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H1 Guardian Thousands die in
Chinese earthquake Rescuers struggle to reach victims as state media put death toll at 10,000 in worst affected province

Daily Star Four days that changed the Middle East Rami G. Khouri writes that the consequences of what has happened in the past week in Lebanon may portend an extraordinary but constructive new development: the possible emergence of the first American-Iranian joint political governance system in the Arab world.

Foreign Policy Brain Trusts: McCain Advisers Council on Foreign Relations

Financial Times Oily truth about US foreign policy In 1973, the US imported 33% of its oil; today it imports about 60%. So far, US politicians have responded to this problem with a mix of wishful thinking and anger, writes Gideon Rachman

MIDDLE EAST FOCUS: Can the Arabs pull Lebanon back from the brink?

Food investment, not imperialism

There is a risk powerful nations will use aggressive foreign policies to secure food supplies and exclude competitors, but it has not arrived yet

Showdown between Hizbullah and Beirut - David Schenker
Sadly, for Washington, there are few realistic policy options to reverse the Hizbullah coup. (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

The Times Who's afraid of big bad China? Why? Chinese success is good for the world. And the more we discover about China the better Chris Patten

Preventing an Arms Race in Outer Space By: James Carroll | The Boston Globe The American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently published "Russian and Chinese Responses to US Military Plans in Space," a stark look at where the American project is taking the world. Download the Paper (952 KB)

Debka Exclusive: Syria hardens positions, retracts peace feelers to Israel

Wall Street Journal From Lebanon to HezbollahstanBy Bret Stephens
Global View: When did the transformation begin?

Christian Science Monitor

Medvedev's test case with the West Russia's new president inherits a tinderbox in Georgia, a NATO aspirant.

The Danger of Isolationism By: Andrei Kortunov | The Moscow Times Russia has only two allies -- its army and navy."" This phrase, which was originally uttered 150 years ago by Tsar Alexander III, has become quite popular over the past several years to describe Moscow's shortage of allies.

China's Energy Security Moves It Closer to the Middle East By: Weiming Zhao | The Daily Star
Energy consumption in China is growing as fast as the rapidly growing Chinese economy. China has changed from a net oil exporter to a net oil importer. In recent years, 40 to 50 percent of the oil that China consumes is imported. Of that, 60 percent comes from the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Qatar and Sudan are the main suppliers.

Asia Times China's weakness
the greater danger
Claims that China is an emerging superpower overlook the reality that the ineffectually governed country will struggle for decades to get and stay beyond subsistence. The West, rather than fearing China's expansion, should be preparing for a dramatic setback in Chinese economic growth and resulting breakdowns in domestic order.

WSJ The Challenge From ChinaBy Mark Helprin
Americans would be foolish to take our military superiority for granted.

NYT DAVID BROOKS The Neural Buddhists The cognitive revolution is not going to undermine faith in God — it’s going to challenge faith in the Bible.

Washington Post Editorial Inauspicious VisitPresident Bush's tour of the Middle East is timed to highlight his failures

U.S. Outlook Is Worst Since '92, Poll Finds Results Give Democrats Edge

Weak and Failing States: Evolving Security Threats and U.S. Policy (Updated 18 April 2008) (PDF; 197 KB) Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

Ha’aretz – Bush to Haaretz: Peace process not contingent on one man U.S. president offers words of support for Olmert, saying he is 'an honest guy' and a 'strategic thinker.' Interview with Bush: the transcript

Lebanese army says will use force from Tues. to stop fighting Country embroiled in worst crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war, as death toll reaches over 80

ANALYSIS / In Lebanon, the new reality has taken over

Jerusalem Post 'Accept truce, or resistance will go on' Hamas says negotiations over Schalit's release will begin only after Israel agrees to hudna proposal

America's elusive search for Arab-Israeli peace By AARON DAVID MILLER Its optimistic, split-the-difference world view doesn't suit the regional reality.

Our World: How Lebanon was lost [ CAROLINE GLICK

Palestinian state - as elusive as ever Palestinians still blaming their suffering on everyone but themselves.

Obama should thank Hillary If Obama is lucky, Americans will be more concerned with the economy.

The Other Mideast Talks
Newsweek

Yedioth Ahronoth How Syria hid the reactor US report warns tactics employed by Damascus to conceal nuclear facility may be used by others

The Syrian option/ Yaron London As Hizbullah inches closer to Lebanon takeover, we must reassess new options

WSJ Brazil Joins New Economic Powers Brazil seemed out of its league when compared to dynamic emerging economies of Russia, India and China. But without great fanfare, Brazil's economy has turned a big corner. Already a power in agriculture and natural resources, it has added an elusive ingredient: a currency with staying power.

Lebanon's Sunni Bloc Built Militia, Officials Say By: Borzou Daragahi and Raed Rafei | Los Angeles Times The Future movement used a security firm to assemble a private force, officials say. But the fighters were no match for the Shiite group Hezbollah.

PostGlobal Israel Will Thrive, Flaws and All

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Israel Must Adapt To Survive

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Arabs Must Accept Israel

Israel Must Accept Status Quo

H 2 Web exclusive: 'We are all Kemalists' by Nicholas Birch | Prospect Magazine May 2008 issue 146 Turkey's supposedly antagonistic "democratic Islamists" and "authoritarian secularists" are actually cut from the same cloth