Mistaken on Iraq - Lawrence Korb, National Review letter
Misreading the Surge - Gian Gentile, World Politics Review
Lessons from LTG Ray Odierno - Ralph Peters, New York Post
General Odierno Returns Home - G. Tracy Mehan, III, The American Spectator
The 'Weak States' Gap - Susan Rice, Washington Post
Promoting Human Rights - Nir Boms, Washington Times
Equal Human Rights - M. Ashraf Haidari, Washington Times
A Popularity Offensive - Michael Gerson, Washington Post
Eric Clapton is a Musical Diplomat - Ben Macintyre, London Times
McCain's National Security Bona Fides - R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., Washington Times
No Time for Foreign Policy Amateurs - Trudy Rubin, Miami Herald
Colombia's Justifiable Raid - USA Today editorial
War Drums in the Andes - Stephanie Hanson, Newsweek
South America Standoff - Michael Moynihan, Weekly Standard
South America's Fracas - Austin Bay, Washington Times
Timetable Needed for Cuba - Jorge Castañeda, Miami Herald
Why Kenya is Critical to Africa's Future - Francis Kornegay, Christian Science Monitor
Irresolution on Iran - Wall Street Journal editorial
Iran's State Within a State - Con Coughlin, London Daily Telegraph
Israel's Patience is Running Out - Vic Alhadeff, Sydney Morning Herald
Israel's Right to Fight - Ira Rifkin, Baltimore Sun
Palestinian Funding - Joel Mowbray, Washington Times
Israel's Lawyer Attack - Barbara Opall-Rome, New York Post
The Lord of War Arrested - Michael Scherer, Time
North Korea's Deadly Exit - Bill Powell, Time
Prize in Eurasian Game - Ariel Cohen, Washington Times
Dark Days in Armenia - New York Times editorial
FISA, ACLU and Terrorism - Clifford May, National Review
Post-9/11 Reform Follies - Gabriel Schoenfeld, New York Post
Buy the Best Tanker - New York Times editorial
Cantankerous Over Tankers - Washington Times editorial
War Profiteering by Tax Dodge - Boston Globe editorial

We Can't Win These Wars on Our Own - John Nagl, Washington Post
The State of Iraq: An Update - Campbell, O'Hanlon and Unikewicz, New York Times
Generals Criticizing War - Tom Ricks's Inbox, Washington Post
The Iraq War Will Cost Us $3 Trillion - Bilmes and Stiglitz, Washington Post
Iraq, the Uniter - Seattle Times editorial
NATO's European Mission - Washington Post editorial
The Last Letter Home - Michael Phillips, Wall Street Journal
One Brave Afghan's Mission - Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer
Murdered in a House of God - Jerusalem Post editorial
Annapolis's Fading Hope - David Ignatius, Washington Post
'Declaration of Principles' for the Mideast - Herbert Kelman, Boston Globe
Killings Cannot Dim Israel's Respect for Life - Ron Prosor, London Daily Telegraph
Israel's Moral War Against Hamas - Efrain Inbar, Jerusalem Post
Living with the Enemy - Jonah Goldberg, New York Post
The Israel Litmus Test - Aaron David Miller, Los Angeles Times
Is There a Cure for Cuba? - George Will, Washington Post
Let the South Americans Settle It - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial
Thugs, Demogogues and Latin America - David Warren, Ottawa Citizen
Tax Cut For Hugo Chavez? - Investor's Business Daily editorial
Cocaine Means Part of Africa Dies - Antonio Maria Costa, Guardian
Taiwan's Straits of Reality - Herbert London, Washington Times
Medvedev's Russia - Chicago Tribune editorial
Bellicosity in Belarus - Tsotne Bakuria, Washington Times
Other National Elections that will Affect America - Trudy Rubin, Miami Herald
We Need to See More Uniforms - Jenny McCartney, London Daily Telegraph
The Brave Wear a Uniform - Sarah Sands, Independent
Terrorism: Listen Up - Clifford May, Washington Times
Tweak $70 Billion War on Terror - Gordon Barthos, Toronto Star
Bring Khadr Home - Toronto Star editorial
Waterboarding - William Safire, New York Times
Chance for U.S. to Say 'No' to Torture - Mark Bowden, Philadelphia Inquirer
Dems vs. Defense - New York Post editorial
Mapping Our World - Baltimore Sun editorial
The Rosenberg Case - Washington Post editorial

Fighting Global Insurgency - Los Angeles Times editorial
Losing `the Other War' - Miami Herald editorial
S. Asia: Cauldron of Chaos - Peter Brookes, New York Post
The Fall of the Lord of War - Boston Globe editorial
The Chávez Democrats - Wall Street Journal editorial
The FARC's Guardian Angel - Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
The FARC Files - Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Wall Street Journal
Cuba Embargo Has Run Course - Vickki Huddleston, Miami Herald
Is a Third Intifada Brewing? - Ilene R. Prusher, Christian Science Monitor
Fear and Gullibility as Weapons - Barry Rubin, Jerusalem Post
Chaos of Gaza Cries Out - Haroon Siddiqui, Toronto Star
Fatah Must Reinvent Itself - Mouin Rabbani, Daily Star
Where is My Brother, My Keeper? - Shmuley Boteach, Jerusalem Post
Palestinian Celebration of Murder - Michael Goodwin, New York Daily News
The Way of the Albatross - James Zumwalt, Washington Times
Tribalism Here, and There - Roger Cohen, New York Times
Surrendering the Rule of Law - Nat Hentoff, Washington Times
Home-grown Terrorism - Philip Jenkins, Los Angeles Times
Reject U.N.'s Anti-democratic Conference - Claudia Rosett, Philadelphia Inquirer
Sound Veto - National Review editorial
High-flown Nonsense Over Terror - Stephen Pollard, London Times
China: Let's Talk - Washington Post editorial
Malaysia's New Dawn - The Australian editorial
The Great EU Betrayal - William Rees-Mogg, London Times
Do Not Betray the Commonwealth - Philip Johnston, London Daily Telegraph
Outsourcing US Security - Christian Science Monitor editorial
The "Don't Protect America" Democrats - Matthew Continetti, Weekly Standard
No Saudi Help on Oil - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial
America Can't Afford to Maintain Empire - Cynthia Tucker, Baltimore Sun
The Arms Race in Space May Be On - Steven Lee Meyers, New York Times
Give Military Kids a Break - Washington Times editorial

Lawfare's Soft Targets - Andrew McCarthy, Human Events
Reality and the Iraq War - Michael O'Hanlon, USA Today
Iraq's Surging Violence - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Iran's Fear, Iraq's Chance - Amir Taheri, New York Post
Keeping Iraq in the Dark - Glenn Zorpette, New York Times
Help for Our Helpers in Iraq - Boston Globe editorial
Fuzzy Plans for Iraq - Derrick Jackson, Boston Globe
Turkey in Iraq: Poor Communication - Tulin Daloglu, Washington Times
Weak Democracy in Pakistan - Boston Globe editorial
Pakistan's Progress - Kay Bailey Hutchison, Wall Street Journal
Slow but Steady Not Bad for Pakistan - Bronwen Maddox, London Times
Israel, Pull No Punches in Gaza - Richard Chesnoff, New York Daily News
Colombia Border Conflict Resolved? - David Montero, Christian Science Monitor
Chavez Threatens War to Protect Terrorists - Oliver North, Human Events
Brand Cuba - Michael Casey, Wall Street Journal
When Cuban Spies Become Diplomats - Chris Simmons, Miami Herald
Ms. Rice's Retreat - Washington Post editorial
Bush's Tortured Veto - Los Angeles Times editorial
Tortured Logic - San Francisco Chronicle editorial
Waterboarding Veto - Philadelphia Inquirer editorial
Anti-terror Conundrum - Joshua Sinai, Washington Times
Did We Overreact to 9/11? - Scott MacLeod, Time
The Left's Patriotism Gap - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
Australia's Regional Priorities - The Australian editorial
Malaysia's 'Political Tsunami' - Lorien Holland, Newsweek
Right Recipe for Thailand? - Hannah Beech, Time
Defence Lacks Solutions - Allan Behm, The Australian
Rudd's Quest for True Blue Muslims - Richard Kerbaj, The Australian
Aid for Poor Makes Little Difference - Mark Lange, Christian Science Monitor
Radio Fear America - New York Times editorial
Military Deserves Better from the MoD - London Daily Telegraph editorial
Boeing Loses a Tanker War - Chicago Tribune editorial
Plane Wreck - Frank Gaffney Jr., Washington Times
Spanish Election: A Mandate in Madrid - London Times editorial

Surging in All Directions: Philip Giraldi

The First Casualty: Joseph L. Galloway

'Kill a Hundred Turks and Rest…': Uri Avnery

Support Ebbs for Hard Line on Iran: Jim Lobe

We Don't Torture...in Debates: William Fisher

Musharraf faces bench's fury
The alliance that plans to form Pakistan's new government has made it clear it will reinstate all 63 senior judges sacked for refusing to recognize an emergency order introduced by President Pervez Musharraf last year. Then Musharraf will be asked to step down, and if he refuses, impeachment proceedings will be started. (Mar 11, '08)

Democracy on the dragon's doorstep
No matter what Beijing's censors say, Taiwan's presidential election on March 22 will be a reminder to mainland Chinese that a democratic society flourishes in the "renegade province". The important race, which could write a new chapter in cross-strait relations, has young mainlanders abandoning the hard line of their elders and calling for flexible attitudes and harmonious relations. - Cindy Sui (Mar 11, '08)

A way to stave off Iran sanctions
Indonesia, by abstaining from the United Nations Security Council vote to impose a third round of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, showed up many of its fellow travelers in the Non-Aligned Movement. With their two-thirds majority at the UN, NAM states, given the political will, have the power to influence this major international crisis by pre-empting further UN action against Tehran. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi (Mar 11, '08)

COMMENT
Big bang or chaos: What's Israel up to?
Whether Israel's military logic revolved around the "chaos theory" or the "big bang", its iron-fist intervention in Gaza was neither to send a message to the Israeli public nor to "commit genocide". Rather, Israel's plans are regional, with Gaza being a testing ground. - Ramzy Baroud (Mar 11, '08)

The Pentagon vs. Petraeus - Wall Street Journal editorial
Adm. Fallon Steps Down - New York Post editorial
Fallon Didn't Get It - Max Boot, Los Angeles Times
Fallon: The Man Between War and Peace - Thomas Barnett, Esquire
Long Fight with AQ-I in Mosul? - Sam Dagher, Christian Science Monitor
Baghdad Music and Ballet School Soldiers On - Melik Kaylan, Wall Street Journal
Pakistan's Political Enemies - Harlan Ullman, Washington Times
Slaughter, Jubilation, and the "Peace Process" - Jaff Jacoby, Boston Globe
Bipartisan Support for State of Israel - The Australian editorial
Israel's Far-flung Friend - Philip Chester, The Australian
If Talks fail, Dissolve the PA - Ali Jarbawi, Daily Star
Gaza: The Futility of Deterrence - Daoud Kuttab, Jerusalem Post
Create Opportunity from Gaza's Strife - Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star
Residents and Citizens - Jerusalem Post editorial
Whither Israeli Arabs? - Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
Explaining Iran - Jerusalem Post editorial
Iran: Glass Half Full or Half Empty? - Karim Sadjadpour, Daily Star
Iran Still a Target? - Stephen Kinzer, Baltimore Sun
Russia: Change You Cannot Believe In - Reuben Johnson, Weekly Standard
Serbia’s Choice - New York Times editorial
Why Serbia Will Join the EU - Kouchner and Bildt, London Times
The Latest Dutch Film Debacle - Joseph Loconte, Weekly Standard
Sarkozy the Savior? - Paul Belien, Washington Times
Darfur's Return to Hell - Bloomfield and Butler, Independent
Tensions Ease in South America - Washington Times editorial
Sent Back to Cuba - Miami Herald editorial
China's War on Terror - Wall Street Journal editorial
Door Opens for Opposition in Malaysia - Natasha Rudra, Canberra Times
Beware the Dangers of Goa - London Times editorial
The New Face Of Hunger - Ban Ki-moon, Washington Post
OPEC's Triumph - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Facing Challenges with Courage, Confidence - Chertoff and Ridge, Miami Herald
Inverse False Alarms on Terror - Gartenstein-Ross and Dabruzzi, Weekly Standard
The Waterboarding Veto - Daniel Gallington, Washington Times
Peacenik Thugs - Michelle Malkin, New York Post
The Flag and the Cross - Baltimore Sun editorial

Petraeus Shouldn't be a Solo Act - Korb and Duggan, Los Angeles Times
Al Qaeda's Fading Victory - Austin Bay, Washington Times
On War: Two Americas - Clifford May, National Review
Containment Strategies - Kenneth Weisbrode, Washington Times
Iran's Choice: Military or Military - Amir Taheri, London Times
Iran Can Only Wait and Pray - David Blair, London Daily Telegrah
Iran: A New Mideast Partner? - Stephen Kinzer, Boston Globe
Iran and Iraq - Diana West, Washington Times
The Dems’ Iraq Paralysis - Abe Greenwald, Commentary
Obama on Iraq - Michael Gerson, Washington Post
What Foreign Policy Agenda? - Andrew Kohut, New York Times
In Search of a Mideast Cease-fire - Boston Globe editorial
Tired Gaza Two-Step - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
The Fight for Lebanon's Freedom - Ghadry and El-Khoury, Washington Times
Sudan: Preventing Another Genocide - New York Times editorial
Peace Won't Come to Zimbabwe - Tupy and Coltart, Wall Street Journal
Bush at the China Olympics - Christian Science Monitor editorial
Arming the Panda - Daniel Freedman, National Review
Food Crisis - Washington Post editorial
No Simple War - Ed Ruggero, Los Angeles Times

IRAN VOTES
Battle of the conservatives
In Iran there are reformers, conservatives and the really conservative. Those running for office in Friday's parliamentary elections come from the last category. Reformers are expected to win no more than 30 of the 290 seats up for grabs. - Sami Moubayed (Mar 14, '08)
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JC15Ak01.html

Al-Qaeda steps up its battle in Pakistan
Tuesday's double suicide attacks in Lahore killed at least 30 people, but the real target - a secret underground investigative unit - was missed. Al-Qaeda will try again though, as the newly formed unit poses a direct threat to its revived battle to win hearts and minds in Pakistan. - Syed Saleem Shahzad (Mar 14, '08)

COMMENT
US enters 'checkbook war' with China
With its forces stretched thin in Iraq and Afghanistan and its leader nearing lame-duck status, some might argue the end of the so-called American empire is near. If Washington's influence is dwindling, a new confrontation will emerge in which nations compete in a "cash war" over access to natural resources. In this battle the biggest spender wins, and the US is already being outpaced by Beijing. - Dmitry Shlapentokh (Mar 14, '08)

Hard-Won Progress In Baghdad - Anthony Diaz, Washington Post
The War for Iraq and its Lessons - Jules Crittenden, Weekly Standard
Looking at Iraq - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
IDA Report Gunsmoke - William Kristol, Weekly Standard
Hussein’s Horrific 1988 Genocide - Carter Andress, National Review
Saddam's Dangerous Friends - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard
Paulos Faraj Rahho, R.I.P. - Nina Shea, National Review
Reporting on the PKK - Deborah Howell, Washington Post
Bush's Afghanistan Envy - Fred Kaplan, Slate
Leaving Musharraf Behind - New York Times editorial
Turkey Changes, by the Numbers - Soner Cagaptay, Los Angeles Times
Model Azerbaijan - S. Rob Sobhani, Washington Times
How Not to Deal with Iran - Arthur Herman, New York Post
Australia Can't be Bullied on Backing Israel - The Australian editorial
Israel's Fear of World Opinion - Edward Bernard Glick, Washington Times
Tired Gaza Two-step - Victor Davis Hanson, Washington Times
Facing Mideast Facts - Mona Charen, National Review
Tamil Tigers and Elections - Wall Street Journal editorial
Sri Lanka's New Martyrs - Roger Severino, Washington Times
Trouble in Tibet - Washington Post editorial
China's Contradiction in Tibet - Boston Globe editorial
Tibet: Fire on the Roof - London Times editorial
Free Tibet Campaign: Tiananmen Revisited - London Daily Telegraph editorial
Assessing Terrorism - Claude Salhani, Washington Times
Human Rights Roll Call - Wall Street Journal editorial
Silence in the Ranks on Fallon - San Francisco Chronicle editorial
Resigned to Reality of This War - Oliver North, Human Events
Journalists: Detachment Matters - The Australian editorial
Times Square Blast: Media Hounded - David Karnes, Los Angeles Times
Passing Gas on Tanker Deal - National Review editorial
Democrats for Boeing - Christian Lowe, Weekly Standard

Iraq: Where Was the Plan? - L. Paul Bremer III, New York Times
Iraq: Too Heavy a Hand - Richard Perle, New York Times
Iraq: Das Loot - Anne-Marie Slaughter, New York Times
Iraq: So Much for Good Intentions - Kenneth Pollack, New York Times
Iraq: There’s No Freedom Gene - Danielle Pletka, New York Times
Iraq: Worries Over Being ‘Slimed’ - Nathaniel Fick, New York Times
Iraq: Congress in Recess - Paul Eaton, New York Times
Iraq: The Army Grew Into the Job - Frederick Kagan, New York Times
Iraq: Worse Than Lyndon Johnson’s Team? - Anthony Cordesman, New York Times
Iraq: A Crude Case for War? - Steven Mufson, Washington Post
Iraq: War's Price a Burden for Decades - Joseph Stiglitz, Philadelphia Inquirer
Iraq: Public Suffers War Fatigue - Dick Polman, Philadelphia Inquirer
Iraq: Mess will Snare Next President - Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer
Iraq: Mistakes, but Just War - Richard Perle, London Daily Telegraph
Iraq: Prolonging the Horror - Simon Jenkins, London Times
Iraq: War's Price Tag - Los Angeles Times editorial
Iraq: Five Years Later - Philadelphia Inquirer editorial
Patton, Iraq, and the 2008 Vote - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
IDF in Lebanon, Lessons for the Future - Tom Ricks, Washington Post
Defense Trade Currents - William Hawkins, Washington Times
A Farewell to the Army - John Rogers, Washington Post
From the Battlefield to B-School - Jane Porter, Business Week
Who Says The Elite Aren't Fit To Serve? - John Renehan, Washington Post
Waiting Games in the Middle East - David Ignatius, Washington Post
The Importance of Fallon's Fall - Michael Barone, Real Clear Politics
A New Pakistan - Washington Post editorial
Colombian Crisis Averted, for Now - Los Angeles Times editorial
Trade with Colombia Advances U.S. Interests - SOUTHCOM Generals, Miami Herald
Reprieve for a Beleaguered Haiti - Boston Globe editorial
Ending African 'History' - Faure Gnassingbe, Washington Times
China’s Shame - London Times editorial
EU Helps China Cripple Charity - Christopher Booker, London Daily Telegraph
Going Foggy on Beijing - Washington Times editorial
We Can Reduce Hunger in the World - Ban Ki-moon, Miami Herald
The Intelligence Cover-Up - New York Times editorial
Dim-bulb Intelligence Bill - Terence Jeffrey, Washington Times
Wiretapping's True Danger - Julian Sanchez, Los Angeles Times
America Must Not Justify Torture - Dennis Jett, Miami Herald

Now the Tibet blame game begins

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on Tuesday assured that "social order" has all but been restored in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, which has been scarred by anti-Chinese demonstrations. Beijing is now left to limit the damage from the high-profile disturbances, and is doing so by squarely blaming the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader, for not only instigating the unrest, but also for trying to sabotage China's Olympic dream. - John Ng (Mar 18, '08)

China and India: Oh to be different
Once again, with the unrest in Tibet, Beijing has been caught unprepared and has revealed its inability to deal with dissent and difference, despite the stated goal of creating a harmonious society. In direct contrast, India's diverse polity has flourished against all the odds precisely because of its ability to acknowledge difference. - Pallavi Aiyar (Mar 18, '08)

Two-horse race for Pakistan's hot seat
The battle within the Pakistan People's Party, the dominant group in the new coalition government, is a race between Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto, and party stalwart Makhdoom Amin Fahim. Zardari carries a lot of baggage, while Fahim would be the preferred candidate of President Pervez Musharraf and Washington. The "street-smart" Zardari is up for the fight. - Syed Saleem Shahzad (Mar 18, '08)

Guns? Not me says Viktor Bout
Viktor Bout, the 41-year-old Russian businessman being held on "terrorism charges" in Bangkok for conspiring to sell "millions of dollars worth of weapons" to Colombian guerrillas, is innocent, his lawyer vehemently claims. His reputation for selling guns, guns, guns is being disarmed by his legal team, which says any attempts to extradite Bout to Guantanamo Bay or elsewhere are based only on "blah blah blah". - Richard S Ehrlich (Mar 18, '08)

Khomeini's grandchild breaks her silence
The outspoken views of Zahra Eshraghi, granddaughter of Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the Islamic revolution in Iran, have put her at odds with Tehran's conservative hardliners and have drawn a gag order from her own prestigious family. But the recent mass disqualification of reformists in the March 14 parliamentary elections and what she feels are "delusions" maintained by the current regime have moved her to break her silence. (Mar 18, '08)

Indonesia plays
power catch-up
Indonesia is introducing a crash program to build power stations after underinvestment in the sector threatens to hold back the country's economic growth. The program could result in curbs on exports of fuel such as coal and gas, while failure to maintain growth could damage the re-election prospects of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. - Tom McCawley

Stuck in the Iraq Loop - Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek
What Has the Surge Really Achieved? - Jonathan Foreman, Pajamas Media
Security Gains Reverse Iraq's Spiral - Gary Langer, ABC News
Poll: Iraqis See Progress - Tom Bevan, Real Clear Politics
War Issue Waning - Linda Chavez, Washington Times
Victims and Survivors of the Whitehall Warriors - Peter Riddell, London Times
Brown's Pragmatic War on Terror - Rachel Sylvester, London Daily Telegraph
The Politics of Defense - Carter and Korb, Los Angeles Times debate
Saving the Republic - Bruce Fein, Washington Times
No Restraint on Renegade Spies - Boston Globe editorial
Iran's Checkmate - Ali Safavi, Washington Times
Importance of Fallon's Fall - Michael Barone, Washington Times
Turkey Wrestles with Islam's Place - Christian Science Monitor editorial
Abu Dhabi's Sovereign Funds - Yousef Al Otaiba, Wall Street Journal
Fight the FARC - Benard and Sugarman, National Review
Democracy in Retreat - Larry Diamond, Real Clear Politics
The New Dhimmi Times? - Frank Gaffney Jr., Washington Times
Voice Needed for Positive Islam - Frank Kaufmann, Washington Times
Habib's Lost Case a Victory for Sense - Gerard Henderson, Sydney Morning Herald
Taiwan Strait Tightrope - Ted Galen Carpenter, Wall Street Journal
Chinese Espionage - J. Randy Forbes, Washington Times
China Terrorizes Tibet - New York Times editorial
Crush Tibet: China's Only Path - Rosemary Righter, London Times
Tibet and the Ghosts of Tiananmen - Bill Powell, Time
Seeds of Rsistance Remain in Tibet - H.D.S. Greenway, Boston Globe
God and Man in China - Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
Beijing's Dread of Dissent - John Lee, The Australian
Cellphone Pictures In Lhasa - Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
Patriot Tanker Games - Wall Street Journal editorial
HMAS Sydney: Closure After 67 Years - The Australian editorial

Quiet Victory - Rich Lowry, National Review
Iraq Plus Five: What Went Right - Amir Taheri, New York Post
Surge of Optimism - Richard Nadler, National Review
If Iraq is Better, it's Because of John McCain - Con Coughlin, London Daily Telegraph
The Long War - Clifford May, National Review
Iraq and Unintended Consequences - Washington Times editorial
Democratic Fantasy Foreign Policy - National Review editorial
Key Decisions on Iraq that Still Haunt Us - Trudy Rubin, Miami Herald
Iraq: The Real Story - Oliver North, Human Events
No Great Expectations - Diana West, Washington Times
Hope in Pakistan - Richard Holbrooke, Washington Post
Turkey’s Democracy on Trial - New York Times editorial
A Palestinian Poll - R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., Washington Times
Freedom for Zimbabwe - Morgan Tsvangirai, Wall Street Journal
Sad Anniversary of Cuba's `Black Spring' - Miami Herald editorial
Hope and Change Amid Despair - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Democrats Are Still Weak on Security - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Gordon Brown's Dangerous World - London Daily Telegraph editorial
The Tightrope over Tibet - London Times editorial
China Fouls its Own Olympics - Boston Globe editorial
Beijing Olympics Imperiled - Washington Times editorial
All the Torch Represents is China - Simon Barnes, London Times
The World is Watching China - Frida Ghitis, Miami Herald
Gordon Brown Must Back Tibet's Freedom - Alice Thomson, London Daily Telegraph
China and Darfur - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
N. Korea Nuclear 'Incentives' - Washington Times editorial
Wiretaps and Blue Dogs - Wall Street Journal editorial
Buying American - Carter and Korb, Los Angeles Times debate

Hopeful Milestone in a Troubled War - The Australian editorial
Iraq: The Real Story - Oliver North, Real Clear Politics
End Support for Sunni Militias - Katulis and Moss, Philadelphia Inquirer
Iraq a Minefield for Candidates - Carl Leubsdorf, Real Clear Politics
Iraq & Afghanistan: Message from McCain - London Times editorial
Saddam, The Terrorist's Friend - Greg Sheridan, The Austalian
Iran's Tribute to Democracy - Boston Globe editorial
Iranian Entanglements - Christopher Holton, National Review
Peace-loving? - Walter Williams, Washington Times
With Extreme Prejudice - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
A Beijing Boycott Won't Work - Colin Moynihan, London Times
China's Genocide Games - Eric Reeves, Boston Globe editorial
Dalai Lama is No Politician - Patrick French, New York Times
Burma: Futile Diplomacy - Washington Post editorial
America needs a 21st Century GI Bill - Ford and From, Chicago Tribune
It's Good to Finally Find HMAS Sydney - Mike Carlton, Sydney Morning Herald
Accounting for CIA Money - New York Times editorial

Gen. McCaffrey Briefs the Future - Tom Ricks, Washington Post
The Army's Manpower Squeeze - Los Angeles Times editorial
Hopeful Milestone in a Troubled War - The Australian editorial
A Cost Benefit Analysis of Iraq - Gregory Scoblete, Real Clear Politics
Iraq, $5,000 Per Second? - Nicholas Kirstof, New York Times
Iraq: The Real Story - Oliver North, Washington Times
McCain's AQI Mistake - Robert Novak, Real Clear Politics
Cheney in Baghdad - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard
Where Has All the Rage Gone? - Tariq Ali, The Guardian
War Dodgers - Ben Ehrenreich, New York Times
Afghanistan Progress Despite Horrors, Apathy - John Metzler, World Tribune
Evil Targets the Pope - New York Daily News editorial
Why Radical Islam Just Won’t Die - Paul Berman, New York Times
The Bombers Who Bailed - Michael Jacobson, Washington Post
Kosovo: Recognition Without Power - Stephen Schwartz, Weekly Standard
China: Reminder of the Worst - Miami Herald editorial
Behind the 'Modern' China - Robert Kagan, Washington Post
China's Dilemma in Tibet - Richard Halloran, Washington Times
What They're Fighting for in Tibet - Abrahm Lustgarten, Washington Post
Volcano in the Himalayas - Joshua Kurlantzick, Los Angeles Times
Tibet: New Generation of Rebels - Jane Macartney, New York Post
Tibet: West Can Use Olympics as a Weapon - Michael Portillo, London Times
China: Gold Medal in Tyranny - Matthew Continetti, Weekly Standard
Dalai Lama's Gestures from Britain - Melanie McDonagh, London Daily Telegraph
Taiwan's New Head Seeks Change - Schuman and Tso, Time
A Ticking Clock on N. Korea - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Missile Defense at 25 - James Hackett, Washington Times

Intense Fighting Erupts In Iraq - Freeman and Raghavan, Washington Post
Iraq: Crackdown Sets Off Fighting - Kanber and Glanz, New York Times
Battles Erupt with Mahdi Army - Sam Dagher, Christian Science Monitor
Basra is the Test - London Daily Telegraph editorial
Anatomy of the Surge - Peter Feaver, Commentary
Unshared Sacrifice in Iraq - Mark Shields, Toronto Star
Voices From Iraq - Robert McFarlane, Wall Street Journal
The 'Emboldenment Effect' - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Iran’s at War... with Us - Max Boot, Commentary
Saudi Arabia and Human Rights - Caryle Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
Islam and Free Speech - Peter Hoekstra, Wall Street Journal
The Arabs Meet in Crisis - Amir Taheri, New York Post
Egypt Targets Moderates - Liam Stack, Christian Science Monitor
Africa and the Rise of Asia - Thomas Barnett, Washington Times
Robert Mugabe: a Bad Man in Africa - London Times editorial
Politics and Power in Zimbabwe - Robert Rotberg, Boston Globe
Secular Jihad in Turkey - Mustafa Akyol, Wall Street Journal
Building Strategic Relationships - Helle Dale, Washington Times
Disarmed in the War of Ideas? - Frank Gaffney Jr., Washington Times
A Brave New World Without Us - Lionel Beehner, USA Today
West Awakes from Suicidal Slumber - Janet Albrechtsen, The Australian
Appeasing the Islamists - Paul Belien, Washington Times
Islam’s ‘Public Enemy #1’ - Raymond Ibrahim, Weekly Standard
Allam an Allah - National Review Q&A
Olympic Shame - Washington Post editorial
A Letter to Beijing - Wall Street Journal editorial
China Drops the Ball - Toronto Star editorial
The Last of the Tibetans - Ian Buruma, Los Angeles Times
Olympic Nightmare - Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer
Chinese Close Window on Tibet - Gwyyn Dyer, Canberra Times
China Blind to Hostility - Richard Spencer, London Daily Telegraph
Cross-Strait Opening - New York Times editorial
Medvedev's Chance To Lead? - Masha Lipman, Washington Post
NSLs: Oversight's Results - Washington Post editorial
War Movies, Missing the Point - Max Boot, Commentary
British Army Must Go Into Schools - Magnus Linklater, London Times

A Smarter Weapon - Zinni and Smith, USA Today
Strategic Doctrine - Beres, McInerney and Vallely, Washington Times
Taking Stock of the War on Terror - Mark Danner, Salon
The 100 Years War - National Review editorial
Fight Violence with Nonviolence - Carriere and Nagler, Christian Science Monitor
FBI, NYC Teaming Against Terror - New York Daily News editorial
Portraits of War - Boston Globe editorial
4,000 Patriots - Cal Thomas, Real Clear Politics
Basra's Cautionary Tale - Washington Times editorial
On Saddam’s Order - Mark Eichenlaub, National Review
Bad Judgment on Iraqi Translator - Washington Post editorial
Iraqis Who Risked All Deserve Better - Miami Herald editorial
Protecting Americans' Habeas Rights - Los Angeles Times editorial
Arabian Rights - Christian Science Monitor editorial
Israel: Talks or Intifada? - Nat Hentoff, Village Voice
Punishing Hamas Has Backfired - Gareth Evans, Christian Science Monitor
Bosnia: Imagined Snipers, Real Challenges - Roger Cohen, New York Times
NATO: A U.N. Subsidiary - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial
NATO: Equal Alliance, Unequal Roles - Robert Kaplan, New York Times
NATO's Unhappy Warriors - A. Wess Mitchell, Los Angeles Times
NATO's Balkan Destiny - Antonio Milososki, Wall Street Journal
France's NATO Demands Unreasonable - Gardiner and McNamara, National Review
Saving Zimbabwe - New York Times editorial
Elections in Zimbabwe - Washington Times editorial
Bush's Africa Legacy - Michael Steele, Washington Times
Education is the Key in Latin America - Marifeli Pérez-Stable, Miami Herald
Taiwan Detente? - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial
Taiwan’s Delicate Dance - Boston Herald editorial
Chinese Engagement is a Two-way Street - Greg Sheridan, The Australian
China's Long March of Misery - Dominic Lawson, Canberra Times
Bravo, Bhutan - Wall Street Journal editorial
Bangladesh on Trial - Wall Street Journal editorial

Russia challenges US in the Islamic world

For the second year in a row, Russia this month attended the annual summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference as an observer. This signals Moscow's active extension of its involvement in the Middle East by directly challenging the US's traditional dominance of the region. The "peace dividend" of this growing friendship with the Islamic world also translates into hard dollars - from mega projects in Egypt and Saudi Arabia - under the US's nose - to renewed oil interests in Iraq. - M K Bhadrakumar (Mar 28, '08)

North Korea sends a missile warning
After weeks of increasingly acrimonious verbal sparring between North and South Korea, Pyongyang on Friday fired a volley of short-range missiles off South Korea's west coast. Seoul quickly dismissed the incident as routine, but few are falling for that: the nuclear deal with North Korea is coming undone. - Donald Kirk (Mar 28, '08)

Jitters over Syria's Kurdish clashes
The death of three Kurds in clashes with security forces in the Kurdish district of Qamishly in northeastern Syria has angered Kurds not only in Syria but also in neighboring Iraq and Turkey. This is very bad timing for a region on the verge of explosion. - Sami Moubayed (Mar 28, '08)

Afghanistan adrift in misplaced aid
The US$15 billion in donor aid for Afghanistan has to date been focused on numbers, quick delivery, high visibility and meeting benchmarks - a production-line approach to rebuilding a nation. An authoritative new report raises serious questions about this "solution" adopted by the donor community: the evidence in the shattered country is plain for all to see. - Aunohita Mojumdar (Mar 28, '08)

Bush and bin Laden's virtual war
The George W Bush administration's "war on terror" could be summed up in three words - "fragmentation, diminution, destruction". That's fragmentation brought about by "creative destabilization", as in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine; diminution of American prestige, both military and political, and thus of American power; destruction of political consensus within the US for a strong global role. And all this to the advantage of Osama bin Laden. - Mark Danner

19 Tense Hours in Sadr City - Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post
U.S. Airstrikes Aid Iraqi Army in Basra Siege - Erica Goode, New York Times
Bush Sees Iraq 'Defining Moment' - Jon Ward, Washington Times
U.S. Has Little Influence, Few Options - Karen DeYoung, Washington Post
British Warplanes Fire on Basra - Hider and Evans, London Times
Iraq and the Election - Daniel Gallington, Washington Times
Through Iraq, Path to the Presidency - Daalder and Gordon, Boston Globe
McCain's Views on the U.S. in Iraq - Charles Krauthammer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Justice for Iraq - Rivkin and Casey, Wall Street Journal
Untold Disaster of Iraqi Refugees - International Rescue Committee, Miami Herald
Curveball Revisited - Wall Street Journal editorial
What About Pakistan? - Harlan Ullman, Washington Times
A Snub for Syria - Boston Globe editorial
Libya Not Quite Free - Washington Post editorial
Mugabe's Last Stand - The Guardian editorial
Zimbabwe: Electricity of Hope - Jan Raath. London Times
Turkey's Disintegrating Democracy - Cuneyt Serdar, Los Angeles Times
Oil and Power in Latin America - Los Angeles Times editorial
US Plays Quiet Role in the Philippines - BBC news analysis
Politicizing the Olympics - Los Angeles Times editorial
China Syndrome - London Times editorial
Betting on China - Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal
What's Good for Taiwan - John Bolton, Los Angeles Times
NATO's Roadmap to Nowhere - Patrick Walters, The Australian
A Euro-army is Fantasy Land - Martin Kettle, The Guardian
We Must Learn More About Our Enemies - Greg Sheridan, The Australian
The Sunni-Shiite Terror Network - Amir Taheri, Wall Street Journal
Why Wake the President? - George Lardner Jr., Washington Post
Truth Deficit Disorder - Michelle Malkin, Washington Times
Warrantless Antiterror Surveillance Needed - Wall Street Journal editorial
A Passport to Danger - Washington Times editorial

Lessons Learned by Army, 3rd ID - Pamela Walck. Savannah Morning News
U.S., British Widen Role in Basra - Sholnn Freeman, Washington Post
Shiite Militias Cling to Swaths of Basra - Glanz and Kamber, New York Times
Al-Sadr Defies Iraq Orders - Washington Times wire service
U.S. Caught in Middle of Shiite Rivalry - Ned Parker, Los Angeles Times
Britain Does the Worrying for Basra - Michael Clarke, London Times
A Civil War Iraq Can’t Win - Anthony Cordesman, New York Times
New Iraq Receiving Baptism of Fire - Con Coughlin, London Daily Telegraph
Iran's Meddling in Iraq - David Charles Waddington, Washington Times
Smart Way Out of a Foolish War - Zbigniew Brzezinski, Washington Post
Get to Know Hamas and Moqtada al-Sadr - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Tug of War Over Afghan Province - Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post
Pakistan's Badlands - Nicholas Schmidle, Washington Post
Files to Venezuelan Bid to Arm Rebels - Simon Romero, New York Times
The Republic Formerly Known As... - New York Times editorial
The Macedonian Name Dispute - Aristotle Tziampiris, Washington Times
Thousands Queue to Vote Out Mugabe - Christina Lamb, London Times
We Look Forward to Mugabe's End - London Daily Telegraph editorial
Taiwan's Message for Beijing - Boston Globe editorial
Dalai Lama a Troublemaker for Peace - Thomas Axworthy, Toronto Star
Games China Plays - Trudy Rubin, Boston Herald
Preventing a Nuclear Terrorist Attack - Graham Allison, Washington Times
The Bin Laden Blood Brothers - Amir Taheri, New York Post
6 Years, 6 Months, 19 Days - Peter Bergen, New York Post
Congress' First Task: FISA - Los Angeles Times editorial
Who's Minding the Nukes? - New York Post editorial
WW II Past Worth Protecting - Boston Herald editorial

Pakistan in tug of war over terror
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani has boldly asserted that from now on parliament will handle all matters of national security, including the all-important "war on terror". President Pervez Musharraf and the military, backed by the United States, have other ideas, and they could use the issue of the reinstatement of the judiciary to make this clear. - Syed Saleem Shahzad (Mar

Russia chalenges US in the Islamic world
For the second year in a row, Russia this month attended the annual summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference as an observer. This signals Moscow's active extension of its involvement in the Middle East by directly challenging the US's traditional dominance of the region. The "peace dividend" of this growing friendship with the Islamic world also translates into hard dollars - from mega projects in Egypt and Saudi Arabia - under the US's nose - to renewed oil interests in Iraq. - M K Bhadrakumar (Mar 28, '08)

Sadr Tells Militia To Cease Hostilities - Freeman and Raghavan, Washington Post
Sadr Suspends Battle in Basra - Goode and Glanz, New York Times
Sadr Orders End to Fighting - Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times
Mass Grave Uncovered in Iraq - Richard Tomkins, Washington Times
Maliki's Mettle - Wall Street Journal editorial
Maliki vs. Sadr - National Review editorial
Basra Battle: Signs of Iran - Amir Taheri, New York Post
Now for the British Surge - Nile Gardiner, National Review
Iraq: A Day in Court Denied - Harold Hongju Koh, Washington Post
Afghanistan: The Longest War - Richard Holbrooke, Washington Post
Afghan Lament - Arnaud de Borchgrave, Washington Times
Questionable Peace if Taliban are Part - Faridullah Bezhan, Sydney Morning Herald
Pakistan: Hypocrisy has a Precedent - Boston Globe editorial
NATO's Identity Crisis - London Times editorial
NATO Caution on Ukraine, Georgia - Christian Science Monitor editorial
McCain: The Realistic Idealist - Baltimore Sun editorial
Planning for America's Security - Elizabeth Dole, Washington Times
Right Way to View US Defense Costs - James Carafano, New York Post
Iran - Nicaragua Ties Overblown - Jeff Stein, Congressional Quarterly
Free Colombia - Washington Post editorial
FARC Cast a Wide Net - Tyler Bridges, Miami Herald
Tax Rebellion in Argentina - Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Wall Street Journal
Zimbabwe Calls - London Times editorial
Mugabe's Defeat Cannot be Covered Up - London Daily Telegraph editorial
Results Declared in Zimbabwe Election - London Times wire service
Zimbabwe Election Results - Thornycroft and Levy, London Daily Telegraph
In Africa, Death by Leadership - James Shikwati, Chicago Tribune
Putin - Bush Making Nice - New York Times editorial
The Baton Passes to Asia - Roger Cohen, New York Times
Olympics: Participate, but Protest - Philadelphia Inquirer editorial
When China's Mask Slips - Robert Kagan, Canberra Times
The Cry of Tibet - Wang Lixiong, Wall Street Journal
Taiwan's New Comfort Zone - Chicago Tribune editorial
Forty Years after Vietnam, a Reckoning - James Carroll, Boston Globe
Democracy Isn't for Everybody - Tim Hackler, Baltimore Sun
Criticism and Islam - Afshin Ellian, Wall Street Journal
Rudd's Good Start in US - The Australian editorial
PM for a World of Difference - Sydney Morning Herald editorial
FISA: Blue Dog Betrayal - Washington Times editorial
Winter-Soldier Again - Mackubin Thomas Owens, National Review
Saddam’s Useful Idiots - Daniel Flynn, National Review
Terrorist Television - New York Post editorial
Media vs. the Innocent - Steve Chapman, Washington Times
Boeing's Right to Protest? - Charles Horner, National Review

Fighting in Iraq Wanes - Sholnn Freeman, Washington Post
Iraq Seems Calmer After Cleric Halts Fighting - James Glanz, New York Times