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H1 The Times We're winning the War on Terror Al-Qaeda and the Taleban are in retreat, the surge has worked in Iraq and Islamism is discredited

How Bush changed tack in search of a legacy The US President has adopted a diplomatic approach to dealing with traditional enemies, and it is gaining results

Last US nuclear weapons ‘withdrawn from UK’ The pullout of the bombs from RAF Lakenheath would bring to an end an historic military link between Britain and the US

Asia Times Israeli threats stiffen Iran's resolve Israel, by escalating threats against Iran precisely at a time when major nations are pushing the arch of diplomacy toward Tehran, has made it nearly impossible for Iran to show a great deal of flexibility in negotiations over its nuclear program. As for an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, it would likely spur, not deter, any Iranian notions of proliferation. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

Financial Times A new world for America’s next president His challenge will be to help greater numbers of Americans to derive more benefits from globalisation, write Robert Hormats and Jim O’Neill

Obama seeks to square circle on globalisation A Barack Obama administration would mark a “break” from the US trade policies of the last few years and push for agreements that would help overcome America’s growing scepticism towards globalisation, says Jason Furman, Mr Obama’s economic policy director

Gazprom chief sets out world vision Gazprom set out a vaulting vision of its future status as the world’s most powerful energy company as it belittled Opec, saying the oil producers’ cartel had in effect lost control of the market Transcript: interview with Gazprom chief

Bush’s China policy likely outlive presidency Amid the wreckage of his foreign policy elsewhere, the sustained stability has been reassuring. Sino-American ties may well be the most important, and potentially combustible, component of international relations for the next several decades, writes Philip Stephens

Comment: Is France what Europe needs right now? Leading an EU of 27 is like herding sheep. France, however, has a tradition of high-profile unilateral initiatives, writes Anand Menon

Guardian Be bold, Europe, or remain a fat, rich political pygmy

David Marquand: The great, stark question is do we want to bequeath our children a weak and divided union in a world run by predatory giants?

For Obama, winning is everything

Michael Tomasky: It's acceptable - and necessary - for Barack Obama to compromise his liberal principles in order to get elected

North Korea no more a rogue state for US Pyongyang finds favour with Bush after delivering inventory of its nuclear activities to Washington

New York Times Bush Rebuffs Hard-Liners to Ease North Korean Curbs By HELENE COOPERThe decision to take North Korea off the list of state sponsors of terrorism was a victory for the State Department in a struggle with the Department of Defense.

News Analysis: A Diplomatic Success That Defies the Critics

Washington Post Obama the Opportunist By Charles Krauthammer, It's not complicated: In the end, he is just another politician

A 'League of Democracies' or Just an Invitation to More Wars? By: Robert Skidelsky | The Daily Star John McCain has been calling for the creation of a "League of Democracies." This new international group would possess a formidable military capacity, based partly on NATO and partly on a "new quadrilateral security partnership" in the Pacific between

Telegraphing an Attack Against Iran By: Frida Ghitis | World Politics Review In late May and early June, Israeli forces carried out massive military exercises over the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Israel wants the world to know, particularly Europe and Iran, that it is extremely serious about the need to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons

The Cold War Analogy: Another Way With Iran By: Jon B. Alterman | World Politics Review
If Iran is indeed a rational but hostile power, the United States should be seeking to apply the lessons of the Cold War and developing tools to manage Iran's actions

Los Angeles Times How does President Bush lie? By Cy Bolton

Nuclear Weapons: The Question of Relevance in the 21st Century Stratfor

IHT Sliding toward irrelevance

By ROBERT KAGAN One wonders to what degree Europe will participate in the 21st century.

Japan's mixed signals By RICHARD J. SAMUELS Japan's security posture is not keeping pace with the shifting politics of the region.

A command performance for EU heads By STEPHEN CASTLE

A summit meeting between Russia and the European Union should define a new relationship between the energy giant and the European countries that are among its best clients, both sides say.

CLIMATE CHANGE Break the deadlock By TONY BLAIR

Scientists and political leaders are now united over the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But there is a danger of a yawning chasm on the size and speed of the cuts we require

Training to attack Iran The leaked news that the Israeli air force recently conducted what appeared to be a rehearsal for an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities caused something of a sensation in capitals around the world. Not in Israel, though, where the thinking is, if all options against Iran are on the table, then it's best to prepare to execute them

Ha’aretz – Bradley Burston: Perhaps we killed Christ after all

Hamas: Qassam fire harms Palestinian national interest

French sources: Syria may 'rethink' ties with Iran

Christian Science Monitor

Militant Hamas as reluctant moderator Can Gaza's ruling militants keep other armed groups from spoiling a six-month cease-fire with Israel intended to improve life in the impoverished coastal strip?

Georgia and Russia can avoid war – if the West helps War could mean more pressure on already sky-high oil prices By Kenneth Yalowitz and William Courtney

Independent Exclusive: No ice at the North Pole It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.

Bush steps back from Axis of Evil to reward North Korea George Bush has brought the isolated state of North Korea in from the cold with a promise to remove the country he once truculently described as part of the "Axis of Evil" from a terror blacklist, opening the way for eventual diplomatic relations.

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