Foreign Policy News and Commentary Update November 13, 2007

TURKEY, TERRORISM AND DOUBLE STANDARDS - BRUCE FEIN (WASHINGTON TIMES, NOVEMBER 13): http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071113/COMMENTARY02/111130010/1012/COMMENTARY&template=printart

BIDEN RAPS BUSH OVER PAKISTAN: HE SAYS U.S. MUST AID NATION, NOT MUSHARRAF - ETHAN WILENSKY-LANFORD (CONCORD MONITOR, NOVEMBER 9):
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071109/NEWS01/711090381/1043/NEWS01

AN AWESOME PLAN FOR PAKISTAN ... AND A PONY! ? BLAKE HOUNSHELL (PASSPORT, FOREIGN POLICY, NOVEMBER 9): Telling your constituents that you want to spend their hard-earned tax dollars to build a bunch of schools in the tribal badlands of Pakistan doesn't exactly turn out votes.
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/6971

THE ILLUSION OF AMERICAN 'SMART POWER' - KAVEH L. AFRASIABI (ASIA TIMES, NOVEMBER 11): http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IK13Ak02.html

FOREIGN STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN US UP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 9/11 (AFP, NOVEMBER 12): http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hNV0IIkY6gTvkWX2GugaLqJXGfUA
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-11-11-study-abroad_N.htm
http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20071112.124001&time=13%2014%

MONEY CAN'T BUY U.S. LOVE - JOEL BRINKLEY (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, NOVEMBER 11): http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/11/11/EDPTT8U8L.DTL&type=printable

CHEAP DOLLAR, BUT NO FLOOD OF TOURISTS - MACKENZIE CARPENTER (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 10): http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07314/832790-28.stm

THE COUP AT HOME - FRANK RICH (NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 11): http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/opinion/11rich.html?n=Top/Opinion/Editorials%20and%20Op-Ed/Op-Ed/Columnists/Frank%20Rich&pagewanted=print

BRING THE REAL WORLD HOME - ROGER COHEN (NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 12): http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/opinion/12cohen.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

THE NEW FACE OF AL JAZEERA - KRISTEN GILLESPIE (NATION, NOVEMBER 9): http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20071126&s=gillespie

STUDY: FOREIGN STUDENTS ADDED TO ECONOMY - TAMAR LEWIN (NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 12): IN the 2006-7 school year, the report found, international students' net contribution to the United States economy was nearly $14.5 billion up a billion dollars from the previous year, the largest annual increase to date.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/us/12international.html?pagewanted=print

FORCED IRAQ POSTINGS 'MAY BE NECESSARY': VOLUNTEERS FILL ABOUT HALF OF EMBASSY'S 48 OPEN SLOTS, STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS - KAREN DEYOUNG (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 11)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/10/AR2007111001472_pf.html

FOREIGN POLICY ZERO; MANAGEMENT ZERO - RECIPE FOR REBELLION IN THE RANKS PATRICIA KUSHLIS (WHIRLED VIW, NOVEMBER 11): http://whirledview.typepad.com/whirledview/2007/11/foreign-policy-.html

HURDLES STALL PLAN FOR IRAQI RECRUITS: SHIITE LEADERSHIP WARY OF BRINGING FIGHTERS INTO RANKS - JOSHUA PARTLOW AND ANN SCOTT TYSON (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 12): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/11/AR2007111101730_pf.html

SECURITY GUARD FIRES FROM CONVOY, KILLING IRAQI DRIVER - JAMES GLANZ (NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 12): http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/world/middleeast/12contractor.html?pagewanted=print

HAVE WE TURNED THE CORNER IN IRAQ? IS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT CASUALTIES IN IRAQ EVIDENCE THAT THE SURGE IS WORKING? DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. AND BRIAN KATULIS DEBATE (LOS ANGELES TIMES, NOVEMBER 12)
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-dustup12nov12,0,7978252.story?coll=la-opinion-center

'SURGE' AND GO: VIOLENCE IN IRAQ IS DOWN, AND THE U.S. MILITARY DESERVES OUR PRAISE. NOW MAY WE HAVE AN EXIT STRATEGY? ? EDITORIAL (LOS ANGELES TIMES, NOVEMBER 12): http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-iraq12nov12,0,7817501.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials

CURVEBALL, SWING AND A MISS - GEORGE F. WILL (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 11): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/09/AR2007110901942_pf.html

IRAN: THE ANTI-DEMOCRACY: THE ISLAMIC REGIME BRUTALLY STIFLES DISSENT AND DETERMINES RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES BASED ON RELIGION - AKBAR GANJI (LOS ANGELES TIMES, NOVEMBER 12): http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ganji12nov12,0,5461346.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail

IS WORLD WAR III ON HOLD? - PATRICK J. BUCHANAN (TOWN HALL, NOVEMBER 13): http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/PatrickJBuchanan/2007/11/13/is_world_war_iii_on_hold

THE SPY WHO WANTS ISRAEL TO TALK - DAVID IGNATIUS (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 11): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/09/AR2007110901941.html

HOW TURKEY SEES AMERICA - AMAR C. BAKSHI (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 12): http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/america/2007/11/how_turkey_sees_america_perceptions.html?nav=rss_blog

A SAUDI PROPAGANDA SHOWCASE ? (LITTLE GREEN FOOTBALLS, NOVEMBER 10): http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=27888_A_Saudi_Propaganda_Showcase#comments

THE GENERAL MUST GO: PERVEZ MUSHARRAF HAS BECOME AN OBSTACLE TO U.S. INTERESTS IN PAKISTAN -- AND TO PAKISTAN'S INTERESTS AS WELL ? EDITORIAL (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 11)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/10/AR2007111001308.html

INDIRA AND THE ISLAMISTS - SHIKHA DALMIA (WALL STREET JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 13):
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119490561239190501.html?mod=opinion_main_europe_asia

PERILOUS PAKISTAN EDITORIAL (WASHINGTON TIMES, NOVEMBER 12): http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071112/EDITORIAL/111120008/1013&template=printart

MUSHARRAF GOES SPLAT - JIM HOAGLAND (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 11): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/09/AR2007110902023_pf.html

THE ANSWER IN PAKISTAN - THOMAS R. PICKERING, CARLA HILLS AND MORTON ABRAMOWITZ (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 13): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/12/AR2007111201417.html

WHITE HOUSE HAILS RENEWED TIES WITH EUROPE: FRENCH AND GERMAN LEADERS ARE VISITING - MICHAEL ABRAMOWITZ (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 7)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/06/AR2007110602177.html

CRISIS IN GEORGIA: THE UNITED STATES HAS NO REASON TO TOLERATE MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI'S VIOLATION OF DEMOCRATIC ORDER ? EDITORIAL (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 13)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/12/AR2007111201549.html

GEORGIA'S LEAP BACKWARD - ANNE APPLEBAUM (WASHINGTON POST, NOVEMBER 13): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/12/AR2007111201419_pf.html

A TILT ON CHAVEZ - OLIVER NORTH (WASHINGTON TIMES, NOVEMBER 11): http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071111/COMMENTARY06/111110013/1012/COMMENTARY&template=printart

WILL CHAVEZ PULL THE TRIGGER?: VENEZUELANS MAY GIVE THEIR PRESIDENT THE POWER TO RESTRICT OIL PRODUCTION -- AND CAUSE A GLOBAL RECESSION - MICHAEL ROWAN AND DOUGLAS SCHOEN (LOS ANGELES TIMES. NOVEMBER 12): .
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-schoen13nov13,0,1327206.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

NEW TERRORIST NEXUS - ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE (WASHINGTON TIMES, NOVEMBER 12):
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071112/COMMENTARY/111120012/1012/COMMENTARY&template=printart