aerial bombing is an ineffective, intolerable military tactic
Decision-makers Who's who in Hamas: a guide to the party's leaders and their political backgrounds
Freedom in the World 2009 - Freedom House
| H2 Turkish Dilemma BY: Jeffrey Azarva | The Weekly Standard Can the frayed relationship between the United States and Turkey be repaired?
Washington Institute Obama's Turkey Policy: European Democracy and NATO Benchmarks Getting Turkey right will be critical for the new administration to succeed in its policies toward Iraq, Iran, Russia, and Afghanistan -- and to the longstanding American effort to bring Ankara into the European and Western fold as a pro-Western liberal democracy
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Iran strikes PKK holdouts in Iraq
Kirkuk highlights divisions, study shows -- Iraqis head to the polls Jan. 31 for provincial elections in all but the Kurdish provinces and Kirkuk, highlighting divisions in the country, a study shows.
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| H4 New York Times DAVID BROOKS An Economy of Faith and Trust This crisis represents a flaw in the classical economic model and its belief in efficient markets.
Editorial A Way Out of Gaza?It is time for a cease-fire with Hamas and a return to the peace negotiations that are the only real hope for guaranteeing Israel’s long-term security.
U.N. Building in Gaza Is Hit by Strike From Israel In addition to the strike on the U.N. compound, Israeli shelling also killed a senior Hamas official in Gaza.
PAUL KRUGMAN Forgive and Forget? If we don’t have an inquest into what happened during the Bush years, this means that those who hold power are above the law and can abuse their power.
Pentagon: Iraq Withdrawal Has 16-Month Time Frame
Senate Releases Second Portion of Bailout Fund The 52-42 Senate vote gave Barack Obama a $350 billion war chest, just as Democrats in the House unveiled an $825 billion fiscal recovery plan.
All 155 Escape Jet’s Plunge Into Hudson A flotilla of ferries and emergency boats rescued all of the passengers and crew from the icy waters.
Nominee Wants Some Detainees Tried in the U.S. Eric H. Holder Jr., the attorney general pick, was also forced to defend his record in the Clinton administration.
Family and Lawyer Fear for Reporter Who Threw His Shoes at Bush
Homeland Security: Homeland Security Nominee Vows to Safeguard Country, but Offers Fw Specifics | H5 Washington Post Exit Bush, Shoes Flying By Charles Krauthammer, He leaves as an unpopular president. But his rehabilitation has already begun.
Resistance to U.S. Plan for Afghanistan Troop Boost Complicated by Growing Taliban Influence, Anger Over Airstrikes and Civilian Deaths
NATO Nations Scolded for Shirking Duties In Afghanistan Britain's Secretary of Defense Derides 'Freeloading' on U.S.
Iran's Leader Says He Plans To Avoid Prejudging Obama
Learning the Lessons of the Bush Imperial Presidency By John Conyers Jr., The threat of an imperial presidency lives on
In Farewell, Bush Says He Acted in Nation's Best Interest But President Acknowledges 'Setbacks'
Intelligence Court Releases Ruling in Favor of Warrantless Wiretapping
Cairo's Camp David Bargain Endures The 'Fragile' Camp David Peace Put Down Roots By Jim Hoagland To Egyptians, peace with Israel means more than the plight of Palestinians.
At Hearing, Obama's U.N. Pick Decries Disunity
Senate Votes To Release Rescue Funds To Obama Democrats in House Unveil $825 Billion Stimulus Package
Inquiry Into Interrogations Unlikely Hayden: Obama Does Not Wish to Investigate Waterboarding
Obama Pledges Reform of Social Security, Medicare Programs President-Elect Says He'll Reshape Social Security, Medicare Programs
By Eugene Robinson, Will Washington survive Obama's inauguration?
By Michael Gerson, Will Obama deliver an inaugural address equal to his moment?
| H6 Guardian Cabinet clash: Battle of the EhudsIsraeli PM and his defence minister engaged in very public difference of opinion over strategy in Gaza , Airstrike kills senior Hamas minister as Cairo talks inch towards ceasefire Hamas official vows vengeance for death of interior minister, Said Siam, as brokering talks continue
Slowly, warily, leaders consider the options Ceasefire has been on debating table since Israeli offensive began, but with strict conditions
Indiscriminate slaughter from the air is a barbarism that must be abolished Simon Jenkins: From Vietnam and Iraq to Gaza today, history testifies that aerial bombing is an ineffective, intolerable military tactic
Decision-makers Who's who in Hamas: a guide to the party's leaders and their political backgrounds
Waterboarding is torture, says Obama's choice as justice chief Guantánamo statement from next attorney-general signals break with Bush administration
Beware the JFK analogy Jonathan Steele: Barack Obama is no Jack Kennedy - and it's a good thing too
The end of Nato? Robert Fox: A call for more troops in Afghanistan will test the UK's defence resources – and its relationship with Nato – to breaking point
Israel's real friends must speak up George Foulkes: We must deliver a message that the loss of life and destruction of infrastructure in Gaza is disproportionate
Hutton attacks allies' Afghan failure Defence secretary says lack of European support for fight against terrorism poses national security threat
Sudan fears US military intervention Obama administration considering direct action on Darfur to back UN-AU peacekeepers, says Clinton
Bush urges US energy grab in Arctic Outgoing president eyes resources beyond Alaska, but scientists warn move could accelerate warming David Hearst: Forget the stereotypes, Lebedev isn't about to turn the Evening Standard into the voice of disaffected Russian dissidents
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| H7 Freedom in the World 2009 - Freedom House Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction - CSIS A History of U.S.-Iranian Nuclear Talks - Bulletin of Atomic Scientists The International Criminal Court's Dream of Global Justice Der Spiegel The International Criminal Court in The Hague is supposed to bring war criminals to justice, but it has yet to deliver a single verdict. Can international law bring peace to war-torn regions -- or does it actually hinder the peace process? Hamas in Gaza and Damascus BY: Tariq Alhomayed | Asharq Alawsat Khalid Mishal, in Damascus, is saying no to a permanent truce and to negotiations, and is rejecting the proposed agreement regarding crossings that is based on the 2005 version, out of fear for the movement’s weapons and not out of fear for the safety of the people of Gaza
As Islamists Exploit Financial Crisis, Lebanon Stands Fast BY: David Schenker | The Christian Science Monitor More than two weeks into the Israeli-Hamas war, the eyes of the world are narrowly focused on the crisis in Gaza. In the Middle East, however, it is not just the Palestinians and Israelis who are suffering, and it is not only Hamas which hopes to capitalize.
Susan Rice's Remarks at U.N. Ambassador Hearing - Susan Rice
Why Does Iran Wield a UN Gavel? - Claudia Rosett, Forbes
by Ted Galen Carpenter A number of our policies—ignoring Cuba, isolating Iran and prohibiting drugs—aren’t working. Obama has a chance to bury these dead ideas and start anew.
by Nikolas K. Gvosdev With his plethora of international-affairs appointments, Obama better be a good listener. All the divergent voices could sabotage his foreign policy.
| H8 Iraq Updates IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq | H9 Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS / Would a weak Hamas or no Hamas be better for Gaza?
Inquiries show Olmert version of UN Gaza vote spat closer to truth than Rice's Officials say U.S. had planned to back truce resolution, despite Rice denial of Olmert assertion he swayed vot
Ari Shavit / Gaza op may be squeezing Hamas, but it's destroying Israel's soul Israel can't deal with its enemies like belligerent superpowers deal with theirs - wars must be just, proportional.
BennThree's a crowd
Palestinian sources: 'Iran unit' of Hamas has been destroyed
Stop the operation This is the time to put the operation aside. It has crushed the military organization of Hamas, killed senior figures of the group, but also killed hundreds of civilians and injured thousands.
What it means to be pro-Israel The American center, thankfully, considers itself resolutely pro-Israel. But it does not agree with Israel's every action. It wants an immediate cease-fire and is only tepidly supportive of Operation Cast Lead.
Gideon Levy / Someone must stop Israel's rampant madness in Gaza
Olmert to Ban: Gunmen fired at IDF troops from UN Gaza compound
Israel still divided on Egypt offer for Gaza truce
PROFILE / Slain Hamas minister was key figure in '07 Gaza coup
Hamas vows revenge after IDF kills Gaza Interior Minister Said Sayyam
Jerusalem PostLivni sets out to US to sign deal on preventing arms smugglingOlmert, Barak, Livni briefed by Amos Gilad on Egyptian ceasefire details; Gilad to head to Cairo on Friday to discuss Israeli demands.
Analysis: Security kingpin held Gaza in iron grip
What constitutes a 'victory?' |
| Israel's last surge before a Gaza cease-fire? The UN headquarters in Gaza was struck by Israeli fire. Fissures are emerging among Israeli civilian and military leaders over how and when to end the campaign.
Amid broad Israeli support for Gaza war, a rare dissenting voice Sari Bashi of the group Gisha argued before the Israeli Supreme Court Thursday that Israel is still responsible for Gazan civilians because it controls the enclave's borders, airspace, and sea space.
In praise of pragmatic foreign policy US presidents often swing between realism and idealism. Obama should reject both.
Ukraine needlessly pokes Russia Kiev is provoking Russia in the gas crisis and other ways. It's a backfire strategy.
Russian gas cutoff energizes nuclear comeback Italy, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Britain are among those giving nuclear another look.
In Egyptian hospitals, an opaque window on Gaza war Denied access to Gaza, a reporter draws on firsthand accounts from the Palestinian wounded taken to Egypt.
The Importance of India BY: Duncan Currie | The Weekly Standard By far the most controversial element of Bush's India policy was the U.S.-India civilian nuclear cooperation agreement, which Congress approved this past fall. It was announced in 2005 but then delayed for years by opposition from Democrats in Washington
As economy sours, China frets over jobless graduates
Israel's Gaza Venture Hits Chord in Wounded India BY: Amity Shlaes | Bloomberg News Israel hasn’t won much praise for invading the Gaza Strip. This unpopularity abides even though Israel is bombing Gaza to stop Qassam rockets from hitting its own towns.
A Tribe Apart: Afghan elites face a corrosive past. | H11 IHT The U.S. and China can't afford not to get along The U.S. and China depend so much on each other that they have little choice but to forge a new world order together.
Philip Bowring: Shortchanging the IMF The international lender of last resort has to beg for funds to help the world's poorest nations.
WAR IN GAZA I Now stop starving the Gazans YOSSI ALPHER Israel's economic-warfare strategy against Gaza has failed totally.
WAR IN GAZA IIA 14-year-old's question: Why? EYAD EL-SARRAJ Israel will eventually stop the war and we may be saved, but who will save Israel from itself?
EU's prestige at risk in continuing gas crisis By STEPHEN CASTLE AND DAVID JOLLY More than one week after the European Union put its credibility on the line by intervening, the diplomatic gamble has failed to get the gas flowing.
Sarkozy's cabinet shuffle aimed at quieting the left By KATRIN BENNHOLD President Nicolas Sarkozy picked a former Socialist as the minister of immigration to help silence critics of his administration's most controversial post.
Public health suffers as former Soviet states cope with change By JUDY DEMPSEY Rapid and widespread privatization in several former Soviet states and post-communist East European countries in the early 1990s contributed to rising mortality rates.
EUROPE European press review
EU Policymakers Sour on Ukraine and Georgia BY: Paul Taylor | Reuters Feted just a couple of years ago as heroes of democratic revolutions, the leaders of Ukraine and Georgia have fallen from grace among European policymakersThe Economist Germany Angela Merkel's big political year
Germany's economy How very stimulating
Russia, Ukraine and gas War-war, not jaw-jaw
Energy in eastern Europe Gasping for gas
Charlemagne Energetic squabbles
Short and fond of women - is Sarkozy the new Napoleon?
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Google News Azerbaijan
Kiev Must Pay the Price for Victimizing the EU BY: Thierry Mariani | The Moscow Times The crisis between Russia and Ukraine that threatens gas supplies to Europe each year was caused by Ukraine's refusal to pay Russia what it owes and the attempts by Kiev to escape its responsibilities
From Dissent, Michael Walzer on the Gaza war and proportionality.
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H13 The TimesBush wasn't evil. Just ineptHistory may take a sympathetic view of his ideals. But he pursued them incompetently SmokescreenIsrael's cause is just but some of its tactics are self-defeating UN aid compound 'set alight by phosphorus'Israeli forces shelled headquarters of United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza City destroying food and supplies Comment: David Miliband's argument is flawedTimes Foreign Editor says the Foreign Secretary may not want to call this a war - but Osama bin Laden certainly does
Fresh Clues of Iranian | H14 Financial Times The Obama challenge: is Europe just a spectator? The central geopolitical truth of the coming years will be the erosion of the effortless hegemony the west has exercised over global affairs. There could be no more important time to champion the values it has embedded in the multilateral order, writes Philip Stephens, Do not squander America’s stimulus on tax cuts Create assets not liabilities, says Joseph Stiglitz
Iranian president softens his tone Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad strikes a conciliatory note on the Obama administration, signalling that Tehran would welcome closer ties with Washington if the US shifts its approach
China faces heavy capital outflows
Kabul braced for Obama's tougher stance
Bush says 'war on terror' is justifiedMedvedev seeks gas talks amid rethink on EU supply
| H15 Los Angeles TimesIs Bush tying Obama's hands?The outgoing administration has issued dozens of far-reaching 'midnight regulations.' Has Bush gone too far, or should he do more? Glenn Greenwald and W. James Antle III debate. Gaza truce efforts gain traction as Israeli assault continues Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni heads to U.S. for talks. In Gaza, Israeli airstrike kills Hamas interior minister and his deputy. U.N. compound is hit by shells, destroying supplies.
A brief history of Gaza, among brothers Surrounded by sounds of battle, three Palestinian brothers discuss the violence in their land, then and now, and wonder when it will visit them
Iran president says Israeli leaders face 'doomed end' Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran won't send weapons to the Gaza Strip, because Hamas doesn't need them
Pakistan cracks down on Jamaat ud-Dawa It arrests dozens and shuts down camps run by the charity, which was formed by founders of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group blamed in the Mumbai attacks. India is skeptical of the action.
EditorialOur guiding principlesObama must emphasize diplomacy, set clear goals for military actions and...
A smarter stimulusSure, we need to rebuild. But rebuilding the status quo won't prepare us for the...
Bush was a uniter after allRosa Brooks The country came together in its near-universal dislike of him and his...
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The Economist George Bush's legacy The frat boy ships out
The Principles and Promise of Obamaism - Bruce Reed, Slate
Exit Bush, Shoes Flying - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
Poll: Strong Confidence in Obama — Country Seen as Less Politically Divided
President Bush Makes Farewell Address to the Nation
Poll: Americans believe Obama will deliver despite down times
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John Judis worries that Obama doesn't realize just how bad things are. | H17 Daily TelegraphIf there isn't a war on terror, then what exactly are our boys dying for? David Miliband has betrayed a misconception about the nature of this conflict, writes Con Coughlin.
David Miliband is wrong on the war on terror Telegraph View: The Foreign Secretary's posturing is more about his own interests than the national interest.
Barack Obama needs a new weapon against Iran The new American President must stop the Iranians building a nuclear bomb. There is one way to do it, writes Mark Pritchard.Israel sends Tzipi Livni to Washington to discuss ceasefire
| H18 Independent Outrage as Israel bombs UNAid workers allege use of banned white phosphorus as Hamas security leader dies in bombing raid on house Kim Sengupta: Claims that Israel is using illegal bombs won't go away Alvaro de Soto: Few will thank UN when this war ends Preparing for power: Biden limbers up for office with scathing Cheney attack Vice President-elect abandons the saccharine scriptto lambast his predecessorNixon: the knockout When David Frost met the shamed ex-president, it led to one of the most dramatic moments seen on TV. As the film Frost/Nixon opens in Britain, we are giving readers a free DVD of the interview with tomorrow's paper. Ian Burrell looks back on the encounter
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| H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism
An interview with Loretta Napoleoni, author of Terror Inc: Tracing the Money Behind Global Terrorism.
Experts on how the incoming administration should deal with the legal legacy of the war on terrorism.
The introduction to Shaping Strategy: The Civil-Military Politics of Strategic Assessment by Risa Brooks.
From The Wilson Quarterly, P. W. Singer on Robots at War: The New Battlefield (and a review of Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century from Bookforum).
A review of Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry by P. W. Singer.
Outside View: Two responses to terror (UPI) -- Although both are democracies, Israel and India are polar opposites in their response to "asymmetrical" warfare -- also known as terrorism. While India until now has consistently adopted a soft -- some would say soggy -- policy toward the Pakistani army's tactics of using jihadis to weaken India socially, militarily and economically, Israel has almost invariably responded with force to similar tactics by Hamas, Hezbollah and other jihadist organizations that seek to attack the Jewish state.
ew Comforts, Much Danger for Outpost GIs The Washington Times Entombed by steep faces of jagged rock, this coalition outpost deep in the Afghan borderlands plays a role as grim as it looks: drawing the attention of insurgents flocking from tribal areas in nearby Pakistan. The Threat of Cyberterrorism BY: James Loy | World Politics Review Americans still think of terrorism as something that happens aboard planes. They are nervous when flying, but rarely think twice when turning on their computers.
Investigating Bush's 'War On Terror' - Dick Meyer, NPR | H20 Slate
2008 Global Temperature Ties as Eight Warmest on Record
Global Wage Report 2008/09 Released by ILO - The International Labour Organization (ILO) has issued Global Wage Report 2008/09: Minimum wages and collective bargaining: Towards policy coherence. Direct to Full Text Report (120 pages; PDF) Direct to Summary (4 pages; PDF)
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Jeff Madrick on how the entire economics profession failed: At the annual meeting of American economists, most everyone refused to admit their failures to prepare or warn about the second worst crisis of the century.
Here are five things Google could do for newspapers (and more).
Will Smith ‘to play’ Barack Obama as US President in Hollywood movie
Clive Thompson on how YouTube changes the way we think. Is the Web helping us evolve?
The truth lies somewhere between "Google is making us stupid" and "the Internet will liberate humanity".
an excerpt from George Panichas’s Restoring the Meaning of Conservatism: Writings from Modern Age. |
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Even though technological advances have contributed significantly to the problem of isolation, the emphasis on individualism in today’s society has compounded it.
Pappano believes that often we may want to connect with others and to have deep and meaningful relationships, but we want it on our own terms. “We have moved from a society in which the group was more important than the individual,” she says, “to one in which the central figure is the self. ... From the ashes of duty we have risen to claim not merely a healthy dose of freedom but individual supremacy. ... We want success, power, and recognition. We want to be able to buy or command caring, respect, and attention. And today so many of us feel deserving of the service and luxuries once accorded a privileged few. We may live in a more egalitarian society, but we have become puffed full of our own self-worth.”
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