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1115-2006f - FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW (FPR) - ‘Relevant news, views, comments and analysis from all around the world’ Compiled by Şanlı Bahadır Koç Subscribe to FPR --- U.S. / Britain / Turkey / Magazines / Think-tanks / Blogs / Misc /Books / Quickread / Numbers / Reports

H1 NYT Military Analysis: Get Out Now? Not So Fast, Experts Say By Michael Gordon

CSIS U.S. Policy Options in Iraq: A Primer READ MORE (repeat)

Washington Post Bush Initiates Iraq Policy Review Separate From Baker Group's By Robin Wright

Baker Ex Machina By David Ignatius

Guardian Why stop the Great Satan? He's driving himself to hell Simon Jenkins: Tehran can sit back and watch its tormentors sweat. But the US and Britain must start from diplomatic ground zero.

Christian Science Monitor Can Iran help in Iraq?

Ha’aretz Akiva Eldar An Iraq withdrawal, via Palestine In the coming politcal race, the U.S. will focus its interests on one part of the world.

Iraq: A Final (Bipartisan) Push? - Greg Djerejian, Belgravia Dispatch

Tony Karon James Baker vs. the Likud, Round II: This Time its Persian-al

New York Times Editorial The Road to Damascus It is time to give direct diplomacy with Syria a serious try.

Brookings Explosive Affinities: Cross-Border Consequences of Civil Strife in Iraq Pollack and Byman View Full Article (PDF—1,186kb)

Aye, Spy By JOHN DEUTCH Congress should promptly confirm Robert Gates to be secretary of defense, thank him for his willingness to serve, and tell him we expect great results.

Exclusive: Gates chosen to 'rein in Pentagon near-mutiny' Intel Sources Question Gates' Independence From Cheney, Rumsfeld

Slate war stories What Robert Gates can achieve in two years. Fred Kaplan

Financial Times Editorial No 'Gasfinger' plot

Dangers of Iran's bid for regional hegemony

COMMENT: After the arguments, the figures still justify swift climate action What should matter is not the emotions that drive the people on either side of the climate debate, but rather whether the arguments advanced are persuasive, writes Martin Wolf.

BBC Legacy of mistrust
Iran wants to see a US change of attitude before any talks

UN sleuths find plutonium at Iran atom site: IAEA

Carnegie Islamist Movements in the Arab World and the 2006 Lebanon War Direct to Full Text Paper

CSIS Transforming NATO (…again) Key questions for NATO ahead of its summit later this month in Riga, Latvia. READ THE REPORT

ISN Kosovo vs South Ossetia

The Times Leader Pragmatism, not alchemy Excessive expectations are becoming a burden on the Iraq Study Group

McClatchy Historian says peak oil production is still a quarter-century away... Study: World has three times more oil than estimated

Asia Times Asymmetric challenge to the US colossus Inordinate US global dominance exercised in greedy, overly-muscular fashion and a growing determination on the part of the rising East to bring in a more equitable world order are fundamental forces fueling an inevitable neo-Cold War between the East and West. All it will take is a spark, such as over Iran or North Korea, to bring this asymmetric war into the open. - W Joseph Stroupe

Guardian Veering off the road to recovery Brian Whitaker: Lebanon has run into a political impasse, and the country may once again be heading for a period of government paralysis.

A Middle East Nuke Race - Peter Brookes, New York Post

H 2 IHT Winning back the Turks F. STEPHEN LARRABEE Failure to take action now is likely to lead to a further deterioration of U.S.- Turkish relations and an increasing estrangement of Turkey from the West.

The Cypriots and the Kurds KIRSTY HUGHES / Why doesn't Turkey grant a big chunk of its own citizens - the Kurds - the same rights it demands for people who are not even Turkish nationals?

FT LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: It was reckless to hold out EU hopes to Turks

OBSERVER: Turkey in limbo

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: A query for Sarkozy about Cyprus . . .

Turkey's EU accession By Tulin Daloglu Washington Times

Turkey Says Iraq Must Not Be Split Up

Germans Oppose Turkey's EU Accession
Angus Reid Global Scan

"İran'a yaptırımı Türkiye desteklemeli"

Talat "Rumlara önkoşul koymalı"

Washington'dan Avusturya'ya cevap: 'Müzakerelere mola' seçenek olamaz

Gül: Ermeni konusunda yeni açılım peşindeyiz

Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati

Kurdistan’s dance with history, modernity MSNBC –

The Other Iraq CBS 5

Tom Barnett The de facto division of Iraq continues apace with the Kurdish oil rush

DNO sees bigger Iraq oil discovery

BBP lideri Yazıcıoğlu'ndan Ağar'a Musul desteği

Drug Money Feeds PKK - Zaman Online

Osman ULAGAY 2007 için 'yumuşak iniş' duası

Ercan Kumcu Böyle yaşamaya gayret edeceğiz

Ege Cansen Çalmadı ama çalışmadı

Ekonomideki ayak izleri
Uğur Gürses

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Yabancı, bonoda iştahlı borsada iştahsız mı?

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası - Dış Basında Güncel Türkiye Bülteni - Dış Basında Türkiye - Google News Turkey - Turquie- Türkei - Kurdish Media - FPR Archive - Quickread - Google News - Iraq -Iran - Syria – Kurdish - Greece - Azerbaijan Cyprus – - Israel - BBC Turkish 0700 -TurcoPundit - Stratfor Mideastwire.com

From the Oct. 12, 1953 issue of TIME magazine

Selimiye The Magnificent By Orhan Pamuk

Modernity or Tradition: Istanbul at a Crossroad Finds Its Own Way

An Essay on Redhouse's Pamphlet on the Ottoman Caliphate By Shaykh Daoud

Al - Qaida Suspect May Get Life in Prison

RFE/RL Brussels Signs Accords With South Caucasus The EU today signed European Neighborhood Policy action plans with Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

Paying Taxes: The Global Picture
World Bank, PriceWaterhouse Coopers A 54-page report comparing the tax regimes of 175 economies

The Empire Goes on Defense by Michael T. Klare and Tom Engelhardt

Neoconservatism, the Undead Ideology by Gary Kamiya

Los Angeles Times Memo to Rumsfeld's successor By Dov S. Zakheim Advice from a former Pentagon insider for the incoming Defense secretary, who inherits two tough wars and low morale.

Robert Fisk: Conflict in Middle East is Mission Implausible

White Paper on German Security Policy and the Future of the Bundeswehr, 2006

H3 Hasan CEMAL Kriz sözcüğü!

AB'nin yapamayacakları Gündüz Aktan

Kurdish party platform pro-federation
New Anatolian

Cengiz Çandar Tüm yazıları Bush yönetiminde ve Irak politikasında “karşı devrim”e doğru

İlnur Çevik Such insensitivity will only alienate Turkey

TURKEY: IRAQI PM'S VISIT TO FOCUS ON KURDS AND KIRKUK

Cengiz Çandar Old Republican guard for a new Iraq?

Murat Yetkin Irak'a harekâtın eşiğinden dönüldü (13.11) Ankara'nın sabrını Eruh'tan gelen haber taşırdı (14.11) Kuzey Irak temmuzda vuruldu (15.11)

Ertuğrul Özkök Amerika bizi mi satar, Kürtleri mi

ABD'yle büyük krizin eşiğindeyiz
Avni Özgürel

M Ali Birand Ara verip, soluk alırsak, bu iş biter

Türkiye AB risklerini azaltır

DEF raporunu Ahmet Evin'le değerlendirdik

ERDAL ŞAFAK Ambargo

Bugün seçim olsa...

Nuh Gönültaş Duyduk duymadık demeyin, Türkiye'de 90 atom bombası var!

Vatan Yetti artık Asayiş rakamları meydanın hırsıza, arsıza kaldığını vatandaşın sokağa çıkamaz hale geldiğini gösteriyor

NAZLI ILICAK Tayyip Erdoğan'ın Cumhurbaşkanlığı provası: Medeniyetler İttifakı

ERMENİ HAMLESİ

ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU
Bir araştırmadan: Toplumun gündeminde ne var?

[Yorum - Prof. Dr. E. Fuat Keyman] AB-Türkiye: Güven bunalımını aşmak (1)

[Yorum - Herkül Millas] Kıbrıs'ta sözde sorun mu?

Mustafa Ünal Kongre şifreleri

Taha Kıvanç Godot'yu beklerken...

Tamer Korkmaz 'Mr. Kontrgerilla' adlı bir filme ne dersiniz?

İsmail Küçükkaya
Gül'e, 'Başbakan mı oluyorsunuz?' diye sordum

MEHMET OCAKTAN
Seçmen tercihini istikrar şekillendiriyor

YAVUZ DONAT Siyaset alanı nasıl genişler?

Tufan Türenç Siyaset bilgesinin verdiği dersler

Şakir Süter Demirel'in ufuk turu

Ahmet Hakan Sezer çok mu tarafsız

Fikret BİLA
Baykal: Cumhuriyet koalisyonu kurmaya çalışıyoruz

Sami KOHEN ABD yeni strateji arayışında

Cüneyt Ülsever ABD’nin yeni savunma bakanı

Fehmi Koru Germeyelim, düşeriz

Sadi SOMUNCUOĞLU
DÜPEDÜZ İSTİLA İLANI

Arslan BULUT AB ekseninde Bahçeli, Özdağ ve Somuncuoğlu!

Hasan ÜNAL İrtemçelik için değmez

'Plan B' in European Union policy: the Black Sea, Mediterranean and Eurasian Economic Unions
ŞULE KILIÇARSLAN

AP'de Maraş oturumu

İncirlik, Irak’taki Amerikalı askerlerin hayatını kurtarıyor

Abdülhamit Bilici Günaydın!

Ömer Lütfi Mete Meçhuller ittifakı

H4 New York Times Editorial The Road to Damascus It is time to give direct diplomacy with Syria a serious try.

MAUREEN DOWD Pouring Chardonnay Diplomacy In the catfight between the Idealists and the Realists, the foreign affairs fur is flying.

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Bring in the Green Cat If it doesn’t radically change to more sustainable modes of design, transport, production and power generation, the Chinese miracle is going to turn into an eco-nightmare.

Aye, Spy By JOHN DEUTCH

Congress should promptly confirm Robert Gates to be secretary of defense, thank him for his willingness to serve, and tell him we expect great results.

Dozens Abducted in Brazen Raid on Iraq Ministry Orders for police commanders to be arrested suggest the abductions may have been the work of death squads operating under Interior Ministry cover.

Editorial Spin and Consequences

Americans have a right to know what standards their president has been applying to the treatment of prisoners.

Memo From Egypt: Silence and Fury in Cairo After Sexual Attacks on Women

U.N. Says Somalis Helped Hezbollah Fighters

Iran’s Leader Cites Nuclear Progress

C.I.A. Tells of Bush’s Directive on the Handling of Detainees

Blair, Clinton and Democrats Hold Meetings With Iraq Panel

Qaeda Leaders Losing Sway Over Militants, Study Finds

12 Detainees Sue Rumsfeld in Germany, Citing Abuse

H5 Washington Post Bush Initiates Iraq Policy Review Separate From Baker Group's By Robin Wright

Baker Ex Machina By David Ignatius

Reid Pledges to Press Bush on Iraq Policy Democrats will not use Congress's power of the purse to starve the Iraq war effort of funds, the soon-to-be Senate majority leader says.

PostGlobal: Stay the Course in Iraq? After the decisive Democratic election victory, should the US begin withdrawing troops from Iraq now?

A Freedom Agenda for Japan By Fred Hiatt, TOKYO -- Shinzo Abe likes to point out that he is Japan's first prime minister born after World War II.

U.S. Commander in Iraq to Face Democrats Eager for Troop Cuts

IAEA Reports On Discovery At Iran Facility

William Arkin The Coming Purge at Defense Intelligence

Lawmakers Concerned About U.S.-India Nuclear Trade Deal: White House Hasn't Provided Long-Awaited Intelligence Assessment and Other Key Information

Abe to Fortify U.S. Ties in Meeting With Bush

U.N. Report Cites Outside Military Aid to Somalia's Islamic Forces

Editorial Lebanon's New Crisis

No shots have been fired, but Hezbollah has launched another dangerous offensive

H6 Guardian Why stop the Great Satan? He's driving himself to hell
Simon Jenkins: Tehran can sit back and watch its tormentors sweat. But the US and Britain must start from diplomatic ground zero.

Veering off the road to recovery Brian Whitaker: Lebanon has run into a political impasse, and the country may once again be heading for a period of government paralysis.

Hizbullah leader sees collapse of government · Warning comes as more Shia ministers quit · Nasrallah accuses cabinet of collaborating with Israel

Mass kidnap of Iraqi academics
Raid carried out by up to 80 men in police uniforms.

Leader al-Jazeera Al-Jazeera has come a long way in the decade since it launched. With the Middle East's media heavily censored, the Qatar-based television channel answered a crying need for a less restricted Arab voice and soon built a big audience.

Blessed are the peacekeepers Conor Foley: It's not perfect, and it's certainly not glamorous, but the UN is still the best hope we have of settling conflicts such as the one in Darfur.

H7 Carnegie Islamist Movements in the Arab World and the 2006 Lebanon War Direct to Full Text Paper

ISN Kosovo vs South Ossetia

McClatchy Historian says peak oil production is still a quarter-century away... Study: World has three times more oil than estimated

Analysis: Oil conspiracies never die

The Small Wars Journal has an important discussion thread entitled Iraq: Strategic and Diplomatic Options

The Empire Goes on Defense by Michael T. Klare and Tom Engelhardt

Neoconservatism, the Undead Ideology by Gary Kamiya

CFR The Buzz over the Baker Report

BBC Iraq Study Group
The team of experts charting the way ahead for the US

Iraq’s Post-Saddam Insurgency

Bush tests standing on Asia visit

Military Matters: Wars and elections Lose a war, lose an election. What else should anyone expect, especially when the war is one we never had to fight?

Morgan Stanley Global The Meaning of Money

Justin Raimondo 11/15/2006
The Coming Sellout

Benching Scowcroft Why the Iraq Study Group Won't Get Us Out of IraqBy RAY McGOVERN

Fox Neoconservatives: New Bush Advisers Will Raise White Flag in Middle East.

Iraq: The Democrats' Next War - John Heilemann, New York Magazin

James Baker and the Desert Storm Legacy - Austin Bay

Tom Barnett The transformation of the intelligence community

H8 UN sleuths find plutonium at Iran atom site: IAEA

Iraq Panel Unlikely to End Debate on War

Senate to Question US Commander in Iraq

BBC Legacy of mistrust
Iran wants to see a US change of attitude before any talks

Talking tough
US and UK 'woo' Iran's President Ahmadinejad with tough words

Iran undecided on talks with United States on Iraq

Iraq panel unlikely to end debate on war

Analysis: Egypt looks to Russia, China for nuke power

Uncertain Iraq policy is the issue By Amir Taheri

Geopolitical Diary: Iran's Good-Faith Kidnapping Stratfor

ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT BRIEFING Divided Lebanon Confrontation between rival political groups is likely

McClatchy Hezbollah leader predicts collapse of Lebanese government

Hezbollah's thirst for added powers threatens peace (David R. Sands)

Tug of war with U.S. unsettles neighbors (Iason Athanasiadis)

AP poll: Most doubt Democrats have a plan for Iraq

Asia Times Argentina's Iranian nuke connection Prosecutors are seeking the arrest of Iranian ex-president Ali Akbar Rafsanjani and six other former top officials for the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center. The case hinges on Tehran's alleged anger over supposedly terminated nuclear cooperation with Argentina, but a new report indicates serious nuke talks between the two countries were ongoing. The prosecutors' case could bomb. - Gareth Porter

Maliki on a path to self-destruction

Senate Vote Favors Iraq Reconstruction Watchdog

Paper: Syria Ready for Dialogue With US on Iraq

Marine General: Iraqi Govt Not Meeting Needs in Sunni Regions

OpenDemocracy After the US elections: the road ahead for Iraq | Zaid Al-Ali

America's election: Daddy's swagger vs Mommy's care | Ruth Rosen

CSIS Pulitzer-winner Anthony Shadid Speaks about Iraq LISTEN TO THE EVENT |

H9 Ha’aretz - Print Edition

Daily Alert.org

EJC Israeli Press Review

Akiva Eldar An Iraq withdrawal, via Palestine Eye on the Mideast In the coming politcal race, the U.S. will focus its interests on one part of the world.

Hamas: Boycott to end even if PA gov't doesn't recognize Israel

BBC Out of ideas
Palestinians and Israelis lack strategy to escape violence

Jerusalem Post In the Diaspora: An American parable[ SAMUEL FREEDMAN,

Eye of the Storm: The thumpin' as seen from the Middle East [ AMIR TAHERI,

Yedioth Ahronoth PM: Unite against Iran

Analysis: Missed red flags on Israeli spy

Analysis: A Palestinian unity government

Al Jazeera enters the 'information war' - in English

Geopolitical Diary: A Compromise Prime Minister for the PNA Stratfor

Learning the Lessons of Madrid
By Amir Taheri

H10 Christian Science Monitor Can Iran help in Iraq?

Tony Blair and the Iraq Study Group both support bringing Iran and Syria into a cooperative effort.

Editorial Exiting Iraq with 'help' from Iran

Blair calls for new focus on Israeli- Palestinian conflict

British PM says that the conflict's resolution is key to peace for the Mideast.

In talks with India, pressure's on Pakistan

With Taliban in the west and separatists in the south, Pakistan hopes peace talks with India will shore up the east.

With midterms over, all eyes turn to the 2008 presidential race Who will stand out from the crowded field of White House hopefuls?

It's still two years to election day, but the race is already on Presidential candidates are lining up and the field is starting to take shape.

Big Oil headed for tougher Congress

Democrats may repeal tax breaks for oil companies and propose their own comprehensive energy package.

H11 IHT Blair's turn H.D.S. GREENWAY / The Boston Globe
The midterm election, the dumping of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and the speed with which America appears to be changing its course in Iraq has taken the British by delighted surprise.

UPI Analysis: Europe to rethink Iraq strategy?

CFR Germany on the March?

White Paper on German Security Policy and the Future of the Bundeswehr, 2006

The Economist Down a gear Weaker growth figures suggest the euro area’s economic outlook is becoming less certain

Washington Times Where is the West? By Thomas Sowell Two generations of not having to defend their own survival because they have been living under the protection of the American nuclear umbrella, have allowed too many Europeans to grow soft and indulge themselves in illusions about brutal realities and dangers.

Blair advises Baker's panel

Albania: Postponing Kosovo Decision Threatens Stability

H12 RFE/RL Brussels Signs Accords With South Caucasus The EU today signed European Neighborhood Policy action plans with Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

Georgia: What Led To Defense Minister's Demotion?

Iran Vows 'Nuclearization' As IAEA Faults Cooperation

Deal On WTO Entry Near Russia's quest to join the WTO appears to be nearing its end -- and what looks like a happy end after 13 years of stormy negotiations.

Asia Times another 'axis of evil' candidate Much has been written about Russia's emerging status as a rival to US global dominance, but Moscow does not want to alienate the US, or Europe, too much. Far less worried about such things is former Soviet republic Belarus, which could have serious implications for the US-Iran standoff. - Dmitry Shlapentokh

The NATO-Russia Partnership: A Marriage of Convenience or a Troubled Relationship? Strategic Studies Institute

H13 The Times Leader Pragmatism, not alchemy Excessive expectations are becoming a burden on the Iraq Study Group

Iraqis left stunned by mass kidnapping In a chillingly efficient raid that has shocked the city, about twenty armed men stormed the offices, brushing aside five armed guards at the door

We have conditions too, say Iran and Syria

Blair pushes US on Palestine conflict

Hamas limits coalition options

Battle lines are drawn for the next big contests Rudy Giuliani and John McCain have formed 'exploratory committees' to raise money and test the electoral water before declaring a presidential bid

WSJ Class Struggle American workers have a chance to be heard. By JIM WEBB

Father Knows Best? Four shorthands of the Bush 41 record.
By BRET STEPHENS

H14 Financial Times Editorial No 'Gasfinger' plot

Dangers of Iran's bid for regional hegemony

MIDDLE EAST: Mass kidnap from Iraq education institute highlights security chaos

Iran says it will be ‘fully nuclear’ soon

NATIONAL NEWS: Israel-Palestine deal is key to Middle East, says Blair

COMMENT: Why China must turn away from economic nationalism The international business community is worried. Several high-profile foreign takeovers of Chinese companies have recently ground to a halt, writes Tao Jingzhou of the law firm DLA Piper Beijing.

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Rising sum? Difficult choices await Japan despite a record postwar boomWhen the Japanese cabinet next releases its regular economic report, the current period of economic expansion is to be declared Japan’s longest postwar recovery. Before one gets carried away, however, it is worth taking a look at history.

Exclusive interview: Shinzo Abe

H15 Los Angeles Times Memo to Rumsfeld's successor By Dov S. Zakheim Advice from a former Pentagon insider for the incoming Defense secretary, who inherits two tough wars and low morale.

Bush warns against pullout

Army probes for answers on Iraqi kidnappings Today's raid is similar to one that occurred more than a month ago in which at least 60 workers were found slain days later.

- At least 70 kidnapped from Baghdad building

Power struggles unravel Democrats' unity

Editorial Hopes for the lame ducks This Congress can still make itself useful, but it should leave the NSA's surveillance program to the next one.

South Korea blinks Seoul should be getting tough on its northern neighbor, instead of allowing opportunities to slip away.

H16 ABC: Abramoff was set to implicate Rove, Democrats

Time Inside Pelosi's Power Play

Barbara Boxer plans Senate hearings on global warming

Signs of Democratic takeover were hard to miss Karl Rove must read polls through red-colored glasses.

Rebuilding a conservative Republican majority

By Tony Blankley Adhere to principles of governance and society, regain the faithful.

Post-election autopsy

By Bruce Bartlett

Questions and the sixth-year rule (Tod Lindberg)

realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec - Blogometer

Libby: No White House Plot, No Crime in CIA Leak

H17 Daily Telegraph Blair has failed: can Brown do any better? We should not set too much store these days by what passes for Tony Blair's foreign policy, says Simon Heffer. Instead, we should have only one concern, and that is what Gordon Brown will propose to do about it.

Heritage Foundation Britain Must Not Retreat From Iraq

H18 Independent Blair under new pressure to announce war inquiry

Robert Fisk: Conflict in Middle East is Mission Implausible

Our new friends in the Middle East

Left-wing backlash casts shadow of doubt over Ségolène Royal's 'secular miracle'

H19 Atlantic Eye: The spymasters' spymaster

BBC Rumsfeld faces German legal test

A lawyers' group asks Germany to sue former US defence chief Donald Rumsfeld over alleged prisoner abuse.

Q&A: US military tribunals

Profile: Donald Rumsfeld

China's naval surveillance of U.S.

Soft on national security (Rowan Scarborough)

Abe tasks panel to form security body like NSC
The Japan Times

Japan creating its own 'National Security Council'

Just Released: Ernst & Young Global Information Security Survey 2006

The Zarqawi affair, part 11 of 23
Online Journal

Pentagon 'could take lead role' in disasters
Experts say DoD may lead some disaster responses, overriding Homeland Sec.

· H20 Slate

After Rumsfeld:

What Robert Gates can achieve in the next two years.

Fred Kaplan

The Defense Doesn't Rest:

Why the NBA hasn't become an offensive league.

Matthew Yglesias

· the book club

Max Boot's War Made New:

One day, will we think it strange that nations used to put troops in uniforms and send them abroad for short tours only when war was imminent?

Phillip Carter and Laura Miller

De LongRecession? A Point for Nouriel Roubini

Resisting the Ideological Hegemony of Neoclassicism

H21 Borat's biggest patsies--reporters Joel Stein: Why are journalists interviewing Sacha Baron Cohen's alter ego as if he were actually real?

So who are you calling bird brain? Chatter of chickens proves they are brighter than we thought

Internet Fact Guide 2006
Source: Ipsos Insight

Kevin Drum The Professionalization of the Blogosphere

One in 100 web pages pornographic

Deadline set for Microsoft to hand over software secrets
Technology: Brussels gives Microsoft a nine-day deadline to provide its rivals with details of its software systems.

Editor Announces Major shake-up at WASHINGTON POST...

Wikipedia Is a Hit in China as Ban Is Lifted The Chinese-language version of reader-edited online encyclopedia Wikipedia exploded in popularity after a yearlong ban of the site was lifted.

The Evolution of Yao

With Yao Ming playing like the NBA's best big man, the Houston Rockets look like title contenders. But has his teammate Tracy McGrady begun to decline prematurely?

US Cable Companies Back Away From al-Jazeera

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Josh Marshall - Daniel Drezner - Laura Rozen - the washington note -

PostGlobal - AmericaAbroad - Passport - Syria Comment - David Corn - William Arkin - Phil Carter - Helena Cobban - Matt Yglesias - Oxblog - Brad DeLong

CounterterrorismBlog / OutSide the Beltway - InstaPundit - winds of change Kausfiles - Becker Posner-andrewsullivan.com - Registan -armscontrolwonk - Arts & Letters Daily/ Open University

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H1 Financial Times Editorial Changing Iraq policy is not enough

Christian Science Monitor Huge task before Iraq Study Group The 10-member panel, which met with White House officials Monday, will make recommendations after Thanksgiving

Washington Post Bush Faces New Calls to Shift Policies On Mideast President finds himself trying to balance desire for change voiced by electorate last week with his commitment to U.S. military's presence in Iraq.

Get Jim in Here, Pronto! » Michael Kinsley| The urgent issue of war and peace in Iraq should be decided by the people we elected, not a commission. If we'd wanted James Baker to run the country, we'd have voted for him.

New Yorker, Nov. 20 DOWNFALL How Donald Rumsfeld reformed the Army and lost Iraq. by PETER J. BOYER

UPI Walker's World: What to expect from the Iraq Study Group

Guardian Commission improbable Michael Kinsley: What chance Baker's Iraq Study Group coming up with something original? Don't hold your breath.

Fitzgerald: Ten things the Baker Commission report will not do

The Times Leader Iraq's neighbours Blair proposes a regional role for Syria and Iran

This way to Damascus – let's hope you're good at haggling
Analysis by Richard Beeston The cost of any Syrian or Iranian assistance will be high

Advice on Iraq strategy rains down on White House

Bringing Iran to the Bargaining Table Kenneth M. Pollack, Current History View Full Article (PDF—2,104kb).

American Prospect Iran Hawks Reorganize Meet the Iran Enterprise Institute. Its name might sound familiar By Laura Rozen

Asia Times PREPARING FOR A NEW COLD WAR, Part 1 A war the West can't win The US need not be destroyed or suffer a collapse as did the Soviet Union in order to lose its top global position. It could well come about with a sufficient and permanent loss of US global political, economic and military leverage. This is already happening as the rising East is playing its energy, economic, ideological, diplomatic and geopolitical cards very smartly. - W Joseph Stroupe

Heritage Foundation Countering Iran's Oil Weapon by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., James Phillips and William L. T. Schirano

Ha’aretz - Print Edition Edtorial A real lack of deterrence There is an unbridgeable gap between the threatening declarations the government is making toward Iran and the weakness the IDF is transmitting.

CBS Top Marine: US Had No Plan for Postwar Iraq

McClatchy Bush meets with Iraq Study Group

Der Spiegel "Iraq Is Not Winnable" What happens next in the Middle East? SPIEGEL spoke to Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, to find out. A widely respected foreign policy expert, Haass warns that the Middle East could become dangerous for years to come

Is Tehran Maintaining a Clandestine Nuclear Fund?

Phone calls by a top Iranian official tapped by a Western intelligence service apparently indicate that Iran has set aside a secret fund to expand its nuclear program, DER SPIEGEL has learned

CFR Makovsky: Iran Possible ‘Sore Point’ in US-Israeli Relations

Financial Times Nato fears Russian plans for ‘gas Opec’ Cartel could include Algeria, Qatar, Libya Nato advisers have warned the military alliance that it needs to guard against any attempt by Russia to set up an ‘Opec for gas’ that would strengthen Moscow’s leverage over Europe.

New York Times For Evangelicals, Supporting Israel Is ‘God’s Foreign Policy’ Many conservative Christians say they believe that support for Israel fulfills a biblical injunction to protect the Jewish state.

Bush Says He’s Open to Change in Iraq, but ... After meeting with a panel examining the war, the president said that military options “depend upon conditions on the ground.”

The Future of the United Nations [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]

EurasiaNet Georgia’s South Ossetia: One Unrecognized State, Two Unrecognized Governments

Iran Seeks to Keep US Troops in Iraq

Turkmenistan: Potential ’Super-Giant’ Emerges On Energy Scene

H 2 World Economic Forum - Europe@Risk Turkey and EU Risk analysis

BBC Türkiye AB'nin risklerini azaltabilir mi? Dünya Ekonomik Forumu'nun Küresel Risk Ağı'na hazırlattığı raporda

‘Türkiye AB’nin risklerini azaltır’

Weekly Standard Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Don't hold your breath for Turkey to enter the European Union. by Stephen Schwartz

OpenDemocracy Europe and Turkey: sour romance or rugby match? | Fadi Hakura The EU entry talks are fractious, but time favours union not crack-up, says Fadi Hakura

Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati

BBC A healing trip?
Is the Pope right to go to Turkey? Do you live in the region?

FT EU urged to call off talks with Turkey

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Have Turks a special virus to be spread in the EU?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Why Turkey must join the European family

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Remember the views of Europe's voters

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Remember, Europe invented total war and colonialism

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Harming Turkey's hopes likely to bolster terrorism

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Why it is essential for all concerned that Turkey must join the European family

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Bolkestein has made U-turn on this issue

EU Faces Mounting Pressure to Suspend Entry Talks With Turkey

Turkey's EU membership important for Balkans New Anatolian

A statement by Mehdi Zana regarding his trial in Turkey By Mehdi Zana I said that Kurdish geography is divided and allocated between four different states

No Friends but the Mountains: The Tragic History of the Kurds by ...
Israel Hasbara Committee

Seeking refuge in Kurdistan? It will cost you.

Cyprus: New church leader enthroned

Iraqi Kurdistan says it’s open for business

Recent human rights development in East Kurdistan

Fethullah Gülen’den misyonerlere 2 milyon $

İstanbul’un 2010‘da kültür başkenti olması onaylandı

AB’de Türkiye “kakofonisi”

Türk öğrenciler ABD’den uzaklaşıyor

Cem Oğuz Putin's energy empire after Putin

Kurds Want Early Death for Saddam

Türk öğrenciler ABD’den uzaklaşıyor

Şanlıurfa'dan Oxford çıktı Harran Üniversitesi, bilimsel yayınlarının çokluğuyla Türkiye'nin 78 üniversitesi arasında altıncı oldu.

Deniz Gökçe Sıkı para, gevşek para?

Seyfettin Gürsel AB’nin genişleme politikası

Asaf Savaş Akat Enflasyon ve para politikası

Güngör URAS Devlet yetişmiş insana önem verirdi

Hurşit GÜNEŞ Konut piyasasında balon mu var?

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Yeni yönetici, yeni kanun ve yeni bakış açısı gerekli

Paris’teki gizli örgütü ele veren not defteri - Faruk Mercan

IHT Politicus: Chirac and the Arabs, as the end approaches JOHN VINOCUR / Chirac of Arabia. It could be a video game. But the desire of France to play a major, seemingly disproportionate role in the Middle East has been real enough.

Chronicle - When Jews suppress critics of Israel, they are in no position to criticize anyone who suppresses anything else. We must have open debate, says Alan Wolfe... more»

World: Istanbul Report Analyzes Christian-Muslim Tensions

FT COMMENT: The philanthropist's theory of chaos This is shaping up to be a pretty good year for George Soros

H3 AB'nin yapamayacakları
Gündüz Aktan

. Ali BİRAND
ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ Kongreden, gelecek için ipuçları

ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU İktidarın geleceği…

AKP kongresinin deşifresi
Atılgan Bayar AKP kongresinin şifrelerini çözdü...

Birand Ankara, AB için kolları sıvıyor...

Kürtlerden K. Irak'taki ABD ordusuna tam destek

Metin MÜNİR Galiba AKP'li bakan haklıydı" Başbakan için önemli olan müzakere tarihi almaktı" dedi. "Bunun büyük siyasi rantı var. Ama müzakerelerin rantı yok. Çünkü sürekli taviz vermesi gerekecek. Halk rahatsız olacak. Göreceksin, bu iş duracak."

AB'ye girmek istiyoruz ama

Ağar'dan Musul çıkışı

Annan 'Türkiye'nin önündeki engel Avrupa'nın kimliği' ... Haberin Devamı>>>

KÜRŞAT BUMİN Milletin kafası karışık!

Cengiz Çandar Tüm yazıları Tayyip Erdoğan’a: Zapatero, Kofi Annan vs. tamam da; asıl önemli olan Papa ziyareti...

Taha AKYOL İslam ve Batı çatışması

Sami KOHEN Yeni BM: Birleşmiş Medeniyetler

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL
Hangi medeniyet, kimlerin ittifakı!..

Savaş SÜZAL PKK konusunda dörtlü pazarlık

ABD seçimi Türkiye'yi nasıl etkiler

Nuh Gönültaş Mehmet Ağar olayı çözmüş abi...

Fikret BİLA CHP ile DSP'nin beklentileri farklı

Güler Kömürcü
Ankara'da devletin havası

Maliki, 16 Kasım'da Türkiye'ye geliyor

Irak'ın terör örgütleri listesinde PKK yok

Ermeniler Bush'u yokluyor

PKK'yı Türkiye'nin başına Bush sardı

Kubad Talabani: ABD, Kuzey Irak'a yerleşsin

ERDAL ŞAFAK Diyalogun altyapısı

Ağar'ın yeni taahhüdü: Yozgat'la Musul'un kaderi birleştirilecek

Finlandiya 'Kıbrıs' ümidini kaybediyor

Gülay Göktürk Siyasetin normalleşmesi

Turkuaz Hareketi üzerine sert atışma

Fin Planı umutları sönüyor

Cengiz Aktar İlerleme raporunun ardından

Yozgat’ın kaderi ile Musul’un kaderi birleştirilecek

Türkiye, Brüksel'de sıkı çalışmalı TULU GÜMÜŞTEKİN

Bulgaristan'daki seçimin önemi ALİ DİNÇER

Semih İDİZ Yabancı 'yoldaşlar'ı Ecevit'i niçin yalnız bıraktı?

Din siyasete dönüyor Ralf Dahrendorf

ABD Irak'ta kimi tutmalı?

Demokratların önceliği Irak'tan çıkış yolu bulmak

İsmet Berkan - Demokratlar ve Rumsfeld aynı noktaya geliyor

Altan Öymen - Amerika'da Irak felaketinden çıkış yolu arayışları...

Nuray Mert - Bir cenazenin ardından

Hasan Celal Güzel - Eğitim Şûrası, değişim ve küreselleşme

Turgut Tarhanlı - 'Türkiye devletinin prestiji'

EKREM DUMANLI - Siyasetçinin son sınavı

ŞAHİN ALPAY - Hanioğlu'na göre tarih ve siyaset ilişkisi

Aksiyon Ecevit Ezber Bozan Siyasetçi -

Amerika’yı herkesten önce keşfetmişti!, Cemal A. Kalyoncu

İçeride güvercin dışarıda şahin, Gülten Üstündağ

Ahmet Taşgetiren Ecevit’in Arayış’ı

Ali Bayramoğlu Ecevit’li ve Ecevit’siz yıllar

Finlandiya 'Kıbrıs' ümidini kaybediyor

Taha Kıvanç Sessiz bir devrim

Şakir Süter Musul işi!

Serdar Turgut Kongrede gözden kaçanlar

Hüsnü Mahalli Şimdi ne olacak?

H4 New York Times For Evangelicals, Supporting Israel Is ‘God’s Foreign Policy’ Many conservative Christians say they believe that support for Israel fulfills a biblical injunction to protect the Jewish state.

Bush Says He’s Open to Change in Iraq, but ... After meeting with a panel examining the war, the president said that military options “depend upon conditions on the ground.”

Editorial Mr. Putin’s Legacy History will judge Vladimir Putin by how well he helps Russia move from its totalitarian past to a democratic future. His record is not encouraging

POLITICAL MEMO; In Call for More Troops, McCain Places His Bet on Iraq

Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Maintain Tough Front on Iran

World Leaders Release Plan for Resolving East-West Rift

Educator Seen as Favorite to Succeed Palestinian Premier

Blair Urges Strategy Change in Mideast, Spotlighting Iran

Lawmakers Seek to Continue Iraq Reconstruction Watchdog

Iraqi Premier and U.S. General Discuss Syria and Iran

Toll of Civilians NATO Killed Was Worst Since It Took Over

Pakistan Link Seen in Afghan Suicide Attacks

JOHN TIERNEY Bring On the Seinfeld Congress

A do-nothing Congress is bad for the local economy. But it's fine for the rest of the country.

Backing This Hopeful for No. 2 Job Is Risky for Incoming House Speaker

H5 Washington Post Bush Faces New Calls to Shift Policies On Mideast New Pressure as President Meets With Iraq Study Group

Get Jim in Here, Pronto!

» Michael Kinsley| The urgent issue of war and peace in Iraq should be decided by the people we elected, not a commission. If we'd wanted James Baker to run the country, we'd have voted for him.

Gates to Curb Pentagon Growth Former CIA director has a long history of opposing expansive Pentagon intelligence activities.

William Arkin The Gates Agenda and the Public Demand

PostGlobal: After the decisive Democratic election victory, should the US begin withdrawing troops from Iraq now?

Hezbollah's Latest Bet

Blair Calls for 'Whole Middle East' Strategy, Pressure on Iran

U.S. General Confronts Iraqi Leader On Security

Candidate for Palestinian Premier Emerges

Ex-University President From Gaza City Is Choice of Both Hamas and Fatah

Southeast Asia Trip to Test Bush's Stature

Election Results May Hinder International Trade and North Korea Talks, Analysts Say

Annan: Politics Cause Muslim-West Divide

Democrats' Real Victory

» E. J. Dionne Jr. | Elections provoke myth-spinning. Republicans are in danger of spinning away from a full appreciation of the magnitude of their defeat last week. Democrats could spin themselves into useless arguments rooted in the past and ignore the opportunity American voters have offered them.

Fantastic Job, Mr. President

» Richard Cohen

Editorial A Choice for Democrats

In Backing Murtha, Pelosi Draws Fire

Her Ethics Vow Is Questioned

H6 Guardian Blair: focus on Israel-Palestine · Palestinian peace process 'central to Iraq solution' · Syria and Iran have role, says PM
Baker's panel has 'no magic bullet'

Commission improbable Michael Kinsley: What chance Baker's Iraq Study Group coming up with something original? Don't hold your breath.

Leader The missing element
Mr Blair still refuses to see the extent of the damage caused by Iraq. Unless he does he is unlikely to be able to play the role he aspires to as the leader who can bridge the gap between Europe and America.

Al-Qaida plotting nuclear attack on UK, officials warn British intelligence officials believe that al-Qaida is determined to attack the UK with a nuclear weapon.

UN: politics lies behind rift between west and Muslims Politics - not religion - lies at the root of a growing divide between Muslim and western societies, says report.

Professor likely to be nominated Palestinian leader Mohammed Shabir, former head of Gaza's Islamic University, 'would accept the position' if asked to take it.

The last true believer Martin Kettle Everything about the prime minister's approach to Iraq since 2002 has been the embodiment of hopeful over experienced statecraft.

The spoils of war James K Galbraith The message of the midterms is simple: US voters have had enough of military adventures - what must come now is an age of diplomacy.

This is a dazzling debunking of climate change science. It is also wildly wrong George Monbiot: Deniers are cock-a-hoop at an aristocrat's claims that global warming is a UN hoax. But the physics is bafflingly bad.

The smoking dragon Cass Sunstein America will soon trail China in greenhouse gas emissions.

Party like it's 2008 Eric Alterman The midterms are over, and the contenders for the presidency are jockeying for position.

No terror supremo will overcome public fears of enemies within
Max Hastings: Britain's biggest national security problem isn't so much law enforcement as a cycle of mutual hostility and alienation.

A changing channel Daoud Kuttab: In its first decade, al-Jazeera has broken new political and cultural ground - and there are still some issues on which it must lead the way.

H7 Fitzgerald: Ten things the Baker Commission report will not do

Bringing Iran to the Bargaining Table Kenneth M. Pollack, Current History View Full Article (PDF—2,104kb).

American Prospect Iran Hawks Reorganize Meet the Iran Enterprise Institute. Its name might sound familiar By Laura Rozen

CBS Top Marine: US Had No Plan for Postwar Iraq

Ahmadinejad - Hostage Taker?
Middle East Forum by Daniel Pipes

The lie that is ‘islamofascism’
Le Monde Diplomatique

The Institute for Science and International Security's David Albright, a former Iraq weapons inspector, and Jacqueline Shire assert (.pdf) that the "Flawed House [Iran] Intelligence Report Should Be Amended or Withdrawn."

BBC Bridging the gulf
Politics - not religion- is key to the Muslim-West divide

Call to bridge West-Muslim divide A group of world figures calls for urgent efforts to heal the growing divide between Muslim and Western societies

Washington Times Defending against Iran's missiles (James T, Hackett)

No cakewalk in the park? (Arnaud de Borchgrave)

Gvosdev The Myth of the Multilateral Force

Asia Times The veil of political Islam | Maruf Khwaja

Halloween came late in Washington Asia Times

Iraq calls for bitter medicine

Interview with William R. Polk: Out of Iraq Now

White House: Detainees Have No Rights

Lose a War, Lose an Election
by William S. Lind

Lockerbie Trial Was a CIA Fix, US Intel Insider Claims

PBS Senators Debate Changes in U.S Strategy Toward Iraq

Morgan Stanley Global
The Teflon of Lyford

H8 US Talks with Iran Hinge on End of Nuclear Enrichment Program
Washington File

UPI Walker's World: What to expect from the Iraq Study Group

BBC Bush maintains tough line on Iran The US and UK indicate no softening of their stance on Iran despite calls to use Tehran to help pacify Iraq.

Iraq: What Iran and Syria want

'No softening' on Iran and Syria

Hard bargain
Iran and Syria may exact a high price to help the US on Iraq

Lebanon backs UN Hariri tribunal

Lebanon's cabinet approves draft UN plans for an tribunal to try suspects in the killing of the former PM Rafik Hariri.

Bush Calls for Global Isolation of Iran

Sadr May Hold Iraq's Future in His Hands

Bush: Tehran Must Stop Enrichment Before Talks

Washington Times Shi'ite fanatic rises in Iraq to fill void left by Zarqawi

Bush, panel meet on course of Iraq war

Larijani: Anti-Iran resolution would make Iran more determined

Analysis: NATO wants more support for Afghan mission

The Economist What has been achieved in Afghanistan since the Taliban were ousted from Kabul?

Daily Star Editorial America has chance to help the region - and itself

Arab democrats are being abandoned
By Ammar Abdulhamid

Europe is involved on Palestine, but not coherently By Denis MacShane

Start looking for similarities among the world's religions By Faiz Khan

Al Awsat Winds of Change: Can the Democrats Transform the Iraqi Situation? : Turki al-Hamad

Annan Says Mideast Key To Bridging Islam-West Gap

The Baker-Hamilton Commission...I think I smell a fish

H9 Ha’aretz - Print Edition

Fury in U.S. over Olmert's comments on Iraq war

Editorial A real lack of deterrence There is an unbridgeable gap between the threatening declarations the government is making toward Iran and the weakness the IDF is transmitting.

Benn Olmert and Bush / 45 minutes of smiles

Daily Alert.org

EJC Israeli Press Review

Forward Dems: Aipac Needs To Mend Fences

CFR In Gaza: New Leader, Old Problems

Palestinians: New Leader, Old Problems

Jerusalem Post Israel has 'no answer' to Al Jazeera New English-language Al Jazeera will make "information war" harder.

Support for Hizbullah stronger than ever

Lame-duck potential [ DAOUD KUTTAB,

A religious Iranian bomb
[ DANIEL DORON

Our World: The second-worst option [ CAROLINE GLICK,

In Washington: My hopes for the 110th Congress

The Region: Four phony panaceas
[ BARRY RUBIN

Yedioth Ahronoth Breaking the ice

Diplomatic stalemate will lead to war; we must talk to Abbas and Assad, Danny Yatom says

'No int'l peace summit'
In meeting between US president and Israeli prime minister, officials mainly discuss Iranian issue. Addressing Palestinian issue, both leaders say they favor direct negotiations over international convention

McClatchy Palestinians weigh a government without Hamas

Hamas preparing to relinquish control

Pollard Group: Report's Timing Designed to Keep Him in Prison
Arutz Sheva

Missed red flags on Israeli spy

BBC Rivals 'agree new Palestinian PM' Hamas and Fatah reportedly agree a new prime minister, Muhammad Shbeir, as they discuss a unity government.

Olmert: Israel will 'not tolerate' a nuclear Iran...

Bush will need to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities before he leaves office, and the neocons will have to explain why, says neocon Joshua Muravchik... more»

PBS Experts Discuss Increased Violence, Future of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

H10 Christian Science Monitor Huge task before Iraq Study Group The 10-member panel, which met with White House officials Monday, will make recommendations after Thanksgiving

Palestinians shift leaders in bid to end West's aid boycott Hamas and Fatah have agreed to replace the Hamas prime minister with an academic from outside the party.

More charges against B2 bomber designer accused of spying

Indicted engineer pleads 'not guilty' to selling secrets to China, Israel, others.

Will US be competitive 10 years from now? It's a leader on the global stage now, but the trade imbalance may erode US preeminence, a study says.

Report: No clash of civilizations

A UN-sponsored group says the Israel- Palestinian conflict is the main cause of global tensions.

Prudence and Realism in Japan's Nuclear Options
Masahiro Matsumura, The Brookings Institution

H11 IHT Politicus: Chirac and the Arabs, as the end approaches JOHN VINOCUR / Chirac of Arabia. It could be a video game. But the desire of France to play a major, seemingly disproportionate role in the Middle East has been real enough.

EU fails to agree on plan for Russia ties A divided EU was unable to agree Monday on proposals for closer ties with Russia, underlining the challenge Europe faces to confront a Moscow that is increasingly at odds with the Union.

Healthy growth not a cure-all in swath of Europe and Asia The 27 economies stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia are enjoying average annual growth rates of 6.2 percent, fueled by domestic consumption, record high energy prices and expansion of the financial and banking sectors.

All on his own, McCain bets big
International Herald Tribune

Poland: Throwing a Monkey Wrench Into EU Foreign Policy
Stratfor

Weekly Standard Vive La Caliphate
Does European Islam mean Islamic Europe? by Jeremy Rabkin

Soft Power Could Put Sharper Teeth into the EU \"Europe An article urging the EU to strengthen its eastward focus by developing its soft power with Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine

Boston Globe It's Tony Blair's time to shine in Iraq (By H.D.S. Greenway)

The Black Hole of Europe Kosovo interventionists cover up their crimes by Christopher Deliso

H12 RFE/RLRussia To Offer Global-Positioning Services Next Year

EurasiaNet Georgia’s South Ossetia: One Unrecognized State, Two Unrecognized Governments

Iran Seeks to Keep US Troops in Iraq

Turkmenistan: Potential ’Super-Giant’ Emerges On Energy Scene Turkmenistan’s discovery of a "super-giant" natural-gas field with reserves of 7 trillion cubic meters could significantly alter the energy playing field if confirmed. Such a massive new source of gas could cause Western Europe and Russia to rethink their current strategies for ensuring gas deliveries, and threaten some highly touted projects.

EDM GAZPROM TARGETING UKRAINIAN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HOSTILE TAKEOVERS

- COULD CORRUPTION BE GOOD FOR RUSSIA?

- RUSSIA'S LONG-TERM EXPORT STRATEGY FOR ASIA REMAINS CHINA-ORIENTED

BBC Poland holds up EU-Russia talks
Poland vetoes the start of talks between the EU and Russia on a new partnership agreement.

Sabre-rattling
Bitter South Ossetians want to leave Georgia and join Russia

Georgia's Rebel Region Backs Split, Tbilisi Softens Stance

Reviving the India-Russia partnership
Although Russia was once its main benefactor, New Delhi has since broadened its geopolitical outlook to include other powers, especially the US. But Russia's remarkable recovery since the fall of the Soviet Union shows that it remains a part of the equation. India must engage all of the great powers to achieve its objectives. - Zorawar Daulet Singh

H13 The Times Leader Iraq's neighbours Blair proposes a regional role for Syria and Iran

This way to Damascus – let's hope you're good at haggling
Analysis by Richard Beeston The road to Damascus opens up in front of the newly converted George Bush and Tony Blair - but the cost of any Syrian or Iranian assistance will be high

Advice on Iraq strategy rains down on White House The Bush administration is growing increasingly uncomfortable with some of the options being discussed, as neocon thinking falls out of favour

Iran and Syria can be Blair's 'partners for peace' Mr Blair said there could be a new 'partnership' if Iran stopped supporting terrorism in Iraq and gave up its nuclear ambitions

Blair lays down conditions for dialogue with the 'axis of evil' Prime Minister calls for fresh dialogue with Iran and Syria, and warns that the alternative to engagement with the international community is isolation

Palestinians pin hopes on academic to end embargo

David Aaronovitch If politicians fail to supply politics with content, is it any wonder people turn to more entertaining sources?

WSJ Rubin's Tax Gambit
What fiscal crisis?

Bolton and Bipartisanship
Opposition to Bolton is based on nothing save vindictiveness.

Balkan Procrastinators
Martti Ahtisaari puts off his recommendations for Kosovo's future

Why Iran Shares US Spotlight With IraqIran is likely to dominate Bush's discussions with Russian and Chinese counterparts at the APEC summit in Vietnam this week

Analysis: China's Economy: China wants higher-quality foreign investment

University Channel Iran, Syria and Hezbollah

Pakistan's Role in Regional Peace and Development

The Challenge of Government Secrecy

The Liberal Roots of the American Empire

H14 Financial Times Editorial Changing Iraq policy is not enough

Nato fears Russian plans for ‘gas Opec’ Cartel could include Algeria, Qatar, Libya Nato advisers have warned the military alliance that it needs to guard against any attempt by Russia to set up an ‘Opec for gas’ that would strengthen Moscow’s leverage over Europe.

WORLD NEWS: The hurdles for Moscow on path to 'gas cartel'

COMMENT: Change in America will not solve the United Nations' crisisEven on the day that Donald Rumsfeld resigned as the US defence secretary, there was no sign of excitement in the hushed corridors around the UN secretary-general’s office, writes Gideon Rachman.

COMMENT: This time, will Blair really be heard? Some in Downing Street see last week’s defeat for Republicans as an opportunity. Bluntly put, the White House cannot any longer simply close its ears to inconvenient truths, writes Philip Stephens.

COMMENT: The philanthropist's theory of chaos This is shaping up to be a pretty good year for George Soros.

Bush focuses on Mideast as troubles mount

Palestinians close to agreement on new PM

Lebanon’s political crisis deepens Lebanon’s political crisis deepened as the cabinet approved the framework of an international tribunal to try suspected killers former prime minister Rafiq Hariri in the absence of six pro-Syrian ministers

Engaging Syria and Iran might not save US from Iraq morass Quentin Peel

Iraq prime minister plans big reshuffle

Levin vows to probe ‘abuse’ of renditions Carl Levin, the incoming chairman of the Senate armed services committee, pledged to scrutinise the Central Intelligence Agency renditions programme

Embattled car chiefs in appeal to Bush The chief executives of the three US carmakers will tell George W. Bush that US energy, healthcare and trade policies are blunting their competitive edge against fast-growing Asian rivals

COMMENT: Central bankers need moneyin monetary policy If there is one area where Europeans are from Mars and Americans from Venus, it is monetary policy and the role of monetary aggregates, writes Wolfgang Munchau.

Poland stalls EU-Moscow partnership Poland blocked the start of talks on a wide-ranging partnership deal between the European Union and Russia until Moscow commits to opening up its oil and gas pipeline network.

Moscow accused of seeking regime change in Georgia Zurab Nogaideli, Georgian prime minister, yesterday accused Russia of being set on "regime change" in Georgia as the authorities in the breakaway region of South...

COMMENT: Why the successful prefer being average to extremeModern US politics exemplify what Malcolm Gladwell called “tipping points”. Small differences in process can lead to sharp differences in outcomes, writes John Kay.

THE AMERICAS: Bolton and Iraq to be first tests of bipartisan promise

WORLD NEWS: Chechnya torture 'goes unpunished'

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Constitutional crisis looming over Kiev power-sharing deal

Editorial Students of the world Kofi Annan, Jacques Chirac, Bill Clinton and Romano Prodi have many things in common. One is their involvement in world politics - another is that they all studied...

Democrats fail to hit the beat in Dixieland As Democrats elsewhere in the US celebrated victory in last week’s midterm election, John Bradbury, the party’s candidate in Georgia’s ninth congressional district, had little to cheer about.

H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial No more Russian pirates

Putin must show a commitment to enforcing intellectual property rights now that his nation is about to be join the WTO.

Borat and the GOP joke

Niall Ferguson: The Democrats won the midterm elections, but who'll get the last laugh?

A bigger economy doesn't always buy happiness By Eric Weiner

The U.S. should think about a general wellness index alongside GDP to gauge the country's true health

Afghan army could help unify a nation

Democrats to seek phased exit from Iraq Party is set to call for a military pullback within four to six months, part of an agenda aimed at overhauling American policy in the Middle East

Jewish community leaders meet in L.A.

H16 Lieberman won't rule out GOP caucusing Boston Globe

CSM Democrats will not disappoint We pledge to make this the most honest, ethical, and open Congress in history. By Nancy Pelosi

Brookings A Post-Election Analysis: Victories, Losses and What Lies Ahead

CFR Challenges for Post-Election Congress

How Rove Got it Wrong - Richard Wolffe, Newsweek

realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec - Blogometer

A 146 page manual prepared by CRS in 2004 describes the purposes and practices of congressional oversight in detail. See "Congressional Oversight Manual" (pdf), October 21, 2004. See also "Congressional Oversight" (pdf), updated January 3, 2006.

David Sirota reviews Lou Dobbs' War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War on the American Dream and How to Fight Back.

Soros Group Blasts Pelosi Endorsement of 'Unethical Murtha'...

H17 Daily Telegraph Iran plotting to groom bin Laden's successor As Tony Blair advocated a new partnership with Iran and Syria, The Daily Telegraph revealed Iran is trying to form an unholy alliance with al-Qa'eda.

Iran 'is training the next al-Qa'eda leaders'

Bush rules out asking Iran to help on Iraq

Full text of Blair's Mansion House speech

Leader Inviting the lunatics to help run the asylum
Iran and Syria, once branded by the Bush White House as unambiguously evil, have miraculously become "part of the solution" to Iraq. This defies any credible logic except that of ignominious desperation.

H18 Independent Our new friends in the Middle East

Iran and Syria were demonised to justify the invasion of Iraq. Now Britain and the US want their help sorting out the mess ...

Blair wants shunned nations to help solve Iraq fiasco

Leading article: A defensive and desperate speech

Sami Abdel-Shafi: Hope must not be lost be in Gaza

Anne Penketh: A belated recognition of where the real power in the land lies

H19 New Yorker, Nov. 20 DOWNFALL How Donald Rumsfeld reformed the Army and lost Iraq. by PETER J. BOYER A piece traces Donald Rumsfeld's military vision back to Andrew Marshall, a national-security guru schooled in Cold War strategy. After the Berlin Wall fell, Marshall pushed for a "Revolution in Military Affairs" that would scrap expensive arms systems in favor of precision weaponry. When Rumsfeld returned as secretary of defense, he assigned Marshall to oversee the transition to a "lighter, more agile" force able "to project lethal power over great distances." Rumsfeld never realized such a plan would have "very little application to certain kinds of conflict, such as a counter-insurgency fight against some indigenous guerrilla force

A Congressman’s Enigma A veteran of the Pentagon’s Office of Special Plans heads to Capitol Hill—as a Democrat.by Jane Mayer

Pentagon without 'budget watchdog' for over a year

CFR Does the United States Need a Domestic Intelligence Agency?

Al Qaida 'seeking nuclear weapons'

A New Maritime Strategy: Navigating Uncertain Waters
FPRI A commentary on the issues surrounding the development of a new maritime strategy by the US

· H20 Slate

Premature Withdrawal?:

Bloggers on Democrats' plan to withdraw from Iraq.

Kazakh Like Me:

Borat reveals the painful politeness of American society.

Christopher Hitchens

A cultural mutation JAMES CARROLL / The Boston Globe
With the meaning of sexuality being transformed both personally and politically, the human race is undergoing a massive cultural mutation.

The UN Human Development Report is a vital resource. But the currently fashionable language of human rights and decentralisation can be an obstacle to development

Rand Corporation Impacts on US Energy Expenditures of Increasing Renewable Energy Use

North Korea’s Nuclear Test: The Fallout
Source: International Crisis Group

Predict and Decide: Aviation, Climate Change and UK Policy
Environmental Change Institute

Troubled Seas A new study says that the degradation of the world’s oceans is not hopeless, but only if the world moves quickly to reduce overfishing and other threats.

Judith Miller, once a NY Times toady for Bush, now decries Bush's policies.

Caught in the Web of Addiction More people say heavy Internet use is disrupting their lives; medical experts are paying attention.

H21 When Jews suppress critics of Israel, they are in no position to criticize anyone who suppresses anything else. We must have open debate, says Alan Wolfe... more»

What if online portals had nothing but 'digital fish wrap'? Reports of the imminent death of newspapers are, as a good print journalist once said, greatly exaggerated.

Philosophical detective novels use philosophy and sleuthing, both needing calculation and logic more than intuition and imagination... more»

Orientalist scholarship made out rich cultures in terms of racist ideas. Or maybe Edward Said’s own scholarship was shoddy and unreliable... more»

sleep The vocabulary shrinks; sums become more difficult; reactions slow; the brain craves carbohydrates and fat. Later, hallucinations set in. In rats, the immune system falters and death ensues. Yet among some people lack of sleep is regarded as an honourable affliction. It was not always so.

The unbearable wait is over as Kundera's lost novel goes home Twenty-two years after being banned by the communist authorities, The Unbearable Lightness of Being is published in the author's home country

GOOGLE CEO: Free cellphones for all, if ads included!

New Yorker Two new biographies of René Descartes.

Our beauty obsession has its upside: looking good is no longer the province of gods and near-gods. We can all can join in... more»

No Congressman or Senator admits being an atheist, says Richard Dawkins: “It just doesn’t add up. Either they’re stupid, or lying”... more»

Norwegian is not always the lingua franca in Norway. Nor, some say, is English the tongue of choice in the black ghettos of America... more»

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