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H1 CSIS Iranian Nuclear Weapons? Options for Sanctions and Military Strikes  -Anthony H. Cordesman & Khalid R. Al-Rodhan

Washington Times  U.S. military sees Iran's nuke bomb 5 years away The U.S. military is operating under the assumption that Iran is five to eight years away from being able to build its first nuclear weapon, a time span that explains a general lack of urgency within the Bush administration to use air strikes to disable Tehran's atomic program.

KR Bush faces an uphill battle to impose sanctions on Iran

 

USIP Crisis in Lebanon: Is Peacekeeping Possible?

 

 IHT Bush has a job to do President George W. Bush now has an opportunity to bring the Arab-Israeli conflict to an end.

 

Al Hayat The 'Peoples' of Iraq Zuheir Kseibati - A day might come when Maliki, brave as he is in defending the reconciliation project, tells the Iraqis that the home-grown conflict with terrorism is a only a conflict over the borders of federal divisions. Then it would be the time to classify the 'peoples' of Iraq, to divide the country and share the loot.

 

Weekly Standard Return of the Tribes The resistance to globalization runs deep.

 

Director of National Intelligence -Intelligence Community Directives and  Intelligence Community Policy Memorandums 

 

Washington Institute The Damascus-Hizballah Axis: Bashar al-Asad’s Vision of a New Middle East By Seth Wikas  

 

Making the Lebanon Ceasefire Work: Security Requirements and Implications for an International Force

 

Nelson Report on Iran 07:25 PM

 

New York Times The High Price of Friendship By PATRICIA WEITSMAN Once the United States emerges from Iraq, we would do well to re-examine our growing reliance on coalition warfare.

 

U.S. Drafts List of Sanctions as Iran Ignores Deadline  Sanctions the U.S. is seeking could start with restrictions on Iran’s imports of nuclear material, but the plan faces a high hurdle at the U.N.

 

Bush Shifting Public Focus to Terrorism and Iraq War

 

Guardian US: we'll be out of Iraq in a year General predicts US exit date amid unbridled savagery across Iraq.

 

Washington Post  How We're Losing the War Despite Some Notable Achievements, New Thinking Is Needed on the Home Front and AbroadBy John Lehman,  Are we killing, capturing, or deterring jihadists faster than they are being produced? The answer is an emphatic no.

 

PostGlobal Should it be a goal of the US to reduce that hostility and, if so, what's the best way to do it?

 

Benny Morris on “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy”

 

Guardian US: we'll be out of Iraq in a year General predicts US exit date amid unbridled savagery across Iraq.

 

APSA papers1 2006 / Political Research Online

 

Power Sharing and Democratic Governance in Divided Societies

 

The Future of Transatlantic Security Relations
Strategic Studies Institute

 

In a new Carnegie Paper, Islam, Militarism, and the 2007–2008 Elections in Pakistan, Visiting Scholar Frédéric Grare argues that for the military and Musharraf, the elections will be about consolidating their hold on power while maintaining a facade of democracy.

 

Heritage Foundation Penalize Iran for Defying the U.N. Security Council's Nuclear Deadline by James Phillips Push for sanctions in the Security Council and out of the U.N. framework.

 

Independent  What If...? An alternative history of the world

 

Washington Realist America: A Crippled Superpower?

 

Djerejian Unity, Then and Now

 

H14 Financial Times COMMENT: The west must stop meddling in Iran's affairs For Iranians, democracy is not a new idea but an ongoing struggle. Iran can do without lectures on the importance of democracy from the US and others, writes Scheherazade Daneshkhu.

 

UN nuclear deadline leaves Iran's leader with a challenge that may define his rule

 

COMMENT: Why Asia needs a more active market in ideas The region has no shortage of think-tanks. But most produce pedestrian work that often fails to grapple with - or answer - the hard questions, writes Guy de Jonquières.

 

H2 Guardian – Leader - Toughing out terror Turks are robust enough to react calmly to the threats from a breakaway Kurdish group to turn the country into "hell" in an attempt to scare away foreign tourists and damage the economy.

 

Der Spiegel Turkey Struggles to Find Effective Anti- Terror Strategy More than two decades into the fight, Turkey is as far from victory as ever. By Annette Grossbongardt in Istanbul

 

State's Fried Discusses PKK-Sponsored Terrorism in Turkey

 

FT LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Comprehension test for EU and Turkey

 

Independent Adrian Hamilton: You can't blame Kurdish terror on Islamic 'fascists'

 

Sabah Bin yıldır birlikte yaşayan aileyiz KDP lideri Barzani, "Türkiye ile ilişkiler nasıl" sorusuna bu cevabı verdi: Biz kardeşiz. Kardeşler arasında sorun yaşanmaz.

 

Ruşen Çakır Yeniden liberal-İslamcı ittifakı

 

Globe and Mail  Iraqi Kurdistan offers Washington no easy choices

 

PKK Koordinatörü Türkiye'ye geliyor
   

Boston Globe The true Iraq appeasers (By Peter W. Galbraith)

 

Ambassador Peter Galbraith Talks About His Book "The End of Iraq"
Voice of America

 

Slate Today's Papers  Wikipedia  antiwar.com   technorati

 

Baloda asker ne konuştu

 

Başbuğ Her adımı baştan öldürmemek lazım

 

"Türkiye ile ABD PKK konusunda aynı çizgide değil"

 

[HABER ANALİZ] Lübnan oylamasında parmak takibi yapılacak

 

Lüzum, hudut, şümul ve zamanı hükümetin kararı

 

SOLİ ÖZEL  General, kabzımal ve diğerleri

 

ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ Teröre anlamlı cevap

 

FEHMİ KORU  Yanlış proje

 

Ertuğrul Özkök Paşalar kucaklaşır mı

 

Komutanlar ve izlenimler Hasan Celal Güzel

 

Arslan BULUT Kıvrıkoğlu, Büyükanıt ve PKK Koordinatörü Joseph Ralston

 

Mümtazer Türköne Ülke güvenliği için: Hamaset yerine yönetişim

 

Eser Karakaş Askerin rolü, üniter devlet ve Cumhuriyet’in temel nitelikleri

 

Büyükanıt'la yeni dönem İsmet Berkan

 

Hasan CEMAL Çekiçle çivi, askerle rolü!

 

Turkey to buy 30 F16s - air force chief

 

EMRE AKÖZ 'Andıç' hazırlayana dur!

 

YASİN DOĞAN Üç komutan…

 

Fikret BİLA Baykal: Asıl risk dinler savaşına bulaşmak

 

Derdimiz ne? (2) Gündüz Aktan

 

Zionism and the crisis of Turkish-American relations Christopher VASILLOPULOS

 

Türkiye'den vurabilir

 

AKP yönetiminin tezkere baskısı

1 Mart'çılar ablukada

Barzani'ye uyarı ABD Dışişleri Bakan Yardımcısı Fried, "Topraklarının, PKK'ya sığınak olmaması Kürt yönetiminin sorumluluğunda. Hiçbir şey bunu mazur gösteremez" dedi

 

30 yeni F-16 alınacak

 

 Ankara’nın istediği bölgeyi BM kabul etmezse ne » olur?

 

 Tezkere için bugün ’Ulusa seslenecek’

 

 Büyükanıt’a ’bedelli’ için MHP desteği

 

 Yahudi Müslüman savaşına karışmayın

 

 AB kokartlı Mehmetçik

 

İlk talimat Deniz Kuvvetleri'ne

Arınç'la tezkere takvimini görüştü

 

Güler Kömürcü Retçilerin sayısı ve Paşa beklentileri

 

İsmail Küçükkaya
AK Parti neden bu kadar istekli?

 

AKP’de 'vicdan' muhasebesi 

 

Lübnan'a 'AKP müfrezesi' gitsin

 

Sezer: yetki bende

 

Başbuğ width=4 Teröriste af olmaz

 

Towards a harsh regular report for Turkey
Guldener Sonumut

 

Can Dündar Gül ile Babacan niye soğuk?

 

ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Mahpus toplum ve mahpus siyaset

 

Yalçın Doğan Karşı oy yazısı fikir verdi  Türkiye milletvekilliği üzerine.

 

Süheyl Batum ‘Yeni bir seçim sistemi’ derken

 

Şükrü Küçükşahin İhtiyaç yeni parti değil, bütünleşme

 

Serhat Albayrak Star gazetesi genel müdürü Başbakan Erdoğan'ın dünürü Sadık Albayrak'ın büyük oğlu, Star gazetesine genel müdür oldu

 

Ülkücüler, 26 yıl sonra 12 Eylül’le hesaplaşıyor

  

H3 Hürriyet 600 asker gidecek Lübnan’a ’Barış Tugayı’ olarak bilinen 28. Mekanize Piyade Tugayı’ndan 600 askerin gönderilmesi planlanıyor. Bölgeyi tanıyan uzmanların eğitiminden geçirilen askerler ’Bosna Modeli’nde olduğu gibi öncelikle halkın ihtiyaçlarını karşılayacaklar. Askerlerimize 1 firkateyn, 2 sahil güvenlik botu eşlik edecek.

 

Vatan 1 korvet, 1 fırkateyn: İlk etapta 290 asker

 

Murat Yetkin PKK'ya karşı iki özel düzenleme  TSK'nın en seçkin birliklerinden Özel Kuvvetler Komutanlığı yeniden yapılandırıldı. Hakkâri'de yeni bir tümen oluşturuldu

 

Cengiz Çandar Tüm yazıları Türkiye’nin “stratejik kararı” ve “Bremen Mızıkacıları”...

 

Mehmet Ali Birand Kürtler sessiz mi kalacaklar?

 

FAZ PKK içinde iktidar savaşı

 

Mehmet Tezkan PKK aslında Kürt halkının düşmanı..

 

Daily Telegraph: Çözüm Kandil Dağı'nı işgal

Yabancı basın: Bombalar çok riskli

Appointment Special Envoy for Countering the PKK

 

Semih İDİZ Sezer'in Talabani politikası yanlış

 

Taha AKYOL Terör ve bir arada yaşamak

 

Cüneyt Ülsever Emperyal devlet olmak ne demek?

 

South ahoy! Burak BEKDİL Turkey may lose credit if it does not send peacekeepers under Resolution 1701, but it will probably gain nothing if it does.

 

Yusuf KANLI September syndrome

 

Ralston, terör örgütü PKK ile görüşmeyecek

 

ABD kararlı, yeni temsilci PKK ile »  görüşmeyecek

 

Sami KOHEN İran faktörü

 

DTP’li başkan törene alınmadı

 

AKP'nin Lübnan kararı yeni Ortadoğu ve İran'la ilgili SAAD MUHYU

 

Derya SAZAK Hangi ateşkes?

 

Asker gönderME Nuray Mert

 

Şahin Alpay İsrail eleştirisi ve anti-semitizm

 

ABHaber Olli Rehn:"Kıbrıs'ın birleştirilmesi sürecinde ilerleme herkesin çıkarınadır" (Orjinal metin)

Kramer:''Türkiye’nin Lübnan’a asker göndermesi AB’deki karşıtlarının ellerindeki bazı kozları alır''

EUobserver.com MEPs prepare critical report on Turkey

Babacan Brüksel yolcusu

Papadopulos, DİKO liderliğini bırakıyor

 

Papadopulos liderliği bırakıyor

 

BM ve AB, Kıbrıslı liderlere ‘çözüm mutabakatını uygulayın’ çağrısı yaptı

 

Erivan ile gayri resmi diplomasi

 

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

 

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL Siyasi suikastler cenneti!

 

Oktay Ekşi İşin aslını konuşalım...

 

Lale SIVGIN  İktidar hep kale arkasındaydı

 

Nuh Gönültaş Gel tezkere gel bitsin bu gurbet!

 

NAZLI ILICAK

 

Ömer Lütfi Mete Şahin, kahin ve hain

 

Ahmet Hakan Mücahit Perinçek

 

Serdar Turgut Doğu Perinçek ve Mao

 

Kendimizi anlatmaya çalışıyoruz TÜSİAD’la da görüşeceğiz

 

Sınav 2007'de Mahfi Eğilmez

 

Enflasyon beklentilerine ne ölçüde güvenebiliriz? Fatih Özatay

 

Gazi Erçel IMF’de oy gücümüz artıyor

 

IMF'de yeni paylar
Türkiye'nin IMF'deki oy hakkının artması ne anlama gelir? Prof. Minibaş yanıtladı

 

Dan Drezner You try changing the distribution of power in the IMF!!

 

MÜSİAD: Körfez'de 1 trilyon dolarlık iş var

 

Memur meydanlara Hükümetin önerdiği zam oranını kabul etmeyen sendikalar eylem yapacak

 

Cerrah'tan linç övgüsü

 

Yargıtay ‘basın abartabilir’ derken, üyeleri kendileriyle ilgili her habere dava açıyor

 

Yüksek Öğretim Kurulu'nun stratejisi FİKRET ŞENSES 

Türk yapımı roket sistemi ‘Kasırga’ya büyük ilgi

Rizgari DTP’li başkan paşanın odasından kovuldu

 

”Hesap soracağız”!

 

Türk silahlı güçleri Kürdistanda yeniden yapılanıyor

 

Gazi: iyi bir çözüm, tüm tarafların katılacağı diplomatik bir çözümdür

 

Mazlumder: Alçaklık sadece Kürtlere değil Türklere de yakışmaz

Soma: Iraq's new paper tiger
Macleans

H4 New York Times The High Price of Friendship By PATRICIA WEITSMAN Once the United States emerges from Iraq, we would do well to re-examine our growing reliance on coalition warfare.

 

U.S. Drafts List of Sanctions as Iran Ignores Deadline  Sanctions the U.S. is seeking could start with restrictions on Iran’s imports of nuclear material, but the plan faces a high hurdle at the U.N.

 

Bush Shifting Public Focus to Terrorism and Iraq War

 

Editorial Stars in Their Eyes There should be an honest assessment of whether the United States missile defense system has any chance of working and how much more will have to be spent before it does.

 

DAVID BROOKS  A Guide for the Perplexed To understand why the scandal surrounding the outing of the C.I.A. agent Valerie Plame has fizzled, there are four things you must remember about your political class. (full text here Bamboozled Brooks)

 

Violence Grows, Killing 52 Iraqis, in Face of Security Plan

By DAMIEN CAVE

In the deadliest of several attacks, a bomb inside a vendor’s cart exploded in the Shorja market, the oldest and largest bazaar in Baghdad, killing at least 24 civilians.

 

 

Shaky Darfur Peace at Risk as New Fighting Looms

H5 Washington Post  How We're Losing the War Despite Some Notable Achievements, New Thinking Is Needed on the Home Front and AbroadBy John Lehman,  Are we killing, capturing, or deterring jihadists faster than they are being produced? The answer is an emphatic no.

 

PostGlobal Should it be a goal of the US to reduce that hostility and, if so, what's the best way to do it?

 

Violence in Iraq Kills 60 As Market, Recruits Hit

U.S. Troops, Shiite Militia Fight in Eastern Baghdad

 

Early Warning Rumsfeld's Enemy: It's Us

 

Israel Rebuffs U.N. on Blockade

Annan Says Lifting Lebanon Restrictions Would Help Cease-Fire

 

Bush's Blunt Rhetoric Signals New Thrust
spacerPresident's team launches a campaign accusing his political foes of aiming to appease terrorists and cut off funding for troops on the battlefield.

 

H6 Guardian US: we'll be out of Iraq in a year General predicts US exit date amid unbridled savagery across Iraq.

 

No role for British forces in Iraq

 

Labour will lose the next election if it isn't brave enough to ditch Blair now Neal Lawson: The party conference is the prime minister's last chance to do the right thing and announce his timetable for departure.

Hizbullah's victory has transformed the Middle East George Galloway: The defeat of the regional superpower could yet open the way to a wider settlement of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Cluster bombing 'immoral'  UN humanitarian chief says civilians in Lebanon are still being killed daily.

Peril UK troops face in Afghanistan 'was underplayed' · MoD admits difficulties of task were not conveyed
· Officials say struggle with Taliban still in early days

Ministers say 24/7 news demands 3,200 press officers Politics: The government defends a huge increase in press officers in a decade, blaming 24/7 news culture.

Scheme to limit east Europeans
Ministers are planning to introduce a work permit system for Bulgarians and Romanians that will require them to prove they can fill specific skill shortages.

 

Caracas bids to build homes on golfing greens · Mayor seeks compulsory purchase of elite courses
· Capital needs 1m houses but opposition cries foul

H7 Boston Globe Blinded by a concept (By George Soros)  THE FAILURE OF Israel to subdue Hezbollah demonstrates the many weaknesses of the war-on-terror concept. One of those weaknesses is that even if the targets are terrorists, the victims are often innocent civilians, and their suffering reinforces the terrorist cause.

 

Democracy Arsenal The Danger and Promise of Democracy Promotion

OpenDemocracy What next? Lebanon exposes US failure, Israeli weakness, and danger of wider war. Now, global patriots must think European, says Anthony Barnett

 

On top of the world

Kofi Annan's successor will be Asian, a man - and chosen in secret. By next time, the UN rules must change, says David Mepham

 

An interview with former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy on the war in Lebanon and who won and who lost.

 

Asia Times Iran's time to talk is over Ahmadinejad has challenged Bush to a debate on world affairs. It's not going to happen. Also, and much more significant, what is not likely to happen is that the US and its international partners will call for dialogue with, rather than punitive action against, Iran over its nuclear program. Yet this is the only way out. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

 

Behind the plan to bomb Iran The neo-conservatives' militarization of US foreign policy stems largely from the fact that they operate on behalf of two immensely powerful special interests - the military-industrial complex and the Israeli lobby. The latter, though, is the junior partner in this unspoken alliance: the merchants of arms call the shots. - Ismael Hossein-zadeh

 

KR Bush faces an uphill battle to impose sanctions on Iran

 

AEI How Oil Lubricates Our Enemies  By Victor Davis Hanson
Huge petroleum profits empower dictators, subsidize nuclear proliferation, and curtail economic reform.

 

PINR "Falling Home Prices Could Trigger a U.S. and Global Recession"  Full text of report

H8 BBC Iran nuclear deadline to expire  A deadline for Iran to suspend uranium enrichment expires on Thursday, with UN powers mulling possible sanctions.

 

Lebanon 'desperate for new funds'

Aid agencies plead for generous pledges as donors gather in Sweden to discuss Lebanese reconstruction.

Donors looking to rebuild Lebanon

Annan's tough Mid-East challenge

Crisis facts and figures

 

SyriaComment "What do Sunnis intend for Alawis following Regime change?" by Khudr

 

Daily Star Expect chaos if Siniora's Cabinet falls
By Michael Young

 

Al Awsat The Courage of Nasrallah : Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed

 

Lebanon: Reconstruction and Rivalry
Stratfor 

 

Asia Times Doubts whether Bush is good for Israel Influential voices within the US Jewish community are questioning the Bush administration's hardline positions on the Middle East, arguing that they harm, rather than protect, Israel's interests. Most of all, they want to see Washington talk to Syria. - Jim Lobe

 

The first chapter from Jihad in Islamic History: Doctrines and Practice

 

Washington Institute The Damascus-Hizballah Axis: Bashar al-Asad’s Vision of a New Middle East By Seth Wikas  

 

Making the Lebanon Ceasefire Work: Security Requirements and Implications for an International Force

 

Austin Bay From Hezbollah to Hezbollost

H9 Ha’aretz - Print Edition

 

War? No way From now on every government will have to take into account that a substantial and influential part of public opinion does not consider any number of lives lost to be acceptable. In such an atmosphere, with headlines counting the dead each day, every war is a predetermined defeat.

 

Rosner - Get ready for the Democrats The midterm election campaign committee is scheduled to meet next week and throw the Democrats in high gear, which will probably lead them to victory. They can expect to take over the House of Representatives for the first time after a decade of Republican control.

 

Iran at the mike Hassan Nasrallah's surprising speech Sunday will almost definitely save Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from a government probe. Defense Minister Amir Peretz and Chief of Staff Dan Halutz may also breathe a certain sigh of relief.

 

Italy: World won't tolerate Syrian arms shipments to Hezbollah

 

Jerusalem Post US would consider Israeli request for military aid US official rejects claim that US knew of war in advance, says wider ground invasion improved Israel's standing in UN

 

Empty threat or Syrian pressure for Golan negotiations
Syria must first change its policy regarding its support of terrorism and its relationship with Iran.

 

Benny Morris on “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy”

 

New Republic The Return of Walt and Mearsheimer by Martin Peretz
The scholars who purported to prove the "Israel Lobby" controls U.S. foriegn policy have resurfaced.

 

Soul Mate by Yoav Fromer Is Ehud Olmert Lyndon Johnson all over again?

 

Yedioth Ahronoth Iran's nuclear menace  Alon Ben-Meir

 

'I inherited tough situation' At award ceremony in Herzliya, Defense Minister Amir Peretz explicitly criticizes his predecessor Shaul Mofaz. Referring to war, he says: In spite of my inexperience, I firmly deal with difficult situation left by experienced ones 

 

DEBKAfile Exclusive: The most burning issue on the mind of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in his talks in Jerusalem was not Lebanon – but Iran More...

 

 

H10 Christian Science Monitor 

 

A remarkable global phenomenon is being obscured by headlines about the Middle East: The ancient scourge of war has disappeared, at least in the sense of one government's army doing battle with another

 

Der Spiegel TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING The Curse of Natural Resources Many countries with enormous reserves of oil, gas or precious metals, are plagued with disproportionate poverty, corruption and mismanagement. Would the people in Nigeria, Congo or Russia be better off without their natural gifts?

 

Dan Dreznner Council on Foreign Relations, U.S. Trade Strategy: Free Versus Fair.

H11 IHT Bush has a job to do President George W. Bush now has an opportunity to bring the Arab-Israeli conflict to an end.

 

A double standard at the UN Through prudent diplomacy backed by stringent IAEA inspections, the Security Council can still ensure that Iran will remain free of nuclear weapons.

 

When the world wanted to help America Lessons from Hurricane Katrina could contribute to more effective American and global crisis response; these examples of international goodwill should inspire American leadership and action.

 

Washington Times A reality check for Europe Taking the lead in Lebanon

 

OpenDemocracy France's hesitant strength

French caution over troop deployment in Lebanon reflects military responsibility not political cowardice, says Patrice de Beer

 

USIP Kosovo: Ethnic Nationalism at its Territorial Worst

H12 RFE/RL  Iran: Examining Tehran's Nuclear Progress How does the recently inaugurated heavy-water plant tie into Iran's overall nuclear program and does it mean Iran is closer to making a nuclear bomb?

 

 

Iraqi Forces Need 12-18 Months, Says General Iraqi forces may be ready to assume responsibility for security in Iraq in as little as a year, says the top U.S. commander in the country

 

From Azerbaijan, whether struggling to find educational materials for children or teaching adults how to read, the Lezgi are trying to keep their identity alive.

 

New Republic Past Imperfect by Daniel Widome Why Japan's neighbors secretly love the Yasukuni Shrine.

 

 

Ukrainian Jews do well on top-100 list

 

H13 The Times Leader Stage two The next political steps for Lebanon and Israel

 

Anatole Kaletsky  The men in grey suits are at the door. Blair must say now when he is going Tony Blair's judgment is now so erratic that he may not be willing to cede power gracefully at all

 

Rebels and riots haunt Musharraf by Bronwen Maddox The uprising in the southwest of Pakistan could be the beginning of the end for President Musharraf

 

WSJ

H14 Financial Times COMMENT: The west must stop meddling in Iran's affairs For Iranians, democracy is not a new idea but an ongoing struggle. Iran can do without lectures on the importance of democracy from the US and others, writes Scheherazade Daneshkhu.

 

UN nuclear deadline leaves Iran's leader with a challenge that may define his rule

 

EU to continue talks with Tehran despite passing of UN deadline

 

UN condemns Israeli strategy as ‘immoral’

 

COMMENT: Bush's love of India will outlast him

The burgeoning US-India relationship reached a high point early this year when Mr Bush visited New Delhi for the first time and concluded an unprecedented deal, writes Edward Luce

 

COMMENT: Why Asia needs a more active market in ideas The region has no shortage of think-tanks. But most produce pedestrian work that often fails to grapple with - or answer - the hard questions, writes Guy de Jonquières.

 

Editorial Rumsfeld's confusion Donald Rumsfeld can seem peculiarly friendless. Calling for the American defence secretary's resignation is a popular sport for everyone from retired generals to...

 

Allies balk at more troops for Afghanistan

 

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Double trouble: how political purges are remaking Poland The Kaczynski brothers have created a climate of concern – if not of fear – that is giving rise to new political divides within the EU’s biggest eastern state, write Jan Cienski and Stefan Wagstyl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial

H16 KR Democrats thinking ahead to possible victory this fall

 

realclearpoliticsABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec -  Blogometer

 

Former State Dept. Official Admits Role as CIA Leak Source

 

The Powell-Armitage-Wilkerson cabal

 

H17 Daily Telegraph Hopes of peace recede There is a huge discrepancy between the UN's ideal settlement in Lebanon and the reality that there is likely to be further  fighting.

 

How Gordon sees the world
article by Mark Leonard, The Spectator, 26 August 2006

 

World according to Premier Brown by Mark Leonard, The Sun

 

Weekly Standard The Origins of British Jihad The problem--Deobandism--comes from Pakistan.

 

H18 Independent  What If...? An alternative history of the world

 

Pressure for ban on cluster bombs as Israel is accused of targeting civilians

 

Hamish McRae: Americans are in for tough times, even if the Fed won't (yet) say it

H19 SecrecyNews The policy infrastructure of U.S. intelligence community is defined by directives issued by the Director of National Intelligence on everything from security policy to roles and missions to relations with Congress. The new system of policy statements, known as Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs), is the successor to the former Director of Central Intelligence Directives (DCIDs). The new ICDs are gradually supplementing, modifying or replacing the existing DCIDs. The DNI has also issued a series of Intelligence Community Policy Memorandums (ICPMs), which are initial statements of policy that have not yet been formalized as an ICD. Sever