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H1 SPIEGEL Interview with Henry Kissinger: 'Europeans Hide Behind the Unpopularity of President Bush'

New York Times Pakistanis Deal Severe Defeat to Musharraf in Election Early results showed equal gains for Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan Peoples Party, and the Pakistan Muslim League-N, the faction led by the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

Financial Times Why politics will not fix Pakistan Any attempt to fix the state must address intrinsic weaknesses – overemphasis on military spending at the cost of education, leading to an overmighty military, an underdeveloped economy and semi-feudal politics, writes Gideon Rachman

Washington Post Unilateral Strike Called a Model For U.S. Operations in Pakistan U.S. often scores its rare victories against al-Qaeda in Pakistan, without Pakistan's formal permission

IHT What about all the other Kosovos? By PHILIP BOWRING

Though the issue of Kosovo is not attracting too much public comment in Asia, it is a worry for those who ponder the implications for countries struggling with separatist minorities of their own.

The curse of national grievance By WILLIAM PFAFF It may be "exhausting to be a Serb," but it has been even more exhausting to deal with the Serbs and with the consequences of their national illusions.

Lesson for China By DREW THOMPSON AND NIKOLAS GVOSDEV While the United States and many European countries have responded positively to Kosovo's declaration of independence, the Chinese government is being careful to avoid supporting any precedent that could be applied to Taiwan.

Guardian A postmodern declaration John Laughland: Kosovo's sovereignty is a fiction: real power lies with EU officials backed by western firepower

Why Kosova could be the first of many secessionists Emine Saner There are hundreds of secession movements across the world, including groups in as many as 30 US states wanting to form breakaway republics

Jim Lobe Can the US Brace Its Fall?

'Israel Lobby' reviews...
reviewed. Itamar Rabinovich.

'Israel Lobby' reviews...
reviewed. Dan Drezner.

Beyond Nation State to Flex-State: Putin's Disciplined, Flexible 21St Century State Model

Feature: Iraq's sectarian split By RICHARD TOMKINS (UPI) -- Despite the focus in the military surge and push against al-Qaida and its allies, the sectarian divide between Iraq's Sunni and Shiite communities remains a major concern and challenge for American soldiers

Analysis: Mideast crisis keeps growing By CLAUDE SALHANI (UPI) -- To better understand the Middle East it helps to take in a broader perspective of the situation; to step back and examine the problem with some distance.

Forging a negotiated path to Iraq's future THE BUSH administration is moving forward on negotiations to sign a permanent, long-term agreement with the government of Iraq on the role of the US military in future operations, and an agreement is expected to be concluded by mid-July. (By Edward M. Kennedy, Boston Globe)

Jerusalem Post Analysis: The Balkan beat [tinder] box By AMIR MIZROCH
Israel fears Kosovo may push Palestinians to follow suit

Karabakh Ponders Kosovo's Independence By: Karine Ohanyan | The Moscow Times
Unlike Kosovo, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic enjoys no strong support from the European Union or the United States in its bid for independence. But Karabakh Armenians, who, with the support of Armenia, won a bloody war against the Azeris in the 1990s, are seeing parallels with Kosovo and the long struggle of its Albanian majority. For Karabakh's leaders, international recognition of Kosovo's independence would set an important precedent.

FT Merkel attacks Nato debate on Kabul The German chancellor expresses concern about the attitude of some Nato allies to Afghanistan and criticises Kabul for failing to specify its expectations of the international community

Deal Between Key Iraq Shi'ite Figures Collapses

Iraq Oil Law Stalled, No End to Impasse in Sight

US Says Iran-Backed Groups Using Secret Arms Stores in Iraq

Wall Street Journal Mr. President, Don't Forget IranBy Christopher Hitchens The U.S. can still regain the initiative lost to it by the actions of its own intelligence bureaucracy.

Putin's Political Prisoners
By Bret Stephens Global View: What does it take to get arrested in today's Russia?

The Birth of Kosovo
Serbia's resort to violent rhetoric in response to yesterday's declaration of independence counts as a kind of Balkan progress.

Daily Star The EU needs a new strategyfor Western Balkan accession
By Wolfgang Petritsch

RFE/RL Armenia: FAQ About February's Presidential Election

Old Taboo, New Debate Post-Soviet Armenia's first president has returned to politics to inject some drama into an otherwise humdrum election. But is Levon Ter-Petrossian exhibiting his interest in Armenia's future or simply settling personal scores?

PBS American Envoy Discusses Kosovo Independence Declaration

H 2 NYT In Turkey, Is Tension About Religion? Class Rivalry? Or Both? By SABRINA TAVERNISE As Turkey lurches toward a repeal of a ban on head scarves at universities, the country's secular upper middle class is feeling increasingly threatened by obvious religious apparel.

Jerusalem Post Analysis: The Balkan beat [tinder] box By AMIR MIZROCH Israel fears Kosovo may push Palestinians to follow suit

FT Merkel attacks Nato debate on Kabul The German chancellor expresses concern about the attitude of some Nato allies to Afghanistan and criticises Kabul for failing to specify its expectations of the international community

FT Papadopoulos defeat offers peace talks hope The remaining candidates in Cyprus’s presidential race have campaigned on a platform of a new peace plan – frozen for five years by the administration – with Turkish Cypriots

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Jerusalem Post Analysis: The Balkan beat [tinder] box By AMIR MIZROCH
Israel fears Kosovo may push Palestinians to follow suit