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H1 The Geopolitics of $130 Oil | Stratfor U.S. Overseas Military Presence in the 21st Century Michael
O'Hanlon, Center for a New
American Security New York Times
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Truth
or Consequences What
would a mythical, truth-telling presidential candidate say about the best
energy policy for America? MAUREEN DOWD Can
He Take a Frisk? Barack Obama knows that he is left with one final roll
of the dice. So, he sets up a secret meeting with Bill Clinton. The
Rich Get Hungrier By
AMARTYA SEN The global food problem is not being caused by a falling
trend in world production, it is the result of accelerating demand
Editorial Iran
and the Inspectors The latest report
on Iran’s nuclear activities is alarming, but it must not be used as an
excuse by Washington hard-liners to launch military options.
McCain
Urges New Arms Pact With Moscow Distancing himself from the Bush
administration, Senator John McCain vowed to work more closely with
Russia. Video
| Transcript Muhammad Cohen / Asia Times: Bush
‘plans Iran air strike by August’ — Syria:
Between Negotiations with Israel and the Iranian Axis - David
Schenker (Institute for Contemporary Affairs/ Jerusalem Center for Public
Affairs) Wall Street Journal The Problem With Talking to Iran
By Amir Taheri Nation-states have negotiable interests. Revolutions do
not. Punxsutawney
Condi EDM
RUSSIA
AND CHINA: UNITED BY FOREIGN POLICY, DIVIDED BY ENERGY PRICES Enter the man of consensus - GulfNews
By Amir
Taheri Washington Post Editorial Iran's
Failed 'Litmus Test' Will there be consequences
for Tehran's stonewalling of U.N. nuclear inspectors? An
Unwanted League By Thomas Carothers A proposed League of Democracies is
looking a lot like a league of our own. Rx
for Global Poverty By Robert J. Samuelson
Attacking globalization undermines the most powerful force for eradicating
global poverty. Ex-Press
Aide Writes That Bush Misled U.S. on Iraq WSJ How to
Have Successful Negotiations by Dennis Ross (repeat) Foreign Policy Why
Do Economists Make Such Dismal Arguments About Trade? The Syria-Israel talks: old themes, new setting, Carsten
Wieland Global Civilization? Philip
Zelikow Advancing
Freedom and Democracy Reports, May 2008 Financial
Times Oil
has reached a turning point Daniel Yergin on handling the
supply shock US
is unwise to deny Iran’s key role in Gulf Tehran’s
Arab neighbours are increasingly trying to defend themselves from American
efforts to defend them against Iran, writes Ethan
Chorin Oil-rich
Iran has no shortage of friendsEnergetic diplomacy and
high crude prices are helping Tehran shore up support for its nuclear
programme Emu’s
second 10 years may be tougher The eurozone is a
triumph as a monetary union. Yet it is much less so as an economic union. Its
creation has not caused the acceleration in dynamism that proponents hoped
for – if anything, structural reforms have slowed, writes Martin
Wolf Kiev
and Moscow in dispute over naval port Relations
between Russia and the Ukraine deteriorate further as both countries continue
their claim of sovereignty over the Black Sea city of Sevastopol US
fails to toe tough Bush line on Mideast Bush’s
warning this month about The US has followed up President George W. the
risks of appeasement in an unusual way. Washington has welcomed negotiations
with some of the Middle Eastern actors the Bush administration most distrusts Israelis
reluctant to leave the Golan A peace deal with Syria will
require Israel to relinquish the strategic annexed territory, but settlers
say they will resist any move to end their cherished way of life WORLD NEWS: Iran
expects initiative to fail Daily Star In
dollars or euros, the price of oil would cost the same By
Martin Feldstein An
'Asian century,' but which Asia do we mean? By
Yin Gang StrategyPage: Al Qaeda Discusses Losing Iraq —
Al Qaeda web sites are making a lot of noise about “why we lost in
Iraq.” Western intelligence agencies are fascinated by the statistics
being posted in several of these Arab language sites. Not the kind of
stuff you read about in the Western media. Evolution
of Terrorism As A Global Test of Wills: A Personal Assessment and Perspective (PDF; 90 KB)
Source: Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism Asia Times Invasion:
Time to do something about oil The US government will eventually
have to respond to the recent fast increase in the oil price, which with
similar gains in other commodities is both inflationary and recession-producing.
A steep interest rate increase, the correct answer, won't happen. Invading
another oil-producing country, and getting it right, is another option. - Martin
Hutchinson The Times Jimmy Carter is right to say the unsayable
| Bronwen Maddox: World ... Newsweek J
Street: DC's New Jewish Lobby... Ha’aretz – Barak mulls ultimatum
to Olmert: Resign or agree to early poll Talansky: I gave Olmert
$150,000; defense lawyer: Testimony twisted; poll: 70% of of Israelis doubt
PM Rosner's Guest: U.S. should enforce policies on Israel Editorial Explain
or resign Barack
Obama: I wouldn't promise Ahmadinejad a meeting Oren The black channel and
the White House As long as there are no Americans in the Israeli-Syrian
story, there will never be any real progress in the negotiations between the
two sides Time Why
Israel Is Talking to Its Enemies What China Wants from the
Russians The
Paradox of Muslim Weakness New Republic Olmert
And Assad Are Negotiating To Save Themselves, Not Their Countries by Michael Oren Guardian We
must all act together Gordon Brown: The oil crisis is a
global problem requiring global solutions Olmert
'took cash in envelopes' US businessman at centre of corruption inquiry
tells court he gave $150,000 over 15 years to Israeli PM Getting Big Oil to Feel Our Pain By: Derrick Z. Jackson |
The Boston Globe Last year, ExxonMobil made $40.6 billion. In the first
quarter of this year, ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and BP
America, the five companies that had officials appear before House and Senate
committees to cry relative poverty, together made $36 billion in profits. Man on the Move By: Ralph Peters | New York Post We
Americans see our illegal-immigration crisis in isolation, as if we alone
face failing borders. But we're in good shape compared with migrant-flooded
countries around the world. It's a global phenomenon -- a new age of mass
population transfers that bedevils rich, stable countries and overwhelms the
infrastructure of weaker states. And there's no end in sight. MESH ‘Postcolonial Theory and
the Arab-Israel Conflict’ IHT Merkel calls for closer NATO-Russia ties
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany has issued a strong call for NATO and
Russia to forge closer ties to avoid deepening misunderstandings over the
eastward expansion of NATO. Al Hayat Does the Hero Die?! Jameel Theyabi - For decades, Syria played to the tune of Arab
nationalism, casting itself as the state of resistance and defiance. Some
even raved that it was the Arab country that cemented Arab solidarity and
resisted Israel
Arab Writer Says Syria's Allies Concerned
Over Syrian-Israeli Talks A review
of Robert Kagan's The Return of History and the End of Dreams (and more
and more). Gallup Daily: Obama Leads Clinton by 51% to 43% AQ Supporters'
Tape to Call for Use of WMD - Thomas
and Cook, ABC News
Israel:
Iranian Aid Growing Among Militants Iraq's Main Sunni
Bloc Suspends Govt Talks Salon No
Free Speech Brzezinski
Accuses Israel Lobby of McCarthyism Analysis: Will Israel
& Syria get serious? By CLAUDE SALHANI (UPI) -- Now that the "engagement announcement" has
been made public, it remains to be seen if Israel and Syria will have the
courage to go through with their rapprochement and if Damascus and Jerusalem
will say "yes" to end the state of war that exists between their
two countries and proceed to consummate the peace treaty Walker's World: Russia's
'hypermortality' By MARTIN WALKER (UPI) -- An alarming new word has been
born. It is "hypermortality," which might be defined as an
extraordinary tendency toward death. Commentary: Connecting slippery
dots By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE (UPI) -- Franklin D. Roosevelt’s bogeyman was Big Business.
Ronald Reagan’s was Big Labor. And the next president's is almost bound to be
Big Finance. A paradigm shift from unfettered to fettered democratic
capitalism is in the making. |
H2 FT Turkey’s
$12bn gift to woo Kurdish region The country has unveiled a series of investment schemes for its
south-eastern provinces, in a step to counter separatist sentiments in the
impoverished area US upgrades ties with Iraqi Kurds, albeit invisibly CSM Turkey revives stalled $32 billion GAP dam
and irrigation project The initiative is designed to boost the restive southeast, where rebels
have capitalized on residents' economic grievances to build support LA Times Turkish
court case highlights a deep divide In a country known for embracing both democracy and its Muslim heritage,
an attempt to dissolve the ruling Islamic party sets up a looming crisis EU
and Turkey blame each other for slow pace of membership talks The Turkish foreign minister, Ali Babacan, in an oblique reference to
France, said questions about whether his country should join at all dampened
enthusiasm in Turkey for far-reaching changes in politics and other matters Greek
Military Acquisitions on the Rise International
Analyst Network THE KURDISH ISSUE AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH Fouad Ajami America's
'gift' to Iraq National Post Kurds understand that there can be no Kurdish
state, that America will not countenance a Kurdish state. But it will support
Kurdish autonomy
Turkey:
A Time for Truth EDM HEROIN
TRADE BEING USED TO FINANCE THE PKK, A TURKISH REPORT CLAIMS Turkish Director Fêted in Cannes, Ignored at Home TIME 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
GAP Eylem Planı Güneydoğu, yatırım paketinden bu kez
umutlu BAŞBAKAN'IN
AÇIKLADIĞI 'GAP PAKETİ' İÇİN KİM NE DEDİ? [Analiz] Bürokratlar
öncülük ederse holdingler bölgeye koşar Shake-up in DTP as parliamentary group chief resigns M Ali Birand Kürtlere
artık sadece vaad yetmiyor... Ruşen
- Çakır
Hem GAP Eylem
Planı hem yerel seçimler için start verdi UN new project about Iraq Kirkuk issue Erdoğan
vows to remake Southeast Diyarbakırlı
İşadamları: Hayal kırıklığı Askerin gündemi: Ortadoğu-petrol-terör DTP’de Türk istifası
PKK çıkarıldı, KPK
başladı
Liderler kirli ama barış güzel... AKP eve dönüşün önünü açabilir DTP'de çatlak büyüdü Ahmet Türk görevi
bıraktı Sefer
yapabilirsiniz ama zafer kazanamazsınız Mehmet Altan Sivas’ın doğusu... Meral Tamer AKP’nin
GAP projesi, umarız yeni bir elma şekeri olmaz! Güneri Civaoğlu 13 küpeli gelin Iraq
in water talks with Turkey, Syria as rivers run dry Hadi Uluengin Osmanlılar
dönerken Diyarbakır,
a focal point of change by Bejan Matur* Nasuhi Güngör Lübnan’daki Türkiye’yi doğru okumak Iraq provincial electoral law still disputed Güneydoğu, yatırım
paketinden bu kez umutlu Doğu Ergil Syria-Israel
peace talks through Turkish mediation Türkmen kenti
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