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Guardian: Revealed: the letter Barack Obama's team hope will heal Iran rift — Officials of Barack Obama's administration have drafted a letter to Iran from the president aimed at unfreezing US-Iranian relations and opening the way for face-to-face talks, the Guardian has learned
The knives are out for Davos Man. But the alternative is much more alarming Timothy Garton Ash: The biggest danger is not a surfeit of the globalism embodied by this forum, but the strengthening of economic nationalism
Russia ready to shelve missiles plan in conciliatory gesture to Obama Officials say Kremlin's plans to station short-range Iskander weapons in Kaliningrad have been 'suspended'
The ice melts Editorial: Russia's abandonment of plan to deploy missiles near Polish border will make it easier for Obama to shelve missile defence shield plan
New York Times On Iraq, Obama Faces Hard Choices
In Davos, Russia and China Blame Capitalists for Crisis
Putin’s Grasp of Energy Drives Russian Agenda Vladimir V. Putin has long built his strategy for the rebirth of Russia around the export of natural resources
Obama's Envoys Will Fail - Anatol Lieven, National Interest
McClatchy U.S. may not ask allies for more Afghanistan combat troops With America's NATO allies reluctant to send more combat troops to Afghanistan, many Pentagon officials want President Barack Obama to alter U.S. policy and seek NATO help only in other areas such as police training, fighting drug trafficking and support for democratization
Analysis: Saturday's elections a crucial test for Iraqi democracy
Washington Post House Passes Obama Stimulus Package Bill Gets No GOP Votes; Senate Will Now Debate Its Version
Tens of Thousands Take Part in Early Voting in Iraqi Provincial Elections Soldiers, Physicians, Refugees Go to Polls
Ha’aretz – Editorial: Obama must let Israeli voters know he won't allow settlement building
Jerusalem Post Another price of the Gaza operationIsrael will have to change its policies to maintain special ties with US.
Obama's Unilateralism - Amir Taheri, New York Post
U.S. & Iran May Partner over Afghanistan - Kaveh Afrasiabi, Asia Times
The Times” Trust me, experts don't know either Steer clear of forecasts - but remember that things are unlikely to be as bad as the doom-mongers say Anatole Kaletsky
Wall Street Journal The Obama White House May Be a Crowded Mess By Karl Rove There will be four people in my old office.
IHT Roger Cohen: After the war on terror Obama has the right paradigm. Now comes the hard work of solve-manage-solve.
ABCNEWS: Exclusive: CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes — “Ugly American”? Spy Boss Allegedly Drugged Muslim Women, Made Secret Sex Videos — The CIA's station chief at its sensitive post in Algeria is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly raping at least …
Iraq's Election: What to Watch For
The civil-military challengeThe traditional shorthand that "civilians make policy and the military executes" is overly simplistic, masking the intricate mutual dependence of the parties. (By Sarah Sewall and John P. White, Boston Globe)
Geopolitical Diary: A New Phase of Russia-U.S. Relations? Russia is testing the waters of its relationship with the new U.S. presidential administration
Obama's Five Hidden Power Players
POLITICS-US: Is Gates Undermining Another Opening to Iran?
Financial Times Economic pain to be ‘worst for 60 years’ Risk that 50m jobs will be lost in 2009
The game changer George Soros on the upheaval caused by imbalances between risk and reward that have still to be addressed
The humbling of Davos Man The credit crisis turned out to be Wall Street’s hurricane Katrina. It transpired financiers had no idea of the risks they were taking and could not stop their banks sinking in a storm. If they cannot do their own job, why should we let them do anything else, asks John Gapper
Gideon Rachman’s blog Will Davos disintegrate? Apparently I am “shaping the post-crisis world”, the official title of this year’s Davos forum. This strikes me as over-optimistic. The words “shaping” and “post-crisis” seem misplaced. (I will grudgingly accept “world”.)
Wen and Putin lecture western leaders The leaders of China and Russia turned the tables on their western counterparts who have dictated the world’s economic agenda, lecturing them for policy failures they said had led to the global financial crisis
Netanyahu to gain from ‘strength’ The leader of Likud can enter the final stretch of the campaign safe in the knowledge that the entire election has shifted on to a terrain where he and party hold a natural advantage: security
Mullen: Attacking Iran 'Still an Option'
Report: Hamas Would Recognize Israel Within 1967 Borders
Independent David Miliband: Multilateralism can only take us so far – we need the nation state
China's Clout Grows as U.S. Declines - John Copper, Japan Times A salient reality is that the United States needs more money, and China, which is sitting on nearly $2 trillion in foreign reserves, may be the only place to get it.
Independent Economic outlook gets worse and worse The world faces its worst recession since the Second World War, with the UK on course to be bottom of the international growth league among the major advanced economies, according to the latest forecasts from the International Monetary Fund
Is Britain Next to Fall? BY: David Kenner | Foreign Policy The financial crisis has gotten so severe in Britain that it has earned London a new nickname in the international media: Reykjavik-on-Thames.
| H2 Jerusalem Post 'Erdogan's remarks aid anti-Semitism'Official explains that following Gaza war, Jews in Turkey are experiencing 'worst situation in memory.
Turkey Is Very Much Still a Western Ally - WSJ.com Suat Kiniklioglu
ORSAM – Orta Doğu Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi
SETA The Hillary Clinton Impact on Turkish-American Relations TARIK OGUZLU Read complete text (PDF)
The Arabs and Modern Turkey: A Century of Changing Perceptions
Turkey: An Opportunity For Regional Leadership | Stratfor
EurasiaNet Caspian Basin: Russia and Turkey Raise Obstacles for US Energy Policy BY JOSHUA KUCERA
FT Iraq polls stir up tensions along Kurdish frontier Iraq’s upcoming provincial elections have exacerbated tensions along the ethnically mixed frontier between the traditionally Arab parts of the country and its Kurdish autonomous region in the north
Iraq, Turkey, Iran Vulnerable To Ethnic Conflict
Islamic-style Turkish bonds fail to appeal
Turkish TV actor faces war crimes charges
The Ergenekon Investigation May Reveal JITEM’s Dirty Past
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Kurdish lawmakers offer aid to Khanaqin (UPI) -- Kurdish lawmakers met with residents in the northern cities of Iraq's Diyala province Wednesday to urge them to vote in the provincial elections Saturday.
Iraq's Election Fuels Tension on Kurdish Fault Line TIME
PKK sees its numbers decrease dramatically
In Election Push, Kurdish Lawmakers Offer Aid to Voters
Iraqi Kurdish official calls on PKK to lay down arms, leave region
Iraq, Turkey, Iran Vulnerable To Ethnic Conflict
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| H4 New York Times On Iraq, Obama Faces Hard Choices
Russian Report Says Moscow Will Halt Missile Deployment
In Davos, Russia and China Blame Capitalists for Crisis
Early Voting in Iraq Is Mostly Smooth
Editorial The Stimulus Advances The signature achievement of the stimulus and recovery bill, passed on Wednesday by the House, is that it directs most of its resources where they will do the most good to stimulate the economy.
Putin’s Grasp of Energy Drives Russian Agenda Vladimir V. Putin has long built his strategy for the rebirth of Russia around the export of natural resources.
Iraqi Women Vie for Votes and Taste of Power
Pope, Expressing Solidarity With Jews, Reacts to Uproar Over a Holocaust Denier
After Obama Overture, Iran’s Leader Seeks U.S. Apology
China Detains 81 Ahead of 50th Anniversary of Tibetan Uprising
C.I.A. Officer Faces Sexual Misconduct Inquiry
U.S. Envoy Urges 2 Sides to Fortify Gaza Truce
British Newspaper Says It Caught Lords Offering to Lobby for a Fee
Payment Plan for Northern Ireland Reconciliation Provokes Outrage
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Putting Torture Behind Us Rather than lose forever the chance to grow from our missteps, here’s a proposal for confronting Guantánamo without distracting from the work on the economic crisis.
ROGER COHEN After the War on Terror In his first White House televised interview, with the Al Arabiya news network, President Obama buried the lead: The war on terror is over.
Stimulus Package’s Components Vary in Speed and Efficiency The impact of the $819 billion economic stimulus package will be felt within weeks once the final version becomes law, but estimating its effectiveness is far more complex.
House Passes Stimulus Plan Despite G.O.P. Opposition The House voted, 244-188, for President Obama’s $819 billion plan meant to jump-start the economy out of its worst crisis in decades.
| H5 Washington Post House Passes Obama Stimulus Package Bill Gets No GOP Votes; Senate Will Now Debate Its Version
Tens of Thousands Take Part in Early Voting in Iraqi Provincial Elections Soldiers, Physicians, Refugees Go to Polls
Editorial The Afghan Challenge Democrats have long called it 'the central front.' Will they retreat from it
Iran's Ahmadinejad to Seek Second Term, Adviser Says
The Current Stimulus Plan: An $800 Billion Mistake By Martin Feldstein, The fiscal package now in Congress needs to be thoroughly revised.
How the GOP Should Measure the Stimulus By George F. Will, What are the duties of the Republican opposition at a moment like this?
In China, a Grass-Roots Rebellion Rights Manifesto Slowly Gains Ground Despite Government Efforts to Quash I
Iraq to Deny New License To Blackwater Security Firm U.S. Embassy's Preferred Contractor Accused of Killings
House Passes Obama Stimulus Package Bill Gets No GOP Votes; Senate Will Now Debate Its Version
Advisers Deciding Obama Trip Plans Surrogates Will Take On Travel Duties as President Sticks Close to Home in Early Days
250,000 Civilians Stuck in Sri Lanka War Zone, Red Cross, U.N. Say
CIA Station Chief In Algeria Accused In Two Sex Assaults Official, 41, Was Ordered Back to U.S.
| H6 Guardian Revealed: the letter Obama team hope will heal Iran rift Symbolic gesture gives assurances that US does not want to topple Islamic regime
Soft-spoken line from US may terrify Tehran Simon Tisdall: Obama's US opens up The knives are out for Davos Man. But the alternative is much more alarming Timothy Garton Ash: The biggest danger is not a surfeit of the globalism embodied by this forum, but the strengthening of economic nationalism
Russia ready to shelve missiles plan in conciliatory gesture to Obama Officials say Kremlin's plans to station short-range Iskander weapons in Kaliningrad have been 'suspended'
The ice melts Editorial: Russia's abandonment of plan to deploy missiles near Polish border will make it easier for Obama to shelve missile defence shield plan
US House passes $819bn rescue bill President Obama's stimulus package gains approval from the House of Representatives
Olmert hopes for Gaza crossings deal Crossings can reopen when Israeli soldier is free, Israeli prime minister tells George Mitchell
Call for Europe-US carbon scheme Brussels capitalises on optimism about Obama's green agenda with proposal to form trading system
Rabbis may halt Vatican talks over Holocaust-denying priest Officials from Israel's supreme religious body request public apology for lifting excommunication of priest
Cabinet ordered to reveal minutes on Iraq invasion
Telegraph View: President Obama doesn't need to make concessions to Putin.
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| H7 Syria: Working to Increase Stability and Reach Stratfor
Iraq's Election: What to Watch For
Obama's quick start raises hopes
The Obama Al-Arabiya Interview - Victor Davis Hanson, Pajamas Media
Tough Questions for Panetta - Marc Thiessen, USA Today
Tentative Hope Rises Ahead of Iraq Elections Iraqi Elections Dawn on Changed Political Landscape
A New America, a New UN? - Louise Frechette, Globe and Mail
Gates returns to his Tehran hard line Recent accusations from United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates that Iran is engaged in "subversive activity" sound oddly familiar. As a senior Central Intelligence Agency official and advisor to presidents, Gates has claimed for years that Iran wants weapons of mass destruction and plans terrorist attacks. And this would not be the first time Gates has used intelligence claims to torpedo an opening with an adversary. - Gareth Porter
Site of Somali Government Is Put Under Islamic Law BY: Mohamed Ibrahim | The New York Times The radical Islamist insurgents who have seized the provisional capital moved Tuesday to consolidate their control of the town and announced that they were imposing Islamic law there
Do foreign students learn how to manipulate U.S. foreign policy?
| H8 Iraq Updates IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq
Ahmadinejad: Obama Must Apologize to Iran –
White House: Obama Review of Iraq to Wrap Up Soon
Early Voting in Iraq Is Mostly Smooth
Iraq to Deny New License to Blackwater Security Firm
On the attack Iran head's vitriol gives bad start to Obama relations
Iraq Sends Syria First Ambassador In Decades
High Turnout Expected in Iraqi Elections
| H9 Ha’aretz – Editorial: Obama must let Israeli voters know he won't allow settlement building
IAF strikes Hamas tunnels in response to Gaza border blast
Livni to Haaretz: Netanyahu and Barak have personality issues
Hamas Captives Talking to Israel about Tactics, Training
Israeli intel sources: Careless use of classified info during war led to loss of Gazan 'assets'
The center that disappointed The real reason many Israelis will vote for the right in 2009 is their deep disappointment with the center − the center?s leadership, party and cynicism.
Olmert, Barak and Livni tell Mitchell: We will respond to every Hamas violation of truce
For first time, U.S. professors call for academic and cultural boycott of Israel
'New EU president is a true friend of Israel, a Zionist prince'
Jerusalem Post Another price of the Gaza operationIsrael will have to change its policies to maintain special ties with US.
Democratic accountability in Gaza [ NIR BOMS AND SHAYAN ARYA, The Palestinian discourse often fails to address the question of responsibility for choices, decisions and leadership.
Rattling the Cage: US, read Israel the riot act[ LARRY DERFNER, There's no peace camp; there's only the war camp and the more-war camp.
Yedioth Ahronoth Now it’s your turn/ Mohammad Gohar
Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine
US envoy to meet Palestinian head George Mitchell, Barack Obama's new Mid-East envoy, is to hold talks with Mahmoud Abbas amid continued Gaza violence.
Obama, Mitchell, Israel, and What Lies Ahead INSS An Israeli commentary on the likely future of US-Israeli relations during the Obama Administration
CRS Israel and Hamas: Conflict in Gaza (2008-2009)
Did Israel Commit War Crimes in Gaza? –
Netanyahu's Dated Brand of Politics - Damien McElroy, Daily Telegraph
Israel Risks Its Special U.S. Relationship - Meir Javedanfar, Jerusalem Post
Will Northern Ireland Help Mitchell in Israel? - Alex Massie, New Republic
Israel's destruction of U.S.-style school shocks GazansThe American International School in Gaza, with its American-style curriculum and its coed, English-only classrooms, has long been a favorite target of radical Islamists, who over the years have bombed and looted it and kidnapped its teachers. But it took an Israeli air strike Jan. 3 to destroy what was arguably Gaza's most pro-Western institution
Israel's phantom peopleAdam LeBor About 20 per cent of Israel's citizens are Arabs. But the last thing they want is to become part of a Palestinian state
Israel's warring tribesJohn Lloyd The greatest threat Israel faces is from within J Street's momentAntony Lerman It may not seem like it, but America's Jews are growing tired of Israel's wars. And now they have a new lobby to voice their dissent
LA Times Pope's decision is an affront to JewsBy TIM RUTTEN Benedict should not be reaching out to leaders of an anti-Semitic sect.
Forward Gaza Rebuilding Sparks Contest Among Israel, Hamas and Palestinian Authority An ‘Existential Struggle’ between Palestinians for Credit and Control -- Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are vying to head the reconstruction efforts in Gaza. Many in Israel are hoping that the reconstruction will be led by the P.A., which will be strengthened by getting credit for the estimated $2 billion effort. |
| Iraqi courts to decide fate of America's detainees The US military will begin handing over thousands of Iraqis who were captured during the war to Iraqi authorities on Sunday.
Gaza tunnels buzz again despite strikes Israel targeted tunnels again Wednesday with airstrikes.
China Is Susceptible to Currency Pressure - Gordon Chang, Forbes
U.S. & Iran May Partner over Afghanistan - Kaveh Afrasiabi, Asia Times Obama has promised a "new way forward" with Iran and the Middle East, and Tehran is anxious to see it. The common ground may be Afghanistan, where Obama is transferring troops and Iran is increasingly worried about the Taliban. Given their shared concerns, the time for Tehran and Washington to begin earnest discussions on Afghanistan is now
China's Ambitious Defense Plan - Japan Times
China Tells Obama What to Do With His Yuan Views BY: William Pesek | Bloomberg News China took Barack Obama’s views on the yuan seriously. So seriously that it is doing the exact opposite of what the U.S. president would like.
A peek into China's military mind
Xu Kuangdi: U.S. DOWNTURN WILL ONLY DENT CHINESE GROWTH; DOMESTIC STIMULUS ALREADY IN MOTION
Top NATO Commander: Kill All Opium Dealers
Seeking Understanding, Even in China BY: Hussein Shobokshi | Asharq Alawsat China is developing economic clout, especially in Asia and Africa, while at the same time maintaining its role as the leading trading partner to the major industrialized countries. The preliminary results show that the global financial crisis has affected the Chinese economy less than it has affected other countries such as Britain and the USA.
Wen and Putin Slam U.S. System...
Afghanistan vote date announced Afghanistan will delay presidential elections until 20 August, the country's election commission has announced.
A battle before a battle
Massacre in the Sri Lanka 'Safe Zone' BY: Andrew Buncombe | The Independent It is believed that 250,000 people have become caught up in the end-game of the island's bitter civil war as the military continues to drive the Tamil Tigers into an ever-diminishing area of jungle following the capture of Mullaittivu, the rebels' last major town, at the weekend.
Southeast Asia: U-Turns, DownturnsBY: Simon Roughneen | ISN Security Watch Questions of freedom of speech and democracy loom over an economically vulnerable region Wen tour to explore China’s role in crisisBeijing is hoping that the Chinese premier’s tour of European capitals will help dispel some of the questions about the impact of the crisis on China’s rapidly slowing economy Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao predicts 8% economic growth Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao brought cautious optimism to the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, predicting that his country will achieve its target of 8% economic growth this year despite the global financial meltdown
Walker's World: China at Davos (UPI) -- Symbolizing the new realities of the economic downturn, China is back wooing Europe after canceling a summit last year over Europe's welcome for the Dalai Lama.
| H11 IHT Roger Cohen: After the war on terror Obama has the right paradigm. Now comes the hard work of solve-manage-solve.
Putin urges closer ties with West Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of Russia struck a conciliatory tone toward the West at his address to open the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Missile report could mean Russian gesture to U.S. A NATO official said that a decision not to deploy missiles near Poland, if confirmed, would be a "positive step."
Massive strike in France will test Sarkozy's power President Nicolas Sarkozy was expected to get a very public taste of widespread discontent with his economic policies Thursday, as France braced for a one-day general strike called by eight union
MOBILIZING THE UN The savaging of humanitarian law By BERNARD KOUCHNER Compliance with international humanitarian law must be made the subject of depoliticized discussions at the UN.
EUROPE European press review
Is Britain Next to Fall? BY: David Kenner | Foreign Policy The financial crisis has gotten so severe in Britain that it has earned London a new nickname in the international media: Reykjavik-on-Thames.
Measuring the Unfunded Obligations of European Countries NCPA A 28-page US paper examining the extent of unfunded obligations in European countries
Impacts of Europe’s Changing Climate
France: Mounting Challenges for Sarkozy's Government Domestic difficulties are challenging France's ability to maneuver on the international scene and serve as Europe's main power broker
2009 European Parliament Elections (4 pages; PDF)
Global Insights: Gaza Crisis Exposes Flaws in EU Foreign Policy Machinery BY: Richard Weitz | World Politics Review Despite the European Union's enormous foreign policy resources, it still punches below its weight in the foreign policy arena due the difficulty of adopting common positions under the current system
Europe's Pipeline WarDer Spiegel The most recent conflict between Moscow and Kiev over natural gas supplies has reignited the controversy over new transit routes. Europe could get its future gas from the highly controversial Nord Stream pipeline to the north, or via the Nabucco pipeline to the south. But will either ever get built?
Europe tells poor nations to curb emissionsThe European Union made its opening gambit in negotiations for a global framework on climate change on Wednesday with proposals that developing nations curb the growth of their greenhouse gas emissions France braces for mass walk-out A one-day strike by public and private sector workers in France is set to disrupt transport, hospital and education services.
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Russia ‘drops missile plans due to Obama change to US attitude’
A new detente? Russian missile rethink may give Obama some space
Georgia Is a Failed State - Tsotne Bakuria, Moscow Times
Google News Azerbaijan
Putin Slaps Back Dell
Commentary - Territorial Claims Can Work Two Ways: Russia and Ukraine
U.S. and Georgia Sign Strategic Partnership Charter
Russian Military Reform Delayed by Financial Crisis BY: Roger McDermott | Eurasia Daily Monitor Russia’s agenda for military reform, announced by Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov in October 2008, is facing revisions and delays due to the global financial crisis
Azerbaijan: Arms Scandal Stirs Suspicions of Moscow BY: Shahin Abbasov | Eurasianet Azerbaijani allegations about the reported transfer of a multi-million-dollar stash of Russian weapons to Armenia should prompt Baku to rethink its relationship with Moscow both in terms of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and energy policy, local analysts say.
The Oligarchs' Kondrajtyev Crisis BY: Yulia Latynina | The Moscow Times Russia's business elite are getting all worked up that the country's largest metals and mining companies might merge, with First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin leading the project
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| H13 The Times” Trust me, experts don't know either Steer clear of forecasts - but remember that things are unlikely to be as bad as the doom-mongers say Anatole Kaletsky
Discord rules as Obama plan clears first hurdle US President's $825bn rescue scheme passed by the House of Representatives despite no Republican votes in favour
Militants launch fresh missile attack on Israel Barack Obama’s new US peace envoy to the Middle East flew to Israel as new fighting in Gaza threatened to renew the war
Putin halts missile move as US ponders shield Moscow has shelved plans to deploy missiles in Europe after a change of stance by President Obama on Son of Star Wars
ANALYSIS: Russia's olive branch to Obama A combination of a new US foreign policy and a drastically weakened Russian economy will bring change to the Kremlin
Iraqis put democracy to the test as polls open Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki faces votes in 14 provinces that will provide clue to general election later in the year
UK economy 'will shrink fastest in developed world' UK economy will contract by 2.8% this year, the worst performance of all leading industrialised nations, IMF predicts
Israel's Chief Rabbinate breaks with Vatican Israeli Jews express outrage over Pope's decision to reinstate bishop who denied existence of Holocaust gas chambers
Think-tank warns UK will be in debt for 20 years Government plans to cut budget deficit are inadequate and will condemn Britain to decades of living in the red
Wall Street Journal The Obama White House May Be a Crowded Mess By Karl Rove
Not Cool Anymore By James Taranto Global warmism's winter of discontent.
By Calla Wiemer
John Yoo: Obama Made a Rash Decision on Gitmo
| H14 Financial Times Economic pain to be ‘worst for 60 years’ Risk that 50m jobs will be lost in 2009
The game changer George Soros on the upheaval caused by imbalances between risk and reward that have still to be addressed
The humbling of Davos Man The credit crisis turned out to be Wall Street’s hurricane Katrina. It transpired financiers had no idea of the risks they were taking and could not stop their banks sinking in a storm. If they cannot do their own job, why should we let them do anything else, asks John Gapper
Gideon Rachman’s blog Will Davos disintegrate? Apparently I am “shaping the post-crisis world”, the official title of this year’s Davos forum. This strikes me as over-optimistic. The words “shaping” and “post-crisis” seem misplaced. (I will grudgingly accept “world”.)
Wen and Putin lecture western leaders The leaders of China and Russia turned the tables on their western counterparts who have dictated the world’s economic agenda, lecturing them for policy failures they said had led to the global financial crisis
Netanyahu to gain from ‘strength’ The leader of Likud can enter the final stretch of the campaign safe in the knowledge that the entire election has shifted on to a terrain where he and party hold a natural advantage: security
Tehran wants US apology for ‘crimes’ President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad called on the new US administration to apologise for what he called the “crimes they committed against the Iranian nation” if it truly sought a change in relations
US envoy urges stronger Gaza ceasefire George Mitchell, the new US Middle East envoy, called for a strengthening of the fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Islamist Hamas group amid renewed violence
Iraq polls stir up tensions along Kurdish frontier Iraq’s upcoming provincial elections have exacerbated tensions along the ethnically mixed frontier between the traditionally Arab parts of the country and its Kurdish autonomous region in the north
America takes steps towards clean energy Invest more, urge Jeff Immelt and Jonathan Lash
Why the Severn Barrage is not for the birds It has huge advantages, says Jonathan Guthrie
Survive the credit crisis the Alpine way Peter Marsh has business tips for Davos Man
Medvedev adviser criticises Obama ‘protectionism’ A senior adviser to Russia’s president criticised the scale of the US rescue package and projected budget deficit, saying it would suck up liquidity from other global markets
Russia halts missile plans for eastern Europe Move seen as overture to Obama
Rabbit at Rest Updike gave voice to a silent society in postwar America. His genius was to conjure ordinary, unbeautiful life with beautiful prose
Japan joins world bail-out race Industrial policy could end up rescuing uncompetitive and inefficient companies while allowing more deserving ones to go to the wall
Arab states want action on alleged war crimes Palestinian envoy to the UN says the Security Council must hold Israeli officers and officials accountable for their actions during the offensive against Hamas in Gaza
| H15 Los Angeles Times U.S. peace envoy rolls up his sleeves in Israel George Mitchell arrives with a can-do attitude challenged by the no-way mentality of the feuding parties
Iraq elections begin with early voting With 14,500 candidates running for 440 seats, it's a complicated, lengthy process. Soldiers, police and others were among those casting ballots in early voting.
House passes $819-billion stimulus plan All House Republicans voted against the massive plan the White House promises will deliver millions of jobs.
EditorialObama reaches out to Arab world
CIA chief in Algeria recalled amid investigation Andrew Warren was accused by two Algerian women of drugging and raping them in separate incidents, according to an affidavit
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House Passes $819 Billion Economic Stimulus
The Politico: The case for doing nothing — Most of Washington has reached quick consensus: Government must do something big to shock the economy, and it should cost between $800 billion and $900 billion. — But dissident economists and investment professionals offer a much different take: Most of Washington is dead wrong.
Politico ABC’s The Note – MSNBC FirstRead – Time ThePage Politico Playbook PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin
Fiscal Feud Rages: Will Obama Plan Work? - Michael Mandel, BusinessWeek
Why Obama's Fix Has It About Right - Jane Bryant Quinn, Bloomberg
The New Republican Credo: "No, We Can't" - Andrew Leonard, Salon
2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure
| H17 Daily TelegraphBritain's recession will be the worst, IMF warns The recession in the UK will be deeper than in any other major country this year, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
Telegraph View: President Obama doesn't need to make concessions to Putin.
Obama's $825bn economic rescue plan approved The House of Representatives has passed a huge economic stimulus plan that the President has made the centrepiece of his economic rescue
| H18 Independent Economic outlook gets worse and worse The world faces its worst recession since the Second World War, with the UK on course to be bottom of the international growth league among the major advanced economies, according to the latest forecasts from the International Monetary Fund
Russia calls off plan for missiles in Europe Kremlin move encourages President Obama to reconsider ambitious plans for 'Son of Star Wars' missile shieldRupert Cornwell: After years of mistrust, Kremlin offers an olive branch to the US Leading article: Cracks in the missile shield
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| H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism The civil-military challengeThe traditional shorthand that "civilians make policy and the military executes" is overly simplistic, masking the intricate mutual dependence of the parties. (By Sarah Sewall and John P. White, Boston Globe)
President Obama Announces Key Additions to the Office of the White ...
Al-Qaida and the Plague BY: Olivier Guitta | The Middle East Times In the middle of the massive coverage of U.S. President Barack Obama's inauguration, a rather troublesome news story emerged. Unfortunately, it failed to get the coverage it deserves. If confirmed, it deserves the full attention of the Obama administration: the story has to do with bio-terrorism
Stratfor Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: Desperation or New Life?
Closing the Guantanamo Detention Center: Legal Issues
The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff have issued updated military doctrine on space operations (pdf) that includes new material on "offensive space control" and "proximity operations."
The U.S. Army defined its own mission in space in "Department of the Army Space Policy" (pdf), U.S. Army Regulation 900-1, January 23, 2009.
ABCNEWS: Exclusive: CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes — “Ugly American”? Spy Boss Allegedly Drugged Muslim Women, Made Secret Sex Videos — The CIA's station chief at its sensitive post in Algeria is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly raping at least …
Proposed IRA terrorist payments spark clashes Government report says IRA families should get the same as relatives of innocent victims of the Troubles.
The Pentagon Should Not Be a Jobs Program by William D. Hartung and Christopher Preble
What's Missing From the Counterinsurgency Manual by Tyler E. Boudreau
One Box, One Wire: CENTCOM's software revolution will change information sharing (UPI) -- New software being tested by U.S. Central Command would enable military computers for the first time ever to be connected at the same time to both classified and unclassified networks -- including the public Internet.
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CSM How to feed the hungry billion The global food crisis has slipped from the headlines. The world can solve it. Will it?
CRS The Impact of Food Insecurity and Hunger on Global Health: Issues for Congress
Just Desserts? Securing Global Food Futures IPPR North A 37-page UK report arguing that in order to achieve global food security, greater harmonisation of efforts is needed as well as the full participation of countries who have become increasingly influential in either production, aid or investment such as China, India and Brazil
Linking Trade and Climate Change BY: Bernard I. Finel | World Politics Review In order to implement a serious international regime to control carbon emissions, the United States will ultimately need to incorporate emissions reductions into its trade policies, and impose tariffs against countries that refuse to participate.
H.D.S. Greenway: Moving back from the coast The people with the smallest carbon footprint are taking the brunt of global warming's damage.
| Foreign-Born Exceed the Native-Born in Advanced Degrees based on Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007
“Updike's short story archive from the New Yorker. NYT literary remembrance (61 books, plus a few hundred book reviews, essays, and short stories) here. “
Deloitte’s State of the Media Democracy Survey - Third Edition U.S. Release: January 2009
Is Obama the Most Famous Living Person Ever?
How Good Schooling Matters - Bill Gates, Washington Post
Wine judges are rather unsteady Only 10% in a four-year study of California State Fair judging were able to consistently give the same rating, or something close, to the same wine sampled multiple times.
Inner tranquility and unread books
The White House loosens its buttoned-up style
In a world where a degree no longer means a job, we need to prepare students for challenges ahead.
John UpdikeBy VERLYN KLINKENBORG John Updike may well turn out to have been America’s Anthony Trollope. This is high praise.
The meaning of HuntingtonEric Kaufmann Samuel Huntington died a pariah among America's intellectual elite. It's because he was normal |
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