|
020108f - FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW (FPR) - ‘Relevant news, views, comments and analyses for informed debate’
Compiled by Þanlý Bahadýr Koç U.S. / Britain
/ Turkey
/ Magazines / Think-tanks / Blogs
/ Misc /Books / Quickread / Numbers / Reports - FPR Table - Subscribe to FPR |
||
|
H1 The
Economist Nuclear proliferation Has
Iran won? Iran's
ayatollahs have wriggled off the nuclear hook, but there is a way to put them
on again Iran's nuclear programme As
the enrichment machines spin on How America's own intelligence
services have brought international policy on Iran to the edge of collapse IHT Putting Pakistan together again By
SELIG S. HARRISON The Pakistani state is not likely to survive for
long unless it is radically restructured Foreign Policy Ask the Author: Graham Fuller "In
Search of Moderate Muslims" Dan Drezner Hegemonic
decline, revisited The Washington
Independent: Security Gains From 'Surge' Backsliding McClatchy U.S. casualties
rise in Iraq after falling for 4 months Mosul,
the next major test for the U.S. military in Iraq The Economist How
jihad went freelance Al-Qaeda has evolved from a single group to an
amorphous movement. Does that make it less dangerous or more so? The Times $3 trillion budget leaves little for Bush to bank on
President Bush has reached a landmark
spending figure but the proposals illustrate the tough choices that his
successor will face Mission Seep Nato is in severe danger of letting Afghanistan slip away Iraqi oil production hits post-invasion record Better security means production is expected to pass
the prewar level of 2.6 million barrels a day by the end of the year Martin Peretz / The New Republic: Can Friends of Israel—and Jews—Trust Obama? Guardian Infatuated
with Sarkozy's infatuation, France is blind to his recklessness Simon
Jenkins: The president is eager to give France a new world confidence,
but he has so far proved impetuous in matters of heart and state Failing
state Afghanistan: It is hard to be hopeful about Afghanistan.
Sliding away from progress, the country has begun a fretful, violent descent
towards calamity that all the efforts of Nato, aid agencies and Afghans seem
unable to stop Bin Laden
aide killed in US strike Demise of
al-Qaida's 'director of communictions' Iraqi
MP: US Oil Firms Offered $5 Million to Each MP to Vote for Oil Law Asia Times Bombs away over Iraq: Who
cares?When, in April 1937, the
German Condor Legion dropped 45,000 kilograms of explosives on the Spanish
town of Guernica, international outrage followed, and Pablo Picasso was
inspired to paint his now famous Guernica. When the US Air Force
recently loosed 45,000 kilograms of bombs on a small Sunni
farming district in Iraq, there was hardly a peep. These days, only
"insurgent" suicide bombings warrant media attention, while the
US's air "surge" is politely played down. - Tom Engelhardt Towards a new 'Suez crisis' Obama: Most
Liberal Senator In 2007 - Friel, Cohen & Victor, Nat'l Journa Iraq War Killed a Million, Says Survey [Fbis]
OSC: OSC Analysis: Iran -- Reformists Debate Future After Majles
Disqualifications New
Guide Outlines Iraq Government Structures, Responsibilities Source: RTI
International A newly released handbook provides the first comprehensive
overview of the organization and workings of Iraq’s government systems Republic
of Iraq District Government Field Manual, Volume I, Version 1 — Operating
Procedures (PDF; 1 MB) + Volume
II: Resources — Operating Procedures (PDF; 1.3 MB) + Volume
I, Version 2 (pocket edition) (PDF; 1 MB) Heritage The EU Reform Treaty: Why Washington Should Be
Concerned Afghanistan
Study Group Final Report, January 30, 2008 (PDF; 417 KB)
Source: Center for the Study of the Presidency Iran's foreign minister to step down? Washington Times U.S.
energy security (By S. Rob Sobhani) Ha’aretz – Top IDF brass:
Winograd war report is an 'earthquake' Military advocate general: Report
does not require delaying advancement of officers involved in the war Al Awsat A
Temptation to Resist : Amir
Taheri • 'Israel’s War
With Hezbollah Was Not a Failure' by Martin van Creveld, Forward
Jerusalem
Post Analysis: 33 years after Agranat, the IDF is
left to pick up the pieces again With enlistment numbers
dropping, the top command will face many more challenges in the years to come Analysis: Decisions, decisions Financial
Times Olmert
is alone after Annapolis Most people want Middle East peace, but far
fewer seem ready to accept the short-term risks unavoidable in the quest for
long-term security, writes Philip Stephens Buyers,
not savers, caused America’s deficit As Federal Reserve chairman, Alan
Greenspan misunderstood the nature and seriousness of America’s current
account deficit. Policymakers today must take heed, says Richard Duncan Washington Post The
NATO Emerging in Afghanistan By Victoria Nuland, On-the-job training in how to fight a
21st-century insurgency. The
McCain Divide? The GOP vs. Conservatives By E. J. Dionne Jr., Some on the
right feel it would be less damaging to their cause to lose the 2008 election
than to win with John McCain Clawing
for a Legacy By Charles Krauthammer Obama's assessment is so obviously
true: Reagan was consequential. Clinton was not. DAVID BROOKS The
McCain Transition John McCain has to transition from being an insurgent
to being the leader of a broad center-right coalition. McClatchy Clinton,
McCain likely gain most from dropout candidates Arming the
Middle East by Stephen Zunes The Economist Israel, Egypt and the
Gaza Strip The
shifting balance of power Time Voter's Guide To the Issues Why the Surge Worked A year after Bush sent 30,000
additional troops to Iraq, violence is down and al-Qaeda is in retreat. But
the gains are still too fragile Daily Star The US should let Iran's contradictions
play out y Mark
Fitzpatrick Analysis: The Oil Paradox: A worldwide slowdown won't end the
oil price boom anytime soon
A worldwide slowdown won't end the oil price boom anytime soon. Campaign 2008: The Role of Foreign Policy
|
H2 NYT Kurds’
Power Wanes as Arab Anger Rises Once in a position of enormous strength,
Iraqi Kurds are now pursuing policies that are antagonizing other factions
and uniting most Sunnis and many Shiites. CSIS US-Turkish
Relations: Another Honeymoon? Read
More Economist Turkey,
the Kurds and Islam The
AK government uses Islam to win over Kurdish support Wilson: Hava saldýrýlarý PKK'ya önemli ölçüde zarar verdi Türk Amerikan
Ýliþkilerinin Geleceði U.S.-Turkish
Military Cooperation Deepens After Rough Patch By: John C. K. Daly |
Eurasia Daily Monitor EDM TURKEY
STILL HANGING ON THE MILITARY’S WORDS AND SILENCES FT Turkey
rectors to block easing headscarf ban The
influential figures at Turkey’s state universities are to meet in Ankara to
unite against a government proposal to ease the ban on wearing the Muslim
headscarf on campus
Istanbul fireworks blast kills 20 Turkish Planes Bombard Iraqi Kurdistan Border Areas The
return of the scarves Rural
Kurds revive an old Armenian tradition Turkey warned over Iranian banks Turkish Islam and the headscarf BBC Monitoring Quotes From Turkish Press 31 Jan 08 Kurdish TV Airs Images of Hospital "Targeted", Hit in
Turkish Iraq Air Strikes HRW’den
Türkiye’ye ifade özgürlüðü uyarýsý Dozens
killed or injured in Turkey fireworks blast Ermeni lobisi ABD baþkanlýk yarýþýnda
Obama'yý destekleyecek Saygun, Washington'da PKK mesaisi yaptý Ross
Wilson: Türban Türkiye'nin iç meselesi... Türk
Ýslamcýlar demokrasiyi sevdi ‘Finally,
Turkish army is respecting democratic values!’ Google News Fýrat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect
BBC Monitoring Ýran'la 'gaz' imzasý Þubat'ta atýlýyor Iraqi Kurd Leader Demands Iraq Apology Over Anfal Türkmenlerden
'bizi koruyun' çaðrýsý ABD'nin dikkatini, sýnýrdaki 100 bin
askerle çektik Talabani:
Kerkük sorununa Türkiye karýþabilir Köyden göç eden Kürt analara gidiyor Iraqi Troops Mass for Operation in Mosul By: Alissa J.
Rubin | The New York Times [Fbis]
OSC: Al-Iraqiyah Roundup -- Iraqi President Talabani Meets Kirkuk Chieftains;
Update Iraqi Kurdish Paper Criticizes President's Stand on Execution 08:25 Bombalý
eyleme gelen terörist sýnýrda yakalandý Bianet :: Headscarf Debate Diverts Attention from
Kurdish Issue and Economic Crisis Turkish
PM: No objection to cooperation with Israel Kurds
cry out against corruption (1): Whoever not corrupted in ... "Turkmen Conference" for Common Kirkuk
Position Beneath the desert sands flows lifeblood of economic recovery ITC wants Turkmen force for protection against ‘genocide’ Ýslam dünyasýnýn
en büyük þirketleri Filming on the borders of fiction, documentary and identity EU, Iraq Pursue Closer Energy Ties Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber WORLD NEWS: CDU
officials join racism row Avrupalý Sosyalistler CHP ile yine ters düþtü: Baþörtüsü
yasaðý kalkmalý Rumlar Schröder'in ziyaretine inanamýyor Fransa'da Türk
Adaya Ermeni Baskýsý Dýþ politikada bu tabu da yýkýlmalý
Headscarf Debate Diverts Attention from Kurdish Issue
and Economic ... Balkans: Eager for results by HAJRUDIN SOMUN * Genocide; is it a question of national identity? Sözde
soykýrýmý ders kitabina aldýlar Atina Parlamentosu'nda hassas denge Güler'e
'Atom bombasý yapacak mýsýnýz' diye sordu 'Ýstanbul'a
gelince türbaný görecekler' EU regulation challenges Turkish chemicals - Turkish
Daily News Jan 31, 2008 Turkish Cypriots Set to Implement 12 EU Policy Chapters - Official Turkish Cypriot Parties, NGOs Establish Cyprus Peace Platform Turkish Cypriot Faults EU for Cyprus Entry in UK Parliament Dutch minister for EU affairs in Ankara for talks Turkey's EU membership a global peace project Ermeni katliamlarýný
belgeselde toplayacaklar Gila Benmayor Eðitim sistemimize Güney Kore modeli mi? Denetleme Kurulu kaza uyarýsý yapmýþ Oy vermeyenlerin profili çýkarýlýyor
Ergenekon'u soruþturan baþsavcýlýk, diðer
çete davalarýný da inceliyor Daðlýca'da kaçýrýlan 8 asker hâkim
karþýsýna çýkýyor BBP
Genel sekreteri Topçu: Biyogüvenlik komisyonu mutlaka kurulmalý 08:05 Erdoðan'ýn
Özel Kalem Müdürü istifa etti Ersever'in arþivi Küçük'te miydi? 8 askerin
yargýlanmasýna baþlandý Savunmanýn devleri Ýstanbul'da buluþuyor 04:00 Oruç
tutmayanlara yemek çýkarmayan 3 yöneticiye ceza |
H3 Murat Yetkin -
Sivil-asker dengesi yeniden mi kuruluyor? BÖLÜKBAÞI, TEZKERE FÝYASKOSUNU VE ABD ÝLE MÜZAKERELERÝ
YAZDI Askerler de
sorumlu GÜNDÜZ AKTAN'DAN TÜRBAN YORUMU:Bu tartýþmalarýn
içinde olmamak için ABD'deyim "Yasak tamamen kalkmaz. Çünkü Anayasa'mýz buna müsait
deðil" diyen Aktan, türban oylamasýna katýlmama yönünde iþaretler verdi Bahçeli'den TÜSÝAD'a jet cevap: Millî konulardaki duruþunuz
sicilinize kayýtlý Ruþen Çakýr Türban
sorununda “keþke”ler ve “gerçek”ler
AKP’nin
‘yerel seçim’ manevrasý Baykal Kelime-i Sehadet’in yerini türban almýþ Cengiz
Çandar Talabani'ye
Türkiye yolu açýlýyor Ertuðrul
Özkök El
kaldýranlara ricam M Ali Birand MHP’nin
türban için ince hesaplarý var … Oktay Ekþi Bahçeli’ye sorular... Ahmet Taþgetiren
• Gülünçlüðü
sorgularken... ( 01.02.2008 ) Taha AKYOL Üniversite,
bilim ve din Fikret BÝLA Özbudun'un Refah
davasýndaki görevi ve yaklaþýmý Üniversite türbana karþý ayakta Hasan
Celal Güzel - 'TSK bir suç örgütü deðildir' Haluk
Þahin - Türban sorunu böyle çözülmez Eser Karakaþ 1908-2008: Ýttihatçýlardan Ergenekoncular’a Nasuhi Güngör TÜSÝAD, TSK ve gündem Þamil Tayyar ‘Çene altý’nýn mimarý Ýlhan Paþa Hasan CEMAL
Özgürlüklerden
korkmayýn, asýl yasaklardan korkun! 'Karþý
devrim'le karþý karþýyayýz It's About Freedom, Not Scarves By: Mustafa Akyol |
Turkish Daily News MHP ile AK Parti
arasýnda 'hain' tartýþmasý Gila Benmayor Eðitim sistemimize Güney Kore modeli mi? Fera Týnç Türban, reformlarý sulandýracak Türban teklifi Komisyon'da görüþülüyor Hesabýný
kim verecek? Iþýl Karakaþ: AÝHM'nin türban içtihadý
belli Ergenekoncular
Ýstanbul esnafýný haraca baðlamýþ Ýç Basýnda Türk Dýþ
Politikasý
Dýþ Basýnda
Türkiye-AB Ýliþkileri Günlük Haftalýk - Dýþ Basýnda Irak BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Dýþ Basýnda Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit
AB diplomatladý: Türbanda geniþ uzlaþý
iyi olur Yalýn Doðan Ya bizdensin ya düþman Özdemir
Ýnce Nato
kafa nato mermer Mehmet Barlas Ýktidarý eleþtirirken mutlaka “Medya
susturulmuþ” da demelisiniz … Yalçýn Bayer Madrid’deki
turizm fuarýnda Büyükþehir’in türbaný çýktý Mehmet Y
Yýlmaz Hediyelerle ilgili bir ’ahlak’
sözleþmesi Tufan Türenç Arý kovanýna çomak soktular Güneri
CIVAOÐLU Bekir Coþkun Kültür Baþkenti’nde patlama... Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanýlabilir deðil.
Babacan'dan söz: 301 çok yakýnda
Ece TEMELKURAN
MUHARREM
SARIKAYAAnayasal deðiþim ERGUN BABAHANUtanmak
ve hesap sormak EMRE AKÖZ Muhafazakâr-ataerkil aileler türbana özgürlük istiyor
mu? HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMANTürban
ilk kez resmen yasak/lanýyor! NAZLI ILICAKSarý Kýz ve Ay Iþýðý MAHMUT ÖVÜRTürban konusunda "ulema"
neden susuyor YAVUZ DONAT Türk-Alman üniversitesi Türban, baþörtüsü,
laiklik, laikçilik 'Her
an sürprizle karþýlaþabiliriz' Ercan Kumcu Bize bir þey olmaz edebiyatý Faiz indirimi çözer mi? Türk-Ýþ'in
zor günleri Hurþit GÜNEÞ Vahap Munyar 18
milyar dolar mortgage zararý yazan Citigroup Akbank’ý býrakýr mý Merkez Bankasý'ndan yerel seçim uyarýsý OKAN MÜDERRÝSOÐLU OKAN MÜDERRÝSOÐLU 2015 kadar 903 bin
konuta ihtiyaç var 09:05 Ocak ayýnda
borsa yüzde 23.12 deðer kaybetti Güngör URAS Deniz Gökçe ScienceDirect - Economic Modelling : An analysis of
regime shifts in the Turkish economy |
H4 New York Times Drawn
and Quartered By SELIG S. HARRISON Given enough American
pressure, a loosely united, confederated Pakistan could be preserved by
reinstating and liberalizing the 1973 Constitution.
One
on One in Debate, Democrats Set Aim at G.O.P. Senators
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama delivered their final arguments on
who is better prepared for the White House. China’s
Inflation Hits American Price Tags
Higher costs in China could spell the end of an era of ultra-cheap
goods, as well as the beginning of China’s rise from the lowest rungs of
global manufacturing. In
Report, Officers Call for Major Overhaul of NATO DAVID BROOKS The
McCain Transition John McCain has to transition from being an insurgent
to being the leader of a broad center-right coalition. Support
for Israeli Premier Amid Calls to Resign Fireworks
Explosion in Istanbul Kills 22 Chinese
Blizzards Reveal Rail Limits Rights
Group Says U.S. Is Too Eager to Endorse Suspect Elections China
Accuses Online Activist of Subversion Suicide
Attack in Mosque Kills an Afghan Deputy Governor US Seeks Deal for Broad Goals
in Iraq As
McCain Wins, Critics on Right Look Again
The possibility that
Senator John McCain may carry the Republican banner is causing anguish for
the right Enlisting
New Donors, Obama Reaped $32 Million in January Senator Barack
Obama tapped 170,000 new contributors to rake in nearly double the highest
one-month total for any candidate in this election cycle. Research Groups Boom in Washington Editorial Pakistani
P.R. The cracks in
Pervez Musharraf's sunny public-relations facade in Europe last week were not
hard to see
PAUL KRUGMAN The
Edwards Effect The two Democratic candidates left standing are, to a
large extent, running on the platform that John Edwards built |
H5 Washington
Post The
NATO Emerging in Afghanistan By Victoria Nuland, On-the-job training in how to fight a
21st-century insurgency. Al-Qaeda
Figure Is Killed in Pakistan Senior Commander
Blamed in Bombing At U.S. Afghan Base The
McCain Divide? The GOP vs. Conservatives By E. J. Dionne Jr., Some on the
right feel it would be less damaging to their cause to lose the 2008 election
than to win with John McCain Clawing
for a Legacy By Charles Krauthammer Obama's assessment is so obviously
true: Reagan was consequential. Clinton was not. Head to Head, Clinton, Obama Shelve Rancor
Democrats Point to Differences -- Especially With Republicans Clinton,
Obama Debate Change vs. Experience The candidates, five days before Super
Tuesday, fall back on the paradigm that has defined the competition, but draw
sharp policy differences Bush
Signals Troop Level May Stay Stable Fears
of Global Fallout Set In As the ripple effect of the U.S. subprime-mortgage collapse spreads
around world, boom times end.
Eltahawy: Change?
Competence? Not In Egypt Power Barometer: Bad News for
Gaza Rights
Group Faults U.S. for Support of Autocrats A
Matchup Starts to Take Shape By David S. Broder, Heading into Super Tuesday, a degree of
order is finally emerging in the dramatic races for the presidential
nominations of both parties. A
Good Fight By Peter Beinart, The
Clinton-Obama race is close, fierce and at times petty, but enduring the
nastiness could actually help him or her in the general election. Is
McCain a Conservative? By Robert D. Novak Describing
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito as too conservative isn't the best way to
convince skeptics What
A.Q. Khan Knows How Pakistan's
Proliferator Could Help in Pyongyang By Selig S. Harrison Editorial Four
in the Forefront The departure of John Edwards and Rudolph Giuliani
brings the presidential race into focus. 'Appalling
Gap' Found in Homeland Defense Readiness National Guard, Reserve Forces
Lack Sufficient Personnel, Training to Respond to Crisis in U.S., Report Says In
North Korea, Process Over Progress By Michael Gerson By my count, at
least five former high-level Bush administration officials are deeply
disillusioned with the current policy on North Korea. The
Electability Thing y Eugene Robinson, One could make the argument that all four
of the leading candidates still remaining are potentially unelectable. 2009
Budget Seeks Spending Freeze Bush Looks to
Cut Health Programs |
H6 Guardian
Infatuated
with Sarkozy's infatuation, France is blind to his recklessness Simon
Jenkins: The president is eager to give France a new world confidence,
but he has so far proved impetuous in matters of heart and state Failing
state Afghanistan: It is hard to be hopeful about Afghanistan.
Sliding away from progress, the country has begun a fretful, violent descent
towards calamity that all the efforts of Nato, aid agencies and Afghans seem
unable to stop Bin Laden
aide killed in US strike Demise of
al-Qaida's 'director of communictions' Iraqi cleric
threatens to end militia freeze Senior aides to Shia
cleric Muqtada al-Sadr warn US and Iraqi government to halt attacks on Sadr's
followers Rivals debate Iraq, experience and healthcare -
but strive for Democratic party unity McCain
and Obama gain momentum Race
tightens as candidates head to California With the Democratic
contest now a one-on-one duel, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are venturing
west Olmert
absolved despite Lebanon UK and
US accused of hypocrisy over despots · Human rights
group says west ignores flawed polls Watched to Death By: Yvonne Roberts |
|
Arming the
Middle East by Stephen Zunes The Economist Israel, Egypt and the
Gaza Strip The
shifting balance of power Gaza A
Hamas hardliner Gaza and Kenya Young,
alive but not very heaven Israel's war in Lebanon A
prime minister gets away with it Lebanon Sliding
back to civil war? Documentary: Arab unity Were
They Really So Wrong? Is Iraq “the single worst strategic mistake in
American history”? When it comes to mistakes, Iraq has a lot of competition,
starting with Korea... more» Estimating Excess
Mortality in Post-Invasion Iraq WINEP Setbacks in Arab League Mediation on Lebanon Daily Star The US should let Iran's
contradictions play out
|
H8 IraqSlogger
Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com
- NPR Iraq stratfor Bush
Signing Statement Waives Ban on Permanent Iraq Bases New
Commander's Baghdad Strategy: 'Preserve Gains' US Teams Seek
Progress in Iraq Provinces US
Cool on Maliki's Vow of Final Drive Against Mosul Iran
Conservative Coalition to Unveil Candidates Iraq
'set for oil price windfall' [Fbis]
OSC: OSC Report: Lebanon -- Hizballah Hints at Withdrawing Support for
Sulayman Bitter
Winds Buffet Iraq's New Flag Ahmadinejad Sees Nuclear Energy in Iran by 2009 By:
Nazila Fathi | The New York Times [Fbis]
OSC: Iraq -- Al-Mahdawiyah Movement Accuses Clerics of Indulging in Mundane
Affairs [Fbis]
OSC: Iraqi Force Prevents Iranian Ambassador From Visiting Head of Al-Tawafuq
Front [Fbis]
OSC: Iraqi Interior Minister Al-Bulani Expects Further Reduction in Attacks
in 2008 The Arab World's Exception: Women Are on the Rise in Algeria BBC Monitoring Headlines, Quotes From Iraqi Press 31 Jan 08 Pentagon
Official: US Arms for Iraqis Ending Up in Terrorist Hands Iraq
Looks to Reclaim Tradition with Revival of Agricultural Sector Al-Ahram Weekly on Egypt and Gaza |
H9 Ha’aretz – Top IDF brass:
Winograd war report is an 'earthquake' Military advocate general: Report
does not require delaying advancement of officers involved in the war Fall on the
right swordIf Olmert thought he was going to be 'let off' by the Winograd
Committee, like he got away from the large number of other investigations
against him, he was mistaken Lebanon:
Winograd sets scene for future war Winograd
Report / In war's final days, Israel evaded painful concessions Who will
trust him in the next warThe only reason Prime Minister Ehud Olmert must
be replaced is his incompetence. An army run
like a jungleDuring the Lebanon war it was clear the army was not
delivering the goods the political leaders expected. But there was no room
for Olmert and Peretz to be surprised. High-stakes
rollerIf a report were to be written about the Winograd war probe report,
it would discern "serious failures" in it. The
Winograd report is one of Israel's wisest texts. Not despite Iraq - because of Iraq Haaretz-Dialog
poll: Third of public calls for Olmert to stay Construction
halted at site near J'lem despite pledge to Shas Israel's
new TESCAR spy satellite transmits first top quality images 23:47 Netanyahu:
Olmert is incompetent, not fit to lead state Senior
Labor Party sources: Barak expected to stay in office Rosner's Guest: Too many Jewish organizations? Amnesty
Int'l: Winograd report didn't tackle Israel's war crimes 01:51 Gunmen
shoot at Israeli embassy in Mauritania Jerusalem
Post Analysis: 33 years after Agranat, the IDF is
left to pick up the pieces again With enlistment numbers
dropping, the top command will face many more challenges in the years to come Analysis: Olmert survives again With one paragraph, Winograd took hale gusts out of any public
outcry. Analyze This: Olmert must look beyond mere
survival Each Kassam, terror
attack, halt in talks with PA and illegal outpost will now exact a political
price Defense
minister will decide on... In wake of Winograd, Barak won't quit gov't or push for elections,
but weighs pressing Kadima to replace... Mashaal:
Schalit alive in good condition Says he's "astonished" Israel so worried about one soldier
when it holds 12,000 Palestinian prisoners Why the Muslim Brotherhood is key to the 'Islamic universe'. We could do a lot worse than Livni [ DAVID KIMCHE Letter from Saudi Arabia to Caroline Glick
H.A. , JAN Analysis: A small victory for Israel in UNSC Nasrallah:
Winograd proves we won Yedioth Ahronoth End of democracy Winograd committee’s wish to
outlaw mistakes would lead to paralysis, Yoram Kaniuk says Army needs reeducation Deteriorating IDF values more worrisome than technical
aspects of poor performance Daily Alert.org
– Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review –
Google News Israel - Palestine Martin Peretz / The New Republic: The Economist The Gaza Strip Hamas
won't go away
BBC Egypt tightens Gaza border gaps Egypt stops Palestinians vehicles from
crossing the Gaza border, as talks begin in Cairo to resolve the crisis. Israeli
embassy in Mauritania attacked My
Jewish Problem—And Ours
Winograd
views Gazans
Want to Get Deeper Into Egypt Churchill
and the Jews by Martin Gilbert Churchil's Promised Land by Michael Makovsky
Reviewed by Hillel Halkin Abdul studies by day, but at night he builds bombs
for the Islamic Jihad in Gaza. He and his friends can produce 100 every
night... more» Gaza Strip will never be part of Egypt, says Mubarak - in
another barbed comment against Israel Israel’s future defense concepts must apply maximum security to the
home front Olmert's Shame By: Barbara Opall-Rome | New York Post Light Through the Wall By: Fida Qishta | International
Herald Tribune A Barrage Against Israel By: Robin Shepherd | The London
Times [Fbis]
OSC: Israeli Poll: Majority Believe Olmert Should Resign, Netanyahu Top
Choice for PM |
|
Fed's main task: Save the banks Aggressive moves to cut interest rates
by America's central bank are intended to stave off a financial meltdown. ASIA China battles rising prices, snowstormsWith monthly
inflation at 6.5 percent, Beijing applies its first price controls in 15
years China's Complicit Capitalists - Far Eastern
Economic Review Kellee S. Tsai says the idea that Chinese
capitalists will foster political reform is pure hokum. The Economist Suharto The death of Suharto Epitaph
on a crook and a tyrant Afghanistan's
tribal complexity In
the dark
Pakistan On
edge Asia Times Russian turbulence for Indian airbase Mission creep in AfghanistanThe
new-wave United States counter-insurgency approach looks a lot like
old-school peacekeeping as the military reaches out to Afghanistan's younger
generation. Troops on the ground tell Philip Smucker that taking the fight
to the enemy these days is not simply a matter of firing off bombs and
bullets What A.Q. Khan Knows By: Selig S. Harrison | The
Washington Post Mission Creep in Afghanistan By: Philip Smucker | Asia
Times Pakistani
Taliban Warlord Arises as Terrorist Leader Karzai Doubts
More Troops Would Help Afghan Situation New Bid to Control Pakistan’s Tribal Belt By: Paul
Sappenfield | The Christian Science Monitor Have Asian economies really
"decoupled" from the United States? The Financial Times takes a look at how the East is handling the
U.S. economic slowdown. Calls Grow for Shift in Afghan Policy By: David R. Sands
| The Washington Times CFR C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics: Rebalancing
the US-China Economic Relationship (Video) From Virginia Quarterly Review, a special series of Dispatches from Afghanistan. Pakistan's Political Future:
An Alternative Perspective Wild weather
hits power supply Delhi's Tentative Step Into the 21st Century By: Jo
Johnson | Financial Times Japan-China Relations: Building a Creative Partnership
Requires Creative Approaches By: Fan Li and Qinghong Wang | The Japan
Times U.S. Urges Fairness in Pakistani Election By: Robin
Wright | The Washington Post Pakistan's New Breed of Ruthless Leaders By: Susanne
Koelbl | Der Spiegel Spring
rush
Transport
disruptions mean China’s migrant workers are being urged to party at the
factory Say No to Nukes in the Arctic By: Daisaku Ikeda | The
Japan Times Talibanization
and nukes
One wing of the Taliban
movement, led by Baitullah Mehsud, who is said to have ordered Benazir
Bhutto's assassination, wants to focus on the Talibanization of Pakistan. Has Defeat at the Polls Deterred Chávez? By: Marifeli
Perez-Stable | Miami Herald Uncle Sam's Latin Challenge By: Peter Brookes | New York
Post |
H11 IHT Putting Pakistan together again By
SELIG S. HARRISON The Pakistani state is not likely to survive for long unless it is
radically restructured. Don't dump Olmert By
URI DROMI Israelis prefer to carry on with their prime minister rather than rock
the boat even further. Report calls
for a radical overhaul of NATO group of former senior officers has
called for a radical overhaul of the Atlantic alliance, which they say is
paralyzed by cumbersome decision-making rules and inequitable funding
arrangements. South Carolina, then and now y
WILLIAM PFAFF Truman made the
U.S. Army into the most important tool of black liberation since
Emancipation. Inflation
hits record pace in euro zone nalysts see the data as stiffening the European Central
Bank's resolve to hold fast on interest rates next week Brussels warns France on protecting
Société Générale Name-calling
and shouting disrupt European Parliament EUROPE European press review A review
of The Monopoly of Violence: Why Europeans Hate Going to War by James
J. Sheehan (and more
and more). A
new Cold War face-off is looming in the Balkans Heritage The EU Reform Treaty: Why Washington
Should Be Concerned
Conservative
Dissent on Kosovo Merkel’s
CDU tries to cool racism row The German chancellor’s Christian Democrats
have sought to deflect accusations of xenophobia that have seen support for
the party plummet in a regional poll
Slovenia heads EU as Balkan neighbors begin
to stir Serbs vote Sunday in polls in which
Kosovo independence is a central issue. Slovenia was once part of Yugoslavia Electoral reform tops concerns as Italy
seeks new governmentAs economic woes mount, Italians want
to make it more difficult for members of small coalitions to topple a
government Italy's government Unsteady
as she goes Inflation in the eurozone is at a 14-year high. Kosovo declaration 'not imminent' [Fbis]
OSC: Basescu Says Romania To Refuse To Recognize Kosovo Independence Decoupling: Can Europe Avoid
a Recession? CEPS The European Union as a
Normative Foreign Policy Actor CEPS Book Launch: Preying on the State: The Transformation of
Bulgaria After 1989 Biofuels and Development:
Will the EU Help or Hinder? ODI Climate Change Meets Trade Ownership Unbundling in
Energy Markets IFRI An overview of the European debate
on the ownership and regulation of energy transport infrastructure in Europe Third
man’s key role in Serbian poll
With Serbia again on the verge of a historic election
finale, Velimir Ilic’s loyal supporters can swing the run-off result on
Sunday either way, analysts say |
H12 RFE/RL Google News Azerbaijan Georgia's Future Path By: Alcee L. Hastings and Lloyd
Doggett | The Washington Times Since 2003, little Georgia has played an
outsized role in post-Soviet politics and history. It was here that the
opposition first rejected a fraudulent election and mobilized a popular
resistance movement that succeeded in ousting President Eduard Shevardnadze. [Fbis] OSC:
Russia's Medvedev says state corporations are 'no sacred cows' Medvedev's Amorphous Political Agenda By: Georgy Bovt |
The Moscow Times [Fbis]
OSC: Ukraine's Yushchenko Expects WTO Membership To Provide 'Leverage'
Against Russia Liberals Call for Friendlier Face Abroad By: Caterina
Stewart and Anna Smolchenko | The Moscow Times Russia's
Regression - Michael Weiss, Weekly Standard The Economist Russia's presidency The
pseudoelection
|
|
H13 The TimesMcCain's amazing bloodless coup What happened this week could have ramifications
greater than a black or woman president Gerard Baker $3 trillion budget leaves little for Bush to bank on
President Bush has reached a landmark
spending figure but the proposals illustrate the tough choices that his
successor will face Mission Seep Nato is in severe danger of letting Afghanistan slip away Iraqi oil production hits post-invasion record Better security means production is expected to pass
the prewar level of 2.6 million barrels a day by the end of the year Iraq's lifeblood flows under the desert sands The success of a heavily guarded oil pipeline is welcome not just for
Baghdad but for the world There is nothing wrong with making a
profit, but Shell must stop drilling tar sands Obama fundraiser 'close friend' of corrupt Iraqi Tony Rezko was jailed over undeclared
payment of $3.5 million from an Iraqi-British billionaire, The Times has
learnt NATO's
Afghan Failure Buried
WMD Scoop The McCain Calculus Romney's
Convictions Journalism Is Not a Capital Crime Asia Times Bernanke hits |
H14 Financial
Times Olmert
is alone after Annapolis Most people want Middle East peace, but far
fewer seem ready to accept the short-term risks unavoidable in the quest for
long-term security, writes Philip Stephens Buyers,
not savers, caused America’s deficit As Federal Reserve chairman, Alan
Greenspan misunderstood the nature and seriousness of America’s current
account deficit. Policymakers today must take heed, says Richard Duncan High
time for all of us to ‘buck up’ It is far from obvious that we face a
major worldwide recession, and there is no need to talk ourselves into one,
writes Samuel Brittan Global investment
forecast to drop Fed
attacks in the face of uncertainty The Fed has more data than anyone on the state
of the US economy, so the only choice is to trust it to run the risks it
judges necessary Grasping
the nettle arling could use this year’s Budget to launch a three-year
plan designed gradually to tighten fiscal policy further by – say – £3bn-4bn
a year Kremlin
economics Putin’s drive to restore Russia’s lost great-power status
through assertive foreign policy has widespread support. It may not change
much under Medvedev Eurozone
inflation soars to 14-year high A surge to 3.2 per cent has strengthened
the European Central Bank’s case for resisting interest rate cuts even as the
region’s growth slows Copy
China and invest abroad, says MedvedevRussia’s most likely next president
has urged his country’s business people to follow the Chinese example and go
on a buying spree of foreign companies to bolster the economy Russian business must
‘win new markets’ Opec
set to keep unchanged output Set to rebuff oil-consuming countries’ pleas US
strategy on Taliban attacked The Bush administration faced domestic criticism
over Afghanistan as legislators from both parties and a Nato general hit out
at what they say is a failing effort to defeat the insurgents US
developer in $1bn Dubai property test case Capital Partners is suing a quasi-governmental
company, claiming its investment in a project in the emirate was unjustly
cancelled amid a contractual dispute LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR: Government meddling will provoke resource wars WORLD
NEWS: Bipartisan rift hits economic stimulus plans The
McCain surge Clive
Crook’s blog: For all the things they dislike about John
McCain, Republicans seem to like his character. And above all, of course,
they like his electability Economists’ Forum: Do we need to revise our view of what conventional monetary and fiscal
policy ought to be, asks Robert Skidelsky Can
the Fed cut stave off a recession? Forum: The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by a further 50 basis points.
Will it be enough? FT.com / Comment & analysis / Comment -
Stop behaving as whiner of first resort "The same voices that supported tough macroeconomic
policies ... in east Asia, Russia and Latin America are today pushing for a
significant relaxation in the US to deal with the so-called subprime crisis." German
unemployment falls sharply The German economy continued to create jobs at a
brisk rate in January, according to fresh statistics released by the Federal
Labour Agency showing a seasonally adjust fall of 89,000 in the number of
jobseekers |
H15 Los Angeles Times Clinton targets Obama in run-up to Super
Tuesday In Hollywood, the remaining candidates point to
differences between themselves, and the Republicans Obamania
in action Rosa Brooks His good judgment and experience are winning
over party stalwarts. A
gentler capitalism y David Callahan A sea change may
be afoot in how American business views its role in society By
Richard Fausset Jimmy Carter has
brought together warring factions, but it's divisions in his own church that
he can't seem to resolve |
|
H16 American Politics Clinton,
Obama debate -- cordially The Economist America's election Once
again, the greatest show on earth Obama: Most
Liberal Senator In 2007 McCain's Unseen Adversary: Ageism Donors
break record to back Obama
Barack Obama said
he had raised a record-breaking $32m in January, a powerful demonstration of
his ability to stay in the race beyond next week’s Super Tuesday vote and all
the way to the Democratic convention in August if necessary. Obama
seeks Latino vote to win California
Commercials promoting Barack Obama’s campaign for US
president are in high rotation in California on Univision, the
Spanish-language television channel that rivals the main US networks for
viewer share in the southern part of the state Mike Huckabee: a conservative with a social
gospel Obama
on the record
Candidate Barack Obama
frequently promises to soar above partisan politics. But the theatrics of
such declarations keep bumping into the reality of Mr. Obama's left-liberal
record in Washington and the left-liberal record in Illinois state politics
which preceded it. Looking to
Super-Duper Tuesday Is Hollywood for Hillary? Are Arizona’s Jews for McCain? Will
Massachusetts follow Ted Kennedy’s lead? The Forward staff offers a
coast-to-coast survey of the national mood in the run-up to Super Tuesday Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 — Bill
Clinton: Clawing for a Legacy - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post The Republicans Goodbye,
Rudy Tuesday
Disowned by the
Ownership Society - Naomi Klein, The Nation realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp Recession
fears WORLD
NEWS: Democratic rivals eye Edwards' supporters |
H17 Daily Telegraph The
state of Gaza should shame us all We have invested our hopes
in the promise of a renewed peace process, but this has allowed us to turn
from the realities of the suffering, says Oxfam's Barbara Stocking A
battle of experience v charisma Senator John McCain and Barack Obama make a fascinating contrast and,
if nominated by their respective parties, the contest would be scintillating Clinton
sets sights on the black vote Hillary Clinton has
mounted a carefully choreographed appeal to black voters in Georgia in her
bid to dent Barack Obama's popularity in the southern states. The temperature had dropped to minus 20, but the citizens of Kansas
City were not to be deterred from keeping their date with Barack Obama,
writes Con Coughlin. Basra
has seared the British Army's soul Allan Mallinson believes the
MoD report on abuse and death in custody of Iraqi civilians is even more
damning than first appeared. Why
won't bankers say sorry for mess? As headline follows headline of financial catastrophe today and
economic doom tomorrow, there are plenty of villains to choose from, writes Martin
Vander Weyer White
boys are school 'underclass' |
H18 Independent Robert Fisk: The
curious case of the forged biography It arrived for me in Beirut
under plain cover, a brown envelope containing a small, glossy paperback in
Arabic, accompanied by a note from an Egyptian friend. "Robert!" it
began. "Did you really write this?" Hillary
courts Deep South vote in Obama's backyard An
online glimpse of Putin's heir He enjoys endless coverage on state
television, the personal backing of President Vladimir Putin, and polls say
he is expected to win seven out of every 10 votes. Oil
fields of plenty? Despite making £93m a day, Royal Dutch Shell has not
impressed the markets, concerned by resource nationalism and rising
extraction costs. Freedom
Of Information: Government blocks access to secret military papers on Diego
Garcia |
|
H19Military Intelligence Terrorism "The Warrior Ethos and Soldier Combat
Skills," U.S. Army Field Manual FM 3-21.75, January 2008 (316
pages in a very large 28 MB PDF file). "Modern combat is chaotic, intense,
and shockingly destructive," the document states. "In your first
battle, you will experience the confusing and often terrifying sights,
sounds, smells, and dangers of the battlefield--but you must learn to survive
and win despite them." "The Warrior Culture, a shared set of important beliefs, values,
and assumptions, is crucial and perishable. Therefore, the Army must
continually affirm, develop, and sustain it, as it maintains the nation's
existence." Sources:
Al Qaeda's No. 3 man killed Did the CIA just pull off another Predator drone strike in Pakistan? Ministers
face tough choices on weapons cuts Guardian Richard Norton-Taylor Ministers and officials are drawing up plans for
sweeping cuts and delays in most of Britain's big weapons projects as they
face the biggest crisis in the defence budget since the end of the cold war,
according to government and independent sources. Huge orders for aircraft
carriers, ships, fighter jets, and hi-tech vehicles are accumulating at a
time when running costs are (...) Estimating Excess
Mortality in Post-Invasion Iraq Modernize U.S. Reserve and Guard, federal
panel says Deployments are up nearly fivefold
since 2001, but they operate like a cold-war force. Israeli space satellites in danger? Al Qaeda commander in Pakistan reportedly
killed in U.S. missile strike Averting jihad Final
Report to Congress and the Secretary of Defense, January 31, 2008 400
pages; PDF. Hearing
to Be Secret in KBR Iraq Case US military
suicides reach record level |
H20 Slate Britain
looks to the sea for clean energy Britain is looking toward a
10-mile-long barrier to harness the tides and a landscape dotted with giant
wind turbines in the headlong rush to keep its industrial wheels turning and
its homes warm By 'bagging
it,' Ireland rids itself of a plastic nuisancereland passed a
plastic bag tax in 2002, and within a year nearly everyone bought reusable
cloth shopping bags, which have made plastic bags socially unacceptable. Environment: The Anglo-German Foundation, a research
institute focused on industrial policy, has a report discussing models for environmental tax reform (PDF) in the Germany
and Britain. U.S. scraps ambitious clean-coal power
plant Citing
high costs of FutureGen, the Energy Department funds less ambitious projects. Restocking China's Environmental Tool Kit Divisive issue |
H21 One million people commit suicide every year globally
Research Groups Boom in Washington
The Next Question: How Can We Improve the Lives of America’s
Children? In
praise of ... Martin Amis Power
to the People by Michael Mandelbaum
Reviewed by Arch Puddington
The
Man on Whom Everything Was Lost Joseph Epstein Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. led a charmed life; obliviousness,
personal and political, helped.
The Führer Myth: How Hitler Won Over the German People The severing of two undersea cables
has disrupted Internet access to much of the
Arab world and beyond, affecting 70 percent of Egypt's network and even 60
percent of India's. Web disturbances set to continue Disruption to internet services in south Asia and the
Middle East continues after undersea cable damage. Sports, dictators and democracy By JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN Sports provide a convenient tool for one part of a nation to oppress
the rest of it. How will technology change the way we shop, learn and entertain
ourselves? A
look ahead 10 years, and imagine a whole different world. AC Grayling reviews Counterknowledge:
How We Surrendered to Conspiracy Theories, Quack Medicine, Bogus Science and
Fake History by Damian Thompson (and more
and more
and more).
Google
profits disappoint Wall Street Share price plunges after disappointing profits
raising fears over America's economic slowdown Unions
brand Shell's profits 'obscene' Biggest annual profits in British corporate
history cause storm of protest from trade union leaders |
Google News / Slate Today's Papers/ SWJ Blog / Media Roundup / CFR Daily Brief memeorandum / antiwar.com -
book
forum / FBIS
University Channel / DocuTicker / Arts & Letters Daily/ PolicyPointers / cursor / realclearpolitics / Drudge Report| raw story OpinionSource
truthout
/ Dayan Current Contents / Blogometer - Wikipedia
technorati / Slate's Today's
Blogs ABC’s The Note / eurointelligence
|
IraqSlogger Global Power Barometer Juan Cole
- Kevin Drum
- Gideon Rachman - Belgravia Dispatch - washington
realist
- Tom
Barnett
- democracy arsenal - - Josh Marshall - Daniel
Drezner - Laura Rozen - the
washington note - David Corn
- SyriaComment
- William
Arkin
- Phil Carter - Helena Cobban - MatthewYglesias - Oxblog
- Brad DeLong
- coming anarchy / Wonkette William
Arkin Tom
Hayden -
|
PostGlobal - AmericaAbroad -The Corner - Passport - huffingtonpost
/ Pajamas Media / Open University / nytcolumns CounterterrorismBlog
Today in
Iraq / OutSide the Beltway - InstaPundit - winds of change Kausfiles - Becker Posner-andrewsullivan.com - Registan - armscontrolwonk - IsraPundit
Regime Change Iran – Martin Kramer - Dani Rodrik
|