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H1 Financial Times Only Obama offers change for Israel As Israelis prepare to go to the polls, anybody looking for something to break the bloody deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians needs to look outside Israeli politics. The best hope – slim though it may be – is the Obama administration, writes Gideon Rachman

Guardian Dangerous right turn Editorial: The political calculations involved in this Israeli election are unusually complex and labyrinthine

Iraq's story is not told Simon Tisdall: Obama's eyes are turning away from the nation as violence ebbs and its leader becomes more secure. This looks like a mistake

Jonathan Freedland: Will Israel make right choice? The likely outcome is another centre-right coalition – unless ultra-nationalist Avigdor Lieberman redraws the political map

The wrong stimulus

Kenneth Rogoff: Rather than building bridges and roads, China needs to start spending more on healthcare and education for its citizens

New York Times After Iraqi Elections, Next Big Test Is Acceptance Iraq’s provincial elections passed with strikingly little mayhem, but in Anbar, like in other volatile provinces, the results have riled those vying for power.

BOOKS OF THE TIMES; The War in Iraq, Second in a Series

Wall Street Journal Obama Team 'Looking for Openings' With Iran

Obama Warns of 'Lost Decade'

Obama sought to assuage fears and bolster public support for quick passage of the stimulus package in his first primetime news conference

Gazprom Hit by Falling Demand The global economic downturn is squeezing Russian natural-gas giant Gazprom, as falling demand for energy forces it to cut gas sales to Europe.

Trade Obstacles Will Prolong the Economic Crisis

By Peter D. Sutherland
The threats are coming from, and would affect, all parts of the globe

USIP Options for US Mediation of an Israel-Syria Peace Process

Ha’aretz Obama: U.S. seeking to engage in direct relations with Iran

The preferred candidate Despite the doubts concerning her experience and her aggressive stance regarding the fighting in Gaza, Livni is better than Netanyahu as Israel's next prime minister.

Jerusalem Post Will US, Israel now be able to tango?

How compatible will the new PM be with Obama's high-decibel diplomacy?

Obama looking for openings with Iran

However, US president blasts "bellicose language" directed at Israel by the Islamic republic.

Planning for Victory in Afghanistan - Frederick Kagan, National Review

CEPS The Rise of China: Policies of the EU, Russia and the US

The Endless Search for Iranian Moderates BY PETER FEAVER

Marc Lynch Did Gaza Break the Middle East?

Why America is still #1

BY IAN BREMMER

The wrong way to do Iraq

BY TOM RICKS

The new strategic situation in Iraq By Philip Zelikow | Shadow ...

Geopolitical Diary: Quiet Moves in the Great Game Stratfor Negotiations between the United States and Russia are proceeding on several fronts, but not with the kind of unity the Russians would prefer to see

Munich and the Continuity Between the Bush and Obama Foreign Policies

CSIS Russian eye on the Chinese, Tatiana Shcherbina

Keeping the Iraqi Elections in Perspective

IHT Energy security chills trans-Atlantic warmth By JOHN VINOCUR

Energy security will be a challenge for U.S. and Europe

Status of Crimea Hangs Over Russia, Ukraine BY: Joshua Kucera | The Washington Times While the recently resolved Russian-Ukrainian dispute over natural gas has garnered more headlines, the status of Crimea could carry more long-term potential for conflict between the two post-Soviet states.

The Times Iran: remember Jekyll as well as Hyde

President Obama must extend his hand to the Western-loving part of the nation, not the mullahs Amir Taheri

Iran has a sophisticated population. Expectations are high and not met. That is an uncomfortable position for the leadership

FT Asia and the Crisis: Unlucky numbers The speed of the region’s economic downturn stems from a reliance on trade – once seen as its biggest strength

Parag Khanna The Road to Kabul Runs Through Beijing (and Tehran)

Iran’s Islamic revolution: three paradoxes , Abbas Milani

CAP Russian eye on the Chinese, Tatiana Shcherbina

Rand Time is Ideal for United States, Europe to Establish New Security Partnership

The Persistence of Ideology - Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal Grand ideas still drive history.

In the last years, the financial system created a fog so thick that even its captains could not navigate it. Like the rest of us, they fell for a kind of pseudo-objectivity... more»

Roger Scruton Forgiveness and Irony What makes the West strong

Stratfor Ukraine: For Sale?

Ukraine's fundamentally broken economy has put Kiev in the position of letting itself fall into the orbit of whichever country will assist it financiall

Syria: Iran's Role in the Muslim Brotherhood Talks Iran is working to keep Damascus from getting too close to Israel and the United States

President Obama, the United States and the Middle East
New
America Foundation

Newsweek What World Leaders Must Do to Help Obama

Freedom House has just released its Freedom in the World survey for 2009, rating the level of political rights and civil liberties worldwide. Freedom House divides countries into three categories: free, partly free, and not free.

Tony Karon How to Break the U.S.-Hamas Impasse

H2 Carnegie Preventing Conflict Over Kurdistan Full Text Henri Barkey For the United States, the Kurdish issue touches on many vital concerns—the future unity and stability of Iraq and the ability of U.S. combat forces to disengage responsibly; its relations with Turkey, a key North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ally and aspirant for European Union (EU) membership; and more generally, the stability of an oil-rich region during a period of considerable uncertainty over energy security.

FT Pressure intensifies for Turkey to secure agreement with IMF Turkey’s government risks losing credibility with investors and missing the best chance in years to tame endemically high inflation and borrowing costs if it backs away from talks with the International Monetary Fund, analysts war

Faruk Loğoğlu Davos: the stage, the street and diplomacy

Arşivden Çirkin Amerikalı’ ile ‘Güven Bunalımı’: ‘Süleymaniye Krizi ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Temmuz 2003

Clouds gathering over Turkish-US relations

Talking Turkey About Israel Philip Giraldi

Turkey’s Dangerous Decline
FrontPage By P. David Hornik

Turkey's exports to neighbors rises 29 pct to $14.3 bln in 2008

Banknote controversy

Erdogan aims to clean up at polls
The National,

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ASAM -ABD Neden PJAK’ı Terör Listesine Aldı?

SETA Vakfı en kapsamlı Irak raporunu yayınlıyor

Egypt's Intellligence head Suleiman: "Nobody in the Arab World can ... He reveals to us that it's not Egypt who is actually negotiating the terms of a cease-fire for Gaza, but Turkey

Outlawed PKK threatens TRT’s Kurdish TV employees

Rastî: PROSPECTS FOR A FUTURE SOLUTION TO THE KURDISH QUESTION

Turkey and the Palestinian Question

Mubarak due in Turkey this week

Turkey urges Palestine’s groups for reconciliation

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Al-Qaeda Robbers Target Jewelry Stores

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

Babacan attends Nagorno-Karabakh talks in Baku

EU Commissioner and Turkish opposition leader discuss Cyprus question

Turkey escapes EU dumping duty on pricing behaviour

LUKoil Sums Up Activity in Turkey

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

History colors all of Turkey's Turquoise Coast
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H4 New York Times After Iraqi Elections, Next Big Test Is Acceptance Iraq’s provincial elections passed with strikingly little mayhem, but in Anbar, like in other volatile provinces, the results have riled those vying for power.

BOOKS OF THE TIMES; The War in Iraq, Second in a Series

Obama Says Failing to Act Could Lead to a ‘Catastrophe’ President Obama used his presidential platform to address concerns about his economic recovery plan, which has won little Republican support.

Editorial A Better Stimulus Bill

President Obama is right that Congress needs to quickly pass a stimulus bill. But a bill that is merely better than nothing won’t be nearly good enough.

DAVID BROOKS Showing Some Discipline Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s plan is huge but also disciplined. It’s designed by someone aware of government’s limitations.

Holbrooke Says Afghan War ‘Tougher Than Iraq’

The Taliban in Pakistan Are Raising U.S. Fears

News Analysis: Taking on Critics, Obama Puts Aside Talk of Unity

Palestinians Stop Paying Israeli Hospitals for Gaza and West Bank Patients

Israeli Vote Brings Push for Release of a Soldier

Northern Iraq Suicide Blast Kills 4 American Soldiers

World Briefing | Asia: Kyrgyzstan: Vote to Close U.S. Base Is Delayed

Chelobityevo Journal: For Russia’s Migrants, Economic Despair Douses Flickers of Hope

Video of Beheading of Pole Held by Taliban Is Real, Official Says

Geithner Said to Have Prevailed on the Bailout The bank rescue plan was fashioned in a debate between the Treasury secretary and top presidential aides.

BOB HERBERT

The Chess Master

There is a tendency to underestimate President Obama. But he has shown that he is always several moves ahead of friend and foe alike.

H5 Washington PostObama Says Economic Crisis Comes First

President Tells Nation Stimulus Plan Must Pass, With or Without GOP Support

At His First Prime-Time News Conference, Obama Is Serious and Expansive

As Israelis Head To Polls, Anxiety And Fatigue Rule

Israelis, Palestinians Need Two States By Shimon Peres, Two states, not one, will bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

As Israelis Head To Polls, Anxiety And Fatigue Rule

Afghan Army Best Hope for U.S. Exit By Anne Applebaum, U.S. and NATO troops may help -- but the only real solution is a functioning Afghan army.

A Race Against Time in Afghanistan

By John F. Kerry, Our welcome is running out, but more troops and a new strategy can bring success.

New Bailout May Top $1.5 Trillion

Plan Aims to Aid Banks, Spur Lending, Push Private Investors to Buy Toxic Assets

Pakistan Wants More Evidence to Prosecute in Mumbai Attacks

4 U.S. Troops, Interpeter Killed in Blast in N. Iraq

A Meltdown Too Big for a Comity Routine By Eugene Robinson,

We can't let the economy crater while we wait for a compromise with the GOP.

Senate to Vote Today on Stimulus Bill 3 Republicans Join Move to Cut Off Debate

Editorial Bang for the Bucks

Congress struggles to weed out the weaker parts of the stimulus bill.

Bush Faithful Rewarded With Jobs

On the Way Out, He Placed Aides and Big-Money GOP Donors

China Defends Rights Record to U.N. Panel

U.N. Chief Wants Obama at Climate-Change Summit

Pope Should Not Accept Holocaust Denier By Richard Cohen, The Holocaust-denying bishop Richard Williamson is playing the pontiff for a fool.

Obama Asks For Review Of Online Security President Obama yesterday ordered a 60-day review of the nation's cybersecurity to examine how federal agencies use technology to protect secrets and data.

Justice Department Invokes ‘State Secrets' Defense in Rendition Lawsuit Obama Backs Bush Decision on Rendition Lawsuit

An Ugly Schism in Foreign Relations

H6 Guardian Dangerous right turnEditorial: The political calculations involved in this Israeli election are unusually complex and labyrinthine

Iraq's story is not told Simon Tisdall: Obama's eyes are turning away from the nation as violence ebbs and its leader becomes more secure. This looks like a mistake

Jonathan Freedland: Will Israel make right choice? The likely outcome is another centre-right coalition – unless ultra-nationalist Avigdor Lieberman redraws the political map

The wrong stimulus

Kenneth Rogoff: Rather than building bridges and roads, China needs to start spending more on healthcare and education for its citizens

Livni closes on Netanyahu in polls Rightwing parties hold key to power as a fifth of Israeli voters remain undecided on eve of election

Obama forceful on stimulus package US president goes on the offensive against Republicans in Congress over $800bn plan

Dan Kennedy: Obama wins minds but few hearts

Miliband admits Afghan stalemate Opinion poll shows a decline in support for British and other foreign troops among the Afghan people

Economic stimulus on the cheap Dean Baker: For US senators, decreasing the size of the stimulus package may be clever politics. But it's not smart economics

12 tough questions for bank bosses

As four top bankers are grilled by MPs, Dan Roberts lays out the key issues they must address

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

After Iraq elections, the next big test is acceptance

Iraq's provincial elections passed with strikingly little mayhem, but in Anbar, and other volatile provinces, the results have riled those vying for power.

BOOKS OF THE TIMES; The War in Iraq, Second in a Series

A Quiet Election Masks the Iraqi Option for Violence
TIME

U.S. Says Iran Still Supporting Iraq Militants

Four US soldiers killed in Iraq

A suicide car bomb kills four American soldiers and an interpreter in the Iraqi city of Mosul, the US military says.

H9 Ha’aretz Last-minute political drama in tight Likud-Kadima raceBoth parties admit race will be decided by three things: organization, organization and organization.

Obama: U.S. seeking to engage in direct relations with Iran

The preferred candidate Despite the doubts concerning her experience and her aggressive stance regarding the fighting in Gaza, Livni is better than Netanyahu as Israel's next prime minister.

Let the winner rule One of the first tasks of the new government and Knesset is to establish a state commission to effect a profound change in the election system, and, firstly, an increase of the entry threshold.

A consensus has arisen

[ BARRY RUBIN,

Jerusalem Post Will US, Israel now be able to tango?

How compatible will the new PM be with Obama's high-decibel diplomacy?

Obama looking for openings with Iran

However, US president blasts "bellicose language" directed at Israel by the Islamic republic.

Encountering Peace: Spins and lies: Schalit, Hamas and Olmert


The agreement will be exactly what a Hamas leader had me propose to the gov't 10 days prior to the war.

The new prime minister's to-do list

Coalition building, budget, dealing with Israel's enemies - and friends.

Obama's new world order and Israel [ CAROLINE GLICK,

A consensus has arisen

[ BARRY RUBIN,

Prosecution of Israel in International Criminal Court Seen Unlikely

Yedioth Ahronoth

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

Livni closes on Netanyahu in polls

Bibi the Dove? BY NIGEL ASHTON

Obama: Direct negotiations with Iran within months. Moscow to complete Iranian reactor in three months

Lobby? What Lobby? by Michael Scheuer

Will Israel Make the Right Choice? - Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian

WINEP Hamas Challenge to the PLO: Opportunities and Prospects Days after the end of Israeli military operations in Gaza, Hamas began a campaign to replace the PLO with a new, Hamas-dominated body devoted to violence. The outcome of this political struggle will shape the future of Palestinian politics and prospect for peace

Jeremy Bowen speaks to West Bank settler

A Dispatch from the Border with Gaza - Michael Totten, MichaelTotten.com

Quiet revolution

Mixed Israeli school strives for understanding

Israel mood Why are many voters undecided on eve of poll?

Counting shekels Israeli economic problems on hold until after elections

Support Ehud Barak - Jeff Barak, Jerusalem Post

A War Against Hamas, Not Against the Palestinians - Mark Sofer (Indian Express-India)

UN Increasingly Critical of Hamas, Softening on Israel - Joel Mowbray

Spinning the Vicious Circle BY: Amos Oz | International Herald Tribune Ehud Olmert has declared that Israel will give a disproportionate response to any further attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians. I think disproportionate response is an immoral response. I think disproportionate punishment is an immoral punishment.

H10 Christian Science Monitor

As Israelis vote, it's all about war and peace Benjamin Netanyahu, the Likud party hawk, leads in polls ahead of Tuesday's parliamentary election.

New drive for Israel, Hamas cease-fire deal With no official agreement, Israel's Kadima Party could falter in Tuesday's vote

Curb America's debt culture

A new spike in the national debt from the stimulus and bank rescue calls for fresh ideas.

Global warming through a mom's eyes It is a real threat to my kids' future. But what can I do about it?

GOP centrists give Obama a majority - barely

This week's Senate vote on the economic stimulus package could set the pattern in Congress.

Khomeini revered as Iran's revolution hits 30 Iran marks the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic revolution on Tuesday.

North Korea raises tensions ahead of Clinton visit

Recent moves to possibly test a long-range missile may be aimed at grabbing US attention.

ASIA

How Bush Bungled Asia

Planning for Victory in Afghanistan - Frederick Kagan, National Review

The wrong stimulus Kenneth Rogoff: Rather than building bridges and roads, China needs to start spending more on healthcare and education for its citizens

FT Asia and the Crisis: Unlucky numbers The speed of the region’s economic downturn stems from a reliance on trade – once seen as its biggest strength

Poll: Kabul Govt Losing Ground Among Afghans

Everyone wants a piece of the Afghan war
Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will be allowed to negotiate with Tehran on an individual basis to have their supplies for Afghanistan transported via Iran. This dramatically increases Iran's influence in this region. At the same time, China is entertaining members of Pakistan's main Islamist political party in a bid to strengthen its relations with key players. And in Islamabad, leaders are imposing their own terms and conditions to fight the American war in Afghanistan. - Syed Saleem Shahzad

Our Ticket Out of Afghanistan - Anne Applebaum, Slate

The Bulldozer's Next Job Richard Holbrooke, who is touring Afghanistan and Pakistan as Barack Obama's special envoy, is best known as the hard-nosed diplomat who brokered a peace deal for Bosnia in 1995. What does Holbrooke's legacy in the Balkans mean for the daunting task ahead in South Asia?

New US Envoy in Pakistan to Review Policy on Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s critical moment , Paul Rogers

Russian eye on the Chinese, Tatiana Shcherbina

Obama Says Pakistan Must Be 'Stalwart' US Ally

U.S. and China Must Address Global Warming - Los Angeles Times

Chinese and American Cooperation on Climate Change - Brookings

SSI Japan's Decision for War in 1941: Some Enduring Lessons Authored by Dr. Jeffrey Record.

India's Real-World Slumdogs

Musharraf still pulls the strings Peter Tatchell: The government of Pakistan says it wants peace in Baluchistan but supporters of the ousted dictator hold the real power

Kremlin Trumps NATO BY: Arnaud de Borchgrave | The Washington Times Elevated to the rank of "Major non-NATO Ally" by President Bush (43), Pakistan is now deemed too dangerous for the hundreds of U.S. and NATO supply trucks that keep allied forces fighting against Taliban in Afghanistan.

China Faces Unprecedented UN Human Rights Scrutiny

Why Can't Japanese Get into Harvard? - Dujarric & Honjo, Japan Times

H11 IHT Obama and Iran: A broader strategy Obama has to set a constructive new tone for trying to engage Iran

Energy security chills trans-Atlantic warmth By JOHN VINOCUR

Energy security will be a challenge for U.S. and Europe

After Iraq elections, the next big test is acceptance Iraq's provincial elections passed with strikingly little mayhem, but in Anbar, and other volatile provinces, the results have riled those vying for power.

The Taliban in Pakistan are raising U.S. fears

The increasing violence in southern Afghanistan suggests a rising flow of arms, fighters and money from beyond Pakistan's tribal areas.

The U.S. justice system works

By RICHARD CLARKE

The prosecution of terrorism suspects proved workable before the Bush administration. And it need not be something to fear in the future.

Divide opens between Czechs and French over economy An emergency European Union summit meeting on the economic crisis was announced Monday after accusations that Paris was undermining Europe's single market.

Kremlin ally issues a sobering outlook

By ANDREW J. KRAMER

The director of a research organization closely affiliated with the Russian president issued a sobering assessment Monday of the country's economic outlook and said both political and economic liberalization would be needed to pull the country through.

EUROPE European press review

Obama and the Balkans: What Kind of Multilateralism? BY: Risto Karajkov | World Politics Review As unpleasant as it may be for Europe to hear, the stabilization of the Balkans during its painful transition in the 1990s was made possible by the United States.

Revitalizing the Transatlantic Partnership - RAND Corporation

Obama Wants German Blood (and Sweat) - Claus Malzahn, Der Spiegel

Bulgaria's Ruling Coalition Feels the Chill BY: Andrew MacDowell | World Politics Review The gas is back on in Sofia, but Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev is still feeling the political chill. Increasingly out of favour in Brussels and frozen out by fair weather friends in Moscow, Stanishev's government also faced the wrath -- and hurled bricks -- of street protestors in recent weeks. It was an inauspicious start to a year featuring elections that could be crucial in reinvigorating the country's reform process and restoring relations with its European partners.

The Case for a New European Engagement in Iraq FRIDE This 28-page Spanish paper argues that the EU should respond favourably to requests from the government in Baghdad for a technical assistance mission to be dispatched to Iraq and lists a series of recommendations on how the EU can improve its bi-lateral relations

The rise of extremism in London

The combination of inflammatory events abroad, alienation at home, and now what British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called an economic depression are contributing to fears about growing extremism in this traditionally tolerant land. (By H.D.S. Greenway, Boston Globe)

There Is Room for Rate Cuts BY: Pedro Solbes | The Wall Street Journal

The euro will not only survive the crisis, but will also become more attractive for new countries in the future.

France's Afghan Dilemmas BY: Thomas Withington | ISN Security Watch Domestic distractions allow Sarkozy room to maneuver as he boosts France's presence in Afghanistan despite public skepticism, but funding and resource questions may determine the end game.

Measuring the Unfunded Obligations of European Countries NCPA

H12 RFE/RL

Status of Crimea Hangs Over Russia, Ukraine BY: Joshua Kucera | The Washington Times While the recently resolved Russian-Ukrainian dispute over natural gas has garnered more headlines, the status of Crimea could carry more long-term potential for conflict between the two post-Soviet states.

The back story on the Kyrgyz base BY LAURA ROZEN

Gazprom Hit by Falling Demand The global economic downturn is squeezing Russian natural-gas giant Gazprom, as falling demand for energy forces it to cut gas sales to Europe.

The Kremlin Trumps NATO - Arnaud de Borchgrave, Washington Times


Russia's Silver Bullet for Afghanistan - Mikhail Margelov, Moscow Times

Kremlin ally issues a sobering outlook The director of a research organization closely affiliated with the Russian president issued a sobering assessment Monday of the country's economic outlook and said both political and economic liberalization would be needed to pull the country through.

Closing of U.S. base in Kyrgystan moves a step closer The defense committee of the Kyrgyz Parliament approved on Monday a plan to close the U.S. air base here, bringing the eviction of American forces from an important Afghan staging point a step closer.

Google News Azerbaijan

Georgia: Another Top Diplomat Leaves Saakashvili Team
BY JEAN-CHRISTOPHE PEUCH
A wind of revolt is blowing among Georgian diplomats. Two months after the defection of Irakli Alasania, Tbilisi’s envoy to the United Nations, it’s now the turn of Viktor Dolidze, the Georgian ambassador to Austria and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

H13 The Times Iran: remember Jekyll as well as Hyde

President Obama must extend his hand to the Western-loving part of the nation, not the mullahs Amir Taheri

Iran has a sophisticated population. Expectations are high and not met. That is an uncomfortable position for the leadership

Miliband: troops in an Afghanistan 'stalemate'

Foreign Secretary's pessimistic view of progress coincided with a poll of Afghans which reveals confidence at a low ebb

Obama breaks Republican resistance to $820bn plan

US President cleared the biggest hurdle in his fight to secure his economic stimulus plan by winning crucial Senate vote

'There was no civilisation, no law' A former Times correspondent in Tehran remembers the tension and excitement in Iran in 1977 as the revolution grew stonger

Afghanistan: it will be tougher than we think As America's envoy prepares to confront the ‘mess', a former soldier draws some hard lessons from his experience in Northern Ireland

Allan Mallinson

Back in the USSRDoes Putin's choice of Michelle over Mamma Mia risk Kremlin friction?

Wall Street Journal Obama Team 'Looking for Openings' With Iran

Obama Warns of 'Lost Decade'

Obama sought to assuage fears and bolster public support for quick passage of the stimulus package in his first primetime news conference

Gazprom Hit by Falling Demand The global economic downturn is squeezing Russian natural-gas giant Gazprom, as falling demand for energy forces it to cut gas sales to Europe.

Trade Obstacles Will Prolong the Economic Crisis

By Peter D. Sutherland
The threats are coming from, and would affect, all parts of the globe

Obama's Charm Isn't Working Wonders Abroad By Bret Stephens Policy does matter after all.

'The World' Goes It Alone

By James Taranto
"We are ready to lead once more," Obama declared. Will anyone follow?

Dan Drezner Why Paul Krugman Is the New Richard Perle

Comparing this recession to the last five

GM fights to avoid bankruptcy protection; Attempt to convince key investors to help...

H14 Financial Times Only Obama offers change for Israel As Israelis prepare to go to the polls, anybody looking for something to break the bloody deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians needs to look outside Israeli politics. The best hope – slim though it may be – is the Obama administration, writes Gideon Rachman

Israel voters look set to move right

Security for Israelis and justice for Palestinians is attainable – but only if the US comes to realise that it is no part of its or Israel’s national interest to enable Israel to colonise Arab land

New regime, same Munich excuses

The mood at the annual Munich Security Conference was quite different from the Bush years. But just as the US is still urging allies to do more, so the Europeans are still seeking excuses

Asia and the Crisis: Unlucky numbers The speed of the region’s economic downturn stems from a reliance on trade – once seen as its biggest strength

Khomeini’s minister says future belongs to democrats Roula Khalaf meets Ebrahim Yazdi, a man respected for his revolutionary role who opposes the power of clerics. A nationalist Islamist, he accepts Iran’s constitution but insists that no one should have extraordinary powers

Daunting in-tray awaits next Israeli PM Voters have looked for answers to substantive questions largely in vain, as the campaign has largely focused on the personalities of the two front-runners

The Israeli contenders

An overview of the four leading candidates for prime minister

Industrial zones create little work for Jordanians The economic component of the Israel-Jordan peace treaty from 1999 offers scant protection or incentive to workers, but is nonetheless heralded as proof of Jordan’s attractiveness to foreign investors

Czechs act over ‘protectionist’ Paris

Tensions between Prague and Paris rose on Monday after the Czech republic called an emergency European summit in protest at ‘protectionist’ plans to bail out France’s car industry

Analysis: Republicans balk but Americans side with Obama

In spite of the thrust of his opening remarks at the president’s first press conference, the enactment of the stimulus isn’t the real prize Mr Obama is chasing over the next few weeks. That honour belongs to the $350bn financial bailout package

Obama's ambitions for package are hanging in balance

It is time for banks to behave like banks No more big bonuses, says Philip Stephens

Humanity 2.0: downsides of the upgrade Michael Skapinker on digital enhancement

Britain must not go wobbly on the free market Nip protectionism in the bud, says Emma Marcegaglia

The Republicans’ no-bang mortgage plan Government should not set rate, say Gary Becker and Edward Lazea

Obama seeks to avoid ‘catastrophe’

President urges Senate to pass economic stimulus

Bullion sales hit record in rush to safety Mints report large purchases of gold coins

H15 Los Angeles Times Disillusioned Israelis go to the polls

Surveys indicate that right-of-center parties, riding a belligerent mood over fighting with Hamas in Gaza, will together outpoll Kadima and other left-wing parties by about 10 seats.

Obama rebukes GOP on stimulus bill In his first presidential news conference, he appeals for support against what he portrays as partisan paralysis in Washington.

Joe Biden, the punch line?

After Gaza As the war in Gaza drew to a close, Marjorie Miller traveled to Israel and the Palestinian territories. What follows are edited excerpts of interviews

EditorialAfter Gaza

As the war in Gaza drew to a close, Marjorie Miller traveled to Israel and the Palestinian territories. What follows are edited excerpts of interviews

H16 American Politics

Obama Warns of ‘Catastrophe’

Republicans Reborn?

Obama faces tough question over Cabinet picks

Transcript: Obama takes questions on economy

realclearpolitics memeorandum

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet

Politico ABC’s The Note MSNBC FirstReadTime ThePage Politico Playbook

PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

Obama fails his first test on civil liberties and accountability — resoundingly and disgracefully

H17 Daily Telegraph High hopes for Barack Obama administration policy change on Afghanistan Telegraph View: Encouraging signs are emerging from Washington that President Barack Obama's administration may be about to change America's policy stance on Afghanistan.

Barack Obama's top 20

The 20 most influential people in Barack Obama's White House.

Hamas leader ready for truce Radical Islamist movement ready to embrace prolonged truce with Israel.

H18 Independent 'This is the worst recession for 100 years'

Ed Balls, the PM's closest ally, warns that downturn is ferocious and says impact will last 15 years

Heirs of the revolution battle to keep the faith

Katherine Butler: Thirtieth anniversary of the rise of Khomeini leaves many Iranians cold.

Leading article: A gulf of understanding

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

The Serpent in Our Garden: Al-Qa’ida and the Long War
Source: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College

World Politics Review Blog |Building a Better NSC

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