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H1 Washington
Post The
Three Revolutions By Henry A. Kissinger How can we form a national
security policy when the global order is changing three ways at once United States Institute of Peace Iraq Report (pdf) Iraq
After the Surge: Options and Questions By Daniel
Serwer and Sam Parker “Iraq
2012: The Regional Context” F. Gregory Gause, III University of Vermont Washington
Post Iraq
Report Details Political Hurdles and Future Options Bush
Listens Closely To His Man in Iraq In White House Deliberations on War,
Gen. Petraeus Has a Privileged Voice Editorial NATO's
Fudges Compromises on Afghanistan
and expansion of the alliance avoid a rupture but won't win any wars. Three
Faces of Infantilism: NATO's Bucharest Summit New York Times Generally
Speaking Iraq may be President Bush’s war, but Gen. David H.
Petraeus has become its front man. Now some pundits suggest the general might
have a political future of his own. Sunday Times Iran joined militias in battle for Basra Iranian forces were involved in recent battle for Basra, the US commander
in Iraq is expected to tell Congress next week Iraqi Leaders Call for Militias to Disband Ha’aretz – Israel
concerned N. Korean nuclear know-how, material has reached Iran Israel,
U.S. plan to release details on Sept. 2007 Syria attack Bar’el
Ready for everything
but peace If Syria is really a threat and is planning war, what is the
meaning of the panic that miscalculation may lead to war? Eldar The time has come for
Bush to intervene Nixon wrote in his memoirs that the key to resolving
the Israeli-Arab conflict is a forced settlement that is not referred to as
such Oren Damascus, Ramallah or
Tehran This season's tension between Israel and Syria serves to bring
home the extent of the missed opportunity of those years, as of subsequent
decades, following the American display of prowess in Iraq in 1991 and 2003 National Interest Bucharest on My
Mind: Experts React to the NATO Summit Ehsan Ahrari The Meaning of Iran’s
Full Membership in the SCO
Iraq
Is a Mess. But Germany Was, Too. - David Stafford, Washington Post McClatchy Bush-Putin summit does little to relieve U.S.-Russia strains
President
Bush made little, if any, progress with Russian President Vladimir Putin
during a hastily arranged summit Sunday, dashing any near-term hopes of
mending the strained relations between the two nuclear powers From the Archive Zbigniew
Brzezinski (01/02/08) McClatchy Is Hillary Clinton dishonest? A lot of Americans think so GOP strategist: Rice 'actively campaigning'
to be VP Washington Times Hayden
aims for 'a more cohesive CIA' CIA Director Michael V. Hayden says the
agency needs to get "back to what the nation needs it to be doing — its
espionage function, its analytic function and its covert-action
function." RFE/RL A Winner At The NATO Summit? A report from Bucharest takes a look at the
winners and losers at the NATO Summit The Observer We
provoke Russian paranoia at our peril Robert Service: By
agreeing to place an American defence system in Eastern Europe, Nato has
given the Kremlin the perfect excuse to further cement its autocratic rule Democratic
battle hands McCain lead Republican presidential nominee surges ahead in
polls as his Democratic rivals fight a bitter battle Food
riots fear after rice price hits a high Shortages of the staple crop of
half the world's people could bring unrest across Asia and Africa, reports
foreign affairs editor Peter Beaumont Los Angeles Times Officials
foresee no ebb in Iraq violence Americans and Iraqis agree that the enmity ignited by a government
crackdown on Shiite militias remains, setting the stage for 'a hot summer in
Iraq.' Petraeus
returns to a shifting political battleground The commander in Iraq, due
to address Congress, will try not to alienate Democrats. One may soon be his
boss Analysis: Iraqi PM wins rare support Prime
Minister Nouri al-Maliki's faltering crackdown on Shiite militants has won
the backing of Sunni Arab and Kurdish parties that fear both the powerful
sectarian militias and the effects of failure on Iraq's fragile government. US forces clash with Iraq militia Twenty
people are reported killed in clashes in Baghdad between US forces and a Shia
militia. New
Intel Report Claims Iraq Progress... Gates Says
Diplomacy the Plan for Iran Officials Confirm Iran's Role in Truce Financial
Times IMF
head calls for global action on turmoil Government intervention at a global level is
required to tackle the credit crisis, according to Dominique Strauss-Kahn,
the head of the International Monetary Fund, who has warned that market
turmoil will take a serious toll on world growth The Fed
is blameless on the property bubble The
core of the problem lies with the investment community. It is not credible
that regulators could have prevented it, writes Alan
Greenspan Putin
still against US-run missile shield US
president George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin said they were
interested in creating a joint defence system with Europe against missile
threats - although Russia warned it still opposed plans for a US-run missile
shield in central Europe US-Russia
optimism on missile shield deal Washington and Moscow
yesterday held out the -prospect of an eventual agreement over US plans for a
missile shield in eastern Europe, and said they would work towards Petraeus
to defend Iraq strategy General David Petraeus, the top US commander in
Iraq who hinted months ago that he wanted to halt troop reductions after the
“surge” was unwound this summer, will be under pressure to provide details
about the “pause” in congressional testimony Sunday Telegraph British
troops go back into Basra Months after control of Basra was placed in
the hands of the Iraqis, British troops have been sent back into the southern
city, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. George Bush rules out further Iraq troop cuts McClatchy Iraq
testimony will be test for Clinton, McCain and Obama Each of the
leading presidential candidates will question Army Gen. David Petraeus when
he testifies this week at Senate hearings on the Iraq war. What they ask and
how they respond to his answers may say a lot about how each would proceed as
commander in chief Daily Star Has
the moment come to replace the US dollar? By
Kenneth Rogoff Sunday Times Force China through a
tunnel of shame The London torch procession shows how craven
Britain has become: ignore it or protest Simon Jenkins NYT Indecisive
Moments By NOAH FELDMAN What crackdowns
and elections in Iraq never quite achieve
U.S.
and Iraqis Battle Militias to End Attacks At least three
U.S. soldiers were killed and 31 wounded and at least 20 Iraqis were killed
in a failed operation to stop militia attacks on Baghdad’s Green Zone Paul Krugman Grains
Gone Wild How did the food crisis happen? The answer is a combination of
long-term trends, bad luck — and bad policy. WILLIAM KRISTOL
The
Shape of the Race to Come In politics, as in life, the grass is always
greener on the other side. Many Republicans see the weaknesses of the John
McCain campaign, and assume Barack Obama will prevail ROGER COHEN A
Passage to Tibet Playing in the major leagues is no breeze and China can
no longer pretend to be the unobtrusive power par excellence. Basra
Fiasco Showed Iran's Power in Iraq - Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia
Inquirer Iran to OPEC: Stop
Oil Sales in Dollars Rise
and Fall of Nations - Ben Wattenberg, Washington Times Weekly Standard What Happened in Basra The Maliki-Sadr showdown.
Guardian Climate
target is not radical enough - study
Nasa scientist says scale of problem grossly underestimated and urges
huge CO2 reductions It's
another winter of discontent. This time the villain is big finance Larry Elliott: Economies in crisis
The banks can't ignore parallels with the 1970s; they've gained unfettered
power and acted with supreme recklessness Russia’s
view of US missiles Washington
Post Repairing
America's Spy Shop By David Ignatius, If only it were just about
destroyed interrogation videotapes No Cushion Against Hubris By Jim
Hoagland, But not for long, because the era of hubris is fading. Any
lingering assumptions about the ability of a single superpower to manage
"the end of history" for the good of mankind are evaporating abroad
as the Federal Reserve rushes through emergency measures and slashes interest
rates to guard against a collapse of U.S. and European financial markets. Double Bubble Trouble? By
Sebastian Mallaby, Two reforms to shorten America's debt hangover. By Jackson Diehl, Bush's last minute peace push will lead to another
Israeli-Palestinian war. Between
Iraqi Shiites, a Deepening Animosity Basra Offensive Inflamed
Long-Standing Rivalry, Redefining Nature of Conflict No
Pact, but Bush, Putin Leave a Map Contentious Issues to Await Successors Winging
It: European Summit, Russia Trip Take Unexpected Turns Irregular
Warfare, Both Future and Present The
Next Campaign Stop: Iraq Hearings At Tuesday's Sessions, Candidates Can
Ask Questions, Try to Score Points Clinton's
Chief Strategist Steps Down US Deployment of Ballistic Missile Defenses in Eastern
Europe: Should Russia Worry? Sistani's clout is diminishing. Sadr
is eyeing his spot. By Mohamad
Bazzi Why Iraq troop drawdown is likely to stop
in July Gen. David Petraeus
and Ambassador Ryan Crocker will describe Iraq's fragile state this week on
Capitol Hill. Sadr City assault strains cease-fire A week after a truce calmed clashes
between Moqtada al-Sadr's militia and Iraqi forces, fighting resumed in his
Baghdad stronghold Sunday U.S.-Russia row over Kosovo escalates with
Moscow aid shipments Russia is sending
humanitarian supplies worth $1.7 million directly to Kosovo Serbs,
challenging the authority of the US-backed government in Pristina. Newsweek
Storm
Warning George Wehrfritz and Jason Overdorf
The world could be one crop failure away from an actual
food crisis. Market panic has already started.
What Power Looks Like They ride on Gulfstreams, set the
global agenda, and manage the credit crunch in their spare time. They have
more in common with each other than their countrymen. Meet the Superclass. Syria
wants U.S. to facilitate 'billions' in business Also want to
be primary American ally as region goes on war alert Caveat
Emptor: Buy McCain, Get Kagan and Woolsey
by John Taylor |
H2 Newsweek Turkey's Judicial Coup D'etat Morton Abramowitz and Henri J. Barkey This battle could last for months
longer, and whether the AKP wins or loses, the consequences are bad.
Türkiye'nin
darmadağın olmasına izin veremeyiz Attack
of the Judges In the battle for the heart and soul of Turkey, the lines
are now being drawn by the judiciary SOLİ ÖZEL Güvenlik
ekseni
Kadri Gürsel NATO
zirvesinin gizli galibi Türkiye’dir Osman Ulagay Türkiye’nin
yükseliş öyküsünü kim yazacak? Author of book on PKK says Turkey’s fears not unfounded ‘US should reassure its allies to prevent nuclear
weapons ambitions in region’ AKP'nin
ılımlılığı zoraki Yedioth Ahronoth Fitting diplomatic price Israel has Jewish obligation to
recognize Armenian genocide, MK Reuven Rivlin says Guardian The road to reunification? Helena Smith
Kapatma
davası Kıbrıs'ı da etkiliyor – Mensur Akgün Okunan haber ve yorum her zaman en
önemli olan değildir Rusya'nın enerji atağında Türkiye kilit
ülke oldu Türkiye
asla silah tüccarı olmayacak Ferai Tınç Zirvelerin ardından [AK Parti
kapatılırsa] AB-Türkiye ilişkilerinde ne olur? The Observer Zico
still a man of style Kapatma davası
AB'yle ilişkileri derinden etkileyecek MUHAMMED EL ŞEVAHİN [Yorum - Cihad Ezzeyn]
Türk modeli AKP'den daha önemli Kamil Pasha » The Maturation of Turkish Democracy AK
Party gov’t doesn’t interfere with lifestlyes, survey finds İktidar partisini
kapatmak intihar eyleminden farksız Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect
Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter
–
national K.Irak'a ikinci Kara Harekatı
kapıda Author of book on PKK says Turkey’s fears not unfounded Barzani’den bağımsız Kürdistan
hayaline son Mahir
Kaynak Kürtler ne diyor? ‘Kürtler özerk
Kürdistan istiyor’
Yıldız: Kürtler
özerk Kürdistan istiyor Türk ve Kürt
milliyetçilerinin kesiştiği nokta... Ardan Zentürk K.Irak petrolünde bir Teksaslı... Ömer Lütfi Mete Hancı kim, yolcu kim? Semih İdiz Kuzey
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