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H1  Washington Post When Carrots and Sticks Don't Work By Zbigniew Brzezinski and William Odom,  American policy toward Iran is not only ineffective but also illogical.

 

Sadr Pursues Image to Match His Power Unexpected Heir Studies, Strategizes to Become an Icon Like His Father

 

Guardian Post-American Israel

Dominique Moisi The 41-year-old special relationship between the US and Israel seems to be ending. What will follow it?

 

New York Times Nuclear Agency Accuses Iran of Willful Lack of Cooperation  A report issued by the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Iran’s suspected research into developing nuclear warheads remains “a matter of serious concern” needing “substantive explanations.”

DAVID BROOKS The Running Mate Choice A presidential candidate should be selecting a vice president on the basis of who can help him govern successfully and get him re-elected.

 

Olmert Says He Gave No Commitment on Golan

U.N. Blames Russia for Downed Drone

 

Los Angeles Times Iraqis losing patience with militiamen

Muqtada Sadr's Mahdi Army militia has provided services and protection to residents, but fighting in recent weeks has endangered their lives.

 

Christian Science Monitor Iran, U.S. leaning toward talks? Recent events suggest both Tehran and Washington may be willing to engage in dialogue.,,

 

The next president has to promote democracy better Amid democratic recession, the US must rethink its freedom agenda.

 

New Republic The Jihadist Revolt Against Bin Laden  Why his Islamic radicals have turned on the Al Qaeda leader. by Peter Bergen and Paul Cruickshank

 

Al Qaeda: The Rebellion Within - Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker

 

Sistani Opposes SOFA; "As Long as he is Alive; Al-Maliki Advisor seems to, Too; 5 Killed, 22 Injured in Baghdad

  

Tom Barnett reviews Kagan and Zakaria Scripps Howard.

 

 IHT  The 'fiction of affluence' has Greeks uneasy Greece, with an economy that is slipping toward obsolescence, has its work cut out for itself: bloated state-owned companies, a wallet-busting pension system and old-fashioned universities.

 

New rules for the Middle East

By RAMI G. KHOURI Iran, Turkey, Hezbollah, Hamas and Israel share one and only one common trait: They routinely ignore Washington's advice.

 

Guardian This mini-league of nations would cause only division

Shashi Tharoor: John McCain wants to create a new alliance to circumvent the UN. We mustn't let this idea gain consensus in Washington

 

Crisis talks on global food prices

Summit in Rome expected to pledge immediate aid to poor countries threatened by malnutrition

 

Wall Street Journal How Bush Sold the War
By Douglas J. Feith Security, not democracy, was the reason we invaded Iraq. Why the radical shift in presidential rhetoric?

 

Financial Times On Israel and the US campaign bus Dealing with accusations of anti-semitism or anti-Israeli sentiment is draining and time-consuming for a presidential candidate. It is easier to chuck a controversial adviser under the bus. But America’s absolutism on the Middle East is reducing its influence, writes Gideon Rachman

 

Recession still likely in US, says Greenspan ‘Greater than 50 per cent probability’

 

Iran reformists upbeat despite poll defeat In spite of only comprising 15 per cent of the new parliament, reformists are optimistic about the influence they will wield in the new legislature

 

EU backs mandate for Russia talks Foreign ministers have approved a negotiating mandate for a new partnership agreement with Russia. It could cover energy and broad areas such as trade and security

 

DT Taliban uses Iraq-style tactics in Kabul Taliban militants have begun infiltrating districts around Kabul, adopting Iraq-style insurgency tactics against Nato forces and the fragile Afghan government.

 

New foreign policy body an opportunity EU cannot afford to miss, says report   A new Chatham House Report, The European External Action Service: Roadmap for Success, sets out ten key policy recommendations that would ensure that the EAS is the most effective possible instrument for its task. Download Paper here

 

CFR The Candidates on Defense Policy

 

Ha’aretz  Palestinians reject Israeli offer to hand over 91.5% of W. Bank

 

MI: Syria still transferring arms to Hezbollah,

 

Rand Unbeknownst to US, Islamic Media Shapes the Mid-East

 

Jerusalem Post Our World: Utopian peace junkies

Reality has counted for little in Israel's political and strategic discourse in recent years.

 

Daily Star Now we move on to Hizbullah's future By Nicholas Blanford

 

Japan’s Nuclear Future: Policy Debate, Prospects, and U.S. Interests (PDF; )
Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS)  Full Report (PDF; 124 KB)

 

WP A Patriot's Progress By E. J. Dionne Jr., By calling young Americans to service, Obama can make patriotism a winning issue.

 

Radar Magazine has an interesting piece by Christopher Ketcham that asks, "Is the government compiling a secret list of citizens to detain under martial law?"”

 

BloggingHeads Steven Simon & David Frum: Surging and Appeasing

 

WINEP The U.S.-Israel-Egypt Trilateral Relationship: Shoring Up the Foundation of Regional Peace

 

Lebanese Crisis Ends: Hizballah Victory or Temporary Truce?

 

EurasiaNet Russia-Kazakhstan: Medvedev Tries to Pick Up Where Putin Left Off
BY JOANNA LILLIS
New Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, making his first foreign foray as president, visited Kazakhstan to emphasize the importance of energy issues in the Kremlin’s geopolitical mindset. While Medvedev and Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev offered effusive praise for bilateral ties, the host nevertheless stressed that Astana’s energy-export policy would continue to be based on pragmatic considerations, and not Russian wishful thinking.

 

Ehsan Ahrari Iraq: Breaking Up is Hard to Do

 

Time A New Man for Lebanon's Old Puzzle

The Return of Iraq's Ayatollah

H2  Apo ile Talabani’nin 17 yýllýk kasedi çýktý

 

 PM says Olmert requested Turkish mediation with Syria

 

OPINION: Escaping forwards —Uri Avnery Turkey is now a partner in the game. Even Olmert understands that it will be sheer folly to annoy the Turks

 

Cevdet Aþkýn Kürtlerin yükselen yýldýzý Neçirvan Barzani

 

DTP’de Türk-Ayna savaþý þiddetleniyor

 

Kürt yönetimi taviz vermeden Kerkük'te referandum olmaz

 

Citing drought, Iraq asks Turkey for more water

 

Turkey to take important steps on Kyoto Protocol

 

Türkiye bölgesel hakem rolü üstlendi

 

Savaþ Süzal ABD desteklese de desteklemese de

 

Conceptualizing Turkey right: Post-Islamism vs. neo-secularism
Pinar K. TREMBLAY

 

Olmert Says He Gave No Commitment on Golan

 

Shell to be partner in Samsun-Ceyhan project, deal in June

 

Ýç Basýnda Türk Dýþ Politikasý  Dýþ Basýnda Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA TSÝ 06:30 Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit      

 

 

Google News Fýrat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dýþ Basýnda Irak  BBC Monitoring Inter-national

 

Cevdet Aþkýn Kürtlerin yükselen yýldýzý Neçirvan Barzani

 

DTP’de Türk-Ayna savaþý þiddetleniyor

 

‘PKK problem requires political solution’

 

[YORUM - BEJAN MATUR] Diyarbakýr'da devlet

G.Doðu paketi bugün açýlýyor

Erdoðan, Diyarbakýr çýkarmasýnda öncelikli projeleri açýklayacak

 

Hükümetin Diyarbakýr çýkarmasý

 

Bush memnun etti siyasi çözüm istedi

 

PKK'nýn kayýp arþivi Ergenekon'da mý? -

 

Suriye ‘Libya modeli’ peþinde

 

Hüsnü Mahalli Basit mantýk

 

ERDAL ÞAFAK Beyrut mesajlarý

 

Baydemir'den Erdoðan'a yine boykot

 

DTP’den davet protestosu

 

Sami Kohen Lübnan’da yeni bir baþlangýç

 

Kerim Balcý The sun rises from the East

 

Mete Çubukçu: Ortadoðu’da blöfü görmek

 

Iran - Turkey Gas Flow Halted After Blast

 

PKK için siyasi çözüm gerekiyor

 

Türkiye Cumhuriyeti pasaportu
NURAY MERT

 

ÝBRAHÝM KARAGÜL Bir 'Osmanlý Barýþý' mümkün!

 

Iraq: Kurds say no to elections in Kirkuk The Iraqi Kurdish leadership wants to postpone the provincial elections in the disputed areas, including the city of Kirkuk, until Article 140 of the constitution is implemented, Kurdish Globe reports.

 

Güneydoðu'da susuz afet

 

Yalçýn Bayer GAP’ý kaptýrmamak için yol haritasý

 

Ýran’ý sevmek NAMIK KEMAL ZEYBEK

 

[NEWS ANALYSIS] Mideast states increasingly ignore US views

 

Arslan Bulut Erdoðan'ýn GAP'ý satma operasyonu!

Turkey seizes 31 tons opium, 13 tons heroin in 2007; PKK drug links growing

 

Kurdistan issues in press interviews: KRG riddled with corruption ...

 

Diziler, Araplarýn Türkiye'ye ilgilerini daha fazla artýrýyor

 

PHOTOS: Kirkuk's Provincial Police Chief Inspects IPs in Zaab

 

 

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dýþ Basýnda Türkiye-AB Ýliþkileri Günlük Haftalýk

 

 

AB ‘dikkat’ çekti

 

Brükselde gündem Türkiye

 

The EU’s safe guide on insulting Turkey

 

Bakaný, Sarkozy'e dokundurdu: Bana kalsa 6 müzakere faslý açarým

 

Turkish, Greek commanders’ meeting marred by criticism

 

German Ambassador: AK Party government is a secular one

 

Yusuf KANLI Cyprus fine tuning

 

Catholics Hope Turkey Opens Church For St Paul Year

 

AB Türkiye'ye sunacaðý tutum belgesini onayladý

 

Eurasia versus 'Eureuropa'
Sylvia TÝRYAKÝ

 

EU shouldn't interfere in our business
Orhan KÝLERCÝOÐLU

 

Ali Babacan: "Katýlým kelimesi rahatsýz ediyor"

 

In Greek-Turkish Relations…it takes two to tango American Chronicle

 

Talat, Brüksel mesaisinde

 

Poland: EU should help east prepare for membership

 

Greek media questions its stance over Turkey Ariana FERENTINOU

 

AB’den Babacan’a güvence

 

Babacan, AB'ye 'müzakere çerçeve belgesi'ni hatýrlatacak

 

Atatürk ve Venizelos’un izindeyiz

 

Agos gazetesi çalýþanlarýna ceza istemi

 

Kosovo Turks’ fear of albanianization by HAJRUDIN SOMUN*

 

The headscarf: political symbols and constitutionalism by Christopher Vasillopulos*

 

Gila Benmayor Koçulu: Ermenistan’la komþuluk iliþkileri peynirle baþlasýn

 

Greek media questions its stance over Turkey

 

Turkish Cypriot FM condemns attack on mosque on Greek side

 

Turkish Cypriot leader meets top EU officials in Brussels

 

Yunanlý generale sýcak karþýlama

 

Yunanlý komutana sirtaki jesti

 

Yunan efsanesi boðazlarý aþamadý

 

 Turkey’s judicial standards far behind EU’s

 

AB'nin eleþtirileri için Babacan 'doðal' dedi

 

Ortaklýk Konseyi toplanýyor

 

Limasol’da Büyük Cami’ye çirkin saldýrý

 

Brüksel’de Gündem Türkiye

Dýþiþleri'nden Yunanistan'a 'anma günü' tepkisi

 

Dýþiþleri’nden Pontus açýklamasý

 

Halkýn yargýya güvenini arttýrýn

 

Anadolu Ermenileri kiliselerini istiyor

 

Türkiye beklesin: Boþnaklar AB'ye vizesiz giriyor!

 

Greek general staff chief on historic visit to Turkey

 

Greek military chief in Ankara
Athens News Agency

 

Britain & US Responsibility for Turkey’s Aggression in Cyprus
Greek News

 

 

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

 

Umur TaluBir, iki, üç... daha fazla maymun!

 

27 Mayýs servet ihtilaliydi

 

Ceylan ups the ante in Cannes; France wins first Palme d’Or in 21 years

 

Oray Eðin “Yalnýz ülkem” cümlesinin kodlarý

 

Seven Bilge Ceylan’ýn en iyi ödülü PERÝHAN MAÐDEN

 

Yapma Diyanet, etme Diyanet!

 

Turkey To Host Record Tourists in 2008

 

Kamuflajda ‘zeytin dalý’ modeli

 

Selçuk’a ‘fücur’ mu dedi, ‘fikir’ mi?

 

Ergenekon’un yazarý kooperatiften cezaevinde

 

Depo Müze’deki objeleri Çankaya’ya verebiliriz

 

Baþbayan’ýn ‘Çankaya Sarayý’ projesi

Millî yazýlým için büyük adým

 

Turkey’s drug trafficking report for 2007 revealed that 31 tons of ...

Kene kâbusu bitmiyor

 

Kontenjan artýþý için karar bugün

 

27 Mayýs 2008 Basýn Özeti

H3 Bir bildiri de Köþk'ten

 

Gül devrede

 

Gül’den ilk adým

Toptan’dan ‘ara dönem formülü’ne açýk kapý

 

'Ara formüllerin içinde olmam'

Gerçeker: Gayet olumlu bir görüþme Yargýtay Baþkaný "tansiyonu düþürme" zirvesini VATAN'a anlattý

 

Yargýtay Baþkaný Gerçeker'den Gül'e: Yargýda reform taslaðý geri çekilsin

 

Kapatma davasý, Türkiye'yi 12 milyar dolarlýk yabancý yatýrýmdan etti

 

Gül: "Kapatma davasý ile ilgili dikkatli olmak zorundayým"

 

‘Kaygý ve tavsiyelerimi muhataplarýma ilettim’

 

"AKP ve laiklik" yorumu

 

 ‘Paksüt’ü Baþbakan dinletti’

 

AK Parti'deki "Ara Rejimci" 4 isim...

 

Umur TaluBir, iki, üç... daha fazla maymun!

 

Yapma Diyanet, etme Diyanet!

 

Gül, bildiri savaþýna el koydu

 

Çözüm görüþmesi

 

CHP: Gül krizi çözemez

 

Ortam dinlemesi

 

Bu haberi hayretle okuyacaksýnýz!

 

‘Teziç kayýtlarý’ ortam dinlemesi

Þahin’den ‘maaþ’ özrü

 

‘En çok parayý yargýya verdik’

 

Çiçek’ten Gül’e destek

 

Tartýþmalar birliðimizi ve istikrarý bozmasýn

 

Ergenekon yazarý tutuklandý

 

Makul olan görüþmek

Mahremiyet kalkýyor mu?

Darbe hazýrlanýyor haberimiz olmuyor TESEV devletin istihbarat faaliyetlerinin “þeffaflaþmasýný” konu alan dikkat çekici bir çalýþmaya imza attý

‘Bu þerefsizce bir iddiadýr’

Zafer Mutlu Barlas’ýn iftirasýný yanýtladý

 

Medyanýn 'meyhane baskýsý' devam ediyor

 

We Still Need a Larger Army - American Enterprise Institute

 

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman

 

 

Cengiz Çandar Yeni Ortadoðu Denklemi; Lübnan’daki Türkiye; Türkiye’deki Türkiye

 

Ahmet Taþgetiren 27 Mayýs neden hâlâ güncel?    Mumcu'nun "sistem krizi" deðerlendirmesi

 

Ruþen - Çakýr

 

Eyüp Can Haþim Kýlýç ne demek istedi?

 

Taha Akyol 27 Mayýs

 

Fikret Bila Gül: Çok dikkatli olmak zorundayým

 

Hasan Cemal Býçak sýrtýndayýz!

 

Murat YetkinÇankaya gergin, hükümet yorgun, Meclis Baþkaný kýrgýn

 

Ýsmet Berkan Ahlakýn kökeni din midir?

 

Fehmi Koru Öðretmen mi, imam mý galip?

 

Taha KývançAllah þifalar versin

 

Þamil Tayyar

 

Ali BayramoðluGüçlü Türk'ün yeni temsilcileri…     Mumcu'nun "sistem krizi" deðerlendirmesi

 

MUHARREM SARIKAYA 'Bürokratik oligarþi...'

 

[YORUM - PROF. DR. ERGUN ÖZBUDUN] Ýki laiklik anlayýþý(2)

 

Yasemin Çongar

 

Ertuðrul ÖzkökCaminin faaliyet raporu olur mu

 

Serdar Turgut Slogan sosyolojisi

 

Ahmet Hakan

 

M Ali BirandKendimize haksýzlýk ediyoruz

 

Cüneyt ÜlseverÞerif Mardin ve Türkiye’de felsefenin sefaleti (I)

 

Enis BerberoðluLübnan’ý Ýran’dan kurtarýn telefonu

 

Ýlter Türkmen  Kuvvetler ayrýlýðý kuvvetler çatýþmasý

 

EKREM DUMANLI - Þaþýrýp kaldýnýz deðil mi?

ÞAHÝN ALPAY - Türkiye'de demokrasi Batý'nýn umurunda mý?

 

ÝHSAN DAÐI - 27 Mayýs bayramýnýz kutlu olsun!

LEYLA ÝPEKÇÝ - Adaletin merkez ve çevresi

MÜMTAZ'ER TÜRKÖNE - "Olumsuz laiklik düþkünlüðü"

Bilal Çetin Krize Gül müdahalesi...

 

Can Ataklý

“AKP kapatýlýrsa Erdoðan ara seçimde aday olamaz”

 

YAVUZ DONATKöksal Toptan: "Beni inciten durum þudur"

 

Güneri Civaoðlu Erdelhun sendromu

 

Demokrasiye ilk darbe: 27 Mayýs

 

Fatin Rüþtü Zorlu’nun özel kalemi ve 27 Mayýs

 

Oktay EkþiBaþ dönmesi

 

Özdemir Ýnce Brüksel yolunda

 

[YORUM - PROF. DR. DAVUT DURSUN] 'Beyefendi, halk dört yýlda bir fikrini söyler; her gün fikrini söyleyen güçler var'

47 yýl sonra 27 Mayýs

 

Mehmet Y YýlmazAmatör dekoratör kendini geliþtiriyor!

 

Ali Bulaç Secular and anti-secular

 

Andrew Finkel ‘Shoddy law’

 

Bekir Coþkun Bay tersine...

 

Sabahattin Önkibar Abdullah Gül'den arabulucu olur mu?

 

Nuray Baþaran Þerif Mardin'in düþündürdükleri

 

Mehmet Altan Menderes’i kim devirdi?

 

Berat Özipek Yargýda demokratik reform þart!

 

Eser Karakaþ Hukuka, yargýya 24 Ocak gerekiyor

 

Sami Selçuk Uyarýcý sancýlar

 

Mahir Kaynak 27 Mayýs

 

MUHARREM SARIKAYA 'Bürokratik oligarþi...'

 

ERDAL ÞAFAK Beyrut mesajlarý

 

ENGÝN ARDIÇ

 

ERGUN BABAHAN Üç maymun

 

EMRE AKÖZ Apoletçilerin büyük hayali

 

Umur TaluBir, iki, üç... daha fazla maymun!

 

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

 

NAZLI ILICAK Yassýada'dan anýlar

 

MEHMET BARLASTürk toplumunun hâkim eðilimi demokratlýk ve dünyalýlýktýr

 

MAHMUT ÖVÜRPrag'da Türkiye rüzgârý esiyor!

 

YAVUZ DONATKöksal Toptan: "Beni inciten durum þudur"

 

Yaman Törüner Yabancýlar tapularý ele geçirirse!

 

TAMER KORKMAZ

“Türkiye'ye Yapýlmýþ En Büyük Kötülüðün” yýldönümü

 

FATMA K. BARBAROSOÐLU

Ýþte bu bizim hikayemiz: Abdülhamit Han'dan Baþbakan Tayyip Erdoðan'a

 

Derya Sazak Öðretmen ve imam

 

Muhitimize geldik... TÜRKER ALKAN

 

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

'Taksitle hiçbir þey pahalý gözükmez'

 

Ercan KumcuÝki yanlýþ bir doðru etmiyor

 

Erdal SaðlamBüyüme ve kredi kartý müdahalesi

 

Hurþit Güneþ Kim haklý?

 

Murat Yülek Globalization: feared by developed countries

Asaf Savaþ Akat

Ýlk çeyrekte istihdam

 

Petrol, altýn, metal ve dolar
MAHFÝ EÐÝLMEZ

 

IMF: Turkey must continue tight fiscal policy

 

Eylem planý 35 gün sonra bitiyor ama hala eksik çok

 

Çiçek: Elektrikte gereken tedbiri alacaðýz

 

Erdoðan: impacts of case costing Turkey blns in investments

 

Ali Tezel ‘Ýstihdam paketi 30 yaþýndan büyükleri iþsiz býrakýr’ demiþtik...

 

Seyfettin Gürsel Boþ tartýþma

 

ANALYSIS-Turkish bank shares hit by credit card plan

 

Canada seen interested in Turkey nuclear tender

 

Turkey should capitalize on growing Mediterranean tourism’

H4 New York Times Nuclear Agency Accuses Iran of Willful Lack of Cooperation  A report issued by the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Iran’s suspected research into developing nuclear warheads remains “a matter of serious concern” needing “substantive explanations.”

DAVID BROOKS The Running Mate Choice A presidential candidate should be selecting a vice president on the basis of who can help him govern successfully and get him re-elected.

 

Olmert Says He Gave No Commitment on Golan

Optimism Grows as Marines Push Against Taliban

 Hezbollah Leader Plays Down Group’s Political Aims in Lebanon

 

U.N. Blames Russia for Downed Drone

BOB HERBERT Roads, High and Low Hillary Clinton could learn something from Senator Joe Biden who exhibited decency and class on Friday morning

 

CNN, Newsweek editor starting international show

H5 Washington Post When Carrots and Sticks Don't Work By Zbigniew Brzezinski and William Odom,  American policy toward Iran is not only ineffective but also illogical.

 

Sadr Pursues Image to Match His Power Unexpected Heir Studies, Strategizes to Become an Icon Like His Father

 

Iran Withholds Key Nuclear Documents Program Still Peaceful, U.N. Agency Says

 

U.N. Says Russia Downed Drone

Georgian Craft Was Flying Over Separatist Region

 

No Clear Map For Clinton's Political Future

 

A Patriot's Progress By E. J. Dionne Jr., By calling young Americans to service, Obama can make patriotism a winning issue.

 

That's the Ticket By Richard Cohen,

The only way for the United States to get a sensible foreign policy may be for John McCain and Barack Obama to run together.

 

 

Editorial Bearing No Burden

Republicans hold the line against paying any cost of war.

 

Release the Rice (II)

Japan acted swiftly to ease hunger. It can do even more.

 

Did She Really Say That?

By Eugene Robinson, Page A13

Forget the nomination. If this race goes on much longer, Hillary could lose her soul.

 

Outpouring of Help Shifts Mood in China

 

Bush Straddles His Hard Line in Engaging Sudan

 

Release the Rice (II)

Japan acted swiftly to ease hunger. It can do even more.

 

 

H6 Guardian Post-American Israel

Dominique Moisi The 41-year-old special relationship between the US and Israel seems to be ending. What will follow it?

 

This mini-league of nations would cause only division Shashi Tharoor: John McCain wants to create a new alliance to circumvent the UN. We mustn't let this idea gain consensus in Washington

 

IAEA says Iran not revealing nuclear aims  International Atomic Energy Agency raises concern over anomalies in Tehran's nuclear activities

 

Crisis talks on global food prices

Summit in Rome expected to pledge immediate aid to poor countries threatened by malnutrition

 

'Russia shot down Georgian spy drone'  UN report backs Georgian claim that Russia is giving support to Georgia's break away region, Abkhazia

 

EU ministers plan to amend relations with Russia

 

We have gone mad, Your Majesty, and only you can cure our affliction

George Monbiot: An open letter to the leader of Opec's biggest oil producer, the one man who can force Britain to cut its carbon emissions

 

The new revolution Agnès Poirier: This year's winner of the Palme d'Or reveals a France finally ready to embrace the 21st century

 

Obama calls for new special relationship UK's special relationship with US needs to be recalibrated, Barack Obama tells ex-pats in Britain

 

'Quake lake' flood fears for 1.3m people  Chinese officials prepare for mass evacuation as death toll expected to exceed 80,000

 

H7  

Washingto Times New president rises on army's neutrality Military commanders often ride to power atop a tank. But in Lebanon, the key to army chief Michel Suleiman's rise to the nation's presidency has been keeping his men out of the fight

 

Daily Star Nasrallah said what he had to, but not all that he should have

 

Now we move on to Hizbullah's future
By Nicholas Blanford

 

Barry Rubin / gloriacenter.org:
The Fall of Lebanon  —  “If you have tears, prepare to shed them now....

 

Hizbullah Employs Shock and Awe in Beirut - Borzou Daragahi (Los Angeles Times)

 

Is Sufism the accepting face of Islam? Sufism is often lauded as the moderate face of Islam but since it preaches a form of universalism now associated with the West, it loses popular support to fundamentalism

 

Hizbullah Awaits the Next Round in Lebanon

 

Matthew Yglesias on the appeasement paradox: Understanding the usefulness of diplomacy and the limits of American power (and more).

 

America should help Lebanon (By Gary Anderson)

 

Amr Musa Talks to Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranians Would Welcome Airstrikes--5/27/2008 12:00:00 AM

H8 IraqSlogger Google News  Iraq Iran Syria    Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq  

 

Mideast Govts Increasingly Ignore US Views

 

USA-Iraq Security Agreement "Almost Impossible to Pass" - Al-Alam TV

 

Political Balance is Lebanon May Turn Out to Be Just a Ceasefire - Margelov

 

Al-Jazeera Interviews Qatari Premier on Lebanese Agreement, Arab Issues

 

Nasrallah vows not to use arms to achieve political goals

 

Iraq Suicide Bomber Targets US-Allied Group

 

Iran may be withholding information needed in nuclear probe

 

Hezbollah has warning for Lebanon's new government

 

Iran's Foreign Minister Says US Should Modify Its Policies in Region

 

Hezbollah head urges co-existence Hezbollah's leader reiterates that the powerful Shia Muslim group is not seeking to rule Lebanon.

 

High hopes  Jim Muir looks ahead as Lebanon unites behind new president

H9 Ha’aretz  Palestinians reject Israeli offer to hand over 91.5% of W. Bank

 

MI: Syria still transferring arms to Hezbollah,

 

Rosner's Guest: Jeremy Ben-Ami, the co-founder of J Street

 

Sources: Israel, Hezbollah strike prisoner swap dealOther sources refute report, saying deal is yet 'far off'; reported deal includes 2 captive IDF soldiers

 

Nasrallah's speech / Preparing Kuntar's 'homecoming'

 

Who's afraid of Finkelstein?

 

Carter says Israel has 150 nuclear weapons

 

Israeli source: PA forces have improved 'dramatically' in W. Bank

 

Jerusalem Post Our World: Utopian peace junkies

Reality has counted for little in Israel's political and strategic discourse in recent years.

 

Talansky to testify against Olmert in illicit funding case

 

61 MKs back bill against Golan exit

 

The Syrian Talks Aren't Serious - Barry Rubin

 

Hamas "Very Disturbed" over Syrian-Israeli Peace Talks

 

In Washington: There are no dangers in diplomacy

[ MJ ROSENBERG

 

Yedioth Ahronoth Army forgot its job Paradoxically, In Israel civilians are at front while army keeps on withdrawing, Udi Label writes

 

Why did Nasrallah yield?

 

To the last inch/ Eitan HaberTruth must be told: Syria deal would entail full withdrawal from Golan Heights

 

Daily Alert.orgHebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review Google News Israel - Palestine

 

Olmert: Only Delusional People Think We'll Keep Post-'67 Borders

 

What Was - and Was Not - Agreed On in the Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations INSS
An Israeli article spelling out the areas of agreement and disagreement in the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations

 

Hizbollah's Increased Strength
INSS  An Israeli article examining the implications for Israel of Hizbollah's increased strength

 

Olmert: I did not pre-commit to Israeli withdrawal from Golan

 

Israel 'has 150 nuclear weapons' Ex-US President Jimmy Carter says Israel has 150 nuclear weapons, in off-the-cuff remarks at a literary festival

 

The Missing Palestinian Moderates - Clifford D. May

 

Workers in the Occupied Territories (PDF; 464 KB)  Source: International Labor Organization (via UN Pulse)

 

Gaza Sewage Crisis Threatens Israel's Shores

 

Israel Serious about Peace with Syria

H10 Christian Science Monitor Iran, U.S. leaning toward talks? Recent events suggest both Tehran and Washington may be willing to engage in dialogue.,,

 

The next president has to promote democracy better Amid democratic recession, the US must rethink its freedom agenda.

 

Food aid must go local to do good Aid groups have a responsibility to consider the impact of their programs on local culture.

 

China enjoys rare moment of global support The country won long-sought international sympathy for its tragic earthquake and rapid government response.

 

Both Obama, McCain start seeking No. 2 They need to pick running mates with strong résumés.

 

Fuel prices' toll on U.S. economy A $10 increase in the price of a barrel of oil can lower GDP by about 0.2 percent.

 

ASIA

 

Japan’s Nuclear Future: Policy Debate, Prospects, and U.S. Interests (PDF; )
Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS)  Full Report (PDF; 124 KB)

 

China's New Tiananmen: Activism After the Quake

 

On the edge Ashley Bommer  

The Afghan-Pakistani border, riddled with Taliban and al-Qaida insurgents, is not beyond redemption - provided both countries work together

 

Trade Policy Review: China 2008 WTO  A WTO Secretariat report on the trade policies and practices of China (single page linking to each section)

 

Pakistan PM Says Three-Pronged Strategy to Combat Terrorism

 

Trade Policy, New Century: The WTO, FTAs and Asia Rising  IEA This 122-page UK monograph deals with the future of free trade

 

Pakistan's Other Border

H11 IHT  The 'fiction of affluence' has Greeks uneasy Greece, with an economy that is slipping toward obsolescence, has its work cut out for itself: bloated state-owned companies, a wallet-busting pension system and old-fashioned universities.

 

New rules for the Middle East

By RAMI G. KHOURI Iran, Turkey, Hezbollah, Hamas and Israel share one and only one common trait: They routinely ignore Washington's advice.

 

Russian jet shot down Georgian spy drone, UN says A United Nations investigation has concluded that an unmanned Georgian reconnaissance aircraft destroyed last month was struck by an air-to-air missile fired from a Russian fighter jet.

 

New alliances in view in a changing Germany By JOHN VINOCUR

A reflexive conviction that there are deficits in social justice has altered German politics and turned Die Linke (the Left), founded from a fusion of parties, into a single, increasingly respectable political force that is now Germany's third largest.

 

Social Democrats in Germany launch challenge to president, further straining coalition The Social Democrats on Monday nominated a challenger to President Horst Köhler, setting up a standoff between the governing parties as they prepare for a 2009 general election.

EU foreign ministers approve partnership talks with Russia Foreign ministers with the European Union on Monday approved much delayed plans to begin talks with Russia aimed at forging a new "strategic partnership."

 

Health care fees trouble Eastern Europe Countries rich and poor struggle with how best to provide affordable health care, but in the center of Europe the difficulty is sharpened by the clash between rising expectations for the best treatments and the long-ingrained habits of Communist-era unlimited, free health care.

 

 

 

EUROPE European press review

 

Der Spiegel Looking East: EU Gives Green Light for Russia Talks

 

From FT, the role of intellectuals may have diminished, but they remain central to French public life — four of the country's most provocative thinkers yield insights on the state of their homeland, the environment, human rights and military interventionism.

 

New Life For Eastern Neighborhood

An new initiative seeks to reinforce the bloc's ties with its eastern neighbors -- with a view to putting at least some of them on the path to membership

 

H12 RFE/RL

 

50,000 turn out in Georgia to protest election results About 50,000 opposition demonstrators marched through Georgia's capital on Monday to protest parliamentary election results they said were rigged in favor of the ruling party.

 

Google News Azerbaijan

 

Moscow Waits for Eu to Officially Announce Readiness for Talks on New Accord - Diplomat

 

Russia, Nato Should Cooperate Despite Existing Problems - State Duma Deputy

 

UN backs Georgia over drone claim  A Russian jet did shoot down a Georgian drone over breakaway Abkhazia last month, UN monitors say

 

H13 The TimesMission to Mars

Phoenix may reveal whether the Red Planet could support life

 

Life on Mars: just waiting for proof Most planetary researchers now believe that there is - or was - life on Mars: they're just waiting for the proof

 

The Vice (Presidential) Squad

Choosing a running mate will be a serious challenge for both Obama and McCain

 

Scientists identify new strain of bird flu Researchers find that H7 strains of the flu virus may develop some of the traits necessary to easily infect human beings

 

 

Wall Street Journal How Bush Sold the War
By Douglas J. Feith
Security, not democracy, was the reason we invaded Iraq. Why the radical shift in presidential rhetoric?

 

Renewing America's Asia Policy By John McCain
And Joseph Lieberman

The region deserves more attention, investment and cooperation from the U.S.

 

Labour's Loser

By Stephen Pollard
State of the Union:
The case for Gordon Brown's resignation.

 

 

Republicans Are in Denial
By Tom Coburn K Street and 'compassionate' conservatism ruined the GOP.

 

We Need Free Trade in Health Care
By Jagdish Bhagwati
And Sandip Madan

The Democratic candidates are ignoring huge cost savings

 

 

A Call for an "Asian Plaza"
\"The International Economy\"
A 5-page US article outlining initiatives for dealing with global trade/currency imbalances

H14 Financial Times On Israel and the US campaign bus Dealing with accusations of anti-semitism or anti-Israeli sentiment is draining and time-consuming for a presidential candidate. It is easier to chuck a controversial adviser under the bus. But America’s absolutism on the Middle East is reducing its influence, writes Gideon Rachman

 

Recession still likely in US, says Greenspan ‘Greater than 50 per cent probability’

 

Iran reformists upbeat despite poll defeat In spite of only comprising 15 per cent of the new parliament, reformists are optimistic about the influence they will wield in the new legislature

 

EU backs mandate for Russia talks

Foreign ministers have approved a negotiating mandate for a new partnership agreement with Russia. It could cover energy and broad areas such as trade and security

 

Gideon Rachman’s blog The politics of Eurovision: Western Europeans complain that they no longer recognise a club that they founded and continue to fund

 

WORLD NEWS - CLIMATE CHANGE: US emissions trading waits for Bush to go

 

Putin quickens tax cuts to revive oil flow Russia’s government takes its first steps towards $4bn of tax cuts to boost investment in its oil industry, amid warnings output could fall for the first time in 10 years

 

Japan seeks ties with Africa Premier to have talks with 45 African leaders as he tries to prove Tokyo is a valuable partner and seeks their support for Japan gaining a permanent UN Security Council seat

 

SPD defies Merkel with presidential nominee Germany’s Social Democrats, junior partner in the ruling coalition, nominate their own candidate for next year’s presidential election as discord with the CDU increases

 

A party stranded between defeat and disaster Philip Stephens on Brown and the Labour party

 

Cooling Kiev Ukraine’s leaders must co-operate to fight inflation, but the political struggle that has hampered policy-making since 2004 still prevents coherent action

 

Brown and the Bank of EnglandThe monetary policy committee is unlikely to respond to political pressure. Expect the central bank to put up a robust fight against inflation

 

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft: antitrust confusion Thomas Hazlett on the purpose of regulation

 

Buffett, other cultures and the trust question Michael Skapinker on the US investor’s move to Europe

 

 

 

 

H15 Los Angeles Times Iraqis losing patience with militiamen

Muqtada Sadr's Mahdi Army militia has provided services and protection to residents, but fighting in recent weeks has endangered their lives.

 

Comfort food and complaints at a Cairo food stand

At a corner cart known for its faoul, a bean dish, customers seek sustenance and commiserate over the soaring cost of food in Egypt

 

Editorial

 

Swelling lake threatens 1.2 million in China The government warns that evacuations may be necessary because of the risk of flooding

 

'Follow the water' on Mars

The latest pictures from NASA show a bizarre landscape apparently shaped by the movement of ice

 

Iran may be withholding info needed in nuke probe Iran may be withholding information needed to establish whether it tried to make nuclear arms, the International Atomic Energy Agency said today in an unusually strongly worded report.

 

Somalia on the verge of collapse, aid officials and residents say

On top of a growing insurgency and a government void, the nation's fragile economy is disintegrating

 

Michel Suleiman sworn in as president of Lebanon

The former army chief of staff takes over a country torn between U.S.-Saudi support and Hezbollah.

 

America's new segregation

Gregory Rodriguez: Can American democracy survive all this heightened interest in the political process?

 

H16 American Politics

 

AP INTERVIEW: McCain criticizes Obama on Iraq 

 

realclearpolitics memeorandum  ABC’s The Note US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

 

Two Democratic dynasties near the exit

 

How Barack Obama Can Win The Patriotism Debate
by E. J. Dionne, Jr.

 

Bill Clinton: ‘Cover up’ hiding Hillary Clinton's chances  —  (CNN) — Former President Bill Clinton said that Democrats were more likely to lose in November if Hillary Clinton is not the nominee, and suggested some were trying to “push and pressure and bully” superdelegates to make up their minds prematurely.

 

Evan Thomas / Newsweek:
A Memo to Senator Obama

 

Fidel Castro bashes Obama Cuba policy  —

 

The hardest word

Michael Tomasky: US elections 2008: Why can't Hillary Clinton say she's sorry? The answer has very little to do with politics

 

 

H17 Daily Telegraph Failing the troops in Afghanistan Rather than taking meaningful action to protect troops, the Government prefers to deny failings or silence critics.

 

Obama proposes fairer UK partnership Democratic contender has proposed a fairer, more even relationship between USA and the UK if he his elected president.

 

Taliban uses Iraq-style tactics in Kabul Taliban militants have begun infiltrating districts around Kabul, adopting Iraq-style insurgency tactics against Nato forces and the fragile Afghan government.

 

Russian spyplane attack was 'act of war' Russia was effectively charged with committing an act of war after a UN report concluded it shot down a Georgian reconnaissance aircraft over Georgia in April

 

H18 Independent  2008: a martian odyssey

 

Leading article: Still looking for life

 

German snoopers 'tracked thousands of phone calls'

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

 

The Principles of War: 3. Offensive Action

CFR The Candidates on Defense Policy

 

We Still Need a Larger Army - American Enterprise Institute

 

New Republic The Jihadist Revolt Against Bin Laden  Why his Islamic radicals have turned on the Al Qaeda leader. by Peter Bergen and Paul Cruickshank

 

Al Qaeda: The Rebellion Within - Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker

 

Radar Magazine has an interesting piece by Christopher Ketcham that asks, "Is the government compiling a secret list of citizens to detain under martial law?"

 

Human Security Brief 2007
Human Security Report Project

 

The Exon-Florio National Security Test for Foreign Investment
Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS)

 

Canada's foreign minister resigns Canada's foreign minister resigns after he admitted leaving classified papers in a non-secure location.

 

Iraqi teens forced to train for suicide bombings, officials say

 

Women warriors

By HELEN BENEDICT Nearly a third of female veterans say they were sexually assaulted or raped while in the U.S. military.

 

A world beyond control , Paul Rogers The United States and military is planning for the long-term challenge of low-intensity insurgent warfare. But its thinking remains locked in the past

H20 Slate   

 

 

World Health Statistics 2008
Source: World Health Organization Download in sections (PDFs) or as full document (PDF; 5.11 MB).

 

George Bush's Foreign Aid: Transformation or Chaos?  CGD This 136-page study analyzes the dramatic changes in foreign aid during the Bush Administration

H21 From The Atlantic Monthly, the sky is falling: The odds that a potentially devastating space rock will hit Earth this century may be as high as one in 10; so why isn’t NASA trying harder to prevent catastrophe?

 

In the Basement of the Ivory Tower

The idea that a university education is for everyone is a destructive myth. An instructor at a “college of last resort” explains why. by Professor X

 

Agnostic about atheism Tracy Quan: The strident secularism of Dawkins and Hitchens misses a bigger point. God doesn't have to be great for religion to be worthwhile

 

What's Up, Doc? The prestige of honorary degrees falls to record lows by Joseph Epstein

From Seed, to find life on other worlds requires thinking about how other life would find us.

 

Plans to return humans to the moon are under way — but will the moon be a stepping stone to Mars or a destination all its own?

 

Why the Moon?: Developing a strong rationale for returning to the Moon becomes ever more important.

 

Who owns the Moon?: Glenn Harlan Reynolds on the case for lunar property rights. ,,

 

Sydney Pollack, Academy Award-winning director, dies at 73

 

It’s the Genes, Stupid

Scientific evidence that there may be a hereditary component to our political choices merely suggests that genes affect how susceptible we are to our surroundings.

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