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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Wall Street Journal The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Is Obsolete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  

 

 

 

H2 AK Parti kapatýlýrsa müzakereler durmuþ olur

 

Alternatif oyun planý önerisi

 

�Müzakereyi ancak Türkiye durdurur�

 

  AK Parti kapatýlýrsa þartlar deðiþir müzakereler durur

 

M Ali Birand Rüyasýný erteledi

 

PKK’ya karþý Ýran’la ’tost’ harekátý

 

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 mimarý ’çok özel’ bir bürokrat

 

Kongra Gel: Open Letter to Bush

 

Novel strategy to avoid the ‘g-word’

 

Kapatmanýn sonuçlarý 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 hazýr mý? 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'nýn danýþmaný AKP'li vekille görüþtü

 

Two Kings Is No Solution For Kurdistan American Chronicle

 

Le Monde: Türkiye, Sarkozy'nin yazýný zehir edebilir

 

Güler Kömürcü Ýsrail 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 tensýon

 

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

 

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

 

Kurdish government supports U.S. SOFA

 

Kürtçe TV’nin mimarý ’çok özel’ bir bürokrat

 

Two Kings Is No Solution For Kurdistan American Chronicle

 

'CIA ajaný' kadýn için yakalama emri çýkartýldý

 

DTP’ye savunma için 2.5 ay ek süre

 

PKK’lý tacizci þeyh CIA baðlantýlý çýktý

 

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 19 Jun 08

 

Cevdet Aþkýn PKK'dan Bush'a mektup, Erbil'den casus operasyonu, TÜSÝAD'dan anayasa konvansiyonu

ÝBRAHÝM KARAGÜL

5 trilyon dolarlýk kriz dalgasý, ateþler içinde bir Ortadoðu…

 

Ferai Týnç Hamas ile ateþkes

 

Yazidis worry over De Mistura's report

 

Middle East and Kurdistan
Kurdish Globe

 

Kurdistan issues in press interviews: Dr Fuad Omar

 

Kurdistan issues in press interviews: Sheikh Qambar Al-Bayati

 

Boys on Trial in Turkey for Singing Kurdish 'Anthem'
Spiegel Online

 

Kurdistan Football Team to compete abroad

 

Christians demand own personal status legislation

 

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

 

AK Parti kapatýlýrsa müzakereler durmuþ olur

 

AB: Kapatma davasý olaðan deðil, tavrýmýz deðiþmedi

 

Sarkozy'nin hayali Türkiye'nin elinde

 

Emin Pazarcý Yunan yapar da bizimkine ne demeli

 

Rauf Denktaþ Yine ayný hikâye

 

Sami Kohen Akdeniz projesine “evet”

 

Hristofyas: Ankara müdahale etmemeli

 

Nagehan Alçý Avrupa’yla flört vakti

 

Erivan Büyükelçisi Tartýþmasý

 

US Diplomat Grapples with Issues of Closed Borders and Frozen Conflicts in Caucasus BY JOSHUA KUCERA A US congressional hearing on the closed border between Turkey and Armenia has highlighted what is likely to be the newest legislative battle for Armenian Americans and their allies in Congress.

 

Sarkozy: 'Geniþleme Sürecini Askýya Alalým'

 

Publisher convicted of insulting Turkey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

 

Cengiz Çandar Avrupa'da yola devam haydi Türkiye!

 

Washington Post 'Edge of Heaven' Comes Close To Perfection

 

GROWING INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN TURKEY

 

Experts: Maintain balance between freedoms and respect for values

 

'Fiþli' vali yardýmcýsý 100 bin YTL istiyor

 

Havelsan'ýn bir mühendisi kayýp

 

Agos ve Hrant'ý Google'dan öðrendik

 

Erdoðan: Tuzla'da ruhsatlý tersane parmakla sayýlacak kadar az

 

Ýstanbul’da haftada bir töre cinayeti iþleniyor

 

’Dink iddiasýný ciddiye almadýk’

 

Ýlk kadýn paþa adayý Bilgehan

 

Türkiye ve Azerbaycan, Türk okullarýyla gurur duyuyor

 

20 Haziran 2008 Basýn Özeti

H3 TÜSÝAD: Kazananý olmayacak oyuna ilerliyoruz

 

Ürperten iddia: Yargýçlar ordu çizgisine çekilecek

 

MGK'da masaya 'rahatsýzlýklar' da gelecek

 

Siyasete müdahale görüntüsü TÜSÝAD'ý yalnýz býraktý

 

TÜSÝAD'dan siyasetçilere aðýr eleþtiriler

 

Kemal Derviþ'ten kriz öngörüleri

 

AKP’nin A, B, C, D, E planý var, E planýnda da erken seçim var

 

EYVAH YiNE O

 

'Anayasa Mahkemesi reforme edilmeli'

AP�de Yýlmaz-Uras atýþmasý

 

Kemal Derviþ siyasete dönmeyecek

 

TÜSÝAD Derviþ'i takdim eder

 

TÜSÝAD’dan masaya davet

 

Sezer ve Derviþ ayný partide buluþacak

 

Canýnýzý yakarým

‘Zýkkým’a tepki büyük

 

Loðoðlu da Çankaya'da

 

Gizli oyunu TOBB bozdu

 

Dink cinayetinde Öz'e bir suçlama daha

 

Çelik'ten Özcan'a: Haddini bil

 

Türk siyasi tarihinde bir ilk gerçekleþiyor Derin millet demokrasi için yollara düþüyor...

 

TÜSÝAD calls for a ‘national convention’ on a new constitution

 

TÜSÝAD call raises suspicions among NGOs

AKP, 6 yýl içinde 280 milyar dolar yeni borç yaptý

 

'Ordu kýþlaya dönemez' sözü þaþýrttý: Bu acý bir dönüþüm

 

 Suikasti polis 1yýl önceden biliyordu

 

Büyükanýt'tan veda gibi sözler

Türkiye'yi gergin buldum

Kemal Derviþ: Türkiye’de büyümedeki düþüþün küresel krizle hiç ilgisi yok

ÖZDEP kararý Gül’ün aleyhine

Anayasa Mahkemesi’nin 1993 yýlýndaki kararý Gül’e siyaset yasaðý verilebileceði yolundaki iddialarý güçlendiriyor

 

 

Gönüllü ‘ahlak polisleri’ dehþet saçýyor!

Kendilerini “ahlak polisi” olarak adlandýran sakallý bir grup, sokakta davranýþlarýný “sakýncalý” bulduklarý kadýnlarý tekme tokat dövüyor

 

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman

 

 

Ahmet Taþgetiren "28 Þubat Baþbakaný"nýn heyecaný

 

Ruþen - Çakýr

 

Taha Akyol  Neden böyle?

 

Fikret Bila Oramiral Ataç’ý duygulandýran kitap

 

Hasan Cemal

 

Murat Yetkin Akýl tutulmasý, kapatma davasý, yeni anayasa

 

Ýsmet Berkan Baþkasýnýn aklýný ödünç almayýn

 

Fehmi Koru Þiþman kediler faaliyete geçti bile

 

Taha Kývanç 'Pop sosyolog' olmak da zor be!

 

Þamil Tayyar Ara rejim baþbakaný

 

Ali Bayramoðlu Bir 28 Þubat polemiði

 

Yasemin Çongar Yargý darbesi temmuz sonunda tamamlanabilir...

 

Ertuðrul Özkök Velev ki zýkkým deðil

 

YASÝN DOÐAN TÜSÝAD þapkadan tavþan çýkaramadý

 

AKP niçin kapatýlmamalý?
HALUK ÞAHÝN

 

Önce Demirel, sonra Mesut Yýlmaz... ORAL ÇALIÞLAR

 

Zavallý Mesut Onbaþý! HASAN CELAL GÜZEL

 

Sakýn karýþmayýn
MEHMET ALÝ KIÞLALI

 

Ahmet HakanAfiþler savaþýnda kim ne demek istiyor

 

M Ali Birand Rüyasýný erteledi

 

Sabahattin Önkibar Darbe olma ihtimali var mý?

 

 

Cüneyt Ülsever

 

Enis Berberoðlu

 

Okay Gönensin Boþluk solda

 

Aydýn Ayaydýn Siyaset yeniden mi þekilleniyor?

 

Oktay Ekþi Özcan’ýn itirafý

 

Tufan Türenç Bir Dýþiþleri Bakaný ve deðiþen iklim

 

Serdar Turgut Belanýn joker Derviþ’i

 

Özdemir Ýnce Batan geminin malý Türk Telekom (1)

 

Mehmet Y Yýlmaz Dinci medyanýn tümü bir Sözcü etmiyor!

 

Yalçýn Doðan 90+2’de dün Ecevit yarýn Erdoðan

 

TAMER KORKMAZ Demirel'in “siyasi koþusu”nu kimler baþlatmýþtý?

 

MUHARREM SARIKAYAÜç yeni parti...

 

ERDAL ÞAFAKKonvansiyon

[YORUM - ETYEN MAHÇUPYAN] Yoksa darbe normal mi?(2)

 

Savaþ Süzal AKP'ye iktidar yolu senaryosu yeniden sahnede

 

ENGÝN ARDIÇNeden deðiþtirmediniz?

 

ERGUN BABAHANZafer gecesi olsun

 

EMRE AKÖZ'Laiklik, bizim laiklik dediðimiz þeydir'

 

Umur Talu

 

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

 

Same discussions, allegations precede military meeting
by MAZHAR BAÐLI*

 

NAZLI ILICAK "Kan" davasý

 

MEHMET BARLAS Aþýrý yorum farký varken ak ile kara hiç gri olmaz ki...

 

Mehmet Metiner Humeyni mi Atatürk mü?

 

Oray Eðin Halýcýdan baþ karikatüriste... Medyanýn parti komiserleri

 

Serdar Akinan Entelektüel teþhircilik

 

MAHMUT ÖVÜRCHP, 'Ýzmir Kalesi'ni kimlerle savunacak?

YAVUZ DONATÝþin doðrusu... Emine Tevfika Ayaþlý

 

 

Ekonomi

 

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Kemal Derviþ'in söylemediði

Ercan Kumcu Þirketlerin riski

 

Erdal Saðlam

 

Hurþit Güneþ Yanlýþ hesap Baðdat’tan döner

 

Ekonominin baþýnýn hedefindeki 8 il

 

Þimþek: Birçok ülkede araziyi bedava veriyorlar

 

Derviþ: Enflasyondaki artýþa izin verin

 

IMF, WB and top CEOs give vote of confidence for Turkish economy

 

Güngör Uras Derviþ doðrularý ‘tekrarladý’...

 

Baykal: "Be insafsýz, elini vicdanýna koy"

 

Derviþ’in konuþmasý
UÐUR GÜRSES

 

 

H4 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

DAVID BROOKS The Two Obamas Barack Obama is no liberal goo-goo. Republicans keep calling him naïve. But naïve is the last word I’d use to describe him

 

Villages Cleared of Taliban, Afghan and NATO Officials Say

 

Iraqi Troops Move Into Militia-Held City of Amara

 

Europe Pushes Ireland to Help Save Treaty

Editorial Unfinished Business in Afghanistan President Bush should work with European, Afghan and Pakistani leaders to develop a comprehensive strategy to combat the Taliban-Qaeda threat in Afghanistan.

PAUL KRUGMAN Driller Instinct To have a chance in November, John McCain has to convince voters that he isn’t just George W. Bush, continued.

Editorial Public Funding on the Ropes Unfortunately, Barack Obama has come up short of his vows to depart from self-interested politics in his decision to reject public spending limitations.

 

Obama, in Shift, Says He’ll Reject Public Financing  Barack Obama’s decision to break a pledge to use public money will likely transform presidential campaigns, raising doubts about the future of public financing.

 

Deal Is Struck to Overhaul Wiretap Law  The deal reached by leaders in Congress overhauls the rules on the government’s wiretapping powers and provides some immunity to the phone companies.

China Presses Injured Athletes in Quest for Gold

 Truce Starts for Israel and Hamas in Gaza

  

Oil Field Operation Suspended After Attack by Nigerian Rebels

 

China Sharply Raises Energy Prices

 

H5 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

 

Bush's Oily Embrace By Dan Froomkin

 

Afghans Assert Victory Over Taliban in South

 

Albright Helping Obama Bridge Differences with Clinton

 

An Oil Epiphany By Charles Krauthammer, John McCain gets it on domestic oil drilling.  Sort of.

 

A False Moderate? By Michael Gerson, Obama isn't exactly the post-partisan figure his supporters would have you believe.

 

In Gaza and Israel, a Wary Quiet

As First Day of Cease-Fire Passes, Hamas Faces Questions About Intentions

 

Editorial A Better Surveillance Law

Congress shows it still knows how to reach a compromise in the national interest.

 

A Talk With King Abdullah of Jordan Lally Weymouth

 

The Small-Donor Fallacy By Jay Mandle, Big-money campaign donors have an increasing stranglehold on our democracy.

 

Jump Ball for New Hampshire By E. J. Dionne Jr., The presidential race here is surprisingly close, which means it could be nationally as well.

 

Surveillance Bill Offers Protection To Telecom Firms Deal Would Extend U.S. Wiretap Power, Shield Providers Facing Privacy Lawsuits

 

Obama to Reject Public Funds for Election

H6 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

 

Nato must tackle the Taliban in Pakistan Letters: Without Nato action to tackle Taliban operations in Pakistan, it will be impossible to prevent the growth of the insurgency in Afghanistan

 

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

 

Untangling Afghanistan James Denselow: It's time for a proper cost-benefit analysis of Britain's military presence in Afghanistan

 

Can Obama defend America? Michael Tomasky: The McCain campaign wants national security front-and-centre, and a skirmish this week suggests how the issue will play out

 

In the Jerusalem of the North, the Jewish story is forgotten Jonathan Steele: Three times as many people died in Lithuania under the Nazis than the Soviets, but the state is myopic about the past

 

Pleading ignorance on torture

Brian Beutler: The architects of the Bush administration's torture policy testified in Washington this week, but they may not be held accountable

 

John McCain's cynical energy policy Daniel Koffler: Offshore drilling won't end America's dependence on foreign oil

 

Warning that oil summit could push price up   Meeting of producers and users in Saudi Arabia this weekend could propel the cost of energy higher

 

H7  “Language Atlas of Syria” reviewed by Nikaolas van Dam

“The Struggle for Power in Syria” by Van Dam reviewed by Josh Landis

 

Time Can Saudi Pumps Help Ease Prices?

 

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

 

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

 

Al Awsat A Talk with Syrian FM Walid al-Muallem

 

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.

 

A Thin Line Separating Islamism From Nazism? An Interview With Algerian Novelist Boualem Sansal By: Grégoire Leménager | World Politics Review  A former official in the Algerian civil service and the author of four previous novels, the Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal has recently published a new book titled Le village de l'Allemand: "The German's Village."

 

Daily Star Hizbullah can keep Lebanon's footing solid by reaching out to its rivals

 

Rifts are growing in Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood    By Ibrahim Gharaibeh

 

Whatever Palestinians discuss, the real issue is Iran    By Saul Singer

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

 

Iraq troops take control in Amara Iraqi and US security forces fan out in the southern Iraqi city of Amara to drive out Shia militias and criminal gangs.

 

Iraq launches militia crackdown, arrests top al-Sadr official

 

Iran Says Ready to Negotiate on Nuclear Incentives

 

Assad: Meeting Olmert Now Pointless

 

Iraq Press Roundup

 

Will Sadr gain from Amarah offensive?

 

Pan-Arab Paper Interviews Syrian FM on Talks With Israel, Other Issues

 

Dual identity Will Saudi wealth put pressure on social reform?

 

$162 billion in Iraq, Afghanistan war funding approved by House

 

Gulf Source Slams Western Offer to Give Iran Regional Role - Paper

 

Obama and Iraqi Foreign Minister Have Different Memories of their Conversation

H9 Ha’aretz  Israel said to have held drill as prep for Iran attack U.S. officials tell New York Times more than a hundred fighter planes took part in maneuvers over Mediterranean

 

Barak: Only U.S. can help Israel-Syria talks; Syria: No chance of Assad-Olmert handshake

 

Olmert: Gaza truce is Hamas' last chance to avoid major IDF op

 

Marcus A gun in act one Anyone who claims there is a military solution for pushing back the rocket launchers without a protracted stay in Gaza does not know what he is talking about. But a lengthy presence, even partial, in the Gaza Strip could turn into a copy of the First Lebanon War

 

Editorial: A lengthy cease-fire is an achievement for Israel

 

Moments of calm in the cuckoo's nest Let Hamas have the ?last word? and declare its victory in the mud and gun-oil of Gaza, while Israel will live, prosper and grow, as it always does during the breaks in the clouds of war.

 

Report: U.S., Canada warn Hezbollah set to strike Jewish targets ABC: Intelligence agencies say sleeper cells in Canada conducting surveillance of Israel embassy, synagogues

 

Eldar Just make-believe Instead of conducting the talks through Abbas and letting him reap the accomplishment, Israel has turned Haniyeh into the hero of the hour.

 

Jerusalem Post Hamas officials: We will honor truce in West Bank too

But Islamists warn they'll retaliate if IDF targets them; PA President Mahmoud Abbas says he's ready to establish unity government

 

Olmert: A miracle will save my job

PM expresses confidence in interview to Der Spiegel; Barak's Labor falls to 14 seats in poll

 

A PM churning as fast as he can

Is Olmert's diplomatic activity easing his precarious position?

 

Ahmadinejad says US plotted to kill him

Iranian president's official Web site says changes to his itinerary in Iraq thwarted "enemies'" plan

 

'Hizbullah won't stop at Shaba'

What about seven Shi'a villages that existed in the Galilee prior to 1948?

 

Israel's EU upgrade

EU's engagement with the region, after all, has not always been judicious

 

Yedioth Ahronoth 'Israel rehearsed Iran attack'
US officials say Jewish state carried out large military exercise as rehearsal for potential bombing on nuclear facilities, NY Times reports. Pentagon source: Goal is to send clear message Israel is prepared to act militarily

 

Deal with the devil/ Sever Plocker  Instead of refusing to talk with Hamas, Israel granted it priceless legitimacy

 

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

 

 

Israel Offers to Begin Peace Talks With Beirut Negotiations Would Include Disputed Land

 

Focusing On McCain Jewish Press

 

Lebanon spurns Israeli overture Lebanon's PM-designate again rejects the idea of bilateral talks with Israel, saying withdrawing from occupied land is the key

 

Michael Jansen says the Gaza ceasefire marks a victory for Hamas.

 

Beyond Gaza Israelis ponder the challenges of Hamas and Iran

 

The Hamas Interest in the Tahdiya (Temporary Truce) with Israel - Jonathan Dahoah Halevy (Institute for Contemporary Affairs/Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

 

Boston Globe Editorial The cease-fire in Gaza

 

Fragile ceasefire holds in Gaza A truce between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza is holding, despite widespread scepticism

 

Cyberhate What can be done
to combat it?

H10 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.

 

On U.S. coasts, a rethink on oil drilling? High gas prices may soften the opposition of some states to offshore drilling

 

 

ASIA

 

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

 

Still In the Fight The Economist
Even NATO officials gave grudging respect to the audacity of the Taliban raid that sprang the entire population of the main prison in the southern city of Kandahar on the night of Friday 13th June. But the ensuing speculation that the Taliban may be about to take Kandahar and mount a serious challenge in the south to the Afghan government seems overblown.

 

India takes up incursions issue with China

 

The rise of another Red army
Since the Tiananmen protests in 1989, the overhauled People's Liberation Army has been reluctant to be the main arm called on to enforce domestic stability in China. This has become the duty of the People's Armed Police, an 800,000-strong force that some call the Communist Party's "army". Besides enforcing social order, the police are also known to preserve the power of some party officials - incompetent, corrupt or otherwise

 

Taliban raise a storm in Kandahar As the United States admits, the Taliban "can raise a lot of dust at any given moment", as they are doing now in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, drawing a massed response from North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Afghan army forces. More than dust is being raised, though. Kandahar is just one aspect of the Taliban's military and political plan, which they hope will bring on a sandstorm. - Syed Saleem Shahzad

H11 IHT  Israel's broad American base By WALTER RUSSELL MEAD Religious and secular Americans have long seen a unique bond with the Jews.

 

China and Africa By HANY BESADA In its dealings with Africa, Beijing has behaved no differently than other great powers acting in their own self-interest

 

Europe pushes Ireland to help save treaty European leaders have given the Irish government four months to try to find a way out of the crisis precipitated by Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum last week.

 

Russia warns Georgia on 'provocations' Medvedev issues a warning after peacekeepers in breakaway Abkhazia region are seized and then released

 

Danish court rejects defamation lawsuit over cartoons The appeals court, asked to rule on cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, said terror acts had been carried out in the name of Islam and that it was not illegal to make satirical drawings to illustrate that

 

 

 

 

 

EUROPE European press review

 

The Economist Charlemagne Democracy in Europe How Europe's leaders respond when voters give the wrong answer

 

The western Balkans A June tide 

 

Time Dealing with Ireland's No

By CHARLES GRANT Ireland's rejection of the European Union's plan for reform leaves its members with unpalatable options

 

EU warned: No treaty, no growth

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says the EU will not be able to expand without ratification of the Lisbon treaty.

 

Mardell's Europe Lisbon Treaty? Let's not call the whole thing off

 

Time Sarkozy Makes Eyes at NATO

 

Analysis: Kosovo's Rocky Road To Statehood

 

The EU Must Go On, With or Without Ireland By: Uffe Ellemann-Jensen | The Japan Times Ireland should do the rest of Europe a favor and withdraw from the European Union. That seems to be the only tenable solution to the situation created by the Irish "no" to the Lisbon Treaty. The Irish have created a problem for themselves. They should not let it be a problem for others

 

What's Europe's Next Move? By: David Howell | The Japan Times
The Irish have spoiled the party and signaled to the political and social elites that ordinary citizens want their voices heard

 

Foreign Affairs Building a New Atlantic Alliance James P. Rubin
How the United States can restore its relationship with Europe

 

Presidential Adviser Sees Lack of Long-Term Planning As Poland's "Achilles Heel"

 

Le Monde L'Europe après le non irlandais, par Hubert Védrine

 

Les identités troublées des Européens, par Thomas Ferenczi

H12 RFE/RLU.S. Official Details Policy On Frozen Conflicts

Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried tells lawmakers that U.S. policy should help Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia achieve the same freedoms and democracies that their western neighbors enjoy

 

EDM MOSCOW READY FOR MAJOR CONFRONTATIONS WITH PRO-WESTERN GEORGIA AND UKRAINE


- GEORGIAN OPPOSITION RIVEN BY MULTIPLE SPLITS AS NEW PARLIAMENT OPENS

- MODUS VIVENDI AGREED WITH MODERATE OPPOSITION IN THE GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT

Google News Azerbaijan

 

From Vancouver to Vladivostok By: Fyodor Lukyanov | The Moscow Times President Dmitry Medvedev has made a number of foreign policy statements since taking office. His speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum has drawn the most attention, although it was lacking something new in content.

 

The U.S.A. Is Looking For a Spare Rocket Airfield in Lithuania By: Vladimir Vodo and Sergey Strokan | Kommersant A possible deployment of the American anti-missile defense system in Lithuania, rather than in Poland, caused quite a scandal yesterday

 

RUSSIA-GEORGIA: Russia warned Georgia that efforts to detain Russian peacekeepers accused of smuggling weapons out of the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia could result in bloodshed (RIA Novosti).

H13 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

 

Obama accused of funds 'betrayal'

Decision to decline public funds means Barack Obama will no longer be constrained by strict caps on campaign financing

 

Which is worse, inflation or recession? Central banks are confused. But despite the risk of job losses, stagnation is better than stagflation Gerard Baker

 

There is no clear answer to the ‘Irish problem’ — except to carry ...

 

Brown hailed as saviour as Dublin pressure builds European leaders tell Brian Cowen, the Irish Prime Minister, to come back in October with a plan to solve the impasse

 

 

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

 

A Life's Lesson By Peggy Noonan Declarations:
Tim Russert teaches us what the world really values

 

Farewell, New Democrats By Kimberley A. Strassel
Potomac Watch:
Barack Obama looks poised to end the Democratic experiment with ideological centrism.

 

Military-Industrial Complications
U.S. soldiers wait while contractors, and a bumbling Air Force, duke it out. Review & Outlook

 

Being Farouk Hosni
The double life of the would-be Unesco head. Review & Outlook

 

East China Sea Sense
China and Japan agree to cooperate in offfshore drilling.
Review & Outlook

 

Losing Hope, Glory and Assets
By Martin Rubin  Bookshelf: Money had a lot to do with empire's end. Britain had trouble feeding its own people, let alone bearing colonial costs.

 

China Raises Fuel Prices

China raised its base price for gasoline by 17%, a move that global oil traders concluded would diminish the country's appetite for fuel; benchmark crude fell 3.5%. The decision marks Beijing's largest increase in fuel prices in four years.

 

H14 Financial Times Saving the planet will be difficult, but do not despair Philip Stephens wonders whether it is coincidental that so many of the sceptics on global warming are old enough to know they can never be proved wrong. In place of their denial, we should focus on how the burden of adjustment might be shared between rich and emerging nations

 

Diplomacy eases Mideast tensions

The Israel-Hamas deal, the first truce since the militant group took full control of Gaza last year, follows the revival of Syrian-Israeli contacts. It also comes after a rare accord between Lebanese political factions, which pulled the country back from the brink of civil war

 

Iraq forces launch crackdown in Amara Iraqi security forces have launched a crackdown on Shia militias in the southern city of Amara, the latest drive in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s campaign to restore order to Iraq

 

Sarkozy takes flak over forces plans

President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to modernise France’s armed forces and rejoin Nato’s military command have triggered strong opposition from within the defence establishment and his party

 

Merkel rejects ‘two speed’ EU after Irish vote The European Union cannot afford to waste time in pursuing greater integration and must move ‘as quickly as possible’ to decide on the future of the Lisbon treaty, according to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel

 

Why the Irish were right to say No If Germany, France and others want to go ahead on their own, a multi-speed Europe would be fine, writes Samuel Brittan

 

Afghanistan backlash Gideon Rachman’s blog: Is Britain about to sour on the Afghan war in a big way? Plan A isn’t working, but there’s no plan B

 

Reject sovereign funds at your peril

Hostility is dangerous because we are reaching a stage in the global economy where SWFs have other options, says Stephen Schwarzman

 

The conundrum of financial stability

Central banks have been retooled as monetary analysts, yet they remain banks, they retain responsibility for the stability of other banks.The result is a tension.

 

Israel and Hamas take the peace road The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is warmly to be welcomed. Both sides must work to deepen the truce

 

Last clashes fuel doubts on Gaza ceasefire Israel’s ceasefire with the Islamist group Hamas came into effect on Thursday morning preceded by some last-minute clashes that added to doubts about how long lasting it might be

 

WORLD NEWS: Venezuela to snub Saudi Arabia over call for Opec summit

 

FT REPORT - ISLAMIC FINANCE 2008: The next frontier

 

FT REPORT - ISLAMIC FINANCE 2008: Covering risk puts a premium on growth

 

Brussels plans onslaught on online retailing Moves to break down national borders in internet retailing so that customers can take advantage of prices offered by companies in different countries are to be championed by the EU’s consumer protection commissioner

 

Shell shuts oilfield after gun attack

Gunmen in powerboats sped across more than 100km of open sea to attack a giant oil production vessel off Nigeria yesterday, forcing Royal Dutch Shell to shut down one

 

Tentative agreement on anti-terror spy bill Under the possible accord, a federal court could immunise a company by ruling it had been given written assurances that its participation domestic spying program was legal

 

Obama reverses policy on using public funds Barack Obama became the first American presidential candidate since Richard Nixon to rely solely on private money to sustain his White House bid when he declared that he would opt out of the Watergate-era public financing system

 

US food producers urge ethanol rethink US meat, dairy and poultry producers urged regulators to re-examine ethanol mandates, which are tightening limited grain supplies and forcing a run-up in feedstock prices that threatens their livelihoods

 

 

H15 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

 

Afghan clashes point to larger problems

The fighting near Kandahar, though brief, disrupted lives of villagers in a nominally secure area, and raised concerns about communication gaps between Afghan and Western allies

 

The real McCain By Eric Alterman and George Zornick The media portray him as a GOP maverick. He's really a die-hard conservative

 

Oil crisis fuels blame game With the stakes high and the issue complex, speculators, consumers, Saudi Arabia, environmentalists, the Bush administration and congressional Democrats have all come under fire

 

Islamic law plays a role in British legal system

 Muslims can seek rulings on family or property issues from Sharia councils, which work in cooperation with the civil courts

 

U.N. Security Council says sexual violence akin to war crimes

 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice introduced the resolution, saying rape and other sexual violence are a security issue and belong on the council's agenda

 

China to raise fuel, electricity prices; global oil market takes notice

Subsidized retail gas and diesel prices will be allowed to rise, and the announcement appears to have an immediate effect. Crude falls to $131.93 a barrel

 

H16 American Politics

 

Obama Remarks on Detainees and Afghanistan 

 

Farewell, New Democrats - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal

 

Obama declines public funds, gains spending advantage

 

Analysis: Obama chose winning over his word

 

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

 

A review of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi's Life, Times, and Rise to Power by Marc Sandalow

 

Inside McCain's Town-Hall Campaign Unlike Barack Obama, John McCain isn't a great speechmaker. But he has mastered the art of the town-hall meeting. How it could help him win

H17 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.

 

Obama 'won't martyr bin Laden'

Senator pledges to put the top terrorist in the dock

H18 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.

 

EU gives Irish ultimatum - find a solution to 'no' vote

European Union leaders last night gave Ireland just four months to produce a way out of the crisis over the Lisbon Treaty caused by its rejection by the Irish people in last week's referendum.

 

Denis MacShane: Europe needs to speak with one voice

 

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

 

Foreign Affairs Does Osama Still Call the Shots? Marc Sageman and Bruce Hoffman  Debating whether the real terrorist threat is top-down or bottom-up.

 

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.

 

The nuclear network of A.Q. Khan A hero at home, a villain abroad 

 

Will the New Fences Along the Mexican Border Work? (Cover Story)
In a huge public-works project few Americans will ever see, the U.S. is erecting miles of new fences along much of the Mexican border. Can a barrier stop the tide of illegal aliens?

 

US Joint Forces Command Forms IW Center

 

Don't mess with KBR

A Pentagon contract manager learns the risks of confronting the Bush administration's most favored defense contractor. In the end, Goliath wins.

 

H20   Slate   

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. International Transactions: First Quarter 2008 — Current Account
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis

H21

The Games That Bring Us Together Sports and games are hurdling borders as never before, in the process breeding fresh champions, creating new wealth, and changing forever the lives of individuals and the destiny of nations

 

Lower men wallow in pity as swine do in mud, their pity for others being the same as their pity for themselves. Thus spake Nietzsche... more»

 

Mrs. Thatcher viewed Ferdinand Mount as “an idle and effete youth.” But she came to admire his powers as a wordsmith. Right she was... more»

 

Much of the best literature of the 19th century can’t be grasped without knowing the position of women and women writers: their views of the world and their literary preferences... more»

 

Why I hate second-hand books

 

Why women really do love self-obsessed psychopaths Bad boys, it seems, really do get all the girls. Women might claim they want caring, thoughtful types but scientists have discovered what they really want – self-obsessed, lying psychopaths.

 

Special report: Bangladesh is set to disappear under the waves by the end of the century

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