IRAQ
Sunni Bloc Rejoining Government - Ernesto Londoño, Washington Post
Sunnis Agree to End Boycott, Rejoin Government - James Glanz, New York Times
Sunni Bloc to Return to Government - Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times
Amid Sadr City Chaos, American Medics Tend... - Michael Gordon, New York Times
Men in Black Vanish, Basra Comes to Life - Haynes and Hamdani, London Times
Simmering Ethnic War Over Kirkuk - Sam Dagher, Christian Science Monitor
Report: Iraqi Forces Lacking - Matt Kelly, USA Today
Turkish Army Says it Strikes PKK - Reuters
Iraq: Back in Basra - London Times editorial
Basra and the Blunderbusses - Austin Bay, Washington Times opinion
US, Iraqi Forces Engage Mahdi Army - Bill Roggio, The Long War Journal
The Return of the Sunnis - Richard Fernandez, The Belmont Club
A Glimmer of Hope in Iraq - Phillip Carter, Intel Dump
COIN without a Model... - John Robb, Global Guerrillas
Anti-Sadr Operation a Disaster? - John Podhoretz, Contentions
Re: James Glanz - Peter Wehner, Contentions
A Case for Stalemate in Iraq - Will Hartley, Insurgency Research Group
AFGHANISTAN / PAKISTAN TRIBAL AREAS
Taliban Leader Orders Cease-Fire in Pakistan - Rondeaux and Ali, Washington Post
Pakistan Near Deal With Militants - Khan and Gall, New York Times
Top Pakistan Militant Calls Truce - BBC News
Pakistan Negotiating New Peace Agreement - Bill Roggio, The Long War Journal
Pakistan Fury at NATO Border Raid - BBC News
New Strategy for Afghanistan's Cops - Anne Marlow, Wall Street Journal opinion
The Taliban: An Organizational Analysis - Herschel Smith, The Captain's Journal
Command Structure Changes? - Herschel Smith, The Captain's Journal
The Taliban as Cultural Realists - Pat Porter, Kings of War
Stop Killing Us and We'll... - Rusty Shackleford, The Jawa Report
THE LONG WAR
Classic COIN Counter-attack - Tom Barnett, Thomas PM Barnett
Ground Forces Win Post-wars - Tom Barnett, Thomas PM Barnett
AQ as Oddfellows? - Faceless Bureaucrat, Kings of War
War on Terror Is Not a Crime - Rivkin and Casey, Wall Street Journal opinion
Jihadist 101 - Diana West, Washington Times opinion
US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
A Seasoned Command - Washington Post editorial
Petraeus Wins - Robert Kaplan, The Atlantic opinion
Grand Slam: Petraeus Moves Up - Ralph Peters, New York Post opinion
Why Petraeus? - Westhawk, Westhawk
Quick Petraeus Follow-up - Charlie, Abu Muqawama
How Not to Build a Navy Ship - Philip Taubman, New York Times
Senators Seek Deeper Air Force Investigation - Josh White, Washington Post
Airpower on the Rise? - Michael Goldfarb, Weekly Standard Blog
Why Our Troops Use an Inferior Rifle - Stuart Koehl, Weekly Standard opinion
UNITED STATES
America's Power Paradox - Michael Gerson, Washington Post opinion
The Future of American Power - Fareed Zakaria, Real Clear Politics opinion
AFRICA
Opposition ‘Clear Victor’ in Zimbabwe - Dugger, Barboza and Cowell, New York Times
US Says Mugabe Lost Vote - MacDonald Dzirutwe, Reuters
American Providence in Somalia - Clay Varney, Threats Watch
Navy's New Africa Strategy - David Axe, Danger Room
AMERICAS
Leftist Leaders Vow Food Price Fight - Reuters
WFP: Emergency Call for Haiti - Joseph Guyler Delva, Reuters
ASIA
White House Revises N. Korea Nuke Deal - Nicholas Kralev, Washington Times
North Korea Redux - New York Times editorial
Burma's Wealth Gap Breeds Discontent - Danna Harman, Christian Science Monitor
China's View of Tibet - Kishore Mahbubani, Los Angeles Times opinion
EUROPE
New Title, Same Old Putin - Boston Globe editorial
A Turkey-Armenia Reconciliation? - Los Angeles Times editorial
MIDDLE EAST
N. Koreans Taped at Syrian Reactor - Robin Wright, Washington Post
Gov. Releases Images of Syrian Reactor - David Sanger, New York Times
N. Korea Helped Build Syrian Reactor - Miller and Richter, Los Angeles Times
With Video, US Sends Syria a Warning - Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor
Syria's N. Korea Secret - Tom Baldwin, London Times
Intelligence on Syria was Delayed - Gertz and Carter, Washington Times
Reason Syrian Base Destroyed - Con Coughlin, London Daily Telegraph opinion
Syria: Israel to Cede Golan for Peace - Abraham Rabinovich, The Australian
Syrian President Open to Israel Talks - Knickmeyer and Witte, Washington Post
Lebanese Prepare for War, Buying Arms - Alia Ibrahim, Washington Post
Hezbollah Rearms - Washington Times editorial
Bush Vows to Push for Mideast Peace Deal - William Branigin, Washington Post
Bush Meets Abbas - Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times
Olmert and Abbas Lose Support - Sheera Frenkel, London Times
Hamas Offers Truce in Gaza Strip - BBC News
Carter Doesn't Get It - Cal Thomas, Washington Times opinion
Mullen: We Have to Deal with Iran - James Joyner, Outside the Beltway
Ahmadinejad, Syria and the Fear Factor - Steve Schippert, Threats Watch
Gulf Watching Warily, the Aftermath - Marc Lynch, Abu Aardvark
Yemen Spirals Toward Disintegration - Jane Novak, The Long War Journal
SOUTH ASIA
Tibet Government Issues Warning - Jill Drew, Washington Post
Sri Lanka to Press on Fight with Rebels - Ravi Nessman, Associated Press
Disputed Claims on Sri Lanka Clash - BBC News
Maoist Likely Nepal Leaders - Somini Sengupta, New York Times
Nepal's Maoists Win Lead Role - Associated Press
Maoists and Naysayers - Wall Street Journal editorial
WORLD
World to Peace Corps... - Nicholas Benequista, Christian Science Monitor
Food Crisis, But it's No Surprise - Haya Bint Al Hussein, London Times opinion
Food and the RC - John Robb, Global Guerrillas
RECOMMENDED READING
Currently on the Reading Pile - Matt Armstrong, MountainRunner
UK CT & COIN Features - Will Hartley, Insurgency Research Group
Kilcullen Returns to SWJ Blog - Mark Safranski, Zenpundit
