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H1 “Steve Clemons has a long series of excerpts posted today from Jeffrey Goldberg's New Yorker article about Brent Scowcroft's unhappiness with the current Bush administration.”
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Peter Galbraith on Iraqi Army, Partition

Washington Post U.S. Sees Opening For Change in Syria Eroding Assad's Power Is Short-Term Goal By Robin Wright, The Bush administration is brokering a series of steps designed to unravel the regime in Syria but not oust the government of President Bashar Assad -- at least not yet, U.S. policymakers say.

An Oil-Rich Test for Bush
Fair Elections in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan Could Energize a Region By Jackson Diehl,

'The System Worked' By Richard Holbrooke

Time In For the Kill A U.N. murder investigation points the finger at Syria's ruling clan. An inside look at the forces that could lead to Assad's downfall

Time Could Ahmad Chalabi end up running Iraq? By Joe Klein

Financial Times COMMENT & ANALYSIS: United Nations should lead the effort against Syria By Martin Indyk The more Bush makes unilateral demands on the Syrian regime, the more others such as Egypt, Russia and China will feel obliged to come to its defence

COMMENT: Everyone must do more for Doha to succeed By Paul Wolfowitz It is trade that will allow poor countries to generate growth; forgiving debt alone will not do that

COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Off colour: a region's democratic dreams depend on righting the Orange Revolution As a spate of elections loom in its backyard, Russia is anxiously eyeing the progress of pro-western political groupings. Russian, US and EU diplomats insist they won’t clash over democracy, but they clashed resoundingly in Ukraine and it seems likely they will do so again.

Newsweek Prelude to a Leak - Gang fight: How Cheney and his tight-knit team launched the Iraq war, chased their critics—and set the stage for a special prosecutor's dramatic probe.

NYT Iraqi Constitution Vote Split on Ethnic and Sect Lines; Election Panel Reports No Major Fraud

The Myth of Alan Greenspan - Stephen Roach, Foreign Policy

The Times 'We cannot hide. EU must accept globalisation or we are nothing' José Manuel Barroso speaks exclusively to The Times before 25 heads of government gather for Thursday’s vital summit

H2 NYT Magazine In Turkey, the Novelist as Lightning Rod By STEPHEN KINZER The prosecution of Orhan Pamuk, Turkey's leading novelist, has set back the country's bid to join the European Union.

The Observer 'I stand by my words. And I stand by my right to say them...'When Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk spoke out about the slaughter of Armenians and Kurds, he was prosecuted and forced to flee abroad. As he prepared to accept a peace award in Frankfurt, he told Maureen Freely why he had to break his country's biggest taboo.

Der Spiegel Frankfurt Book Fair Special: Orhan Pamuk and the Turkish Paradox

Los Angeles Times What's a corrupt election among friends? By Michael McFaul and Chingiz F. Mammadov AS VOTERS in Azerbaijan go to the polls Nov. 6, they will do more than choose a new parliament. They will participate in an election whose conduct, for better or worse, will serve as a referendum on U.S. efforts to spread democracy through the world.

Newsweek Azerbaijan: Ready for Revolution?

RFE/RL Azerbaijani Police Disperse Rally, Make Arrests

Yedioth Ahronoth Syria’s seven deadly sins Unlike Iraq, collapse of Syrian regime won't pose risk of ethnic seperation, Alon Pinkas says

TCS Surveillance Supremacy We have moved from the age where military capability depended on air supremacy to an age where the key capability is surveillance supremacy. Only a few seem to have noticed. Arnold Kling on one of the critical paradigm shifts of our time.

SlateToday's Papers / Blogometer realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird thru GovExec - antiwar.com / Wikipedia / technorati

IHT For Kosovo, only one way forward By SOREN JESSEN-PETERSEN The legal limbo in which Kosovo remains has ceased to be sustainable.

EurasiaNet IRAN: CONSERVATIVES AND REFORMERS SPEAK OF COALITIONS

The Observer Europe is hanging by a thread Will Hutton: Like cartoon Tom, the EU could plummet to an untimely death. Who has the will to save it?

World Press Freedom Index: Reporters Without Borders Report full text



H3 Turkey and Europe

Turkey and the U.S.

Greek press on Cyprus and Turkey

Turkey and the Middle East

Turkey, Russia, Caucasus, C. Asia

Morgan Stanley Turkey: One Isn't Enough, Two Is Better, But Three Is the Best

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Turkey Pledges $150 Million for Quake Relief in Pakistan

Turkish Friendship Group In US Congress Sends Letter To Erdogan

Anti - Turk Parties Court Voters in Austria

Amr Moussa recognizes "Kurdish people's ambitions"

After Sistani, Arab League chief Mussa woos Iraq's Kurds

RFI Interviews Kurdistan Human Rights Minister

Referendum Turnout in Iraq's 18 Provinces

Youth poll boycott worries Kurdish Leaders

BBC Monitoring Service Iraqi Kurdish leader Barzani heads for US


Sunday Telegraph Iraqis support attacks The majority of Iraqis believe that suicide attacks against British troops are justified, according to a secret nationwide poll commissioned by the Ministry of Defence.

Ha’aretz Analysis: U.S. in no rush to replace Syria's Assad
Jerusalem Post No way out? America in Iraq By ELLIOT JAGERAttacking Iraq... made it possible for the Islamist menace to metastasize further.
Debka Both Bashar Assad & Mahmoud Abbas Are Teetering
EDM RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY EXPERTS DEBATE INTERACTION WITH AMERICA IN GREATER CENTRAL ASIA
H4 New York Times Iraqi Constitution Vote Split on Ethnic and Sect Lines; Election Panel Reports No Major Fraud

Israel Retreats From Objection to Hamas Role in Elections

Ukrainian Sees No Russia Block on NATO Entry

Unseen Enemy Is at Its Fiercest in a Sunni City

Islamists and Mujahedeen Secure Victory in Afghan Vote

Leak Case Renews Questions on War's Rationale

The Washington Secret Often Isn't By DAVID E. SANGER What began as a narrow case on a specific leak, many fear, has morphed into a broader threat to the way business is done in Washington. In Power and Under Siege (pdf)

Libby - Powerful Ears Still Turning to Adviser

"The Miller Mess: Lingering Issues Among the Answers."

Going Where Oil Giants Fear to Tread

Editorial Gas Taxes: Lesser Evil, Greater Good By increasing the federal gasoline tax, the government can make America less vulnerable to all manner of threats.

The Fall of the Warrior King By DEXTER FILKINS Nathan Sassaman was a star quarterback at West Point and a celebrated officer who carried his idealism with him to Iraq. But a nasty war has a way of undoing a good man. Go to Article

Brooks The Savior of the Right
Future conservatives will not succeed unless they absorb the essential lessons that are President Bush's best legacy.

Rich Karl and Scooter's Excellent Adventure The more we learn about the C.I.A. leak case, the more we learn about the real secret Karl Rove and Lewis (Scooter) Libby wanted to protect: the "why" of the war.

Herbert How Scary Is This?
If nothing is done about the current state of affairs and the incompetence of the government, things are going to get much worse.

Kristof Mr. Bush, This Is Pro-Life? If only President Bush could see the results of withholding funds from the U.N. Population Fund.

H5 Washington Post 'The System Worked' By Richard Holbrooke,
Now we know for sure what we knew all along. Thanks to a colorful outburst by Lawrence Wilkerson, former secretary of state Colin Powell's chief of staff, the full dimensions of how "dysfunctional" (his word) the national security apparatus was during President Bush's first term are clearer than...

U.S. Sees Opening For Change in Syria
Eroding Assad's Power Is Short-Term Goal By Robin Wright, The Bush administration is brokering a series of steps designed to unravel the regime in Syria but not oust the government of President Bashar Assad -- at least not yet, U.S. policymakers say.

Syria May Let Officials Be Questioned Abroad Government Bristles at 'Pure Allegations' in Hariri's Killing but Considers Cooperating

Bull's-Eyes on a Generic Nation Rice , testifying last week before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, declined to rule out the use of military force in Iran or Syria, although she said the administration prefers diplomacy.

Iraq Insurgency Shows No Signs of Abating

Cast of Characters Grows in CIA Leak Drama

FBI Probes Lacked Oversight Agency conducted secret surveillance on some U.S. residents for as long as 18 months without proper paperwork.

Put Iraq's Story on The Stand By Jim Hoagland, Saddam Hussein's lawyers have announced their intention to make past U.S. complicity with the Iraqi dictator an essential part of the defense in his Baghdad trial. Let's hope they keep their poisonous word.

Some Say Resignations May Follow Charges Senators Discuss Leak Case

Inquiry as Exacting As Special Counsel Is

In the Spotlight And on the Spot I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is known for his sarcastic, world-weary and at times dark sense of humor.

Authority to Expand Leak Probe Was Given in '04

A Split Between The Times & Miller? Editor Says Reporter May Have Misled The Newspaper in Plame Leak Case

Nanotechnology's Big Question: Safety
Some Say Micromaterials Are Coming to Market Without Adequate Controls

Hussein Trial Judges What Passed for Judgment

Chalabi expected to meet US officials in Washington
H6 Guardian Syria faces more pressure over Hariri killing
Syria rejects Hariri murder claims Britain and the US urge action on UN report which implicates Syria in former Lebanese PM's murder.

Back to the future Tensions between London and Tehran are reminiscent of the bad old days, writes Ian Black.

Leader - Muddling through the European maze Just when dynamism is needed, Europe's mood is divided and defensive.

Killing prompts call for boycott of Saddam's trialIraq's bar association urges lawyers to stop working with court trying Saddam until defence team member's murder is solved.

Population dip in Russia blamed on alcoholism Russia's population shrinks to 143 million.

Counter-terrorism strategy comes under fire Politics: Leaked report questions lack of accountability · Survey of mandarins hits at 'talking shop' approach

Colleagues call for removal of New York Times journalist in CIA leak case

Blair and Brown agree on this: Europe isn't working Jackie Ashley: A radical shift in thinking is quietly under way at both No 10 and No 11, to put the nation-state back at the centre of the EU.

Cameron is no moderate Neil Clark: He supports the Iraq war and tax cuts, opposes EU social policies and has neocon associations.

The Observer Europe is hanging by a thread Will Hutton: Like cartoon Tom, the EU could plummet to an untimely death. Who has the will to save it?

The Observer profile: Karl Rove Geek gets it If President Bush is the Jock, this is his Geek, the brains (and enforcer) behind the Republican right's rise. But the unveiling of a CIA agent may spell the end of this special relationship.

Editor opens rift over CIA 'leak'Fallout from the scandal which is threatening to engulf the White House in crisis has also reached the newsroom of the venerable New York Times.
H7 Time In For the Kill A U.N. murder investigation points the finger at Syria's ruling clan. An inside look at the forces that could lead to Assad's downfall

The Myth of Alan Greenspan - Stephen Roach, Foreign Policy

Seven Questions: What Awaits the Next Alan Greenspan

New Republic Our receding finish line in Iraq...

How Can We Keep America On Top? - Michael Tackett, Chicago Tribune

UPI Old Bush vs. new The Bush administration is bracing for a powerful new attack by Brent Scowcroft

NRO Victor Davis Hanson: Expect a whimper.

CFR Senator Carl Levin says if Iraqis “do not get their political house in order,” the U.S. should consider a timetable for its withdrawal. October 21, 2005

Weekly Standard All Quieton the Baghdad Front When Iraqis went to the polls, the best news was what didn't happen. by Michael Yon

Newsweek The Flimsy Wall of China It may be the epicenter of an epidemic, and its health-care system is in tatters. That's a recipe for disaster.

Syria: Judgment Day in Damascus

Zakaria: Preparing for a Pandemic

Global Investor: Who Needs Cheap Oil?

Kashmiri Earthquake: One Crisis Too Many? Washington wants to help Kashmiri earthquake victims, but policymakers are tired and distracted.
H8 Foreign Policy Blair’s New Tune on Iran British officials used to be certain that a military attack on Iran was out of the question. Now, it seems, they’re not so sure.

Time Could Ahmad Chalabi end up running Iraq? By Joe Klein

Asia Times How Britain botched the Iran stand-off Accusations and counter-accusations between Britain and Iran over meddling in each other's "regions" remain largely unsubstantiated. But that's not so much the point. The message from Tehran is clear: even if the British believe their own propaganda, there is not much they can do about it. Britain does not call the shots in southern Iraq, and its efforts to become a key player in the stand-off between the US and Iran have exposed it as a mere pawn. -

VOA Arab League Head & Iraqi Kurdish Parliament

UPI Insurgency stays strong after vote

International commentary on Iraq: Saddam Trial Must Reject ‘Victor’s Justice’

BBC Looming crisis After an eventful week in Iraq, referendum count brings doubts
International commentary on Syria: Kanaan’s Suicide A ‘Spectacular And Mysterious Death’

Central Witness to UN Hariri Report Revealed as a Paid Swindler

KR New constitution may not halt Iraq's fragmentation

U.S. death toll in Iraq nears 2,000

Akbar Ganji: From Militant To Dissident in Iran - Azar Nafisi, SF Chronicle

Pakistan newspaper claims Osama died

Austin Bay Inside the Mehlis Report: Assassination As Policy

US: Zarqawi's Terror Network Growing

Top US Diplomat Slams Neocons for Iraq Debacle

H9 Ha’aretz – Bar’el - In any case, a lost state Hariri's murder, which was ostensibly designed to serve Syrian interests, to intimidate Bashar's opponents and perpetuate the sumo hug with Lebanon, ultimately boomeranged. The United States could not have expected a better turn of events.

An unfit regime Since Syria is a regime that employs terrorist means to implement its policy it will have to brought to account and even punished.

Opinion divided in J'lem on whether Syrian regime change good for Israel

Analysis: U.S. in no rush to replace Syria's Assad

Analysis: As expected, Syria dismisses UN probe as U.S. plot

Prosecutor in AIPAC Affair Is Named New US Deputy Attorney General

Israel, US Reject PA Call for Secret Peace Talks

Quartet envoy: Israel acts as if pullout didn't happen

Yedioth Ahronoth Syria’s seven deadly sins Unlike Iraq, collapse of Syrian regime won't pose risk of ethnic seperation, Alon Pinkas says

Lebanese PM: We’ll bring Lahoud down
Lovers of Israel? For evangelicals, return of Jews to Israel is only first step ü
Jerusalem Post No way out? America in Iraq By ELLIOT JAGERAttacking Iraq... made it possible for the Islamist menace to metastasize further.
Debka Both Bashar Assad & Mahmoud Abbas Are Teetering
The new Mossad: Leaner, less macho, more efficient Independent Media Review Analysis

CSIS - Dynamics Without Drama: New Options and Old
Compromises in Egypt’s Foreign Policy Jon B. Alterman

Washington Institute Saudi Arabia’s Debate on Women Driving Masks a Deeper Divide

Syria's a Serious Threat - Chicago Sun-Times

H10 Christian Science Monitor Bush's tipping point with Syria

Traveling home to a new Syria By Souheila Al-Jadda

Pressure builds on Syrian regime A new UN report, on the tail of last week's report on Rafik Hariri's death, could further push for sanctions against Damascus.

New Options for a European Economic and Social Policy Friedrich Ebert FoundationThis 15-page paper discusses a range of policy fields to trace common ground for a new legitimacy for the European Union

CSIS Issues in International Political Economy - What Is Happening to the Rules-based System for the Conduct of International Trade? - October 2005, Number 70

H11 IHT For Kosovo, only one way forward By SOREN JESSEN-PETERSEN The legal limbo in which Kosovo remains has ceased to be sustainable.

News Analysis: Globalization drives a wedge into EU

White House Letter: 'Staff-change' anxiety grips the West Wing

The rogue money printers of Pyongyang By JOHN K. COOLEY North Korea seeks to finance its impoverished economy and fund its nuclear programs with massive production of counterfeit U.S. dollars.

BBC Identity crisis Old ideas of Europe challenged by new realities
Unfamiliar face Meeting Steinmeier, Germany's new foreign minister

War baby Weathered by history, the United Nations reaches 60


H12 RFE/RL Azerbaijani Police Disperse Rally, Make Arrests

Russian Federation:International Monetary Fund Country Report Report full text [PDF 790kb]

Islamic rebellion spreads in Caucasus

CFR U.S. should not assume Russian cooperation in repressing Iran’s nuclear ambitions, says CFR Fellow Ray Takeyh and National Interest Editor Nikolas Gvosdev. October 20, 2005

EDM PRESIDENT ALIYEV SACKS KEY MINISTERS, CLAIMS COUP WAS IMMINENT
- WILL FIRED GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BECOME OPPOSITION LEADER?
- GEORGIA DE-FREEZES THE CONFLICT-SETTLEMENT PROCESSES
- RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY EXPERTS DEBATE INTERACTION WITH AMERICA IN GREATER CENTRAL ASIA

Armenian Youth: Ready to Rock?
H13 The Times 'We cannot hide. EU must accept globalisation or we are nothing' José Manuel Barroso speaks exclusively to The Times before 25 heads of government gather for Thursday’s vital summit

Police arrest Hariri suspect

Le Carré’s propaganda overdose Cristina Odone Beware dangerous side-effects — The Constant Gardener should not be swallowed

US: Terrorists May Exploit Syria Crisis THE exposure of an alleged assassination plot by key officials in Syria could cause the regime in Damascus to collapse, undermining America’s efforts to prevent terrorists from slipping across the border with Iraq, US intelligence agencies have warned.

WSJ The Mehlis Report: Things Look Ugly for Assad - Michael Young, Opinion Journal
H14 Financial Times COMMENT & ANALYSIS: United Nations should lead the effort against Syria By Martin Indyk The more Bush makes unilateral demands on the Syrian regime, the more others such as Egypt, Russia and China will feel obliged to come to its defence

COMMENT: Everyone must do more for Doha to succeed By Paul Wolfowitz It is trade that will allow poor countries to generate growth; forgiving debt alone will not do that

COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Off colour: a region's democratic dreams depend on righting the Orange Revolution As a spate of elections loom in its backyard, Russia is anxiously eyeing the progress of pro-western political groupings. Russian, US and EU diplomats insist they won’t clash over democracy, but they clashed resoundingly in Ukraine and it seems likely they will do so again.

EU falls behind in research The European Union has fallen further behind the rest of the world in research and development spending according to new figures, lending new urgency to an EU economic and social summit this week.

Bulgaria and Romania face EU accession warnings

Leader Confront your fearsThe risk of European Union summits producing failure, stalemate or just hot air is high these days. So nothing dramatic should be expected of this week's informal...

COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Why social models are irrelevant By Wolfgang Munchau The reason why economic reforms are more important than social reforms is closely related to globalisation. It requires us to be more flexible.

Bird flu detected in UK and Croatia

Future gazing is on the cards Companies are using futurologists and scenario planners to shake up assumptions and make sense of new trends.

Beirut arrests pro-Syrian after Hariri report


H15 Los Angeles Times Orange Revolution turns to rot By Oles M. Smolansky and Rajan Menon

Time to help an ally in need
By Anatol Lieven and Rajan Menon
THE OCT. 8 earthquake that crushed northern Pakistan has given the Bush administration a chance to repeat its successful response to the tsunami in Asia: Deliver substantial assistance, save lives and have a major political impact.

Editorial Making peace work
THE ROSE GARDEN STATEMENTS by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and President Bush on Thursday were familiar, and their sentiments worthy. But whether what passes for peace in Israel endures will be determined in Gaza and the West Bank. That picture remains unclear.

Sure, it kills birds, but it won't kill you

FT Global ad spending expected to rise to $406bn Advertising spending is soaring in the developing world, suggesting that US-style consumerism is alive and well

Unfortunately, the peace process will end up a collateral victim of the earthquake when it could have received an important boost from it, writes Jo Johnson, the FT’s south Asia correspondent.

Leader Normal nationhoodFresh from last month's resounding election victory, Junichiro Koizumi, the Japanese prime minister, is understandably piqued at his government's inability to secure a...

COMMENT: A scandal that broke loose and ran riot at the White House

COMMENT: Britain needs a Tory leader unafraid of consensus By Chris Wales

Economists cast doubts on China's GDP data
H16 Lawyers in CIA-leak case say charges possible this week

Text of e-mail sent by NYT executive ed. – see also Mickey Kaus

Editor Says He Missed Miller 'Alarm Bells'

Indictment of Rove Would Be a Blow to the GOP - Indictments Have Consequences After Rove, the deluge.Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard

Fitzgerald's Moment He doesn't have to indict anyone. by William Kristol
Dick Cheney Has Gone Off The Radar - Michael Wolff, Vanity Fair

How the CIA Got the Ball Rolling on PlameGate - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard

New Republic Republicans prepare for life after Bush by Ryan Lizza
Time The Broken Promise Companies are walking away from longtime pension obligations, leaving millions of Americans at risk of an impoverished retirement. TIME looks at how Congress let this happen and the social insecurity it's causing

H17 Daily Telegraph Does Condi 'want it'? The American secretary of state's trip to the Deep South has rekindled speculation about her presidential ambitions, despite denials

Civil war at the NY TimesChaos has erupted at America's most famous newspaper, with senior staff arguing over the actions of a controversial reporter nicknamed "Miss Run Amok".

Sunday Telegraph Iraqis support attacks The majority of Iraqis believe that suicide attacks against British troops are justified, according to a secret nationwide poll commissioned by the Ministry of Defence.

UK Colonel Quits Over Safety Fears of His Men

Trials in Baghdad, tribulations in Washington Bush's approval is at an all-time low, and can still fall further as he continues his bizarre re-enactment of the 1970s, complete with military quagmire and hurricane-force scandal, writes Niall Ferguson.

Syria softens stance The Syrian president has moved to defuse growing pressure on his regime after the stinging UN report that implicated Damascus in the death of Rafiq Hariri.
The end of Damascus Spring


H18 Independent Kosovo sets out on road to independence

Leading article: The lost battle for hearts and minds

Stephen King: World economy's eggs all in US consumers' basket

Saddam trial is falling into chaos, claims barrister after defence lawyer found dead

Dead parrot did have killer strain of bird flu
H19 Report on the Status of 9/11 Commission Recommendations

A new critique of the Silberman-Robb Commission on WMD Intelligence written by David Isenberg and published by the British American Security Information Council

Pakistan-U.S. Relations, Congressional Research Service

Knight Ridder Pentagon program costing taxpayers millions Instead of getting competitive bids or buying directly from manufacturers like it used to, the Pentagon is using middlemen who set their own prices. It's like shopping for weekly groceries at a convenience store.

H20 Slate Who Is Scooter Libby?: The secretive Cheney aide at the heart of the CIA leak case. John Dickerson

Kevin Drum on Google Print

Boston Globe White House Letter: 'Staff-change' anxiety grips the West Wing

Epidemic Proportions: Building National Public Health Capabilities to Meet National Security Threats ANSER/Analytic Services Inc. This 46-page U.S. report offers recommendations for the improvement of public health preparedness by overlaying consistent national capabilities on existing public health structures

Brookings Institution U.S. Interrogation Practices: Are We Compromising Medical Ethics and Violating International Law
H21 Emre free-kick buys huddle time for Souness Football: Emre's spectacular free-kick is eventually decisive after an epic Tyne-Wear derby at St James' Park.

NYt Web of the Free The United States should keep control of the Internet.

'Mao': The Real Mao By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF A magnificent biography by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday methodically demolishes every pillar of Mao's claim to sympathy or legitimacy.First Chapter

'A War Like No Other': Where Hubris Came From By PAUL JOHNSON With his new book on the Peloponnesian War, Victor Davis Hanson is writing a tract for the times.

Time 7 Cool New Ideas (The Future of Energy) Nature is awash with renewable, eco-friendly energy sources. Will they make economic sense?

How to Kick the Oil Habit (The Future of Energy) As prices rise, the race for new energy sources--from wind farms to liquid coal--heats up. Get ready for the withdrawal symptoms
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Türkiye-Ermenistan Protokolü Üzerine Düşünceler 3 Eylül 2009
"Obama’nın Savaşı":AfPak Üzerine Notlar 20 Nisan 2009
Obama’nın Ardından 17 Nisan 2009
Obama’nın Türkiye Gezisi ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri 19 Mart 2009
ABD ve Orta Doğu Barış Süreci Mart 2009
Obama’nın “Kırkı Çıkarken” Mart 2009
ABD-PKK “İlişkisi” Üzerine Notlar Şubat 2009
Mahşerin Üç Atlısı: Ross, Holbrooke ve Mitchell 5 Şubat 2009
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Obama Döneminde ABD ve Asya 15 Ocak 2009
Obama’nın Güvenlik Kabinesi Üzerine Notlar 4 Aralık 2008
Yeni ABD Başkanı Obama ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri 6 Kasım 2008
ABD Başkanlık Seçimlerinin Türk-Amerikan İlişkilerine Muhtemel Etkileri 30 Ekim 2008
ABD Başkanlık Seçimleri Ekim 2008
Obama’nın Biden’ı Tercihinin Bir Tahlili 26 Ağustos 2008
Amerikan Sağı Üzerine Notlar Ağustos 2008
Gürcistan Krizi, ABD ve Türkiye 11 Ağustos 2008
Obama'nın Dış Gezisi 29 Temmuz 2008
Başkan Bush’un Avrupa Gezisi ve Transatlantik İlişkileri 18 Haziran 2008
ABD Seçimleri (ppt) - 10 Haziran 2008
"Sessiz Tsunami": Global Gıda Krizi (ppt) - 29 Nisan 2008
Amiral Fallon'un İstifası 13 Mart 2008
ABD ve PKK İlişkisi Üzerine Notlar 22 Kasım 2007
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K.Irak'a Ekonomik Müeyyideler Üzerine Sorular 25 Ekimy 2007
Irak "Hamle"sinin Muhasebesi Eylül 2007
Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri - Yeni Dönemin Gündemi Eylül 2007
ABD, K. Irak ve Türkiye Üzerine Notlar ve Sorular Haziran 2007
ABD ve Orta Doğu: "Müflis mirasyedi" mi "stratejik deha" mı? Mayıs 2007
Recommendations for Strengthening U.S.-Turkish Relations February 26, 2007
ABD'nin Irak'taki Seçenekleri Ocak 2007
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U.S.: Empire, Gulliver or the “First Among Unequals” (ppt) - ASAM 2023 Conference - October 2006
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Dört Tarz-ı Siyaset: Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri ve Başbakan Erdoğan’ın Washington Ziyareti Temmuz 2005
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Türkiye, ABD ve Irak Harekâtı: Hayır Diyebilen Türkiye? - Şubat 2003
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“Tüketebileceğimizden Daha Fazla Değişim” ya da Eskimeyen Dünya Düzeni Ekim 2001
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