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H1 Spiegel Online: Iraq Leader Maliki Supports Obama's Withdrawal Plans Bloomberg: Maliki Doesn't Endorse Obama Troop Withdrawal Plan Maliki Aide's
Statement Came After U.S. Call Kevin
Drum: Obama, the press and Iraq Five Questions Israel Should Ask Before Bombing Iran By:
Gershom Gorenberg | The American Prospect After Iran's missile tests last
week, the question of whether Israel will strike Iran preemptively is on
everyone's mind. Here are five questions Israel should ponder before striking How Obama Sees the World
- Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek William S Lind Running the Narrows Iran must give
'serious answer' or face sanctions, Rice says Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS / Are
U.S.-Iran ties undergoing significant change? Editorial
Talking and
suspecting Crashes,
Bangs & Wallops: Panic of '08 - Richard Lambert, Financial Time Modern
leadership is about what you have learned By
Joseph S. Nye Adm.
Mullen: I'm Fighting Two Wars, I Don't Need a Third Guardian Obama
must curb our enthusiasm Jonathan Freedland: While the
world wants to show its support for the Democrats' nominee, foreign
popularity is no votewinner in the US The
not-so-winnable war against terrorism Jason Burke:
Al-Qaida's unorthodox structure means the terrorist organisation is unlikely
to ever face total defeat Hopes of
close cooperation between Russia and the west are now dead Max
Hastings: As BP is discovering, the change of leadership at the
Kremlin will not end its autocratic and nationalistic policies New York Times Surge
Protector By WILLIAM J. FALLON A long-term security
agreement between the United States and Iraq would be in the interests of
both governments, and of the people who live in a region that urgently needs
stability
Too
Big to Fail? The ultimate
reassurance about the national economy: If debt stopped Americans from
consuming, the pain would go global. Uncomfortable
Answers to Questions on the Economy THOMAS L.
FRIEDMAN 9/11
and 4/11 We are addicted to dirty fossil fuels, and this addiction is
driving a whole set of toxic trends that are harming our nation and world in
many different ways Conservative
Thinkers Think Again At the American Enterprise Institute and
elsewhere, policy cooks are trying to whip up new solutions for conservatives
disaffected with the Republican Party. U.S.
Is Present, but Iran Nuclear Talks End in Stalemate International talks included one of the most important diplomatic
encounters between Iran and the United States since 1979, but they ended in
deadlock. When
Spies Don’t Play Well With Their Allies
The C.I.A. and its
partner in Islamabad are trapped in a very complicated marriage. Given
a Shovel, Digging Deeper Into Debt
Practices that
produced record profits for many banks have led millions of Americans to the
brink. The Times Q&A: The Doha Round of World Trade Organisation
What is the point of the talks? | What
would a deal look like? | What is the timeframe? | Why is the US election so
important? Afghanistan's pristine jihad draws in outsiders Analysts have monitored a surge in online recruitment of 'lions of Islam'
to join the war through jihadist websites The Europhiles are not the future, Mr Obama Most US Presidents share the common American view that
Europe will naturally evolve into a United States of Europe Jerusalem
Post Rice
accuses Iran of not being serious at weekend nuclear talks Los Angeles Times A
battle over 'the next war' The Pentagon long considered it an essential duty
to prepare for a war of national survival. Under Robert Gates, that focus has
fallen from favor. Many military
officers are pushing back against Defense Secretary Gates' focus on preparing
for more 'asymmetric' fighting rather than for a large, conventional
conflict. Bush's
U-turn toward common sense By Graham Allison Talks with Iran signify that the administration has finally abandoned
a failed part of its foreign policy Coal
carves a place in the future of global energy As the price of oil and
natural gas soars, many customers are looking to coal as an alternative fuel.
That means a boon for suppliers -- and a potential bane for the environment Food and Fuel Prices - Recent Developments,
Macroeconomic Impact, and Policy Responses (PDF; 1.7 MB)
Source: International Monetary Fund Climate
Change and Water (PDF; 5.1 MB) Source: Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) World Trade
Report 2008 How Tough Would Obama Be With Iran? By: Uri Dromi | Miami
Herald Sen. Barack Obama is gearing up to his Middle East trip, meant to
bolster the presidential candidate's foreign policy credentials. More Iraqi Ironies By: Victor Davis Hanson | National
Review Cliches Won't Rescue Earth By: Hugh Cortazzi | The Japan
Times WITH FRIDAY'S announcement by the White
House that the United States and Iraq have agreed to set a "general time
horizon" for a US troop withdrawal, it is increasingly obvious that
Iraqi political leaders are calling the shots when it comes to a future role
for the United States, and that President Bush has not learned anything about
Iraq in ... (By Lawrence J. Korb, Boston Globe) Iran Paper Details New US Plans for Iraq Dear Barack Obama by Yossi Klein Halevi A letter from an anxious Israeli to the presidential candidate on the
eve of his visit to Jerusalem Wall Street Journal Europe Gets Real About America Now Bush Is Appeasing Iran Asia Times A reality check on Iran Iran is
not ripe for regime change as any attack on the country would rally people
around the government, not alienate them, an influential new report in the
United States finds. These conclusions run counter to the neo-conservative
argument, but fit with the George W Bush administration's newfound engagement,
albeit limited, of Tehran. - David Isenberg Confident Iraq
Rides US Political Tides Iraqi Media: US
Building Airbase on Iran Border Christian Science
Monitor Obama's tour of Afghanistan renews debate
about US role The presidential candidate met officials and soldiers here this weekend
at the start of a global tour Obama's opportunity in the Middle East
To strengthen ties, he should not ask
'Why do they hate us?' but 'Why don't they believe us? Behind Afghanistan lies Pakistan The US is wising up about Pakistan,
where Al Qaeda and the Taliban find safe haven Time Leaving
Iraq: Debate Shifts to When Daily Telegraph A
good reason to withdraw from Iraq Barack Obama and Gordon Brown both say they will withdraw their
forces from Iraq. The statement by their Iraqi ally, Nouri al-Maliki, that he
favours an early evacuation, transforms the parameters of the debate Independent on Sunday Brown plans to withdraw troops as he
backs Obama Gordon Brown prepared the ground for a historic
realignment in the "war on terror" yesterday by setting out a
four-point plan for withdrawal of British troops from Iraq by the end of next
year The Observer Brown sets
out plan for UK pull-out from Iraq PM declares aim to hand Basra over to local
military forces as early as next year Financial
Times Brzezinski
wary of repeating Soviet experience More troops in Afghanistan ‘not the entire
solution’ One
simple way to predict a victor Early polls and the
vast enterprise of political analysis and speculation on the US elections are
worthless, says Clive
Crook Arab
world doubts US approach will change As
Barack Obama makes his first trip to the Middle East as the presumptive
Democratic presidential candidate, he is coming under greater scrutiny among
Arabs, with queries about his ability to deal with the crises in their region IMF
urges Iran to step up inflation fight A
report by the fund says that Tehran should raise interest rates and that
growth is expected to slow, but judges that overall prospects for the economy
are good Obama
pledges to focus on Afghanistan Barack Obama has seized
on the spiralling violence to press his argument for the US to withdraw from
Iraq and refocus attention on Afghanistan, and said he would make Afghanistan
the focus of the ‘war on terror’ if elected president In
search of a more dynamic economy As more job losses,
stagflation and a housing slump threaten, Edmund
Phelps looks at what it will take to regain prosperity Eurogroup
must shed complacencyThe shocks that face Spain and
Ireland will test the see-no-evil-hear-no-evil approach to governance, says Wolfgang
Münchau Israel's
Growing Consensus: Bomb Iran by Marty Peretz Tom Barnett KnoxNews.
Globalizations means fewer wars, less
death Roubini
The Coming Systemic Bust of the US Banking System: “Dead
Stocks Rallying” Al
Awsat Damascus
and Tehran: Don’t Leave Us the Sayyed! Newsweek Iraq's
Post-Surge Prospects Interview:
Israel's Ambassador on Pressuring Iran Washington
Post As
Troops Leave Iraq, Pride Mixes With Doubt Soldiers who
were part of the "surge" are heartened by security improvements
they helped bring about but unsure if their hard-won gains will hold Editorial Risk
Aversion U.S. financial stability is in doubt. The candidates should tell
us what they'd do about it. Pakistan's
Enduring Illusions By Jim Hoagland, The
exposure of illusions does not automatically cause them to be abandoned. They
become even more necessary when other alternatives look riskier. Throwing
Honesty Out the Window By Sebastian Mallaby, Wall Street is already tense; it needs gratuitous disruption
like a hole in the head. Iran Columnist Analyzes Factors Leading to Nuclear Talks in
Geneva THE NEXT US president will have to
deal with an energy-rich Russia that bears little resemblance to either the
vanished Soviet Union or the economic basket case of the immediate
post-Soviet years. Though run by a mafia of Kremlin-connected moguls and KGB
veterans, Russia has an abiding interest in cooperating with the West. Yet so
far, John McCain and Barack ... (Boston Globe) Armed With Nukes and a Vague Plan By: Simon Saradzhyan |
The Moscow Times The Russian armed forces have yet to complete their
transition from an expensive Cold War model designed for a global conflict
against an entire bloc of hostile nations to a leaner, meaner modern war
machine capable of effectively fighting not only large-scale wars, but also
low-intensity conflicts with insurgents Asia Times Russia's energy drive leaves US
reeling Medvedev is pursuing Russia's energy diplomacy
with a vengeance. As a former head of Gazprom he is balancing the energy
giant's oil export strategy between Europe and Asia-Pacific, and,
significantly, has secured the right for Gazprom to handle the entire output
of Libya's gas, oil and liquefied natural gas. Medvedev has also revived with
Iran the idea of a "gas cartel". Ferocious rivalries over energy
security will rock the foundations of overall United States-Russia relations.
- M K Bhadrakumar Committee Continues
Investigation of Widespread Electrical Problems in Iraq Source: U.S.
House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform + Letter to
Robert M. Gates (PDF; 388 KB) + Memorandum for
DCMA (PDF; 2 MB)+ DCMA E-Mails
(PDF; 870 KB) + 2006 E-mails
Requesting Fire Report (PDF; 386 KB) |
H2 Turkey
fears for İncirlik’s status after US-Iraq deal Russia offers Turkey direct sale of S-400s in
bid outdo US competitors Turkish déjà vu International Herald Tribune By Soner Cagaptay SOLİ ÖZEL İyimserlik ÖMER TAŞPINAR Guardian Turkey
turns westwards Fadi Hakura: If,
as is widely expected, the Islamist AKP party is thrown out, an electoral
earthquake is possible Ankara’da
enerjiye rota: Türkiye-İsrail-Hindistan İslami
popülizm AKP’ye oy kaybettirdi Der Spiegel PKK
Releases Germans: Split Remains among Kurds in Germany "Alman dağcılar nasıl serbest kaldı?" Kadri Gürsel Cici AKP! Gülen'in 7 yıllık vize alma süreci
Dışişleri
yeni yol haritasını belirledi The Times Islam and the great headscarf war Turkey's increasingly Islamic Government wants to relax
a ban on the Muslim headscarf as secularists fight to maintain it Traditional
head scarf unveils new rifts in Turkey Globe and
Mail Kurdistan
National Congress Leader Interviewed on Relations With Turkey. FT Investors’
ruling set for appeal in Turkey Ankara’s capital markets watchdog seeks to overturn a court decision
favouring investors that claimed they were unfairly treated in the lucrative
2006 takeover of Finansbank
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