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H1 Iraq after the Surge, a set of
two companion reports from the International Crisis Group, examines
the security and political aspects of the surge. The New
Sunni Landscape, uniquely based on extensive
interviews with insurgents, describes the sweeping changes affecting Sunni
tribes, al-Qaeda in Iraq
and the insurgency. The Need
for a New Political Strategy analyses reasons for
the current deadlock and suggests a way forward. Both point to the importance
of devising a different approach that focuses on pressuring the Iraqi
government to agree to political compromise, engaging in negotiations with a
fuller range of Iraqi actors, including still-active insurgents, and altering
the regional climate. U.S. State Department Country
Reports on Terrorism - Strategic Assessment What War? By: Niall Ferguson | Los Angeles Times At home,
the economy soars and Americans let the good times roll. Meanwhile, Iraq
burns. TLS Whatever
happened to Old Europe? The struggle to understand how even a
united continent is far from a place at the centre of the world by Mark
Mazower The Case Against the West By: Kishore Mahbubani | Foreign
Affairs Wall Street Journal Republican Brand Sinks to Record Low McCain continues to run nearly even with Democrats Obama and Clinton,
even as only 27% of voters have positive views of the Republican Party,
according to the latest WSJ/NBC poll. An unprecedented 73% of voters believe
the U.S. is on the wrong track. (Results) Fed Cuts Rate, Signals Pause Ahead
The
Fed delivered its seventh interest rate cut since the credit crisis began
last July but signaled the aggressive rate cutting campaign will likely pause
for now. Two voters again dissented, preferring no change. (Statement) Readings
on Military Intelligence The Times Could oil mania be coming to an end? Speculation has driven up prices - but things could be
about to change Gas Price Formation,
Structure and Dynamics IFRI This 35-page French paper
focuses on gas price evolution and mechanisms in importing countries Nicolas Sarkozy's Foreign
Policy: Gaullist by Any Other Name \"Survival\" INSS Syria,
the NPT, and the IAEA - Ephraim Asculai (Institute for National
Security Studies-Tel Aviv University) Freedom
House's 2008 report on press freedom shows a clear
decline in both authoritarian countries and established democracies. NYRB The Truth About Putin and
Medvedev By Amy Knight The Arab Spring, and
After By Max Rodenbeck On Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle
East by Robin Wright. The Financial Crisis:
An Interview with George Soros April 30,
2008 Quarterly Report to Congress Source:
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Full
Report (PDF; 10 MB) Or download
in sections (PDFs). Iraq
Reconstruction Five Years On (PDF; 90 KB) US Digs in Against
Shiite Militias - Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor
NATO
Accuses Russia of Stirring Tensions in Rebel Georgia Areas Financial
Times How
Europe can shape the global system The end of the unipolar moment,
underlined by the American fiasco in Iraq and by the ascendancy of China,
Brazil and India, raises again questions about how Europe fits within. Focus
on specific issues, urges Zaki Laïdi A
profitable Union The EU expansion of four years ago helped
streamline decision-making – though not to everyone’s liking EU
to create new diplomatic service The EU is set to
acquire a so-called External Action Service uniting officials in Brussels
with diplomats from national foreign ministries The contrast of
the Arab world's two faces Ever since oil was discovered,
the Arab world has been split between those who have too much capital and
those with too little Iran-Europe
gas deals anger Washington The US and its allies are
worried the sanctions regime against Tehran is under threat from a possible
new wave of European investment in Iran’s strategically important gas sector Washington Post Russia's
Moves Add To Strains With Georgia Buildup in
Separatist Area Follows Downing of Drone Editorial A
Separate Peace? Pakistan's new government negotiates with the militants
who harbor al-Qaeda and target U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Building
Bridges in the Back of Beyond By David Ignatius In the far reaches of
Afghanistan, the U.S. Army is gradually learning how to fight a different
kind of war Guardian
It
was fun, but 1968 left us sybaritic, self-absorbed and ruled by the right
Geoffrey Wheatcroft: The Paris riots 40 years ago prompt
nostalgia on the left, but even the alleged cultural victories had unintended
effects Deployment
of aircraft carrier a US 'reminder' to Iran, says Gates US defence secretary denies the arrival of a new
carrier represents an escalation in tension Russia
inflames tensions with Georgia Rapid build-up of troops in Abkhazia threatens
Georgia's territorial integrity, Nato warns Are these
Syrian nuclear pictures faked? Ewen
MacAskill: Doubts about the authenticity of three aerial photographs
published by the CIA have been raised by the head of anthropology at the
University of Minnesota Things Are Moving, But the U.S. Is Absent By: Rami G.
Khouri | The Daily Star One of the important developments in Middle Eastern
diplomacy that becomes more obvious with every passing month is the continued
marginalization of the United States Human
Rights and the Basis for EU Sanctions against Iran, The Washington Institute |
H2 The
American Turkey's
Uncertain Future: A Symposium Five views on
whether the ruling political party in Turkey is a threat to that country's
democracy Washington Institute Tackling Turkey's Image Problem in the European Union By
Antonia Ruiz Jimenez Turkish AKP not seeking extension in court case | World
| Reuters FT Turkey
says inflation will be double target
The central bank says inflation in 2008 will be nearly
double its official target in the face of rising energy and food prices, and
warns of higher interest rates
WORLD
NEWS: Ankara eases free speech law to pacify EU , Senior-level
talks with Iraqi Kurds in the offing Internal
uncertainties impede success on foreign policy issues Turkey
to Loosen 2008 Budget to Boost Spending on Dams, Roads Bloomberg Baghdad and Kurds Close the Gap Sami Kohen Türkiye
K. Irak’a açılıyor Semih İdiz Türkiye’nin
Suriye-İsrail barışını sağlaması zor CSIS Reviving
Turkey’s Stalled EU Drive? CSIS'tan Türkiye-AB değerlendirmesi US
pressures Turkcell to abandon $1 bln Syria deal TURKEY HOLDS
JOINT AIR FORCE EXERCISES WITH PAKISTAN Fatma Müge Göçek -Through a Glass Darkly:
Consequences of a Politicized Past in Contemporary Turkey Full
Text (PDF) Free
Dört füze
kalkanından ikisi İstanbul ve Ankara’ya İç Basında Türk Dış
Politikası Dış
Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect
Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national
Senior-level
talks with Iraqi Kurds in the offing Baghdad and Kurds Close the Gap Leader
of pro-Kurdish party in Turkey resigns Irak’la başbakan düzeyinde
diyalog Conjectural
not structural adjustment: Turkish u-turn policy Kurdistan's judicial power to have autonomous budget KRG accepts Turkish initiative for dialogue PKK’ya
terörist demem Öcalan Kürt halk önderi PKK’lıya taziye çadırı DTP’den Irak’la stratejik
diyalog zamanı Barzani ile ilk
temas
Türkiye birkaç gün içinde Kuzey Irak Kürt yönetimiyle ilk resmi
temasını gerçekleştirecek Şırnak’ta 20 PKK’lı kıstırıldı Investigations
opened into DTP fraternity night upheaval Turkey
plans to set up strategic dialogue mechanism with Iraq Cevdet Aşkın Erbil'den 'PKK'ya tetik çekmeyiz' mesajı Turkish Column Examines Aspects of
Israel-Syria Peace Process Turkey
Plans Rail Link to Azerbaijan via Iran Barış trafiğini telefonda başlattılar Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber
Dış
Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık Washington Institute Tackling Turkey's Image Problem in the European Union By
Antonia Ruiz Jimenez Revisiting NATO-ESDP
Relations: Part II SDA Asli Bayram: out of the wings on to centre stage -
Times Online The German beauty queen and actress
whose Turkish father was killed by neo-Nazis tackles Anne Frank on stage EU
welcomes 301 amendment but calls for more Avrupa Birliği ile ekonomide de yolun
sonu mu? SİNAN
ÜLGEN - Toward a
unified Cyprus? Akdeniz Birliği dünyayı değiştirecek Rauf Denktaş Su
meselesi Avrupa, AKP'nin kapatılmasını affetmez The Economics Of The Isolation Of Turkish Cypriots The Associated Press: Turkey's parliament softens law
restricting free speech Turkey:
Parliament Approves 'Cosmetic' Free-Speech Reform - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO
LIBERTY EU hails Turkey free speech move German deputies on fact finding mission to Turkey We will repel attacks against Turkey and Azerbaijan
together” Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop
Eleştiri
dozu artınca bu fotoğraflar ortaya çıktı Dünya gıda krizi sadece spekülatör işi
değil MEHMET HÜSEYİN BİLGİN Asli Bayram: out of the wings on to centre stage -
Times Online The German beauty queen and actress
whose Turkish father was killed by neo-Nazis tackles Anne Frank on stage American intellectuals researching Turkish
hospitality, culture Cüppeli Hoca’dan ücretli
’sanal’ TV Serdar Turgut Rakamların gizemi |
H3 AKP’nin derinliklerinde son durum AK Parti, savunmasında Venedik ve
Kopenhag Kriterleri'ni referans aldı AKP
ön savunmasını Anayasa Mahkemesi’ne verdi İşte
AK Parti'nin ön savunması Çalık'a biçilen
gerçek faiz
Serpil Yılmaz Çankaya,
Şam gezisi için ne diyor? Ergenekon
Savcısı için HSYK’ye şikayet Anayasa
Mahkemesi'nden önemli açıklama Bugün demokrasinin
1 Mayıs'la sınav günü Cengiz
Çandar Türkiye’nin
1 Mayıs’ı; Türkiye’nin dünyadan kopuş günü... Ahmet
TaşgetirenBaykal ve Kesici Ruşen
- Çakır
İşi uzatmak
istemeyen Erdoğan kafasını giyotine uzatıyor HÜSEYİN GÜLERCE -
Ergenekon, Amerika ve AK Parti... Taha Akyol Neyin
savaşı? Fikret Bila Bu
korku niye? Hasan Cemal 1
Mayıs’a şiddet ve kan bulaşmasın! Murat
Yetkin Velev ki
Taksim 1 Mayıs simgesi İsmet Berkan AKP pazarlık mı arıyor? Fehmi Koru Duvar Noose around the neck Şamil Tayyar Ali BayramoğluAK Parti adeta bir yalnızlık
arayışı içinde… Ertuğrul
ÖzkökAile
fotoğrafından taşanlar İsmail Küçükkaya Bilal Çetin Savunma tamam, Anayasa
değişikliği beklemede...
M Ali BirandTürkiye kendini imhaya götürüyor (2) EKREM DUMANLI -
Bugün bir damla kan akarsa
ŞAHİN
ALPAY - Alkollü içki ve modernlik
MÜMTAZ'ER
TÜRKÖNE - 1 Mayıs: Provokasyonlara açık olmak Tamer Korkmaz:
Bunca kanıtı yok saymanın dayanılmaz “ağır”lığı!
Akif Emre: Barışın Türkiye'ye maliyeti
Yasin Doğan: CHP
demokratikleşmeden Türkiye demokratikleşemiyor Vahit Erdem, Cemil Çiçek, Abdüllatif Şener Şükrü Küçükşahin Kim uyarırsa AKP inanır Can Dündar Solduyu lazım! Yalçın Doğan 2008’de
1928’i özlemek ERGUN BABAHANAnkara'dakiler
krizi hissetmez EMRE AKÖZ1977'den 2008'e: Ya yine
yaparlarsa? NAZLI ILICAK1 Mayıs'ta restleşme MEHMET BARLASHem partili hem de özeleştirici olmak bu düzende
günahtır... MAHMUT ÖVÜR1 Mayıs'tan daha ne kadar korkacağız YAVUZ DONATKöksal Toptan: "Lütfen sağduyu!.." Ömer Lütfi Mete Yalancı
hukukla bize sövenlere 'Underoverappreciated'
Turkey 1 Mayıs
kutlu olsun 1 Mayıs
'İşçinin Emekçinin Bayramı' Kurultay bitti
sıra İstanbul’da Ergenekon
savcısına suiistimal suçlaması! Devlet kendisine meydan okutmaz Serdar Turgut İşçi fetişi
üzerine Nuh Gönültaş İlhan
Selçuk’un ‘Güzel Amerikalı’sı Süheyl Batum Kaptan köşkü demokrasisinde basın ve ‘haber alma hakkı’
Murat Birsel MİT Başbakan’a haber verir (mi?) Mustafa Erdoğan Yanaşma siyaseti değil cesaret ve
onur AK Parti,
savunmasında Venedik ve Kopenhag Kriterleri'ni referans aldı
Savunmayı 3 kişilik
heyet teslim etti
İstikrar tekerine
çomak sokanları millet iyi biliyor
İki yıl tartışılan 301
Meclis'ten 13 saatte geçti
'Gül, gerginliğin
giderilmesi için aktif rol üstlenecek'
CHP il başkanından
skandal sözler
Kayıp trilyonlar
Yıldız'ı koltuğundan etti, yeni sayman seçilecek
Jandarma er Demirtaş, DTP liderliğinden istifa
etti May
Day tension mounts, İstanbul on high alert Sebahattin Önkibar Her
derde deva Ergenekon ! İsrafil Kumbasar Milliyetçilik,
işçiyle emekçiyle meydanlara inmek değil midir? Bahçeli'den Ülkü Ocakları'na neşter Mehmet Altan Milli güvenlik devleti... Güler Kömürcü Bundan sonra faizler de yüksek
olacak Para
politikası sıkışacak, enflasyonda fiili hedef yüzde 9,3 Ercan KumcuDış
açıkların artması elimizde mi CB: 4
percent inflation possible in no less than 2 years Deniz Gökçe OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU Hurşit Güneş Türk Telekom kelepire mi gidiyor? Metin Münir Bazıları
Katar sever Turkey
to Loosen 2008 Budget to Boost Spending on Dams, Roads Turkey consumes most expensive gas in the world Bu nasıl kriz? Bankalar kredilerini neden artırdılar? Seyfettin Gürsel İstihdam
paketinin dört boyutu |
|
NATO
Accuses Russia of Stirring Tensions in Rebel Georgia Areas Editorial Low
Spending Is Taking Toll on Economy
Beleaguered American
consumers appear to have succumbed to the pressures of falling home prices
and shrinking paychecks Afghans
See Link to Qaeda in Plot to Shoot Karzai The Afghan intelligence chief said the attempt to kill
President Hamid Karzai was the work of militants who had infiltrated
Afghanistan’s security forces. A
Fabled Instrument, Suppressed in Iraq, Thrives in Exile French
Premier to Seek Common Fiscal Policy in U.S. In
a New Climate Model, Short-Term Cooling in a Warmer World Memo
From Frankfurt: As Euro Nears 10, Cracks Emerge in Fiscal Union Turkish
Law Easing Curbs on Speech Wins Praise Attacks in Pakistan Rising, State
Department Reports A
Strained Wright-Obama Bond Finally Snaps
Senator Barack
Obama’s falling out with his former pastor was long and painful, marked by a
degree of mutual incomprehension, say friends and aides. |
H5 Washington
Post Russia's
Moves Add To Strains With Georgia Buildup in
Separatist Area Follows Downing of Drone Editorial A
Separate Peace? Pakistan's new government negotiates with the militants
who harbor al-Qaeda and target U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Building
Bridges in the Back of Beyond By David Ignatius In the far reaches of
Afghanistan, the U.S. Army is gradually learning how to fight a different
kind of war. Gas
Tax Gotcha Sen. Obama's courageous stand in favor of fuel conservation CIA
Chief Sees Unrest Rising With Population Mullen
Cites U.S. 'Vulnerability' Transition to
New President in Wartime Concerns the Military Obama
Catches Up In Support From Hill Endorsements in Congress Meet Clinton's Reacting
to Sanctions, Belarus Expels 10 More U.S. Diplomats Attacks
on U.S. Troops in Iraq Push April Death Toll to 48 Obama's
Misplay By Robert D. Novak, Obama's reaction to Rev. Wright's rhetoric
may not have been swift enough. A
Pastor's Influence By David S. Broder, Barack Obama risks political
damage by leaving vague what it was that attracted him to Rev. Wright |
H6 Guardian It
was fun, but 1968 left us sybaritic, self-absorbed and ruled by the right
Geoffrey Wheatcroft: The Paris riots 40 years ago prompt
nostalgia on the left, but even the alleged cultural victories had unintended
effects Deployment
of aircraft carrier a US 'reminder' to Iran, says Gates US defence secretary denies the arrival of a new
carrier represents an escalation in tension Russia
inflames tensions with Georgia Rapid build-up of troops in Abkhazia threatens
Georgia's territorial integrity, Nato warns Are these
Syrian nuclear pictures faked? Ewen
MacAskill: Doubts about the authenticity of three aerial photographs
published by the CIA have been raised by the head of anthropology at the
University of Minnesota Wright
and wrong Leader: The rift between the pastor and Barack
Obama runs deeper than words. It is a generational conflict Fed
cuts key rate to 2% but urges caution over inflation US central bank cuts interest rates for
the seventh time since last summer in bid to deal with market US
economy growth beats prediction Pakistan's
coalition leaders in crisis talks Coalition government leaders meet for
talks in Dubai to avoid a damaging split Blood on His Hands By: Ann Clwyd | For some, Tariq Aziz is the benign face of
the Ba'ath regime in Iraq. Not so: he is as culpable for its crimes against
humanity as other senior leaders. Crude logic
Leader: There is a puzzle over oil prices - and it is not
what is driving them up |
|
H7 Things Are Moving, But the U.S. Is Absent By: Rami G.
Khouri | The Daily Star One of the important developments in Middle Eastern
diplomacy that becomes more obvious with every passing month is the continued
marginalization of the United States Human
Rights and the Basis for EU Sanctions against Iran, The Washington Institute The pros and cons of a Lebanese dialogue by Michael Young MESH ‘Freedom’s
Unsteady March’ Iran-US
talks await new leadership era
Commentary: Wilderness of mirrors
By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE (UPI) -- "Every lie contains a truth and every
truth contains a lie" is a safe rule of thumb when Shakespeare's powers
of observation are applied to the Middle East. With each shake of the
kaleidoscope, the configuration of the key players becomes a wilderness of
mirrors. The
dictators are back, and we don’t care: With the fall of communism and the
rise of globalisation in the 1990s, the West believed democracy had won — how
wrong it was (and a profile of Robert Kagan, a
neocon by any other name) Iraq
Reconstruction Five Years On (PDF; 90 KB) Syria, the NPT and the IAEA
INSS Bashar al-Assad
rushes to hug Washington Pope Benedict XVI on the World Stage: What He Said at the
U.N. By: Jonas Clark | World Politics Review The emerging ‘New Middle East’ by JOSCHKA
FISCHER* |
H8 IraqSlogger
Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com
- NPR Iraq April has been the deadliest month for U.S. troops since Sept. 2007. Offensive Casts
oubt on Iraqi Forces – Warships
'to Remind Iran of US Power' – Egypt eyes public sector pay rise Lebanon: Abu Dhabi's The National newspaper reports that
Syrian fighters are traveling to isolated military encampments in Lebanon
belonging to Palestinian groups. |
H9 Ha’aretz – Holocaust Remembrance
Day / Understanding the Holocaust Many out there still do not fathom the
horror, uniqueness and significance of the Nazi Holocaust Talking about war with Iran is not necessarily bad U.S.
officials: Bush to wait to present final-status guidelines Abbas
reportedly disappointed by inability to convince U.S. to press Israel harder
on final status issues Islamic
Jihad: Willing to accept truce only if Gaza siege lifted Bahrain's
only Jewish lawmaker rumored to be the country's next ambassador to the U.S. Rosner's Guest: symbolic return of Palestinian refugees is needed The
superdelegates are in a quandary The long-term question is how the
Democratic party will resolve the rifts that have formed in its delicate
fabric Truce Deal
/ Hamas claims victory Jerusalem Post
US:
Iran 'most active' sponsor of terror
State Department report says Iran supporting several Palestinian
groups, including group loyal to Fatah. Carter's
Hamas hug haunts Obama America's next leader must have both Carter's
idealism and Bush's anger
Did
Barack Obama have a Muslim childhood?
By DANIEL PIPES Biographical details suggest the presidential
candidate has not always been a Christian Rattling
The Cage: For a cease-fire with Hamas [ LARRY
DERFNER Washington
Watch: It's still a crime [ DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD Yedioth Ahronoth 'What if Hitler had nukes?' Palestinians
Reject Israeli Peace Deal Map Failing the test of history/
Sherman Daily Alert.org
– Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress
- EJC Israeli Press Review –
Google News Israel - Palestine The EU, Israel and Hamas
CER A 22-page paper proposing a means of resolving the stalemate
between Israel and Hamas The
Nuclear Defense of Israel - Gregory Scoblete Israeli Leader Warns
Against Golan Giveaway Rice
Sees Little Chance for Syria-Israel Peace Deal A New Pro-Israel Voice in Washington By: Peter Buxbaum |
ISN Security Watch J Street, a new
pro-Israeli lobby group in DC, seeks to promote the voice of mainstream
Jewish Americans who feel a new approach is needed in US policy What’s
Behind Olmert’s Flirtation With Syria? New York
Jewish Week Why
Syria Matters to Israel Exclusive: Damascus co-opted to Hamas-Cairo
talks on Gaza truce |
|
Iraq's Army - not ready yet As US troops draw
down, Iraqi forces are taking the lead. Reviews so far are mixed. Is the Sunni-Shiite rift mostly politics
and media hype? A panel discussion Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, was dominated
by the perception that the Western media hypes up tensions by focusing too
much on the minority of radicals. U.S. death toll rises as it digs in against
Iraq's Shiite militias At least 47 US soldiers were killed
in Iraq in April, making it the deadliest month since September. Many of the
casualties are a result of the recent assault on the Mahdi Army. Blacks wrestle with Obama-Wright rift
Many understand, but some may doubt
Obama's 'blackness.' Economy growing ... but just barely
GDP rose at a 0.6 percent pace in the
first quarter, the US government reports. As Britain votes, Gordon Brown faces first
big test The prime
minister's Labour Party, the dominant force in British politics for over a
decade, is trailing the Conservatives by as much as 18 percent ahead of
Thursday's local elections. US Digs in Against
Shiite Militias - Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor
The real US deficit with China – knowledge As China returns as a world power,
Americans should update their impressions. U.S. eyes shift away from corn ethanol
Worried about high food prices,
Congress tries to push the biofuel industry to use nonfood crops. Pakistani leaders' rift strains stability
Top parties missed a joint deadline
Wednesday to reinstate judges deposed by President Musharraf. A 10-year timeout for global warming, study
says The German research
effort is one of the first to attempt 10-year climate forecasts. Three
Chinese banks in world's top four... A Failure to Influence Bush By: Kevin Rafferty | The
Japan Times The Case Against the West By: Kishore Mahbubani | Foreign
Affairs China
Focus of US Attention in Asia Central Asia: Water Woes Stoke Economic Worries By:
Joanna Lillis | Eurasianet Iran holds
key to India's energy insecurity US's
Pakistan policy under fire Is
Afghanistan Worth It? - Dennis Tabbernor, Globe and Mail opinion
China: Is Political Reform Possible? Afghanistan A
changing war Becoming more like Iraq State of Korean Democracy By: Peter M. Beck | The Japan
Times Iranian President’s Visit a Test for India By: Somini
Sengupta and Heather Timmons | The New York Times With a nuclear energy deal
with the United States snagged over its domestic politics, energy-hungry
India hosted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a brief but highly
symbolic visit Tuesday evening, keeping alive its prospects of securing
natural gas and nurturing its relations with an increasingly isolated
government in Tehran China-Taiwan: A new briefing from the Economist Intelligence Unit
looks at the awkward but growing ties between China and Taiwan. Shortage of Laborers Plagues India India has a chronic labor shortage in the area where it needs workers
most. So many infrastructure and construction projects are now under way that
the pool of workers with even the most basic skills is running dangerously
dry, which may slow India's economic growth. Push comes to shove in
Afghanistan In his latest assessment, US
President George W Bush admits it's going to be a "long struggle"
in Afghanistan (this after seven years of fighting the Taliban). US Marines,
fresh in the country, are venturing into uncharted territory, while more
coalition troops are being deployed. For the Taliban, having made space for
themselves in their strategic backyard in Pakistan through dubious peace
deals, a new battle has now begun. - Syed Saleem Shahzad |
EUROPE European press review TLS Whatever
happened to Old Europe? The struggle to understand how even a
united continent is far from a place at the centre of the world by Mark
Mazower BBC Mardell's
Europe Revisiting NATO-ESDP
Relations: Part II SDA The 32-page second part of a
discussion paper on NATO-ESDP relations Trends
in European Defense Spending, 2001-2006 NATO Alarm Over Russian Troop Build-up - Will
South Stream push EU off course? From the latest issue
of Ethics & International Affairs, Philip Coyle and Victoria
Samson on Missile
Defense Malfunction: Why the Proposed U.S. Missile Defenses in Europe
Will Not Work Irish Party says U.S. 'Opposed to EU Integration' By:
Simon Roughneen | The Washington Times Postcards
from the Balkans by Michael Totten Walker's World: French births soar (UPI) -- France has overtaken Ireland to
boast the highest birthrate in Europe, which is bad news for anti-immigrant
parties |
H12 RFE/RL BBC Russia warned over Georgia move Nato
says Russia's troop build-up in Georgia's two breakaway regions risks
escalating tension in the area. The
Economist Russia
and Georgia rattle sabres Tension grows over the breakaway region of
Abkhazia
How to Conquer Georgia By: Yulia Latynina | The Moscow
Times Turkmenistan Doubles Natural Gas Price to Iran By: John
C. K. Daly | Eurasia Daily Monitor From NYRB, a review
of Putin: The Results: An Independent Expert Report by Boris Nemtsov
and Vladimir Milov LA Times 3
immigrants killed in Russia amid wave of ethnic violence Racially motivated attacks
have risen sharply as white supremacists wage a violent campaign to drive out
immigrants Google News Azerbaijan Russia Will Send More Troops to Abkhazia By: Matt Siegel
| The Moscow Times A
diplomatic deal on Nagorno-Karabakh is the wisest path to take |
|
H13 The Times
Could oil mania be coming to an end? Speculation has driven up prices -
but things could be about to change Super-delegates waver on Obama Successive missed chances to finish
off Hillary Clinton have reinforced doubts over his ability to transcend US
divisions Nato alarm over Russian troop build-up Kremlin and the West square up over Georgia as Russia
is accused of planning "military aggression" against its former
Soviet satellite EU boys living in the Kabul bubble The Afghan police need more help than
they are getting if security is to be established Richard Beeston The problems of agreeing on justice for judges
The issue of the reinstatement of judges
sacked by Musharraf may be lethal: to the coalition, to the judiciary and to
Pakistan’s Constitution Why It Matters Despite appearances, a vote in local elections is well worth casting Wright Hook Obama's toughest test yet could be the making of his candidacy Wall Street Journal Republican Brand Sinks to Record Low McCain continues to run nearly even with Democrats Obama and Clinton,
even as only 27% of voters have positive views of the Republican Party,
according to the latest WSJ/NBC poll. An unprecedented 73% of voters believe
the U.S. is on the wrong track. (Results) The
Big Easy Democrats and the Killing Fields By Mia Farrow and Eric Reeves Where Were Obama's Friends? By Daniel
Henninger Further cut in US
interest rates The Federal
Reserve makes a further cut in US interest rates, reducing them from 2.25% to
2.0%. Opinion: Five
reasons why the Fed is done cutting interest rates Oil in
2012: $200 or $50? |
H14 Financial Times How
Europe can shape the global system The end of the unipolar moment,
underlined by the American fiasco in Iraq and by the ascendancy of China,
Brazil and India, raises again questions about how Europe fits within. Focus
on specific issues, urges Zaki Laïdi A
profitable Union The EU expansion of four years ago helped
streamline decision-making – though not to everyone’s liking EU
to create new diplomatic service The EU is set to acquire a so-called External
Action Service uniting officials in Brussels with diplomats from national
foreign ministries The contrast of
the Arab world's two faces Ever since oil was discovered,
the Arab world has been split between those who have too much capital and those
with too little Iran-Europe
gas deals anger Washington The US and its allies are
worried the sanctions regime against Tehran is under threat from a possible
new wave of European investment in Iran’s strategically important gas sector Militants
offer Israel six-month truce A dozen Palestinian factions back the latest
ceasefire proposal, which is aimed at calming the situation in Gaza and comes
as a result of Egypt’s mediation efforts A
deal for Serbia The EU must stay the course, despite pressures to
go slow on enlargement. Leaving the Balkans out of the union would leave a
dangerous hole in the heart of Europe Fed
hints at pause as rates cut to 2% The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a
quarter percentage point to 2 per cent and signalled its preference to pause
at its next meeting in June Half
of east Europe migrants go home Study suggests that
fears of an expanding migrant population are unfounded as half of the 1m
central and eastern Europeans who came to work in Britain since 2004 have
left US
warns over battle against al-Qaeda The west is struggling
in the ideological battle against radical Islam and has failed to provide an
effective response to extremist propaganda, the US said
Eurozone
is strong but not immune Certain national leaders may press the ECB for
lower rates, even if the area as a whole continues to prosper. Their pleas
should be ignored The United Nations is trying to nudge the rich
countries of the Gulf into channelling more foreign aid through international
institutions and away from bilateral projects that often favour the Arab and
Islamic world Growth
fails to allay recession fears The US economy grew by 0.6 per cent in the first
three months of this year, avoiding outright contraction owing to a build-up
in business inventories and continued support from exports The
return of high-risk optimism Only at the Milken Institute Global Conference
would the one song played between financial debates be Bob Marley’s “Three
Little Birds, writes John
Gapper. “Don’t worry ’bout a thing, ’cause every little thing gonna be
alright” Gideon
Rachman’s blog
Obama, Wright and judgement: Barack Obama’s long
dalliance with Jeremiah Wright, while understandable, is a rather calculating
act for a man who claims to represent a new sort of politics House
draws line on North Korea A key congressional committee approved
legislation that could complicate US efforts to reach a denuclearisation deal
with North Korea Clinton
exploits furore over pastor’s views Hillary
Clinton fanned the flames surrounding Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright when
she voiced outrage over “anti-American” remarks by her rival’s former pastor WTO
slaps down US anti-dumping procedure A method known as “zeroing” used by the US in
anti-dumping investigations and reviews was slapped down by the top court of
the World Trade Organisation |
Editorial What War? By: Niall Ferguson | Los Angeles Times Death
toll in Iraq jumped in April Fed
cuts rate by quarter point By Maura
Reynolds The move comes as a report shows the economy avoided contraction by
growing 0.6%. |
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Nato
warns Russia over Georgia tension
US
sends second carrier to the Gulf
Rome's
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The new mayor of Rome has promised to
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H18 Independent Rupert Cornwell: We must never forget the evil inspired by Hitler's
regime |
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H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism Revisiting NATO-ESDP
Relations: Part II SDA Balancing
the Pendulum of Freedom (PDF; 317 KB) Trends
in European Defense Spending, 2001-2006 Readings
on Military Intelligence - Norfolk, The Norfolk Blog Secret spy
court approved record number of wiretaps in 2007 Al-Qaeda 'Greatest
Threat' to US – Russell D.
Howard and Erik Iversen of Tufts University write that the United States is
fighting the "global war on terrorism" in the wrong way. The key to
defeating al-Qaeda, they say, doesn't lie in trying to undermine its extremist
ideology but in defeating its strategy. |
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H20 Slate Favoring
McCain
A new poll shows McCain is the most liked of the three
remaining candidates. An
Exploration of Technology Diffusion |
H21 Revealed:
secret of how birds navigate during migration
The mystery of how migratory birds exploit the Earth's
magnetic field using an internal compass may have been solved by scientists
who have discovered how molecules in the eye can be orientated by weak
magnetic lines. Wanted:
The last Nazis
They are accused of some of the worst war crimes of the
20th century. Now a final bid has been launched to bring them to justice
before they die. In Peter Gay’s reading, modernist thinking is
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sunbeams struck his face, he squealed loudly' 'Downstairs family' start the adjustment to a
world they have never experienced A review
of Sneaker Wars: The Enemy Brothers Who Founded Adidas and Puma and the
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