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H1 Financial Times Obama’s Aretha Franklin doctrine She appeared at his inauguration in a magnificent hat. She even sang a song. But who would have guessed that the Queen of Soul would be such an acute guide to the new US president’s foreign policy? In one of her most famous songs, she literally spells out an idea that is central to his approach: “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”, writes Gideon Rachman

Future of Capitalism: Destructive creation It was more than greed, cheap money and lax oversight. At the heart of the crisis was the complexity and opacity of modern finance

The Military and Covert Options for Iran Sam Gardiner

New York Times In Afghanistan, Less Can Be More

By ARTHUR KELLER The counterinsurgency lessons that the C.I.A.’s Bill Lair imparted in the 1960s are relevant today: Keep your footprint small.

DAVID BROOKS Taking a Depression Seriously If the Republicans wanted to do the country some good, they’d embrace an entirely different approach on the economic crisis

Bosnia’s Incomplete Transition: Between Dayton and Europe,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group

Stephen Walt Hints of Realism?

Washington Post U.S. to Toughen Its Stance On Trade Administration prepares to take a harder line with trading partners, emphasizing topics from the displacement of U.S. workers to climate change. New Policy Reflects Growing Dissatisfaction With Global Markets

Obama's Realism Doctrine By Richard Cohen

Christian Science Monitor

Survey sees a drift away from religion in America The percentage of Christians in the US declined, while that of people with 'no religion' almost doubled.

Violence is down, but many Iraqis still can't go home Most of Iraq's internally displaced people are unable to return to their houses. The lack of basic services and an inability to rebuild their war-damaged homes keeps them away.

Doubts rising over plan to fix banks A fire hose of US funds hasn't ended the credit crisis. What's Plan B?

The Times Analysis: so much more than a naval water fight Sunday's encounter between a US ship and the Chinese navy is all about location. If the nightmare scenario of a superpower war in Asia were to...

FT Israel has choice on peace, says Assad Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s president, has suggested he would sign a peace settlement with Israel even without a resolution to the Palestinian conflict, but warned that any such deal would be largely symbolic

Iran battles to promote merits of marriage Better education, aspirations for independence and difficult economic conditions have driven up the marriage age for both men and women, which is worrying the conservative regime

France takes strength from US ties

Hervé Morin, defence minister, tells the FT a warming of relations has given French diplomacy more authority, and defends the Paris plan to rejoin Nato’s command structure

Danish premier set for Nato job

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish prime minister, appears set to become the new secretary-general of Nato, following a private agreement by the leaders of Britain, France and Germany to back his candidacy

Recession forecast to persist into 2010 Europe's recession risks lasting into 2010, according to a European Union assessment that calls the prospects of a return to economic growth next year "highly uncertain”.

US protests to Beijing over naval incidents The White House urged Beijing to follow international law after a series of incidents in which Chinese navy ships allegedly harassed US naval vessels in the South China sea

IRANIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY The scale and sophistication of Iranian research in nuclear science and engineering are evident in a newly updated open-source bibliography. Thousands of titles address topics from nuclear physics and nuclear reactor safety to laser isotope separation. The bibliography was prepared by independent researcher Mark Gorwitz. See "Iranian Nuclear Science Bibliography: Open Literature References" (pdf), March 2009.

Audio recordings of ten conversations between President Richard M. Nixon and Director of Central Intelligence Richard M. Helms are now available online.
The conversations, which took place in 1971 and 1972, addressed topics including Vietnam, the India-Pakistan War of 1971, the Soviet Union, China, the Bay of Pigs, and more. Several of the recordings are still partially censored for national security reasons.

In Defense Of Democracy Promotion By Zeyno Baran

The US, Iraq, and oil: a choice of futures , Paul Rogers

Jerusalem Post Netanyahu will focus first on PA, not Syria, senior adviser says Gold: Idea that Netanyahu would withdraw fully from Golan is unfounded mythology; Assad: No normalization till Israel-Palestinian conflict resolved

Analysis: Iran faces shift in strategy from moderate Arabs [ BRENDA GAZZAR


The Road to Damascus
The National Interest The notion that Iran would be “isolated” even if Syria became Israel’s best friend, a member of NATO or some Turkish- (or French-) led Middle Eastern Union, ... But a closer relationship with Bashar Assad will not weaken the mullahs in Tehran.

National Security Reform: A Second Opinion History News Network

Marc Lynch Why the Palestinian Prime Minister Really Resigned

US Recession Could Last Up to 36 Months: Roubini — The man who predicted the current financial crisis said the US recession could drag on for years without drastic action. — Among his solutions: fix the housing market by breaking “every mortgage contract.”

From NYRB Amartya Sen on capitalism beyond the crisis;

What you can learn from Reinhold Niebuhr: A review of The Irony of American History by Reinhold Niebuhr; The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism by Andrew Bacevich; and The Freedom Agenda: Why America Must Spread Democracy (Just Not the Way George Bush Did) by James Traub

How will governments pay back these massive sums of debt? Kenneth Rogoff: No one yet has any real idea about when the global financial crisis will end, but one thing is certain: government budget deficits are headed into the stratosphere.

Iran: Looking for Ways to Change Tehran’s Cost-Benefit Analysis on Nuclear Issue
BY RICHARD WEITZ
In order for the Obama administration to successfully engage Iran on the nuclear issue, Washington needs to enhance its ability to deter Tehran, according to the findings of a task force organized by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Guardian Talking to the Taliban has failed before Jason Burke: Barack Obama's call to peel off Taliban 'moderates' has been happening in Afghanistan for several years – and it hasn't worked

The dud Czech Editorial: EU can ill afford the luxury of amateur voices, let alone of populist neoliberals like Mr Klaus

Only a global fix will do

Alistair Darling: We must now meet the recession head-on, and agree collective action at the G20

The Focus Is on Syria, but the Key Is Really Iran BY: Phil Sands | The National

After years of diplomatic drought, the Middle East and in particular Syria have recently been swamped by a deluge of activity, most noticeably the comings and goings of American emissaries.

How seriously should we take the Iraq pullout plan? BY TOM RICKS

U.S. Seeks to Woo Syria, But Price Could Be Steep - Jay Solomon and Dada Raad (Wall Street Journal)

Middle East Wish List for Obama - Patrick Seale, Middle East Times

Preventing a water crisis

Consequences of water scarcity for a reeling global economy could be profound. (By Mindy Lubber and Peter Gleick, Boston Globe)

Stratfor Part 6: The Obama Administration and South Asia

Russia's military reform plan falters President Dmitry Medvedev says the global economic crisis will not affect plans to radically reform the Russian military. Yet the pace of the overhaul may be stalled as the Kremlin's worries over the potential social effects of the current global financial crisis take prominence. - Roger N McDermott

Los Angeles Times North Korea combative as U.S., South Korea open war games

As the yearly exercises begin, the North cuts off military communication to the South. Tension rises as the U.S. and allies await North Korea's testing of a long-range missile.

Four Pakistan Scenarios

Pakistan Political Crisis Deepens

The Re-Emergence of Global Protectionism: A Newer Version of Smoot-Hawley?

Does President Obama Need a Better CIA Spy Network? - Council on Foreign Relations

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Los Angeles Times Visit raises speculation over Turkish-mediated U.S.-Iran talks 'The term 'mediation' is used at times,' Turkey's foreign minister, Ali Babacan, says before leaving for Iran. 'This will only be realized if a concrete request is made by both sides.'

Will Obama risk Turkey’s wrath? The National

Turkey's Role as Mediator BY: Jacinda Chan | Diplomatic Courier Turkey has improved relations with many adversaries but cannot succeed as a mediator because its foreign problems distract the country from focusing on mediation efforts. Turkey however, practices what it preaches—dialogue solves problems.

Jamestown Foundation Turkish-American "Strategic Partnership": On the Way to Rejuvenation?

Turkish president not to visit northern Iraq during his trip in March

Turkish-American relations in the Obama period

CSIS Turkish Foreign Policy

The Turkish Economy: EU Accession amid Global Crisis

WSJ Turkey's Search for Disappeared Kurds Turkish excavators dug up bone fragments from a field here that prosecutors say may hold Kurdish victims of state death squads from the 1980s and '90s.

ŞAHİN ALPAY - Obama niye Türkiye'yi seçti?

Ethnic tensions in Kirkuk turn US military into mediator McClatchy

FT Turkey to resume foreign currency sales as lira slides

Turkey visit proof of new US diplomacy

Obama's visit a push for Turkish-Armenian reconciliation

Irak Hükümeti PKK'nın Faaliyetlerini İnceleme Altına Aldı

Gov't, military at odds over planned border security unit

Turkish General Staff cold to establishment of professional army

Gül’s postponed visit to Iraq to take place this month

IHT NYT A devastating document is met with silence in TurkeyIn Turkey, any discussion of what happened to the Ottoman Armenians can bring a storm of public outrage. But since its publication in January, new evidence - and its Ottoman source - has gone virtually unmentioned.

Obama to use Turkey visit to court Muslims

SPENGLER Obama and his magic lamp President Barack Obama was expected to adjust United States foreign policy to the constraints of rising foreign debt and existing entanglements. Instead, Obama has strode forth with a magic lamp in hand, namely the US's bottomless capacity to borrow. Struggling countries - such as Turkey - will smile and nod and take American checks, at least for the moment, while there still are functioning governments to take American checks

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

McClatchy Ethnic tensions in Kirkuk turn U.S. military into mediator

Abdullah Gül Tahran'a ABD-İran arasındaki halka

Turkey reaches out to Iran

Kurdish 'grave site' digs begin Turkish authorities begin excavations where it is thought the bodies of Kurds killed in the 1990s may have been left.

Kurdish meeting to be held in Arbil

Clinton heads home, FM heads to Tehran

Cevdet Aşkın

Echoes of integration at ECO summit? Tehran Times

'Turkey to be US-Iranian go-between' Jerusalem Post

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

Chancellor Merkel Says Nein to Nabucco

Georgia: Media Battles Make It More Difficult to Separate Fact from Fiction A call for a referendum on early presidential elections. A claim that Russia wants Turkey to take control of the Black Sea region of Ajara. It is all in the news, but Georgians put little faith in media outlets to help them discern fact from fiction.

Greek minister says ‘concerned' about Turkey

Atina, Obama'nın Türkiye ziyaretinden endişeli

New hope for alignment of civilian-military relations in Turkey

Politicians’ stance raises hope for EU

The winners and losers with the so-called Armenian genocide ...

Turgut Ozal Period in Turkish Foreign Policy: Ozalism

Government examines US-Turkey joint statement

Famagusta Gazette -

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Ed Royce (R-CA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced legislation condemning Turkey's treatment of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

EU Seeks Gas Accords With Ex-Soviet States, Commissioner Says

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

Sotheby’s Turkish contemporary art venture a success or not?

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Turkey's industrial output takes record plunge

H4 New York Times In Afghanistan, Less Can Be More

By ARTHUR KELLER The counterinsurgency lessons that the C.I.A.’s Bill Lair imparted in the 1960s are relevant today: Keep your footprint small.

DAVID BROOKS Taking a Depression Seriously If the Republicans wanted to do the country some good, they’d embrace an entirely different approach on the economic crisis

World Briefing | Europe: Greece: Bomb at Citibank Branch

China’s Leaders See a Calendar Full of Trouble

In China, No Plans to Emulate West’s Way

Pakistani Tribe Signs Pact to Cooperate With Officials

U.S. and S. Korea Start Military Maneuvers, Angering North

China Harassed U.S. Ship, the Pentagon Says

‘A Futile Act’ Although Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government is still fragile, we hope the leaders are as committed as they seem to making it work after the recent attack.
Editorial Science and Stem Cells

Congress should lift restrictions on using federal funds to support work that involves the creation of embryos for research purposes.

Obama Puts His Own Spin on Mix of Science With Politics

Workers Without Borders The current immigration system hurts wages and working conditions — for everyone. The solution lies in greater mobility for migrants and a new emphasis on workers’ rights.

BOB HERBERT Reviving the Dream With the economy in free fall, Americans have an opportunity to reshape the society, and then to move it in a fairer and ultimately more productive direction.

U.S. Halted Some Afghan Raids Over Concern on Deaths The halt, which lasted about two weeks, came after a series of nighttime raids by Special Operations troops in recent months killed women and children.

Obama’s Budget Faces Test Among Party Barons President Obama will rely on Congressional committee gatekeepers to determine how his tax and spending plans move forward.

H5 Washington Post U.S. to Toughen Its Stance On Trade Administration prepares to take a harder line with trading partners, emphasizing topics from the displacement of U.S. workers to climate change. New Policy Reflects Growing Dissatisfaction With Global Markets

Obama's Realism Doctrine By Richard Cohen

An administration willing to talk to the Taliban reflects a new realism.

Editorial Some Friends Hillary Rodham Clinton undercuts the State Department's own human rights reporting.

'Clash of Civilizations', Misunderstood Amina Chaudary | I am the only Muslim whom Samuel Huntington ever gave a formal interview. His critics have misjudged him.

Ignatius: Obama's Lack of Businesspeople

Fu: 'Guns, Wars, and Votes'? Not Quite

E.J.'s Precinct: An Unlikely Ally in Russia?

GOP Senators Question Intelligence Pick's Ties

Leading the World by Trading By Charlene Barshefsky, A former U.S. trade envoy offers a strategy for boosting the global economy.

A Financial Black Hole By David M. Smick,

The treasury secretary is putting off a $2 trillion truth about cleaning up the banks.

U.S. Protests Chinese Shadowing in International Waters

Science Over All? The Risk in Obama's Stem Cell Policy The Temptation in Obama's Stem Cell Policy By Yuval Levin, In Obama's stem-cell policy, science should inform, but politics should govern. .

President Obama's Stem Cell Decision Puts Off Key Questions President Obama lifts the limits on federally funded research but puts off key moral questions.

Democrats Stung by Dissenters

Unity on Agenda Eludes Party Leaders

H6 Guardian Talking to the Taliban has failed before Jason Burke: Barack Obama's call to peel off Taliban 'moderates' has been happening in Afghanistan for several years – and it hasn't worked

The dud Czech Editorial: EU can ill afford the luxury of amateur voices, let alone of populist neoliberals like Mr Klaus

Only a global fix will do

Alistair Darling: We must now meet the recession head-on, and agree collective action at the G20

US scientists relieved as Obama lifts ban on stem cell research

Harvard hails return of free and open collaboration as president revives federal funding for experiments

Welcome back to the 21st century

Editorial: President Obama takes axe to George Bush's 2001 veto on funding for stem cell research

Stand-off shows Chinese navy's secret tactics Pentagon says 'crew members disrobed to their underwear' but Chinese Foreign ministry stays silent

India's juggernaut has lost its way

Simon Tisdall: As recession-hit India prepares for national elections, security problems in Pakistan are coming increasingly to the fore

Middle class habit that leads to crime, violence and destruction

Growing cocaine trade linked to international gang crime to be addressed in UN drug conference

Europe must pull together in this crisis Yulia Tymoshenko: It is in no country's interest that eastern Europe feels cast adrift. As in the past, we should look to France for leadership

This is not our kind of Islam Fatima Bhutto: Sharia law was introduced to Pakistan undemocratically and without debate – but people are too frightened to protest

Ulster violence escalates as policeman is shot dead

Dissident republicans blamed for second attack in Northern Ireland in three days

These criminals can't hold the peace process hostage Jonathan Powell: The only way to turn the Antrim attacks into more than a personal tragedy is an overreaction, precisely what terrorists crave

Climate change decisions should be based on science, not political activism Bjørn Lomborg: Stefan Rahmstorf is a respected climate change scientist but by labelling me a 'spin doctor' who 'fools the public' he shows weakness in his argument on sea level rises

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The Focus Is on Syria, but the Key Is Really Iran BY: Phil Sands | The National After years of diplomatic drought, the Middle East and in particular Syria have recently been swamped by a deluge of activity, most noticeably the comings and goings of American emissaries.

How seriously should we take the Iraq pullout plan? BY TOM RICKS

U.S. Seeks to Woo Syria, But Price Could Be Steep - Jay Solomon and Dada Raad (Wall Street Journal)

Middle East Wish List for Obama - Patrick Seale, Middle East Times

Stephen Walt Hints of Realism?

Wary Muslims Seek More Than Gestures in Obama’s ‘Way Forward’ Bloomberg

When diplomacy just doesn't cut it BY MICHAEL SINGH

Obama's realism worries me

BY AARON FRIEDBERG

Dan Drezner Worst Superpower Ever

From The Nation, a special issue on reinventing capitalism, reimagining socialism.

From TNR, what should Obama do about Darfur? A roundtable

Iran's Anti-Israel Rhetoric Aimed at Arab Opinion

The Assault on Chas Freeman
by Joe Klein

Imagine an Occupied America by Rep. Ron Paul

The UAE Nuclear Debate

BY: Dominic Moran | ISN Security Watch As the UAE pushes for a nuclear energy capacity, a key moment looms for supporters and opponents of regional nuclear development.

How Will Obama Face Dictators?

BY: Frida Ghitis | Miami Herald

The new economic realities are quickly pushing back the West's concerns for the well-being of people in places such as Tibet, Burma or even Darfur, and eroding our willingness to take a stand on their behalf.

Justice for Darfur

The International Criminal Court issues a much-needed arrest warrant for the Sudanese president overseeing the genocide in Darfur. (Boston Globe)

US, Iran seek to stop Afghan narco-traffic
Iran has reacted cautiously to United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's suggestion that it attend a "big tent" conference on Afghanistan. As a starting point, a focus on Afghanistan's illicit opium trade is a matter of urgency as a successful anti-narcotics campaign would deprive the Taliban of millions of dollars. Iran, which is directly affected by the flood of drugs from its neighbor, would also benefit hugely. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

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

U.S. and British Forces in Iraq Are Reduced

Iraqi Security Forces Deployed to Syria Border

Time Running Out for US Troops in Violent Mosul

Ethnic Tensions in Kirkuk Turn US Military Into Mediator

In Iran, Khatami Loses a Key Backer

U.S. Sees Only Modest Troop Cuts In Iraq This Year

H9 Ha’aretz IAEA: Arabs crucial to resolving Iran nuke issue IAEA chief: Mideast security structure including Iran, all Arab states and Israel needed for any peace agreement

Yoel Marcus: If talk could kill, we'd already be at war with Iran

A. Sagi and Y. Stern: Demonization of Arabs down to Jewish worries over own loyalty If Israeli Arabs do not believe in loyalty toward the state, that is not only regrettable but also must be remedied. All citizens must shoulder the burden in making the Israeli collective worthy of everyone's loyalty.

Jerusalem Post Netanyahu will focus first on PA, not Syria, senior adviser says Gold: Idea that Netanyahu would withdraw fully from Golan is unfounded mythology; Assad: No normalization till Israel-Palestinian conflict resolved

Analysis: Iran faces shift in strategy from moderate Arabs [ BRENDA GAZZAR

Assad: Peace must be comprehensive

The Cairo Key Egypt takes the diplomatic initiative

Encountering Peace: Political dead ends [ GERSHON BASKIN

Assad: Site Israel bombed was built over Syrian president doesn't elaborate on type of construction, questions claim of uranium at site.

Ya'alon will find urgent agenda if chosen for Defense [ YAAKOV KATZ, "This is one of the most complicated times in Israeli history," says a senior defense official.

Yedioth Ahronoth

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

Fayyad interview; and the meaning of his resignation

Western Perceptions Of Israel'S Strategic Significance

Marc Lynch Why the Palestinian Prime Minister Really Resigned

Is Bibi interested in peace with Syria?

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Recognizing Two-State Principle Condition for Negotiating With Netanyahu

Syria urges Palestinian coordination in peace process

Israeli West Bank mines 'illegal'

An Israeli human rights group asks the High Court to call a halt to "illegal" mining in the occupied Palestinian West Bank.

H10 Christian Science Monitor

Survey sees a drift away from religion in America The percentage of Christians in the US declined, while that of people with 'no religion' almost doubled.

Violence is down, but many Iraqis still can't go home Most of Iraq's internally displaced people are unable to return to their houses. The lack of basic services and an inability to rebuild their war-damaged homes keeps them away.

Doubts rising over plan to fix banks A fire hose of US funds hasn't ended the credit crisis. What's Plan B?

The coming evangelical collapse An anti-Christian chapter in Western history is about to begin. But out of the ruins, a new vitality and integrity will rise.

In exile 50 years, will the Dalai Lama ever return to Tibet? China says keep out; the leader fears the Tibet tinderbox will again catch fire.

ASIA

Four Pakistan Scenarios

In China, No Plans to Emulate West's Way

Partners In Peace?U.S. President Barack Obama's proposal to reach out to "moderate" Taliban to help stabilize Afghanistan has been welcomed by many, including the Afghan president. But can those negotiating partners influence their more militant counterparts? And can the distinction between "moderate" and "extremist" Taliban be made at all? More

Pentagon says Chinese harassed U.S. ship

Stratfor Part 6: The Obama Administration and South Asia

Rebalancing Sino-US Ties

Bet on a Pakistan Coup

White House tells China U.S. has right to be in China Sea

China: Facing 'Hostile Forces' and Economic Stress

China is tightening security ahead of anniversaries that could invite unrest in 2009, but instability brought on by economic woes could be Beijing's biggest worry

Stand-off shows Chinese navy's secret tactics

Pentagon says 'crew members disrobed to their underwear' but Chinese Foreign ministry stays silent

India's juggernaut has lost its way

Simon Tisdall: As recession-hit India prepares for national elections, security problems in Pakistan are coming increasingly to the fore

Talking to the Taliban has failed before Jason Burke: Barack Obama's call to peel off Taliban 'moderates' has been happening in Afghanistan for several years – and it hasn't worked

U.S.-Japan-India Strategic Dialogue

Der Spiegel The World from Berlin: 'Make an Offer the Taliban Cannot Refuse'

Chinese Vessels Shadow U.S. Ship

The Pentagon charged that five Chinese ships shadowed and maneuvered dangerously close to a U.S. Navy vessel in an apparent attempt to harass the American crew.

Obama to Escalate Drone Attacks in Pakistan

The Moderate Taliban, a Field Guide

Deals with Taliban Could Be Dangerous - Peter Bergen, CNN

About Those Moderate Taliban - Tunku Varadarajan, Forbes

The Chinese don't understand their financial system either

BY CHRISTINA LARSON

The Beast That Is Indian Democracy - Santwana Bhattacharya, Asia Times

Talking With the Taliban: Obama Idea Draws Skepticism

The beast that is Indian democracy India's rancorous election machine with its 714 million voters is grinding into motion, generating a nation-wide frenzy - and a distraction from the dismal economy. Spread over five phases in 800,000 polling booths and with the support of 877 companies of paramilitary forces and 2.1 million home guards, the sheer scale of the event leaves one breathless. - Santwana Bhattacharya

Russian advice: More troops won't help in Afghanistan

US General Says Allies 'Not Winning' Afghan War

How Useful Is Pakistan's Swat Model? BY: Abdullah M. Adnan | The Daily Star

The West seems stunned by the sudden turn of events in Pakistan. The Pakistani government recently negotiated a truce with the Movement for Enforcement of Sharia, endorsed by the local Taliban in Pakistan, to introduce Sharia-based law in the tribal Malakand area.

From Three Monkeys Online, a review of Adam Smith in Beijing by Giovanni Arrighi

Tibet's season of protest may be foiled by fear On 50th anniversary of the province's failed uprising, China takes unprecedented security measures.

In Afghanistan, Good Intentions Not Enough BY: Joshua Foust | World Politics Review

Over scalding cups of tea in mid-February, an elder in Nijrab, Afghanistan said to me, "For two years you have come here and asked me the same questions. I like you, I like the French, but you people never learn." He was referring to the generic questions Westerners ask Afghans: What is your life like? Where is the Taliban? What are your village's needs?

Japan: A Rare Current Account Deficit Japan’s Finance Ministry on March 9 released its preliminary balance of payments for the month of January, recording its biggest-ever monthly current account deficit of 172.8 billion yen ($1.75 billion).

East Asia's economic revenge

Dean Baker: Following the 1997 financial crisis, Asia got screwed by the US-led IMF. With the housing bubble, Asia returned the favour

Tibet in grip of Chinese 'martial law' 50 years after rising

Pakistan sets roadblocks in U.S. hunt for extremists, officials say

North Korea Parliamentary Election Could Reveal Kim Jong-il Successor BY: Tania Branigan | The Guardian

Afghanistan: Undaunted, Bamiyan Province Ponders Tourism Possibilities

BY: Aunohita Mojumdar | Eurasianet

H11 IHT German vote a turning point on Russia and its energy By JOHN VINOCUR When Germany votes Sept. 27, the choices could include a government with fewer ambiguities about where it stands on Russia and a plan for taking a less dependent path on energy supply.

SURGE IN AFGHANISTAN

Been there By ARTHUR KELLER

Don't ever let the locals think the mighty U.S. will fight all their battles for them.

Germany at odds with U.S. over crisis

EUROPE European press review

Chancellor Merkel Says Nein to Nabucco

Shifting gears from an ostensible equidistance between pipeline projects, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has come out against proposals to use European Union funds to kick-start the Nabucco pipeline project for bringing Caspian...

Bosnia’s Incomplete Transition: Between Dayton and Europe,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group,

Arthur Herman / New York Post:

WHAT'S BEHIND BARACK'S BRIT SNIT

Europe is starting to look like the '90s... in a bad way

BY JOSHUA KEATING

Europe's Debt Crisis from the East - Brian Till, RealClearWorld

Europe between past and future, Krzysztof Bobinski

Europe’s eastern crisis: the reality-test , Anand Menon

Europe wants Danish leader to head NATO

France's Fourth Moment - Yuliya Tymoshenko, RealClearWorld

Why U.S.-Italian Relations Matter - Brookings Institution

EU Seeks to Broaden IMF's Global Role

EU finance ministers will ask countries with large reserves to help double IMF resources to $500 billion, and will seek a stronger IMF role in economic surveillance.

Irish Assault Raises Specter of Brutal Days BY: John F. Burns | The New York Times After years of sharply reduced political violence in Northern Ireland, the gunning down of a group of British soldiers by suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents has shaken the Protestant and Catholic communities and challenged the still fragile cohesion of the province’s power-sharing government

Europe must pull together in this crisis

Yulia Tymoshenko: It is in no country's interest that eastern Europe feels cast adrift. As in the past, we should look to France for leadership

Financial Problems: German Far-Right Party Says its Survival Is at Risk

H12 RFE/RL

Russia's military reform plan falters President Dmitry Medvedev says the global economic crisis will not affect plans to radically reform the Russian military. Yet the pace of the overhaul may be stalled as the Kremlin's worries over the potential social effects of the current global financial crisis take prominence. - Roger N McDermott

Google News Azerbaijan

U.S., Russia: START I Brief

A replacement nuclear arms reduction treaty for START I could be completed by the end of 2009.

From TNR, from Obama with love: How his "secret letter" to Russia helps isolate Iran, undermine Putin, and save us money

Clinton, Lavrov and the Russia Reset BY: Hampton Stephens | World Politics Review

From the Middle East to the Caucasus to Central and South Asia, Russia has a hand in some of the most vexing foreign policy problems facing the United States, not least of which are Afghanistan and Iran.

Georgia: Media Battles Make It More Difficult to Separate Fact from Fiction A call for a referendum on early presidential elections. A claim that Russia wants Turkey to take control of the Black Sea region of Ajara. It is all in the news, but Georgians put little faith in media outlets to help them discern fact from fiction.

Kazakhstan’s Defense Policy: An Assessment of the Trends
Source: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College

Alleged official interference in Kazakh media and political circles gives rise to fears that the government is taking a hard line to avoid expressions of public frustration in tough economic times. Can the authorities keep a tight lid on an anxious citizenry by keeping an even tighter lid on the media? More

H13 The Times Analysis: so much more than a naval water fight Sunday's encounter between a US ship and the Chinese navy is all about location. If the nightmare scenario of a superpower war in Asia were to...

They've missed the pleasure of hating The Ulster shooting wasn't designed to get rid of the British Army; it was designed to bring it back David Aaronovitch

The security trap

Northern Ireland's dissidents want to drag the Province back to the Troubles. They will succeed only if the authorities react unwisely

China accuses US ship of illegal surveying Beijng claims the US ocean surveillance ship intruded illegally on China's special economic zone near Hainan island

Buffett: crisis is an economic Pearl Harbor

Billionaire investor declares dubious assets the 'best prospect for returns' and defends executives' use of private jets

In leading a Republican charge to argue that Obama should let big banks fail, McCain puts sense behind ideology

Wall Street Journal Obama's National Intelligence Crackpot By Bret Stephens
What does the Jewish lobby have to do with China's dissidents?

It's Not Hard for China to Satisfy Tibet

By Thupten Jinpa
We are seeking autonomy, not independence.

Regulatory reports show 5 biggest banks face huge losses

Their latest financial reports show that Citibank, Bank of America, HSBC Bank USA, Wells Fargo Bank and J.P. Morgan Chase have "current" net loss risks from derivatives — insurance-like bets tied to a loan or other underlying asset — of $587 billion as of Dec. 31. That's more than the banks' combined $497 billion in so-called "risk-based capital," the assets they hold in reserve for disaster scenarios.

Q&A: How today is — and isn't — like the Great Depression

Barry Eichengreen on the G20, global governance, and the missing “vision”. When, exactly, will the misery end?

H14 Financial Times Obama’s Aretha Franklin doctrine She appeared at his inauguration in a magnificent hat. She even sang a song. But who would have guessed that the Queen of Soul would be such an acute guide to the new US president’s foreign policy? In one of her most famous songs, she literally spells out an idea that is central to his approach: “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”, writes Gideon Rachman

Future of Capitalism: Destructive creation It was more than greed, cheap money and lax oversight. At the heart of the crisis was the complexity and opacity of modern finance

Israel has choice on peace, says Assad Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s president, has suggested he would sign a peace settlement with Israel even without a resolution to the Palestinian conflict, but warned that any such deal would be largely symbolic

Iran battles to promote merits of marriage Better education, aspirations for independence and difficult economic conditions have driven up the marriage age for both men and women, which is worrying the conservative regime

France takes strength from US ties

Hervé Morin, defence minister, tells the FT a warming of relations has given French diplomacy more authority, and defends the Paris plan to rejoin Nato’s command structure

Danish premier set for Nato job

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish prime minister, appears set to become the new secretary-general of Nato, following a private agreement by the leaders of Britain, France and Germany to back his candidacy

Recession forecast to persist into 2010 Europe's recession risks lasting into 2010, according to a European Union assessment that calls the prospects of a return to economic growth next year "highly uncertain”.

US protests to Beijing over naval incidents The White House urged Beijing to follow international law after a series of incidents in which Chinese navy ships allegedly harassed US naval vessels in the South China sea

Chinese prices fall for first time in 6 years Chinese consumer prices in February fell for the first time in more than six years with the benchmark consumer price index falling 1.6% from a year earlier, down from a 1% rise in January

Low hopes for Palestinian unity talks

Cairo talks to focus on forming a unity government and restructuring the PLO to include Hamas

Romania in line to receive €20bn IMF package The multilateral support deal, aimed at averting an economic crisis in one of the European Union’s poorest member states, is likely to be similar in size to the one made available to Hungary

The consequence of bad economics

The crash is testimony to the failure of leaders in affected countries. Most fundamentally to blame is their unwillingness to see what markets need in order to produce good outcomes for society

Wanted: a real Tory crisis plan

The British Conservative party still lacks overarching strategies – especially when it comes to tackling the global economic crisis

Europe rejects extra stimulus appeal

US snubbed on call for radical action

The future of human beings is what matters Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seeks an end to dogma

Put out the fire before fixing the sprinkler Anil Kashyap and Frederic Mishkin on regulation - Focusing on reforming the financial regulatory system will divert attention from the more crucial task of promoting economic recovery

Fix the banks first – and then shoot the bankers Philip Stephens on populism versus decisive action

Fairtrade and a new ingredient in business Michael Skapinker looks at a growing trend

Tough battles for next US trade chief

Ron Kirk, the nominee for US trade representative (USTR) whose nomination was examined by the Senate finance committee, has faced one of the quieter run-ins to his confirmation

Obama gives go-ahead for stem cell funds

President Barack Obama overturns a Bush administration ban on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research and promised to remove ideology from scientific research

Tension rises as N Korea cuts off hotline Pyongya ng puts million-man army at battle stations, ratcheting up tensions as South Korean and US troops began war games that it warned could spark open conflict

H15 Los Angeles Times North Korea combative as U.S., South Korea open war games

As the yearly exercises begin, the North cuts off military communication to the South. Tension rises as the U.S. and allies await North Korea's testing of a long-range missile.

Obama's fear-mongering

Jonah Goldberg The president and his aides say they don't want to waste a crisis. That's a...

Opposition in Syria is dying with dissident By David Schenker

Obama strengthens role of science in policy With executive orders aimed at widening stem cell research and stripping ideology from scientific appointments, the president signals a clear departure from Bush. Q&A: Politics and stem cell research

Sudan opposition leader discusses detention Hassan Turabi talks to The Times about his two-month imprisonment. The prominent Islamist was arrested after calling for President Bashir to turn himself in to face trial on war crimes charges.

Editorial

H16 American Politics

America Is Becoming Less Christian, Less Religious — American Religious Identification Survey Finds Major Denominations Losing Members — America is still a predominantly Christian nation, but it's becoming both less Christian and less religious American Religious Identification Survey 2008 Source: Program on Public Values, Trinity College

From NYRB, Elizabeth Drew on the thirty days of Barack Obama

Cass Sunstein on the enlarged republic — then and now;

Democrats Fight Obama over Budget

Here comes socialism

Some kind of bank nationalization is probably inevitable. The Democrats don't want to admit it yet. The Republicans just want you to be scared

Stem Cell Funding Ban Lifted

realclearpolitics memeorandum

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet

Politico ABC’s The Note MSNBC FirstReadTime ThePage Politico Playbook

PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin

Coming Evangelical Collapse - Michael Spencer, Christian Science Monitor

H17 Daily Telegraph

H18 Independent Leading article: Full nationalisation for the banks edges closer

Leading article: A Korean chasm of mistrust

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

Detainees Say They Planned Sept. 11 — The five detainees at Guantánamo Bay charged with planning the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have filed a document with the military commission at the United States naval base there expressing pride at their accomplishment and accepting full responsibility …

Meet the woman taking charge at the Pentagon BY LAURA ROZEN

Does President Obama Need a Better CIA Spy Network? - Council on Foreign Relations

The Economic Crisis: Al-Qaeda's Response


By Richard Barrett


Al-Qaeda has altered its central message in response to the global economic slump and faces dwindling financial resources -- but public counterterrorism programs may also feel the effect of lean budgets, and Western businesses are likely to cut back on security and compliance measures

Quitting Al Qaeda

Finding a Way to Review Surveillance Tape in Bulk An agency under the director of national intelligence is seeking to develop an automated computer program that could process millions of feet of videotape, such as surveillance-camera data from countries other than the United States, according to a report released last week.

Third Generation Civil-military Relations DIIS

This 33-page Danish working paper looks at a particular aspect of the ambitious stabilization work that the US Department of Defense has commenced in Afghanistan, in which the US military is carrying out holistic civil governance reform projects

Missile Defense Funds Need Support - Rep. Cantor & Sen. Kyl, Politico

Battle Over Bases

Many of the most substantive and significant documents generated by the Obama Administration to date are surprisingly absent from the White House web site. President Obama recently ordered the reorganization of the National Security Council through a Presidential Policy Directive. But the unclassified Directive is not even mentioned on the White House web site, much less posted there. Secrecy News obtained a copy of the signed directive PPD-1 (pdf). Another directive, Presidential Study Directive-1, mandated a review of the organization of homeland security and counterterrrorism activities. Its existence is likewise unreflected on the White House web site. A signed copy is here (pdf).

IRANIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY The scale and sophistication of Iranian research in nuclear science and engineering are evident in a newly updated open-source bibliography. Thousands of titles address topics from nuclear physics and nuclear reactor safety to laser isotope separation. The bibliography was prepared by independent researcher Mark Gorwitz. See "Iranian Nuclear Science Bibliography: Open Literature References" (pdf), March 2009.

Audio recordings of ten conversations between President Richard M. Nixon and Director of Central Intelligence Richard M. Helms are now available online.
The conversations, which took place in 1971 and 1972, addressed topics including Vietnam, the India-Pakistan War of 1971, the Soviet Union, China, the Bay of Pigs, and more. Several of the recordings are still partially censored for national security reasons.

The Military's Post-Traumatic Stress Dilemma BY: Tyler E. Boudreau | The Boston Globe

A commander cannot serve in earnest both the mission and the psychologically wounded. That's why Admiral Michael Mullen's plan to destigmatize the people who seek help for post-traumatic stress won't work.

A Struggle Over U.S. Cybersecurity

DHS wants to use human body odor as biometric identifier, clue to deception

WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to study the possibility that human body odor could be used to tell when people are lying or to identify individuals in the same way that fingerprints can.

H20 Slate

Climate change decisions should be based on science, not political activism Bjørn Lomborg: Stefan Rahmstorf is a respected climate change scientist but by labelling me a 'spin doctor' who 'fools the public' he shows weakness in his argument on sea level rises

'More bad news' on climate change A meeting of scientists in the Danish capital Copenhagen is expected to reveal further worrying data on global warming

Executive Order: Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells
Source: White House Press Office

H21 Justin Sullivan / Time:

The 10 Major Newspapers That Will Either Fold or Go Digital Next

A review of Planet Google by Randall Stross and What Would Google Do? by Jeff Jarvis (more and more and more and more; and more from Bookforum).

From TLS, follies of Roman Catholicism: How the Catholic Church failed to save itself from the Reformation.

American Religious Identification Survey 2008
Source: Program on Public Values, Trinity College

Lists & Rankings: World’s Most Admired Companies (2009) Direct to Full List and Other Materials

Down with Facebook: not just because of the fake “friends,” but because of the stultifying mind-numbing inanity of it all, the sheer boredom... more»

Conspicuous Consumption, a Casualty of Recession In the consumer race to have the latest and the best of everything, the downturn has tripped the reset button.

Did Werner Heisenberg really want to build a bomb for Hitler, or did he secretly sabotage the effort on purpose?... more»

We, like London’s Bright Young People in 1930, now find ourselves on a dividing line between a time of gross excess and what may be a grim future... more»

Music videos pulled from YouTube

YouTube in UK to be stripped of most popular music videos after failure to agree licencing deal

Bard Portrait Is A Unique Find, Experts Say

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“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
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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
ABD-İsrail İlişkilerinde “Tektonik Kayma” mı? 5 Nisan 2010
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
Cemaat-skeptic 6 Ocak 2010
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

ABD-PKK “İlişkisi” Üzerine Notlar Şubat 2009
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
“İçeride Liberal, Dışarıda Şahin”: K. Irak’a Harekat Üzerine Notlar 25 Ekimy 2007
K.Irak'a Ekonomik Müeyyideler Üzerine Sorular 25 Ekimy 2007
Irak "Hamle"sinin Muhasebesi Eylül 2007
Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri - Yeni Dönemin Gündemi Eylül 2007
ABD, K. Irak ve Türkiye Üzerine Notlar ve Sorular Haziran 2007
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Recommendations for Strengthening U.S.-Turkish Relations February 26, 2007
ABD'nin Irak'taki Seçenekleri Ocak 2007
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U.S.: Empire, Gulliver or the “First Among Unequals” (ppt) - ASAM 2023 Conference - October 2006
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Arzın Merkezine Seyahat: ABD Ulusal Güvenlik Konseyi - Journey to the Center of the World: U.S. National Security Council Avrasya Dosyası 2005
Dört Tarz-ı Siyaset: Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri ve Başbakan Erdoğan’ın Washington Ziyareti Temmuz 2005
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Askerî Alanda Devrim: Askerî Bir Senfoni Ocak 2004
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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
Türkiye, ABD ve Irak Harekâtı: Hayır Diyebilen Türkiye? - Şubat 2003
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İyi, Kötü ve Çirkin: ABD'nin Orta Doğu Politikaları Ocak 2002
Unilateralism corrupts, absolute unilateralism corrupts absolutely Turkish News, May 21, 2002
ABD ve Afganistan: Çıkış Var mı? Kasım 2001
Realism and Change
Crime and Punishment - Deterrence and its Failure in Theory and Practice 2001
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“ABD-AB İlişkilerinde Metal Yorgunluğu” Haziran 2001
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