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H1 Washington Post Obama Secures Nomination 

 

Washington Quarterly Summer    Statecraft in the Middle East Dennis Ross

 

Sanctions against Iran: A Promising Struggle Michael Jacobson

 

Obama's First Test: Handling Hillary - Roger Simon, The Politico

 

Clinton's Exit Strategy - Charlie Cook, National Journal

 

Debka Exclusive: Limited US attack on Iranian Revolutionary Guards bases in sight  

 

US-Iraq Security Pact Shapes Up as Major Battle

 

NPQ Fareed Zakaria: BARACK OBAMA MUST FACE POST-AMERICAN WORLD

 

CFR Negotiating with Hostile States - Council on Foreign Relations

 

Newsweek Campaign '08: Obama's Foreign Policy Advisers

 

Campaign '08: McCain's Foreign Policy Advisers

Olmert Talks Peace at Aipac Conference by Eli Lake

 

Policy Review Deterring Terrorists What Israel has learned
Shmuel Bar

 

Expanded Deterrence Broadening the threat of retaliation Elbridge A. Colby

 

New York Times  THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Time for Radical Pragmatism We need a radical departure because the course that Israelis and Palestinians are on does not have enough energy to produce a solution.

 

Next on Agenda Is Clinton’s Role  Barack Obama must work to repair relations with Clinton and her supporters and decide whether to offer her a spot on the ticket.

 

UN Says Solving Food Crisis Could Cost $30 Billion

 

Chief Cleric Says Iran Doesn’t Seek Nuclear Arms

 

Rice Calls Dialogue With Iran Pointless

 

Financial Times US naval chief sees role for contacts with Iran The top US naval commander in the Middle East says contacts between the US and Iranian navies would be useful once Tehran stopped sponsoring violence inside Iraq

 

LEADER: Time-bomb of Arab youth bulge LEADER: Demographic time bomb in Mideast

 

Dollar surges as Bernanke speaks out The dollar surged while oil and gold tumbled after Ben Bernanke surprised markets by making clear the Federal Reserve does not want the US currency to weaken any further because of the risks to inflation

 

IHT  A bell tolls for Ahmadinejad Iran's faction-ridden political system shows signs of a promising shift.

 

The paradox of Muslim weakness

By SADANAND DHUME

The sorry state of Muslim societies is what makes Islamism such a formidable force.

 

Thinking About the Future of Food: The Chatham House Food Supply Scenarios Source: Chatham House Full Paper (PDF; 259 KB)

 

Olmert's Dilemma and Israel's Multi-front Negotiations by Barry Rubin

 Oil and the Saudi Peace Offensive | Stratfor

Iran: Reversals on the Foreign Policy Front Manifest at Home .

 

SPIEGEL Interview with US Senator Chuck Hagel: 'We Have Done Terrible Damage'

 

Andrew Sullivan The Clintons Threaten 

 

Azerbaijan: Baku Likely to Reject Russian Offer to Buy Natural Gas BY ROVSHAN ISMAYILOV If you cannot beat them, try to co-opt them: that apparently is Gazprom’s operational philosophy. The Russian state-controlled energy giant on June 2 sounded out officials in Azerbaijan about large-scale purchases of Azerbaijani natural gas. But Baku seems unenthused about doing a deal

 

How to Solve the Greek Dispute over Macedonia's Name By: Edward P. Joseph | Der Spiegel  The 17-year conflict over Macedonia’s official state name has taken a new turn. Greece’s successful effort to block Skopje’s entry into NATO has fueled nationalist dynamics in both countries. But there is more at stake here than a name: Macedonia’s stability -- and Kosovo’s -- rests on urgently finding a reasonable compromise with Greece

 

The Coming Energy Wars By: Rana Foroohar | Newsweek  Oil prices could hit $200 a barrel in the next few months. A year ago no one was talking about $200 oil, and now everyone in the markets is, for scary reasons

 

CFR The National Security Debate

The FP Memo: What Might Have Been in Iraq

 

WINEP Israel and America at Sixty: The Strategic Partnership at a Crossroads - Israel and America at Sixty: The Strategic Partnership at a Crossroads  (audio)

 

Wall Street Journal Why We Went to Iraq
By Fouad Ajami It's not easy to tell people of the threats and dangers they have been spared.

 

The Coming Oil Investment Boom By Holman W. Jenkins Jr. Business World: The market is doing what it does with supply and demand.

 

Obama Needs a Better Reading List By Thomas Frank
Fighting Words:
Fareed Zakaria offers a tired free-trade story.

 

The Obama We Don't KnowAmericans have a right to learn more about the least experienced nominee in modern times

Bernanke Bolsters Weak Dollar

Bernanke said the dollar's steep fall has led to worrisome inflation and stressed the Fed's vigilance on the issue. His comments about the dollar strengthened a conviction among some traders that the currency's long slump may be over. (Remarks)

 

POLITICS-US: How Cheney Outfoxed His Foes on Iran and EFPs

 

WINEP Energy in Danger: Iran, Oil, and the West  In this entry in The Washington Institute's "Agenda: Iran" series, Gulf expert Simon Henderson analyzes how the United States and its allies can loosen, or even bypass, the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint.

 

U.S. Foreign Policy and Regime Instability  SSI
A 72-page US monograph analyzing the extent to which intrastate and interstate conflict and terrorism are influenced by military and foreign policy relationships with the US

 

Half Full or Half Empty? Assessing Prospects for Peace in Lebanon
USIP

 

Guardian Fuel for people first Editorial: Summit should press the case for stopping biofuel production where there is any evidence that it is interfering with food supplies

 

Time Perpetuating the al-Qaeda-Iraq Myth

Juan Cole The First Web 2.0 President?

US-Iraq security pact shapes up as major battle

 

Al-Arabiyah Views Syria-Iran Security Accord, Impact of Syria- Israel Peace Talks

 

Iraqi Foreign Minister Denies Failure of Negotiations on Security Pact With US

 

Report: Assad says talks with Israel need US sponsor

 

Ha’aretz  Olmert to AIPAC: Iranian threat must be stopped by all possible means Speaking in Washington conference, Rice stressed the urgency of establishing a Palestinian state

 

Editorial Is war preferable? Most members of the security cabinet reject the tahadiyeh, the temporary cease-fire that Israel and Hamas are negotiating indirectly via Egypt.

 

Assad says talks hinge on current Israeli cabinet According to one report, Syria president says direct talks will begin only next year

 

FT COMMENT: Useful dos and do nots for an economy set on growth By Martin Wolf Achieving sustained, rapid growth turns out to be very hard. This is no objection to the findings of the Growth Report – it is an admission of how little we know about such a complex process

 

CFR What Does It Take to Achieve High, Sustainable, and Inclusive Growth in Developing Countries? (Audio)

The Folly of 'Asymmetric War'
Michael J. Mazarr

 

The Newest Trends in Terror By: Peter Brookes | New York Post
The good news is that al Qaeda's in bad shape; the bad news is that the terrorist threat is evolving. If we don't adapt, the tide could turn back.

 

Policy Review Answering Edward Said  Peter Berkowitz on Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism by Ibn Warraq
Peter Berkowitz

 

Islam, the Law, and The Sovereignty of God
Accommodating Qur’anic principles to the civil religion
Mark Gould

 

NTI 2007 Annual Report: Vision and Action for a Safer World (PDF; 1.7 MB)
Source: Nuclear Threat Initiative

 

SyriaComment News (4 June 2008)

H2 Iraq Kurd PM Says Ready For Power - Sharing In Kirkuk

 

Türkiye’nin Suriye-Ýsrail barýþ ataðý SONER ÇAÐAPTAY

 

IHT Turkish judicial dispute to test the EU's limits An effort by the top prosecutor in Turkey to get the governing party disbanded and its leaders barred from politics is challenging Turkey's bid to join the European Union.

 

AÝHM: Türban yasaðý normal

 

Babacan: 'Mahkemenin kararý nihai olacak'

AÝHM'den türbana yine ret

 

Iraqi Kurdish news report: Iraqi Kurds ban PKK-linked party

 

Cagaptay The AKP's Image is Damaged

 

 Will Olmert meet Turkish FM while in Washington? Ynetnews

 

Power Race in Asia and Turkey's Asia Policy Foreign Policy Institute

 

ÝBRAHÝM KARAGÜL Obama kazanacaksa Bush Ýran'ý vuracak!

 

EDM WILL AEGEAN DISPUTES CONTINUE TO BLOCK TURKISH-GREEK RECONCILIATION?

 

State of Denial
Turkey Spends Millions to Cover Up Armenian Genocide

 

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

 

Erdoðan ve Kürt sorunu
AVNÝ ÖZGÜREL

 

Kürtler referandumdan vazgeçiyor

 

Iraq Kurd PM Says Ready For Power - Sharing In Kirkuk

 

Iraq's Kurds to make Baghdad new offer on oil law

 

KDP'nin casuslarý 16 askerin þehit düþmesine yol açtý

 

Baþkent Erbil!

 

Turkish foreign minister tempering expectations for Israel-Syria talks

 

Cevdet Aþkýn Barzani'den Kerkük'e veda, PKK iyice sýkýþtý

 

Neither Kirkuk nor Kurdistan, only Exxon Mobil's Tune!

 

$4.5 billion development planned for Erbil

 

Is Jalal Talabani one of the few?

 

PKK'nýn siyasî koluna yasak

 

Baþbakan PKK’ya jest yaptý

 

Mustafa Ünal Diyarbakýr'da hareketli günler

 

Türk demokrasisi Araplara örnek ALÝ EL ÞERÝFÝ

 

Türkiye'nin attýðý 'barýþ' tohumu tuttu

 

"Kerkük'te iktidarý paylaþabiliriz"

 

Kerkük'te referandum dýþý iktidar paylaþýmýna hazýrýz

 

Barzani: Bölgemiz üzerindeki tehditler sürüyor

 

HAKAN ALBAYRAK  Kürtçe televizyon, Bahçeli, Erdoðan…

 

Beril Dedeoðlu Erbil’e konsolosluk akýný

 

Ýran Türkiye’yi neden vursun ki!

 

Turks and Kurds [1]: sad Mesopotamia by ABDÜLBAKÝ ERDOÐMUÞ*

 

Bridge of Hearts off to warm start from Diyarbakýr

 

Iraqi Kurdish PM sees no threat from Turkey

 

Kürtçe yayýn dað kadrolarýna jest

Turkey to Open Consulate in Basra in June

 

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

 

Türkiye'nin AB üyeliði için referandum

 

AB’yle niþan tazeleme vakti geldi Andrew Finkel

 

Kýbrýs'ta çözüm sýnýr ötesi ittifaklarda

 

Ankara deplores France's referendum clause

 

 Greek Cypiots, Greece and France hold first ever joint drills

 

Yavuz Baydar Messages of deep concern to Condoleezza Rice

 

Rumlar KKTC'ye yardýmý engellemekten vazgeçti

 

Lefkoþa’ya dev cami

 

AÝHM: Adil yargýlama yapýlmadý

 

AKPM'den Türkiye'ye Rum azýnlýk çaðrýsý

 

Turkey Turns Cold to European Defense: Implications for Western Security By: Erdal Tatli | The Washington Institute for Near East Policy  In June 2007, Turkey decided to turn its back on European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) after a long series of negotiations with the EU. Although the Cyprus issue has always complicated Turkey's involvement in ESDP, Turkey has been an important actor in Western security architecture for decades, and its withdrawal from the force has profound implications for Western security institutions

 

Beril Dedeoðlu France, country of inventions

 

Amanda Akçakoca Another campaign against Turkey

 

New Intelligence Report Focuses on Armenian Genocide Deniers

 

Turkish Ambassador Dismisses U.S. Scholar For Telling the Truth on Armenian Genocide

 

Erdoðan Nahçývan'a gitti

 

ABD ile nükleer iþbirliði baþladý

 

 

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

 

Ýzmir’de su krizi kapýya dayandý

 

Religious Affairs Directorate presses YÖK to found international faculty of theology

 

Turkey set to gain from carbon trading

 

Dink cinayetinde 2. kiþi kamerada

 

Þimdi KYOTO zamaný

 

ÇalýkBank mevduat toplama izni için BDDK’ya baþvurdu

 

Kastelli her þeyi bana anlattý

 

Çember sakallý örnek aile babasý

 

Theologians Take Conservative Turkish Clothing Designer to Court BY NICHOLAS BIRCH
Two liberal theologians have taken Turkey’s most famous Islamic clothes designer to court, alleging the couturier is exploiting religion for personal profit. The case is highlighting the growing tension between Islam and the country’s market economy

 

Italian Pippa Bacca's fatal journey

 

BBC'nin Türkçe Servisi TV yayýnýna baþlýyor

 

4 Haziran 2008 Basýn Özeti

H3 Erdoðan’a siyaset yasaðý gelirse...

 

4 gün sonra yeni bomba

 

Dinlemenin baþýnda cemaatçi kadro var

 

CHP, 3.5 milyon dolar verip tepe tepe kullanmýþ

 

CHP, Kanaltürk’e 3.5 milyon dolarý ’özel anlaþma’yla vermiþ

 

Dinleme iddialarýný Meclis araþtýracak

 

Turkcell: Sav, Vakit’ten 44 dakika arandý

 

TÜSÝAD kapatma davasýný destekliyor

 

'Birkaç üyenin görüþü TÜSÝAD'ý baðlamaz kapatmaya karþýyýz'

 

Ankara yarýný bekliyor

 

 ‘AK Parti kapatýlsýn’ diyen iþadamlarý kim

 

Özkan, 3.5 milyon dolara CHP’yle sözleþme yapmýþ

 

Bakýrköy savcýsý, Nokta davasýný temyize götürdü: Darbe teþebbüsü aydýnlatýlmalý

'Ýstihbarat Daire Baþkaný tarikatçý' Baykal, Baþbakan'ýn emriyle 5 bin kiþinin ülkeyi dinledini öne sürdü

 

Belge Baykal’ý kesmedi!

 

 

Sav'ý kurtarayým derken, çetenin 9 yýl önceki raporuna sarýldý

 

Baykal da savunamadý

 

‘Darbe günlüðü’ ifade özgürlüðü

 

Vakit'ten yeni iddia

 

’Doblo’yu getirin inceleyeceðim’

 

Karakoçan olayý keþke belgeli olsa

 

Gül: Kanunsuz dinlemeler suçtur

 

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman

 

 

Cengiz Çandar 40 yýl önce, 40 yýl sonra 68 kuþaðý ve bugün

 

Ahmet Taþgetiren Bugün seçim olsa...

 

Ruþen - Çakýr Kriz o kadar derin ki söz tükendi  

 

Taha Akyol Herkesi dinliyorlar!

 

Fikret Bila Prof. Dr. Ali Bardakoðlu’ndan Newsweek’e yanýt: ‘Ilýmlý Ýslam Projesi’yle ilgimiz yok’

 

Hasan Cemal Dini özgürlüklerle ilgili sorunlar var!

Bilal Çetin Türban kararý AKP’nin geleceðini nasýl etkileyecek?

 

Ýsmail Küçükkaya
Baykal siyasi yasak için içtihat istiyor

 

MUHARREM SARIKAYA "Temmuz 2009 ittifaký..."

Serdar Akinan Düþman kim?

 

Murat Yetkin Hükümet AB Genel Sekreterliði’ni DPT’ye verme hazýrlýðýnda

 

Ýsmet BerkanO gün gelmez diyorlardý...

 

Fehmi Koru Kibirli ve evlere þenlik bir medya

 

Taha Kývanç Tecrübe konuþuyor...

 

Þamil Tayyar Getir belgeyi yazmayan namerttir

 

Ali Bayramoðlu Dink cinayeti âný ve krokisi…

 

Yasemin Çongar

 

Ertuðrul ÖzkökBüyük bir Türk yalaný yýkýldý

 

Bülent Keneþ Believe it or not, Turks spend the most time with newspapers

 

Ahmet Hakan Önder Sav’a açýk mektup

 

M Ali Birand Laiklik vurgusu artýyor...

 

Askerin gündemi
MEHMET ALÝ KIÞLALI

 

Cüneyt Ülsever Irak’ýn geleceði

 

Mustafa Karaalioðlu ‘Yandaþ medya’nýn haysiyet sýnavý

 

Mustafa Akyol Din özgürlüðü, dini baðnazlýðýn çözümüdür

Mustafa Mutlu

Büyük patronlar, AKP iktidarýndan hepimizden daha çok korkuyor!

 

Gülay Göktürk Korkular ve Konya örneði

 

CHP’ye alternatif parti

 

Enis Berberoðlu

 

Oktay Ekþi Yasal hukuksuzluk

 

Özdemir Ýnce Brüksel seyahatnamesi (1)

 

Mehmet Y YýlmazAKP’yi ’kavga ederek kurtarmak’ istiyorlar

 

MUHARREM SARIKAYA "Temmuz 2009 ittifaký..."

Mehmet Tezkan

AKP sýrtýný yüzde kaça dayýyor?

 

Mehmet Altan Birinciliði beyaza...

 

ERDAL ÞAFAK 4.5 yýl sonra

 

ENGÝN ARDIÇKolay, çok kolay

 

ERGUN BABAHANTürkiye'de gazete gerçeði

 

EMRE AKÖZHangi Derviþ?

 

Umur TaluEle verir takýmý, kendi yutar salkýmý!

 

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN Öðretmenden imama Kemalizm'den Ýslam'a

 

NAZLI ILICAK Aydýn Doðan'dan cevap

 

MEHMET BARLAS

 

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

 

YAVUZ DONATMeclis bahçesindeki amca

 

Eser Karakaþ Üniversitenin yeni þekli

 

Nasuhi Güngör CHP için sözün bittiði yer

 

BÜLENT KORUCU - Baykal, Aydýnlýk'ý bile geçti

 

MEHMET KAMIÞ - Hakikatler sizden hesap sorar

Yet Another Threat to The Turkish Republic: Pacifism

 

ALÝ BULAÇ - Mekke'de diyalog

 

Yalçýn Doðan Beþir ve Önder beylere bir þampanya

 

 

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Býçak sýrtýnda patinaj

Ercan Kumcu Ýthalat nereye gidiyor

 

Erdal Saðlam

 

Ege Cansen Kastelli modeli

 

Merkez Bankasý’ndan enflasyon alarmý

 

TÜSÝAD: Ýstihdamda tehlike sinyali var

 

Enflasyon 13 ay sonra yeniden çift haneyi gördü

 

ÝBRAHÝM KAHVECÝ

 

Yabancýlar 'krizi nasýl çözeriz' diye Türk bankacýlara soruyor

 

Bu enflasyon faizi azdýrýr

H4 New York Times  THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Time for Radical Pragmatism We need a radical departure because the course that Israelis and Palestinians are on does not have enough energy to produce a solution.

MAUREEN DOWD She’s Still Here! Whoever said that after denial comes acceptance hadn’t met the Clintons. If Hillary could not have an acceptance speech, she wasn’t going to have acceptance.

Editorial The Science of Denial The Bush administration’s strategy for bending science to its political ends has resulted in seven lost years in this country’s fight against global warming.

 

Obama Claims Nomination; First Black Candidate to Lead a Major Party Ticket  Senator Barack Obama secured the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday evening after a primary campaign that inspired millions of voters

 

Next on Agenda Is Clinton’s Role  Barack Obama must work to repair relations with Hillary Rodham Clinton and her supporters and decide whether to offer her a spot on the ticket.

 

UN Says Solving Food Crisis Could Cost $30 Billion

 

Chief Cleric Says Iran Doesn’t Seek Nuclear Arms

 

Rice Calls Dialogue With Iran Pointless

 

Pakistan Calls Embassy Blast Suicide Attack

 

Impact of Earthquake on the Chinese Economy Is Seen as Minimal

 

World Briefing | Europe: Russia: President Fires Top General

 

Big Vehicles Stagger Under the Weight of $4 Gas  The growing costs of auto ownership are leading Americans to change their driving habits quickly

 

Man in the News: Calm in the Swirl of History

 

 

 

H5 Washington Post Obama Secures Nomination

 

Editorial Railroading Georgia In the absence of serious Western resistance, Russia keeps provoking its democratic neighbor.

 

Two Words: Black President Once thought an oxymoron, impossible to be placed together in the same sentence, context, country -- unless followed by a question mark

 

Rising Prices, Falling Dollar Stoke Memories of the '70s

 

Editorial A Recipe for Weakness By limiting visas for skilled foreign professionals, the United States only harms itself.

 

Did Cheney Tell Libby to Do It? By Dan Froomkin

 

For Obama, The Right Way to Win

By Ruth Marcus, For Barack Obama in June 2008, Ulysses Grant in April 1865 offers a useful role model.

 

Patching Up the Democrats

By Harold Meyerson,  40 years later, what Obama and Clinton could learn from McCarthy and Kennedy.

 

The Faith That Moves Tony Blair

By Michael Gerson, Page A19

A new and unpredicted role for Tony Blair: the faithful servant against a faithless world.

 

A Shield Law for The World

By Miklós Haraszti,  Passing the Free Flow of Information Act would signal solidarity with nations that crave more press freedom.

 

McCain Mounts Immediate Attack on Obama's Record

 

Clinton Washed Away in Trickle of Delegates to Obama

 

Waxman Seeks FBI's Leak Papers

Vice President May Be Implicated in Transcripts, He Says

 

Graciously Pretending to Win

Sketch | The campaign is over, but Hillary Clinton does not want to concede defeat.

 

H6 Guardian Obama wins Democratic race Barack Obama beats Hillary Clinton and becomes the first African American with a viable chance of winning the White House

 

How Clinton turned an air of certainty into a losing run

Candidate out of step with voters was brought down by fibs, overspending, poor organisation - and Bill Candidate out of step with voters was brought down by fibs, overspending, poor organisation - and Bill

 

How former president's help became a hindrance

 

Leadership role in Senate may prove irresistible

 

Fuel for people first Editorial: Summit should press the case for stopping biofuel production where there is any evidence that it is interfering with food supplies

 

US attacked at food summit over biofuels UN officials claim the alternative energy source is 'satisfying a thirst for fuel' at expense of the hungry

 

Occupation has cost Israel dear - report Israeli thinktank labels conflict 'millstone round neck' which has chronically undermined growth

 

The fightback starts here  The excesses of banks, big business and the super-rich have shattered our economic system. In the final extract from their new book, Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson put forward their principles for a fairer and more cohesive society

 

McCain's attack lines against Obama have already been written by Clinton The phoney - if gripping - war is now all but over, while the decisive conflict is about to begin

 

The government has failed to make the case for 42 days Simon Jenkins: Detention without charge cannot simply be regarded as a matter of police convenience in a good cause

 

Only stiff rules will drive car makers to see past the petrol Iain Carson: Throwing subsidies at biofuels is a waste of time. Manufacturers will deliver improvements when they are forced to

 

Complaint over British role in extraordinary rendition

 

It's the economists, stupid

Tony Juniper With so many conventional economists in so many positions of power and influence, perhaps it is no wonder we are in such a mess

 

Harvests of hunger  Jomo Kwame Sundaram The world has enough food but high prices are causing hunger. It's time to stop treating food as just another commodity

H7 Daily Star Repression, the Arab state's foul habit By Rami G. Khouri

 

Food is plentiful, but fewer people can afford to pay for it    By Jomo Kwame Sundaram

 

Just expect Israel to continue taking us all on a ride    By Ali Jarbawi

 

Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Obama Shifts Toward Republicans on Iranians

 

Escalating Oil Prices By: Hussein Shobokshi | Asharq Alawsat
With all due respect to the supply and demand theory and the increasing fears of the market and production monitoring institutions’ grave warnings that the market is heading towards a stage in which demand will be higher than supply – there is a new element that has forcefully entered to explain the frantic rise in oil prices

 

Al Awsat Exploiting Hezbollah’s Coup : Tariq Alhomayed

 

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

 

US-Iraq security pact shapes up as major battle

 

Al-Arabiyah Views Syria-Iran Security Accord, Impact of Syria- Israel Peace Talks

 

Iraqi Foreign Minister Denies Failure of Negotiations on Security Pact With US

 

Report: Assad says talks with Israel need US sponsor

 

U.S. Says Iraq Should Promote Refugees' Return

 

Pan-Arab Paper Views Syrian President's Call on US to Sponsor Talks With Israel

 

Iraqi Leader Stresses Sovereignty

H9 Ha’aretz  Olmert to AIPAC: Iranian threat must be stopped by all possible means Speaking in Washington conference, Rice stressed the urgency of establishing a Palestinian state

 

Editorial Is war preferable? Most members of the security cabinet reject the tahadiyeh, the temporary cease-fire that Israel and Hamas are negotiating indirectly via Egypt.

 

Assad says talks hinge on current Israeli cabinet According to one report, Syria president says direct talks will begin only next year

 

Americans want talks with Iranian leadership (WTR)

 

Diplomats: Syria will not allow IAEA to visit 3 suspected nuclear sites Syria atomic energy chief rules out opening secret military sites as long as Syria, Israel in state of war

 

Assad: Israel must cede Syrian land 'stretching to Tiberias'

 

Rice: US will cooperate with Israel on missile defense system in ...

 

Jerusalem PostReport unveils 'humbler' Diaspora policy

Exclusive: Cabinet secretary to propose quadrupling Birthright funding, full-time Jewish world minister

 

Syria to limit IAEA to bombed area

 

End of the Olmert regime

Had he quit after Lebanon War, he could have retained some dignity.

 

Israel, don't undermine Beirut

[ DAVID SCHENKER,

 

Yedioth Ahronoth Iran: Israel is doomed to go

 

'False Zionist regime' a political, economical burden on Europe, says Ahmadinejad in Rome

 

Jerusalem’s grim future

 

Capital’s demographic, economic, and political realities are discouraging, Yaron London says

 

Assad Admits Israel Never Pledged to Cede Golan

 

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

 

Debka Exclusive: Limited US attack on Iranian Revolutionary Guards bases in sight

 

Analysis: Assad now wants Golan - plus a slice of Sea of Galilee shore

 

Exclusive: First Iran-made Multiple Launch Rocket fired from Gaza

 

New Republic Why Has Israel Succeeded Where the Arab States Have Failed? - Martin Peretz

 

Israeli warning over nuclear Iran Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Iran's nuclear programme must be stopped by "all possible means".

 

OLMERT: NOTHING TO LOSE - New York Post

 

 

H10 Christian Science Monitor

With Iraq toll down, U.S. more optimistic As 'surge' brigades leave Iraq, military officials hope the improved security will hold.

 

U.S. dollar faces threats to its reign War spending, trade deficits, and devaluation against foreign currencies weigh on the greenback.

 

UN aid debate: Give cash, not food? The United Nations World Food Program meets Tuesday in Rome to discuss the global food crisis.

 

Mass transit demand rises, costs soar Fuel prices and smaller government subsidies are squeezing transit budgets.

 

ASIA

 

Washington Quarterly Beijing’s Olympic-Sized Catch-22
Victor D. Cha The Olympic spotlight provides China with an opportunity to enhance its prestige, but also with massive pressures for political change that, if left unaddressed by Beijing, will undercut any benefits. [excerpt]

 

China's Search for Military Power M. Taylor Fravel  
How much military power does China ultimately desire? A close look at Chinese texts on military doctrine over the last decade reveals that Beijing's objectives for the use of military power are more certain than many policy analysts maintain. [excerpt]

 

Political and Social Reform in China: Alive and Walking
George J. Gilboy and Benjamin L. Read The twin drivers of long-term Chinese social and political conflict and change—-an increasingly robust society and a more adaptive party-state—-have continued to gather strength, leading not toward Western democracy but uneven and fragile reform and liberalization. [excerpt]

 

North Korea: The Beginning of a China-U.S. Partnership?
Bonnie S. Glaser and Wang Liang
China's role in the six-party talks has evolved from passive onlooker to reticent host and, finally, honest broker. The process provides a test case of U.S.-Chinese cooperation on a critical security issue and of Beijing's willingness to become a "responsible stakeholder." [excerpt]

 

Will Darfur Steal the Olympic Spotlight? J. Stephen Morrison

 

Pakistan's chronic crisis

THE CAR BOMB that went off Monday at the Danish embassy in Islamabad was only the latest of several recent signs pointing to Pakistan as a nexus for terrorism and religious extremism. If the bombing in Pakistan's capital can be traced back to Al Qaeda, as officials there seem to believe, it will only underscore Pakistan's need to resolve a ... (Boston Globe)

 

Inflating China By: Stephen Green | The Wall Street Journal Many people in China right now call these the country's Golden Years. But after a fantastic run of double-digit growth, bigger pay packets, low inflation and growing international influence, clouds are now forming over China's economy.

 

'Asian Values' in Burma By: Ian Buruma | Los Angeles Times
Interfering in another nation's affairs -- even in the cause of saving lives -- is often seen as Western imperialism.

 

Do No Harm By: Ted Galen Carpenter | The Washington Times
During my trip to China in late April, numerous officials and scholars there exuded confidence that relations between the mainland and Taiwan are about to improve dramatically. There is some justification for their optimism. The March election of Kuomintang Party (KMT) nominee Ma Ying-jeou as Taiwan's president promises to greatly reduce tensions

 

H11 IHT  A bell tolls for Ahmadinejad Iran's faction-ridden political system shows signs of a promising shift.

 

The paradox of Muslim weakness

By SADANAND DHUME

The sorry state of Muslim societies is what makes Islamism such a formidable force.

 

UN says solving food crisis could cost $30 billion Resolving the global food crisis could cost as much as $30 billion a year and wealthier nations are doing little to help the developing world, United Nations officials said.

 

Facing America's great immigration panic The evidence is all around that something pragmatic and welcoming at the American core has been eclipsed, or is slipping away.

 

EUROPE European press review

 

Turkey Turns Cold to European Defense: Implications for Western Security By: Erdal Tatli | The Washington Institute for Near East Policy   In June 2007, Turkey decided to turn its back on European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) after a long series of negotiations with the EU. Although the Cyprus issue has always complicated Turkey's involvement in ESDP, Turkey has been an important actor in Western security architecture for decades, and its withdrawal from the force has profound implications for Western security institutions

 

How to Solve the Greek Dispute over Macedonia's Name By: Edward P. Joseph | Der Spiegel
The 17-year conflict over Macedonia’s official state name has taken a new turn. Greece’s successful effort to block Skopje’s entry into NATO has fueled nationalist dynamics in both countries. But there is more at stake here than a name: Macedonia’s stability -- and Kosovo’s -- rests on urgently finding a reasonable compromise with Greece

H12 RFE/RL

 

Crisis Group Russia’s Dagestan: Conflict Causes

 

Nato warns Russia over Abkhazia Nato demands that Russia pull out military railway workers it sent to breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia.

Georgia's separatism woes

Q&A: Russian-Georgian ties

Profile: Abkhazia

 

Europe is Interested in Fair Election in Azerbaijan - Eu Special Representative

 

Google News Azerbaijan

 

Azerbaijan: Baku Likely to Reject Russian Offer to Buy Natural Gas
BY ROVSHAN ISMAYILOV
If you cannot beat them, try to co-opt them: that apparently is Gazprom’s operational philosophy. The Russian state-controlled energy giant on June 2 sounded out officials in Azerbaijan about large-scale purchases of Azerbaijani natural gas. But Baku seems unenthused about doing a deal.

 

Georgia: "Humanitarian" Russian Railway Troops in Abkhazia Cause for Fresh Alarm BY NINA AKHMETELI
Georgian analysts see few grounds to hope that a meeting later this week between Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev will ease tension related to the breakaway region of Abkhazia.

 

Le Monde Après Vladimir Poutine, Vladimir Poutine, par Daniel Vernet

 

Railroad Landing By: Alexander Gabuev and Georgy Dvali | Kommersant Russia deployed its railroad construction troops in Abkhazia. Moscow referred to the necessity to repair a railroad that’ll link the breakaway republic to Russia and its Olympic facilities of Sochi. In its turn, Tbilisi regards Russia’s maneuvers as “plotting a military invasion

 

Medvedev replaces chief of Russia's armed forces President Dmitri Medvedev dismissed the chief of the general staff of the Russian armed forces Tuesday, moving to tighten the Kremlin's grip on the massive military and its purse strings

 

Ukraine No Longer Silent About Famine By: Megan K. Stack | Los Angeles Times After decades spent buried in Soviet silence and smothered in official denials, the Stalin-era famine has emerged as a passionate, painful topic that festers at the heart of tensions between Russia and Ukraine. This spring, presidents, talk show hosts and a Nobel laureate have trumpeted their opinions on whether the starvation of millions of peasants qualifies as genocide

 

EDM RUSSIA DEPLOYS RAILWAY TROOPS TO ABKHAZIA


- THE PUTIN-MEDVEDEV DUO GETS BACK TO ENERGY BUSINESS

- GAZPROM MONOPOLY WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR DOMESTIC MARKET

H13 The Times Leader  Barack Obama and America's moment The senator has reawakened admiration for the land of opportunity

 

Can Obama make American dream come true? US Editor says Barack Obama's nomination is an historic moment, but there is a long path still to travel

 

Israeli talks 'will go on' despite Olmert Peace negotiations 'will continue' even if Prime Minister goes on corruption charges, says Israel's man in Britain

 

Iranian leader attacks West over oil President Ahmadinejad tells leading world statesmen that profiteering "forces" are driving up prices to further their aims

 

World food supply must rise 50%, summit told Rich countries must reform trade tariffs and food production must soar to feed hungry, UN chief tells world food summit

 

Biofuels make useful villain for food crisis Arguments over food diverted to make fuel expose dysfunctional and imbalanced agriculture system

 

United States tightens access into country Travellers to US will have to register with American Government’s electronic travel system three days before arrival

 

Text of Barack Obama's speech

 

The Sixties and the presidential race Whoever reaches the White House must shake off the bitter legacy of a divided decade

Daniel Finkelstein

 

42-day detention: liberty on hold

The Government has failed to make its case for a six-week limit

 

Barack Obama seizes moment in history Senator wins enough delegates to beat Hillary Clinton and become first ever black American presidential candidate

 

 

Wall Street Journal Why We Went to Iraq
By Fouad Ajami It's not easy to tell people of the threats and dangers they have been spared.

 

The Coming Oil Investment Boom By Holman W. Jenkins Jr. Business World: The market is doing what it does with supply and demand.

 

Obama Needs a Better Reading List By Thomas Frank
Fighting Words:
Fareed Zakaria offers a tired free-trade story.

 

The Obama We Don't KnowAmericans have a right to learn more about the least experienced nominee in modern times

Bernanke Bolsters Weak Dollar

Bernanke said the dollar's steep fall has led to worrisome inflation and stressed the Fed's vigilance on the issue. His comments about the dollar strengthened a conviction among some traders that the currency's long slump may be over. (Remarks)

 

Clinton's Road to Second Place

Clinton, once the Democrats' "inevitable nominee," won't be. While control over the campaign resided with loyalists close to Clinton and at odds with each other, the bottom line is this: she called the biggest plays and got them wrong.

 

How About a Cap-and-Trade Dividend?
By Robert B. Reich The American people deserve the proceeds from any carbon auction

 

 

Guantanamo Is a Model Prison (Really)

By Mark H. Buzby
It's a testament to the professionalism of those who provide for the care and custody of dangerous men.

 

The Beginning of the End
By Bruce Gilley
June 4, 1989, started the Chinese Communist Party's decline.

H14 Financial Times US naval chief sees role for contacts with Iran The top US naval commander in the Middle East says contacts between the US and Iranian navies would be useful once Tehran stopped sponsoring violence inside Iraq

 

LEADER: Time-bomb of Arab youth bulge LEADER: Demographic time bomb in Mideast

 

Dollar surges as Bernanke speaks out

The dollar surged while oil and gold tumbled after Ben Bernanke surprised markets by making clear the Federal Reserve does not want the US currency to weaken any further because of the risks to inflation

 

Terror detention Proposals to increase the pre-charge detention limit to 42 days look like a political fix, not a genuine response to national security needs

 

The rights issue While shareholders must be able to protect themselves from dilution, at struggling banks, where confidence is paramount, rights issues in their current form are problematic

 

Demographic time-bomb in Mideast

Economic reform without political change is a dead end for the Arabs. The dominance of the military ultimately kills innovation and entrepreneurship

 

Energy shortages hit former Soviet states The overloaded energy network in south-east Europe is causing widespread problems prompting governments to reform the power industry to encourage private investors

 

WORLD NEWS - DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL BATTLE: US voters' demand for something new was a test too far

 

Barack Obama's speech

 

WORLD NEWS: Inconsistencies brought divisions to the surface

 

COMMENT: Useful dos and do nots for an economy set on growth By Martin Wolf Achieving sustained, rapid growth turns out to be very hard. This is no objection to the findings of the Growth Report – it is an admission of how little we know about such a complex process

 

COMMENT: China and Wal-Mart: the true champions of equality By Christian Broda,

 

Chinese fund tries to calm west’s fears The head of China’s $200bn sovereign wealth fund says the fund is trying hard to adapt to international demands for greater transparency 

 

Abu Dhabi looks to Sudan to secure food supply The oil-rich Gulf emirate is set to launch a large agricultural project developing more than 70,000 acres of land as part of its efforts to ensure adequate food for its people 

 

Israeli shift to private security draws fire The military’s exit from Palestinian border points has caused fierce controversy and spurred fears of civilian ‘Rambos’ 

 

EU urged not to boost Israel ties

The Palestinian Authority wants Brussels to refrain from ’upgrading’ relations, arguing that Israel systematically violates human rights and its international commitments

 

COMMENT: Clinton's real lesson for women

 

John McCain's full speech

 

WORLD NEWS: Rich nations attacked over biofuels

 

Shunned leaders attack west

 

H15 Los Angeles Times World leaders urged to address food crisis

 At an emergency summit, U.N. officials press for elimination of trade barriers, expansion of research and investments to increase production

 

Iran President Ahmadinejad condemns Israel, U.S.

At the U.N. food summit in Rome, Iran's leader says Israel is 'doomed' and the U.N. is controlled by nations with 'ceaseless avarice and unappeasable appetite

 

EditorialStudents trapped in Gaza

Israel's policy of not allowing Palestinians with scholarships to study abroad is ill-advised.

 

IRAN: Khamenei binds nukes to revolution's goals

 

A critical mass for disarmament Change, failure and fear are propelling us toward a world without nuclear weapons

By Joseph Cirincione

 

'Asian values' in Burma

By Ian Buruma Interfering in another nation's affairs -- even in the cause of saving lives -- is often seen as Western imperialism.

 

 

Obama secures Democratic presidential nomination

 

Clinton willing to take No. 2 job

 

Daughters of Iraq: Women take on a security roleTo counter the threat of female bombers, the women frisk female visitors at hospitals and government offices. But the program faces resistance from those who believe fighting insurgents is men's work

 

Nuclear proliferation talks with North Korea to continue, Gates says

 

Clinton is willing to take No. 2 spot, but she doesn't have a lock on it

 

Rep. Waxman seeks access to Bush, Cheney interviews on CIA leak

 

The next campaign is ready to begin in earnest

 

Oil prices fall sharply as dollar gains

H16 American Politics

 

Clinton says she's open to being Obama's VP 

 

Republicans begin to highlight Clinton's criticism of Obama 

 

Full text: Obama victory speech

 

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

 

Analysis: Obama, McCain candidacies offer a study in contrasts

 

Uncommitted Senate superdelegates sit tight

 

H17 Daily Telegraph UN food conference's poverty of ideas

There was much serious debate at the UN conference on world food security. Yet it is questionable whether this high-minded talk will translate into action.

 

Finally facing the truth about terrorism

While it is wrong to demonise Muslims, it does no good to pretend that the terror stems from anything other than a wrong-headed interpretation of Islam.

 

Obama limps over line despite Dakota defeat Senator gains enough support to become the first black nominee in history, despite Clinton's win in South Dakota primary

 

9/11 suspects to face court Five detainees are set to face 2,973 charges of murder

 

H18 Independent 

 

Epic struggle ends with victory for Obama After an epic five-month battle that has transformed American politics, Barack Obama crossed the finishing line last night and pledged to lead the Democratic Party into battle against John McCain in his quest to become the first African-American president in US history.

 

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

 

The Folly of 'Asymmetric War'
Michael J. Mazarr

 

The Newest Trends in Terror By: Peter Brookes | New York Post
The good news is that al Qaeda's in bad shape; the bad news is that the terrorist threat is evolving. If we don't adapt, the tide could turn back.

 

NTI 2007 Annual Report: Vision and Action for a Safer World (PDF; 1.7 MB)
Source: Nuclear Threat Initiative

 

Treaty Likely to Set International Standard Against Use of Cluster Munitions By: Jeff Abramson | World Politics Review
On May 30, more than 100 countries meeting in Dublin agreed to the text of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which promises to vastly limit the use of weapons that have led to humanitarian suffering for decades. Despite the agreement, short-term changes in U.S. military policy are highly unlikely, especially after compromise provisions were inserted into the final text.

 

Al-Qaida's Afterlife By: Paul Rogers | Open Democracy
An increased American military and political effort in Afghanistan is making the conflict there part of a new dynamic of global confrontation.

 

There Is a Military Solution to Terror By: Bret Stephens | The Wall Street Journal Sadr City in Baghdad, the northeastern districts of Sri Lanka and the Guaviare province of Colombia have little in common culturally, historically or politically. But they are crucial reference points on a global map in which long-running insurgencies suddenly find themselves on the verge of defeat.

 

Victory over Al Qaeda: Premature Optimism? Elias Harfoush - CIA director Michael Hayden mentioned twice in one week the difficult current situation of al-Qaeda. A few days ago, he confirmed to Associated Press that defeating Osama bin Laden, whether through assassination or arrest, remains the utmost CIA priority.

 

H20 Slate   

 

 

 

Constant global population with demographic heterogeneity
Source: Demographic Research

 

No profits, no oil

WITH AMERICANS steaming over $4-a-gallon gasoline and ExxonMobil reporting first-quarter earnings of nearly $10.9 billion, the temptation to grandstand about "obscene" profits and "greedy" oil companies is one too many politicians cannot resist. On Monday, seven Senate Democrats proposed the "Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008," the centerpiece of which is a 25 percent windfall-profits tax on US oil companies. This, ... (By Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe)

 

H21

The Ultimate Literary Portrait
Boswell's painterly masterpiece
Henrik Bering

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