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7 January 2008
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H1 Foreign Policy A World Without Islam By Graham Fuller (pdf)

Newsweek Can Obama Go the Distance?

New York Times U.S. Considers New Covert Push Within Pakistan A plan that could authorize more aggressive operations follows concern that Al Qaeda and the Taliban hope to destabilize the Pakistani government, officials said

Sunday Times Israel to Brief Bush on Iran Strike OptionsIsrael is said to have information on Iran having started up its nuclear weapon programme, abandoned during the Iraq war

Sunday Times For sale: West’s deadly nuclear secrets A whistleblower claims senior US officials have helped a spy ring get its hands on key technology for unstable states (Sibel Edmonds)

Report: Israeli agents in US gathering nuclear intelligence Ha'aretz By Yossi Melman

Nukes, Spooks, & the Specter of 9/11: J. Raimondo

Washington Post Strains Intensify in Pakistan's Ethnic Patchwork Bhutto's assassination has inflamed the uneasy balance between ethnic groups in diverse nation

As Bush Heads to Mideast, Renewed Questions on Iran Israeli, Arab Leaders Doubt U.S. Resolve

U.S. Officials Review Approach in Pakistan Fight Against Al-Qaeda May Intensify

Why Is Oil So Pricey? It's a Conspiracy! By R. James Woolsey

Ha’aretz Bush: We'd Defend Israel in Event of Iranian Strike

Bar’el There's a partner, and he's American It seems Israel seeks conditions that will become the permanent policy of the U.S., regardless of who its president may be

A transcript Hadley’s remarks on Bush’s Mideast Trip

Middle East: Of Braveheart and Bush - Max Boot, Hope over experience Wall Street Journal

IHT Is this trip necessary? By MARK A. HELLER

With all the hoopla surrounding primary elections, it's sometimes difficult to remember that George W. Bush is still president of the United States. One good way for him to remind people of that fact is to go on a foreign trip.

Poland signals a shift on U.S. missile shieldForeign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said that Poland was not prepared to accept U.S. plans to deploy part of its controversial antiballistic missile shield in Poland.

NYT Book Review The Islam Issue

ESSAY; The Clash By FOUAD AJAMI I doubted Samuel Huntington when he predicted a struggle between Islam and the West. My mistake.

Financial Times Analysis: Iraq surge brings a lull in violence but no reconciliation An accord between Shia and Sunni is needed if security improvements are to prove sustainable

Bush sees Mideast peace deal this year

Editorial Stabilising Georgia For the west, the lesson of the past few weeks is to give somewhat less support to Mikheil Saakashvili and rather more to a range of democratic leaders and institutions

Backing autocrats: the backfire policy The insight that it is collusion with tyranny – especially when this appears aimed at Islam as well as freedom – that incubates terror, is as valid as ever

Likeability ticks the right boxes Almost all the US presidential candidates catered to Iowa’s tastes. Yet it is questionable to what extent such pandering is rewarded, says Edward Luce

A fiscal stimulus is needed The case is compelling for the president and Congress to create a programme of stimulus to the US economy, argues Lawrence Summers

VIDEO: Hillary Heated Response At Debate...

WP Impeach George W. Bush Why I Believe Bush Must Go Nixon Was Bad. These Guys Are Worse. By George McGovern

Don't Be Afraid of Humility The Best Change the Next President Can Make By Madeleine K. Albright, The most precious gift the next president could bestow upon America is an end to the politics of fear.

Jerusalem Post The Region: The president's last year in office

[ BARRY RUBIN

Exit the 'Axis of Evil'? - Chicago Tribune

Iraq's Unknown Economy Michael O'Hanlon, Washington Times

Independent Leading article: A belated awakening to Middle East obligations


The American Giant Always Bounces Back - Irwin Stelzer, Sunday Times

Tom Barnett Resetting the clock on Bush watch

Guardian Rights and wrongs

Brian Whitaker: The view that support for human rights around the world is tantamount to imperialism is based on a series of misconceptions
NYT Ghosts That Haunt Pakistan By JOHN F. BURNS Throughout history, violent death has rewritten the country’s political map.
Next-Gen Taliban

By NICHOLAS SCHMIDLE Pakistan’s younger Islamic militants are bringing the jihad waged in Afghanistan back home: breaking with senior mullahs, renouncing elections and killing police officers, soldiers and, perhaps, Benazir Bhutto.

Los Angeles Times All eyes on the Iraqi army

"PAKISTAN AFTER THE ASSASSINATION": Interview with Pervez Hoodbhoy

H2 FT Spotlight: Abdullah Gul – Outsider smooths US relations When Abdullah Gul, Turkey’s president, arrives at the White House on Tuesday for his first official meeting with US President George W. Bush, he is sure to get a warm welcome

Washington Times Editorial Washington, Ankara and the PKK

US, Turkey anticipate harmonious talks

Sunday Times For sale: West’s deadly nuclear secrets A whistleblower claims senior US officials have helped a spy ring get its hands on key technology for unstable states (Sibel Edmonds)

ABD'nin sırlarını Türk ajanlar satmış

Faruk Loğoğlu The Manama Dialogue: Gulf security and Turkey

[MONDAY TALK] Sanberk: Turkey won't accept EU's limes strategy

PostGlobal - Soli Özel Dear Candidates: Earn the World's Consent

Iraqi Kurdish PKK Head Says Turkish Military Operation Failed

FBI WHISTLEBLOWER: GOV'T AIDED SPIES

The European Union, Turkish Limitations, and American Disinterest

ABD'nin nükleer sırlarını Türkler nasıl sattı?

PKK'nın Türkiye'yi geriletmesi önlenmeli

ABD ile ilişkiler yeni boyut kazandı

Turkey's Terror Problem Is Ours

NYT THE OSCARS; A Hand That Links Germans and Turks

Turkish Paper Views Iraqi Leaders' Statements, US Stance on Kurdish Question

Turkish Minister Says Nuclear Power Plant to Be Ready in 5-6 Years

Gül, yeni dönemin devamı için ABD'de

'Fast food' diplomacy for Turkey in Washington? Cengiz ÇANDAR

Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

Kürtçe eğitim Tarhan Erdem

Kürdlerin Türklerle Tarihsel Dansı

Başkan Barzani: ”140. madde 6 ay içinde uygulanacak”

İhsan Yılmaz Kurdish diaspora in the post-PKK era

[Yorum - Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu] Türkiye, kendi gölgesinden korkmamalı

Başbakan Diyarbakır'da söz verdi: Teröre karşı inadına yatırım

Siz başbakan olsaydınız ne yapardınız?

İlnur Çevik Turk should be the last person to be indicted

Ömer Lütfi Mete Asıl güvenilmez olan -

Gülay Göktürk Bombalardan değil, siyasi hatalardan korkun

Nabi Yağcı Yaklaşan tehlike, Türk-Kürt yurttaş kavgasıdır

Iraqi PM Interviewed on Reconciliation, Awakening Councils, Kurdish Issues

Iran Kurd Rebels Vows to Engage in Suicide Missions

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 06 Jan 08

Iraqi Kurd Official Delegate Detained at Turkish Airport

Pumping oil from Kirkuk to Turkey's Ceyhan still ceased – source

The "Great Kurdistan" threat

US Foreign Policy and the Relationship with Turkey By Goran Sadjadi

Diyarbakır’ın kamerası 15 aydır ihaleye takıldı

'Çok sayıda terör eylemi önlendi'

Demokrasi daha da kuvvet bulacak

Erdoğan’ın Kürdçe eğitim istemine cevabı:”Türkiye’de sadece Kürtler yok…”

Talabani irks Iran, then makes U-turn

Devlet Diyarbakır'da

Er Ramazan Yüce, ‘PKK'ya yardım ve yataklık’tan beraat etmiş

Kurdish Militant Surrenders to Security Forces in Southeastern Turkey

Öğrencileri bile bile katlettiler

Mehmetçik kar ve fırtınada mayın aradı

Kürtlere darbe

What's happening in Kirkuk?

Dağlıca rehinesi PKK'ya yataklıktan yargılanmış

Emin Pazarcı Mütevazı Genelkurmay

Talabani Denies Kurd Coalition Plans to Quit Maliki Govt

Kurds are not barbaric, their enemies are!

Iraqi President, Kurdistan Region Leader Meet; Other Developments 5 Jan

UPI Kirkuk debate continues over vote Iraq's Parliament and the oil-rich Kirkuk provincial council are divided on a constitutional referendum to decide the province's fate.

DTP: Operasyonlardan vazgeçilmelidir

Son patlama Murat Belge

Diyarbakır emniyeti şüpheli araç alarmında

Teröristin eşkali ve parmak izi belirlendi

[Fbis] OSC: Al-Iraqiyah Roundup: Kurdistan Alliance Not To Withdraw From Govt; Update 5 Jan

[Fbis] OSC: Turkish General Staff: 'Terrorists' Escaped To Syria After Clashes on Border

Deniz Baykal’dan Diyarbakır’da inceleme

YİNE DOĞALGAZ KRİZİ

"Terör örgütü zihniyet değiştirdi"

Yakalanan PKK'lı idam edildi

Van’da Hizbullah operasyonu: 37 gözaltı

İran, Türk vatandaşı PKK'lıyı idam etti

Suriye sınırında teröristlerle çatışma

Bomba zanlıları serbest

İran'dan Kuzey Irak'a 4 kilometrelik duvar

Güneydoğulu kanaat önderlerinden iade-i ziyaret

Van'daki bombalı aracın hedefi batıda bir kentti

Teröristler Suriye'ye kaçtı

Bombalı saldırı, vahşetin ispatıdır

Iraqi Refugees in Turkey Seek Move to US

Türk güvenlik firmaları Irak'ta kaçak eleman çalıştırıyor

Iraqis Move to Kurdish North to Escape Baghdad Violence

Syria, Turkey Sign Five Cooperation Agreements

Kosovo, Kurdistan and 'Israeli Arabs'

[HABER ANALİZ] Ortadoğu'da taşlar yerinden oynuyor

Fikret Ertan Dördüncü ülke...

Islamist Vakit: “MOSSAD Reports, Turkish Security Makes Arrests”

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Yavuz Baydar Make or break for all Cypriots

Şahin Alpay No excuses for failing to pursue reforms

Mensur Akgün 21 pare top, Sarkozy ve terör

Turkey is the main obstacle to a Cyprus solution

AHI Sends Letter to President Bush Regarding January 8 Meeting ...
Hellenic News of America,

Ata Atun Cyprus’ history from 1960 to 1974 (6)

Arslan Bulut Genelkurmayın "Ali, Rodos'a bak!" mesajının sebebi!

OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
TRT Ermenice yayına başlıyor

Cyprus on Gul's US agenda

Özdemir İnce Avrupa Birliği’ni kızdıracak işler

Türkiye yüzünden kapıya koyacaktı

Bartholomew: We don’t want to be like the Vatican

Alevilerden Çamuroğlu'na tepki

Dışişleri, Alevi dizisi için devrede

Çatlı'nın arkadaşı çete dosyasında

Fatih Altaylı yönetiminde üç yeni gazete çıkaracak

'YÖK Başkanı’nı asistan yapmaya bile tereddüt ederdim'

Spor kamuoyunda askerlik tartışması

Alkolik ve kumarbazın maaşı eşine

Sami Kohen: Gazeteci Haluk Şahin

Demiryolları özel sektöre açılıyor

Yabancılar, Türkiye'de üniversite kurmak için sıraya girdi

Türkiye yeni yılda yeni cezalarla tanışacak

Ankara Barosu Başkanı: "Askeri yargı kaldırılmalı"

Soner Yalçın Dünyanın en büyük silah tüccarı ticarete İstanbul genelevinde atıldı

Askere yardıma soruşturma

[NEWS ANALYSIS] Foreign skilled workers report work permit woes

From textile to laundry: Foreign hands in Turkey

NYT THE OSCARS; A Hand That Links Germans and Turks

Sir Peter Laurence Sir Peter Laurence, who has died aged 84, was British ambassador to Turkey from 1980 to 1983. Hugely intelligent, reliable, likeable and courageous, he learned Turkish before his appointment

6 Ocak 2008 Basın Özeti

7 Ocak 2008 Basın Özeti

H3 Alirıza Gül, Beyaz Saray’a 2009’da gitmeliydi

Ali H Aslan [WASHINGTON] Gül'ün düşman çatlatan ziyareti

Türkiye'den beklenti yüksek
Murat Yetkin

Ömer Taşpınar New optimism in Turkish-American relations

Kadri GÜRSEL Davutoğlu'nun AKP'den farkı

ERGİN CELASİN:HAVA KUVVETLERİMİZ DÜNYANIN İLK ÜÇÜNDE

Son kale savaşları

Metehan Demir Büyük hesaplaşma

Semih İDİZ Gül, Washington ile yakalanan ivmeyi sürdürüyor

Cumhurbaşkanı Gül ABD'ye gidiyor

[NEWS ANALYSIS] Outlawed PKK’s leadership seeks to be pardoned

Mehmet Metiner Kürdistan Federe Bölgesi Meclis Başkanı Adnan Müfti: “Türkmenler için özerklik düşünüyoruz!”

ECEVİT KILIÇ Cevat Öneş Diyarbakır bombası PKK'nın intiharıydı

Şamil Tayyar Dağlıca’daki üç komutana suç duyurusu

İşte İran'ın PKK duvarı

Selçuk Gültaşlı [BRÜKSEL] 'Yine Kürdistan'ı bombalıyorsunuz'

Üniversiteye herkes gitmemeli

Cengiz Çandar

Cevdet Aşkın PKK'nın Talabani'ye öfkesi, Diyarbakır'ın yeni anayasa umudu

Diyarbakır'da gergin diyalog

Direnselerdi bu kadar çok şehit verilmezdi

Bartholomew: We don’t want to be like the Vatican

Ferai Tınç Neden PKK’yı terk etmek zorunda kaldılar

Serdar Akinan Barzani saf dışı kalacak

Farklılıklar zenginliğimiz değilmiş meğer

Mustafa Mutlu Başbakan, Fethullah Hoca’yı ziyaret etti mi?

Saldırı, reforma engel olmamalı
Murat Yetkin

Mustafa Karaalioğlu Köşeye sıkışan terörün sunduğu fırsat

SOLİ ÖZEL Bir denenebilse

Hasan CEMAL Barışa bir şans vermek, bütün söylediğimiz bu!

DP, neye muhalefetin ifadesiydi? AVNİ ÖZGÜREL

Timsahın gözyaşları - Hasan Celal Güzel

Sadi Somuncuoğu PKK vahşeti ve Başbakanın klavuzu

SOLİ ÖZEL Başkan adayı Müslüman mı?

MGK'DA 'BULGAR TAHSİN' DÖNEMİ

Taha AKYOL Nur Vergin'e linç

301’de değişiklik Meclis’e geliyor

İftarda KKTC ve ABD temsilcisi

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası

Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık - Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700 VOA TSİ 06:30 Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit

Taha Kıvanç Önemli bir ziyaret başlarken

Fehmi Koru Yeni paradigmaya yeni üslup gerek Determined to be wrong and wrong again

YASİN AKTAY Çözüm halkın PKK'dan bıkması değil

Mustafa Akyol Yedinci Ok: Korkutmacılık

KÜRŞAT BUMİN Diyarbakır'daki vahşeti nasıl okumalı?

TAMER KORKMAZ Forrest Gump Bin Ladin'le tokalaştı mı?

TAMER KORKMAZ “Ateş Hattı'ndaki Pakistan” Fotoğrafını Doğru Okumak!

KÜRŞAT BUMİN'Mecidiyeköy bombacısı' hakkında yeni sorular

Ölümün nesi varmış? Yıldırım Türker

Ali Bulaç İşin sonu

Şükrü Küçükşahin AKP’deki değişik kıpırtılar

Eyvah, büyük uzlaşma! H. Gökhan Özgün

Derya SAZAK Çankaya etiği

Mümtazer Türköne Engizisyonun son mahkûmu: Nur Vergin

Ertuğrul Özkök

Ahmet Hakan İslami basın bunu da yaz Hasan’a şefkat

M Ali Birand

Cüneyt Ülsever DP kongresi

Enis Berberoğlu Fail-i meçhul yorum

Oktay Ekşi Çiçek mi gönderelim?

Loisaida İsmet Berkan

Mehmet Yılmaz Terror Neged Terror

Hilmi Yavuz Laiklik mi, müsamaha mı?

İsmail Küçükkaya
Cumhuriyetimizin biricikliğini anlamak...

YÖK'e by-pass tasarısı hazır

Mehmet Tezkan

Türkiye gerçekten Vahhabileşiyor mu..

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Tasfiye mi tesviye mi?

ERDAL ŞAFAK Devlet adamları Avrupa'da yaşamak

ERGUN BABAHAN

EMRE AKÖZ

Umur Talu Köleleşmenin şartı, körleşme

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN Yeni-yine laiklik tartışması

NAZLI ILICAK Ömerli'de yolsuzluk dalgası

MAHMUT ÖVÜR Terörü lanetlemek yetmez!

YAVUZ DONAT YÖK Başkanı 'gaza basmaya' hazırlanıyor

Aç kapat!.. Al sana kongre

YÖK’ün ’kara kutusu’ Hürriyet’e konuştu

Mustafa Ünal 'Canlı yayında' bir Cumhurbaşkanı

KOD ADI: ANAYASA -1-

Kırat'a Çiller destekli süvari

Nur Vergin’e yapılan klan baskısı!

Mehmet Barlas Amerikalılar da eski siyasi düzenden galiba bıktılar…

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Yabancının Türkiye'de en kârlı 6 yılı

Ercan Kumcu Düşündürücü görüntüler Doğrular ve yanlışlar

Erdal Sağlam İlk enerji özelleştirmesi fiyaskoyla sonuçlanmasın

[NEWS ANALYSIS] Slowing economy calls Ankara to action

OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
Haritaya bak, projeyi yap, parayı kap

Global investment flows and climate: How can Turkey perform better?

Sosyal güvenlikte 'kara delik' tartışması

Hedefleme enflasyonu Mahfi Eğilmez

Kriz öncesindeki likidite bolluğu neden büyümeyi hızlandırmadı?
Fatih Özatay

Osman ULAGAY Küresel ısınma mı, toplumsal patlama mı?

Yüksek faiz, düşük kur politikası uygulanmadı Fatih Özatay

Deniz Gökçe Biraz insaf !

Hasan Ersel 2008'de üretici fiyatları yüzde 5 dolayında artabilir

Sosyal Güvenlik Reformu Ocak sonu

FT Bidders line up for Turkish store chain

İBRAHİM KAHVECİ 93,7 milyar dolar

Sabancı ve Carrefour, Migros’tan çekildi

Biyoetanol kullanımı % 5 olsun, petrol ithalatı 670 milyon dolar düşer

H4 New York Times U.S. Considers New Covert Push Within Pakistan A plan that could authorize more aggressive operations follows concern that Al Qaeda and the Taliban hope to destabilize the Pakistani government, officials said.

ESSAY; The Clash By FOUAD AJAMI

A Year in Iraq By ADRIANA LINS DE ALBUQUERQUE and ALICIA CHENG For those in uniform, 2007 was the deadliest year since the invasion.

FIRST CHAPTER; ‘American Crescent’

Ghosts That Haunt Pakistan By JOHN F. BURNS Throughout history, violent death has rewritten the country’s political map.
Editorial Conspiracy and Democracy in Pakistan Real democracy will take a long time to build in Pakistan, but it’s the only path to stability. And it needs to start now.
Next-Gen Taliban

By NICHOLAS SCHMIDLE Pakistan’s younger Islamic militants are bringing the jihad waged in Afghanistan back home: breaking with senior mullahs, renouncing elections and killing police officers, soldiers and, perhaps, Benazir Bhutto.

U.S. Prison Grows Beyond Capacity in Afghanistan Efforts to scale back the U.S. detention center at the Bagram military base are failing while conditions at the facility have drawn a strong complaint from the Red Cross.

In Musharraf’s Shadow, a New Hope for Pakistan Rises

Arab League Backs Plan to End Lebanon Stalemate

Israel Says It Will Toughen Response to Longer-Range Fire

Poland Signals Doubts About Planned U.S. Missile-Defense Bases on Its Territory

Georgia’s President Narrowly Wins Vote

Observe Early and Often By EDWARD P. JOSEPH The United Nations should establish a monitoring unit devoted not to elections, but to the work of election commissions

Qaeda Urges Meeting Bush With Bombs

Deadly Bombing Mars Iraqi Celebration

WILLIAM KRISTOLPresident Mike Huckabee? After the last two elections, Americans — even Republicans! — are ready for a likable regular guy. Huckabee seems to be that

Stirred, Not Shaken By MICHAEL KINSLEY Americans say they want change, and think they want it, but there is room for doubt.

PAUL KRUGMAN From Hype to Fear The opponents of change, those who want to keep the Bush legacy intact, are very good at the fear thing.

Retracing Steps, McCain Is Feeling Rejuvenated

Sharp Clashes in Hectic Days Before Primary The presidential candidates rushed into a final weekend of compressed and often harsh campaigning as they presented new themes to New Hampshire voters.

In This Race, Independents Are the Prize The presidential race is for the next few days largely in the hands of voters who identify with neither party

Cruel and Far Too Usual Punishment We believe that the death penalty, no matter how it is administered, is unconstitutional and wrong

At Debate, Two Rivals Go After Defiant Clinton John Edwards and Senator Barack Obama attacked Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as never before. Transcript: The Democratic Debate

Afghan Clerics Warn Karzai Against Missionaries

ROGER COHEN New Day in the Americas The next president of the United States should make looking south a priority, with Brazil as pivot for intensified engagement.

Editorial Economic Policy for Tough Times Lawmakers must come up with a stimulus package that addresses the country’s clear and present threat of recession.

No Country for Old Hatreds By BINYAVANGA WAINAINA Our Kenyan identity, so deliberately formed in the test tube of nationalist effort, has over the years been undermined by our leaders.

H5 Washington Post Strains Intensify in Pakistan's Ethnic Patchwork Bhutto's assassination has inflamed the uneasy balance between ethnic groups in diverse nation

As Bush Heads to Mideast, Renewed Questions on Iran Israeli, Arab Leaders Doubt U.S. Resolve

U.S. Officials Review Approach in Pakistan Fight Against Al-Qaeda May Intensify

Bush Prepares for Mideast Visit President intends to use first extended tour of region to urge international pressure against Iran

Don't Be Afraid of Humility The Best Change the Next President Can Make By Madeleine K. Albright, The most precious gift the next president could bestow upon America is an end to the politics of fear.

Vote in Georgia Produces a Thin Margin Saakashvili's Opponents Seen Likely to Challenge Presidential Election Results

GOP Doubts, Fears 'Post-Partisan' Obama

Too Cold to Win? By Robert D. Novak For Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton, tomorrow could be a defining day in New Hampshire.

Clinton, Romney on Offensive As Pivotal Contest Draws Near

Editorial

A Last Hurdle for Obama? By David S. Broder, New Hampshire could serve as Obama's coronation and Huckabee's undoing.

Obama's Iowa Victory Fits Democratic Trend According to conventional wisdom, front-runners win presidential nominations. Democrats and Republicans who start the race for a presidential nomination with the largest amount of money and the best poll numbers are supposed to be the ones most likely to walk away with victory months later.

Impeach George W. Bush Why I Believe Bush Must Go Nixon Was Bad. These Guys Are Worse. By George McGovern

U.S. Relying on Two in People's Party to Help Stabilize Pakistan Bush administration relies on two politicians, one seen as nearly powerless and the other charged with corruption, to help lead country

It's Troubled, But It's Home By Mohsin Hamid, Pakistan is far from the chaotic disaster many Americans assume it is.

Why Is Oil So Pricey? It's a Conspiracy! By R. James Woolsey,

Iraqi Soldier Accused Of Killing U.S. Troops Two Servicemen Slain During Joint Patrol

OPEC Not to Blame For High Oil Prices, Its President Says

Democracy Gets Small Portion of U.S. Aid Documents Show Much of the Money Helps Entity Controlled by Musharraf

Into Africa Without a Map By David Ignatius, Is greater involvement by the U.S. military the answer to Africa's challenges?

Nuclear Credulity By Carolyn Leddy, Permitting excuses, loopholes and missed deadlines isn't the way to keep North Korea in line.

Hijabs and High Heels Pamela Windo | Young Muslim women torn between faith and fashion remind me of my own good girl/bad girl struggles.

Egypt to Bolster Gaza Border

U.S. Aid Will Help in Detecting Tunnels, Congressman Says

In a Shorter War, the Numbers Might Have Added Up About six months before the United States invaded Iraq, then-White House economic adviser Lawrence B. Lindsey famously estimated that the war would cost between $100 billion and $200 billion. The prediction ended up being way too low: As of Sept. 30, congressional analysts recently estimated, the...

Obama's Rise Dismays Clinton's Supporters

Underdog Clinton Goes After Obama

What's Tearing Kenya Apart? History, for One Thing. By Caroline Elkins As tens of thousands of Kenyans flee their homes and hundreds lie dead, part of the blame rests with Britain and its imperial legacy

H6 Guardian Rights and wrongs

Brian Whitaker: The view that support for human rights around the world is tantamount to imperialism is based on a series of misconceptions

An Obama victory would symbolise a great deal and change very little

Anger at Georgian 'vote-rigging' Mikhail Saakashvili appears close to winning a second term as president of Georgia amid scenes of protest

Brown can no longer afford to treat Britain's war casualties so shoddily

Max Hastings

10,000 police to guard Bush in Israel

Israeli officials to deploy more than 10,000 police officers for the first US presidential visit in a decade

Life goes on behind curtains
Robert Tait's final dispatch from the country which expelled him

Al-Qaida's new line: videos for mobile phone In an effort to extend its influence and its message, Al-Qaida is reissuing video recordings in new formats

French president may marry ex-model
· Sarkozy and Bruni to wed next month, paper reports · News comes as couple tour temple in Jordan

The Observer Bhutto gunman also bomber, say security officials
Security officials investigating the killing of Benazir Bhutto believe it was done by a single assassin with a gun and a bomb

At the heart of Pakistan, life keeps a normal beat Benazir Bhutto's assassination is just a news item on the teahouse TV

Brown: my vision for 2008
· PM tells of fightback plan
· Battle to win hearts of Muslims
· Pledge to make 'hard choices'
Interview: Brown's toughest fight
Transcript of the interview

The truth is out: X-Files go public
British UFO 'sightings' investigated by a secret branch of the MoD are soon to be revealed and officials are braced for a torrent of inquiries

The winds of change are set to blow away the American right Michael Crowley: In the first of his dispatches, our new American columnist argues his country's heartland is moving away from conservatism

Wounded Clinton takes fight to New Hampshire The former Democrat frontrunner battles for her political life, while the Republican race is in turmoil. Paul Harris reports from Concord

Big business should look beyond the online society The increasing migration of services online, with the best deals available to digitally empowered, is reinforcing social exclusion

H7

Barack Obama's American Exceptionalism by Christopher Preble

The Top Eleven Myths About Iraq, 2007 by Michael Schwartz

The Geography of Persia Through History

Stand by for U.K. Diplomatic Surge - David Miliband, London Times

Warlord Psychology

Muriel Mirak-Weissbach of Quebec’s Centre for Research on Globalization sees the NIE as a ‘preemptive strike’ on the war party of Cheney, et al.

[ANALYSIS] Are we running out of oil?

Pakistan Rejects US Covert Action Plan

Suggestion of covert U.S. mission stirs angerPakistan reacted angrily yesterday to reports that President Bush is considering covert military operations in the country's volatile tribal areas bordering Afghanistan

BBC Musharraf queries how Bhutto died Musharraf says Benazir Bhutto may have been shot dead, contradicting official accounts.


How Safe are Pakistan's Nukes? - Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer

Pakistan is Troubled, But It's Home - Mohsin Hamid, Washington Post

In Defense of Musharraf - Jonathan Powers, Toronto Star

Why Not Fatima Bhutto? - Jemima Khan, London Daily Telegraph

Benazir's Hopes for Democracy Can Live On - Asif Ali Zardari, The Independent

Newsweek What People Will Die For

by Fareed Zakaria


Into Africa Without a Map - David Ignatius, Washington Post


Kenya is a Strange Animal - Binyavanga Wainaina, New York Times


Kenya Too Important to Let Collapse - Jonathan Stevenson, Baltimore Sun


Another Day, Another Crooked African Election - Martin Meredith, The Independent


Moving Forward in Kenya - Warigia Bowman, Boston Globe


What's Tearing Kenya Apart? - Caroline Elkins, Washington Post


Aid Darfur's Outgunned Defenders - Gordon Barthos, Toronto Star


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

Boston Globe Condoleezza Rice's lessons from Lebanon WITH THE Annapolis conference and the Paris fund-raising effort to aid the Palestinians behind us, the Middle East peace process is now in need of constant vigilance. President Bush will visit the region this week, but it is Condoleezza Rice who will be looked upon to provide a guiding hand. (By Daniel Levy, Boston Globe

Iraq's Unknown Economy - Michael O'Hanlon, Washington Times


Middle East: Of Braveheart and Bush - Max Boot, Wall Street Journal

Economist: Syrian Economic Outlook for 2008-09

Damascus: What a Pity!

The Regional Lebanon Deal: What Does it Mean?

Iraq's Middle Class Is Languishing

Attacks End Lull in Baghdad Violence

Iraqi Former PM Discusses Expected Formation of New Political Trend

BBC Monitoring Headlines, Quotes From Iraqi Press 6 Jan 08

Al Hayat Sarkozy And The Syrian Regime Randa Takieddine - The French president tied the formation of the international tribunal with pressures on Syria since he is aware that this remains Damascus’s obsession. Sarkozy wastes no time since he is in haste to find solutions, to implement his reforms, and to get what he was promised. He has no appreciation for those who are dishonest with him, or disappoint him or obstruct his efforts


The Shadow of Tehran and Damascus on Bush's Tour Elias Harfouche - Bush has put labels for his tour: promoting peace between Israel and the Palestinians and containing the “hostile aspirations” of Iran. He will strive for rallying the regional forces for his plan and for standing up to the two disrupting forces that he considers to be at the heart of the problems.

• 'Delhi: Between Tehran and Washington' by P. R. Kumaraswamy, Middle East Quarterly

BBC Arab League backs Lebanon plan The Secretary General of the Arab League will head to Lebanon to discuss a plan to resolve the crisis there.

Survey: Americans lost on the map

Iraq Papers Mon: Awakening vs al-Maliki

[Fbis] OSC: Iraqi VP: Political Process Not To Improve Unless Political Structure Changed

BBC Monitoring Headlines, Quotes From Iraqi Press 6 Jan 08

Bush's Mideast trip (By Chuck Freilich)

[Fbis] OSC: Palestinian Officials Comment on US President Bush's Statements to Al-Arabiyah

[Fbis] OSC: Mish'al Urges Fayyad Government To Step Down, Unconditional Dialogue with Fatah

[Fbis] OSC: Syria: Al-Mu'allim, Iran's Larijani Discuss Mideast Developments, Lebanese Crisis

H9 Ha’aretz Bush says U.S. would defend Israel in event of Iranian strike

Report: Israeli agents in US gathering nuclear intelligence

Barak to lay out Israel's position on Iran's nuclear program to Bush

PM to assure Bush he will dismantle illegal outposts

Peace and the nation-state By Eyal Chowers Jewish and Palestinian nationalism have both proven to be virulent and overbearing. Any agreement that does not aim to reduce this nationalism - and does not create the dams and levees necessary to halt its gushing flow - might be nothing more than a very temporary modus vivendi.

Citing security, state refuses to release data on settlements

Shin Bet: PA has arrested 250 Hamas men over past month

Outposts / Status quo is just fine

Bar’el There's a partner, and he's American It seems Israel seeks conditions that will become the permanent policy of the U.S., regardless of who its president may be

Akiva Eldar - Settlements are an obstacle to ZionismThe settlement in the heart of the territories has for 40 years denied freedom to millions of people, including the freedom of movement

The Houdini of Israeli politics It is hard not to admire the political maneuvering of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

The U.S. president / A friend to Olmert indeed

Gideon Levy: Bush is hostile and indifferent toward Israel

Israel plans homes on 'absentee' Palestinian land in E. Jerusalem

Percent of world Jewry living in Israel climbed to 41percent in 2007

Biden & Dodd: Expertise in foreign policy can only take you so far

Olmert, Abbas to meet Tues. ahead of Bush visit

Second Lebanon War probe findings to be released Jan. 30

All's fair in politics and war

Jerusalem Post The Region: The president's last year in office BARRY RUBIN

Livni: Israel-Diaspora link weakening "We're becoming more an 'Israeli people,' and less 'the people of Israel,'" says foreign minister.

Making Annapolis irrelevant

Bush's warm reception will be mixed with the impact of tensions in the US-Israel security relationship

Olmert: Every solution will be painfulFull text of the prime minister's exclusive interview with the Post.

Winograd report to be released Jan. 30

'Bush moving peace process forward' Arab League chief hopes to see concrete developments during US president's Middle East trip.

Yedioth Ahronoth Israel to present 'Iran file' Senior forum at Prime Minister's Office convenes for special discussion ahead of US president's upcoming visit. Defense Minister Barak to brief Bush on Israeli interpretation to intelligence information on Tehran's nuclear program

Kosovo in the Galilee

European hypocrisy could result in support for future Arab-Israeli uprising, Eldad Beck writes

Israel accused ahead of Bush trip Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat blames Israel for stepping up attacks ahead of the US president's visit.

Daily Alert.orgMiddle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review Google News Israel - Palestine

[Fbis] OSC: Syria's Speech at HAMAS 20th Anniversary Celebration Salutes HAMAS, Calls For Unity

Interview with Brigadier General (Ret.) Shimon Naveh by Matt Matthews of the US Army Combat Studies Institute

Keeping Palestine in Mind - Arnaud de Borchgrave, Washington Times

The AIPAC Spy Trial: A Case of Prosecutus Interruptus

Anne Frank's diary to be made into a musical The Diary of Anne Frank will take centre stage next month when a Spanish musical opens in Madrid

H10 Christian Science Monitor New look at foreign fighters in Iraq

An analysis shows that the bulk of them come from countries allied with the US.

As economy lags, pressure builds for US to act The government's options are narrower than they were for the last US recession.

In Georgia, elections offer stability

The pro-West president called Saturday's snap polls after being criticized for authoritarianism. With early results giving him 48 percent ofthe vote, opponents protest fraud.

Baghdad book market revives after devastating bomb A correspondent who often visits the popular Mutanabi market finds it to be a useful gauge of hope in the Iraqi capital.

Stakes high for New Hampshire primary The Democratic contest is more likely to be decisive.

ASIA

CSM The Olympics in China: a moment for pride - and world scrutiny

Chinese officials are treating the Games as proud confirmation of their country's emergence as a global force to be reckoned with.

The Game to Watch What a 'Dissident President' Would Do at the Games

By Ellen Bork When President Bush travels to Beijing this year for the Olympics, he should make time to visit with Chinese dissidents.

• 'Delhi: Between Tehran and Washington' by P. R. Kumaraswamy, Middle East Quarterly

The Talibanization of South Asia: Can it Be Stopped?

India and Pakistan quietly share nuclear secrets

WP Editorial Democracy Delayed, Again Hong Kong is told it must wait until 2017 -- at least -- for a direct vote on its government.

Nuclear Credulity By Carolyn Leddy, Permitting excuses, loopholes and missed deadlines isn't the way to keep North Korea in line.

China Telecom Firm Looks to U.S. Huawei Technologies seeks to expand in American market, but specter of foreign access to U.S. telecommunications infrastructure raises hackles in U.S. Congress.

LA Times China eases up on executions Mindful of its image as Olympics host, Beijing aims to "kill fewer, kill carefully." Activists call for more legal reforms.

Are there lessons for africa from China’s success against poverty?
Source: World Bank Policy Research Working Papers Full Paper (PDF; 135 KB)

Demographic Crisis, Robotic Cure?

Rejecting Immigration, Japan Turns to Technology as Workforce Shrinks

N. Korea: Eine Kleine Nuke Music - New York Post Editorial

North Korea: Nuclear Credulity - Carolyn Leddy, Washington Post
Hong Kong's Long Wait - Toronto Star editorial


Hong Kong's Democracy Delayed, Again - Washington Post editorial

H11 IHT Is this trip necessary? By MARK A. HELLER With all the hoopla surrounding primary elections, it's sometimes difficult to remember that George W. Bush is still president of the United States. One good way for him to remind people of that fact is to go on a foreign trip.

Poland signals a shift on U.S. missile shieldForeign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said that Poland was not prepared to accept U.S. plans to deploy part of its controversial antiballistic missile shield in Poland.

Georgia president is narrowly re-electedPresident Mikheil Saakashvili receives enough votes to avoid a runoff, but the main opposition candidate refuses to concede and several thousand people protest peacefully in Tbilisi.

German economic outlook suddenly turns risky for MerkelThe German chancellor looks vulnerable to accusations of economic mismanagement and complaints that many people did not profit from an upswing under her watch.

EUROPE European press review

Combating International Crime in an Enlarging European Union: What is the Role of Europol? (PDF; 56 KB)
Source: Cicero Foundation Lecture by Antonio Saccone, Head of the Crime Analysis Unit, Europol

Military expenditure of NATO members surges

Sex, lies and DVDs scandal rocks Greek gov’t

GREECE: Government is avoiding pension reform again

Greece hit by strong earthquake

Man and monarch
Spain's action king turns 70 but will his throne outlast him?

New migration after EU relaxes border control

Thousands of asylum seekers are on the move across Europe as a result of the relaxation of border controls.

German diplomat expelled by Iran

A German diplomat is told to leave Iran over what Tehran describes as "non-diplomatic activities".

Nicolas Sarkozy 'to wed Carla Bruni'

H12 RFE/RL

In Preliminary Results, Saakashvili Leads, but Opposition Candidate Claims Victory Opposition candidate Levan Gachechiladze declared his victory in GeorgiaÕs presidential polls on January 6, despite initial unofficial reports that incumbent Mikheil Saakashvili won the race by a healthy margin. While international observers have largely condoned the conduct of the election, opposition leaders maintain that the official results were falsified.

International Observers: Georgia's Vote a "Triumphant Step" for Democracys

BBC Georgian president 're-elected'

Mikhail Saakashvili has been re-elected president of Georgia, preliminary official election results suggest.

Poll fallout
Georgia's opposition condemns 'rigged' presidential election

FT Russian growth is stalked by inflation demons Markets ignore several factors – most likely transitory – that have underpinned Russia’s recent very strong economic performance, writes Desmond Lachman

Google News Azerbaijan

H13 The TimesSuicide bomber wrecks Iraqi army celebration An old man gave flowers to Iraqi soldiers on a day of pride and hope for the future. Two minutes later they were all dead

The Republicans in freefall? Don’t believe it

Sarkozy plans to marry in haste

The Elysee Palace has not denied the February nuptials which pollsters say helps explain a seven-point approval rating drop

Sunday Times For sale: West’s deadly nuclear secrets A whistleblower claims senior US officials have helped a spy ring get its hands on key technology for unstable states

Report: UK living standards beat US Standards in UK outstrip America's for the first time since 1800's.

We’re still a warrior nation

Soldierly virtues – honour, courage, comradeship, patriotism – are now sniffed at in some quarters

Lawrence Taylor

Expelled British envoys tried to turn Taliban chief

Two of the most experienced political officers in Afghanistan have been expelled over meetings with a Taliban commander

Wall Street Journal

Boston Globe Editorial The $100 oil plateau

H14 Financial Times Analysis: Iraq surge brings a lull in violence but no reconciliation An accord between Shia and Sunni is needed if security improvements are to prove sustainable

Georgia’s Saakashvili scores poll victory Mikheil Saakashvili, the Georgian president, looked likely to have won an outright victory in snap presidential elections in the troubled former Soviet republic, election officials said

Editorial Stabilising Georgia For the west, the lesson of the past few weeks is to give somewhat less support to Mikheil Saakashvili and rather more to a range of democratic leaders and institutions,

Bush sees Mideast peace deal this year

George W. Bush has predicted a peace deal this year between Israel and the Palestinians ahead of his most extensive visit yet to the Middle East

Backing autocrats: the backfire policy The insight that it is collusion with tyranny – especially when this appears aimed at Islam as well as freedom – that incubates terror, is as valid as ever

Clinton in scramble to rescue campaign Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney are scrambling to rescue faltering presidential campaigns as opinion polls showed momentum continuing to shift against them ahead of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary

Likeability ticks the right boxes Almost all the US presidential candidates catered to Iowa’s tastes. Yet it is questionable to what extent such pandering is rewarded, says Edward Luce

A fiscal stimulus is needed The case is compelling for the president and Congress to create a programme of stimulus to the US economy, argues Lawrence Summers

Speculation over Bloomberg candidacy grows Michael Bloomberg, who is expected to decide sometime in the next eight weeks whether to launch an independent bid for the US presidency, is meeting leading members of both main political parties who have expressed deep frustration with the state of the campaign -

WORLD NEWS: Russian move on Nigerian gas sector bodes ill for west

UK faces dangerous year, says Brown Gordon Brown on Sunday warned Britain’s economy faces a “dangerous” year ahead as he battled against rising energy prices and higher pay awards that he fears could undermine his pledge to “break the back of inflation”.

Credit revolution looks to the long-term While the short-term outlook for securitised credit does not look favourable, the future looks a lot brighter, writes Wolfgang Munchau

A generation that is too sick for work

The problem with the UK approach to welfare reform is it only addresses the numbers coming on to benefit. The slowdown in flows coming off is the reason claimant numbers have risen

Russian growth is stalked by inflation demons Desmond Lachman on a market blind spot

H15 Los Angeles Times All eyes on the Iraqi army

How the US Seeks to Avert Nuclear Terror

Editorial Iowa's upside Editorial: One thing is certain after the caucuses: The field will still be wide open for the Feb. 5 primaries.

'Swimming in a Sea of Death' by David Rieff

H16 American Politics

Whose Century Is It Anyway? The general election for president is still a ways off, but the New Hampshire primary campaign is providing a preview of the ultimate contest. So far, it’s not looking so good for the Republicans

Heartbreak ahead for Hillary Clinton?

Hillary advisers fear N.H. loss

Obama catches Clinton, McCain on top in New Hampshire

NYT We Agreed to Agree, and Forgot to Notice Barack Obama may have rediscovered an old truth: Partisan politics do not mean a partisan people.

Democrats in Sync, Mostly By MICHAEL POWELL The candidates agree on goals but not necessarily on how to reach them.

Can You Count On These Machines? After the 2000 election, counties around the country rushed to buy new computerized voting machines. But it turns out that these machines may cause problems worse than hanging chads. Is America ready for another contested election?

Clintons press for N.H. comeback Hillary Clinton retools her campaign efforts and has already begun playing up the importance of other states.

Questions for David Frum

Right Hand Man Interview The conservative author and former Bushite talks about why he’s afraid for Republicans, why rich societies are obsessed with the environment and who coined the phrase ‘‘axis of evil.’’

ABC News: The N.H. Democratic Debate


ABC News: The N.H. Republican Debate

The Race is Now Obama's to Lose - David Broder, Washington Post

Huckabee & Edwards Have Common Delusions - George Will, Union Leader

There Will Be Blood - Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, New York Post

Clinton Machine Shaken by Setback - Karen Tumulty, Time

Time The Triumph of Hope Over Experience By Joe Klein If Hillary Clinton watches this Frank Luntz focus group, she's got to be tearing her hair out. To my ears and eyes, she had the substance part of the program knocked, but Obama seemed more presidential. Classic contest of style v. substance.

The Feud Behind the Feud at the GOP Debate - Byron York, NRO

Obama's Time Has Arrived - Richard Wolffe, Newsweek


The Fall of the House of Clinton - Noemie Emery, Weekly Standard


Obama Should Beware of What's To Come - John Kass, Chicago Tribune

Deep Breath Before We Crown Obama - Robert Caldwell, San Diego UT

The Republicans' Huckabee Problem - Howard Fineman, Newsweek


The GOP's Time for Choosing - Henry Olsen, OpinionJournal


Why Bush, Cheney Must Be Impeached - George McGovern, Washington Post

FRANK RICH They Didn’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow There was a palpable sense that our history was turning a page whether or not Barack Obama or his doppelgänger in improbability, Mike Huckabee, end up in the White House.

MAUREEN DOWD Voting for a Smile The Obama revolution arrived like a balmy promise, propelled by a visceral desire among Americans to feel American again

Iowa's Histrionic Hucksters By George F. Will, John Edwards and Mike Huckabee share an unfortunate, curdled populism.

A Last Hurdle for Obama? By David S. Broder,

New Hampshire could serve as Obama's coronation and Huckabee's undoing.

No Longer Unimaginable By Eugene Robinson, Barack Obama may not be elected president, but it's impossible to deny that what we are witnessing is something new.

realclearpoliticsABC’s The Note US News Political Bulletin

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

H17 Daily Telegraph Muslims call for bishop to resign

But senior church figures back him.

UN seeks to halt Hizbollah build-up

UN forces in Lebanon have stepped up patrols with the country's army to intercept weapons shipments by Hizbollah to the border with Israel.

Pakistan rejects 'covert action plans by US'

Iran expels German diplomat in row

In government, small used to be beautiful Simon Heffer bemoans interventionist government, which seeks to justify its existence by having a finger in every pie

Multiculturalism is breeding intolerance

The Bishop of Rochester has questioned the impact of a growing Muslim population in Britain. Philip Johnston praises him for pointing out the elephant in the room

Sunday Telegraph Britain changes but values must endure

There is much to celebrate in Britain's diversity. But does it pose a threat to the tradition of unified laws based on a liberal political outlook?

Bishop warns of no-go zones for non-MuslimsBishop Nazir-Ali accused of "scaremongering" over warning about strict Muslim ideology.

Michael Nazir-Ali: Why extremism flourished

H18 Independent Remember him? Bush begins Middle East tour

He is the forgotten leader, scorned by his people, disowned by his party. This week George Bush has a last chance to undo the damage done by his presidency as he begins a Middle East tour

Leading article: A belated awakening to Middle East obligations

Iraq death rate belies US claims of success

Georgia President re-elected as monitors declare poll 'fair'

'Santa empty-handed' for Christmas in Gaza

Muslim anger at bishop's 'ghettoes' attack Muslim leaders reacted angrily to a claim by the Bishop of Rochester that Islamic extremists have created "no-go" areas in many cities.

Obama-mania in New Hampshire as new poll shocks Clinton camp Senator Barack Obama has been catapaulted by his Iowa victory into a sensational lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, just three days before the state's primary

The House of Bhutto: A family at war in a divided country

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

Military expenditure of NATO members surges

Rebuilding the CIA - Donald Gregg, Miami Herald

Madeleine Sauer / ABCNEWS:

American Al Qaeda Leader To Bush: ‘We Will Be Waiting For You’

Al Qaeda’s Newest Triggerman

US Al Qaeda: 'traps set' for Bush

H20 Slate the undercover economist

Trial by Camera

Measuring the effectiveness of foreign aid.
Tim Harford

USA — Breaking a lethal habit: A look back at the death penalty in 2007
Source: Amnesty International

A Social Psychology of Cultural Dynamics: Examining How Cultures Are Formed, Maintained, and Transformed
Source: Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Services trade and growth
Source: World Bank Policy Research Working Papers Full Paper (PDF; 225 KB)

H21 Opinion: Actually, happiness isn't withinSome cultures are simply better at producing happy citizens than others

American Dialect Society has chosen "subprime" as its word of the year.

Breakthrough for TV on the Web @ play | This may be the year when techies stop talking about Web TV and folks start watching it.

Those people What if our prejudices could be transformed into a force for good? A Harvard scholar suggests a new way to think about social relations. (By Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow)

Cruise is second most powerful Scientologist, Morton claims

Global Media System, Public Knowledge and Democracy

Report: UK living standards beat US Standards in UK outstrip America's for the first time since 1800's.

Mailer’s honey-toned flirt with Madonna

The lifelong correspondence of Norman Mailer has been made public, revealing the flirtations, friendships and feuds

McDonald's Takes On Starbucks

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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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