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H1 Washington Post Obama Should Send Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft to Iran By David Ignatius Obama should send statesmen who would discourage political games

The Action Americans Need

By Barack Obama, Criticisms of my plan echo the failed theories that led us into this crisis -- theories that Americans rejected in November.

As Anbar Counts Votes, Sheiks Voice Defiance Tribal Leaders Threaten Reprisals If They Lose

In Israeli Campaign, Candidates Imitate Obama's Tactics, Invoke His Name Hopefuls Imitate Tactics, Invoke Name

New York Times U.S. Searches for Alternative to Central Asian Base Officials believe that Russia has pressed Kyrgyzstan to close the U.S. base, a supply link for Afghanistan.

Gaza War Created Rift Between Israel and Turkey

ROGER COHEN The Unthinkable Option In the effort to get Iran to stop its nuclear weapons program, the U.S. military option is not an option. It is unthinkable.

Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: A U.S. Treasury Move Signals to Iran Putting a Kurdish group on the U.S. terror list might help draw Iran a little closer to the negotiating table

Christian Science Monitor

Economic stimulus plans now a global phenomenon At least 34 countries have plans, worth a total of $2.25 trillion.

Iranians wary of Obama's approach Despite President Obama's offer to extend a hand if Iran 'unclenched its fist,' Iranian officials say his choice of diplomats calls into question his commitment to change.

How fares Obama's multi-tasking? A charm offensive alone won't settle a troubled world.

Financial Times Iran says US must accept nuclear programme Iran knocks Obama's attempt at shuttle diplomacy into the net A senior adviser to Iran’s president says dialogue with the US will succeed only if the Obama administration accepts Tehran’s right to have a nuclear programme

Washington to rethink policy within six weeks Leading world powers reaffirmed their determination to seek a diplomatic solution to the crisis over Iran’s nuclear programme

China should raise wages to stimulate demand Disposable income must go up, says David Pilling

Obama must fight the protectionist virus Jagdish Bhagwati calls for a passionate response

Less than open The battle against protectionism should begin at home. Leaders warning of the dangers should tackle domestic interests pushing for special treatment

Paris and Berlin could toughen Iran sanctions Germany and France may consider further sanctions against Iran if it does not give up its nuclear programme, the leaders of both countries warned

GuardianEurope needs to forge a strategy to cope with a shaken, evolving Russia Timothy Garton Ash: Our vital interests from energy to security cry out for a new, fully European Ostpolitik - and one nation holds the key

Netanyahu rules out land concessions Territory would be 'grabbed by extremists' if given to Palestinians, says Israeli opposition leader

Representing Israel Brian Klug: In fact, it's not the 'liberal left' but some Jewish groups who find it difficult to separate the notion of Jews and Israel

What Iraq's elections mean for the US

Iran's reformist ex-president set to stand against Ahmadinejad

Mohammed Khatami to announce readiness to run, raising hopes that contest could ease country's isolation

Dealing with Difficult States BY: Volker Perthes | Der Spiegel If the West wants real change in Syria, Sudan and Iran, the West has to distinguish between these nations' legitimate and illigitimate interests. A clarification of its own priorities is also necessary before meaningful discourse can take place.

Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer just released the firm's top ten political risks for 2009

IHT Iran's missiles: Don't go ballistic By DINSHAW MISTRY AND CHARLES D. FERGUSON

The important difference between Tehran's long-range and medium-range missile capabilities should determine the best defense response.

Obama team also offers EU a chance for change President Barack Obama is sending one of the highest-ranking U.S. delegations ever to the Munich Security Conference, sending a signal that America is ready to return to multilateralism and engage differently with Europe in the trans-Atlantic alliance.

Los Angeles Times International Criminal Court to consider Gaza investigation

The Palestinian Authority and others want the court to investigate alleged war crimes committed during the recent battle with Israel

Much at stake for Egypt in Palestinian-Israel talks If Cairo brokers a long-term cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, it could reaffirm its stature as an influential voice in the Middle East.

Sunni rivals clash over elections in Iraq's Anbar province Local tribes say Saturday's elections, which the ruling party appears to be winning, were a sham. They've threatened a return to violence in the region, which had become a model of stability in Iraq.

Israel's phantom people: About 20 per cent of Israel's citizens are Arabs, and the violence in Gaza has further radicalised them — but the last thing they want is to become part of a Palestinian state.

Wall Street Journal Iraq's Latest Progress Political compromise follows security, not vice versa.

Iraq's Remarkable Election

By Kimberly Kagan and Frederick W. Kagan
The government ensured integrity and security.
Iran and sectarianism were the big losers.

Democrats Try Trickle-Down Economics By Karl Rove
Growing government won't stimulate the real economy

Barbara Slavin / Washington Times: EXCLUSIVE: Obama backs out on Iraq appointment — The Obama administration asked retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni to be U.S. ambassador to Iraq but abruptly withdrew the appointment without explanation, Gen. Zinni said Tuesday.

MESH Iraqi security: 2009 checklist

Kazakhstan and the South Caucasus Corridor in the Wake of the Georgia-Russia War CEPS This 6-page policy brief examines the political, strategic and energy supply issues involved with the South Caucasus Corridor project

WSJ Moscow Moves to Counter U.S. in Asia Russia is reasserting its role in Central Asia with a push to eject the U.S. from a vital air base, along with a Moscow-led pact to form an international military force to rival NATO.

The Times Economists: the forgotten guilty men

Academics are to blame for the financial crisis. They too deserve to be hauled into the dock

Anatole Kaletsky

Taking lumps President Obama's apology is welcome but he cannot afford another

LIVE - Global Trends and National Security

News Cycle: List of Obama's Key White House Staff and Cabinet

Ha’aretz Hamas: Draft for Gaza truce has been reached

Under Egypt-mediated deal, cease-fire would last 18 months, border crossings must open for 80% of goods

Tony Karon Waltzing With Ariel: Will Obama, Too, Indulge Israeli Rejectionism?

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US Treasury cracks down on Kurdish group

NYT Gaza War Created Rift Between Israel and Turkey

Support for Turkey Dips After Davos Blowup Forward By Nathan Guttman Washington — The American Jewish community is starting to question its long-standing support of Turkish interests in Washington

Jerusalem Post Analysis: The political logic of Erdogan's attacks on Israel
The Turkish PM's vitriol is part of an effort to change the country's balance between mosque and state.

Ha’aretz Zvi Bar'el / Erdogan's hypocrisy shouldn't hurt Israel-Turkey ties Given Turkey's own war on terrorism, Erdogan's Davos tantrum was not a little hypocritical

Misreading Turkey Regarding Soner Cagaptay's Feb. 2 op-ed, "Turkey's Turn From the West"

Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: A U.S. Treasury Move Signals to Iran

Putting a Kurdish group on the U.S. terror list might help draw Iran a little closer to the negotiating table

Al Awsat The Return of the Ottoman Empire? : Mshari Al-Zaydi

IPS TURKEY: Long Friendship with Israel in Peril

Seeking the true face of Turkey

Talking Turkey FrontPage

Turkey Urged to Prosecute anti-Semitic Acts

Erdogan: The Conqueror of the Arab Streets

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SAUDI-TURKEY: The Arab News reports on talks between Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah and Turkey's President Abdullah Gul. The leaders reportedly found common ground in the need to establish better unity among rival Palestinian factions.

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

EU enlargement and Greek-Turkish relations in retrospective
American Chronicle

Greek FM: Concern over tension with Turkey

Azerbaijan: Russian Arms Scandal Feeds Bakus Support for Nabucco
BY SHAHIN ABBASOV
Angered by recent allegations about Russian arms transfers to
Armenia, Azerbaijan is increasingly positioning itself to take on Russia as a direct competitor for European gas markets, Azerbaijani analysts believe.

Why Cyprus might defuse Erdoggan's wrath | Policies | Foreign affairs | Enlargement | European Voice

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H4 New York Times U.S. Searches for Alternative to Central Asian Base Officials believe that Russia has pressed Kyrgyzstan to close the U.S. base, a supply link for Afghanistan.

Gaza War Created Rift Between Israel and Turkey

ROGER COHEN The Unthinkable Option In the effort to get Iran to stop its nuclear weapons program, the U.S. military option is not an option. It is unthinkable.

Clinton Tries to Reassure a State Dept. in Transition

Iraqi Government Aims to Calm Tensions in Anbar Over Allegations of Election Fraud

Agency Says Hamas Took Aid Intended for Needy

Experts in U.S. and China See a Chance for Cooperation Against Climate Change

Obama Calls for ‘Common Sense’ on Executive Pay President Obama unveiled a salary cap of $500,000 for top executives at companies that receive the largest amounts of bailout money

White House Memo: The Pros and Cons of Admitting a Presidential Error

Panetta, Obama Choice for C.I.A. Chief, Discloses Finances

Cheney Predicts ‘Probability’ of Attack

Vatican Move on Bishop Exposes Fissures of Church After global outrage, the church called on a rehabilitated bishop to take back his statements denying the Holocaust.

Uncovering Lost Path of the Most Wanted Nazi Aribert Ferdinand Heim, wanted for medical atrocities at three Nazi concentration camps, lived in Cairo until his death in 1992. His hiding place was unknown until now.

GAIL COLLINS An Ode to the Stimulus Bill What’s not to like about the stimulus bill? That it’s messy? My desk is messy. Everything Congress ever touches is messy.

H5 Washington Post Obama Should Send Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft to Iran By David Ignatius

Obama should send statesmen who would discourage political games

The Action Americans Need

By Barack Obama, Criticisms of my plan echo the failed theories that led us into this crisis -- theories that Americans rejected in November.

As Anbar Counts Votes, Sheiks Voice Defiance Tribal Leaders Threaten Reprisals If They Lose

In Israeli Campaign, Candidates Imitate Obama's Tactics, Invoke His Name Hopefuls Imitate Tactics, Invoke Name

Book Accuses French Minister, Humanitarian of Impropriety

Rescue for the Stimulus By E. J. Dionne Jr., Obama let Republicans tarnish his stimulus. Now he has to fight back.

Amid Anger Over Economy, Obama Looks For Right Tone

Editorial The Senate Balks Why President Obama should heed calls for a more focused stimulus package

Iran Denies Visas for U.S. Women's Badminton Team

Daschle and Gregg: A Cabinet Loss and Gain By David S. Broder, The Daschle fiasco is a huge embarrassment, but the Gregg appointment may pay dividends

The New Landonists: Refighting the '30s By Harold Meyerson

Republicans are locked in the idea that the economy will right itself.

Holocaust Denier Is Ordered to Recant — Otherwise, Vatican Says, Cleric Can't Come Back

U.K. Court Rules to Keep Detainee Documents Secret Citing U.S. Threats on Intelligence Sharing, Judges Will Not Release Information on Guantanamo Inmate

H6 GuardianEurope needs to forge a strategy to cope with a shaken, evolving Russia Timothy Garton Ash: Our vital interests from energy to security cry out for a new, fully European Ostpolitik - and one nation holds the key

Netanyahu rules out land concessions Territory would be 'grabbed by extremists' if given to Palestinians, says Israeli opposition leader

Representing Israel Brian Klug: In fact, it's not the 'liberal left' but some Jewish groups who find it difficult to separate the notion of Jews and Israel

What Iraq's elections mean for the US

Iran's reformist ex-president set to stand against Ahmadinejad

Mohammed Khatami to announce readiness to run, raising hopes that contest could ease country's isolation

British Council suspends operations in Iran after local staff 'intimidated' British Council centre in Tehran closed after staff ordered to resign by President Ahmadinejad's office

Vatican orders cleric to recant Holocaust views Israel welcomes response but still wants 'more explicit and unequivocal' statement against Holocaust denial

Despite the Daschle jolt, the wheels are not falling off Obama's cart Michael Tomasky: President must get out of Washington and start speech-making to plug momentum leak

US energy secretary warns over climate Steve Chu's warning clearest sign to date of the greening of America's political class under Obama

SEC criticised over Madoff alerts

Analyst who alerted authorities over Madoff's scheme attacks SEC for ignoring his repeated warnings

Defying logic Ian Williams: US arms shipments to Israel are questionable under American law. It should reconsider sending military aid

Guantánamo torture evidence 'buried' Judges condemn secrecy over files detailing treatment of suspect by CIA

Obama imposes bailed-out pay ceiling US president caps salaries at state-aided businesses at $500,000 and promises clamp down on bonuses

Failure's reward Editorial: Barack Obama set out unanswerable case for restraining salaries of bailed-out bankers

How offshore capitalism ate our economies - and itself

William Brittain-Catlin: Convoluted networks of tax havens became a model for the abstract financial wizadry that led to the current crisis

Israeli army says shelling of house where girls died was 'reasonable'Military admits one of its tanks killed three sisters at Gaza home in case that shocked public

H7 Iraq's Trend-Setting Elections BY: Kamal Nazer Yasin | ISN Security Watch Iraq's provincial elections indicate a move away from sectarian- and religious-based politics and a public desire for a strongman, found in Prime Minister al-Maliki.

Crucial votes How elections in 2009 could change the world

Trading blows Could "Buy American" trigger a trade war?

Iran's Satellite DreamsBY: Eskandar Sadeghi | The Guardian Alarm over the launch of Omid should be seen in the context of Iran's often-tortured relationship with western modernity.

Economic Equality Continues To Escape Iranians Thirty years after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the promises of economic justice that helped spur the movement remain unfulfilled. With unemployment in oil-rich Iran approaching double digits, inflation spiraling, and incomes far below levels seen under the shah, the economy has exposed itself as the establishment's Achilles' heel.

Feb 3 IA# 493 - U.S. Oil Dependency on the Middle East and The Diminishing Wealth of Arab Oil Exporters – In Light of the Economic Crisis

Talking to the Mullahs - Michael Ledeen

Hawks Home to Roost by Jacob Heilbrunn

A Bleak Picture for Global Oil Markets in 2009 CSIS

Rand - United States, East Africa Allies Must Overcome Radical Islam to Reshape the Region’s Security Direct to Complete Report

A review of Diplomacy Between the Wars: Five Diplomats and the Shaping of the Modern World by George W. Liebmann.

US Senate eases 'trade war' bill

The US Senate votes to soften a "Buy American" clause in a stimulus package after warnings it might spark a trade war.

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

Iraq Elections a Setback for Iran

Growing furor in Iraq's Anbar province sparks ballot recount Iraqi officials moved to quell rising tensions between rival Sunni Muslim Arab factions in once-restive Anbar province Wednesday by recounting some of the ballots that were cast in last Saturday's provincial elections, even before the official results are known

De Mistura discusses Iraqi elections - A top U.N. official in Iraq hailed the provincial elections in Iraq, saying they strengthened the possibility of holding national elections in late 2009.

US Warns of Violence Over Iraq Poll Results

H9 Ha’aretz Hamas: Draft for Gaza truce has been reached

Under Egypt-mediated deal, cease-fire would last 18 months, border crossings must open for 80% of goods

Yehuda Ben Meir: Claim that Israel committed war crimes in Gaza is blood libel

Elections 2009 / Barak refuses to rule out joining coalition with Lieberman Should Kadima win most votes, it plans to seek authority to form government, even if right-wing bloc is bigger

Elections 2009 / Israeli Arab push for election boycott gathers momentum High enough number of boycotters could result in one of three parties not passing 2% election threshold

Amira Hass / Gaza doctors find signs of white phosphorus bombs in burn victims

Israeli envoy to Sweden hit when shoe, books thrown at him during lecture

Jerusalem Post Hamas official to 'Post': Cease-fire deal not ready yet

Ahmed Yousef: Clarification needed on length of truce; Defense officials: Crossings to be opened only if Schalit talks are on 'fast track.'

6 powers back US-Iran direct talks

Israeli official: We trust Obama on Iran, EU support for talks isn't sign of US weakness on issue.

Dark anniversary

The Islamic Republic of Iran was established 30 years ago.


An open letter to Bibi: Security or settlements?

[ CLINTON BAILEY, This is a time for consolidation, for salvaging what we can.

Yedioth Ahronoth Arab-Jewish clash brewing

A step closer to bomb/ Ben-Israel Iranian satellite has little significance but ballistic capabilities cause for concern

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

Herzliya Conference

Forward Relationship With Obama Also on Ballot As Israelis Vote

In the final days of Israel’s election campaign, pollsters were calling the Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu “Teflon Netanyahu,” reflecting the common belief that he was riding an unstoppable wave of support. But Tzipi Livni’s Kadima party, trailing, was working hard to give the impression that it had found Netanyahu’s Achilles’ hee

Israel's phantom people: About 20 per cent of Israel's citizens are Arabs, and the violence in Gaza has further radicalised them — but the last thing they want is to become part of a Palestinian state.

WSJ Netanyahu: Gaza War Ended Too Soon The front-runner in Israel's election said the offensive against Hamas in Gaza last month did not go far enough

Gaza Ripples Widen

ISA The devastation wrought by the Israeli attacks presents an opportunity for a repeat of the Iranian-sponsored rebuilding of southern Lebanon in the wake of the 2006 Hizbollah-Israel conflict, with Hamas clearly making efforts to strengthen its ties with Tehran in the wake of the Israeli operation

Netanyahu Promises Key Post for Lieberman

Israel Sees No Pressure on Nuclear Ambiguity Policy

One-State Solution Hints BY: Georgie Anne Geyer | The Washington Times

George Mitchell and the End of the Two-State Solution BY: Sandy Tolan | The Christian Science Monitor

After the war, Gazans seek answers on white phosphorus

-Gaza doctors add to the growing number of accounts that suggest Israel used white phosphorus munitions against international norms of war.

Hamas police 'seize aid for Gaza'

Hamas policemen have seized thousands of blankets and food parcels earmarked for Palestinian civilians in Gaza, UN officials sa

Unity plea

Palestinians crave end to rift after clash with Israel

Vatican Demands Holocaust Denier Publicly Recant — ROME — Responding to global outrage, especially in Pope Benedict XVI's native Germany, the Vatican for the first time on Wednesday called on a recently rehabilitated bishop to take back his statements denying the Holocaust

Most-wanted Nazi, now dead, found haven in Cairo

H10 Christian Science Monitor

Economic stimulus plans now a global phenomenon At least 34 countries have plans, worth a total of $2.25 trillion.

Iranians wary of Obama's approach Despite President Obama's offer to extend a hand if Iran 'unclenched its fist,' Iranian officials say his choice of diplomats calls into question his commitment to change.

How fares Obama's multi-tasking? A charm offensive alone won't settle a troubled world.

Beijing launching a 'Chinese CNN' to burnish image abroad

But winning credibility as an objective news source will be a hurdle, experts say.

In Pakistan, Swat Valley police give up in face of Taliban attacks

Taliban struck a police station Wednesday. Many police are resigning because of death threats.

In stimulus bill, US funds for schools double

About a quarter of the new money is aimed at low-income pupils, to help with the achievement gap.

After Obama's Daschle mea culpa

His humility is welcomed, but now comes a test of competence in deep reforms.

Obama's cap on CEO pay strives to end era of excess

The new rules, which limit top executive pay at bailed-out firms to $500,000, may mark a turning point in pay practices.

ASIA

Facing the Challenges of Separatism: The EU, Central Asia and the Uyghur Issue CEPS, FRIDE This 6-page policy brief addresses the difficulties of the questions of Kosovo and Georgia for EU strategy and the broad impact of these two cases upon the post-Soviet space in general, and Central Asia in particular.

Focus and Exit: An Alternative Strategy for the Afghan War CEIP

Japan frets over the US's F-22s
Asia Times

Getting it Right in Pakistan and Afghanistan CSIS

China's Huddled Masses BY: Evan Osnos | The New Yorker Merchants from Nigeria, Mali, Ghana, and other African countries are arriving in Guangzhou in large numbers. Since the Canaan Export Clothes Trading Center opened, six years ago, similar markets, filled with African buyers and Chinese sellers, have arisen along the same block. Taxi-drivers call the neighborhood Chocolate City.

Pakistan in Denial Over Alleged Links to Mumbai Attack

US Envoy Holbrooke to Visit India to Discuss Afghanistan

DAVID ROTHKOPF Let's be honest: Afghanistan is hopeless

Now, Where Were We in Afghanistan? - Jim Lobe, Asia Times

US Plan to Arm Militias Scares Some in Afghanistan

End the China Bashing - Alvaro Vargas Llosa, RealClearWorld

Will Afghanistan Be Obama's Vietnam? - Gwynne Dyer, Japan Times

Getting China Policy Right BY: Jing-dong Yuan | World Politics Review With the confirmation of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the naming of special envoys to the Middle East and to Afghanistan and Pakistan, President Obama has indicated not only his foreign policy priorities but also the style of diplomacy he'll use to tackle the world's toughest problems.

Suicide Bombing Ring Brought Down in Afghanistan Los Angeles Times Afghan authorities announced today they had broken up a suicide bombing cell responsible for a string of attacks in the capital, including a massive explosion last month that killed an American serviceman and wounded five other U.S. soldiers.

After the Dalai Lama BY: Saransh Seghal | Asia Sentinel Speculation is growing that after 50 years in exile and with precious little to show for it in China itself in the way of freedom for Tibetans, the Dalai Lama may retire soon, a perplexing and frightening prospect for the 5 million Tibetans and 150,000-odd exiles who fled in the decade after the Chinese invaded

Sri Lankan Leader Says Tamil Rebels Nearly Defeated

H11 IHT Roger Cohen: The unthinkable option In the effort to get Iran to stop its nuclear weapons program, the U.S. military option is not an option. It is unthinkable.

Iran's missiles: Don't go ballistic

By DINSHAW MISTRY AND CHARLES D. FERGUSON

The important difference between Tehran's long-range and medium-range missile capabilities should determine the best defense response.

Obama team also offers EU a chance for change President Barack Obama is sending one of the highest-ranking U.S. delegations ever to the Munich Security Conference, sending a signal that America is ready to return to multilateralism and engage differently with Europe in the trans-Atlantic alliance.

Dispute mounts over key U.S. base

The U.S. is scrambling to come up with an alternative to a crucial air base in Kyrgyzstan that is used to supply the growing military operation in Afghanistan.

EUROPE European press review

Deutsche-Welle reports France and Germany are pushing for a closer security alliance with the United States.

Kouchner hits out at book claims

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner rejects allegations in a book of unethical links with governments in Africa.

Latvian Government Could Fall as Crisis Bites

A new issue of Europe's World is out.

H12 RFE/RL

Azerbaijan: Russian Arms Scandal Feeds Bakus Support for Nabucco
BY SHAHIN ABBASOV
Angered by recent allegations about Russian arms transfers to
Armenia, Azerbaijan is increasingly positioning itself to take on Russia as a direct competitor for European gas markets, Azerbaijani analysts believe.

Kazakhstan and the South Caucasus Corridor in the Wake of the Georgia-Russia War CEPS This 6-page policy brief examines the political, strategic and energy supply issues involved with the South Caucasus Corridor project

Facing the Challenges of Separatism: The EU, Central Asia and the Uyghur Issue CEPS, FRIDE This 6-page policy brief addresses the difficulties of the questions of Kosovo and Georgia for EU strategy and the broad impact of these two cases upon the post-Soviet space in general, and Central Asia in particular.

The Gaza War: A Strategic Analysis - Anthony H. Cordesman (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Google News Azerbaijan

Kazakhstan: With Financial System Stressed, Astana Takes Over Banks, Devalues Currency Kazakhstans financial system is under severe strain, but fortunately Astana has ample reserves to fall back on. Nevertheless, in a move that took some market watchers by surprise, Kazakhstans government has assumed controlling stakes in two of the countrys largest banks. The National Bank then devalued the currency that it had long been propping up, allowing the tenge to slide against the dollar.

Russia Announces Military Initiatives in Eurasia Voice of America

Russia: Trying to Put the Obama Administration on the Defensive
BY SERGEI BLAGOV As part of a one-two punch combination designed to send the Obama administration a powerful message, the Kremlin has followed up on Kyrgyzstan
s announced intention to close the lone US air base in Central Asia by unveiling a Russian-led rapid reaction forc

CENTRAL ASIA: RFE/RL reports political conflicts between the Uzbek, Kyrgyz, and Tajik governments are exacerbating water shortages in Central Asia.

Violence in the North Caucasus CSIS

Russia, Ukraine Claims to Crimea a Ticking Bomb

On The Move?

Kyrgyzstan has threatened to kick U.S. troops out of a key strategic air base at Manas. The facility is vital to the supply of forces in nearby Afghanistan, and the threat could pose serious challenges to the new U.S. administration in its relations with Russia and Central Asia.

Central Asia's Great Water Game

With irregular supplies of natural gas and restricted electricity usage, power shortages are routine for millions of Central Asians. For mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, the solution is clear: water. But regional rivalries and energy politics are getting in the way

Kyrgyzstan MPs to debate US base

Kyrgyzstan's parliament prepares to debate the closure of a key US air base supporting US and Nato operations in Afghanistan

Walker's World: Russia's ruble crisis

(UPI) -- Despite the Kremlin's assertive rhetoric, Russia's deepening financial crisis means its great power ambitions are looking increasingly unsustainable.

With Attacks on Afghan Supply Lines in Pakistan, U.S. Turns to Uzbekistan

A Russia United By Anti-Westernism BY: John Thornhill | Financial Times

Beginning of a New Russian 'Thaw'? - Andreas Umland, Jerusalem Post

Russia to Expand
Support for Banks

Moscow plans to curb spending and pump $40 billion into Russian banks. Fitch lowered its ratings on Russia's currency one notch closer to "junk."

H13 The Times Economists: the forgotten guilty men

Academics are to blame for the financial crisis. They too deserve to be hauled into the dock

Anatole Kaletsky

Taking lumps President Obama's apology is welcome but he cannot afford another

US company chiefs face salary caps as penance President Obama moves to impose a limit of $500,000 on executive pay at companies bailed out by the American taxpayer

French Foreign Minister fights for his political life Bernard Kouchner defends himself in Parliament against claims that he profited from contracts with African nations

Rouble pushed to crisis point

Russia props up its banks with $40bn as high inflation and collapse of oil and gas prices brings budget cuts closer

UN accuses Hamas of stealing aid in Gaza

United Nations says Islamist militia raided warehouse and seized 3,500 blankets and 4,000 food parcels destined for families

Al-Qaeda damaged by arrest of suicide-bomb chief

Samira Ahmed Jassim has allegedly admitted grooming rape victims to become human bombs, 28 of whom carried out attacks

Russia unclenches fist over nuclear weapons

Russia unclenches its fist over US plans for big cuts in nuclear weapons and says it is ready to sign new missile treaty

Wall Street Journal Iraq's Latest Progress Political compromise follows security, not vice versa.

Iraq's Remarkable Election

By Kimberly Kagan and Frederick W. Kagan
The government ensured integrity and security. Iran and sectarianism were the big losers.

Democrats Try Trickle-Down Economics By Karl Rove
Growing government won't stimulate the real economy

How Europe's Companies Are Feeding Iran's Bomb

BUSINESS EUROPE
By Benjamin Weinthal
Tehran seems to have no trouble obtaining the necessary technology for its nuclear-weapons program

Berlin ♥ Iran IV

REVIEW & OUTLOOK
Chancellor Merkel could improve ties with the Jewish people simply by curbing trade with Iran.

Burton G. Malkiel: Congress Wants a Trade War

The Global Economy: Outlook, Risks, and the Implications for Policy Peterson Institute

What Would Google Do? According to Jeff Jarvis, taking a page out of the company's playbook could put the economy back on track.

H14 Financial Times Iran says US must accept nuclear programme Iran knocks Obama's attempt at shuttle diplomacy into the net A senior adviser to Iran’s president says dialogue with the US will succeed only if the Obama administration accepts Tehran’s right to have a nuclear programme

Washington to rethink policy within six weeks Leading world powers reaffirmed their determination to seek a diplomatic solution to the crisis over Iran’s nuclear programme

Curbing a few bankers’ earnings is a small price Barack Obama’s decision to impose a salary cap of $500,000 on the senior executives of financial institutions, including Wall Street banks, that need public money to prop themselves up is rough justice, writes John Gapper

China should raise wages to stimulate demand Disposable income must go up, says David Pilling

Obama must fight the protectionist virus Jagdish Bhagwati calls for a passionate response

Each to their own Does the state’s increased role in banking mean Europe risks a new form of economic nationalism?

Less than open The battle against protectionism should begin at home. Leaders warning of the dangers should tackle domestic interests pushing for special treatment

Paris and Berlin could toughen Iran sanctions Germany and France may consider further sanctions against Iran if it does not give up its nuclear programme, the leaders of both countries warned

Lieberman set to be Israel’s kingmaker Avigdor Lieberman has been called a racist and a fascist yet the leader of the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu party may have the last laugh in next week’s elections

Sarkozy seeks to defuse anger over reforms The French president has a tough political challenge: to avoid becoming the west’s first leader to face a political and social crisis over his economic stimulus plans

Beyond convention

The European Central Bank and the Bank of England must be bold in cutting interest rates and must prepare for unorthodox methods such as easing credit

Risks in Obama’s needed pay curbs

Amid public rage, the administration had no choice but to cap top earnings at banks seeking state aid. But it is time to consider longer-term reform

Brussels signals rethink on labour rules EU to examine UK industrial dispute

Obama gets tough on executive pay

Compensation to be capped at $500,000

Senate approves softened ‘Buy American’ plan Amendment affirms trade agreements

Egypt sows seeds for agricultural revolution The country has radical plans to modernise its poverty-stricken farming industry, which is largely based on smallholdings, by enabling farmers to invest in machinery

Dispute threatens Croatia’s EU talks

Zagreb needs to solve its border row with Slovenia and work on reforms to complete its entry negotiations by the end of 2009, says enlargement commissione

Rising ire makes ‘Son of Tarp’ more tricky Most economists agree Barack Obama has little choice but to return to Congress for a ‘Son of Tarp’ if he is to unfreeze America’s credit markets. But on political grounds it looks like an increasingly tricky prospect

H15 Los Angeles Times International Criminal Court to consider Gaza investigation

The Palestinian Authority and others want the court to investigate alleged war crimes committed during the recent battle with Israel

Much at stake for Egypt in Palestinian-Israel talks If Cairo brokers a long-term cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, it could reaffirm its stature as an influential voice in the Middle East.

Sunni rivals clash over elections in Iraq's Anbar province Local tribes say Saturday's elections, which the ruling party appears to be winning, were a sham. They've threatened a return to violence in the region, which had become a model of stability in Iraq.

Hamas stole aid meant for Gaza's needy, U.N. agency says UNRWA says Hamas police officers broke into a warehouse in the Gaza Strip and took food and blankets after aid workers refused to hand them over

Wall St. finds ways around pay caps Watchdog groups applaud Obama's moves to rein in pay, but experts say loopholes and crafty lawyers could undermine any lasting effect.

Taliban torches 10 trucks on Afghan supply route Attack follows destruction of crucial bridge, creating transport concerns for U.S., NATO forces.

EditorialDaschle made the right call

Newspapers need an antitrust exemption

H16 American Politics

Senate Lacks Votes to Pass Stimulus — Democrats Trying to Trim $900 Billion Plan to Gain GOP Support

Stimulus bill likely to shrink as GOP, Obama trade ideas

Support for Stimulus Package Falls to 37%

News Cycle: List of Obama's Key White House Staff and Cabinet

realclearpolitics memeorandum

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet

Politico ABC’s The Note MSNBC FirstReadTime ThePage Politico Playbook

PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin

Michael Hirsh / Newsweek:

Losing Control — Obama needs to reassert command of the agenda in Washington

From TNR, Sam Tanenhaus on why conservatism is dead: An intellectual autopsy of the movement.

H17 Daily TelegraphObama needs to learn not to apologise Politicians shouldn't apologise, it just undermines our confidence in them, says Bryony Gordon.

The nuclear debate is back on the launch pad Current threats to the Non-Proliferation Treaty are daunting, says Simon Scott Plummer.

Iran looks hostile Telegraph View: Tehran's satellite launch shows America its nuclear intent.

H18 Independent A manifesto to save the free market Jeremy Warner sets out a 10-point plan to defeat the credit crunch and preserve our economic system for future generations in the face of this global meltdown.

Leading article: Russia is feeling the full force of the world's economic storm

Now Russia gets caught in the credit crunch

First G8 nation to have rating downgraded since start of global financial crisis

Basra guard
After peaceful elections, British troops carry out Iraqi patrols

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

Unfolding the Future of the Long War — Motivations, Prospects, and Implications for the U.S. Army
Source: RAND Corporation

Leading Nonproliferation Experts Identify Ten MostSignificant Proliferation-Related Events and Trends of 2008 CNS

Hawks Urge Boosting US Military Spending

Afghan Supplies, Russian Demands BY: George Friedman | The New York Times To strengthen the American presence in Afghanistan and curb Russian expansionism, President Obama should rely less on troops, and more on covert operations.

'Suicide recruiter'

Profile of woman who 'groomed Iraqi female bombers'

Cheney warns of new attacks — Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that there is a “high probability” that terrorists will attempt a catastrophic nuclear or biological attack in coming years, and said he fears the Obama administration's policies will make it more likely the attempt will succeed.

The International Maritime Organization Piracy Guide

Obama and the Treatment of Terrorist Suspects

From The Bulletin, Victor Gilinsky on a call to resist the nuclear revival

Cracking the Homeland Security Monolith The Senate should quickly approve measures passed by the House that put some common sense into the security mystique.

H20 Slate Who Should Replace William Kristol at the Times?
Nobody

Bipartisalesmanship
Obama needs to win over Senate Republicans without losing House Democrats.

Climate Change Policy in the Obama Administration: Prospects and Challenges

Obama's Energy Sec. issues dire climate prediction: 'No more agriculture in California... I don't actually see how they can keep cities going'...

H21 Google Unveils Mobile Tracking

A review of Sonja Lyubomirsky's The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want.

A review of How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer.

A review of Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next 50 Years by Vaclav Smil.

From First Things, Richard John Neuhaus on secularizations.

A review of Why Democracies Need an Unlovable Press by Michael Schudson

More and more on The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson.

From TNR, Amartya Sen on how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights really did change the world.

From Wired, an article on The Plot to Kill Google: Google may not be evil, but it sure does have enemies

From The New Yorker, Jill Lepore on the day the newspaper died.

Google launches person tracking service New feature available in Google Maps pinpoints the exact location of loved ones but has been met with sharp criticism

The Big Question: At what age should children be held responsible for their criminal acts?

Digital Pirates Winning Battle With Studios Widely available broadband access and new streaming sites have made it easy to watch pirated video online.

Till Children Do Us Part Research has shown that three’s a crowd when it comes to a happy marriage, yet American parents are spending more and more of their time caring for their children. But there are ways to improve marital satisfaction.

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Orta Doğu'da Durum Raporu 25 Mayıs 2011
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"Kürt Devleti" Üzerine Notlar ve Çeşitlemeler 23 Eylül 2010
Mullen’ın Ankara Ziyareti 7 Eylül 2010
ABD’nin Afganistan’daki Seçenekleri 24 Ağustos 2010
Financial Times Haberinin Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Üzerine Düşündürttükleri 18 Ağustos 2010
İsrail-ABD-İran-Türkiye Dörtgeni 26 Temmuz 2010
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Rus Casusluk Olayı: "John Le Carre mi, Austin Powers mı?" 5 Temmuz 2010
“Mahalleye Hoş Geldin”:Türkiye’nin Orta Doğu’da İlk Günü 02 Haziran 2010
Nükleer Takas: “Savaşı Bitiren Anlaşma” mı, “Acem Oyunu” mu? 20 Mayıs 2010
ABD Irak’tan Çekilirken Riskler ve Hesaplar 1 Mayıs 2010
ABD-İsrail İlişkilerinde “Normalleşme” Sancıları 22 Nisan 2010
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"Obama’nın Savaşı":AfPak Üzerine Notlar 20 Nisan 2009
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Obama’nın Türkiye Gezisi ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri 19 Mart 2009
ABD ve Orta Doğu Barış Süreci Mart 2009
Obama’nın “Kırkı Çıkarken” Mart 2009

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Mahşerin Üç Atlısı: Ross, Holbrooke ve Mitchell 5 Şubat 2009
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Obama Döneminde ABD ve Asya 15 Ocak 2009
Obama’nın Güvenlik Kabinesi Üzerine Notlar 4 Aralık 2008
Yeni ABD Başkanı Obama ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri 6 Kasım 2008
ABD Başkanlık Seçimlerinin Türk-Amerikan İlişkilerine Muhtemel Etkileri 30 Ekim 2008
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Amerikan Sağı Üzerine Notlar Ağustos 2008
Gürcistan Krizi, ABD ve Türkiye 11 Ağustos 2008
Obama'nın Dış Gezisi 29 Temmuz 2008
Başkan Bush’un Avrupa Gezisi ve Transatlantik İlişkileri 18 Haziran 2008
ABD Seçimleri (ppt) - 10 Haziran 2008
"Sessiz Tsunami": Global Gıda Krizi (ppt) - 29 Nisan 2008
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ABD ve PKK İlişkisi Üzerine Notlar 22 Kasım 2007
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Irak "Hamle"sinin Muhasebesi Eylül 2007
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ABD ve Afganistan: Çıkış Var mı? Kasım 2001
Realism and Change
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