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Guardian Russia: we are ready
for a new cold war Relations with the west plummet as Kremlin recognises breakaway states

The Princip precedent Editorial: Now Russia appears to be willing to trash its strategic relationships

Washington Post A Syrian-Israeli Breakthrough? By David Ignatius, If the U.S. joins France in sponsoring a meeting, it would test everyone's sincerity.

Clinton Calls for Unity, Vows Support for Obama

Slate Go on Without Me

Hillary Clinton throws everything behind Barack Obama. John Dickerson

New York Times Clinton Delivers Emphatic Plea for Unity

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton deferred her own dreams on Tuesday and made a soaring appeal for Democrats to support Senator Barack Obama. Text of Clinton's Speech

Russia Backs Independence of Georgian Enclaves

Taliban Gain New Foothold in Afghan City A spectacular jailbreak in June highlighted the Afghan government’s frailty and the security situation has only worsened since then

Editorial Stuck in Georgia

When the Europeans meet next week, they should agree to put on hold a trade and security deal with Moscow so long as it continues to occupy Georgia

What Could Happen Next in Caucasus Conflict

CFR Russia's Offensive in Georgia a Signal to NATO to Stay Away from Its 'Space' F. Stephen Larrabee

Wrong on Russia, by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett, The National Interest,

Kosovo Precedent Prevails

by Ted Galen Carpenter

Insisting that recognizing Kosovo would not set a dangerous precedent was wishful thinking. Now the United States needs to backtrack to repair relations with Moscow

A Middle East Strategy For The West by Barry Rubin

Financial Times Why I had to recognise Georgia’s breakaway regions Did Saakashvili believe we would stand idly by as he launched an assault on the sleeping city of Tskhinvali, asks Dmitry Medvedev

Alarm at Russian ‘policy of confrontation’ Moscow’s decision to recognise South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states was condemned in western capitals as an unwarranted escalation of the Georgian crisis that would have long-lasting consequences

Countdown in the Causcasus The speed of Russia’s reaction suggests that Tbilisi fell into a well-laid trap

Washington remains hobbled by IraqThe US has to set the course in dealing with Russia – Europe ought to, but cannot and will not. Exercising such leadership means getting over Iraq, writes Clive Crook

There are many sensible reasons for irrational behaviour John Kay on the questionable worth of analytic skills Analytic skills are neither necessary nor sufficient for good performance – as many barely articulate Olympians show, writes John Kay

Russia’s gamble could backfire The example of Abkhazia and South Ossetia may well encourage the restive republics of the north Caucasus to determine their own destiny

Collateral damage The European Central Bank cannot risk becoming an asset dump of last resort. Its challenge is to differentiate between the opportunists and the needy

Pakistan’s turmoil The biggest question raised by the current turmoil is whether the country’s civilian leaders are ready to govern in the national interest or merely their own

Europeans bet big on Obama It may be that there is a connection between our Eurobamania and the way that the candidate’s campaign has faltered, writes Geoffrey Wheatcroft. Why the senator is ‘de-Europeanising ‘himself

Biden as Obama's 'bridge'
US presidential hopeful Barack Obama, facing steady slippage in opinion polls, selected six-term Senator Joseph Biden as his running-mate to attract skeptical older, working class and Catholic voters. If Biden's beaming smile at Monday's Democratic convention is any measure, his selection is just the ticket. - Jim Lobe

MESH Putin’s war and the Middle East

USIP The Future of the U.S. Military Presence in Iraq Listen to Audio

Charlie Rose Show An Hour With Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Violent Non-State Actors in the Middle Eastern Region (Full PDF Article)

Jerusalem PostThe ramifications of a Palestinian state

[ LOUIS RENÉ BERES

Washington Watch: Which Joe is more in synch with Jewish voters?

[ DOUGLAS M. BLOOMFIELD

US aid warship will defy Russian control of Georgian port of Poti

Russian Mediterranean warships placed under Black Sea Fleet command

Daily Star If Georgia's Saakashvili survives, Vladimir Putin loses By Richard C. Holbrooke

Alon Ben-Meir: Syria and Iran: an Alliance of Convenience

Daily TelegraphDirty politics are killing hope in Pakistan The dismissal of Pervez Musharraf underscored the futility of democracy in Pakistan, says Isambard Wilkinson.

Wall Street Journal Obama Should Just Be Himself By Dan Gerstein
There's no reason to panic about the polls. Undecided voters will appreciate the senator's independence

IHT Europe into the breach

By VOLKER PERTHES

The EU can keep the Middle East peace process alive while the U.S. changes leaders

Ha’aretz – The faulty pleasant approach The U.S. administration believes its role is to encourage Israel and the PA to reach an agreement, but it does not believe in forcing its views on the two sides. This is an enlightened, pleasant approach, but in the Mideast jungle it is terribly out of place.

Missile Defense Scam Scores Points for All By: Gwynne Dyer | The Japan Times Every single person involved in the controversy over the U.S. placing ABM missiles in Poland knows that they don't work, aren't a threat, and have nothing to do with Iran. So why are they making so much fuss?

OpenDemocracy Georgia after war: the political landscape , Robert Parsons

Sovereignty, status and the humanitarian perspective, Mary Kaldor

Amir Taheri Fear is behind Russia's move - GulfNews

Daily Star Khamenei would do best to remain above Iran's political brawl

The Gulf states, change you can invest in By Rami G. Khouri

We Americans can adjust our compass heading, says John Lewis Gaddis, if we can make ending tyranny once again our priority, as it was through most of our history... more»

Hizbullah's Role in Attacks against U.S. and British Forces in Iraq - Jonathan Dahoah Halevi (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

Russia Likely to Find Succor at Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit A EURASIANET COMMENTARY BY STEPHEN BLANK While coming under increasing criticism from the West over its truculent behavior in Georgia, Russia looks set to garner support from other Shanghai Cooperation Organization members when the group holds its annual summit in Dushanbe on August 28-29. The gathering will be watched closely by the United States and European Union for insight into Russia’s diplomatic intentions on an array of fronts, especially the Iranian nuclear question

Christian Science Monitor

Iraq urges 2011 deadline for U.S. troop withdrawal Maliki wants a date in the status-of-forces deal, a move the US is resisting.

The greatest failure of thought in human history To solve climate change, we must overcome "systems blindness."

Sunni Lawmakers Establish New Political Group for Provincial Polls

Iraqi Kurd Forces Angered by Pressure to Pull Back

Guardian Should Georgia follow Bosnia's model?

Lionel Beehner: The Bosnian city of Brcko has become an example of how a peaceful, multiethnic community

can emerge from conflict

Russia: back to the bad old days?

Irina Filatova: The conflict over Georgia may do for Medvedev's Russia what the Hungarian uprising did for Khrushchev's reforms

European future: Germany shrinks, France grows, UK population booms

Britain to be biggest country in EU by 2060 according to survey of demographic trends

Obama has to do it on his own terms

Jonathan Freedland: Republicans are casting the opponent as out of touch. Democrats shouldn't play

The Times Medvedev raises spectre of a new Cold War Comments came as Russia's president set tensions soaring by recognizing independence of two breakaway republics in Georgia

Analysis: Nato ageements are at risk Several areas of joint activity and assistance between Russia and the alliance are under threat in the row over Georgia

H 2 Serdar Turgut Obama Kürt devletini kurdurur

GMF - Amberin Zaman "Crisis in the South Caucasus: Turkey's Big Moment" Download File,: 1367 KB

USAK Gürcistan Krizi Değerlendirme Raporu PDF

Turkey: Ankara's S-300 Curiosity | Stratfor

U.S. Senator Richard Lugar Visits Ankara For a complete transcript of Senator Lugar’s remarks to the press, please click here

Talabani Watch II By Michael Rubin

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