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H1 New York Times Russia Expands Support for Breakaway Regions in Georgia

Asia Times The Rise of the New Energy World Order By: Michael T Klare This is the beginning of the final stage and age of petro power, geopolitically speaking. A new world order is emerging that will be characterized by fierce international competition for dwindling stocks of oil, natural gas, coal and uranium, as well as by a tidal shift in power and wealth from energy-deficit states like China, Japan and the United States to energy-surplus states like Russia, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela

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‘The Absence of Grand Strategy’

Jerusalem PostIsrael considering large Gaza incursion after Bush visit Security sources predict operation would end with deployment of Egyptian or international force, say idea would be to "clean Gaza out."

Yedioth AhronothIDF vulnerabilities exposed Hamas adopts Hizbullah modus operandi as it learns from recent fighting, says Ron Ben-Yishai

Back to Jordanian option/ Eiland Four reasons why final-status agreement with Palestinians is unfeasible

An Ominous Rift Grows in the Arab World By: Rami G. Khouri | The Daily Star As oil income to Arab producers continues to rise, we are witnessing sharper polarization between the wealthy, energy-producing states of the Gulf with their small populations on the one hand, and the more populous, energy-importing Arab countries in the Levant, the Nile Valley, and North Africa on the other

William Arkin Beware Military Calls for 'Balance'

Guardian 20 dead after Gaza fire fight Heavy fighting at Nahal Oz fuel crossing leads to Israeli tank and aircraft strike

Financial Times Preparing for the age of peak oil Russia has much to gain by exploiting western expertise and technology. Foreign firms will compete fiercely for opportunities. But if it drives them out, Russia will be unable to revitalise its decayed supply network

Russia accused of annexation attempt Georgia accused Russia of seeking to annex parts of its territory after Moscow said it would establish official links with separatist Georgian regions

A modest proposal for preventing world famine Victor Mallet on why leaders must focus on policies

Tehran delivers gas ultimatum

Iran’s oil minister warns Royal Dutch Shell, Total and Repsol to finalise their multi-billion dollar natural gas contracts by mid-June or lose the deals to other groups

Michael Mandelbaum Democracy`s Good Name: The Rise and Risks of the World`s Most Popular Form of Government

CFR Kurtzer: Next US President Must Give Priority to Arab-Israeli Talks - Council on Foreign Relations

What Will They Really Do About Iraq? - Mark Benjamin, Salon

Guardian We need a benign European hydra to advance the cause of democracy Timothy Garton Ash: Our continent's diversity should let us promote freedom without the taint of Bush's neocon project imposed by force

McCain: Hard to Convince US to Attack Iran

Obama Would Do 'Everything' to Help Israel Defend Itself

Could Israel Use Submarines Against Iran?

From the latest issue of Policy Review, Amitai Etzioni on Religion and Social Order: Filling the gap when autocrats fall

Salon The rubes and the elites By calling small-town Americans "bitter," Obama has deepened a long-standing rift in the Democratic base. The party's success in November depends on healing it. By Michael Lind

Iraq: The ten commandments In honor of Charlton Heston, here are 10 lessons we should engrave on our foreign policy tablets as we prepare to leave Iraq. By Gary Kamiya

What Will They Really Do About Iraq? - Mark Benjamin, Salon

Handicapping the Next Superpower By: Neil C. Hughes | The American Interest
Handicapping the Next Superpower Comparisons of China and India tend to oversimplify the complex relationship between political change and economic growth

NPQ Kenichi Ohmae: THE COMING BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: EURO VS. THE DOLLAR

Time Bush's Toothless Climate Plan

Roubini Video Interview with the Financial Times on the Global Slowdown

World Economic Outlook: Housing and the Business Cycle Source: International Monetary Fund Download in sections or as full report (PDF; 6 MB).

Rising food prices: Policy options and World Bank response (Word; 175 KB)
Source: World Bank

Jamestown Iran Charged with Infiltration and Sabotage of Iraq’s Awakening Councils

Iraqi Shiite Factionalism and Iran’s Role in the Basra Fighting

Washington Institute U.S. Foreign Policy and Israel's Qualitative Military Edge: The Need for a Common Vision In this Policy Focus, two U.S. military planners argue that a clearer definition of, and approach to, Israel's military advantage is needed in light of Iran's emergence as a regional threat. American decisionmakers need new guidelines to help enhance partnerships with Arab allies and deter Iranian ambitions without endangering Israeli security. By William Wunderle and Andre Briere

An Arab Cold War By: Huda Husseini | Asharq Alawsat
The situation in Lebanon continues to escalate with no signs of a resolution. What is happening today is larger than Lebanon; it is an Arab cold war not unlike the one that took place in the 1950s and 1960s

U.S. Reaching Out to Sadr Supporters in Iraq: A Strategy That Worked With Sunni Militias Hits a Hurdle With Shiites As Cleric, Government Resist Compromise

IHT The price of the surge

By STEVEN SIMON Washington must return to the kind of diplomacy that Bush has largely neglected.

Speculators and soaring food prices By WILLIAM PFAFF The myth of the benevolent and ultimately impartial market prevails against

Iran homes in on the Caspian
With United States and United Nations sanctions escalating the pressures on Iran, particularly in the Middle East and Persian Gulf, Tehran is seeking an outlet for trade and investment in the Caspian region, luring potential partners with lucrative production-sharing agreements. If only the littoral states could agree among themselves. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

Daily Star Hizbullah's guns are a symptom, not a cause, of what ails Lebanon

Does Asia exist? Rivals, by Bill Emmott, suggests we are witnessing its creation.

General: Documents Reveal al-Qaeda Plot to Divide Iraq

Why Is America Still in Iraq? Pride. by Gwen Richardson

Warlordism 'Is Winning' Versus Democracy A correspondent for Radio Free Afghanistan says the ordinary people he talks to in his travels have one main complaint -- the dominance of the central government by warlords and their private militias

Sunni-Shiite Divide in Baghdad Worsens

Al Qaeda Documents Reveal 'Surprisingly Bureaucratic And Persistently Fractious' Organization

Jamestown An Online Terrorist Training Manual - Part Two: Assassinations and Robberies

Mullen: Balance needed for the military (UPI) -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says he is trying to keep U.S. forces ready for future threats while adjusting the realistic capacity of the military.

Scientists say US missile defense system can't work

White House: US Needs More War Funds by June

Drezner A random elitist question

H 2 London Review of Books The Divisions of Cyprus by Perry Anderson

Global Terrorism Analysis Improved Intelligence Behind Turkish Success in Latest Anti-PKK Operations

[NEWS ANALYSIS] How Rice ignored elephant in the room?

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Turkey Strikes PKK in Northern Iraq

Washington Times Kurdish leaders reach oil-law deal with Baghdad Iraq's central government and the Kurdish region have reached a deal on an oil law, including a method for weighing the validity of the oil deals the Kurds have signed with foreign firms, the top government spokesman said yesterday.

IsraPundit The Road To Iran Runs Through Kurdistan - And Starts In Syria Thus, the next move in this geopolitical chess game must focus on optimizing legitimate Kurdish interests in Syria - not withstanding the Turkish-PKK conflict - for it promises incremental isolation of Iran’s mullahs.

Analysis: Iraq oil law a deal -- spokesman

Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu New air raids in the midst of internal uncertainty

Irak'ta petrol arama şoku

Iraq's NOC lets contract for Kirkuk-Banias oil line repair Oil & Gas Journal

Sami Kohen Barzani’nin yeni tavrı

ERDAL ŞAFAK Kerkük ve petrol

Boston Globe Editorial Tremors in Turkey TURKEY has entered an ominous new phase in a power struggle between a moderately Islamist governing party and the military, judicial, and educational elites who jealously guard the principles of a secular state. Turkey's Constitutional Court inserted itself into this conflict late last month, when it agreed to hear a case filed by the chief public prosecutor against the Justice ...

TURKEY BROADENS REGIONAL SECURITY DIALOGUE Eurasia Daily Monitor