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H1 New York Times U.S. Says Exercise by Israel Seemed Directed at Iran A large-scope Israeli military exercise underscored the seriousness with which it views Iran’s nuclear program, U.S. officials said

Foreign Affairs, July/August 2008 When to Leave Iraq by Colin H. Kahl and William E. Odom,

The Economist The future of energy A fundamental change is coming sooner than you might think

A special report on the future of energy The power and the glory

The future of the European Union Just bury it It is time to accept that the Lisbon treaty is dead. The European Union can get along well enough without it

American foreign policy Imperial instincts America’s longing for an empire has a long history

FACTBOX-Obama names foreign policy panel

Time Obama: In with the Old
Obama says he wants to hire a Team of Rivals for his Cabinet. He should start by keeping Robert Gates

Foreign Affairs The New Israel and the Old Walter Russell Mead The real key to Washington’s pro-Israel policy is long-lasting and broad-based support for the Jewish state among the American public at large

Democratization and Its Discontents Eva Bellin Washington can promote political reform best by backing off.

Shortsighted StatecraftDaniel C. Kurtzer Stopping three decades of unnecessary bungling

Are We Victims of Our Own Progress? By: Trudy Rubin | Miami Herald A debate is heating up inside Iraq -- and inside Washington -- that will shape America's relationship with Iraq under the next president. The debate is over a status of forces agreement (SOFA), a broad strategic framework that will define the long-term role of the U.S. military in Iraq.

Christian Science Monitor

How Iran would retaliate if it comes to war Military analysts say the Islamic Republic would strike back in unconventional ways – targeting American interests in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Europe ratchets up its pressure on immigrants The E.U. voted to allow longer detentions for illegals and to standardize deportation rules.

Washington Post Big Oil Firms Ready to Sign Agreements With Iraq Two-Year, No-Bid Contracts Aimed at Boosting Production

Iraq, U.S. Launch Crackdown Operation in Southeastern Border City Meets Little Resistance

An Awful SOFA - Phillip Carter, Intel Dump

Reuters Adviser denies Obama showed naivete on Jerusalem

Wall Street Journal The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Is Obsolete
By Jane Harman The world needs new rules on peaceful atomic energy.

CFR – This CFR.org Backgrounder explains why Iraq's government has failed to devise a comprehensive oil revenue-sharing law.

In a podcast, the Nobel-laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz and Goldman Sachs' Robert Hormats discuss the total economic cost of Iraq's fluctuating oil output.

This mid-2007 briefing from the U.S. Energy Information Administration surveys Iraq's oil industry.

Talking to Iran - Tom Barnett, Thomas P.M. Barnett

CFR's Mohamad Bazzi says everyone gains if Syria returns to the center of the Arab world.

Mona Yacoubian, co-author of a new CFR Special Report on Syria, discusses how the Gaza truce fits into broader regional geopolitical movements in an interview.

IAEA Will Investigate Syrian Nuclear Mysteries By: Richard Weitz | World Politics Review A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Syria next week to assess recent American claims that the installation attacked by Israeli warplanes last year was indeed a nuclear reactor in the final stages of construction.

Daily Star In an editorial, the paper argues that while it is fair to attribute much of the Arab predicament to outside meddling, there is no excuse for regional ruling classes that have been almost completely devoid of genuine leadership for a generation

Hasan Suroor examines al-Qaeda's declining fortunes in Iraq and asks whether Islamism is running out of steam.

Conversation with Nasr, Gordon and Biddle

The Times Al-Mahdi Army routed without a shot fired

Last remaining stronghold of Shia gunmen is reclaimed by a huge wave of Iraqi troops and American special forces

Sarkozy aims to rescue the EU in style French 'hyper-president' determined to make the Irish vote a second time but no expense is being spared in the meantime

Independent Oil giants return to Iraq Nearly four decades after the four biggest Western oil companies were expelled from Iraq by Saddam Hussein, they are negotiating their return. By the end of the month, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Exxon Mobil and Total will sign agreements with the Baghdad government, Iraq's first with big Western oil firms since the US-led invasion in 2003.

Why Iraq won't be South Korea Bush's last call in Iraq is an agreement that would create a US-style consumer society in the Mesopotamian sands, a demilitarized client state under benign US protection. Better yet, it could be like a 21st century version of the South Korean "tiger" miracle. The problem is, Iraqis aren't buying into it. And without an agreement, and a new US-friendly Iraqi oil law, Bush's US$3 trillion Iraq adventure will have been for nothing. - Pepe Escobar

Middle East serves US some humble pie A series of regionally negotiated settlements - most recently the Hamas and Israel ceasefire - has cast doubt on the United States' cherished role as the grandmaster of the Middle East chessboard. It may be too early to call the Middle East the graveyard of Pax Americana, but it will be up to the possible Barack Obama administration to ensure the American voice is heard again in the region, not due to fear of attack but respect for its wisdom. - Sreeram Chaulia

Al Awsat Iraq and US: the Path of the Future : Amir Taheri

Guardian From treaty to entreaties Editorial: EU leaders have at least to consider the prospect of getting on with life without Lisbon

Ireland face pressure to vote again on EU European leaders meet to decide how to respond to the defeat inflicted on their project by Irish voters

Oil giants to sign contracts with Iraq Iraq's oil ministry in talks with BP, Exxon Mobil, Shell and Total about renewing exploitation of vast reserves

China is back on familiar territory

Martin Jacques: As relations warm with both Taiwan and Japan, China is resuming its centuries-old position as the linchpin of east Asia

Los Angeles Times Stop Iran's nukes by bombing oil wells, neocons suggest

BABYLON & BEYOND: Why attack Iran's nuclear facilities when striking their oil infrastructure would be much more effective in the scope of a US-led preventive war, Washington Institute for Near East Policy writes

Sue OPEC By: Darren Bush, Harry First and John J. Flynn | Darren Bush, Harry First and John J. Flynn OPEC may call itself an "organization," but everyone knows that it is, pure and simple, a cartel that manipulates markets, restricts output and fixes prices. The United States and the European Union have vigorously prosecuted other multinational cartels for doing the same thing

McCain's terror errors Rosa Brooks: McCain used to champion a common-sense, values-based approach to terrorism. Now he's criticizing Obama for doing the same thing

Iraq crackdown in Amarah begins smoothly

With Muqtada Sadr's Mahdi Army pledging to cooperate, government forces meet little resistance as they arrest hundreds in the southern city

US N-Weapons Parts Missing, Pentagon Says By: Demetri Sevastopulo | Financial Times
The US military cannot locate hundreds of sensitive nuclear missile components, according to several government officials familiar with a Pentagon report on nuclear safeguards.

Daily Telegraph Can Saudi take heat out of oil prices? Saudi Arabia insist production levels are the same as a year ago, and that without the speculators' unwelcome involvement, prices would be lower, writes Con Coughlin.

Britain will have chance to lead way Conservative leader David Cameron may not have to choose between Europe and the United States, says Anne Applebaum

Allies must do more Britain's allies in Europe must start to shoulder their responsibilities in Afghanistan

Sarkozy's military reforms criticised France will leave Britain alone in Europe's military "premier league" if President Nicolas Sarkozy's defence reforms go through, a group of senior officers warned.

U.S. Policy Toward Asia - Condoleezza Rice, Heritage Foundation

Foreign Affairs A Partnership of Equals C. Fred Bergsten
Beijing is shirking its responsibilities to the global economy. To encourage better behavior, Washington should offer to share global economic leadership.

China is back on familiar territory

Martin Jacques: As relations warm with both Taiwan and Japan, China is resuming its centuries-old position as the linchpin of east Asia

Japan/China: Adjunct fellow at the Pacific Council on International Policy Andrew Horvat says Europe offers a model for Japan-China reconciliation.

Japan government fails to cut suicide rate State measures to tackle suicide a failure as figures show almost 100 people kill themselves every day

What Oil Companies Will Get in Iraq TIME

SPENCER ACKERMAN | The Washington Independent More Blood For Oil

The Economist Saudi Arabia The puzzle of oil production

H 2 AK Parti kapatılırsa müzakereler durmuş olur

Alternatif oyun planı önerisi

�Müzakereyi ancak Türkiye durdurur�

AK Parti kapatılırsa şartlar değişir müzakereler durur

M Ali Birand Rüyasını erteledi

PKK’ya karşı İran’la ’tost’ harekátı

Turkey assures US over intelligence sharing with Iran

“We firmly support Turkish democracy and we certainly would expect that the Turkish courts, in looking at this issue, would consider the will of the people in making their decision.”

Kürtçe TV’nin mimarı ’çok özel’ bir bürokrat

Kongra Gel: Open Letter to Bush

Novel strategy to avoid the ‘g-word’

Kapatmanın sonuçları önemli olur

The Struggle Over Kirkuk Enters Its Decisive Phase By: Hannes Artens | World Politics Review After the battles of Basra and Mosul, Iraq's territorial integrity now faces another severe challenge on the constitutional front. With the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) having initiated rounds of talks to save the north from a potential cross-border war, the struggle over the future status of the northern city of Kirkuk has entered its decisive phase

As U.S. Influence Fades in Mideast, Israel Looks to Turkey for Diplomatic Help

The Economist Letters Norman Stone

EU says position unchanged on AK Party closure case

Laikler ‘tekel’ olmamaya hazır mı? GrenvIlle Byford

WSJ Türk siyasetine de ‘futbol mucizesi’ gerek

LA Times Marie L. Yovanovitch, however, acknowledges atrocities by Turks and calls Armenians' suffering 'one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century.' The nominee to be ambassador to Armenia avoids the term but acknowledges mass killings and other atrocities by Turks.

Obama'nın danışmanı AKP'li vekille görüştü

Two Kings Is No Solution For Kurdistan American Chronicle

Le Monde: Türkiye, Sarkozy'nin yazını zehir edebilir

Güler Kömürcü İsrail Büyükelçisi ile özel sohbet (2)

Guardian Publisher convicted of insulting Turkey Judge sentences publisher, Ragip Zarakolu, to five months in prison under Turkey's notorious Article 301

Kurdish government supports U.S. SOFA

Turkey to bridge Iranian gas, US reacts

Turkey's business world calls for a new constitution to ease tensıon

From the Archive Islam Takes a Democratic Turn - New York Times
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