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31 August 2006
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H1 CSIS Iranian Nuclear Weapons? Options for Sanctions and Military Strikes -Anthony H. Cordesman & Khalid R. Al-Rodhan

Washington Times U.S. military sees Iran's nuke bomb 5 years away The U.S. military is operating under the assumption that Iran is five to eight years away from being able to build its first nuclear weapon, a time span that explains a general lack of urgency within the Bush administration to use air strikes to disable Tehran's atomic program.

KR Bush faces an uphill battle to impose sanctions on Iran

USIP Crisis in Lebanon: Is Peacekeeping Possible?

IHT Bush has a job to do President George W. Bush now has an opportunity to bring the Arab-Israeli conflict to an end.

Al Hayat The 'Peoples' of Iraq Zuheir Kseibati - A day might come when Maliki, brave as he is in defending the reconciliation project, tells the Iraqis that the home-grown conflict with terrorism is a only a conflict over the borders of federal divisions. Then it would be the time to classify the 'peoples' of Iraq, to divide the country and share the loot.

Weekly Standard Return of the Tribes The resistance to globalization runs deep.

Director of National Intelligence -Intelligence Community Directives and Intelligence Community Policy Memorandums

Washington Institute The Damascus-Hizballah Axis: Bashar al-Asad’s Vision of a New Middle East By Seth Wikas

Making the Lebanon Ceasefire Work: Security Requirements and Implications for an International Force

Nelson Report on Iran 07:25 PM

New York Times The High Price of Friendship By PATRICIA WEITSMAN Once the United States emerges from Iraq, we would do well to re-examine our growing reliance on coalition warfare.

U.S. Drafts List of Sanctions as Iran Ignores Deadline Sanctions the U.S. is seeking could start with restrictions on Iran’s imports of nuclear material, but the plan faces a high hurdle at the U.N.

Bush Shifting Public Focus to Terrorism and Iraq War

Guardian US: we'll be out of Iraq in a year General predicts US exit date amid unbridled savagery across Iraq.

Washington Post How We're Losing the War Despite Some Notable Achievements, New Thinking Is Needed on the Home Front and AbroadBy John Lehman, Are we killing, capturing, or deterring jihadists faster than they are being produced? The answer is an emphatic no.

PostGlobal Should it be a goal of the US to reduce that hostility and, if so, what's the best way to do it?

Benny Morris on “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy”

Guardian US: we'll be out of Iraq in a year General predicts US exit date amid unbridled savagery across Iraq.

APSA papers1 2006 / Political Research Online

Power Sharing and Democratic Governance in Divided Societies

The Future of Transatlantic Security Relations
Strategic Studies Institute

In a new Carnegie Paper, Islam, Militarism, and the 2007–2008 Elections in Pakistan, Visiting Scholar Frédéric Grare argues that for the military and Musharraf, the elections will be about consolidating their hold on power while maintaining a facade of democracy.

Heritage Foundation Penalize Iran for Defying the U.N. Security Council's Nuclear Deadline by James Phillips Push for sanctions in the Security Council and out of the U.N. framework.

Independent What If...? An alternative history of the world

Washington Realist America: A Crippled Superpower?

Djerejian Unity, Then and Now

H14 Financial Times COMMENT: The west must stop meddling in Iran's affairs For Iranians, democracy is not a new idea but an ongoing struggle. Iran can do without lectures on the importance of democracy from the US and others, writes Scheherazade Daneshkhu.

UN nuclear deadline leaves Iran's leader with a challenge that may define his rule

COMMENT: Why Asia needs a more active market in ideas The region has no shortage of think-tanks. But most produce pedestrian work that often fails to grapple with - or answer - the hard questions, writes Guy de Jonquières.

H2 Guardian – Leader - Toughing out terror Turks are robust enough to react calmly to the threats from a breakaway Kurdish group to turn the country into "hell" in an attempt to scare away foreign tourists and damage the economy.

Der Spiegel Turkey Struggles to Find Effective Anti- Terror Strategy More than two decades into the fight, Turkey is as far from victory as ever. By Annette Grossbongardt in Istanbul

State's Fried Discusses PKK-Sponsored Terrorism in Turkey

FT LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Comprehension test for EU and Turkey

Independent Adrian Hamilton: You can't blame Kurdish terror on Islamic 'fascists'

Sabah Bin yıldır birlikte yaşayan aileyiz KDP lideri Barzani, "Türkiye ile ilişkiler nasıl" sorusuna bu cevabı verdi: Biz kardeşiz. Kardeşler arasında sorun yaşanmaz.

Ruşen Çakır Yeniden liberal-İslamcı ittifakı

Globe and Mail Iraqi Kurdistan offers Washington no easy choices

PKK Koordinatörü Türkiye'ye geliyor

Boston Globe The true Iraq appeasers (By Peter W. Galbraith)

Ambassador Peter Galbraith Talks About His Book "The End of Iraq"
Voice of America

Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati

Baloda asker ne konuştu

Başbuğ Her adımı baştan öldürmemek lazım

"Türkiye ile ABD PKK konusunda aynı çizgide değil"

[HABER ANALİZ] Lübnan oylamasında parmak takibi yapılacak

Lüzum, hudut, şümul ve zamanı hükümetin kararı

SOLİ ÖZEL General, kabzımal ve diğerleri

ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ Teröre anlamlı cevap

FEHMİ KORU Yanlış proje

Ertuğrul Özkök Paşalar kucaklaşır mı

Komutanlar ve izlenimler Hasan Celal Güzel

Arslan BULUT Kıvrıkoğlu, Büyükanıt ve PKK Koordinatörü Joseph Ralston

Mümtazer Türköne Ülke güvenliği için: Hamaset yerine yönetişim

Eser Karakaş Askerin rolü, üniter devlet ve Cumhuriyet’in temel nitelikleri

Büyükanıt'la yeni dönem İsmet Berkan

Hasan CEMAL Çekiçle çivi, askerle rolü!

Turkey to buy 30 F16s - air force chief

EMRE AKÖZ 'Andıç' hazırlayana dur!

YASİN DOĞAN Üç komutan…

Fikret BİLA Baykal: Asıl risk dinler savaşına bulaşmak

Derdimiz ne? (2) Gündüz Aktan

Zionism and the crisis of Turkish-American relations Christopher VASILLOPULOS

Türkiye'den vurabilir

AKP yönetiminin tezkere baskısı

1 Mart'çılar ablukada

Barzani'ye uyarı ABD Dışişleri Bakan Yardımcısı Fried, "Topraklarının, PKK'ya sığınak olmaması Kürt yönetiminin sorumluluğunda. Hiçbir şey bunu mazur gösteremez" dedi

30 yeni F-16 alınacak

Ankara’nın istediği bölgeyi BM kabul etmezse ne » olur?

Tezkere için bugün ’Ulusa seslenecek’

Büyükanıt’a ’bedelli’ için MHP desteği

Yahudi Müslüman savaşına karışmayın

AB kokartlı Mehmetçik

İlk talimat Deniz Kuvvetleri'ne

Arınç'la tezkere takvimini görüştü

Güler Kömürcü Retçilerin sayısı ve Paşa beklentileri

İsmail Küçükkaya
AK Parti neden bu kadar istekli?

AKP’de 'vicdan' muhasebesi

Lübnan'a 'AKP müfrezesi' gitsin

Sezer: yetki bende

Başbuğ width=4 Teröriste af olmaz

Towards a harsh regular report for Turkey
Guldener Sonumut

Can Dündar Gül ile Babacan niye soğuk?

ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Mahpus toplum ve mahpus siyaset

Yalçın Doğan Karşı oy yazısı fikir verdi Türkiye milletvekilliği üzerine.

Süheyl Batum ‘Yeni bir seçim sistemi’ derken

Şükrü Küçükşahin İhtiyaç yeni parti değil, bütünleşme

Serhat Albayrak Star gazetesi genel müdürü Başbakan Erdoğan'ın dünürü Sadık Albayrak'ın büyük oğlu, Star gazetesine genel müdür oldu

Ülkücüler, 26 yıl sonra 12 Eylül’le hesaplaşıyor

H3 Hürriyet 600 asker gidecek Lübnan’a ’Barış Tugayı’ olarak bilinen 28. Mekanize Piyade Tugayı’ndan 600 askerin gönderilmesi planlanıyor. Bölgeyi tanıyan uzmanların eğitiminden geçirilen askerler ’Bosna Modeli’nde olduğu gibi öncelikle halkın ihtiyaçlarını karşılayacaklar. Askerlerimize 1 firkateyn, 2 sahil güvenlik botu eşlik edecek.

Vatan 1 korvet, 1 fırkateyn: İlk etapta 290 asker

Murat Yetkin PKK'ya karşı iki özel düzenleme TSK'nın en seçkin birliklerinden Özel Kuvvetler Komutanlığı yeniden yapılandırıldı. Hakkâri'de yeni bir tümen oluşturuldu

Cengiz Çandar Tüm yazıları Türkiye’nin “stratejik kararı” ve “Bremen Mızıkacıları”...

Mehmet Ali Birand Kürtler sessiz mi kalacaklar?

FAZ PKK içinde iktidar savaşı

Mehmet Tezkan PKK aslında Kürt halkının düşmanı..

Daily Telegraph: Çözüm Kandil Dağı'nı işgal

Yabancı basın: Bombalar çok riskli

Appointment Special Envoy for Countering the PKK

Semih İDİZ Sezer'in Talabani politikası yanlış

Taha AKYOL Terör ve bir arada yaşamak

Cüneyt Ülsever Emperyal devlet olmak ne demek?

South ahoy! Burak BEKDİL Turkey may lose credit if it does not send peacekeepers under Resolution 1701, but it will probably gain nothing if it does.

Yusuf KANLI September syndrome

Ralston, terör örgütü PKK ile görüşmeyecek

ABD kararlı, yeni temsilci PKK ile » görüşmeyecek

Sami KOHEN İran faktörü

DTP’li başkan törene alınmadı

AKP'nin Lübnan kararı yeni Ortadoğu ve İran'la ilgili SAAD MUHYU

Derya SAZAK Hangi ateşkes?

Asker gönderME Nuray Mert

Şahin Alpay İsrail eleştirisi ve anti-semitizm

ABHaber Olli Rehn:"Kıbrıs'ın birleştirilmesi sürecinde ilerleme herkesin çıkarınadır" (Orjinal metin)

Kramer:''Türkiye’nin Lübnan’a asker göndermesi AB’deki karşıtlarının ellerindeki bazı kozları alır''

EUobserver.com MEPs prepare critical report on Turkey

Babacan Brüksel yolcusu

Papadopulos, DİKO liderliğini bırakıyor

Papadopulos liderliği bırakıyor

BM ve AB, Kıbrıslı liderlere ‘çözüm mutabakatını uygulayın’ çağrısı yaptı

Erivan ile gayri resmi diplomasi

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İBRAHİM KARAGÜL Siyasi suikastler cenneti!

Oktay Ekşi İşin aslını konuşalım...

Lale SIVGIN İktidar hep kale arkasındaydı

Nuh Gönültaş Gel tezkere gel bitsin bu gurbet!

NAZLI ILICAK

Ömer Lütfi Mete Şahin, kahin ve hain

Ahmet Hakan Mücahit Perinçek

Serdar Turgut Doğu Perinçek ve Mao

Kendimizi anlatmaya çalışıyoruz TÜSİAD’la da görüşeceğiz

Sınav 2007'de Mahfi Eğilmez

Enflasyon beklentilerine ne ölçüde güvenebiliriz? Fatih Özatay

Gazi Erçel IMF’de oy gücümüz artıyor

IMF'de yeni paylar
Türkiye'nin IMF'deki oy hakkının artması ne anlama gelir? Prof. Minibaş yanıtladı

Dan Drezner You try changing the distribution of power in the IMF!!

MÜSİAD: Körfez'de 1 trilyon dolarlık iş var

Memur meydanlara Hükümetin önerdiği zam oranını kabul etmeyen sendikalar eylem yapacak

Cerrah'tan linç övgüsü

Yargıtay ‘basın abartabilir’ derken, üyeleri kendileriyle ilgili her habere dava açıyor

Yüksek Öğretim Kurulu'nun stratejisi FİKRET ŞENSES

Türk yapımı roket sistemi ‘Kasırga’ya büyük ilgi

Rizgari DTP’li başkan paşanın odasından kovuldu

”Hesap soracağız”!

Türk silahlı güçleri Kürdistanda yeniden yapılanıyor

Gazi: iyi bir çözüm, tüm tarafların katılacağı diplomatik bir çözümdür

Mazlumder: Alçaklık sadece Kürtlere değil Türklere de yakışmaz

Soma: Iraq's new paper tiger
Macleans

H4 New York Times The High Price of Friendship By PATRICIA WEITSMAN Once the United States emerges from Iraq, we would do well to re-examine our growing reliance on coalition warfare.

U.S. Drafts List of Sanctions as Iran Ignores Deadline Sanctions the U.S. is seeking could start with restrictions on Iran’s imports of nuclear material, but the plan faces a high hurdle at the U.N.

Bush Shifting Public Focus to Terrorism and Iraq War

Editorial Stars in Their Eyes There should be an honest assessment of whether the United States missile defense system has any chance of working and how much more will have to be spent before it does.

DAVID BROOKS A Guide for the Perplexed To understand why the scandal surrounding the outing of the C.I.A. agent Valerie Plame has fizzled, there are four things you must remember about your political class. (full text here Bamboozled Brooks)

Violence Grows, Killing 52 Iraqis, in Face of Security Plan

By DAMIEN CAVE

In the deadliest of several attacks, a bomb inside a vendor’s cart exploded in the Shorja market, the oldest and largest bazaar in Baghdad, killing at least 24 civilians.

Shaky Darfur Peace at Risk as New Fighting Looms

H5 Washington Post How We're Losing the War Despite Some Notable Achievements, New Thinking Is Needed on the Home Front and AbroadBy John Lehman, Are we killing, capturing, or deterring jihadists faster than they are being produced? The answer is an emphatic no.

PostGlobal Should it be a goal of the US to reduce that hostility and, if so, what's the best way to do it?

Violence in Iraq Kills 60 As Market, Recruits Hit

U.S. Troops, Shiite Militia Fight in Eastern Baghdad

Early Warning Rumsfeld's Enemy: It's Us

Israel Rebuffs U.N. on Blockade

Annan Says Lifting Lebanon Restrictions Would Help Cease-Fire

Bush's Blunt Rhetoric Signals New Thrust
spacerPresident's team launches a campaign accusing his political foes of aiming to appease terrorists and cut off funding for troops on the battlefield.

H6 Guardian US: we'll be out of Iraq in a year General predicts US exit date amid unbridled savagery across Iraq.

No role for British forces in Iraq

Labour will lose the next election if it isn't brave enough to ditch Blair now Neal Lawson: The party conference is the prime minister's last chance to do the right thing and announce his timetable for departure.

Hizbullah's victory has transformed the Middle East George Galloway: The defeat of the regional superpower could yet open the way to a wider settlement of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Cluster bombing 'immoral' UN humanitarian chief says civilians in Lebanon are still being killed daily.

Peril UK troops face in Afghanistan 'was underplayed' · MoD admits difficulties of task were not conveyed
· Officials say struggle with Taliban still in early days

Ministers say 24/7 news demands 3,200 press officers Politics: The government defends a huge increase in press officers in a decade, blaming 24/7 news culture.

Scheme to limit east Europeans
Ministers are planning to introduce a work permit system for Bulgarians and Romanians that will require them to prove they can fill specific skill shortages.

Caracas bids to build homes on golfing greens · Mayor seeks compulsory purchase of elite courses
· Capital needs 1m houses but opposition cries foul

H7 Boston Globe Blinded by a concept (By George Soros) THE FAILURE OF Israel to subdue Hezbollah demonstrates the many weaknesses of the war-on-terror concept. One of those weaknesses is that even if the targets are terrorists, the victims are often innocent civilians, and their suffering reinforces the terrorist cause.

Democracy Arsenal The Danger and Promise of Democracy Promotion

OpenDemocracy What next? Lebanon exposes US failure, Israeli weakness, and danger of wider war. Now, global patriots must think European, says Anthony Barnett

On top of the world

Kofi Annan's successor will be Asian, a man - and chosen in secret. By next time, the UN rules must change, says David Mepham

An interview with former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy on the war in Lebanon and who won and who lost.

Asia Times Iran's time to talk is over Ahmadinejad has challenged Bush to a debate on world affairs. It's not going to happen. Also, and much more significant, what is not likely to happen is that the US and its international partners will call for dialogue with, rather than punitive action against, Iran over its nuclear program. Yet this is the only way out. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

Behind the plan to bomb Iran The neo-conservatives' militarization of US foreign policy stems largely from the fact that they operate on behalf of two immensely powerful special interests - the military-industrial complex and the Israeli lobby. The latter, though, is the junior partner in this unspoken alliance: the merchants of arms call the shots. - Ismael Hossein-zadeh

KR Bush faces an uphill battle to impose sanctions on Iran

AEI How Oil Lubricates Our Enemies By Victor Davis Hanson
Huge petroleum profits empower dictators, subsidize nuclear proliferation, and curtail economic reform.

PINR "Falling Home Prices Could Trigger a U.S. and Global Recession" Full text of report

H8 BBC Iran nuclear deadline to expire A deadline for Iran to suspend uranium enrichment expires on Thursday, with UN powers mulling possible sanctions.

Lebanon 'desperate for new funds'

Aid agencies plead for generous pledges as donors gather in Sweden to discuss Lebanese reconstruction.

Donors looking to rebuild Lebanon

Annan's tough Mid-East challenge

Crisis facts and figures

SyriaComment "What do Sunnis intend for Alawis following Regime change?" by Khudr

Daily Star Expect chaos if Siniora's Cabinet falls
By Michael Young

Al Awsat The Courage of Nasrallah : Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed

Lebanon: Reconstruction and Rivalry
Stratfor

Asia Times Doubts whether Bush is good for Israel Influential voices within the US Jewish community are questioning the Bush administration's hardline positions on the Middle East, arguing that they harm, rather than protect, Israel's interests. Most of all, they want to see Washington talk to Syria. - Jim Lobe

The first chapter from Jihad in Islamic History: Doctrines and Practice

Washington Institute The Damascus-Hizballah Axis: Bashar al-Asad’s Vision of a New Middle East By Seth Wikas

Making the Lebanon Ceasefire Work: Security Requirements and Implications for an International Force

Austin Bay From Hezbollah to Hezbollost

H9 Ha’aretz - Print Edition

War? No way From now on every government will have to take into account that a substantial and influential part of public opinion does not consider any number of lives lost to be acceptable. In such an atmosphere, with headlines counting the dead each day, every war is a predetermined defeat.

Rosner - Get ready for the Democrats The midterm election campaign committee is scheduled to meet next week and throw the Democrats in high gear, which will probably lead them to victory. They can expect to take over the House of Representatives for the first time after a decade of Republican control.

Iran at the mike Hassan Nasrallah's surprising speech Sunday will almost definitely save Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from a government probe. Defense Minister Amir Peretz and Chief of Staff Dan Halutz may also breathe a certain sigh of relief.

Italy: World won't tolerate Syrian arms shipments to Hezbollah

Jerusalem Post US would consider Israeli request for military aid US official rejects claim that US knew of war in advance, says wider ground invasion improved Israel's standing in UN

Empty threat or Syrian pressure for Golan negotiations
Syria must first change its policy regarding its support of terrorism and its relationship with Iran.

Benny Morris on “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy”

New Republic The Return of Walt and Mearsheimer by Martin Peretz
The scholars who purported to prove the "Israel Lobby" controls U.S. foriegn policy have resurfaced.

Soul Mate by Yoav Fromer Is Ehud Olmert Lyndon Johnson all over again?

Yedioth Ahronoth Iran's nuclear menace Alon Ben-Meir

'I inherited tough situation' At award ceremony in Herzliya, Defense Minister Amir Peretz explicitly criticizes his predecessor Shaul Mofaz. Referring to war, he says: In spite of my inexperience, I firmly deal with difficult situation left by experienced ones

DEBKAfile Exclusive: The most burning issue on the mind of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in his talks in Jerusalem was not Lebanon – but Iran More...

H10 Christian Science Monitor

A remarkable global phenomenon is being obscured by headlines about the Middle East: The ancient scourge of war has disappeared, at least in the sense of one government's army doing battle with another

Der Spiegel TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING The Curse of Natural Resources Many countries with enormous reserves of oil, gas or precious metals, are plagued with disproportionate poverty, corruption and mismanagement. Would the people in Nigeria, Congo or Russia be better off without their natural gifts?

Dan Dreznner Council on Foreign Relations, U.S. Trade Strategy: Free Versus Fair.

H11 IHT Bush has a job to do President George W. Bush now has an opportunity to bring the Arab-Israeli conflict to an end.

A double standard at the UN Through prudent diplomacy backed by stringent IAEA inspections, the Security Council can still ensure that Iran will remain free of nuclear weapons.

When the world wanted to help America Lessons from Hurricane Katrina could contribute to more effective American and global crisis response; these examples of international goodwill should inspire American leadership and action.

Washington Times A reality check for Europe Taking the lead in Lebanon

OpenDemocracy France's hesitant strength

French caution over troop deployment in Lebanon reflects military responsibility not political cowardice, says Patrice de Beer

USIP Kosovo: Ethnic Nationalism at its Territorial Worst

H12 RFE/RL Iran: Examining Tehran's Nuclear Progress How does the recently inaugurated heavy-water plant tie into Iran's overall nuclear program and does it mean Iran is closer to making a nuclear bomb?

Iraqi Forces Need 12-18 Months, Says General Iraqi forces may be ready to assume responsibility for security in Iraq in as little as a year, says the top U.S. commander in the country

From Azerbaijan, whether struggling to find educational materials for children or teaching adults how to read, the Lezgi are trying to keep their identity alive.

New Republic Past Imperfect by Daniel Widome Why Japan's neighbors secretly love the Yasukuni Shrine.

Ukrainian Jews do well on top-100 list

H13 The Times Leader Stage two The next political steps for Lebanon and Israel

Anatole Kaletsky The men in grey suits are at the door. Blair must say now when he is going Tony Blair's judgment is now so erratic that he may not be willing to cede power gracefully at all

Rebels and riots haunt Musharraf by Bronwen Maddox The uprising in the southwest of Pakistan could be the beginning of the end for President Musharraf

WSJ

H14 Financial Times COMMENT: The west must stop meddling in Iran's affairs For Iranians, democracy is not a new idea but an ongoing struggle. Iran can do without lectures on the importance of democracy from the US and others, writes Scheherazade Daneshkhu.

UN nuclear deadline leaves Iran's leader with a challenge that may define his rule

EU to continue talks with Tehran despite passing of UN deadline

UN condemns Israeli strategy as ‘immoral’

COMMENT: Bush's love of India will outlast him

The burgeoning US-India relationship reached a high point early this year when Mr Bush visited New Delhi for the first time and concluded an unprecedented deal, writes Edward Luce

COMMENT: Why Asia needs a more active market in ideas The region has no shortage of think-tanks. But most produce pedestrian work that often fails to grapple with - or answer - the hard questions, writes Guy de Jonquières.

Editorial Rumsfeld's confusion Donald Rumsfeld can seem peculiarly friendless. Calling for the American defence secretary's resignation is a popular sport for everyone from retired generals to...

Allies balk at more troops for Afghanistan

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Double trouble: how political purges are remaking Poland The Kaczynski brothers have created a climate of concern – if not of fear – that is giving rise to new political divides within the EU’s biggest eastern state, write Jan Cienski and Stefan Wagstyl.

H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial

H16 KR Democrats thinking ahead to possible victory this fall

realclearpoliticsABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec - Blogometer

Former State Dept. Official Admits Role as CIA Leak Source

The Powell-Armitage-Wilkerson cabal

H17 Daily Telegraph Hopes of peace recede There is a huge discrepancy between the UN's ideal settlement in Lebanon and the reality that there is likely to be further fighting.

How Gordon sees the world
article by Mark Leonard, The Spectator, 26 August 2006

World according to Premier Brown by Mark Leonard, The Sun

Weekly Standard The Origins of British Jihad The problem--Deobandism--comes from Pakistan.

H18 Independent What If...? An alternative history of the world

Pressure for ban on cluster bombs as Israel is accused of targeting civilians

Hamish McRae: Americans are in for tough times, even if the Fed won't (yet) say it

H19 SecrecyNews The policy infrastructure of U.S. intelligence community is defined by directives issued by the Director of National Intelligence on everything from security policy to roles and missions to relations with Congress. The new system of policy statements, known as Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs), is the successor to the former Director of Central Intelligence Directives (DCIDs). The new ICDs are gradually supplementing, modifying or replacing the existing DCIDs. The DNI has also issued a series of Intelligence Community Policy Memorandums (ICPMs), which are initial statements of policy that have not yet been formalized as an ICD. Several ICDs and ICPMs have recently been released by the Office of the DNI in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from the Federation of American Scientists.They cover such topics as open source intelligence, personnel security, the role of the IC analytic ombudsman, the roles of the various Deputy Directors of National Intelligence, and the use of portable electronic devices in secure facilities.

Congressional Research Service "Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law," updated August 11, 2006.

"U.S. Nuclear Weapons: Changes in Policy and Force Structure," updated August 10, 2006.

"NATO in Afghanistan: A Test of the Transatlantic Alliance," August 22, 2006.

Reporting Unauthorized Media Disclosures of Classified NSA/CSS Information," NSA/CSS Policy 1-27, 20 March 2006.

H20 Slate war stories Donald Rumsfeld's ghastly speech. The secretary's ghastly speech to the American Legion.

Gelding the Ally:

Our chief public diplomat insults Hamid Karzai.

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Naguib Mahfouz:

Remembering one of Egypt's first great novelists.

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Bob Dylan's Make-Out Album:

The romantic—and spectacular—Modern Times.

Pentagon shakes up its policy office

KR War, natural disasters driving the push for smarter robotsLike the four horsemen of the apocalypse, war, terrorism, crime and disaster are driving the development and deployment of fresh armies of robots. Their sponsors hope they can get over the serious problems and weaknesses that have limited their usefulness in the past.

H21 Google offers digitised Dante and online Hugo Books: Free downloads of classics anger publishers
· Academics back move to offer complete texts

Google Book Search allows full PDF downloads

Yalçın Granit İbrahim mi Ginobili mi?

The first chapter from Expert Political Judgment: How Good is It? How Can We Know? by Philip E. Tetlock.

It takes more than two people to make a marriage Response: A wedding is not about just one loving relationship - it's part of a larger, vital social network, says Tom Burns.

Plutonic realism Francis Sedgemore It turns out that Pluto isn't a planet after all. What does that mean for our horoscopes?

Naguib Mahfouz Obituary: Nobel prize winning novelist who brought Arabic fiction to the western world.

Patience, routine and humility

Issandr El Amrani Author Naguib Mahfouz was a master of humour and irony whose observations of life in Egypt were strikingly accurate.

Meeting Mahfouz
Egypt's laureate kept up with friends - and fans - until his death

Actor Glenn Ford dies at age 90

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Ankara ve Güneydeki Riskler 29 Aralık 2011
İslamcı Dalga Üzerine 5 Aralık 2011
Ankara’ya Suriye ile İlgili Bazı Tahlil, Tahmin, Uyarı ve Öneriler 2 Kasım 2011
İran ile İlgili Son Amerikan İddiaları ve Türkiye 16 Ekim 2011
Ankara Suriye’de “Rejim Değişikliği” Politikasına Geçerken 28 Eylül 2011
Türk Dış Politika Gündemine Dair 7 Kısa Not 6 Eylül 2011
“Zafer İlan Et ve Kaç:” ABD ve Afganistan’dan “Sorumluca” Çekilmenin Mantığı 23 Haziran 2011
Orta Doğu'da Durum Raporu 25 Mayıs 2011
Bin Ladin’in Öldürülmesi Üzerine Notlar 25 Mayıs 2011
Bin Ladin’in Öldürülmesi Üzerine 15 Kısa Not 3 Mayıs 2011
ABD ve Karadeniz Nisan 2011

Türkiye Beşar’a Ne Demeli? Suriye'de “52 Cuma” Reformsuz Geçmez 20 Nisan 2011
Amerika-Sonrası Dünyanın Provası Olarak Libya Krizi ve Türkiye 22 Mart 2011
“Demokratikleştiremediklerimizden misiniz?”: Orta Doğu’daki Değişim Dalgasının Neden, Şekil ve Olası Sonuçları 10 Şubat 2011
Analiz Üzerine Notlar 14 Ocak 2011
Wikileaks Üzerine Notlar ve Yorumlar 23 Aralık 2010
Enerji ve Güvenliği Üzerine Notlar 29 Kasım 2010
Amerikan Travması ve Kongre Seçimleri 23 Kasım 2010
Füze Savunması Üzerine 20 Soru ve 5 Seçenek 20 Ekim 2010
Obama Ekibinde Yaprak Dökümü - Beyaz Saray’dan Kaçış mı? 12 Ekim 2010
"Kürt Devleti" Üzerine Notlar ve Çeşitlemeler 23 Eylül 2010
Mullen’ın Ankara Ziyareti 7 Eylül 2010
ABD’nin Afganistan’daki Seçenekleri 24 Ağustos 2010
Financial Times Haberinin Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Üzerine Düşündürttükleri 18 Ağustos 2010
İsrail-ABD-İran-Türkiye Dörtgeni 26 Temmuz 2010
Bay Netanyahu Washington’a Gitti: Böyle mi Olacaktı, Obama? 16 Temmuz 2010
Stratejik Dehlizlerde Derinlik Sarhoşluğu: Bir AKP Dış Politikası Eleştirisi Temmuz 2010
Rus Casusluk Olayı: "John Le Carre mi, Austin Powers mı?" 5 Temmuz 2010
“Mahalleye Hoş Geldin”:Türkiye’nin Orta Doğu’da İlk Günü 02 Haziran 2010
Nükleer Takas: “Savaşı Bitiren Anlaşma” mı, “Acem Oyunu” mu? 20 Mayıs 2010
ABD Irak’tan Çekilirken Riskler ve Hesaplar 1 Mayıs 2010
ABD-İsrail İlişkilerinde “Normalleşme” Sancıları 22 Nisan 2010
Obama’nın Nükleer Cazibe Taarruzu: Bardağın Üçte Biri Dolu 9 Nisan 2010
ABD-İsrail İlişkilerinde “Tektonik Kayma” mı? 5 Nisan 2010
Irak Seçimleri: Sonun Başlangıcı, Başlangıcın Sonu 19 Mart 2010
Ermeni Karar Tasarısı Üzerine Notlar, Yorumlar ve Öneriler 8 Mart 2010
Ermeni Karar Tasarısı Üzerine Notlar, Yorumlar ve Öneriler 8 Mart 2010 (word)
Bütçe Açığı ve Amerikan Gerilemesinin Ekonomi Politiği 19 Şubat 2010
Cemaat-skeptic 6 Ocak 2010
AKP bir seçim daha kazanırsa burası FC olur 4 Ocak 2010
ABD bu işin neresinde? 29 Aralık 2009
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
SOFA ABD için Irak’ta “Sonun Başlangıcı” mı? Ocak 2009
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
“İçeride Liberal, Dışarıda Şahin”: K. Irak’a Harekat Üzerine Notlar 25 Ekimy 2007
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
'Topal Ördek'le İki Yıl Daha: 2006 Kongre Seçimleri Aralık 2006
U.S.: Empire, Gulliver or the “First Among Unequals” (ppt) - ASAM 2023 Conference - October 2006
Türk-Amerikan İlişkilerinde “İkinci Bahar” mı, “Sonun Başlangıcı” mı? Stratejik Analiz - Haziran 2006 -
Irak’ta Direnişin ve İşgalin Gölgesinde Demokrasi Deneyi Avrasya Dosyası - İslam ve Demokrasi Özel Sayısı
Gurur ve Önyargı: ABD İran Gerginliği ve Türkiye Stratejik Analiz Nisan 2006 - (pdf)
Arzın Merkezine Seyahat: ABD Ulusal Güvenlik Konseyi - Journey to the Center of the World: U.S. National Security Council Avrasya Dosyası 2005
Dört Tarz-ı Siyaset: Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri ve Başbakan Erdoğan’ın Washington Ziyareti Temmuz 2005
11 Eylül’den Sonra Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri: Eski Dostlar mı Eskimeyen Dostlar mı? Avrasya Dosyası - 2005
“Dört Yıl Daha”: Yeni Bush Yönetimi ve Dünya Aralık 2004
2004’ten 2005’e Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Aralık 2004
Türkiye, Iraklı Kürtler ve Statükonun Meşruiyeti Nisan 2004 - eksik
Askerî Alanda Devrim: Askerî Bir Senfoni Ocak 2004
Çirkin Amerikalı’ ile ‘Güven Bunalımı’: ‘Süleymaniye Krizi ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Temmuz 2003 - ( pdf )
The Middle East: A Land of Opportunity and Peril for Turkey - May 2003
Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Üzerine Notlar: Ataerkil Yapıdan Tüccar Mantığına mı? Mayıs 2003
Türkiye, ABD ve Irak Harekâtı: Hayır Diyebilen Türkiye? - Şubat 2003
Değişim, ‘Sense of Proportion’ ve Tarihin Yararları ile Sınırları Üzerine Nisan 2003
ABD Güvenlik Politikalarında Güç Kullanımı ve Caydırıcılık Ağustos 2002
“Yalnız Kovboy” ya da “Eşit Olmayanlar Arasında Birinci”: ABD Dış Politikasında Tektaraflılık-Çoktaraflılık Tartışmaları Mart 2002
İyi, Kötü ve Çirkin: ABD'nin Orta Doğu Politikaları Ocak 2002
Unilateralism corrupts, absolute unilateralism corrupts absolutely Turkish News, May 21, 2002
ABD ve Afganistan: Çıkış Var mı? Kasım 2001
Realism and Change
Crime and Punishment - Deterrence and its Failure in Theory and Practice 2001
“Tüketebileceğimizden Daha Fazla Değişim” ya da Eskimeyen Dünya Düzeni Ekim 2001
“ABD-AB İlişkilerinde Metal Yorgunluğu” Haziran 2001
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