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H1 Boston Globe A two-state solution for Iraq? (By David Apgar)

Independent Leading article: Iran - A small step towards international unity

New York Times Washington Memo: War Critics See New Resistance by Bush

Hundreds Disappear Into the Black Hole of the Kurdish Prison System in Iraq

Tehran Assails US Arrests of Iranians in Iraq Raids

Troop 'Surge' Plan Faces Growing US Opposition

The Times Reduced to rubble . . . British troops launch Christmas raid on the 'station of death' Under cover of darkness, facing machine-gun fire, a thousand British soldiers captured and destroyed a rogue Iraqi police unit’s torture HQ

Ha’aretz - MI and Mossad disagree over Assad's intentionsMI believes that Assad is serious about wanting to make peace with Israel, but the Mossad disagrees.

Yedioth Ahronoth Jordan: Israel not so strong
King Abdullah tells Japanese newspaper, ‘The perception in the Middle East is that Israel lost Lebanon war’; adds: More and more countries in the region will now believe that the only way to get Israel to listen is through force

Ehsan Ahrari The End of Neoconservatism: Implications for America’s Greatness

Watching America By Arnaud de Borchgrave In much of the world, friends and foes alike challenge America's pre-eminence.

Daily Telegraph The Russia created by Vladimir Putin

Using energy as a political weapon has cast into doubt the Kremlin's reliability as a Western supplier. There is a gangster element in Mr Putin's Russia which has put the West and its allies on their guard.

Washington Post Old Iraq Strategy Lives On In Weekly Progress Reports Despite Upbeat Details, Updates Paint a Picture of Failure

Iran Oil Revenue Quickly Drying Up, Analysis Says

Recovering From Tragedy Lessons of Tsunami Reconstruction After Two Years By Bill Clinton

William Arkin Gates Disses the Troops, and the American People

Los Angeles Times Shiite-on-Shiite violence racks southern Iraqi city

The future's so bright? By Lawrence H. Summers The markets are pricing in tranquillity as far as the eye can see. The commentariat begs to differ.

Analysis: Global Economic Outlook 2007

The USA does not want to see Armenia isolated

Azerbaijani Defense Ministry condemns Russia's supplying Armenia with arms

From the Archive Ambassador Ross Wilson’s Remarks, “Democracy and Security in the Black Sea,” ARI Movement’s 8th Annual Security Conference, Istanbul, Turkey (June 29, 2006)

From the Archive Charles Grant Turkey, Russia and modern nationalism Centre for European Reform An essay on the need for the EU to work out a modus operandi with Turkey and Russia

From the Archive American Political Science Association 2006 Conference Papers

Political Research Online (PROL) is a pre-print server that serves as the common resource for all emerging scholarship in political science.

From the Archive Carnegie Endowment Syrian Political Reform: An Uncertain Future By Anonymous Full Text (PDF)

From the Archive - Foreign Affairs The New Middle East Richard N. Haass The age of U.S. dominance in the Middle East has ended and a new era in the modern history of the region has begun. It will be shaped by new actors and new forces competing for influence, and to master it, Washington will have to rely more on diplomacy than on military might.

From the Archive Asia Times Beware empires in decline Just as an empire on the rise, like the United States on the eve of the invasion of Iraq, is often inclined to take rash and ill-considered actions, so an empire on the decline, like the British and French empires over the Suez crisis, will engage in senseless, self-destructive acts. Watch out, Iran and North Korea. - Michael T Klare

H2 Ümit Enginsoy Military takes control of defense procurement

Washington Times Editorial Turkey and the EU

Ankara, İran'a yaptırım kararını inceliyor

Ankara keeps silence on UN sanctions against Iran

Genelkurmay 2. Başkanı Saygun, İsrail'e gitti

ABD helikopterlerine Aselsan teknolojisi

Fikret Ertan Çok önemli bir tasarı

No Turkey - Georgia Gas Deal Yet: Turkish Official

Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media

Baydemir 7 metropol kent yaratalım

Allavi: "Kerkük referandumu 2007'de zor"

Allawi in Turkey for Iraq talks

Cumhuriyetin harcı 'herkesle' yoğruldu

Talabani'ye ABD sürpriz

İranlılara ’çuval’

Irak raporu 'Kürt Meclisi'ni rahatsız etti

Kirkuk, Tamim, Kerkük

Türk Roman Yazıcılığı ve Kürtler

Türk güvenlik güçlerinin tutumu ve Türk Egemenlik Sistemi

’Kerkük Kürdistan’a bağlanmalı’

Irak'taki Savaş, Amerika ve Türkiye'nin Arasını Açtı

Ankara AB ile müzakere takvimi hazırlıyor

Ankara Reveals New Strategy for EU Bid

Dışişleri'nin yeni sözcüsü

Dışişleri'nde kritik atamalar yapıldı

Brezilyalının damadı Gül’ün danışmanı oldu Namık Tan’ın yerine Kıbrıs-Yunanistan Dairesi Genel Müdür Yardımcısı Levent Bilman getirildi.

Türkiye'nin Ortadoğu'da 'tarihi misyonu'
Nuray Mert

İran'a karşı tedbirler Turgut Tarhanlı

Ümit ÖZDAĞ Karadeniz’de çatışan stratejiler mi?

Sami KOHEN Türkmen sahnesinde 'büyük oyun' başlıyor

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL Avrasya jeopolitiği ve ölümcül satranç

Hüsnü Mahalli Şantaj!

Tehran fears Turkey could re-export Iranian gas to Israel

[Yorum - Herkül Millas] Batı Trakya'da eğitim

[Yorum - Dr. Murat Yılmaz] Cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimleri ve antidemokratik eğilimlerin kökenleri(I)

[Yorum - William Fisher] İslamofobinin bedeli

26 Aralık 2006 Basın Özeti

Google News Greece - Cyprus

Fransız solunun 'ulusal' bunalımı mı, solun enternasyonal bunalımı mı? A.N. KARTAL GÜLBAHAR

Taha AKYOL / Mehmet Âkif'i anmak

Hadi Uluengin İslam savaşları (V)

Siyasetteki 'gençsiz'liği aşmak için parti kuran gençler Altan Öymen

Ertegün: A secret force behind Turkish-Armenian rapprochement bid

Oray Eğin Ermeni diasporasının iddiası: Ertegün Soykırım’ı tanıyordu

EKREM DUMANLI - Menemen belgeleri neden önemli?

TAMER KORKMAZ - Menemen Müsameresi

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası

Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri - Dış Basında Güncel Türkiye Bülteni

Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700

Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit

From the Archive OECD Economic survey of Turkey

From the Archive New Yorker The Next Act Is a damaged Administration less likely to attack Iran, or more? by Seymour M. Hersh

From the Archive IHT On negotiating with Tehran HENRY A. KISSINGER A purposeful and creative diplomacy toward Iran is crucial for building a more promising region.

H3 Küçük hedefler (1) Gündüz Aktan

Fikret BİLA TÜSİAD Erdoğan'ın elini rahatlattı

Ruşen Çakır Peter Galbraith: “Bağımsız bir Kürt devleti Türkiye’nin uydusu olur”

Iraklıları sadece bölünme kurtarır Peter W. Galbraith

Hasan CEMAL / Kürtleri satmak!

Enis Berberoğlu Mayın haritasını vermek istiyoruz

Kürt meselesi yeni sarsıntılara gebe Murat Yetkin

International terrorism and Turkey' Kurdish problem Doğu ERGİL

Güler Kömürcü Sınır ötesi operasyonda son durak Kerkük’tür

Aksiyon ‘Kürt ittifakı’ senaryosu hayal,

Cüneyt Ülsever İki arada bir derede insanlar ne yapsın?

Birand Köşk krizini halk değil, Ankara yaşıyor

İçi boşaltılan Cumhurbaşkanlığı
Hasan Celal Güzel

Cengiz Çandar Erdoğan, yurtdışı seyahatlerinde cumhurbaşkanlığı provası yapıyor

Çekirge zıpladı Washington sözcüsü gibi..

ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞİşte sansürün gerçek nedeni

Suat Kınıklıoğlu Stratejik Vizyon Eksikliği

Bilal Çetin 11. Cumhurbaşkanı’nı yoğun imza mesaisi bekliyor

Mehmet Tezkan Erdoğan toplumu her iki duruma göre hazırlıyor.. Plan dedikleri bu..

Ahmet Taşgetiren CHP, sine-i millet, ulusalcı macera

İlnur Çevik Iraqis await new US policy shift next week

Cengiz Çandar Bugün yazıları

TAHA KIVANÇ Doğrusu hangisi?

FEHMİ KORU Yanlışta ısrar

Şamil Tayyar 17 milyon doları nereden buldun Tuncay Özkan?

ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Çankaya savaşlarına hazırlanıyoruz

NAZLI ILICAK Çankaya yarışında Erdoğan önde

Şakir Süter Anket-Taran AKP ve GP

Ömer Lütfi Mete

EMRE AKÖZ'Adalet ve Karadenizli Partisi'

Mehmet Altan AK Parti’nin oyu...

MUHARREM SARIKAYA40 saatlik direniş...

ERGUN BABAHAN Medya ve bağımsızlık

Aksiyon Sine-i millet Çankaya'ya çıkmaz,

MÜMTAZ'ER TÜRKÖNE - Çankaya, sandığı nasıl etkiler?

ŞAHİN ALPAY - Abdülkerim Soruş ve İslami liberalizm

Yalçın DOĞAN Sezer bizi ne zaman temsil edecek

Ali Bayramoğlu Özgürlük ne denli birleştiriciyse, yasak o denli bölücüdür

İlter TürkmenT.E. Lawrence bile inanmamıştı

Özdemir İnce Banu Avar’ın programı ve İsveç’in avukatı Murat Belge

Sabancı'dan faiz ve yabancı uyarısı

2006'dan 2007'ye dünya ekonomisi Mahfi Eğilmez

Güngör URAS
Gelir dağılımı iyiye gidiyormuş (Biz kötüye gidiyor sanıyorduk...)

Erdal Sağlam TÜİK verileri aldı zamlar başlayabilir

Asgari ücret belirleniyor

2007: Çelişkiler yılı Korkmaz İlkorur

Gülay Göktürk Bardağın hangi tarafı?

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIMCari açığı yapısal hale getiren kurun seviyesi mi?

Asaf Savaş Akat Düzeltmede intizam

H4 New York Times nytcolumns

Washington Memo: War Critics See New Resistance by Bush

British Soldiers Storm Iraqi Jail, Citing Torture

Israel Agrees to Remove 2 Dozen Checkpoints

Hundreds Disappear Into the Black Hole of the Kurdish Prison System in Iraq

Tehran Assails US Arrests of Iranians in Iraq Raids

Gender War à la Française Shakes Up Political Arena

News Analysis: Russian Groups Look to Germany for Help

Pope Says Mankind, Despite Its Advances, Still Needs God

H5 Washington Post Old Iraq Strategy Lives On In Weekly Progress Reports Despite Upbeat Details, Updates Paint a Picture of Failure

Iran Oil Revenue Quickly Drying Up, Analysis Says

Recovering From Tragedy Lessons of Tsunami Reconstruction After Two Years By Bill Clinton

William Arkin Gates Disses the Troops, and the American People

More Troops Buys Silence of the Lambs

Troop Push Is Personal For McCain

British Troops Raid, Raze Station House In Southern Iraq

Ethiopia Intensifies Its Strikes Against Somalia Warplanes attack airport in Mogadishu in another major escalation of fighting between the Ethiopian-backed Somali government and the Islamic Courts

Israel to Lift Some West Bank Barricades

US Military Urging Iraq to Rein In Guard Force

Olmert Offers 'Flexibility' On Release Of Prisoners

Recovering From Tragedy Lessons of Tsunami Reconstruction After Two Years By Bill Clinton

Ethiopia Steps Up Attacks on SomaliaPlanes Strike Airport; Refugees Flee to Kenya

Pope Talks of Continuing Need for Faith in 21st-Century World

Israel to Lift Some West Bank Barricades Olmert Plan Aims to Boost Palestinian President in Struggle With Hamas

H6 Guardian

H7 Boston Globe A two-state solution for Iraq? (By David Apgar)

Troop 'Surge' Plan Faces Growing US Opposition

Ehsan Ahrari The End of Neoconservatism: Implications for America’s Greatness

Watching America By Arnaud de Borchgrave In much of the world, friends and foes alike challenge America's pre-eminence.

Dan Drezner When civil wars go transnational

Newsweek Dickey: Bush's Disastrous Troop Plan

The Coming of Neo-Multilateralism

UN Democracy Fund: A First Year Analysis (PDF; 279 KB)
Source: Freedom House

Democracy's 'systemic' problems

By Tod Lindberg

H8 Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq

US Papers Tuesday: Brits to the Rescue

US Says Arrest of Diplomats Highlights Iran-Meddling Charge in Iraq

Talabani: Iranians Arrested by US Were Invited

Basra Govt Furious Over Deadly UK Raid on Police Station

RFE/RL Despite Election Win, Reformers Are Disheartened The leader of an Iranian reformist youth movement sees little hope that moderates and reformists will be able to capitalize on their December 15 election victory.

Iraqi President Decries U.S. Detention of Iranians

Sunday Herald Iran's spies

UPI Analysis: Bush's last attempt in Iraq

Outside View: Short-changing Iraq

Outside View: Syria must be involved

Outside View: Syria must be involved

Policy Watch: U.S.' adversaries and Iraq

Analysis: U.S. may feed conflict in Somalia, experts say

Geopolitical Diary: Open Warfare in Somalia Stratfor

Al Hayat Iran and Us!

Oil and the Straits of Hormuz By Tulin Daloglu The U.S.-Iran confrontation and energy prices

H9 Ha’aretz - MI and Mossad disagree over Assad's intentionsMI believes that Assad is serious about wanting to make peace with Israel, but the Mossad disagrees.

MI: Threat from Gaza grows as Hamas uses cease-fire to beef up military forces

Yoel Marcus: Olmert and Abbas - A Qassam for every kiss

Rosner Olmert is hiding behind Bush's back

Jerusalem Post While the fires rage
By DAOUD KUTTAB
Why are Palestinians failing to take advantage of a key Israeli shift in their favor?

Daily Alert.org - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel –

Dominique de Villepin is in a long line of Quai d’Orsay anti-Semites when he calls Israel “a parenthesis in history”... more»

Yedioth Ahronoth Jordan: Israel not so strong
King Abdullah tells Japanese newspaper, ‘The perception in the Middle East is that Israel lost Lebanon war’; adds: More and more countries in the region will now believe that the only way to get Israel to listen is through force

Palestinian state in 2 years/ Fishman

State Department Weighs Plan for Palestinian State

Israel to Remove Some West Bank Roadblocks

Annan Made the Nations a Little Less United Against Israel Eve Epstein

Washington Times Mahmoud Abbas and the 'cease-fire'

Pre-empting Arab Mediation in Palestinian Divide Asian Tribune

H10 Christian Science Monitor

ASIA

H11 IHT After Kim Jong Il
CATHERINE FIELD If Germany does carry a lesson for the Korean Peninsula, it is that a state that feeds its people and has some basic infrastructure is a far better prospect for peaceful reunification than one that is starving, ignorant — and nuclear armed.

EUROPE Der Spiegel Privaty Equity Firms Strip Mine German Firms Be it television stations, large machine builders or auto-parts suppliers, international investors are buying up large swaths of the German business landscape. The new lords of business want one thing: profits, profits, profits. But criticism of the "locaust" method of doing business is growing in Germany

H12 RFE/RLIs USSR Nostalgia On The Upswing? This year marks the 15th anniversary of the death of the USSR, and it finds some in Russia looking back wistfully at Soviet times

Russia's Economic Boom Strengthens President Putin's Government

Russia Set on Selling More Weapons

Google News Azerbaijan

The USA does not want to see Armenia isolated

Azerbaijani Defense Ministry condemns Russia's supplying Armenia with arms

Turkmenistan may hold presidential poll Feb 19-RIA

H13 The Times Reduced to rubble . . . British troops launch Christmas raid on the 'station of death' Under cover of darkness, facing machine-gun fire, a thousand British soldiers captured and destroyed a rogue Iraqi police unit’s torture HQ

Horrors that mirrored Saddam's worst excesses The Serious Crimes Unit was regarded as one of the most corrupt elements of the British-mentored and trained constabulary in Iraq’s second city

Wall Street Journal Jimmy Carter's Book: An Israeli View . . . The former president has a religious problem with Israel. By MICHAEL B. OREN

. . . And a Palestinian One Mr. Carter has done this nation an enormous service.
By ALI ABUNIMAH

H14 Financial Times

H15 Los Angeles Times Shiite-on-Shiite violence racks southern Iraqi city

The future's so bright? By Lawrence H. Summers The markets are pricing in tranquillity as far as the eye can see. The commentariat begs to differ.

H16 American Politics

Consultant Helps Democrats Embrace Faith, and Some in Party Are Not Pleased

Democrats Eye Fiscal Restraint

Justice Dept. Database Stirs Privacy Fears

Military deaths in Iraq exceed 9/11 toll (AP)

realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec

Government ignored
OKC bomb evidence
Report: Other possible conspirator leads went unchecked; FBI rebuked.

H17 Daily Telegraph The Russia created by Vladimir Putin

Using energy as a political weapon has cast into doubt the Kremlin's reliability as a Western supplier. There is a gangster element in Mr Putin's Russia which has put the West and its allies on their guard.

Soldiers destroy Basra 'rogue' police HQ British forces have raided the headquarters of a rogue police unit in Basra to free prisoners who were about to be executed.

Analysis: Defeating gangs is essential

Fears over top-secret terror target list

British officials fear Brussels may seek to develop its counter-terror role in the same way Europol has expanded in recent years.

H18 Independent Leading article: Iran - A small step towards international unity

British troops demolish Iraqi police station More than 1,000 British troops carried out a dawn raid on a police station in the southern Iraqi city of Basra after receiving intelligence that dozens of prisoners were being tortured and faced imminent execution.

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

Nuclear traffic doubles since '90s

Intelligence committee established The Japan Times

H20 Slate

H21 Philip Hensher: The fatal childhood addiction to Enid Blyton

James Brown, the ‘Godfather of Soul,’ Dies at 73

Obituaries Hardworking Godfather of Soul

James Brown - I Feel Good

Independent Books of the Year 2006

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