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POLITICS: Iran, Iraq Crises Converge Despite U.S. Hardliners

By Gareth Porter
The agreement last week between Washington and Iran to hold direct talks on Iraq has forged a new linkage between the Iraq and Iran crises.

POLITICS: India’s Russia Card Ups Nuclear Stakes

By IPS Correspondents
Hot on the heels of its landmark 'nuclear cooperation' agreement with the United States, which allows New Delhi to keep its nuclear weapons, the Indian government has entered into a controversial deal with Russia for the supply of nuclear fuel for two civilian power reactors.

POLITICS: Can Iran Debate Bridge the Continental Divide?

By IPS Correspondents
As the United States began making the case in the U.N. Security Council this week for what its Ambassador John Bolton calls "painful consequences" if Iran continues with its controversial nuclear programme, Washington is facing a familiar dilemma: What to do if the rest of the world refuses to go along?

CHINA: Uneasy Over US Nuclear Policies in Iran and India

By IPS Correspondents
With the dispute over Iran's controversial nuclear programme moving this week to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the stage is set for a perilous confrontation between the Islamic republic and the international community - a showdown that not only Tehran but also world powers like China and Russia have fought to avoid.

POLITICS: India Deal Makes US a Nuclear Proliferator

By Ranjit Devraj
Campaigners for a nuclear-free South Asia are aghast at the potential nightmare that lies ahead following the nuclear technology and fuel deal announced here this week by visiting United States President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

POLITICS-US: Nuclear Pact with India Seen as Surrender

By Jim Lobe
While U.S. President George W. Bush hailed Thursday's nuclear accord with India as a major breakthrough in forging a "strategic partnership" with the South Asian giant, the pact has been broadly denounced by non-proliferation experts here as a devil's bargain.

PAKISTAN: Anxiety Ahead of Bush Visit

By IPS Correspondents
Apprehension and expectation are uppermost in the minds of Pakistani leaders as United States President George W. Bush begins, Thursday, the business end of a four-day tour of India and Pakistan.

POLITICS: Nuclear Glitches Apart, Bush Set to Alter Indo-US Ties

By IPS Correspondents
As President George W. Bush begins his three-day visit to India, Wednesday evening, the two governments appear set to further consolidate their strategic and political relationship, despite glitches over planned civilian nuclear cooperation.

POLITICS: Bush Seeks to Draw India, Pakistan Closer to U.S.

By Jim Lobe
U.S. President George W. Bush hopes his maiden tour of India and Pakistan this week will draw both South Asian giants more firmly into Washington's orbit, as well as help restore his battered foreign policy image back home.

MIDEAST: Hamas Waits for a Russian Hug

By IPS Correspondents
Israel has said that Russia's plans next month to meet leaders of the new militant Palestinian government Hamas may legitimise its political status in the eyes of the international community but not diminish its terrorist nature.

IRAN: Last Chance for Diplomacy?

By IPS Correspondents
A meeting between the Iranian and Russian governments in Moscow on Monday may be the last chance for diplomacy before international sanctions and other punitive measures against Tehran become inevitable, according to most observers.

MIDEAST: ‘Cartoons Bring Welcome Distraction for Arab Govts’

By IPS Correspondents
As furore grips the Muslim world over the cartoon illustrations of prophet Mohammed, accusations have surfaced that governments opposed to democracy have their own reasons to show the dark side of the so-called free world.

POLITICS: Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline in Trouble

By IPS Correspondents
Along with the possibility of international sanctions hanging over Iran, the future of a 2,600 km pipeline to transport natural gas from Iran to India through Pakistan, that is actively opposed by Washington, has fallen into jeopardy.

POLITICS-U.S.: In Public’s Eyes, Iran Biggest Foreign Menace

By Jim Lobe
The escalating crisis over Iran's nuclear programme appears to have persuaded the U.S. public that Tehran now poses a greater threat to the United States than any other country, or even al Qaeda, according to recent surveys.

POLITICS: Fear of U.S. Drove Iran’s Nuclear Policy

By Gareth Porter
The George W. Bush administration's adoption of a policy of threatening to use military force against Iran disregarded a series of official intelligence estimates going back many years that consistently judged Iran's fear of a U.S. attack to be a major motivating factor in its pursuit of nuclear weapons.

POLITICS: Snags Surface in India-US Nuclear Deal

By IPS Correspondents
The chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) has sent shock waves through the Indian establishment by accusing the United States of ''changing the goalpost'' while finalising a far-reaching, one-of-its-kind nuclear cooperation deal with India, initialled last July.

SOUTH KOREA: No Gain in Painful US-Pyongyang Deal

By IPS Correspondents
Brokering peace between Washington and Pyongyang is no easy task and experts here say that the South Korean government has not made things any easier for itself by being deliberately ambiguous.

IRAN: Confrontation on the Cards

By IPS Correspondents
Now that the Western powers have reached a deal with Russia and China to refer Iran's nuclear activities to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), a serious escalation of tensions with Tehran is on the cards.

POLITICS: Sanctions on Iran, a Chinese Puzzle

By IPS Correspondents
As the international community weighs its options on dealing with Iran's disputed nuclear proliferation, ahead of an emergency meeting of the United Nations nuclear watchdog in Vienna later this week, Chinese leaders are faced with a serious security conundrum.

IRAQ: US Realignment With Sunnis Is Far Advanced

By Gareth Porter
Two major revelations this past week show how far the George W. Bush administration has already shifted its policy toward realignment with Sunni forces to balance the influence of pro-Iranian Shiites in Iraq.

POLITICS: US Tries to Pressure Iran with Attack Stories

By Gareth Porter
Recent reports in the Turkish and German press of the U.S. asking the Turkish government to support a possible attack on Iran and alerting allied countries of preparations for such an attack appear to be part of a strategy to pressure the Iranian regime rather than the result of a new policy to strike Iran.
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