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H1 New York Times
Bush
Given Iraq War Plan With a Steady Troop Level Troop levels
in Iraq would remain nearly the same through 2008 as at any time during five
years of war, senior officials said.
Anatol Lieven / Financial Times: Why we should fear a McCain presidency
McClatchy Is 'success' of U.S.
surge in Iraq about to unravel?
A critical cease-fire broke down Monday as Muqtada
al Sadr's Mahdi Army militia began shutting down neighborhoods in Baghdad and
the Iraqi government moved against it in Basra. Meanwhile, U.S. officials
counted their 4,000th troop death and warned that withdrawing too soon would
trigger collapse
Spencer Ackerman / American Prospect: The Obama Doctrine — Barack Obama
is offering the most sweeping liberal foreign-policy critique we've heard
from a serious presidential contender in decades. But will voters buy
it?
Christian
Science Monitor Should the world talk to Hamas? A consensus to isolate the group is fraying due to
the lack of political results.
Is democracy a natural state of mankind?
Maybe Alexander Hamilton, not Thomas
Jefferson, was right after all.
Guardian Just
like America, China is building a multi-ethnic empire in the west Parag
Khanna: Tibet and Xinjiang have the misfortune of having resources
the Asian giant wants, and being on the path to resources it needs
How Hillary can still win
Michael Tomasky: US elections 2008: A
huge win in next month's Pennsylvania primary is Clinton's best remaining
hope of beating Obama
Poll
boost for Obama after race speech Obama gains poll boost after make-or-break
speech last week on race put him back ahead of Hillary Clinton
With Bush and Cheney having lost nearly all credence with their
"macho militarism", Kissinger's
realism may be the only alternative in a very desperate situation, says
Immanuel Wallerstein.
J'lem officials say probe may have revealed information
very embarrassing to Damascus; Nasrallah: Prisoner swap talks continuing
Afghan War Trend
Worsening - Mark Trevelyan, Reuters
Talk
of a Troop Surge for Afghanistan - Anna Mulrine, US News and World
Report
Washington
Post Bush:
War's Outcome 'Will Merit the Sacrifice' Gen. Petraeus
plans to tell Congress in April that the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq
that began late last year will continue until the end of July
Sadr Followers Shutter Stores, Plan
Rallies: Strike
Launched in Protest of Targeted Raids, Arrests by Iraqi Security Forces
Los Angeles Times Iraq cracks down in Basra The Shiite city has been torn by fighting among parties
and militias that are competing to control the south's oil reserves. A
security plan includes a curfew and ban on incoming cars.
Walker's World: Farewell free
markets By MARTIN WALKER (UPI) --
After nearly 30 years of intellectual and policy dominance, the apostles of
free markets and free trade are giving way to the new high priests of
regulation, protection and state intervention
U.S. Needs a New Bargain With Big Oil By: Joseph P.
Kennedy II | The Moscow Times
Al Hayat Ayoon
wa Azan (McCain's Ignorance Means the Catastrophe Will Continue) Jihad el-Khazen - If John McCain becomes
the president of the United States, God forbid, America and the world will be
facing a third term of George Bush.
Iran,
Terrorism, and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Source: The Brookings Institution Full
Paper (PDF; 99 KB)
ABCNews Iraqi Defector 'Curveball' Denies Blame for
War
Study's
rankings indicate a more-stable Iraq Iraq does not even crack the top 20
in an authoritative new ranking of the world's most unstable places, to be
released today by the London-based private intelligence firm Jane's
Information Group.
Words Over
Weapons - Joanna Chen, Newsweek A would-be Palestinian suicide bomber
explains why she has changed her mind about violence against Israelis
DAVID BROOKS The
Long Defeat Hillary Clinton’s presidential prospects continue to dim. The
door is closing. Night is coming. The end, however, is not near
Guardian US deaths
in Iraq reach 4,000 Milestone likely to refocus election on exit strategy
as Bush looks to order pause on troop withdrawals
Serbia asks UN
for partitioning of Kosovo Serbia formally proposes partitioning Kosovo
along ethnic lines for the first time
The Naive Armchair Warriors Are Fighting a Delusional War
By: Alastair Crooke | The Guardian
Calls for the west to use force to restore its values in the face of radical
Islam reveal a profound detachment from reality
Wall Street
Journal
How al Qaeda Will Perish
By Bret Stephens Global View: There is a broad rethink
sweeping the Muslim world about the practical utility -- and moral
defensibility -- of terrorism.
The Inkblot
By James Taranto Where does Obama stand on Israel? As usual, it's
anyone's guess.
Iraq
Militias May Step Up Attacks
Residents in two Shiite-controlled neighborhoods in Baghdad said armed
militias have taken over rooms in several schools and stocked them with
rockets, in a sign they could be gearing up for more attacks against the
U.S.-backed government
Ha’aretz – Nasrallah: The Zionist
entity can be wiped out of existence Hezbollah chief tells rally for
Mughniyah that IDF power exaggerated by 'Zionist-American propaganda.'
ANALYSIS:
Nasrallah threatened punishment not revenge The Hezbollah leader's
ability to exact revenge is limited by need to consider the regional
implications
Marcus Go
to Damascus The time is ripe for Israel to invite Syria to join the good
guys
Half of
Arab League leaders plan to skip Damascus summit Sources say progress on
Arab Peace plan not likely to occur, Lebanese political crisis led to abstentions
How the
Olympic games became an extension of politics If all states named by
Amnesty as rights violators are banned, there'll be an Olympics with just 4
nations
Foreign Policy The
List: Who’s Left in Afghanistan?
RFE/RL The Future Medvedev Team
Putin's Choice: A Profile of Dmitry Medvedev
EDM
RUSSIA’S
THREATS TO UKRAINE, GEORGIA ARE CHALLENGES TO U.S., NATO
- IT
TAKES TWO RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS TO TANGO WITH U.S.
Gen.
Petraeus: Iran Behind Green Zone Attack
Iraq Seen as More
Stable Than Afghanistan: Report
Civilian
Casualties Up in Iraq, but Trends Are Mixed: US Military Official
Washington Post Righting
the Right E. J. Dionne Jr.
| If ever there was a moment for change agents within the nation's
conservative party, this is it
Daily Telegraph Why we all must stand up for the Union
Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, believes the Union is a multiplier
for good that too often and for too long has been taken for granted. It is
time now, he argues, to explain how the Union can benefit all of us
'More
muslims than churchgoers' Muslims to outstrip Catholic Sunday
worshippers by 2020
Yedioth Ahronoth Report:
Israel's Next War Will Involved Syria, Iran
Financial
Times Why
we should fear a McCain presidency
Anatol
Lieven on the candidate’s foreign policy
Bush
to reconsider Iraq troop drawdown pace President
George W. Bush is likely to accept recommendations for a pause in the
drawdown of US troops from Iraq when the current round of withdrawals ends in
July
UAE
sets out become first Arab nuclear state The
move confirms the intention of the oil-rich federation to press ahead with a
domestic programme separate from the Gulf Co-operation Council’s plans for a
joint scheme
Greater
discipline required on defence spending The
US presidential candidates should be strong on disciplining military budgets
and force a strategic rethink, writes Gordon Adams
Laying
down the law ANALYSIS: Lawyer with a
new brief Putin’s
successor Dmitry Medvedev puts the accent on tackling corruption and the
pursuit of an assertive foreign policy
The Times If you think it’s bad here,... PAPER:
Revealed: 21 countries more stable, prosperous than USA...
Palestinian factions dismiss unity pact Fatah admits signing Yemen peace deal only because of a
mix-up, while support for Hamas increases in the Gaza Strip
Armenian leader stands firm after poll deaths
After eight die in protests against
electoral fraud President-elect Serzh Sargsian insists that his victory is
legitimate
China: Fragile Superpower
Russia Present and Future
What Makes a MiracleSome myths about
the rise of China and India Pranab Bardhan
When
China sees Tibet, it thinks of the Kosovo precedent By
Wen Liao
Time running out
Is it too late for India and US to
tie up nuclear deal?
China’s new intelligensia. Despite
the global interest in the rise of China, no one is paying much attention to
its ideas and who produces them... more»
The
Bombers Who Weren't As counterterrorism officials have
worked hard to understand the process of radicalization that turns ordinary
people into killers, too little attention has been paid to learning what
leads some committed terrorists to abandon radical comrades and walk away
from deadly attacks
• 'Not an Island: Europe and the Middle East' by Joschka
Fischer, Eurozine
• 'Iraq: Winners and Losers at Five Years' by Bruce Riedel,
Brookings
The Next President and the Middle East
The next chief executive will face an economic crisis
unlike any since 1933
"Moderate"
Palestinians of Fatah Undergoing Radicalization - Barry Rubin (Jerusalem
Post)
Tom Barnett Want democracy in the ME? Embrace Shia
Salon The fine art of battling oil addiction
YaleGlobal Oil
May Not Grease Friendship
Countries with less oil and more entrepreneurship tend to align with the US
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