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Guardian We friends of
liberal international order face a new global disorder Timothy
Garton Ash: On the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, China, Russia
and climate change all vie with al-Qaida for our attention
Iraq:
what's changed? Jonathan
Steele: The security situation has improved, but as the smoke of
conflict clears, the full human cost of the Iraq occupation comes into view
Transatlantic
Trends 2008
McClatchy 9/11
seven years later: U.S. 'safe,' South Asia in turmoil
Seven years after 9/11, al Qaida and its allies are gaining ground
across the region where the plot was hatched, staging their most lethal
attacks yet against NATO forces and posing a growing threat to the
U.S.-backed governments in Afghanistan and nuclear-armed Pakistan.
Center for American Progress: Iraq's
Political Transition After the Surge: Five Enduring Tensions and Ten Key
Challenges. You
can download the report here.
U.S.-Russia Relations in the
Aftermath of the Georgia Crisis
Yale Political Union Votes to 'End the Special
Relationship' Between U.S. and Israel
New York Times Bush
Said to Give Orders Allowing Raids in Pakistan The order
allowing Special Operations forces to act without the prior approval of the
Pakistani government underscores U.S. concerns over Pakistan’s ability and
will to combat militants.
Pakistan’s
Military Chief Criticizes U.S. Over a Raid
Iraq
Seeks Fighter Jets as Gates Sees ‘Endgame’
Tapes
Offer a Look Beneath the Surface of bin Laden and Al Qaeda
Gates: US Has Entered 'Endgame' in Iraq
Guardian A
world that changed Editorial: What happened on September
11 2001, and what has happened since?
Victory in Iraq Declared, Not Achieved By: Brian
Katulis George Bush's justification
for the US troop withdrawal from Iraq -- that the surge has promoted
political reconciliation – is false
How Syria Came in From the Cold By: Chris Phillips After the disastrous policies that led to
Syria leaving Lebanon, Assad has clawed his way back onto the international
scene.
IHT THE GEORGIA CRISIS
Flaunting impunity in Russia's 'security
zone' By LAWRENCE SHEETS While world leaders debate
how to handle a newly aggressive Moscow, the situation on the ground in
Georgia remains potentially explosive
EU
and Russia wrangle over Georgia monitors Russia and Europe were at odds over whether 200
European monitors would be allowed within Russian-held territory
Christian Science
Monitor
Next president faces swelling U.S. debt
The budget deficit doubled in the
past year, escalating the finger-pointing in Congress
U.S. sets sights on Taliban, Al Qaeda
stronghold It plans to send
more troops to Afghanistan and ramp up attacks in Pakistan.
To counter Russia, E.U. reaches out to
Ukraine Aid and outreach
initiatives have been stepped up. But full EU membership will be slow coming
say Ukrainians.
Education
at a Glance 2008: OECD Indicators Source: Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development
Russia Urged to Halt Arms to Iran, Syria By: Nicholas
Kralev | The Washington Times
Israel's envoy to the United States urged Russia on Tuesday not to sell
advanced weapons to Iran and Syria despite Moscow's anger over Israeli
military cooperation with Georgia
Preventing an Iranian Bomb: Sculpting
Effective, Acceptable Strategies David
Albright, president of the Institute for Science and
International Security
Analysts Downplay Possibility of Israel
Attacking Iranian Nuclear Facilities
CFR
Report Warns of Risks to U.S. of Dependence on Foreign Governments to Finance
Deficit
Source: Council on Foreign Relations Full
Report (PDF: 2.9 MB) “The United States’ current reliance on other
governments for financing represents an underappreciated strategic
vulnerability…The longer the United States relies on central banks and
sovereign funds to support large external deficits, the greater the risk that
the United States’ need for external credit will constrain its policy
options,”
Washington Post Top
U.S. Officer Urges Better Afghan Strategy
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff offers a blunt assessment of the war in Afghanistan, saying that
although victory is possible, the current strategy is not necessarily leading
in that direction.
More
Voters Perceive Progress in Iraq As Attitudes About Restoring Order
Improve, So Do McCain's Poll Numbers
Ha’aretz – U.S.: No to
'bunker-busters,' Iraq flyover rights for Israel Rejection makes possible attack on Iran
harder; To compensate, U.S. to help bolster defensive systems
Segev Seven
years later Seven years ago
today, it looked as though the world would never again be what it was before
the attack on the World Trade Center
By JONATHAN
SPYER Network said to
have been reduced to a core of 200-300 operatives, but its jihadi message
flourishes
Rattling the Cage: Rethinking McCain vs.
Obama [ LARRY DERFNER
Financial
Times US
fiscal challenge is in the long term
The US is not worse off, overall, than most
developed economies. The difficulty is politicians’ reluctance to tell the
truth about the means within which it must live
The
price of Putin Western investors will not pull out but they will
demand a higher risk premium. The cost to Russia may be higher than that of
invading a small country in the Caucasus
National Security Archive New
Kissinger 'Telcons' Reveal Chile Plotting at Highest Levels of U.S.
Government
Nixon Vetoed
Proposed Coexistence with Allende Government; Kissinger to the CIA : "We
will not let Chile go down the drain."
McClatchy Top military officer warns that U.S. isn't
winning in Afghanistan Warning that the
United States could lose the war in Afghanistan, the chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff announced Wednesday that he'd ordered a "more
comprehensive" strategy there to address the growing cross-border
insurgency
White
House Says bin Laden Wasn't 'Mastermind' of 9/11
GLOBAL POLL: No consensus
on who was behind Sept 11...
Shockwaves from Afghanistan
GulfNews -
By Amir Taheri
Wall Street
Journal What's the Matter With Sarah? By Janet Albrechtsen
Foreigners don't understand middle America
Obama Can't Win Against Palin By Karl Rove
He shouldn't debate experience with McCain's No. 2
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