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Financial Times November 2012: a dystopian dream Elected president on a ticket of populism and nationalism, Palin starts taking congratulatory phone calls. First is Prime Minister Lieberman of Israel, then President Putin. As for China, she is not speaking to them . . . Gideon Rachman on how the economic crisis could shape world politics

The annual meeting of the International Studies Association (ISA) - About 4000 papers searchable by keyword All Academic Archive

Marc Lynch Arabs closing ranks

RFE/RL What To Do About Missile Defense?

U.S. President Barack Obama will have to decide what to do with his predecessor's plan to deploy a missile-defense system in Europe. Will Obama press on with the plan and risk angering Russia? Will he abandon it? Or will he bargain it away in exchange for concessions from Moscow?

Stratfor U.S., Russia, Iran: A Possible Deal on Missile Defense

The United States appears to see an opportunity to reap some geopolitical gains by backing away from a plan to build missile defense installations in Central Europe

Geopolitical Diary: Iran the Sacrificial Lamb? Russia appears to be responding to U.S. hints that talks over U.S. ballistic missile defense in Europe are linked to the Iranian nuclear issue.

The Emerging Obama Foreign Policy

Why Globalization Is Here to Stay BY MOISÉS NAĺM Never mind the premature obituaries. To its critics, globalization is the cause of today’s financial collapse, growing instability, unfair trade, and insecurity. To its boosters, it’s the solution to these problems. What’s not debatable is that it’s here to stay.

Introducing the axis of upheaval Forget Iran, Iraq, and North Korea—Bush’s “Axis of Evil.” As economic calamity meets political and social turmoil, the world’s worst problems may come from countries like Somalia, Russia, and Mexico. And they’re just the beginning. By Niall Ferguson

Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:

Israel launches covert war against Iran

Christian Science Monitor

Window closing for a two-state solution in the Middle East

Some see a risky 'one-state solution' as the only remaining option in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Should US take over weak banks? Nationalizing troubled banks may end the credit crisis sooner, some experts argue. Others cite huge risks.

Feb 16 IA# 497 - Provincial Elections in Iraq: A Blow to Iran

Bradley Burston / Haaretz:
Sure the Israeli right won? Peace lost? Look closer

The Long Legs of the Crash
Thirteen unexpected consequences of the financial crisis. by Daniel W. Drezner

IHT International jurists bewail damage to law by U.S. war on terrorism The U.S. war on terror lacks a credible legal basis and should be repudiated by the new administration, a panel of eminent judges and lawyers said Monday.

G-20 needs joint efforts, not talk of a 'new order' Nicolas Sarkozy talks of a meeting to "remake capitalism." That sounds messianic. And it's a problem

NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

A recipe for survival By MOHAMED ELBARADEI The nonproliferation regime is starting to come apart at the seams

Helena Cobban: Syria's position strengthening internationally, regionally

CSIS Structuring National Security and Homeland Security

FT Mideast wealth funds fret over US Treasuries Middle Eastern buyers are growing increasingly concerned about the health of the US Treasury market, raising questions about their appetite for US government debt

Iraqi forces tested as troops prepare to go Building on the security gains highlighted by last month’s peaceful provincial elections and continuing the development of Iraq’s fledgling security forces will be critical to its stability as the US and Britain look to withdraw their troops

A Saudi reshuffle worth watching King Abdullah’s move may be seen as a turning point if it breaks Wahhabi social control. The al-Saud need to curb decisively the corrosive power of the religious establishment

Kosovo at one The EU must not forget about the former Yugoslavia. Without stability in the region, there cannot be complete stability in Europe

Guardian Whitehall devised torture policy for terror detainees Exclusive: MI5 interrogations in Pakistan agreed by lawyers and government

A radical power shift David Cameron: Our future depends on putting more political responsibility in the hands of local people

Ha’aretz ANALYSIS / A rightist coalition will be on collision course with Obama from day one

West Bank settlement gets green light for major expansion

The Times Iraq spends $5bn rebuilding its forces

Country's outdated military hardware, battered in successive conflicts, is being replaced in a near-monopoly deal with US

Foreign Policy  Reversal of Fortune Vladimir Putin’s social contract has been premised on an authoritarian state delivering rising incomes and resurgent power. But the economic crisis is unraveling all that. And what comes next in Russia might be even worse. By Arkady Ostrovsky

Los Angeles Times Livni, Netanyahu and Lieberman: Israel's tangled trio Lieberman's the kingmaker to whom Livni and Netanyahu are appealing in their push to become prime minister. But the scenario is complicated, and the power players have a long, fraught history.

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MESH Soldiers sour Turkey-Israel ties by Michael Reynolds

Obama offers support for Turkey-Iraq relationship - International Herald Tribune

[NEWS ANALYSIS]Turkish-Israeli military ties to continue despite serious strains

From power politics to personality
ISN

Yedioth Ahronoth Turkey still awaiting explanations on general's speech

'Türkiye'nin Arabuluculuğu Ortadan Kalkabilir'

Speculation Mounts over Protection for Retired Generals in "Deep State" Trial

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye BBC Türkçe 0700 1800 – VOA Türkçe 0630 1345 2130 DW - (UTC) 0830 1130 1530 Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit ASAM

Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national

Political Instability on Horizon in Iraqi Kurdistan? - Michael Rubin.

Editorial: Our accountability towards internal crisis of PUK

Tensions escalate over Kirkuk (UPI) -- Tensions with Arabs in the north of Iraq could escalate to all-out war if U.S. officials there do not act to resolve regional issues, Kurdish officials said.

Erbil'de Abant Platformu Toplantısı

Iran to halt shelling along Iraqi border

Turkish businessman suggests Benelux model for trade between ...

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Iran to halt shelling along Iraqi border

Tension rises on anniversary of Öcalan’s arrest

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

Partition brings peace :: Daniel Hannan

Obama, Gül ve Erdoğan'la Telefon Görüşmesi Yaptı

Turkey Steps up Talks with Armenia as April Looms

The Emerging Obama Foreign Policy

Russia, Turkey cooperate on energy
United Press International

Will Armenia benefit from the deepening of Russia-Turkey Ties?

With Armenian-Turkish border open, trade turnover to triple

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

Turkish jobless jumps as downturn hits firms - Forbes.com

Four Turkish women in 10 abused

Five bidders for Turkish lottery

Joining The Party: Germany Gets its First Turkish Carnival Society

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H4 New York Times Re-evaluation of National Security Ordered

Pakistan Makes a Taliban Truce, Creating a Haven Critics called the accord a capitulation by a government desperate to stop months of fighting in Swat.

BOB HERBERT Obama Riding the Wave Beyond his specific policies, President Obama is emerging as the very model of the type of person one would want in high public office.

From Pakistan, Taliban Threats Reach New York Pakistani immigrants in New York say the Taliban are singling out their families for threats

Amid Scandals, Questions of Where the Pope’s Focus Lies

French and British Submarines Collide

Saying Small Nations Count, Czechs Seek an Obama Visit

News Analysis: Chávez Looks Beyond 2013 as He Faces Serious Challenges

Clinton Warns North Korea on Missile Test

Bombs Kill 8 in Baghdad as Shiite Pilgrims Return

H5 Washington Post Living With a Nuclear North Korea By Selig S. Harrison, Is it time to let Pyongyang into the club?

A 'Truth Commission' Fact-Check

The Danger in Democrats' Rush to Investigate By David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey Congress moves closer to criminalizing policy differences.

Obama as President of Everything

By Eugene Robinson,

Barack Obama: auto exec, mortgage broker and... leader of the free world.

Protectionism Anew By Anne Applebaum, Trade barriers are a bad idea whose time has come -- again.

Unsold Items Strain Economy As global demand for just about everything has evaporated, businesses scramble to realign supply.

For Obama, Lessons in Partisan Realities By Richard Cohen,

In the senator's saga, a lesson about the ugly virtues of partisanship.

Islamic Law Instituted In Pakistan's Swat Valley Agreement With Fighters Dangerous, Critics Say

West Bank Land Seized As Israel Looks to Build

French, British Officials Confirm Nuclear Subs Collided in Atlantic

Economy Strains Under Weight of Unsold Items

Latin America's Document-Driven Revolutions Team of Spanish Scholars Helped Recast Constitutions in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador

Clinton, in Tokyo, Warns N. Korea on Missile Launch

Japanese Premier Invited to Visit U.S.

H6 Guardian Whitehall devised torture policy for terror detainees Exclusive: MI5 interrogations in Pakistan agreed by lawyers and government

A radical power shift David Cameron: Our future depends on putting more political responsibility in the hands of local people

EU plans do put Nato in jeopardy

Serbia steps up hunt for Ratko Mladic under EU's watch

Belgrade says it is closing in on war crimes suspect despite political costs

France deported Jews, says court

First legal admission of country's collaboration in sending Jews to Nazi concentration camps

Hague judges finalise Darfur charges Prosecutors prepare to indict Sudan's president, pitting western governments against Africa, China and Russia

Profile: Sudanese president Omar al-Bash

Clinton issues warning on Korea

H7 Helena Cobban: Syria's position strengthening internationally, regionally

Inside the Ivory Tower
Our third exclusive survey of international relations professors reveals they’re worried about climate change, Russia’s rise, and their own irrelevance. Plus: A ranking of the top schools for studying international relations.

Blogging the Middle East - Darren Krape

Samuel Huntington, 1927–2008 A tribute to the provocative, brilliant, and intellectually fearless cofounder of Foreign Policy.

Carnegie Gaza After the War: Egypt's Equities and Limitations

Obama Must Talk to the Iranian People - Christopher Hitchens, Slate

Foreign aid: An introduction to U.S. programs and policy (PDF; 938 KB) Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS)

US, Iran Share Security Interests - Tony Kinsella, Irish Times

Welcome Saudi Arabia Reforms - Daily Telegraph

A Rebalancing Act on Foreign Policy - Joe Klein, Time

Iran's Abdollah Nouri -- The Man Who Won't Be President
BY GOLNAZ ESFANDIARI
Abdollah Nouri's supporters describe him as man of principle who is willing to defend his beliefs. These qualities, they say, make Nouri the only reformist figure who can bring real change to Iran. And by real changes, they mean changes to Iran's Islamic political structure, where the real power lies in the hands of the supreme leader.

A new Murrow for US public diplomacy
By Lawrence Pintak

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

Iran Moves to Boost Its Air Defense Capabilities

Zebari Makes Case for Iraq's Credibility as Sovereign State

Large Hezbollah rally in Lebanon

Lebanon's Hezbollah movement holds a Beirut rally to mark the anniversary of the assassination of military commander Imad Mughniyeh.

Russia close to selling S-300 anti-air missiles to Iran for its nuclear sites

Saudi intelligence chief in Damascus for all-out bid to rescue Gaza truce

Darfur rebel group 'makes deal'

Sudan and Darfur's most active rebel group reach a tentative deal that may eventually lead to peace talks for the region.

Nasrallah hints at Hizballah's access to anti-air missiles

H9 Ha’aretz ANALYSIS / A rightist coalition will be on collision course with Obama from day one

ANALYSIS / Why has Israel backtracked on Shalit deal?

West Bank settlement gets green light for major expansion

Abbas: Talks will be useless if settlements do not stop

Who Will Be the Next Israeli Defense Minister?

Jerusalem Post 'Israel launches covert war to disrupt Iran's nuke program' According to Telegraph, front companies, double agents, assassination of top figures being used to interrupt Teheran's activities.

Poll: 65% of Israelis want unity gov't Fifty-five percent of those surveyed want Barak as defense minister; 59% prefer direct voting system

Our World: An urgent memo for the next government

[ CAROLINE GLICK

Officials: Israel Used Gaza Op to Perfect Defense System

"U.S. Shouldn't Interfere in Israeli Politics"

Yedioth Ahronoth IDF: Iran No. 1 Threat to Israel - Alex Fishman
The Israel Defense Forces' annual work plan for 2009 officially defines Iran as "a threat to Israel's existence." This is the first time in years that the defense establishment has declared that the State of Israel is under an "existential threat." The plan defines the Iranian peril as "the No. 1 threat the IDF is now preparing for."

'Arabs have lost faith in NPT'

ElBaradei says perceived double-standards concerning Israeli nukes obstruct disarmament

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

Lynch Arabs closing ranks

Beyond "Evenhandedness" - Abraham Foxman (Forward

Egypt's strategy toward Gaza is an incremental, long-term one
By Gamal A. G. Soltan

The Gaza Operation and Hamas' Weakness in the West Bank - Shlomo Brom

Critics aside, Israeli officials see successes in Gaza operation
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Kadima: Unite with Labor or Disappear - Eitan Haber, Ynet News


Israel Borrowing a Page from Putin - Alexei Bayer, Moscow Times

A new enemy for Gaza smugglers

Tunnel operators can hardly believe how Egypt is cracking down. 'It's the first time they've acted like this,' one says.

Analysis: The winner is ... Likud or Likud (UPI) -- Israel's election last week still has not produced a clear winner, with both Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni from the centrist Kadima Party and Likud's Binyamin Netanyahu claiming victory, while Avigdor Lieberman's far-right Yisrael Beiteinu is waiting in the wings, hoping to give one or the other the extra numbers it needs to form a majority government.

Jews in Muslim Lands Anxious Over Gaza War

Israel Seizes Land for Settlement Expansion

H10 Christian Science Monitor

Window closing for a two-state solution in the Middle East

Some see a risky 'one-state solution' as the only remaining option in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Should US take over weak banks? Nationalizing troubled banks may end the credit crisis sooner, some experts argue. Others cite huge risks.

A peace sign: Iraq's Sunnis joining Shiite pilgrims

After three years of violence, pilgrims return to Karbala's shrine.

Step by step for Middle East women As women gain access to education, jobs, and voting, they'll demand more rights.

A reality check for Obama in Afghanistan He's facing pressure to increase US troop levels there. Has Washington learned nothing from the Soviet experience?

Moscow again eyes Afghanistan 20 years after retreat

Fearful that US failure there could unleash the Taliban and other Islamist insurgencies, Russia may help NATO open a supply line through former Soviet territory.

Pakistan accepts Islamic law in Swat Valley

Militants signed a cease-fire with provincial authorities Monday after they agreed to impose sharia.

Hugo Chávez for life?

Venezuelans voted Sunday to scrap presidential term limits, opening the door for their leftist president to rule indefinitely.

ASIA

China’s Team of Rivals BY CHENG LI A financial meltdown in China promises to test the Communist Party’s power in ways not seen since Tiananmen. But theirs is a house divided, as princelings take on populists and Pekinologists try to make sense of it all. Will this team built for economic success implode once the money dries up? An insider’s guide to the leaders at China’s controls.

Will Beijing Respond to Clinton's Wish List? - Massimo Calabresi, Time

Laura Rozen Can the intel community defuse India-Pakistan tensions?

China and the global financial crisis

ICG Training and Equipping Afghan Security Forces: Unaccounted Weapons and Strategic Challenges

Pakistan's "responsibility" deficit, Pamela Kilpadi Syed Mohammad Ali

Photo Essay: China's Next Generation

US envoy warns of militants' threat in Pakistan

Brahma Chellaney: OBAMA, HOLBROOKE DESTINED TO FAIL ON 'AFPAK' POLICY

China Policy under Obama FPRI

Diane Feinstein’s Pakistan Gaffe BY TOM RICKS

The Great Transformation: how China changed in the long 1970s

Philip Bowring: No free cash

By PHILIP BOWRING

Is China's bid for Rio Tinto contrary to Australian national interests?

Kim's Birthday Party Will Be a Blast - Donald Kirk, Asia Times

Learning from Japan's 'Lost' Decade - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post

Involve, But Don't Attack, China - Kevin Rafferty, Japan Times

Hillary's Japan Opportunity - Michael Green, Wall Street Journal

Pakistan and Taliban Appear Near Deal - Ismail Khan, New York Times

Afghans to Join US-led Review of War Policy - Los Angeles Times

Beware of the Afghan 'Surge' - Hugh White, The Australian

Religious Intolerance in Kazakhstan - Dan Fefferman, Washington Times

3,000 Troops Near Kabul Mark Start of Surge

Pakistan Denies Helping Taliban

Postcard from Mumbai

Wrong front for the drug war

Ending a ban on poppy production in Afghanistan is crucial to stabilizing that fragile country. (Boston Globe)

Reassessing 'Af-Pak' strategy

Before introducing more US troops into Afghanistan, as part of a new Af-Pak strategy, Americans should debate whether, or to what extent, the Predator surge should continue. (By Micah Zenko, Boston Globe)

H11 IHT International jurists bewail damage to law by U.S. war on terrorism The U.S. war on terror lacks a credible legal basis and should be repudiated by the new administration, a panel of eminent judges and lawyers said Monday.

G-20 needs joint efforts, not talk of a 'new order' Nicolas Sarkozy talks of a meeting to "remake capitalism." That sounds messianic. And it's a problem

NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

A recipe for survival By MOHAMED ELBARADEI The nonproliferation regime is starting to come apart at the seams

Obama gets nudge from Czechs for April visit Czech officials are pushing hard for President Barack Obama to come to Prague early in April to meet with the 27 leaders of the European Union, of which the Czech Republic is the current president.

British and French submarines collide in Atlantic Both submarines were damaged extensively but have returned to their home ports since the collision on the night of Feb. 3, the reports said.

EUROPE European press review


Panorama of European Union trade — 2007 Edition (data 1998-2006) Source: European Commission/Eurostat

Troubles in Brussels: EU Lacks Ideas and Direction in Economic Crisis

Did France's Secrecy Cause a Nuclear Submarine Collision?

Obama’s emissaries are going around the Balkans

The New Serbia: Fast Forward Towards the EU? EPC

Economic Outlook for the Euro Area in 2009 and 2100 EFN

Ethical Justness of Counter-terrorism Measures: EU measures Clingendael This 44-page Dutch paper examines the ethical justification for six sets of counter-terrorism measures operating or proposed to operate in the European Union. They have been selected on the basis of their impact on the lives of individual citizens and because of their public profiles

Happy birthday?

Mixed emotions as Kosovo marks year of independence

How France confronts terrorism

The French authorities have powers of surveillance and communications intercepts that would make even Dick Cheney blush. (By H.D.S. Greenway, Boston Globe)

Poland Has a Currency Dilemma The decline of the zloty has left Poland with the difficult choice of letting some large businesses go under or risk the wrath of international investors.

H12 RFE/RL What To Do About Missile Defense?

U.S. President Barack Obama will have to decide what to do with his predecessor's plan to deploy a missile-defense system in Europe. Will Obama press on with the plan and risk angering Russia? Will he abandon it? Or will he bargain it away in exchange for concessions from Moscow?

Foreign Policy  Reversal of Fortune Vladimir Putin’s social contract has been premised on an authoritarian state delivering rising incomes and resurgent power. But the economic crisis is unraveling all that. And what comes next in Russia might be even worse.
By Arkady Ostrovsky

CFR Moscow Indicates It Won't Be Ignored in the 'Near Abroad'

CER A thaw between Russia and the West?

Russian industrial output falls 20% Large decline in gross domestic product feared as industrial production sees worst-ever fall and credit crunch hits the real economy

A Russian Think Tank In New York

A Moscow-based think tank, the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation, has opened branches in Paris and New York. The project is evidence of the Kremlin's growing interest in "soft power" -- using Western media, PR, and think-tank models to advance its own interests in the West.

Russia's Dwindling Billionaires

Will there be another Russian revolution?

Mary Dejevsky: Regime change happens fast – so how stable is Medvedev?

Exploring American Military Base Alternatives in Central Asia; Is Uzbekistan an Option?
BY DAVID TRILLING
Speculating over the future of the US air base in Kyrgyzstan is a popular pastime in Central Asian capitals these days. The general consensus is that Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev is taking a gamble, playing a waiting game in the expectation that Washington will come up with more money to retain Manas air base. But some experts believe that with the United States now actively pondering its options, the Kyrgyz leader faces the danger of overplaying his hand.

Google News Azerbaijan

Russia, Turkey cooperate on energy
United Press International

President Medvedev replaces four governors -2

Georgia: Tbilisi Uses Divine Diplomacy in Its Dealings with Russia
BY GIORGI LOMSADZE
With diplomatic ties between Georgia and Russia ruptured, the two countries
shared Orthodox Christian faith has emerged as the primary conduit for dialogue between Tbilisi and Moscow

H13 The Times Iraq spends $5bn rebuilding its forces

Country's outdated military hardware, battered in successive conflicts, is being replaced in a near-monopoly deal with US

The Age of Deflation

A sustained fall in prices would cause immense economic disruption and hardship; policymakers are right to fear it and to focus all efforts on preventing it

Strongman for Now

The falling oil price will soon undercut Chávez's grip on power in Venezuela

Clinton has chance to make up for US neglect US Secretary of State has been hard to define as a politician because she weaves idealistic language with the utterly pragmatic

Chávez to speed up his Bolivarian Revolution

France says 'Jews have been given enough'

State was responsible for deporting Jews to Nazis but the victims have had enough compensation, French court rules

Sharia imposed on tribal Pakistan in deal

Hoping for peace, Government strikes deal with pro-Taleban activists which may see girls' schools close and music banned

Wall Street Journal Britain's Surrender to Islamists

By Daniel Schwammenthal
There is a direct link between the 'Rushdie Affair' and the Wilders ban

Geert Wilders Is a Test for Western Civilization

GLOBAL VIEW
By Bret Stephens
If Rushdie should be defended, why not the Dutch pol?

Japan's Downturn Is Bad News for the World

By Michael Auslin
The U.S. can't count on Japanese savers

H14 Financial Times November 2012: a dystopian dream Elected president on a ticket of populism and nationalism, Palin starts taking congratulatory phone calls. First is Prime Minister Lieberman of Israel, then President Putin. As for China, she is not speaking to them . . . Gideon Rachman on how the economic crisis could shape world politics

Mideast wealth funds fret over US Treasuries Middle Eastern buyers are growing increasingly concerned about the health of the US Treasury market, raising questions about their appetite for US government debt

Losers in election stretch beyond Israel's borders

A Saudi reshuffle worth watching King Abdullah’s move may be seen as a turning point if it breaks Wahhabi social control. The al-Saud need to curb decisively the corrosive power of the religious establishment

Kosovo at one The EU must not forget about the former Yugoslavia. Without stability in the region, there cannot be complete stability in Europe

Iraqi forces tested as troops prepare to go Building on the security gains highlighted by last month’s peaceful provincial elections and continuing the development of Iraq’s fledgling security forces will be critical to its stability as the US and Britain look to withdraw their troops

US general stresses need for time

Iraq needs almost three years to prepare its security forces for a sustained fight against insurgents, according to a senior US general in the country

Liquidated assets

The survival of many of America’s household names requires new thinking about restructuring

Green growth is essential to any stimulus

Ban Ki-moon and Al Gore on a sustainable future - Feb-16

The Dutch MP and the retreat of British liberalism

Larry Siedentop on immigration and civil liberties - Feb-16

Japan’s politicians lose their way at a bad time

The short-term is bleak, says Gerald Curtis - Feb-16

A limp excuse for a Tory foreign policy

Philip Stephens on the UK opposition party and Europe

Trade battle clouds Kosovo’s anniversary

Pristina’s determination to assert statehood has sparked a costly dispute with Serbia over exports, with Belgrade refusing to recognise its custom stamp

Russian industrial output falls 20%

Large decline in gross domestic product feared as industrial production sees worst-ever fall and credit crunch hits the real economy

H15 Los Angeles Times Livni, Netanyahu and Lieberman: Israel's tangled trio Lieberman's the kingmaker to whom Livni and Netanyahu are appealing in their push to become prime minister. But the scenario is complicated, and the power players have a long, fraught history.

Pakistan officials allow Sharia in volatile region The move to allow Islamic law in the Swat Valley is a concession to Islamic militants brokering a cease-fire. It comes against the backdrop of a suspected U.S. missile strike near the Afghan border.

EditorialThe 'Af-Pak' problem

Obama recognizes that Afghanistan and Pakistan represent two fronts in the same war.

North Korea greets Hillary Clinton with threat As the Secretary of State begins work in Tokyo, the North hints it will test a Taepodong 2 missile. Clinton says that 'would be very unhelpful in moving our relationship forward.'

H16 American Politics Stimulus is only beginning of Obama's economic plan This week will be a pivotal one for President Barack Obama and the U.S. economy, as interlocking parts of his economic rescue effort are set to be signed, sealed or delivered. On their own, each development would be dramatic by historical standards. But for any of them to succeed, they'll need to work in unison with the others

Saying 'no' to Obama is risky, but it's all Republicans can do The Republican Party is taking a big risk by looking like the party of "no" at a time when Americans like their new president and badly want the economy fixed

Historians rate Lincoln best president, Bush 36th

Reflections on Obama-Era Patriotism

Ross Douthat:

Is The GOP Hopeless?

realclearpolitics memeorandum

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet

Politico ABC’s The Note MSNBC FirstReadTime ThePage Politico Playbook

PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (PDFs)
Source: White House

H17 Daily Telegraph Israel launches covert war against Iran

Israel launches covert war against Iran as alternative to direct military strikes against its nuclear programme.

North Korea 'to test missile capable of reaching US territory'

UK risks becoming a police state, says former MI5 chief

Dame Stella Rimington, the former head of MI5, has warned that the fear of terrorism is being exploited by the Government to erode civil liberties and risks creating a police state.

Even Barack Obama couldn't get away from politics

Like the euphoria that followed his inauguration, the President's dream of uniting opposing parties barely lasted a month, says John O'Sullivan.

H18 Independent So, Admiral, what have you got to say about the nuclear submarine crash?

British and French vessels had enough material to carry out 1,248 Hiroshima bombings

Admiral Sir Sandy Woodward: Why was information not shared?

Will there be another Russian revolution?

Mary Dejevsky: Regime change happens fast – so how stable is Medvedev?

Terrorist threat 'exploited to curb civil liberties'

A former head of MI5, has accused the Government of exploiting fear of terrorism to restrict civil liberties.

Leading article: A perilous new twist in the Venezuelan revolution

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

IHT International jurists bewail damage to law by U.S. war on terrorism The U.S. war on terror lacks a credible legal basis and should be repudiated by the new administration, a panel of eminent judges and lawyers said Monday.

New York Times Re-evaluation of National Security Ordered

NATO head discusses priorities

BRUSSELS, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- The head of NATO and members of the Parliamentary Assembly met Monday to discuss the alliance's top priorities ahead of the NATO Summit in France and Germany.

How France confronts terrorism The French authorities have powers of surveillance and communications intercepts that would make even Dick Cheney blush. (By H.D.S. Greenway, Boston Globe)

CSIS Structuring National Security and Homeland Security

Laura Rozen Can the intel community defuse India-Pakistan tensions?

4 Cases Illustrate Guantanamo Quandaries - Peter Finn, Washington Post


How Will Obama Handle Terror Suspects? - Jane Mayer, The New Yorker

Rehab for Jihadists - Stephen Hayes & Thomas Joscelyn, Weekly Standard

Ethical Justness of Counter-terrorism Measures: EU measures Clingendael This 44-page Dutch paper examines the ethical justification for six sets of counter-terrorism measures operating or proposed to operate in the European Union. They have been selected on the basis of their impact on the lives of individual citizens and because of their public profiles

Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century

Rand Guidebook for Supporting Economic Development in Stability Operations

The Somalia Multilateral Anti- Piracy Approach: Some Caveats Nautilus Institute

India's Jihad: The Sufi with the Kalashnikov - Praveen Swami, The Hindu

H20 Slate

The Difference Is in the Details
Foreign Policy According new research by a top economist at the World Bank, how we measure inequality is all wrong

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A crisis is a terrible thing to waste. The United States has seldom wasted its crises. Maybe we can also make good use of the current one... more»

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Ankara Suriye’de “Rejim Değişikliği” Politikasına Geçerken 28 Eylül 2011
Türk Dış Politika Gündemine Dair 7 Kısa Not 6 Eylül 2011
“Zafer İlan Et ve Kaç:” ABD ve Afganistan’dan “Sorumluca” Çekilmenin Mantığı 23 Haziran 2011
Orta Doğu'da Durum Raporu 25 Mayıs 2011
Bin Ladin’in Öldürülmesi Üzerine Notlar 25 Mayıs 2011
Bin Ladin’in Öldürülmesi Üzerine 15 Kısa Not 3 Mayıs 2011
ABD ve Karadeniz Nisan 2011

Türkiye Beşar’a Ne Demeli? Suriye'de “52 Cuma” Reformsuz Geçmez 20 Nisan 2011
Amerika-Sonrası Dünyanın Provası Olarak Libya Krizi ve Türkiye 22 Mart 2011
“Demokratikleştiremediklerimizden misiniz?”: Orta Doğu’daki Değişim Dalgasının Neden, Şekil ve Olası Sonuçları 10 Şubat 2011
Analiz Üzerine Notlar 14 Ocak 2011
Wikileaks Üzerine Notlar ve Yorumlar 23 Aralık 2010
Enerji ve Güvenliği Üzerine Notlar 29 Kasım 2010
Amerikan Travması ve Kongre Seçimleri 23 Kasım 2010
Füze Savunması Üzerine 20 Soru ve 5 Seçenek 20 Ekim 2010
Obama Ekibinde Yaprak Dökümü - Beyaz Saray’dan Kaçış mı? 12 Ekim 2010
"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
Bay Netanyahu Washington’a Gitti: Böyle mi Olacaktı, Obama? 16 Temmuz 2010
Stratejik Dehlizlerde Derinlik Sarhoşluğu: Bir AKP Dış Politikası Eleştirisi Temmuz 2010
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
Obama’nın Nükleer Cazibe Taarruzu: Bardağın Üçte Biri Dolu 9 Nisan 2010
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Irak Seçimleri: Sonun Başlangıcı, Başlangıcın Sonu 19 Mart 2010
Ermeni Karar Tasarısı Üzerine Notlar, Yorumlar ve Öneriler 8 Mart 2010
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Bütçe Açığı ve Amerikan Gerilemesinin Ekonomi Politiği 19 Şubat 2010
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AKP bir seçim daha kazanırsa burası FC olur 4 Ocak 2010
ABD bu işin neresinde? 29 Aralık 2009
Türkiye-Ermenistan Protokolü Üzerine Düşünceler 3 Eylül 2009
"Obama’nın Savaşı":AfPak Üzerine Notlar 20 Nisan 2009
Obama’nın Ardından 17 Nisan 2009
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
SOFA ABD için Irak’ta “Sonun Başlangıcı” mı? Ocak 2009
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
ABD Başkanlık Seçimleri Ekim 2008
Obama’nın Biden’ı Tercihinin Bir Tahlili 26 Ağustos 2008
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
Amiral Fallon'un İstifası 13 Mart 2008
ABD ve PKK İlişkisi Üzerine Notlar 22 Kasım 2007
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K.Irak'a Ekonomik Müeyyideler Üzerine Sorular 25 Ekimy 2007
Irak "Hamle"sinin Muhasebesi Eylül 2007
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The Middle East: A Land of Opportunity and Peril for Turkey - May 2003
Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Üzerine Notlar: Ataerkil Yapıdan Tüccar Mantığına mı? Mayıs 2003
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ABD ve Afganistan: Çıkış Var mı? Kasım 2001
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Crime and Punishment - Deterrence and its Failure in Theory and Practice 2001
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