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H1 Financial Times Nuclear Iran? Decision time is here On Friday, the FT reported that ‘Iran has built up a stockpile of enough enriched uranium for one nuclear bomb’. It is time for the Obama administration to launch a last big push to head this off – and for the rest of the world to line up in support, writes Gideon Rachman
A Russian ‘reset button’ based on inclusion Interdependence is key, says Strobe Talbott - The challenge for the US and Europe is to encourage Moscow to move in the direction of global interdependence, including in its internal evolution
New York Times U.S. Pressed to Add Billions to Bailouts The government is facing pressure from banks, carmakers and a giant insurer, despite the billions it has already committed to rescuing them.
Survey Reveals Broad Support for President President Obama is benefiting from high levels of confidence among Americans about his leadership, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. Full Results (pdf)
Negotiator Picked for Post at State Dept.
Israeli Coalition Faces More Blocks
Washington Post U.S. Clears Path to Bank Takeovers Obama's Revised Plan for Industry Aid Could Result in Nationalization
Veteran Mideast Envoy Ross Named to Advise Clinton on Iran Strategy
Ha’aretz – U.S. report: Saudis replacing Egypt as regional leader Report indicates Saudis reluctant to accept role, due to growing threat Iran poses to the Arab world
FT EU pulls together – not before time However exasperatingly slowly, Europe’s leaders are at last moving in the right direction: now they must keep their ranks closed, and quicken their pace
Kiev crisis tests Berlin and Moscow Berlin wants stability in Ukraine, to avoid creating the grounds for any conflict with Moscow. Russia wants a compliant government in Kiev that does not talk about joining Nato
As more US officials visit Syria, the president must be careful with any concessions.
As war ebbs, Europe returns to Iraq France and Germany opposed the US-led invasion but are now eyeing new investments in the war-torn country.
The value of teaching | “Solving the EU-Turkey-Cyprus Triangle” , the new Crisis Group webpage
Iraq-based joint command center in fight agianst PKK starts operations
Turkey and US start preliminary discussions on Iraq-exit strategy
Iranian official: Turkey-Iran gas transfer deal signed
PJAK says Treasury decision political (UPI) -- The decision by the U.S. Treasury Department to freeze the assets of the Free Life Party of Kurdistan was a political move to please Iran, the group said.
Iraq: US must review Kurd policies, says leader
'Turkey ready to play role in Iran-US relations'
Turkey sees itself as Iraq’s door to Europe The National
Top NSA official holds secret talks in Ankara
Iraq, Turkey, Iran Vulnerable To Ethnic Conflict RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Who Lost Turkey? In some ways everybody did Daily Star
’US should understand Turkey’s importance’
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Mosul tense amid Kurdish, Arab disputes MOSUL, Iraq, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Tensions between Arabs and Kurds are approaching the brink of conflict in the northern city of Mosul despite a relative calm throughout Iraq.
Kurdistan ties up preparations for elections
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The clock is ticking for southern gas corridor, says Azeri minister
Country Analysis Briefs: Greece
Turkey, Russia should join Eastern projects, EU says - Summary
Turkey promotes its currency with trade partners
Greece sweet talks US but marries Moscow New Europe
An Address by Dora Bakoyannis, Foreign Minister of Greece Feb. 23, 2009
Greek prime minister to visit Cyprus in April - reports
Senator Durbin Visits the ''Triangle''
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H4 New York Times U.S. Pressed to Add Billions to Bailouts The government is facing pressure from banks, carmakers and a giant insurer, despite the billions it has already committed to rescuing them.
DAVID BROOKS The Big Test The Obama administration sees this economic crisis as an opportunity to expand its reach, but I fear that in trying to do everything at once, it will do nothing well.
Survey Reveals Broad Support for President President Obama is benefiting from high levels of confidence among Americans about his leadership, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. Full Results (pdf)
Obama's High - Stakes Speech to Press Broader Agenda
1,000 Points of DataBy KENNETH M. DUBERSTEIN What we need now is a Web-based system for measuring our changing society with key national indicators — in a free, public, easy-to-use form.
Negotiator Picked for Post at State Dept.
Israeli Coalition Faces More Blocks
U.S. to Give $900 Million in Gaza Aid
Editorial What Part of ‘Stimulus’ Don’t They Get?The Republican Party seems more interested in ideological warfare than in working on policies that get the country back on track.
As It Falters, Eastern Europe Raises Risks Once-vibrant economies have weakened, making it riskier for Western companies to do business.
Iraq Museum That Was Looted Reopens, Far From Whole With many halls closed and many pieces still missing, the opening reflects how far Iraq’s recovery has to go.
From a Carrier, Another View of America’s Air War in Afghanistan
Hague Court Will Pursue Sudan Leader
Militants Drew Recruit in U.S., F.B.I. Says
United Arab Emirates Aid Debt-Ridden Member, Dubai
N. Korea Statement Raises Worry of a Missile Test
Administration Draws Fire for Report on Guantánamo
White House Memo: With Spending Set, at Least for Now, the Knives Come Out
When Nuclear Subs CollideNuclear powers have been inexcusably negligent about reducing arsenals and eliminating needlessly risky practices.
| H5 Washington Post U.S. Clears Path to Bank Takeovers Obama's Revised Plan for Industry Aid Could Result in Nationalization
Veteran Mideast Envoy Ross Named to Advise Clinton on Iran Strategy
Editorial Not So Obvious The secretary of state underestimates the power of her words. Clinton's statement will have an effect: It will demoralize thousands of democracy advocates in China.
Obama's Job Approval Ratings High, but Poll Finds Bipartisan Support Eroding But Survey Finds Sharp Erosion in Bipartisan Support
Avigdor Lieberman and Israel's Arabs: A Question of Values By Richard Cohen, The founders intended Arabs to be part of the Jewish state, not removed from it.
Rights Actions That Speak Volumes By Anne Applebaum, I don't care what Hillary Clinton says about human rights. Talk is overrated.
Banking on What? By Eugene Robinson, Until Obama discloses the whole truth, banks will remain under suspicion.
After Guantanamo Debate | Send detainees home? To U.S. prisons? Let them go? Experts debate what's next.
Power Barometer: Al-Qaeda Speaks on 9/11
Iraq's National Museum to Reopen Nearly 6 Years After Being Looted Early in War
Freed Detainee in U.K. Tells of Abuse by U.S. 'Medieval' Methods Were Used, Statement Says
Japan's Beleaguered Leader to See ObamaHere to discuss reviving the world economy with the president, Taro Aso ranks among the most gaffe-prone and unpopular leaders in Japan's postwar history
Israel's Olmert Removes Gaza Negotiator Who Opposed Demanding Soldier's Release | Simon Tisdall: Policy advisers in Washington increasingly see improved relations with Damascus as crucial to peace in the Middle East
Editorial: As the recession takes its toll, eastern Europe could end up paying a higher price
A new space race <How India, China and Iran are shaping the future of space exploration Detainee return sparks new questions Britain's role in 'war on terror' under new scrutiny with return from Guantánamo of Binyam Mohamed
Symbol of hope as Iraq's looted and gutted national museum reopens Leaders tentatively reclaim site in Baghdad as one of Middle East's most important cultural repositories
US papers file for bankruptcy as recession hits advertising Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News placed into protection filing to allow its owners to restructure debts
Call to ease Guantánamo conditions US admiral says prisoners at detention camp are being treated in accordance with the Geneva conventions
Conor Foley: Israeli blogger Seth Freedman shows us that dialogue is about both listening and talking in his book Can I Bring My Own Gun?
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H7 Iraqis Taking the Lead? Yes and No In first trip, Clinton brings different style to diplomacy Don't Let the Iran Headlines Scare You by Robert Dreyfuss Exclusive: Meet Obama’s new ambassadors BY LAURA ROZEN STEPHEN WALT Richard Perle is a liar Kerry Visit Marks Serious Attempt to Bring Syria in From the Cold
A First Draft of Mythology - National Review book review (The Gamble)
Egypt thumbs its nose at Obama
Kuwait: A Democratic Model in Trouble BY: Abdullah Shayji | World Politics Review As Kuwait heads once more for parliamentary elections in 2009 -- having held such elections just last year -- repeated clashes between the executive and legislative branches are creating doubts about the Kuwaiti model, once a source of inspiration to many in the Gulf and beyond.
Atomic Ayatollahs - Peter Brookes, New York Post
The Arab News reports the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council rebuked Iran for making "hostile remarks" about its Arab neighbors and proposed a joint Arab fund to support reconstruction efforts in the Gaza Strip. | H8 Iraq Updates IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq
U.S. Starts to Leave Key Iraq Bases BY: Richard Tomkins | The Washington Times American troops in Iraq are beginning to pull back from bases and outposts that were linchpins in the U.S. surge that helped reduce violence, prevent a civil war and allow peaceful elections.
| H9 Ha’aretz – U.S. report: Saudis replacing Egypt as regional leader Report indicates Saudis reluctant to accept role, due to growing threat Iran poses to the Arab world
Netanyahu plans to make Livni another offer for unity coalition
Report: U.S. to open permanent Jerusalem office for envoy
Dennis Ross appointed special U.S. adviser to Persian Gulf 08:19
Livni, don't give in If she is unable to influence the new government's diplomatic direction, she must lead the opposition and convince the public to support her path.
Bahrain's crown prince: Britain is too pro-Israel
'Significant progress made in Shalit talks'
Jerusalem PostRoss named special US envoy on IranFormer ME envoy will advise Obama administration on "region in which US faces terror, proliferation."
Officials fear US may cut military aidCapitol Hill downplays concerns Obama will use funds to pressure Israel over illegal settlements.
Can they get along?"I think US Jews are quite worried about possible Netanyahu-Obama clash."
Defense study: Barghouti's release won't unify Palestinians
America, look behind you![ BARRY RUBIN, Feb 24 10:51 ] Netanyahu's three-headed nemesis[ CAROLINE GLICK, Feb 24 10:44 ] Bibi or Tzipi, Bibi and Tzipi - what's the difference?[ GERSHON BASKIN, Yedioth Ahronoth Olmert: Netanyahu a patriot
Outgoing PM says his designated replacement 'understands weightiness of pursuing peace'
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Netanyahu weighs Nathan Sharansky for foreign minister
Geopolitical Diary: Public Divisions Among the Palestinians Fresh power-sharing negotiations between Hamas and Fatah are unlikely to bear fruit, and the persisting stalemate will benefit Israel.
Contours of a Hamas-Fatah Concord BY: Helena Cobban | The Christian Science Monitor Can Hamas and the other major Palestinian movement, Fatah, bridge the many rifts between them and build a better working relationship?
‘U.S. plans to pledge $900 million for Gaza’ — Preliminary estimates put the damage in Hamas-run Gaza after Israel's offensive at nearly $2 billion. — Clinton's bid to get the $900 million could face an uphill battle in Congress where requests for Gaza will likely meet resistance
Israel-Hamas arms embargo urged Human rights group Amnesty International calls for a freeze on arms sales to Israel and Palestinian groups like Hamas
Obama Administration Sacrifices Israel - Anne Bayefsky, Forbes
War of the spies as Israel and Hezbollah prepare for confrontation
Israel, Gaza and the Left - Ken Brociner, In These Times
Netanyahu: Unite All the Forces Within Our People to Face the Challenges (IMRA)
Al-Qaeda Tells Hamas: Don't Accept Truce
Gaza's recent war causes host of difficulties for Egypt
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As more US officials visit Syria, the president must be careful with any concessions.
As war ebbs, Europe returns to Iraq France and Germany opposed the US-led invasion but are now eyeing new investments in the war-torn country.
For Pakistan's Swat residents, uneasy calm A tenuous cease-fire has halted Taliban-Army fighting, as negotiations for a permanent deal continue.
Sudan’s Bashir tries to stall Darfur genocide ruling The International Criminal Court said Monday that it will decide on March 4 whether to issue an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir for charges of crimes against humanity and genocide.
Obama is right to take on the very rich They're paying far less of their incomes in taxes than average Americans.
The intensifying battle over Internet freedom From China to Syria, repressive nations are cracking down hard on digital dissidents.
Just how vulnerable are US banks?A 'stress test' aims to assess which banks would need help if the economy worsened.
What Kind of Great Power Would India Be? BY: Jon Haron-Feiertag | Diplomatic Courier The question is certain to excite grand strategists. India is perceived as an up and coming power. It is firmly ensconced in the group of BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China), which is all the rage when prognosticating what the future will hold in international relations.
China's Dollar Dilemma BY: Geoff Dyer | Financial Times As China’s economy slows sharply, the debate on how to manage its reserves is intensifying. Some propose spending the money at home; others want more diversification of investments. But the consensus behind recycling foreign currency into US government securities is coming under attack
Stratfor Internal Divisions and the Chinese Stimulus Plan
Rafsanjani to Visit Baghdad, Kurdistan Next Week
A New, Uncertain Trumpet - Arnaud de Borchgrave, Washington Times opinion --- While President Obama signed orders to deploy 17,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan, including 8,000 Marines, his thinking on the Afghan war has changed significantly. It's no longer the gung-ho view of a surge-type operation routing al Qaeda's terrorists. The reinforcements also fall shy of the 30,000 troops requested by Gen. David McKiernan, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, which would have doubled current US force levels in a country of 35 million the size of France. Juggling troop requirements between two wars leaves one theater shortchanged. "Even with these additional forces," warned Gen. McKiernan, "I have to tell you that 2009 is going to be a tough year."
China loan turns Russian oil east
A violent history repeated in PakistanNorthwest Pakistan and Afghanistan are slipping steadily into Islamic hands, and there is no coherent policy to prevent it. (By H.D.S. Greenway, Boston Globe)
Walker's World: Beijing and Obama (UPI) -- China's latest call for free trade and Obama's triple stimulus package suggest a bargain could be reached that can turn the next Group of 20 summit into the event that gets the world out of recession.
Afghan Civilian Deaths Show Limits of Air Power
Pakistan: Gilani Does Away With National Security Council
Swat Truce Reflects State Weakness, Not Popular Will BY: Ahmed Humayun | World Politics Review The Pakistani government has announced a truce with insurgents in the North-West Frontier Province. It has agreed to promulgate Islamic law in one-third of the NWFP, arguing that Islamic law is a popular demand, and that the creation of state-led Islamic courts will reduce support for extremism. Instead, the accord will legitimize radical ideology and violence
China's Aggressive Resources Diplomacy China is lending billions of dollars on four continents to ensure that its industry is ready for the upturn when it arrives.
In Afghanistan, It's Deadly at the Top BY: Cheryl Benard | Los Angeles Times Today, Karzai stands accused of tolerating the involvement of his brothers in massive corruption and in the drug trade, of vacillation and of incompetence. Former friends and trusted ministers have turned against him, denouncing him in public and positioning themselves as rivals for his job.Secret US Unit Trains Commandos in Pakistan - Eric Schmitt and Jane Perlez, New York TimesWe Must Pave Afghanistan in Order to Save It BY TOM RICKS Pakistan Deal Emboldens Taliban - Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times A.Q. Khan on the Loose - Jane Harman, Washington Times
Image Problem in Afghanistan - Pamela Constable, Washington Post
British Troops in Afghanistan to Top 10,000 - Sean Rayment, Daily Telegraph
The New Sultans of Swat - Wall Street Journal editorial
Beijing's New Map for Reunification - Joe Hung, China Post
U.S.-Korean Alliance During the Recession - CSIS
China Fears Tremors as Jobs Vanish From Coast BY: Andrew Jacobs | The New York Times As the global economic crisis deepens and the demand for Chinese exports slackens, manufacturing jobs in the Pearl River Delta and all along the once-booming coast are disappearing at a stunning pace
Securing, Stabilizing, and Developing Pakistan’s Border Area with Afghanistan: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight
Bangladesh Unscathed? BY: Philip Bowring | International Herald Tribune How badly is the world financial crisis hurting the world's poorest countries? The view from Bangladesh, one of the more successful low-income countries, is so far un-alarming. There was little loose foreign capital to flee when the crisis hit, no dodgy derivatives to collapse its banks.
North Korea 'plans rocket launch' North Korea says it is planning to launch a rocket carrying a satellite, fuelling speculation about a possible missile test.
Taleban Swat truce 'indefinite' ü Taleban insurgents in the troubled north-western Swat valley of Pakistan say they have agreed an indefinite ceasefire
Can Sufi Islam counter the Taleban?
Aso’s Obama Summit May Be His Last as Resignation Calls Grow Aso goes to the White House tomorrow as the first foreign leader to visit the new president. At home, calls for Aso to resign are mounting, with an approval rating near 10 percent, an economic aid plan that is stalled in parliament and a finance minister who quit last week for appearing to be drunk at an international gathering.
Afghanistan is No Iraq, Except it Requires a Calculated Strategy - Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer opinion
Strategic Views on Asian Regionalism CSIS A 2-page executive summary of a study of elite Asian opinion on the subject of Asian regionalism
Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
| H11 IHT As it falters, East Europe raises risks Economies in Eastern Europe have suddenly weakened, making it riskier for Western companies to do business there.
EU warns Belarus not to recognize Georgian separatist regions The European Union warned Belarus on Monday that the country's prospects of drawing closer to the bloc would be undermined if the government in Minsk fell into line with Russia by recognizing the separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
By CHARLES GRANT The EU and Russia should work together, with the international financial institutions, to help Belarus.
BELARUS II Exploding three myths By SERGEI MARTYNOV Belarus is changing. We ask our Western partners to recognize these changes.
EU prepares trade duties for U.S. biofuels The European Union is preparing to impose trade duties on biofuels imported from the United States to prevent American producers from putting European producers of biodiesel out of business, diplomats said Monday.
EUROPE European press review
Europe: A 'Global New Deal' for the Economic Crisis European leaders have settled on two goals for dealing with the financial crisis -- bumping up regulation, and bolstering the IMF's capacity for a rescue.
Submission in advance. Twenty years after the fatwa against Salman Rushdie, Islamism has Europe more firmly in its grip than ever before... more»
OSC Views French News Media, German Think Tanks A detailed and rather opinionated assessment of French media outlets was prepared last
Britain's Steep Decline - Thomas Huetlin & Mathieu von Rohr, Der Spiegel
How to Avoid a Euro-Zone Debt Crisis By Simon Tilford | H12 RFE/RL
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An Artful Balancing Act BY: Charles Grant | International Herald Tribune Compared with most former Soviet states, Belarus has a lot going for it. The government is less corrupt than in neighboring Russia and Ukraine. Belarus has no oligarchs, since the state never sold its big companies, and social inequalities are low.
Russia: Using CSTO to Claim Influence in the FSU As Russia tries to transform the ad hoc military alliance, its intentions are becoming clear
China loan turns Russian oil east
Geopolitical Diary: Russia's Continuing Cooperation with Iran Proposals from the United States are not enough to keep Russia from cooperating with the Iranians on their nuclear program
Kiev crisis tests Berlin and Moscow Berlin wants stability in Ukraine, to avoid creating the grounds for any conflict with Moscow. Russia wants a compliant government in Kiev that does not talk about joining Nato
Averting Crisis in Ukraine - Council on Foreign Relations
Exploding Three Myths BY: Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov | International Herald Tribune
A European Alternative Belarus ICDT This 31-page report proposes a pathway for Belarus to achieve an independent, democratic and open status within Europe
Russia 'will respond' to any moves to militarize Arctic...
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H13 The Times Gaza white phosphorus shells 'were US made' Serial numbers on shells used by Israel during the conflict have been traced back, Amnesty International report claims
Japan's 'hero worship of US policy will end' Leader of opposition party tipped for power promises to break from unquestioning support for American foreign policy
India spends billions sending astronauts into space, steps up Asian space race...
How UK's mosques foster extremismSectarian, conservative leadership is driving confused young Muslims into the arms of radicals
The War on Terror goes onBinyam Mohamed may have been maltreated but that doesn't mean that the Islamic threat is not real Due ProcessGuantánamo Bay was an affront to the world. Its inmates must now find justice outside. But that does not mean making Binyam Mohamed a hero
Darfur rebels vow to topple 'war crimes' President
North Korea set for 'rocket launch'The West fears the launch of a satellite-carrying "rocket’ may be pretext for test firing of an intercontinental missile
Wall Street Journal Post-Post-9/11 Looks Just Like Pre-World War II GLOBAL VIEW | H14 Financial Times Nuclear Iran? Decision time is here On Friday, the FT reported that ‘Iran has built up a stockpile of enough enriched uranium for one nuclear bomb’. It is time for the Obama administration to launch a last big push to head this off – and for the rest of the world to line up in support, writes Gideon Rachman
A Russian ‘reset button’ based on inclusion Interdependence is key, says Strobe Talbott - The challenge for the US and Europe is to encourage Moscow to move in the direction of global interdependence, including in its internal evolution
EU pulls together – not before time However exasperatingly slowly, Europe’s leaders are at last moving in the right direction: now they must keep their ranks closed, and quicken their pace
Kiev crisis tests Berlin and Moscow Berlin wants stability in Ukraine, to avoid creating the grounds for any conflict with Moscow. Russia wants a compliant government in Kiev that does not talk about joining Nato
High hopes for US toxic asset purchase plan One reason the US authorities are reluctant to pull the plug on any big banks at this stage is that they hope their toxic asset purchase plan could show that losses on traded assets may not be as large as presently feared
Bailing out Dubai Overextended as it is, the emirate is not in such bad shape. It should be able to engineer a soft-ish landing for its property market
Stocks fall as US bank plan detailed Talks proceed over taking Citi stake
Slumdogs can help themselves out of the mire Robert Buckley on Mumbai’s sanitation example
Cool reception for Iran bank flotation Bank Mellat is the first state-owned bank to embark on privatisation but lukewarm response from investors is raising concern among other banks wanting to follow its lead
Japan to pay price for US friendship
Chapter 11 is option for GM and Chrysler
The BBC’s public service grip is tightening Philip Stephens examines a looming monopoly
Central Europe acts to bolster currencies Regional banks co-ordinate on possible intervention
North Korea says ‘satellite’ launch imminent Rocket may have range to hit US territory
Freed detainee says MI5 knew of torture Claim of complicity in Guantánamo abduction
| H15 Los Angeles Times Obama plans more transparent budgetThe budget, to be released Thursday, will include money for Iraq and Afghanistan - a contrast from the Bush administration's approach. • Warning shots in the healthcare fight
In Afghanistan, it's deadly at the topBy Cheryl Benard Rather than perpetuating a love-hate-kill relationship with their leaders,...
British resident is first to be released from Guantanamo under Obama administration Binyam Mohamed, 30, spent seven years in captivity after being accused of training with Al Qaeda and plotting attacks. He has alleged he was tortured and was forced to make a confession
Hillary Clinton said to be planning Middle East trip Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit Israel and the West Bank next week for her first trip to the region as America's top diplomat, Israeli and Palestinian officials said Monday.
EditorialClinton's winning road tripHer visit to Asia successfully presented a nonconfrontational foreign policy. It was no time for lectures on human rights or economic concerns
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Obama finds the Bush centerJonah Goldberg So far as president, Obama is startlingly like his predecessor on a number of...
New York Times: Survey Reveals Broad Support for President
Poll: Most Americans Back Obama on Stimulus, Mortgage Plans
Poll: 3 out of 4 Americans are scared about state of the country
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS: A Strong Start for Obama - But Hardly a Bipartisan One — Sixty-Eight Percent Approve of Obama's Performance — Barack Obama's month-old presidency is off to a strong start, marked by the largest lead over the opposition party in trust to handle the economy for a president in polls dating back nearly 20 years
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| H17 Daily Telegraph India's £1.7bn moon mission India announces plans to launch its first manned space mission in 2015.
Dennis Ross appointed advisor to Clinton on the Gulf
| H18 Independent ‘I was victim of medieval torture,’ says Mohamed Calls for Government to clarify role of MI5 agents in British resident's Guantanamo Bay detention
The Big Question: Does nuclear power now provide the answer to Britain’s energy needs?
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Sobering thoughts on Somali patrol future
U.S. sending drones to fight pirates? The War on Drugs Is a Failure The war on drugs has failed. And it's high time to replace an ineffective strategy with more humane and efficient drug policies. NATO in Afghanistan CFR A US critique of NATO's contribution in Afghanistan
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Climate Change and Policy Considerations: New Roles for Earth Science RFF A 12-page US issue brief on the likely future role of earth observations in supporting assessments and policy decisions in relation to climate change
| H21 “A parent’s role is to set the limits so that the child does not overindulge its animal spirits.” Maybe that’s how governments should treat citizens... more»
We may well be genetically predisposed to appreciate listening to Sinatra or staring at a Seurat. But where did the genes come from?... more»
DANIEL DREZNER Where's the Israel lobby when you need it?
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H1 Independent Iraq faces a new war as tensions rise in north Violence between Iraqi Kurds and Arabs is threatening to complicate US plans to withdraw troops.Leading article: Renewed bloodshed shows peace remains elusive in Iraq Ha’aretz – Israel's new Iran policy: Sway Obama on Tehran talks The West is convinced Iran is closer to the bomb, with mid-2010 as the likely date it will reach its goal
Amir Oren: Israel must accept its loss of influence in U.S.
How Soon is Safe? Iraqi Force Development and Conditions-Based U.S. Withdrawls
Weekly Standard The Path of Realism or the Path of Failure
Iran May Achieve Capability to Make A Nuclear Weapon in 2009
New York Times A Quieter Approach to Spreading Democracy Abroad President Obama signals that this is no time for lecturing other countries. Not everyone in his camp agrees.
Analysis: Obama Faces Split Opinion on Iraq Future
Obama Has Plan to Slash Deficit, Despite Stimulus Bill President Obama will set a goal this week to cut the annual deficit at least in half by the end of his term, according to officials.
PAUL KRUGMAN Banking on the Brink Why not just go ahead and nationalize? Remember, the longer we live with zombie banks, the harder it will be to end the economic crisis.
Our Friend in TehranBy ALI REZA ESHRAGHI If President Obama wants to improve relations with Tehran, working with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be his best bet
Financial Times Afghanistrategy The US and Nato need a new strategy in Afghanistan. They need definable and achievable goals – beginning with the overarching imperative to stop scoring own goals
Lack of funds hits IMF in east Europe The global response to the financial crisis in eastern Europe has been hamstrung because the International Monetary Fund is too small, former officials say
Obama aims to halve deficit by 2013 Barack Obama will this week set the goal of halving the budget deficit he inherited by the end of his first term, while pushing ahead aggressively on healthcare reform, climate change and education
A health check for fiscal discipline This week Barack Obama will lead a ‘frank discussion’ on the long-term fiscal problems facing his country, according to his spokesman. America will need big, new, broad-based taxes: but how willing will the administration be to talk about this, asks Clive Crook
Eastern crisis that could wreck the eurozone Adopt the euro quickly, urges Wolfgang Münchau
China’s dollar dilemma Beijing may resist domestic criticism of investing its foreign exchange reserves in low-yielding dollar assets – but will ask the US for something in return
Flexibility gives way to rigidity’s virtues Paul De Grauwe on the dynamics of debt deflation
Paper: UK Muslims 'Providing Taliban With Electronic Devices for Roadside Bombs
BBC: Iran Offered Nuclear Deal to Stop Iraq Troop Attacks
Wall Street Journal The Saudi Cabinet Shake-Up Portends Real Reform By Karen Elliott House The king recognizes that corruption and stagnation could ruin his oil-rich nation.
Tunku Varadarajan / Wall Street Journal: ‘Nationalize’ the Banks — Dr. Doom says a takeover and resale …
The New Sultans of Swat Pakistan cuts a dangerous deal with the Taliban.
Washington Post Obama's Foreign Policy Gambles With Russia By Jim Hoagland An American hand reaching out to an unclenching authoritarian fist: This is the dominant foreign policy metaphor of President Obama's first month in office. It is a simile of hope, as the president intends -- but also one of vulnerability, as Obama may discover sooner than he expects.
A Three-Pronged Bet on 'AFPAK' By David Ignatius In the two-front war that Washington is now calling "AFPAK," there's more head-scratching going on than is immediately visible.
Fred Hiatt: Obama's War and the Risks of Realism At some point, if we are spreading freedom, we might as well admit it.
At United Nations, U.S. Faces Hurdles For Its Agenda President Obama's U.N. envoy, Susan E. Rice, has pledged to "refresh and renew American leadership" at the United Nations. But U.S. rivals with a long history of opposing American aims now hold some of the most influential posts at the world body, a testament to the diminished...
Israel's Unequal Rights Daoud Kuttab | Israel's Palestinian citizens didn't come to Israel - Israel came to them.
Iran: Nuclear Plant to Be Tested Tests on nuclear power plant will begin this week, full-scale operation planned for later this year.
Editorial Fiscal Reality The spotlight moves from short-term stimulus to long-term debt.
Plan Would Cut War Spending, Increase Taxes on the Wealthy
Rajiv Chandrasekaran From Captive To Suicide Bomber — Accused of Being Little More Than a Low-Level Taliban Fighter, Abdallah al-Ajmi Was Held by the U.S. for Nearly Four Years. After His Release, He Blew Up an Iraqi Army Outpost. Did Guantanamo Propel Him to Do It?
Journalist's Account Cites Secret 3-Year Talks Between India, Pakistan on Kashmir Journalist's Account Says Three-Year Kashmir Initiative Failed
Netanyahu leans centrist to form unity government in Israel While the Likud chairman has broad support among right-wing parties after parliamentary polls, he’s courting Kadima’s Livni.
Guardian Suspend military aid to Israel, Amnesty urges Obama after detailing US weapons used in Gaza Human rights group calls for immediate embargo on arms as white phosphorus shells traced back to America US military tests exit routes out of IraqConvoys mark Pentagon's first steps in confronting logistics of transporting stockpiled arsenal
Obama's first budget to pledge $1tn deficit will be halved in four years US president gambles on savings from Iraq pullout and reduction of George Bush's tax cuts
Inside the minds of foes Gordon Barrass: In tackling the Iranian threat, US spymasters would do well to heed the cold war's lessons
Global Education Digest 2008 UNESCO Institute for Statistics This 297-page digest compares education statistics for more than 200 countries and territories
Iraq Why 2009 will be even tougher than 2008 Toronto Star - Even under the most optimistic scenario, there is an expectation of more violence
From Newsweek, we are all socialists now: In many ways our economy already resembles a European one; as boomers age and spending grows, we will become even more French (and a look at why Americans don't hate the rich).
Prospects for a Centrist 'Grand Coalition' in Israel - Council on Foreign Relations
Geopolitical Diary: Russia's Continuing Cooperation with Iran
Daily Telegraph British spies 'colluded with torture' of UK citizens At least 10 Britons were tortured by security services in foreign countries acting with MI5, according to civil liberties group.
China prepares to buy up foreign oil companies China is preparing to open a new phase in its race for the world's resources by using its huge currency reserves to buy foreign oil and gas companies
Karzai is US stooge says Afghan deputy president Afghanistan's president and vice-president accused each other of being US stooges during a heated recent cabinet meeting.
Los Angeles Times President Obama's budget will seek to cut deficit in half He plans to do it largely by winding down the war in Iraq and raising taxes on people making more than $250,000 a year.
Obama's biggest challenges in Afghanistan Just sending more troops can't solve such tough problems as getting militants to lay down arms and allies to send more soldiers, and eliminating extremist havens
NATO 'alive and kicking,' its chief says Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, whose term as NATO secretary-general ends this year, acknowledges that the challenge in Afghanistan is complex. He sees no current rift in the alliance.
Clinton urges China to sustain U.S. economic support We're all in this together, the secretary of State tells Beijing as she makes a plea for the continued purchase of U.S. government bonds.
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker: Rahm Emanuel on the job. — Rahm Emanuel's office, which is no more than a three-second walk from the Oval Office, is as neat as a Marine barracks. On his desk, the files and documents, including leatherbound folders from the National Security Council, are precisely arranged, each one parallel with the desk's edge.
Ha’aretz – Editorial Iran inches closer to the bomb In order to support the removal the Iranian nuclear threat Israel must avoid provocations in the settlements and unnecessarily resorting to force in the territories, which will complicate matters for Obama
Netanyahu vows to work with Obama for peace U.S. Senator Lieberman says Netanyahu-led government will enjoy good relations with Washington
Storm brews between US and Israel As a hawkish government emerges from Israel's fractious elections, and the Obama administration's regional priorities diverge from its predecessors, a confrontation looms between the longtime strategic bedfellows. Washington's plans to enlist Iranian help for coalition efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan - the US's new fronts in the "war on terror" - are likely to strike a particularly sour note in Jerusalem. - Jim Lobe
Jerusalem Post Livni: Joining Likud gov't a breach of Kadima voters' trust
'Iran doesn't want direct confrontation' Former NSC head: Teheran pushing Hamas to take W. Bank: Iran says Bushehr plant to begin operation
The New US Administration: Confusion and Indecision on Iran INSS An Israeli perspective on statements made by the new US Administration in respect of Iran
Syria confident of US detente
Time The Quiet American: How the World Sees Obama (In The Arena)
Thomas P.M. Barnett on Obama's new map of the world (and a review of Great Powers). Theodore Dalrymple on the persistence of ideology: Grand ideas still drive history.
Obama's Iran Strategy - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Unpacking the IAEA's Iran Report - Judah Grunstein, World Politics Review
Use the Oil Weapon Against Iran - Mark Wallace, Washington Times
Iran's Satellite Should Cause Concern - Uzi Rubin, Wall Street Journal
U.S. closing bases in Iraq (UPI) -- U.S. military forces in Iraq are well into planning for closing bases large and small around the country and moving displaced troops into other facilities as a result of the Strategic Framework Agreement between Washington and Baghdad.
$500 Billion Aid Call as East Europe Slumps European leaders called for doubling the IMF's war chest for bailing out financially stricken nations, amid new signs that Eastern Europe is sliding into a full-blown economic crisis.
| H2 VIEW: Who lost Turkey? —Dominique Moisi The Turkish question is, of course, complex. Turkey’s geography is predominantly Asian, Turkey’s emotions are increasingly Middle Eastern, i.e., Muslim on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and yet Turkey’s elites remain resolutely pro-Western and pro-European.
Guardian Turks reveal xenophobic, conservative attitudes in poll Nine out of ten of those interviewed had never taken a holiday abroad and 70% never read books
WSJ Turkish Mogul Clashes With Premier Turkish media mogul Aydin Dogan accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of seeking to muzzle criticism, amid an escalating feud.
Turkey Looks East - Asli Aydintasbas, Int'l Herald Tribune
Ha’aretz – Bar’el Why we need Turkey
Amir Oren Turkey's turning of the tables
NYT Turkish Premier Reaches Out in an Important Kurdish City
What is behind Turkey's antagonism to Israel? Ha'aretz
Turkish Trade Shifts From Europe
Turkey in the Fire Global Politician What direction is the Turkish regime heading? Prof. Barry Rubin
Shifting Neighborhood: What are Turkey’s intentions as new movement stirs in Caucasus?
Turks appear to set conditions for relations with US
Speculation Mounts over Protection for Retired Generals in "Deep State" Trial
NATO Funding Disparity Persists
US may look at Turkey following Kyrgyz base closure
US Mideast envoy to pay postponed Turkey visit in the coming days
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Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national
Infighting leaves 17 PKK militants dead
US Tests Military Exit Routes Out of Iraq
PKK is a common threat to Turkey and US, says Gen. Myers
The Ground Truth in Iraq: The On-Going Kurdish-Arab Dispute
US’S Afghanistan strategy review on agenda of Turkish- US relations
Turkish PM woos Kurds ahead of vote
Turkey`s Kurdish Southeast Is Key Election Battle - World - Javno
Turkish PM woos Kurds ahead of vote
Kirkuk police commander decries accusations | Iraq News ...
Contradicting statements on Iranian border shelling
Istanbul to host Iran’s investment opportunities seminar
PUK internal crisis calms down
Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık
Armenian expert: US will refrain naming 1915 incidents as "genocide"
Experts say protectionism unlikely in Turkey despite EU, US policies
How will Obama’s presidency affect Turkish foreign policy? Turkey-US relations to improve if no wrong steps on Armenian issue
‘Turkey and Armenia nearing major breakthrough in relations’
Iran's gas to reach Europe via Turkey
Letter to President Obama
Moscow invites Turkey to Shanghai forum on Afghanistan
Thumann: Turkey is not moving away from the West
Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop
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H4 New York Times A Quieter Approach to Spreading Democracy Abroad By PETER BAKERPresident Obama signals that this is no time for lecturing other countries. Not everyone in his camp agrees.
Analysis: Obama Faces Split Opinion on Iraq Future
Obama Has Plan to Slash Deficit, Despite Stimulus Bill President Obama will set a goal this week to cut the annual deficit at least in half by the end of his term, according to officials.
As Doubts Grow, U.S. Will Judge Banks’ Stability The nation’s largest banks will face stress tests this week, as the government examines their long-term viability.
PAUL KRUGMAN Banking on the Brink Why not just go ahead and nationalize? Remember, the longer we live with zombie banks, the harder it will be to end the economic crisis.
Our Friend in TehranBy ALI REZA ESHRAGHI If President Obama wants to improve relations with Tehran, working with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be his best bet
Bosnia Unraveling The United States and its allies must craft a plan to salvage the promise of the 1995 Dayton Accords, which ended the genocidal horrors in Bosnia.
ROGER COHENWhat Iran’s Jews Say The reality of Iranian civility toward Jews tells us more about Iran — its sophistication and culture — than all the inflammatory rhetoric.
Disagreements About Stimulus Embroil G.O.P. The Republican response to the economic crisis will shape how the party redefines itself in the wake of recent defeats.
Secret U.S. Unit Trains Commandos in Pakistan American military advisers are working in Pakistan to help its armed forces battle Al Qaeda and the Taliban in lawless tribal areas.
FRANK RICH What We Don’t Know Will Hurt Us No one knows when there will be an end to the economic crisis, of course, but a bigger question may be whether we really want to know.
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Start Up the Risk-Takers Precious public money should focus on investing in a new generation of innovative companies, not on bailing out the losers.
This Is the Way the Culture Wars EndBy WILLIAM SALETAN To change the debate on the culture wars, President Obama will have to address two truths: that morality has to be practical, and that practicality requires morals.
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Sisters, Victims, Heroes World leaders will have to summon some of the same moral courage that Darfuris show all the time if the slaughter in the region is to end.
MAUREEN DOWD Dark Dark Dark We need leaders to help us through our crises, not provide us with crude evaluations of our character.
In Address, Obama Highlights Tax Reductions
Poker-Faced, Russia Flaunts Its Afghan Card While U.S. troop supplies ride the Kremlin’s rails, a key air base in Kyrgyzstan may be shut to America.
Editorial The Government and the Banks Though taking over failed banks will be very difficult politically, it could be easier than the elaborate rescue plans that have been tried and proposed.
Wall Street Salaries: The Brain Drain Defense Financial types say pay caps might spur the smartest bankers to jump ship. But there are few places to go
To Investigate or Not: Four Ways to Look Back at Bush What would a government investigation of Bush administration antiterrorism policies look like? Some past inquiries offer models.
When Consumers Cut Back: An Object Lesson From Japan Japan offers a peek at how thrift can take lasting hold of a consumer society, to disastrous effect
E.U. Leaders Turn to I.M.F. Amid Financial Crisis
China Fears Tremors as Jobs Vanish From Coast
Iraqi Lawmaker Is Charged With Masterminding an Attack on Parliament
Iran Plans Tests Toward Starting a Nuclear Plant
Reporter's Notebook: A Clinton Listening Tour, but China Gets an Earful
Progress Lags in a Meeting Between Leaders in Israel
Duo’s Second Prison Escape Embarrasses Greek Officials
Obama Upholds Detainee Policy in Afghanistan
Clinton Paints China Policy With a Green Hue
Turkish Premier Reaches Out in an Important Kurdish City
U.S. Concedes Afghan Attack Mainly Killed Civilians
Taliban Truce Seems in Flux in Pakistan
Greek Terrorists Claim an Attack
With Need Dire and Aid Scant, Iraq’s Widows Struggle The number of war widows has swelled, posing a threat to the country’s tenuous social structures.
| H5 Washington Post Obama's Foreign Policy Gambles With Russia By Jim Hoagland An American hand reaching out to an unclenching authoritarian fist: This is the dominant foreign policy metaphor of President Obama's first month in office. It is a simile of hope, as the president intends -- but also one of vulnerability, as Obama may discover sooner than he expects.
A Three-Pronged Bet on 'AFPAK' By David Ignatius In the two-front war that Washington is now calling "AFPAK," there's more head-scratching going on than is immediately visible.
Fred Hiatt: Obama's War and the Risks of Realism At some point, if we are spreading freedom, we might as well admit it.
At United Nations, U.S. Faces Hurdles For Its Agenda President Obama's U.N. envoy, Susan E. Rice, has pledged to "refresh and renew American leadership" at the United Nations. But U.S. rivals with a long history of opposing American aims now hold some of the most influential posts at the world body, a testament to the diminished...
Iran: Nuclear Plant to Be Tested Tests on nuclear power plant will begin this week, full-scale operation planned for later this year.
Editorial Fiscal Reality The spotlight moves from short-term stimulus to long-term debt.
Plan Would Cut War Spending, Increase Taxes on the Wealthy
Rajiv Chandrasekaran From Captive To Suicide Bomber — Accused of Being Little More Than a Low-Level Taliban Fighter, Abdallah al-Ajmi Was Held by the U.S. for Nearly Four Years. After His Release, He Blew Up an Iraqi Army Outpost. Did Guantanamo Propel Him to Do It?
Journalist's Account Cites Secret 3-Year Talks Between India, Pakistan on Kashmir Journalist's Account Says Three-Year Kashmir Initiative Failed By Joby Warrick, India and Pakistan engaged in nearly three years of secret, high-level talks that narrowly missed achieving a historic breakthrough in the countries' decades-old conflict over Kashmir, according to an account set for publication today. Power Barometer: Clinton's Task in China Observation: Is Pakistan Giving Up? PostGlobal Panel: Israel's Existential Question Obama's Stunted Economic Stimulus By Robert J. Samuelson, Judged by his own standards, the $787 billion economic stimulus program is deeply disappointing.
By Jackson Diehl Is this the beginning of a new era of cooperation between Washington and Moscow?
By E. J. Dionne Jr., He needs, above all, to speak to the country's raw fear.
Deficit Hawks Target Social Security, Medicare AgainBy Robert Kuttner, Fiscal conservatives are using the temporary deficit increase to attack a perennial target -- Social Security and Medicare.
Is the Internet actually helping to keep the Chinese Communist Party in power?
U.S., China Agree to Focus on Economy, Climate Long-Standing Human Rights Concerns Put on Back Burner During Clinton Trip
Georgia: Russia Is Stoking Tensions Border Incidents Spark Accusations From Both Sides
RICARDO J. CABALLERO Here's a proposal that would stop, and reverse, wealth destruction.
Pakistan Agrees to Taliban Truce Open-Ended Deal in Swat Valley Allows for Broader Talks
Experts Divided Over Whether Clinton Should Push China on Human Rights
Iran's 1st Nuclear Power Plant to Undergo Tests Before Launch
Heads of 8 European Countries Pledge Global Finance Changes
Republicans' Hate-Love Relationship With the Stimulus Package
At United Nations, U.S. Faces Hurdles For Its Agenda Obama's U.N. envoy, Susan E. Rice, has pledged to "refresh and renew American leadership" at the United Nations. But U.S. rivals with a long history of opposing American aims now hold some of the most influential posts at the world body, a testament to the diminished...
Ari Fleischer, Helen Thomas, Sam Donaldson and others on presidential press conferences.
E.U. Backs New Financial Rules Merkel calls for "charter of sustainable economic activity" to reduce imbalances, stabilize markets. Israel's Unequal Rights Daoud Kuttab | Israel's Palestinian citizens didn't come to Israel - Israel came to them.
Climate Fears Are Driving 'Ecomigration' Across Globe
State Secrets? Let the Courts Weigh In. The government is fond of using the claim to prevent embarrassing information from coming to light.
By David S. Broder
FOREIGN POLICYReview by Linda Robinson How Dangerous Is This Man? THE THREAT CLOSER TO HOME Hugo Chávez And the War Against America
A 'Ticking Time Bomb' Goes Off When Abdallah Al-Ajmi Returned to Kuwait After Nearly Four Years at Guantanamo, His Family Tried to Get Him to Move On. But He Didn't Want to Let Go.
Another Round of Help May Not Require Taxpayer Money
| H6 Guardian Suspend military aid to Israel, Amnesty urges Obama after detailing US weapons used in Gaza Human rights group calls for immediate embargo on arms as white phosphorus shells traced back to America US military tests exit routes out of IraqConvoys mark Pentagon's first steps in confronting logistics of transporting stockpiled arsenal
Obama's first budget to pledge $1tn deficit will be halved in four years US president gambles on savings from Iraq pullout and reduction of George Bush's tax cuts
Inside the minds of foes Gordon Barrass: In tackling the Iranian threat, US spymasters would do well to heed the cold war's lessons
The forgotten Damascus Spring Nadim Houry: Syria may be coming in from the cold but we should not ignore the regime's human rights abuses
Britain faces summer |
H7 The New US Administration: Confusion and Indecision on Iran INSS An Israeli perspective on statements made by the new US Administration in respect of Iran
Syria confident of US detente
Time The Quiet American: How the World Sees Obama (In The Arena)
Thomas P.M. Barnett on Obama's new map of the world (and a review of Great Powers). Theodore Dalrymple on the persistence of ideology: Grand ideas still drive history.
Obama's Iran Strategy - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Unpacking the IAEA's Iran Report - Judah Grunstein, World Politics Review
Use the Oil Weapon Against Iran - Mark Wallace, Washington Times
Iran's Satellite Should Cause Concern - Uzi Rubin, Wall Street Journal
Daily Star Minding the gap in the Middle East By Rami G. Khouri
The US is scratching its head on a two-front war By David Ignatius
Al Awsat Iran and the Bahraini Lesson : Tariq Alhomayed
Al Hayat Hasty Interpretations of Developments …and of US Dialogue with Iran and Syria Raghida Dergham
Global leadership, a reality lost and not found By Ian Bremmer
Russ Wellen: 'Obama Does Globalistan'
Iran and the Future of Afghanistan CFR
Iraq as investment opportunity The recent visit of French Prime Minister Sarkozy to pursue business opportunities is a good sign that normal commerce may soon return to Iraq. (Boston Globe)
5 "Don'ts" for US Development Policy Foreign Policy
| H8 Iraq Updates IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq
U.S. closing bases in Iraq (UPI) -- U.S. military forces in Iraq are well into planning for closing bases large and small around the country and moving displaced troops into other facilities as a result of the Strategic Framework Agreement between Washington and Baghdad.
BBC: Iran Offered Nuclear Deal to Stop Iraq Troop Attacks
Military Split Over Iraq Pullout
US Tests Military Exit Routes Out of Iraq
Iran Blocks Web Sites Promoting Reformist Khatami
Iraqi PM, Sadrists Reach Local Alliance Deal
Iraq Arrests Dozens of 'Terrorists' in Mosul
Syria, US explore improving ties as Kerry visits
Iraqi president to visit Tehran
Iran Tells Schroeder 'Impossible' to Stop Nuclear Plan
Sunni lawmaker wanted in Green Zone attacks A Sunni Arab lawmaker is wanted in connection for a string of retaliation attacks and mortar strikes on the fortress-like Green Zone compound after a pair of his senior bodyguards stepped forward with incriminating confessions, a military official said Sunday
Iraq 's oil ministry's vision attacked - Investor's Iraq Forum ...
Iraqi National Museum to reopen Iraq's National Museum is to re-open six years after it was vandalised and looted after the 2003 US-led invasion
'Old Europe' in Iraq (UPI) -- France and Germany are changing their Iraq policies after having fiercely opposed the U.S.-led war there.
Washington may court moderates within Iran rather than outside opposition The change in tone from Washington toward Tehran is complicated not only by historic acrimony but also by a complex relationship with Iranian opposition movements.
Germany establishes presence in Erbil (UPI) -- Germany has expressed its commitment to the reconstruction of Iraq by extending its presence to the Kurdish regional capital of Erbil, officials said.
Direct pressure could sway Iranian nukes (UPI) -- The international community needs consistency in dealing with Iran or it could develop a nuclear weapon within a year, a scholar said.
Tourism an economic boost for Iraq (UPI) -- Nations under reconstruction, like Iraq, can revitalize their national economy and their image by promoting tourism, an analysis suggests.
| H9 Ha’aretz – Israel's new Iran policy: Sway Obama on Tehran talks The West is convinced Iran is closer to the bomb, with mid-2010 as the likely date it will reach its goal
Amir Oren: Israel must accept its loss of influence in U.S.
Editorial Iran inches closer to the bomb In order to support the removal the Iranian nuclear threat Israel must avoid provocations in the settlements and unnecessarily resorting to force in the territories, which will complicate matters for Obama
From Gaza to DamascusWashington, under Barack Obama's administration, is liable to be more attentive to the idea of an Israel-Syrian agreement, and a unity government in Israel may be the only realistic course by which to strive for political progress in the coming years.
Long live the second republic Since the elections the Israeli public has come to know what it has known for a long time: The Israeli government is not effective in its decision-making, implementation or the ability to set forth a vision and values.
After meet with Netanyahu, Livni says Kadima still headed for opposition
Netanyahu vows to work with Obama for peace U.S. Senator Lieberman says Netanyahu-led government will enjoy good relations with Washington
Syria, U.S. explore improving ties as Sen. Kerry visits
Sources: Netanyahu to offer Livni 'full partnership' in coalition
Livni: Kadima won't compromise on peace path just to join coalition Olmert to Netanyahu: Form coalition fast; Likud leader: I won't be bullied on unity government.
Yossi Sarid / Kadima-Likud union is only a matter of time
Iran to begin operation of first nuclear power plant Iranian atomic agency: Pilot stage of plant to start Wednesday during a visit by senior Russian official
France to send top envoy to Iran for nuclear talks
Ex-spymaster: First Lebanon War was a Mossad success
Durban II drafts: Israel is racist, occupying state
Olmert: Corruption probe against me is none of Diaspora Jewry's business
Olmert suspends Egypt mediator over 'unfitting criticism of a PM' Amos Gilad was quoted in Ma'ariv last week as saying that Olmert's behavior is insulting to the Egyptians
Qaida founder blasts successor bin Laden for 'immoral terror'
Amira Hass / Gazans fear Fatah-Hamas split could sabotage Gaza reconstruction
Jerusalem Post Livni: Joining Likud gov't a breach of Kadima voters' trust
Editorials Obama's Plan B? Are we months or several years away from a nuclear armed Iran?
Warning cries from Herzliya[ DANIEL DORON, Feb 22 22:04 ]
Op-Ed Contributors Good demographic newsIsrael's Jewish population getting younger, Arab population getting older
Analysis: Two unity governments for two peoples Israel and the Palestinians are in near-identical processes to unite their largest ideological blocs.
Livni says no progress in Bibi meeting, agrees to more talks Kadima leader cites "deep differences," but Likud chairman insists a "joint path" is possible; Barak and Netanyahu meet in Jerusalem.
'Iran doesn't want direct confrontation' Former NSC head: Teheran pushing Hamas to take W. Bank: Iran says Bushehr plant to begin operation
Essay: Warfare requires both sword and shieldComprehensive missile defense must become a critical national priority.
His master's angry voiceMahmoud Ahmadinejad is about to turn Iran into a nuclear rogue state.
Reality Check: Tzipi, stay away! |
Netanyahu leans centrist to form unity government in Israel While the Likud chairman has broad support among right-wing parties after parliamentary polls, he’s courting Kadima’s Livni.
Obama aims to cut deficit in half This week is about the budget, as he issues his first, hosts a 'fiscal responsibility summit.'
Raise the price of gas to $4 – before the next oil crunch A price floor would help wean America off oil.
Contours of a Hamas-Fatah concord Before they can make peace with Isarel, Palestinians must be united. By Helena Cobban
China's buying spree in global fire sale This month China bought stakes in French, Canadian, and Australian firms
Clinton 'reintroduces' US to Asia Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrapped up her trip to Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, and China on Sunday. Her aim was to reenergize key ties to the region.
Stimulus: Can it work like Roosevelt's New Deal? Why government spending plus easy money could pull US out of recession by year's end.
Try offering China and India environmental incentives
A Three-Pronged Bet on 'AFPAK' - David Ignatius, Washington Post
The Freedom of Mr. A.Q. Khan - Japan Times
Pakistan and China: A Fraying Friendship? - Vivian Salama, Time
India's Home-Grown Terror Dilemma
India's Muslims Chafe Under Suspicion
India grapples with the Obama era A pall of gloom has descended on New Delhi's elite and with it has come pervasive nostalgia for George W Bush. The same Indian upper class that had worked "shoulder to shoulder" with the Bush administration, now finds itself awkwardly placed - all dressed up but with nowhere to go. Clearly, India is at present not nearly as valuable an ally as Pakistan for the United States - and that truth hurts. - M K Bhadrakumar
New York Times: Obama Expands Missile Strikes Inside Pakistan — WASHINGTON — With two missile strikes over the past week, the Obama administration has expanded the covert war run by the Central Intelligence Agency inside Pakistan, attacking a militant network seeking to topple the Pakistani government.
NATO in Afghanistan CFR A US critique of NATO's contribution in Afghanistan
US Policy Shift in South Asia - Harsh Pant, Japan Times
UK Agents 'Colluded With Torture in Pakistan'
The Lost India-Pakistan Accord A peace agreement between India and Pakistan over the long-disputed Kashmir region would have been sealed if not for some petty politicking, a new report discloses. The agreement, in the works for three years, was ultimately killed "not because of substantive differences," investigative journalist Steve Coll notes, but "because declining political fortunes left Pakistan's then-president, Pervez Musharraf, without the clout he needed to sell the agreement at home."
Is India looking in the right place in the 'war on terror'?
Iran and the Future of Afghanistan CFR
India Elections May Not See Clear Winner: Poll
Mark Landler / New York Times: In China, Clinton Focuses on Climate — BEIJING — Declaring that “we hope you won't make the same mistakes we made,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton invited China to join the United States in an ambitious effort to curb greenhouse gases, as she toured an energy-efficient power plant in Beijing on Saturday.
Mark Steyn / National Review: From Islamabad to Bradford — 'It is hard to understand this deal," said Richard Holbrooke, President Obama's special envoy. And, if the special envoy of the so-called smartest and most impressive administration in living memory can't understand it, what chance do the rest of us have?
China prepares to buy up foreign oil companies China is preparing to open a new phase in its race for the world's resources by using its huge currency reserves to buy foreign oil and gas companies
When consumers cut back: A lesson from Japan
Secret U.S. unit trains commandos in Pakistan
China's buying spree in global fire sale This month China bought stakes in French, Canadian, and Australian firms
The Dickensian genius of 'Slumdog'When people want to compare "Slumdog Millionaire" favorably with other movies and to sing its praises, they cite its Dickensian scope. (By Ed Siegel, Boston Globe)
Wariness in PakistanProvincial authorities in the Swat Valley in northwestern Pakistan struck a peace deal with local Taliban franchisees this week, and in it the government agreed to extend Islamic law in the area. But only locals know what that might mean to them. (By Shuja Nawaz, Boston Globe)
Bruce Anderson: Brown cannot bank on China’s stability
| H11 IHT A safe, secure and dwindling arsenal America’s nuclear arms complex must be modernized and managed more carefully.
The recent visit of French Prime Minister Sarkozy to pursue business opportunities is a good sign that normal commerce may soon return to Iraq.
Roger Cohen: What Iran's Jews say Rhetoric versus the reality of a Middle Eastern Jewish community
Thomas L. Friedman: Start up the risk-takers Precious public money should focus on investing in a new generation of innovative companies, not on bailing out the losers
Changing climate numbers Research shows that there is unequivocal evidence that the earth is warming and without a global prescription it is likely to get worse.
Europe pledges more financial regulation and more funds for IMF The leaders of Germany, Britain, France and Italy on Sunday said that the resources of the International Monetary Fund should be doubled, to $500 billion, to help head off the financial crisis.
Obama rethinks the goal of democracy-building Four years after President George W. Bush declared it the mission of America to spread democracy with the goal of "ending tyranny in our world," his successor's team has not picked up the mantle
EUROPE European press review
European Disunion - Ralph Peters, New York Post
Der Spiegel A Test for Europe's Common Currency: Support for Wobbly Euro Economies
The Weakening EuroJust a few weeks ago, at the start of this year, the euro celebrated its 10th anniversary. At the time, the eurozone's single currency looked strong and -- compared to the dollar -- immune from the global economic crisis. But today, the euro's value against the dollar is sinking. And some economists worry the European currency will keep weakening. More
$500 Billion Aid Call as East Europe Slumps European leaders called for doubling the IMF's war chest for bailing out financially stricken nations, amid new signs that Eastern Europe is sliding into a full-blown economic crisis.
NATO Allies Split Over Washington's Call for More Troops
Bad Times Visit Our Betters in Europe - Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle
European MPs earning £1 million profits in a term MEPs are earning up to £1 million in profit in just one five-year term through expenses and allowances, leaked report reveals.
Fear and Loathing in Euro Missile Defense TPMCafé –
José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero: The Spanish presidency of the EU will focus on global solidarity
The Determinants of Economic Growth in European Regions CESifo A 42-page working paper evaluating the robustness of determinants of economic growth in a new dataset of 255 European regions in the 1995-2005 period
EU leaders back sweeping financial regulations
Dubai to take up $10bn UAE loan Move to ease emirate’s debt repayment schedule
Cairo hit by deadly bomb blast A bomb explosion in central Cairo kills a French tourist and injures about 17 other people, mostly foreign tourists.
| H12 RFE/RLEU Weighs Image, Energy In RelationsThe EU Presidency and the European Commission, keen to see their dreams of alternative energy supplies realized, are increasingly courting Turkmenistan. But in playing the role of suitor with Ashgabat, the major European actors are finding that they may have to betray human rights principles to get what they want. More
Fears Of A New War In GeorgiaFresh talks between Russia, Georgia, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia reached a minor milestone with an agreement on "incident prevention" mechanisms. But there are fears any progress might be undermined, eventually sparking a new conflict. More
Google News Azerbaijan
Russia's 'virtual cold war' in Central Asia
Poker-Faced, Russia Flaunts Its Afghan Card
Turkmenistan: Berdymukhamedov Plays Up Foreign Policy
Putin Runs Russia's Church, Too - David Satter, Forbes
Stratfor's Friedman: US-Russia War Likely in 21st Century
Funding 'Doctor Zhivago'Did the CIA finance a Russian-language publication of Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" in order to help the dissident author win the Nobel Prize? Ivan Tolstoi, a literary historian and correspondent with RFE/RL's Russian Service, has spent the better part of two decades tracking down the truth. More
Georgians tweak Putin in Europe's battle of bands Georgia had planned to boycott this year's Eurovision Song Contest to protest the war with Russia in August; instead, it's taking a musical swipe at Vladimir Putin right in the Russian capital.
'Golden 100' team formed to combat cronyism An elite new talent pool has been set up by President Medvedev to fill key posts in the Russian Government
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H13 The Times Barack Obama to set out high-risk agendaUS President pledges to pursue a costly domestic agenda and cut the budget deficit despite the financial crisisThis slump is stirring a political storm From Japan and France to Swanley, the effects of recession will be felt not only in the economyWilliam Rees-Mogg
Bickering in Berlin EU leaders need to co-ordinate economic policies, especially with Germany
Defence chiefs urge Netanyahu to strike Syria deal Aides to hawkish Likud leader say agreement with Syria will create a split between Damascus and Iran, Israel's arch-enemy
War of the spies between Israel and Hezbollah Rockets expose deadly covert war between the Jewish state and Hezbollah, Lebanon's militant Shia organisation
Iran: the friendliest people in the world
Demons of 1968 rise up to spook Sarkozy As the global financial crisis deepens, the president is spooked as a new extremism hits France
Cardinals turn on Pope Invisible Pontiff's distant style blamed for a series of blunders that have prompted a rare show of dissent from exasperated cardinals
Get busy, Mr Cameron, victory isn’t certain With experts in turmoil, voters know nobody has the answer, so Cameron must instead offer vision Michael Portillo
A country in crisis needs moral leaders You only notice whose pockets are stuffed with loot when your own are empty
Who guards our financial guards? The neat separation of power and responsibilities between policymakers has evaporated
Wall Street Journal The Saudi Cabinet Shake-Up Portends Real Reform By Karen Elliott House The king recognizes that corruption and stagnation could ruin his oil-rich nation.
Tunku Varadarajan / Wall Street Journal: ‘Nationalize’ the Banks — Dr. Doom says a takeover and resale …
The New Sultans of Swat Pakistan cuts a dangerous deal with the Taliban.
U.S. Eyes Large Stake in Citi Citigroup is in talks with federal officials that could result in the U.S. government substantially expanding its ownership of the struggling bank.
The Problem With 'Nationalization' By Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. | H14 Financial Times Afghanistrategy The US and Nato need a new strategy in Afghanistan. They need definable and achievable goals – beginning with the overarching imperative to stop scoring own goals
Lack of funds hits IMF in east Europe The global response to the financial crisis in eastern Europe has been hamstrung because the International Monetary Fund is too small, former officials say
Obama aims to halve deficit by 2013 Barack Obama will this week set the goal of halving the budget deficit he inherited by the end of his first term, while pushing ahead aggressively on healthcare reform, climate change and education
A health check for fiscal discipline This week Barack Obama will lead a ‘frank discussion’ on the long-term fiscal problems facing his country, according to his spokesman. America will need big, new, broad-based taxes: but how willing will the administration be to talk about this, asks Clive Crook Eastern crisis that could wreck the eurozone Adopt the euro quickly, urges Wolfgang Münchau
China’s dollar dilemma Beijing may resist domestic criticism of investing its foreign exchange reserves in low-yielding dollar assets – but will ask the US for something in return Nato should invite Tehran to join
The Inheritance
Flexibility gives way to rigidity’s virtues Paul De Grauwe on the dynamics of debt deflation
Citi presses officials to take 40% stake Move would stop short of nationalisation
EU leaders push sweeping regulations Proposals for overseeing hedge funds and tax havens
Let’s turn Group of Seven rhetoric into action Act now on protectionism, says William Rhodes
History tells Obama to turn on the bipartisan charm The American president’s recent itinerary suggests that he has studied Reagan’s methods quite closely, writes Edward Luce
Quo vaditis, raters? We cannot live with the credit rating agencies’ current flawed practices, but nor can we live without them; their function is indispensable. Reform is essential
The injustice of Russian justice The Politkovskaya case gives President Dmitry Medvedev a chance to clean up one of Russia’s dirtiest corners. It will be a filthy job
Strait dealing Closer integration with China could help Taiwanese productivity by forcing a stricter division of labour with the mainland, and open opportunities for Taiwan’s relatively strong service sector
Outside Edge: Forgive me, but revenge is sweet Philip Stephens admits to a guilty and illogical swell of satisfaction when he looks at one or two of the victims of the economic downturn
Belarus tests EU’s unity of purpose The Union faces a test of its common foreign policy as it must decide whether to continue its cautious efforts at converting Belarus from pariah state to good neighbour
Clinton treads softly on China visit Mrs Clinton avoided picking fights over freedoms and showed that the US aims to form a pragmatic partnership with Beijing on the financial crisis and climate change
US, China ‘to help lead world recovery’ The US and China pledged to step up a high-level dialogue between the two countries which will address the global financial crisis, climate change and security issues
| H15 Los Angeles Times President Obama's budget will seek to cut deficit in half He plans to do it largely by winding down the war in Iraq and raising taxes on people making more than $250,000 a year.
Obama's biggest challenges in Afghanistan Just sending more troops can't solve such tough problems as getting militants to lay down arms and allies to send more soldiers, and eliminating extremist havens
NATO 'alive and kicking,' its chief says Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, whose term as NATO secretary-general ends this year, acknowledges that the challenge in Afghanistan is complex. He sees no current rift in the alliance.
Clinton urges China to sustain U.S. economic support We're all in this together, the secretary of State tells Beijing as she makes a plea for the continued purchase of U.S. government bonds.
Editorial
In stimulus, more fix-ups, less New Deal grandeur Quick spending to repair America's infrastructure, rather than major public works, is the priority for the $787 billion
Websites backing Khatami blocked Iranian authorities have blocked two websites promoting the presidential bid of Mohammad Khatami, reformists said Saturday, in a first sign that powerful hard-liners might seek to thwart his challenge to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June 12 election
Israel's Netanyahu wins task of forming new government Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, is asked by President Shimon Peres to become prime minister. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has rejected an invitation to join a coalition
Obama's goal of making wind, solar and biofuels feasible will require advances in basic physics and chemistry.
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker: Rahm Emanuel on the job. — Rahm Emanuel's office, which is no more than a three-second walk from the Oval Office, is as neat as a Marine barracks. On his desk, the files and documents, including leatherbound folders from the National Security Council, are precisely arranged, each one parallel with the desk's edge.
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:Recession's Hidden Virtues
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias: Obama's Budget — Clearly the big story of the day is the deliberate leakage of Obama budget plans. The highlights: — Obama wants the 2013 deficit to be half the size of the 2009 deficit he inhereted. — The 2010 deficit is going to be large.
How will Obama frame his big speech Tuesday night? As President Barack Obama prepares to address Congress and the American people Tuesday night in what's effectively his first State of the Union address, he faces three key questions about how he'll use the moment
As Bailouts Increase, So Do the Doubts - Michael Goodwin, NY Daily News
Dark Dark Dark - Maureen Dowd, New York Times The Age of Irresponsibility - Matthew Continetti, Weekly Standard The Foreclosure Five - Alan Reynolds, New York Post
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| H17 Daily Telegraph British spies 'colluded with torture' of UK citizens At least 10 Britons were tortured by security services in foreign countries acting with MI5, according to civil liberties group.
China prepares to buy up foreign oil companies China is preparing to open a new phase in its race for the world's resources by using its huge currency reserves to buy foreign oil and gas companies
Karzai is US stooge says Afghan deputy president Afghanistan's president and vice-president accused each other of being US stooges during a heated recent cabinet meeting.
US turns to the Far East Telegraph View: President Barack Obama's first visitor confirms the new administration's world view.
Desperate Brown plans £500billion bank gamble A £500 billion banking bail-out will be at the centre of a rescue package announced by Gordon Brown this week amid desperation over the Government’s failure to save the economy
| H18 Independent Iraq faces a new war as tensions rise in north Violence between Iraqi Kurds and Arabs is threatening to complicate US plans to withdraw troops.Leading article: Renewed bloodshed shows peace remains elusive in Iraq Brown flies to meet President Obama for crisis talks Economic mini-summit announced as George Soros says ‘the world financial system has disintegrated’Hamish McRae: When downright pessimism might just be seen as a sign of hope Nato allies split over Washington’s call for more troops Rupert Cornwell: Heroic age of US newspapers ends with a whimper Nuclear power? Yes please... Britain must embrace nuclear power if it is to meet its climate change commitments, four leading environmentalists warn.Tony Juniper: Forget nuclear and focus on renewables Chris Goodall: The green movement must learn to love nuclear power José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero: The Spanish presidency of the EU will focus on global solidarity Obama denies terror suspects right to trial Human rights groups have been shocked by the President's refusal to reverse George W Bush's policy in Afghanistan.
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H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism
Rajiv Chandrasekaran / Washington Post: From Captive To Suicide Bomber — Accused of Being Little More Than a Low-Level Taliban Fighter, Abdallah al-Ajmi Was Held by the U.S. for Nearly Four Years. After His Release, He Blew Up an Iraqi Army Outpost. Did Guantanamo Propel Him to Do It?
WINEP Countering Transnational Threats: Terrorism, Narco-Trafficking, and WMD Proliferation This new Policy Focus compiles and analyzes six lectures by leading U.S. conterterrorism practitioners on the strategically important nexus between terrorism, international criminal networks, and proliferation.
U.S. Army captain learning new skills in war-torn Afghanistan U.S. Army Capt. Matthew Crowe trained to obliterate distant foes with high-explosive shellfire. But in a mud-washed, mountain-framed provincial capital in eastern Afghanistan, he is learning to be a diplomat, urban planner, construction manager, humanitarian worker and politician
Obama to Cut War Spending, Increase Taxes - Montgomery & Connolly, WP
THE US MILITARY'S EXPANDING WAISTLINE
Welcome to McArmy!
War and Technology FPRI A US essay examining the relationship between military conflict and technology
Don't Bet on Obama Reining in Defense Spending
Arms Dealer Told Top US Brass of Endemic Corruption Before His Hit-Style Murder
Pentagon: Surplus Military Items Sent to Friendly Nations Could Fall Into Wrong Hands
BBC: ‘No US rights’ for Bagram inmates — Detainees being held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan cannot use US courts to challenge their detention, the US says. — The justice department ruled that some 600 so-called enemy combatants at Bagram have no constitutional rights.
Pamela Hess / Associated Press:
Obama Sides With Bush on Detainees
Obama has announced plans to shut down Guantanamo, but what will happen to the men inside? Joshua Kurlantzick on the plight of 22 Uighur detainees trapped in a legal limbo.
BOOKS: 'Bad Strategies: How Major Powers Fail in Counterinsurgency'
Halliburton's Army: How Cheney's Former Firm Revolutionized Warmaking and Screwed Us in the Process
One-third of deaths in Britain’s military caused by accidents Internal documents reveal MoD must ‘improve significantly’ to counter health and safety failings
| H20 Slate
Global Education Digest 2008 UNESCO Institute for Statistics This 297-page digest compares education statistics for more than 200 countries and territories
| H21 What Would Smith Say? The financial meltdown, through the eyes of the father of capitalism.
Why do smart people live longer? Ian Deary wants to know.
Fair play, the Platini way Richard Corbett: The Uefa president's support for a football salary cap could help prevent clubs from disappearing under a mountain of debt
Oscars results - all the winners Interactive: Find out who's won what and say who you think should have gone home with a statuette
Giving the boss your last word Farewell e-mails become an art form in this age of pink slips. Some are funny, some are sad — and some are just plain furious
Ever wonder what would happen if the world’s top minds came together to establish a university? (and more and more)
From Metapsychology, a review of Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend by Barbara Oakley
The thing about beautiful design is that you don’t need an expert to explain it. However, if you do have an expert, let’s say, a mathematician, at hand... more»
After the e-book comes the ex-book
Many young people prefer pleasure-seeking to politics — but for how long?
Cooking: forms of preparing food are humanity’s “killer app” – the evolutionary change that underpins all of the others... more»
The bourgeoisie will eventually draw even the most barbarian nations into civilization, said Karl Marx. He knew the power of the middle class... more» Finding the lost cityDoes the Amazon jungle conceal a vanished empire? (By David Grann, Boston Globe)
Japan’s fearless women speculators Housewives are far more powerful than western stereotypes allow as many ‘Mrs Watanabes’ have added international finance to their daily chores, writes David Pilling
Who is to blame for the world economic crisis? Does market capitalism have a future? Big questions – in Paris in 1938... more»
Salvador Dalí seemed a mad genius and cheerful fraud. The real Dalí was pitiable, a prisoner of his greed and pathologies... more»
Ancient Greek joke. Man complains to his doctor, “When I wake up in the morning, I’m dizzy for 20 minutes” Doctor advises, “Then wake up 20 minutes later”... more»
“I’ll scarcely be persuaded that anything good can come from Arabia,” said Petrarch. Little did he grasp the depth of Islamic thought... more» ... more»
Intellectuals flatter themselves by pitting their virtues against public philistinism. Better, argues Andrew Delbanco, that they should ask how they might earn back public trust... more»
Monumental egosA radical plan for Obama's presidential library: Let's cancel it (By Mark Feeney, Boston Globe)
Should scientists study possible links between race and IQ? Neuroscientist Stephen Rose says No. Psychologists Stephen Ceci and Wendy Williams say Yes. Comments here and here.
The old Plan B was a fantasy of dropping everything for a better life; now it’s the backup plan for when the worst comes to pass.
The superior civilization: Tim Flannery reviews The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies by Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilson.
From Nerve, an interview with Daniel Bergner, author of The Other Side of Desire.
Scientists close in on 'universal' vaccine for flu...
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