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  Pakistan's Nuclear Anniversary; the Arctic Race; and Rendition

  May 28, 2008
  
  

  Age (Australia)

  Civil Liberties: An editorial criticizes the Australian government for failing to protect citizens from being "renditioned" by American authorities and dispatched to third countries for detainment.

  Asahi Shimbun (Japan)

  Climate: In an editorial, the paper says the recent climate conference in Kobe produced some signs of progress but more work is needed to heal the North-South rift in environmental politics.

  Australian

  Indonesia: An editorial says that while Indonesia is no longer in danger of becoming a failed state it still suffers from record breaking levels of corruption, uneven judicial reform, and staggering poverty.

  Boston Globe

  Iran: In an editorial, the Globe says diplomacy offers the best hope for keeping nuclear weapons out of Iran.

  Lebanon: Lebanon analyst Firas Maksad says it may be too earlier to conclude that Hezbollah is the victor in the Doha Agreement.

  Christian Science Monitor

  Mexico: An editorial says the U.S. congress should support, not undercut, Mexico's effort to root out corrupt cops and drug cartels.

  Financial Times

  Economy: Columnist Martin Wolf says only time will tell whether the European Monetary Union (EMU) is a success.

  Iran: The Center for Strategic and International Studies' Ethan Chorin examines the growing gap between the way the Arab Gulf states view their relations with Iran and Washington's perception of relationships in the region.

  Oil: Daniel Yergin of Cambridge Energy Research Associates says that while it will retain a dominant position for years to come, oil is in the process of losing its almost total domination in ground transport.

  Guardian

  Oil: UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the current oil shock requires a comprehensive internatinoal strategy.

  Haaretz

  Israel: In an editorial, the paper says Prime Minister Ehud Olmert must publicly explain his dealings with wealthy American businessman Moshe Talansky or resign.

  Peace Process: Columnist Amir Oren says that without Washington's involvement, the Israeli-Syrian negotiations will stall.

  Japan Times

  Middle East: Michael Broning, director of the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation in Amman, warns that talk of a Sunni-Shiite divide in the Middle East could develop into a self-fulfilling prophecy.

  International Herald Tribune

  South Africa: An editorial in the IHT says South Africa can ill afford another five years of failed leadership and frustrated hopes by Thabo Mbeki.

  Los Angeles Times

  Colombia: Following President Uribe's extradition of 14 right-wing paramilitary leaders to the U.S. recently, the paper says it's looking increasingly like the real reason Democratic leaders in Congress won't support the Colombia free trade deal has everything to do with election-year politics and nothing to do with human rights.

  Civil Liberties: In an editorial, the paper says a Congressional compromise is emerging that would see the Terrorist Surveillance Program bill, which lapsed in February, renewed.

  New York Times

  Global Warming: An editorial in the paper says it's crucial that the presidential candidates vote on next week's greenhouse gas reduction bill sponsored by John Warner (R-VA) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) in order to let their full views on global warming be known.

  Iran: An editorial says its time for the major powers to come up with a more compelling list of rewards and punishments to draw Iran out of the nuclear arena.

  Food Crisis: Harvard professor and Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen examines the current global food crisis.

  News (Pakistan)

  Pakistan: An editorial marks the ten year anniversary of Pakistan's first successful nuclear test.

  Pakistan: Defense Analyst Shireen Mazari asks whether Pakistan has wasted its nuclear achievement, while writer M B Naqvi examines the costs, political and otherwise, of Pakistan's decision to go nuclear.

  Times of India

  Arctic: An editorial says the Arctic's shrinking ice caps is a global problem that requires urgent global action.

  Times of London

  Arctic: An editorial in the paper warns that a fight for resources at the top of the world could spark a new cold war.

  Wall Street Journal

  Iran: In an editorial, the paper criticizes Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for employing "Groundhog Day" diplomacy toward Iran.

  Iran: Author Amir Taheri explores the challenges of talking to Iran.

  Washington Post

  South Africa/Zimbabwe: CFR's Michael Gerson says South African President Thabo Mbeki's policy toward Zimbabwe is deeply flawed and dangerous.

  Democracy: The Carnegie Endowment's Thomas Carothers asks whether we really need a League of Democracies and if such an initiative would work.

  Iran: An editorial ponders the consequences of Tehran's stonewalling of UN nuclear inspectors.

   

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