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8 April 2009
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H1 New York Times: Outlines of an Obama Grand Strategy Emerge David E. Sanger /

McClatchy Obama wowed them in Europe, but was trip a success? Obama headed home from his first trip overseas Tuesday confident of at least one thing: He'd managed to put his face indelibly on American foreign policy for much of the rest of the world. Leaders and average citizens praised and White House officials said they were satisfied. But it will take time to determine if Obama's approach to foreign affairs will pay dividends.

Major Powers Look at New Ways to Coax Iran

Toward Winning Wars of the Future - Robert Gates, US Defense Dept.

Foreign Policy How to Negotiate with Iran By Peter Jones A diplomatic primer for dealing with the sometimes maddening, always challenging Islamic Republic

Financial Times What the G2 must discuss now the G20 is over Given the scale of the world’s macroeconomic imbalances, it is far from obvious that higher regulatory standards alone would have saved the world. This is not just a matter of historical interest. It is also relevant to the sustainability of the recovery, writes Martin Wolf

Afghan war exposes flaws in assumption of Nato unity Alliance faces a crucial test

For America, the problem is Pakistan Anatol Lieven on why the US needs Pakistan

Ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world Nassim Nicholas Taleb on surviving the crisis

Editorial Gates takes on the defence industry

The US defence secretary is starting his restructuring of the defence budget before the administration has begin to conduct its next scheduled review of the country’s long-term security challenges

Guardian Obama: time for Iraqis to take charge President tells US troops it is time for Iraqis to take back their country on unannounced visit to Baghdad

Simon Tisdall: Obama's big gamble Simon Tisdall: Perhaps the country will hold together long enough for the US's rushed withdrawal, but recent attacks are a gloomy portent

Iraq: still too many unknown unknowns James Denselow: Violence in Baghdad following a clampdown on militia suggests the US may find its smooth exit rudely interrupted

Pressing reset on Moscow is worth a little Nato anxiety Jonathan Steele: Obama's willingness to allow greater Russian influence shows he is serious on his foreign policy goals

Washington Post Obama Portrays Another Side of U.S. President Wraps Up Overseas Tour in Which Humility, Partnership Were Key Themes

Editorial Weapons Wars Defense Secretary Gates takes on the military-industrial complex.

Obama's Soft Touch? E.J.'s Precinct | Some think Obama has been "too soft" in Europe. I don't agree. Your view? | Leadership: All Soft, No Power?

Parker: Obama's Unmacho Diplomacy

The Settlement Freeze Fallacy

By Elliott Abrams, Why calls for a freeze on construction by Israel could set back the cause of peace.

• 'From Bullets to Ballots: Violent Muslim Movements in Transition' by David L. Phillips

Wall Street Journal · Obama's Iraq Surprise

He's wise to praise U.S. achievements there.

White House Counts Diplomatic Gains From Trip

Wall Street Journal

In Iraq, Obama Pushes for Solutions Obama made a surprise visit to Baghdad to urge the leaders of Iraq's feuding sectarian factions to find "political solutions" to their disputes.

· Obama and Gates Gut the Military By Thomas Donnelly and Gary Schmitt The secretary's new budget will leave us weaker to pay for the president's domestic programs.

The Palestinian Uprisings: War with Israel, War at Home INSS A 104-page Israeli study of the two popular Palestinian uprisings

Ha’aretz Obama team readying for clash with Netanyahu U.S. officials tell lawmakers confrontation likely over PM's refusal to support two-state solution.

Biden: Israel would be 'ill-advised' to attack Iran

McClatchy Do U.S. drones kill Pakistani extremists or recruit them? Concerns are growing among U.S. intelligence and military officials that the air strikes from unmanned drones are bolstering the Islamic insurgency. Not only are al Qaida and Taliban leaders fleeing to the cities, where they'll be harder to find and kill, but the unintended civilian casualties the attacks cause are angering Pakistanis.

Internal Power Struggle Among Pakistani Militants

Stephen Walt The Afpak muddle (part 2): How serious is the threat?

New York Times Editorial Mr. Gates’s Budget The new budget for military spending does not go far enough to make the necessary cuts.

In Baghdad, Obama Presses Iraqi Leader to Unite Factions President Obama met on Tuesday with American troops and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

Asia Times Obama twists and turns on Iran United States President Barack Obama, by repeatedly referring to Iran in his major foreign policy speeches, such as in Prague and in the Turkish parliament, has clearly prioritized the country. The problem is the mixed messages he sends out, which will do nothing to assure Tehran that a "new beginning" is any closer. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

Regulating Arab Politics (Part I): The War of the Summits Moshe Dayan Center An Israeli perspective on the significance of the recent Arab summits in Dohar and Kuwait

A Softer Version of Bush's Worldview by William Pfaff

Christian Science Monitor

Obama's on-target message to Muslims OK, the US is not at war with Islam. Now what?

Obama's Europe trip: 'A good opening act'

The president made few concrete gains in his first overseas trip, but helped begin remaking America's image in the world.

Upgrade America's spy program

The CIA's National Clandestine Service urgently needs reform.

Talking to the Taliban - Robert Kaplan, The Atlantic

Spies Infiltrate Electrical Grid

Note to Obama: Promise Less, Deliver More - Max Hastings, Daily Mail


‘Excuse Me’ Diplomacy - Rich Lowry, New York Post

Obama Brings Home a Mixed Bag - Los Angeles Times

The President is a Terrorist's Nightmare - Joe Conason, New York Observer

Daily Telegraph President Barack Obama is going home with non,nein and no ringing in his ears

The US President has to explain why he is sending more troops into Afghanistan and his Nato allies won't, says Irwin Stelzer

NEWSWEEK Poll: Americans' Religious Beliefs

H2 Arşivden Türk-Amerikan İlişkilerinde Dört Tarz-ı Siyaset

Armenia: Nagorno-Karabakh Not Part of Turkey Talks In a statement likely to further increase Azerbaijan’s concerns about a possible Turkish-Armenian rapprochement, Armenia has said ongoing talks to normalize relations with neighboring Turkey have no links to its conflict with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Commentary: What Turkey can do for the US CNN By Zeyno Baran

Obama in Ankara: Turkey’s Dangerous Drift By The Heritage Foundation - Ariel Cohen

Daily Star Obama's speech: good but not enough By Rami G. Khouri

President’s Remarks at Student Roundtable - Washington Wire - WSJ

FT Obama in Turkey Somebody seems to have forgotten to tell the Turkish parliament that it is traditional to greet speeches by Barack Obama with regular standing ovations and whoops of approval. It was rather strange and unsettling to listen to an Obama speech on Monday that was not interrupted in this way. It forced you actually to listen to what he was saying.

Guardian Turkey's future lies with Europe Katinka Barysch : After Obama's visit, the EU cannot ignore Ankara's rising strategic importance and must stick with membership talks

On key in Turkey President Obama tells a Turkish audience what it needs to hear from a US leader. (Boston Globe)

The Associated Press: Turkish leader criticizes Obama on Armenia

· MARC LYNCH Arabs loved Obama's Turkey speech

Obama speech draws praise in Mideast

One Islamic Identity, Two Distinct Paths
New York Times

U.S. and Turkey: An editorial in the Arab News celebrates the fact that President Obama is seeking closer ties with Turkey. The newspaper contrasts this with European reluctance to allow Turkey to join the European Union, and speculates on whether Obama's approach might lead to a rethink of this attitude.

· Resisting Turkey's Lurch to Saudis BY: Elliot Hen-Tov and Joshua Walker | The Washington Times The Turkey of today is a very different place from the "moderate Islamic model" former President George W. Bush touted five years ago. The ruling Justice and Development Party has been riding a wave of popular sentiment that blends a previously irreconcilable mix of religious and secular nationalism.


The Times
French minister rebuffs Obama's Turkey message 'We are in charge in our own house,' says Bernard Kouchner, after president defends right to express opinion on European Union

WSJ The Separation of
Mosque and State
What the Turks Can Learn from America's Founders - In trying to walk the tightrope between Turkey's "religious" and "secular" parties, Obama missed a great opportunity, writes Steve Waldman.

Turkey and the European Union: Obama Bashing in Bavaria and Paris - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Nassrine Azimi, a U.N. official, contrasts the country with post-revolutionary Iran, arguing that Turkey has become a regional success story precisely because “modernism, secularism, their ancient culture and Islam … sit together, ever so comfortably.”

Nabucco pipeline in the cobweb of Byzantine energy politics | Energy Bulletin

Energy shadows Obama's visit to Turkey - UPI.com

Obama's approach is greeted with praise in Turkey

Murray Fromson: Obama, Turkey and History

CSM Obama caps Turkey visit with student 'town hall'

The president fielded questions on Iraq before heading to Baghdad for an unannounced visit.

Obama's Ankara Visit Highlights Rapprochement Strategy Toward the Middle East

Obama Charms Turkey's Youth

UPI Obama woos Muslim world on Turkey visit

Obama ends Turkish visit with student town hall

Independent Patrick Cockburn: Can Obama turn rhetoric into the reality of peace with the Muslim world?

David Usborne: America reaches out – so must Europe

Leading article: A pitch-perfect President has set the right tone

FT Obama's charm offensive signals break with past

Turkey: Obama Connects with Turks, Promotes Turkish-Armenian Rapprochement BY YIGAL SCHLEIFER With a series of well-received speeches, events and high-level meetings, President Barack Obama’s state visit to Turkey appears to have achieved its main goal of laying a new foundation on which to rebuild the battered Turkish-American relationship. The US president also provided a boost for efforts aimed at ending decades of enmity between Turkey and Armenia.

Turkey: Obama Visit Prompts Turks to Get Caught Up in "Obamenon" Obama’s visit to Turkey has sparked what might be best described as an "Obamenon." Photographer Jonathan Lewis documented the public enthusiastic reaction to Obama’s three-day stay in Turkey in a EurasiaNet slideshow.

RFERL Turks Warm To Obama Charm Offensive

Is Turkey Ready To Make Peace With Armenia?

Time Obama in Turkey: Winning Hearts, Healing Rifts

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

Obama pledges Turkey further support in fighting PKK - Reuters

President Obama Misses Fundamental Kurdish Issues in Turkey

New Book on Assyrians, Kurds and Ottomans

New deputy prime minister sworn-in as KRG takes another step ...

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Obama'nın mesajı
İslam dünyasına giden mesajı Muktedir Khan ve Rami Huri açıklıyor

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

Obama Seeks Azerbaijan-Armenian-Turkish Reconciliation

Obama Commends Progress on Armenia-Turkey

Turkey, on the right way? - Business = Development ?

Obama and Turkish faith leaders hold talks

Obama Aliyev İle Görüştü

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

In Turkey, a political prodigy steps downSuleyman Soylu, once the brightest hope of Turkey's right-wing Democratic Party, has announced he will step down as party leader after a disastrous showing in local elections. It's an inauspicious exit for the one-time political wunderkind, yet the man who wanted to "build a new Turkey" remains gracious in defeat. - Fazile Zahir

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H4 New York Times News Analysis: Hints of Obama’s Strategy in a Telling 8 Days

Editorial Mr. Gates’s Budget The new budget for military spending does not go far enough to make the necessary cuts.

MAUREEN DOWD Striking It Poor

With the dollar diminished and financial institutions in the doghouse, panning for gold nuggets suddenly seems a safer bet than an ephemeral derivative.

In Baghdad, Obama Presses Iraqi Leader to Unite Factions President Obama met on Tuesday with American troops and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

Obama Pushes for Mideast Accord

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Show Us the Ball A cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse-gas is actually a carbon tax. So let’s stop hiding the ball and have a strategy, message and messenger that tell it like it is.

Room for Debate: Obama’s European Scorecard

Obama Pushes for Mideast Accord

Protests in Moldova Explode, With Help of Twitter

Economic Crisis Sweeps Eastern Ukraine

Former Hussein Aide Surfaces; Iraqi Premier Blames Baathists for Bombings

H5 Washington Post Obama Portrays Another Side of U.S. President Wraps Up Overseas Tour in Which Humility, Partnership Were Key Themes

Editorial Weapons Wars Defense Secretary Gates takes on the military-industrial complex.

Obama's Soft Touch? E.J.'s Precinct | Some think Obama has been "too soft" in Europe. I don't agree. Your view? | Leadership: All Soft, No Power?

Parker: Obama's Unmacho Diplomacy

The Settlement Freeze Fallacy

By Elliott Abrams, Why calls for a freeze on construction by Israel could set back the cause of peace.

Obama Cautions Iraqis on Future

Speech Thanks U.S. Troops for Service

Barack Obama, the Polarizing President By Michael Gerson, Barack Obama is the most polarizing new president in recent history.

Medvedev's Promises on Trial in Russia By Masha Lipman, The Russian president has an opportunity to free a political rival and uphold the rule of law.

Hypocrisy of a Filibuster By Ruth Marcus, An Obama nominee runs into the ghost of John Bolton

Would-Be Obama Staffers Hurry Up and Wait Young People Who Want to Work for Obama Wait for a Call

Biden to Shepherd Test Ban Treaty Vote Events of 1999 Attest to Task's Difficulty

Chinese Firm Indicted in Sales to Iran

H6 Guardian Obama: time for Iraqis to take charge President tells US troops it is time for Iraqis to take back their country on unannounced visit to Baghdad

Simon Tisdall: Obama's big gamble Simon Tisdall: Perhaps the country will hold together long enough for the US's rushed withdrawal, but recent attacks are a gloomy portent

Iraq: still too many unknown unknowns James Denselow: Violence in Baghdad following a clampdown on militia suggests the US may find its smooth exit rudely interrupted

Pressing reset on Moscow is worth a little Nato anxiety Jonathan Steele: Obama's willingness to allow greater Russian influence shows he is serious on his foreign policy goals

God's own countries? Brian Whitaker: In the debate about Islamism it's often forgotten that most Middle Eastern regimes claim a special relationship with God

· Iran 'using Chinese companies to buy nuclear equipment' Warning of engineering companies knowingly and unknowingly being used as a front for nuclear programme

Don't forget to reform the UN Zahir Tanin: After the focus on the G20 and the financial crisis, we must remember the security council is also in dire need of change

Taking a scalpel to the Pentagon

Matthew Harwood: The US is cutting funding for fighter jets and weapons systems, and finally giving soldiers the tools they really need

The F-22's crash landing Jay Stevens: US military contractors have fought hard to keep producing the fighter jet. But the Pentagon's new priorities make it obsolete

Obama factor reaches Iran

Meir Javedanfar: Thursday's celebrations of Iran's nuclear power could be Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's swansong

A Macedonian identity crisis

Heather McRobie: For the former Yugoslav republic, security, EU membership and development hangs on being allowed to call itself Macedonia

· A new path for Europe

Jon Cruddas and Andrea Nahles: Society led by markets and profits has failed. We are offering an alternative for the democratic left

· Why Gordon's G20 failure is good news for the people

Simon Jenkins: One silver lining to today's cloud is that the dreaded fiscal stimulus has been placed firmly back in the statist box

North Korean rocket launch filmed

Image shows long contrail left behind by rocket as it reaches supersonic speeds over Korean peninsula

Video reveals G20 police assault on man who died

Exclusive: Footage shows Ian Tomlinson attacked from behind by baton-wielding police

Chinese recovery predicted this year Beijing's injection of 4tn yuan into economy likely to secure 6.5% growth, World Bank believes

· Ireland: Dog days for the tiger

Editorial: Ireland prepares to tighten its belt as finance minister delivers tough budget to stop downward spiral

· It's not the Cadillac tailfins, it's the clarity - that's why we love Mad Men Jonathan Freedland: We may have no desire to return to the hypocricies of the past, but there's still an appeal to a world of absolute certainties

H7 Leslie Gelb and New Power Politics - Gregory Scoblete, RealClearWorld

THE RETURN
AND RESETTLEMENT
OF DISPLACED IRAQIS

The IMF should be a port of call for the developing world
By Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Rozen State tidbits: morale rising, reviews underway, building sightings

Obama's G-20 Confession - M. Hujer, W. Reuter & C. Schwennicke, Der Spiegel


Obama Is No Jimmy Carter - Stephen Morris, The Australian


Obama's Lessons for Britain - W. Straw & N. Anstead, American Prospect

Trying to charm Khamenei - GulfNews


The Illusion of Democracy in Georgia - Tsotne Bakuria, National Interest


Iraq Is America's Big Gamble - Simon Tisdall, The Guardian


Obama's U.N. Bailout for Despots - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times


The Road to Zero Nukes - George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment


Sarkozy's Act Is Wearing Thin - David Rieff, Globe and Mail

Regulating Arab Politics (Part I): The War of the Summits Moshe Dayan Center An Israeli perspective on the significance of the recent Arab summits in Dohar and Kuwait

A Softer Version of Bush's Worldview by William Pfaff

· Islamic Finance: Growing Interest for an Interest-Less System

BY: Shawn Woodley | Diplomatic Courier Islamic finance, an approach to economic activity that incorporates Shariah religious law, is gaining momentum as an alternative to the Western capitalist economic model as the global recession continues.

· 2009: The Year America Discovered Mexico BY: Andrés Martinez | Foreign Policy

Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mexico. ... Mexico? Really? Mexico! All of a sudden, it seems, Mexico popped up on the list of scary places that should keep you up at night.

Obama's global debut seen as mostly successful

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

Obama Stops in Iraq
On Unannounced Visit

Obama made a surprise visit to Baghdad, saying a trip to Iraq was critical because progress in a country rocked by a new round of bombings lies "in political solutions."

Iraq’s economic hopes based on fragile stability Violence has fallen dramatically in two years, but fears remain of a return to sectarian chaos, writes Anna Fifield

Obama Praises Iraq War: 'Extraordinary Achievement'

In Baghdad, Obama Presses Iraqi Leader to Unite Factions

· If Obama Gambit Works, Tehran's Hard-Liners Would Suffer, Iranian Says BY: Borzou Daragahi | Los Angeles Times The U.S. government is pursuing a high-stakes gambit to improve relations with Iran, with President Obama delivering a conciliatory speech last month and later dispatching deputies to two international conferences in an attempt to find common ground with Iranians in attendance.

Hezbollah to abolish confessionalism (UPI) -- The platform of the Lebanese Hezbollah for the June parliamentary elections stresses resistance and the abolishing of the confessional political system.

Talabani Says Iraq’s Armed Forces Must Stem Surge in Violence

Syria Praises Obama's Mideast Approach
CBS News

Muslim Brotherhood Breaks with Khaddam and NSF

· Egypt's Leading Activists Form a Coalition for Change BY: Joseph Mayton | The Middle East Times A smorgasbord of leading figures gathered to form the coalition of opposition groups in their continued fight against President Hosni Mubarak and the National Democratic Party (NDP).

Obama: Time for Iraqis to ‘take responsibility’

Syrian MB Withdraws from Opposition Group

In Baghdad, Obama tells U.S. troops that Iraqis must take over

Cairo University in US 'Spy' Furor

Frattini hails Syrian role in region (UPI) -- Syria has an important role to play in the region thanks to its historic and cultural ties to the Middle East community, the Italian foreign minister said

Algeria’s Bouteflika set for re-election Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, Algeria’s army-backed president, is standing for re-election on Thursday in what is seen as a one-horse race

US moves on Iran nuclear trade New York prosecutors joined the Obama administration to shut down a Chinese-based network that allegedly supplied Iran’s nuclear and missile programmes with the unwitting aid of some of Wall Street’s biggest banks

H9 Ha’aretz Obama team readying for clash with Netanyahu U.S. officials tell lawmakers confrontation likely over PM's refusal to support two-state solution.

Biden: Israel would be 'ill-advised' to attack Iran

'Iron Dome' expected to be operational by summer 2010 Short-range missile interception system developed to provide protection for the Sderot area

Obama's seder Very soon, in Netanyahu's visit to Washington and Obama's visit to Jerusalem, either a change will be imposed on Israeli policy, or a change will be imposed on the Israeli government.

Bradley Burston: Pharoah for Passover, a dead son, and the Jews

Yoel Marcus: Lieberman could lead Obama administration to show its claws

Successful Arrow II test could mean continued U.S. funding

Jerusalem PostLieberman: World shouldn't stand over us with a stopwatch

FM says it's time for new ideas after 16 years of diplomatic dead end; State Department responds by reiterating US commitment to two-state solution.

Obama: Don't blame it all on Israel

US president calls for "balance" from Muslims, urges Jews to "see the perspective of the Palestinians."

Yedioth Ahronoth 'Naval unit attacked in Sudan'
New details revealed on January operation: American sources tells Yedioth Ahronoth daily naval commando fighters were involved in strike which included attack on Iranian arms ship docking in northeast African country

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

The Palestinian Uprisings: War with Israel, War at Home INSS A 104-page Israeli study of the two popular Palestinian uprisings

Is Anti-Semitism on the Rise?

Netanyahu and Barak won't get an American free ride By Amnon Lord

Q&A: Tony Blair on How to Restart the Mideast Peace Process

Top Israeli diplomat: Don't rush us back to peace talks Ultranationalist Avigdor Lieberman has been Israel's foreign minister for a week, and his blunt, undiplomatic style already is threatening to overshadow the new government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In an interview with McClatchy Tuesday, he warned the Obama administration not to push Israel into peace talks.

Is the pro-Israel lobby too strong? GlobalPost

Congressmen Told to Expect US-Israel Confrontation

Israeli fraud unit questions foreign minister

Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s ultra-nationalist foreign minister, has been questioned by police for the third time since taking office last week over bribery and money-laundering allegations

H10 Christian Science Monitor

Obama's on-target message to Muslims OK, the US is not at war with Islam. Now what?

Obama's Europe trip: 'A good opening act'

The president made few concrete gains in his first overseas trip, but helped begin remaking America's image in the world.

Upgrade America's spy program

The CIA's National Clandestine Service urgently needs reform.

North Korea used dummy satellite, South Korean experts say

Their assertion boosts US view that Pyongyang used Sunday’s launch to develop long-range missile technology, not to explore space.

Why the US didn't intervene in the Rwandan genocide

After a disastrous peacekeeping mission in Somalia, the US vowed to stay away from conflicts it didn't understand.

Legacy of Rwanda's genocide: more assertive international justice

Out of 800,000 deaths emerged a new system of justice and more peacekeepers. But will either prove effective or enduring?

ASIA


Asia Gets More Seats at the Table - Philip Bowring, Int'l Herald Tribune

Pakistani Official Claims Taliban Power Struggle

· Will Pakistani Officers Ever Help Advanced U.S. Policy in Afghanistan BY: Irfan Husain | The Daily Star

According to one story that did the rounds soon after Western forces entered Afghanistan in 2002, a mullah told his Friday congregation in a mosque in Pakistan's tribal areas: "Truly, Allah is great! Earlier, the Americans were too far away for us to kill. Now, He has sent them to us, making it easier to fight them!"

· A Freer China Would Stimulate Spending BY: Minxin Pei and Ali Wyne | Financial Times Is there a connection between freedom and consumption? China is among a small group of countries that has become less free (as measured by Freedom House’s Freedom Index) and experienced a significant drop in their rates of household consumption (defined here as a decline of 20 per cent or more).

CFR Breaking the Stalemate in Afghanistan

Banking on Beijing - Philip Broughton, American Conservative


Pyongyang Goes Pyongbang - Victor Cha, Foreign Affairs

The SCO Role in Afghanistan

China gets assertive as US ties grow Last week's meeting between Chinese President Hu Jintao and US President Barack Obama ended with the expected commitment to bilateral economic cooperation, but what was notable was China's demonstration of increased confidence. Cooperation in areas like the military, however, continues to lag in the face of mutual suspicions. - Jing-dong Yuan

Guess what, they're not coming
The combination of US companies in dire straits and China's vast foreign reserves has raised expectations that Beijing could lead a rush of takeovers in America. Yet reluctance on both sides will restrain any such stampede into the heartland of capitalism. - Benjamin A Shobert

Stephen Walt The Afpak muddle (part 2): How serious is the threat?

Why only China can stop Kim

G-20 and the World Economy: Liu Junhong, a researcher with the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, heralds last week's G-20 summit as ushering in a new world economic order. He says that the emergence of China and other developing nations could mean a more equitable international system.

Pakistan Stresses Airstrike Opposition Pakistani and U.S. officials emphasized the need for trust between their countries to counter terrorism threats, but Pakistan's foreign minister reiterated his government's opposition to American airstrikes on its soil

The Indonesia Example REVIEW & OUTLOOK
Democracy and Islam aren't mutually exclusive.

· Indictments Over Iran Nuke Ties A Chinese company and its manager were indicted on criminal charges for alleged illegal financial transactions through U.S. banks to help Iran import nuclear materials.

Beijing's GDP Numerology: A look at the unscientific origins of the national obsession with 8 percent — no more, no less — economic growth

Russia Resumes Electricity Exports to China BY: Sergei Blagov | Eurasia Daily Monitor Russia's electricity suppliers have moved to resume exports from the country's Far East to China amid declining domestic demand

Political, Economic and Security Perspectives of China in New Global Order IFIMES A Slovene article on China\'s new position in the world

Chinese recovery predicted this year

Beijing's injection of 4tn yuan into economy likely to secure 6.5% growth, World Bank believes

· Iran 'using Chinese companies to buy nuclear equipment'

Warning of engineering companies knowingly and unknowingly being used as a front for nuclear programme

Well done, India
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh welcomed in London the bigger role his country has secured in shaping global financial reforms. Yet the track records of both India and the Group of 20 nations leave no room for optimism that real change will follow. - Raja Murthy

· More Drone Attacks in Pakistan Planned BY: Eric Schmitt and Christopher Drew | The New York Times Despite threats of retaliation from Pakistani militants, senior administration officials said Monday that the United States intended to step up its use of drones to strike militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas and might extend them to a different sanctuary deeper inside the country.

· Kashgar’s Old City: Politics of Demolition BY: Henry Szadzieweski | Open Democracy

The heart of Kashgar - a place where Uighur people have lived and worked for centuries - is being destroyed or transformed into a tourist theme-park, and its people resettled. In a pattern familiar in modern China no one has asked the Uighurs themselves.

Cyber-skirmish at the top of the world The vast computer spy network that infiltrated the Tibetan government in exile, while remarkable, is just the tip of a never-ending cyber-war being waged between online activists and governments like China's. With technical terms such as "honeypots" and "rubber hoses" - and with the use of pornography - the game is just as complex, and potentially just as deadly, as real-life espionage. - Peter Lee

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EUROPE European press review

Good and Bad Nuclear Weapons: Berlin's Part in Shaping Nuclear Reality

Körber Foundation A 59-page German paper arguing that German policy needs to seek to shape the new nuclear reality in line with German security interests

A new path for Europe

Jon Cruddas and Andrea Nahles: Society led by markets and profits has failed. We are offering an alternative for the democratic left

· NATO Struggles to Find Unity of Purpose BY: Soeren Kern | World Politics Review U.S. President Barack Obama's debut NATO summit at the Franco-German border over the weekend was a triumph of style over substance. Although allies put on a public face of unity, they were unable to agree on any of the major problems facing trans-Atlantic security. As NATO marks its 60th birthday, the alliance is mired in a profound identity crisis offering little reason to celebrate.

NATO is Dead – Long Live NATO! CAP A 3-page German perspective on the future of NATO

Ireland unveils emergency budget Ireland’s finance minister on Tuesday warned that the country faced “the challenge of [its] life”, as he slapped higher taxes on the middle classes in an emergency budget to tackle the economic crisis

Europe concerned over sterling slide The pound’s slide against the euro has begun to trigger concerns on the continent that the UK is seeking to gain a competitive advantage over its European Union partners

Zapatero reshuffles cabinet to combat crisis

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain’s prime minister, on Tuesday replaced his finance minister and made five other cabinet changes in what he said was “a new push” to cope with the economic crisis

H12 RFE/RL

Google News Azerbaijan

Russias Depopulation Bomb. Vodka is an important tool in what now amounts to a practice of ethnic self-cleansing... more»

· Russia Resumes Electricity Exports to China BY: Sergei Blagov | Eurasia Daily Monitor Russia's electricity suppliers have moved to resume exports from the country's Far East to China amid declining domestic demand.

Russia's Real Enemy in the East - Alexander Golts, Moscow Times

· The Vanishing Bomb BY: Aleksander Kwasniewski, Tadeusz Mazowiecki and Lech Walesa | The Moscow Times U.S. President Barack Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev's commitment to renew strategic arms reductions has revived hope for the global abolition of nuclear arms.

Russia Today: Neo-Imperialism and Crisis - The Polish Perspective

ISP An 8-page Polish analysis of Polish-Russian relations

Uprising in Moldova as Communists win election

President agrees recount as mob attacks parliament

H13 The Times Obama tells Iraqis to take responsibility US President's surprise visit to Baghdad came hours after a car bomb exploded in Baghdad, killing nine and wounding 20

US visit to Castro opens way for new deal A delegation of seven Democrats from the US congressional black caucus could pave the way a new era of US-Cuban ties

Obama wins respect of US military

US Commander-in-chief is seen by both the military top brass and the rank and file as a politician who can listen and lead

Pentagon unveils large cuts to defence budget A contract to provide a fleet of new helicopters, that had been awarded in part to the British company Westland, is scrapped

Full transcript: Obama addresses the troops For the first time since he was elected President, Obama speaks to American forces in Iraq during a surprise visit

Anatomy of a recession Financial panic has given way to a collapse in output, investment and employment. But in the grim certainties that follow, there may be the seeds of hope

Wall Street Journal · Obama's Iraq Surprise

He's wise to praise U.S. achievements there.

In Iraq, Obama Pushes for Solutions

Obama made a surprise visit to Baghdad to urge the leaders of Iraq's feuding sectarian factions to find "political solutions" to their disputes.

· Obama and Gates Gut the Military By Thomas Donnelly and Gary Schmitt The secretary's new budget will leave us weaker to pay for the president's domestic programs.

Accentuate the Negative

By James Taranto We're not at war with Islam. But maybe the president shouldn't keep saying so.

· Completing the G-20's Agenda

BY: ROMAN FRYDMAN and MICHAEL GOLDBERG | The Japan Times To guard against the "systemic risk" of financial systems, transparency and managing leverage must be ensured, but it must also be recognized that risks vary along with asset values.

The G20 Wish List: Finding the gaps between what Obama wanted and what he actually got.

H14 Financial Times What the G2 must discuss now the G20 is over Given the scale of the world’s macroeconomic imbalances, it is far from obvious that higher regulatory standards alone would have saved the world. This is not just a matter of historical interest. It is also relevant to the sustainability of the recovery, writes Martin Wolf

Afghan war exposes flaws in assumption of Nato unity

Alliance faces a crucial test

For America, the problem is Pakistan Anatol Lieven on why the US needs Pakistan

Ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world Nassim Nicholas Taleb on surviving the crisis

Editorial Gates takes on the defence industry

The US defence secretary is starting his restructuring of the defence budget before the administration has begin to conduct its next scheduled review of the country’s long-term security challenges

IMF to raise estimate on US credit losses

The fund is expected to increase its forecast to $2,800bn, which is significantly lower than a $3,100bn figure being circulated that contributed to pressure on US bank stocks

Obama’s charm offensive signals break with past

It started with a global economy firefighting operation at the G20 in London and ended on Tuesday night with a surprise stopover in Baghdad

Obama caps his charm offensive with Iraq stopover

Do not depend on Otherland to apply the rules
John Kay says a pan-European regulator is needed

From FT, a review of Finance: Servant or Deceiver? Financialization at the Crossroads by Paul Dembinski.

H15 Los Angeles Times

Editorial

H16 American Politics

What is Obama-ism? Boldness wrapped in caution rooted in an ambivalent relationship to the status quo.

Joseph Stiglitz on Obama's ersatz capitalism (and an interview).

realclearpolitics memeorandum

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet

Politico ABC’s The Note MSNBC FirstReadTime ThePage Politico Playbook

PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin

H17 Daily Telegraph President Barack Obama is going home with non,nein and no ringing in his ears

The US President has to explain why he is sending more troops into Afghanistan and his Nato allies won't, says Irwin Stelzer

Obama makes first visit to Iraq as PresidentUS President flies into Baghdad International Airport from Istanbul for a short visit shrouded in secrecy.

H18 Independent Obama makes surprise stop in Iraqi capital Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Baghdad yesterday, signalling to cheering US troops that the exit was in sight after six years of war.

Patrick Cockburn: Can Obama turn rhetoric into the reality of peace with the Muslim world?

David Usborne: America reaches out – so must Europe

Leading article: A pitch-perfect President has set the right tone

Brown's electric dream for Britain Prime Minister reveals plans to create first 'green' cities geared towards electric cars in drive to create 400,000 new jobs.

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

Gates Overhauls Defense Department

Gates Cuts Back Projects to Bolster Iraq, Afghan Missions Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday recommended ceasing production of the F-22 Raptor jet fighter, cutting back other expensive, high-tech weapons systems and shifting resources into counterinsurgency campaigns such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan

Gates's Cuts to an Array of Weapons Bring a Fight

Upgrade America's spy program

The CIA's National Clandestine Service urgently needs reform.

Reza Aslan on Osama bin Laden's new irrelevance.

The Pentagon's new budget stinks BY WINSLOW WHEELER

DAVID ROTHKOPF

Bob Gates: Power forward

Taking a scalpel to the Pentagon Matthew Harwood: The US is cutting funding for fighter jets and weapons systems, and finally giving soldiers the tools they really need

The F-22's crash landing

Jay Stevens: US military contractors have fought hard to keep producing the fighter jet. But the Pentagon's new priorities make it obsolete

· Gates's Defense Deja Vu BY: Winslow Wheeler | Foreign Policy

Just as it has consumed the press, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates's decisions on hardware will completely preoccupy Congress. A major food fight is sure to break out over the capping of F-22 production at 187 very expensive, but not particularly impressive, fighter jets.

Gates' budget shakes up the Pentagon
The latest military budget presented by US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates signals a major shift in funding for the armed forces, with a new focus on counter-insurgency. Some fear this will backfire should conflict erupt with a large nation, while the defense industry is piqued at cuts in weapons programs.

Pentagon Chief: Why I Tore Up the Army's ‘Future’ — Of all the hard choices Defense Secretary Robert Gates had to make in his radical overhaul of the Pentagon's arsenal, the toughest, he tells Danger Room, was the decision to gut Future Combat Systems, the Army's $200 billion effort to design …

The New Republic: Who Won and Who Lost in the Defense Budget?

H20 Slate

Washington Post:

New Data Show Rapid Arctic Ice Decline — Proportion of Thicker, More Persistent Winter Cover Is the Lowest on Record

H21 Our genes are not just selfish. We also care about loyalty, respect, tradition, and religion. Our evolved moral emotions are about our families, our friends, and our groups... more»

Does the harsh language in the Koran explain Islamic violence? Don't answer till you've taken a look inside the Bible.

From New Statesman, a special issue on God: What do we believe?

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