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30 January 2008
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H1 Washington Post The Next Iraq Phase By David Ignatius Military planning and political reality are at dangerous odds with one another.

Ha’aretz Winograd panel 'shocked' by IDF's war performance Leaks indicate PM will get off more lightly than he did in first half of probe into Second Lebanon War

New York Times White House Shows Signs of Rethinking Cut in Troops

Editorial The Fine Print The latest signing statements offer evidence, as if any were needed, that President Bush never intended to end the war in Iraq.

White House Criticizes Envoy Over Iran

Daily Star Sarkozy's Gulf gambit promises key changes in the region

China's Trade Deficit: 'The $1.4 Trillion Question'

Foreign Policy Seven Questions: The World According to Hamas

Financial Times Bernanke’s reflation gamble may work too wellIf the US succeeds in its ‘risk management’, it will renew and, at worst, exacerbate the fragility, both domestic and international, that triggered the turmoil. If it fails, the US and, perhaps, much of the rest of the world could well suffer a prolonged period of economic weakness, writes Martin Wolf

Date of Kosovo split hinges on poll The disputed Balkan province could declare independence from Serbia as early as next week depending on the outcome of the Serbian presidential election

Ahmadi-Nejad under fire over jobless Unemployment is a growing problem in Iran, where more than two-thirds of the population is aged under 30 and 750,000 people enter the labour market each year

Little to show for a long presidency The tone of Bush’s state of the union seemed to acknowledge that a miracle will be needed to save his reputation. One last do-nothing year will not suffice

Asia Times The state of the (Iraqi) union It's more a state of disunion in Iraq, where George W Bush's invasion has left a divided nation in anger, sorrow and shambles. Not one of his possible successors has detailed a realistic plan to extricate the US from the quagmire. - Pepe Escobar

Washington Monthly Competing Visions of the Presidency

How do Clinton, Obama, Romney, and McCain understand the role of commander-in-chief? By Sean Wilentz

WP Editorial A Potemkin Election Russia's presidential campaign takes on a distinctly Soviet flavor.

Iraq not using oil cash to rebuild Increased Iraqi oil revenues stemming from high prices and improved security are piling up in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York rather than being spent on needed reconstruction projects, a Washington Times study of Iraq's spending and revenue figures has shown.

Death Squads Undoing Surge's Progress By: Joseph L. Galloway | Miami Herald Some weeks ago, I issued a small warning against prematurely celebrating victory in the U.S. surge in Iraq because the level of violence has dropped, a phenomenon that I argued had far more to do with the Iraqis than it did with the Americans

Daily Star After the NIE, the US needs a braver Iran policy
By Ellen Laipson

U.S. Secretary of Defense Speaks at CSIS LISTEN TO THE EVENT | TRANSCRIPT

CFR Lindsay: Bush Presidency Clouded by Iraq Missteps, ‘Missed Opportunity’

Contemplating a Post-NATO World Family Security Matters

China and India are coming up in the world. The rest of us must treat this not as a threat, but as an opportunity for trade, investment, and exchange of ideas... more»

Guardian The 'war on terror' licenses a new stupidity in geopolitics Simon Jenkins: The language loved by Bush and Musharraf has translated into a global disaster bringing death and misery to millions

Europe leaders warned against 'artificial' cures for global crisis

· French, German and Italian leaders meet Brown · Barroso urges 'targeted and proportionate' action

Israel braces for critical war report
New round of criticism expected today when a long-delayed report into the handling of the war in Lebanon is published

Daily Star The teething pains of US-Iran conciliation
By Anisa Mehdi

Robert Wright & Francis Fukuyama: Unlikely Bumper Stickers Edition

CFR China’s Yin, India’s Yang

Policy for the Next President: Fair Trade or Free Trade

Stratfor The Geopolitics of Dope

Rand A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Analyzing Global Risk and Security

International Perspectives on Interagency Reform

Time America's Future Middle East Policy: Liz Cheney Edition

H2 NYT News Analysis: For Many Turks, Head Scarf’s Return Aids Religion and Democracy

FT Turkey to mull easing headscarf ban Constitutional amendments could herald a social revolution at state universities, where Islamic dress has been banned since a military coup in 1980

Washington Institute Turkey's Headscarf Dilemma: Is There a Way Out?By Soner Cagaptay

EDM AKP PRIORITIZING HEADSCARF OVER EU

Kinzer'den Türkiye Değerlendirmesi "Türkiye dünyada ve özellikle yakın coğrafyasında daha etkili bir rol oynamaya çalışıyor."

Türkiye Suriye İlişkileri

Washington Times Ending near for college scarf ban

Outside View: Turks, Kurds won't fight
United Press International Turkey has invaded northern Iraq, the domain of the Kurdistan Workers Party, several times in the past. But it won't do so now. What has changed since then?

Stratfor Iraq: Kurds, Foreigners and Oil

Iraq wants Turkey to accept Baghdad's offer to deal with Kurd rebels

Turkey: Democracy a Work in Progress - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial

BBC Turkish MPs plan headscarf reform

Sami KOHEN Türbana dış bakış

''AKP-MHP uzlaşması daha dindar bir topluma yol açacak''

Batı basını Türkiye’deki türban tartışmalarına büyük ilgi gösteriyor

Org. Saygun ABD temaslarından memnun...

Orgeneral Saygun Washington'da

Türkiye ABD’den helikopter istedi

Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Europe’s Minority Policy

Justin Raimondo None Dare Call It Treason

OxAn TURKEY: Telecoms key to privatisation programme

Independent Erdogan moves to ease ban on wearing of Muslim scarf

TURKEY: No Agreement, But a Breakthrough

Sibel: US press stays away from any stories critical of Turkey

A Sibel Edmonds Timeline by Gary Leupp

[Fbis] OSC: Turkey: European Kurdish Associations Call on Bush To Reconsider Position on PKK

Turkey warned over Iranian banks

Turkey, USA to Cooperate on Clean Energy Technologies

Turkish Minister Outlines Plans to Invest in Wind, Solar, Geothermal Energy

Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

Turkish Paper Claims Iraqi Kurds Help Fleeing PKK Members

Irak doğalgazı, iran'a alternatif oluyor

‘Turkey should focus on Gulf to deal with credit squeeze in West’

Nuray Başaran Emine Ayna'nın düşündürdükleri

Kirkuk Parliamentarians Denounce Iraqi Turkoman Delegation's Visit to Turkey

Iraq Plugs Oil Flow to SK Energy

04:00 'Şiddet, Roj TV'de değil, Türkiye'de'

Barzani 'soykırım tazminatı' istiyor

DTP'den sivil anayasa tanımı

Aryanism is as Unkurdish as Fanaticism and Kemalism

Roj TV için ilginç karar

Haklarında dava açılan DTP’li belediye başkanları ile ilgili Danimarka’dan istenen bilirkişi raporundan ilginç bir karar çıktı

04:00 Hak-Par'ın kapatılması davasına ret

Turkish Police Detain Nine in Anti-Kurdish Operations

Iraqi Kurd Leader, Assyrian Church Envoy Discuss Ties

Jalal Talabani and Freedom of the Press
By Michael Rubin

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 29 Jan 08

Bucak düşünce özgürlüğünü ve federasyonu savundu

Kurdish Sunni Cleric Said to Have "Disappeared" in Western Iran

Turkey: Meeting Views Ways of Boosting Trade With Afghanistan, Pakistan

MUST READ: BACK WITH A VENGEANCE: TURKISH HEZBOLLAH

Armenian President, New Iranian Envoy Pleased With Bilateral Cooperation

Filistinli temsilciler Ankara'da

'Nükleer enerjide Türkiye'ye yardıma hazırız'

Turkish-Afghan-Pakistani cooperation forum discusses projects

Mayın temizleme ihalesi yapıldı

Ankara'dan Hindistan çıkarması

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Sarkozy’s UMP: Turkish entry will render EU borderless

Amanda Akçakoca Turkey-EU: Reforms remain on the shelf

Beril Dedeoğlu Karamanlis’ Turkey visit

Fransız vekillerden Türkiye karşıtı bildiri

Energy security: A new buzzword for Europe Turkish Daily News

Russia’s Gazprom plans to deliver gas to Israel via Turkey

Salonica and Istambul: Cities of Ghosts

04:00 Schröder KKTC'ye gidiyor

Donations to minority foundations to be audited

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Baskın Oran'ın kızı 'soykırım anıtı'na karşı yürüdüğü için baskı görmüş

'Çerkes İbrahim' davası Ergenekon'a bağlandı

Dizilerin 'ötekileri'

Emniyet'ten Başbakanlık'a rapor: Türkiye'de bin 446 çocuk kayıp

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Orta yol formülüne büyük destek

Kaynak savaşları uzak ihtimal değil

Zorlu Enerji, Türkiye'den önce Kyoto'yu imzaladı

Çiftçi cinayeti ve Ergenekon bağlantısı

Polisten 4 ilde eşzamanlı çete operasyonu: 25 gözaltı

Geçmez: Mumsöndü TDK sözlüğünden tamamen çıkarılsın

İlahiyatçılar: Önce insan hayatı

Ata'nın Nutuk'u İran'dan sonra Suudi yolunda

Hangi padişahın annesi nereli?

H3 Son dakika değişikliği

Büyükanıt'tan Ergenekon açıklaması: Suçu işleyen cezasını çeker

Çene altı kriterleri

Türbanda 'çene altı' muamması

Türban arapsaçı

İşte 'çene altı'nın mimarı

Ruşen Çakır Türban anlaşması, PKK anlaşmasını zedeler

Artılar MHP’ye eksiler AKP’ye

MHP, Erdoğan’ın İspanya’da yaptığı açıklamayı çok iyi değerlendirdi. Ruşen Çakır

Prof. Özbudun: Endişe bertaraf edildi

Taha Kıvanç: Veli Paşa ile Hüsnü Bey'e devam

Ertuğrul Özkök Haber kolay manşet zor

Şamil Tayyar ‘1’ numara kim?

Ahmet Hakan Çok meşhur türban sorularına yanıtlarım

ABDÜLHAMİT BİLİCİ - Ergenekon'un dış bağlantıları

İsmet Berkan - Laikler akıllı olmazsa laiklik korunamaz

Sadece üniversite sadece çene altı

Genelkurmay'dan canlı yayın daveti

Cengiz Çandar ABD’deki siyasi yarışmayı izlerken...

Ege Cansen Hacivatların Davos sefası

Cevdet Aşkın PKK: Sakıp Sabancı değerli bir işadamıydı

Ahmet Taşgetiren Atatürk'ü korumak! ( 30.01.2008 )

Türkiye’ye ’laik’ demeyin lütfen

Cumhurbaşkanı Gül'ün ABD ziyaretinden geriye kalan ilginç iddia

Güneri CIVAOĞLU Tek bir adam

Ahmet Taşgetiren Anayasa Mahkemesi ve başörtüsü

Ali Bayramoğlu Ergenekon çetesi ve milat...

Mehmet Yılmaz MHP hakkında tereddüt niye?

Hasan CEMAL Bu pilav daha çok su kaldırır!

Veli Küçük kimi aradı?

'Türban uzlaşması'

AKP ve MHP arasında varılan uzlaşma ne içeriyor?

'Atatürk'e hakaret yok, eleştiri var'

Atilla Yayla'nın avukatı Nalan Erken anlatıyor

Korku cumhuriyeti

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

Fehmi Koru: Roller değişmeli

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Ali Bayramoğlu: Başörtüsü yasağında son durak…

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Kürşat Bumin: 'Birinin kuyuya attığı taş'

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İbrahim Karagül: Başörtüsü, karşı devrim ve yeniden Tandoğan!..

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Hakan Albayrak: Kemalizm'i eleştirmek yasak!

Mustafa Akyol Liberal laiklik din için de iyidir

Ergenekon'a ilk davayı Yaşar Büyükanıt açtı

CHP, 'başörtüsü özgürlüğünü' de Anayasa Mahkemesi'ne götürecek

Başörtüsü açılımını sabote etmek için provokasyonlar olabilir

Özbudun formülü "sakıncalı" buluyor

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Türker Alkan - Nine tarzı

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Hakkı Devrim - İlim ile dinin bize ettiğine bakın!

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Haluk Şahin - Türban maçından devre arası notlar

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M.Ali Kışlalı - Demokrasi için darbe

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Avni Özgürel - Vatan elden gidiyor çetesi!..(1)

Ergenekon örgütü kilise ayininde...

Ahmet Taşgetiren Başörtüsünde doğru çözüm çağrısı

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MEHMET KAMIŞ - Düşünüyorum, o halde tutuklayın

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MUSTAFA ÜNAL - Provokasyon uyarısıBilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

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ALİ BULAÇ - Başörtüsü neyin simgesi(2)

Headscarf heading for emancipation

JITEM hitman: Veli Küçük conceals masterminds

Ergenekon coup planner called army friends for help

Olay rektörden olay açıklamalar

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Tasfiye edilen Gladio mu, başkaları mı?

[Yorum - M. Naci Bostancı] MHP'deki halkçı dönüşüm

Mensur Akgün Danıştay'ın söyleyecek sözü yok mu

Cüneyt Ülsever Türk Eğitim Derneği:Sivil şûra!

Enis Berberoğlu

Oktay Ekşi Bu yol çıkar mı?

Bekir Coşkun Çene altı laikliği...

Tufan Türenç Bakalım Prof. Özbudun verdiği sözü tutacak mı

Özdemir İnce Türbaniye dini

Mehmet Barlas İnsanlar ve toplumlar metallerden daha fazla yorulur

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Bakan eşleri üniversiteye giremeyecek

Yalçın Doğan O kaleler bu sefer düşmedi

Gülay Göktürk İşte bu kadar basit...

Nuh Gönültaş Erkenekon!

Hakan Aygün Erdoğan, Baykal'la görüşsün!

Mehmet Acet Meclis Başkanı Genelkurmay Başkanına aslında ne dedi?

Yavuz Baydar Necessity and caution

Bülent Kenes Dauntless gangs and fainthearted judges

Doğu Ergil Alevi dilemma

Ece TEMELKURAN
Oxford'da soramadığım soru

Metin MÜNİR Bazı Müslümanlar dimağlarını kapattılar

Can Ataklı

Cumhuriyet yeteri kadar taviz verdi

Bilal Çetin

Kaygılar giderilip, ortam sakinleştirilebilecek mi?

Mehmet Tezkan

Türbanla ilgili endişeleri haklı kılan nedenler..

Serdar Akinan
Yeni tutukevi inşaatlarına başlayın

İsmail Küçükkaya
Açık liseye türban sinyali

Eser Karakaş Tuhaf bir telefon konuşması

Mehmet Altan Türbanın referansı ne?

Nuh Gönültaş Asker neden suskun?

Vekillere yasak koydu!

Başbakan Erdoğan, başörtüsüyle ilgili düzenleme konusunda, 4 isim dışında milletvekillerine konuşma yasağı getirdi

Serdar Turgut Havada kaos

'Laiklik dinsizliktir...'

Fatih Altaylı'nın Teke Tek programına katılan yazar Emine Şenlikoğlu'ndan şok sözler...

Ülkeyi terketmek istiyorum!

Suikaste kurban giden Necip Hablemitoğlu'nun eşi, Ergenekon operasyonu sonrasında tedirginlik yaşadığını açıkladı

Türban üniversitelerle sınırlı kalmayacaktır!

Profesör Yalçın Küçük, AKP ve MHP'nin türban açılımını yorumladı ve sorunun çözülmediğini aksine yeni başladığını öne sürdü

'Peçe, burka ve çarşafa geçit verilmeyecek'

'Mahkemeden döner'

Türbana Nesrin Ünal modeli...

Çene altı tartışması

Anayasa Mahkemesi içtihatları

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Cemaati değil malı olan patrikhane

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Anayasa’ya türbanın sokulmaması geri adım

İşte Erdoğan'ı kızdıran fotoğraflar

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Türkiye’ye ’laik’ demeyin lütfen

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İslamiyet yeniden mi yorumlandı

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Üniversite ile sınırlı

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Kim ne derse desin

Baykal: "Türban dışarıdan dayatılan kıyafet"

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Pamuk çok iyi yazar ama berbat tarihçi

Türbanda 'çene altı' muamması

Çarşafa engel yok

Orduevinde durum değişmeyecek

Ergenekon'da bir tutuklu daha

MSN'de darbeyi konuşmuşlar

Provokasyonlar bertaraf oluyor

Çetin, Kâbil'e BM temsilcisi olabilir

'Yayla denetimine' tepki

Bahçeli: Türbana izin sınırlı

Sadece üniversiteler

Büyükanıt basının önüne çıkıyor

Çene altı bağlama formülü MHP'den

AKP ve MHP'ye 'özel inceleme'

Amaç devrimlerin içini boşaltmak

DTP'li Ayna: Türban anayasa sorunu değil

‘Ergenekon’u masaya yatırdılar

MUHARREM SARIKAYA"Orduevi" formülü

ERDAL ŞAFAK Bir hatırlatma

ERGUN BABAHANÖzgürlüğe düğüm atmak

EMRE AKÖZ Ben karamsarım: Bu hakem golü vermez

Umur Taluİşyerinde korkmayın!

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMANAtilla Yayla'yı 'denetlemek Türkiye, Amerikalıların tabiriyle "asla sıkıcı olmayan" bir ülke. Her sabah gözümüzü bir olayla açıyoruz ve akşama ...

NAZLI ILICAK Anneannemin başörtüsü serbest!

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

YAVUZ DONAT"Türkiye gerçekleri" ve devlette uyumun "önkoşulları"

Mutabakatın şifreleri

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Değişiklik teklifine Özbudun formülü

Başörtüsü açılımını sabote etmek için provokasyonlar olabilir

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Eleştirilere sert çıktı: Kimseden alacağımız ders yok, tahrik etmeyin

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CHP, 'başörtüsü özgürlüğünü' de Anayasa Mahkemesi'ne götürecek

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Gerekçede, Atatürk'ün sözüyle başörtüsüne özgürlük istendi

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[HABER YORUM] Millet, kriz değil çözüm bekliyor

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIMPiyasalara yeni barometre: portföy şoku

Ercan Kumcu Herkes aynı yere bakıyor

Hurşit GÜNEŞ Hadi 2008'i atlattık, ya 2009?

Economist: Enflasyon hedefi ikiye katlar

Erdal Sağlam

Güngör URAS
Bush için savaş ekonomiden önemli

'Decoupling' (ayrışma) umudu!
Uğur Gürses

Metin Ercan - Öncü göstergeler ve durgunluk

Erdoğan bugün ekonomi kurmayları ile görüşecek

Ergin Yıldızoğlu “De omnibus dubitandum est”

Asaf Savaş Akat

Bugün dünden farklıdır

İBRAHİM KAHVECİ

Turkey Earns Nearly 19bn Dollars From Tourism in 2007

INTERVIEW-Turkey Sabanci to pick nuclear partner by mid-March

Turkey leads Europe for tourism growth

Turkey to pay $11.7 bln for gas imports in 2008

‘Structural reforms may boost Turkey's credit rating'

04:00 IMF: Yükselen piyasalar kısmen etkilenecek

'Likidite' baharının sonu - Kadir Dikbaş

Deniz Gökçe What price glory?

İ.Hüseyin Yıldız ABD ekonomisindeki kriz bizi neden etkilemesin?

H4 New York Times White House Shows Signs of Rethinking Cut in Troops

Editorial The Fine Print The latest signing statements offer evidence, as if any were needed, that President Bush never intended to end the war in Iraq.

White House Criticizes Envoy Over Iran

McCain Defeats Romney in Florida Vote

Clinton Wins in Florida, but Without Any Delegates to Sweeten the Victory

News Analysis: For Many Turks, Head Scarf’s Return Aids Religion and Democracy

Kicking Democracy’s Corpse in Russia Most people who manipulate elections usually try to pretend otherwise. Vladimir Putin does not even bother

MAUREEN DOWD Seeing Red Over Hillary It would have been the natural thing for Barack Obama, only hours after his emotional embrace by the Kennedys, to greet the rebuffed Hillary Clinton at the State of the Union address.

Instant Nutrition

By SUSAN SHEPHERDThe United States is the largest single donor of food aid in the world, but it doesn’t provide enough of what young children really need.

U.S. Failed to Oversee Corps on Iraq Work, Agency Says

Stimulus Plan Advances The House deserves credit for passing a stimulus bill speedily, and the Senate does, too, for quickly improving on the effort.

H5 Washington Post McCain Beats Romney in Florida REPUBLICANS: Giuliani a Distant Third in State He Counted On Winning DEMOCRATS: Clinton Defeats Obama but Gets No Delegates

McCain Seizes Momentum ANALYSIS | Candidate enters frontrunner status, an unthinkable prospect just a few months ago

The Next Iraq Phase By David Ignatius Military planning and political reality are at dangerous odds with one another.

Editorial A Potemkin Election Russia's presidential campaign takes on a distinctly Soviet flavor.

Downturn May Hurt World Less

IMF forecasts U.S. growth will slow, but experts note world economy increasingly resists spillover

Power Barometer: Iran Goes Nuclear

In Background, a Battle for Superdelegates Clinton Ahead Among Party Leaders, but Threat of a Wholesale Shift Remains

$146 Billion Stimulus Plan Passes House

Compassionate to the End By Michael Gerson Did President Bush, in the course of seven years, cast aside compassion and become the 'same kind of Republican'?

Democrats Out of the Desert By Harold Meyerson Can the Democrats ever push beyond the politics of entrenchment?

Giuliani's Bet Now a Bust The candidate who gambled all on a Florida victory pays a heavy price by placing third

Much Ado About No Delegates

WASHINGTON SKETCH | The only piece missing from Sen. Hillary Clinton's Florida victory party Tuesday night was a victory

Suharto Had It Right Pranay Gupte | Suharto transformed Indonesia when and where it mattered most.

Prime Time for Putin's Anointed

Favorite for Election, Medvedev Is Heavily Favored in Coverage

Europe Election Monitors Might Forgo Russian Vote Restrictions by Moscow Called Too Severe

H6 Guardian The 'war on terror' licenses a new stupidity in geopolitics Simon Jenkins: The language loved by Bush and Musharraf has translated into a global disaster bringing death and misery to millions

Europe leaders warned against 'artificial' cures for global crisis

· French, German and Italian leaders meet Brown · Barroso urges 'targeted and proportionate' action

Israel braces for critical war report
New round of criticism expected today when a long-delayed report into the handling of the war in Lebanon is published

Passports to progress Daniel Barenboim: Israelis and Palestinians alike should join me in taking dual citizenship - for we share one destiny

Hamas is not the real issue

Neve Gordon Israel's strategy in Gaza is about showing the Palestinians who is in control and lowering their expectations

McCain wins Florida primary
Former New York mayor a poor third behind Romney and McCain


The rise and fall of Giuliani

Danish library plans to house Muhammad cartoons National library risks re-opening international political storm by housing cartoon images of the prophet Muhammad

Syria arrests leading political dissident
Syria's most prominent political dissident has been rearrested in a new crackdown on opposition figures

IMF cuts global economic growth projections Forecast for global growth this year cut amid warning of possible chain reaction from the six-month-old credit crunch

Party clashers Michael Tomasky: US elections 2008: John McCain's narrow Florida win sets up a confrontation between Republican voters and the leaders of the conservative establishment

Learning from Musharraf

Crispin Black: The Pakistan leader's comments on Britain's failing counter-terror measures were not all that far-fetched: we could learn from some of them

Everything in moderation

James Ker-Lindsay The Serbian Radical party candidate in this weekend's presidential election runoff has not been as anti-Europe as you might have expected

Labour's US catch-22 Gregor Gall Unions and their members frequently go unrepresented in the US, as there is no party to champion their interests. Why?

Giuliani expected to endorse Florida winner McCain Former New York mayor suffers humiliating third place in state where he staked his campaign

No change Jonathan Spyer

The situation between Israel and Gaza is one of conflict: recent events only reinforce the reality that this is likely to become open war

It's time to herald the Arabic science that prefigured Darwin and Newton
Jim Al-Khalili: In this era of intolerance and cultural tension, the west needs to appreciate the fertile scholarship that flowered with Islam

H7


Asia Times The state of the (Iraqi) union It's more a state of disunion in Iraq, where George W Bush's invasion has left a divided nation in anger, sorrow and shambles. Not one of his possible successors has detailed a realistic plan to extricate the US from the quagmire. - Pepe Escobar

Death Squads Undoing Surge's Progress By: Joseph L. Galloway | Miami Herald Some weeks ago, I issued a small warning against prematurely celebrating victory in the U.S. surge in Iraq because the level of violence has dropped, a phenomenon that I argued had far more to do with the Iraqis than it did with the Americans

Contemplating a Post-NATO World Family Security Matters

Iran will have a biased election
GulfNews - By Amir Taheri

The real state of the union (By Harlan Ullman)

Iraq's Up, Economy's Down - USA Today editorial

The Big Schmooze
in the Hormuz
by Jeff Huber

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

Pivotal year
Iraqi politics gains importance as violence is driven down

IraqSlogger US Papers Wed: 'New' Strategy: Hold the Line!

US Troop Reductions in Iraq May Slow or Stop

BBC Monitoring Quotes From Middle East Arabic Press for 29 Jan 08

Lebanon: A new briefing from the Economist Intelligence Unit surveys recent violence in Lebanon and the country’s political deadlock, questioning what it will take to install a president in the country.

Flow of Weapons to Iraq Still a Problem

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Syria arrests leading dissident

A former MP and democracy campaigner Riad Seif is arrested in Syria, local human rights groups say.

Al Hayat The Attack of the Defiant Axis and the Predicament of the Moderate Camp Abdullah Iskandar - Egypt's leadership is struggling to absorb the repercussions following the destruction of border barriers between the Gaza Strip and Sinai by Hamas and to return the situation to the status quo ante with minimal losses.

Analysis is More Essential than the News :

Algerian Daily Report Analyzes Files of Country's Jihadists in Iraq

[Fbis] OSC: BBC Monitoring: Conservatives Set To Keep Iran's Majles Following Vetting of Reformists

Iraq Could See Windfall From High Oil Prices

Beirut Riots a Warning By: Dominic Moran | ISN Security Watch
The potential for the politicization of the Lebanese military threatens one of the last girders supporting the creaking edifice of the post-Taif state.

Hezbollah's Dark Hand By: Tom Harb | The Washington Times
Like all international terrorist groups, Lebanon-based Hezbollah has always relied on the classic methodology of terror: horrifying, grisly attacks and detonations that produce mass casualties in order to garner as much press as possible.

Syria: The BBC reports that the Syrian government has arrested a prominent dissident after he attended a meeting on promoting democratic reforms in Damascus

H9 Ha’aretz Winograd panel 'shocked' by IDF's war performance Leaks indicate PM will get off more lightly than he did in first half of probe into Second Lebanon War

Obama and the Jewish question Not a year has passed since Danny Ayalon completed his term as Israel's ambassador in Washington, but he has already seen fit to criticize Barack Obama, who may well be the next U.S. president or vice president

Good for the Jews

PM's camp pressures Labor to stay in coalition post-Winograd Panel set to release findings on gov't handling of Second Lebanon War; Shas rabbi urges PM to stay strong

Finally, a popular uprisingThe fall of the Rafah wall was a fitting combination of planning and the precise reading of the social and political map by the Hamas government, mixed with a mass response to the dictates of the overlord, Israel.

Jerusalem PostWinograd Committee to issue final report on Wednesday

Government, military expect harsh judgment but no direct sanctions regarding failures in the management of the Second Lebanon War

IDF leadership braces for Winograd

Senior officers to 'Post': Military fearing most of war's failures will be pinned on IDF, not gov't.

Report: Israeli Security Delegation Secretly Visits Cairo to Discuss Gaza

UNSC fails to formulate Gaza statement

US: No disagreement on concern over humanitarian situation; Arab League may call emergency meeting.

Yedioth Ahronoth Israel braces for war report
Findings of commission of inquiry into failures of 2006 war in Lebanon, which claimed lives of 119 soldiers and 44 civilians, to be submitted to prime minister, defense minister at 5 pm Wednesday, followed by press conference

'Report will hold up a mirror to Israel's face'

War failure our fault/ LevyIsraeli public, which overwhelmingly backed Lebanon war, to blame for failure

DEBKAfile: Palestinians leaders Abbas and Meshaal in Cairo Wednesday for talks with Egyptian officials on Gaza crisis

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

Final chapter?
Lebanon war report expected to criticise Israeli PM further

UN fails to agree Gaza statement

Disagreement on wording forces the UN Security Council to abandon efforts for a statement on Gaza.

Crisis key to Gaza's future

Gaza diary 4
A charity worker's final account of a series about life under siege

Daily Star Punishing Gaza only harms those backing peace
By Daoud Kuttab

Cobban Waiting for Winograd...

Hamas's agency, Israel’s choice, Yossi Alpher

Bilgiler geçici olarak kullanılabilir değil.

Syrian Paper Details Results of Palestinian Conference in Damascus

Give Gaza to Egypt Daniel Pipes.

Land swaps for peace

H10 Christian Science Monitor New commander's Baghdad strategy: 'preserve gains' Incoming US Gen. Jeffery Hammond plans to add US-Iraqi command outposts.

Better U.S. image abroad: how to attain it? Presidential candidates cite intent to improve US stature, but retooling policies is complicated.

Genocide prevention: 60 years of abject failure Darfur reinforces the impotence of this UN mandate.

Democratic primary: Quiet battle for the other delegates Superdelegates, or party professionals, could play a decisive role in the outcome of the Democratic race.

Terror threat hitting home in Pakistan Attacks aren't just a US concern, more Pakistanis say.

At 'JTAGs,' Japan and the U.S. press ahead on missile defense

The shield has implications for Asia's security balance.

Bush's much maligned climate talks may yet help global warming treaty

At the meeting of the world's biggest polluters in Hawaii this week, host US has a chance to show it is serious about action on climate change

Chávez sees U.S.-Colombian war plans But critics say Venezuela's president is trying to distract from economic problems at home

How can Kenya avoid ethnic war?

Former UN chief Kofi Annan launched formal peace talks Tuesday as a fresh round of reprisal killings swept the country

ASIA

Whose Problem Is It? By: Drew Thompson and Nikolas Gvosdev | International Herald Tribune
Faced with indications that the United States and most member-states of the European Union will recognize Kosovo -- while Russia will not -- China will have to decide where its interests most closely lie.

Coal Shortages Put Pressure on Beijing By: Richard McGregor and Tom Mitchell | Financial Times
An acute coal shortage left China suffering its worst power crisis in years as unseasonably large snowfalls saw hundreds of thousands stranded when they tried to travel to their families for the lunar new year holiday.

Asia Times US homes in on militants in Pakistan With or without Pakistan's approval, the United States is set on striking at Taliban and al-Qaeda militants inside Pakistan. The completion of a new US military base in Afghanistan's Kunar province, just a few kilometers from the Pakistan border, will make such attacks all the easier. For the militants in the crosshairs, the response is likely to be stepped up efforts to drive a wedge between Washington and Islamabad by attacking NATO supply lines. - Syed Saleem Shahzad

CFR Khan: Pakistan’s Elections may Worsen Situation

The Character of Japan

US-Pakistan Relations: Assassination, Instability, & the Future of US Policy

India's Trade Policy Choices: Managing Diverse Challenges

China Cracks Down on Dissent Human rights advocates say the arrest of an activist named Hu Jia is an example of a broadening crackdown.

FT FRONT PAGE - FIRST SECTION: New year crisis hits China

LEX COLUMN: China Power

WORLD NEWS - CHINA CRISIS: Icy blast puts freeze on holiday rush

WORLD NEWS - CHINA CRISIS: Friction over coal at root of power shortage

WORLD NEWS - CHINA CRISIS: Scramble to end transport emergency

"Pakistan-U.S. Relations," updated January 11, 2008.

"North Korea: Terrorism List Removal?," updated January 14, 2008.

Karzai Had to Hang Tough on Ashdown By: David Blair | The Daily Telegraph If Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai is to survive, he must have powerful Afghan allies. Yet this causes immediate tension with his Western supporters.

Musharraf’s Big Charm Offensive By: Bronwen Maddox | The London Times
President Musharraf’s circuit of European capitals was designed to repair the damage done by a year of constitutional crisis.

A paper from the Institute for Public Policy Research, a British think tank, examines security challenges in Pakistan and what balance the European community should strike in its efforts to help secure the country

Independent Panel on Canada
Government of Canada
A 94-page report on Canada's future role in Afghanistan

Suharto's Corrupt Legacy Lives On in Indonesia By: William Pesek | Bloomberg News
"One of the nation's finest sons." That's how Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono referred to former dictator Suharto, and it was hard not to feel a tinge of despair hearing the words.

Haves and Have Nots By: Kiroku Hanai | The Japan Times
It is farcical that Japanese defense personnel must pay higher fees than their American counterparts at U.S. military golf courses in Japan.

Seoul Rethinks U.S.'s Marching Orders By: Donald Kirk | Asia Times
An unusual envoy -- arguably South Korea's richest man -- was in Washington recently at the behest of president-elect Lee Myung-bak to kick-start new relations with the White House

Don't play with Olympics, says Beijing

Chinese Government's sensitivity to criticism laid bare as human rights activists highlight abuses in run-up to summer Games

Balancing Suharto's record

By PHILIP BOWRING

Suharto deserves more nuanced coverage than he has received from the foreign media.

H11 IHT Kiev seeks bigger role in EU energy securityThe prime minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, signaled Tuesday that she wanted to reposition Ukraine as the country that could buttress the European Union's energy security by improving Kiev's relations with Moscow.

Kosovo's independence won't end its struggleCelestine Bohlen on the struggles facing Kosovo, even after it declares its independence.

State votes said to signal change in German politicsThe country faces the prospect of more grand coalitions or unwieldy coalitions involving smaller parties that could prove too unstable and ideologically diverse to pursue bold economic or political reforms, analysts said Monday.

EUROPE European press review

SPIEGEL ONLINE Interview with Expert on Right-Wing Populism: 'Anti-Mosque Initiatives Tap into a Fear of Islam'

Russia’s position on Kosovo: Are changes possible?

CRS "Future of the Balkans and U.S. Policy Concerns," updated January 10, 2008.

"Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe," updated January 9, 2008.

EU leaders call for transparency

The leaders of Europe's biggest economies call on financial institutions to be more open.

Belgians Limp Along, Hobbled by Old Language Barriers

Kosovo's Next Struggle Will Be Fixing Economy, Repairing Roads By: Celestine Bohlen | Bloomberg News
The hard part for Kosovo, set to declare its freedom soon, will be to kick-start its damaged economy, repair its roads and generate enough electricity to keep the lights on

[Fbis] OSC: European Leaders Brown, Sarkozy, Prodi, Merkel Call For Financial Transparency

CEPS Radicalization in the West

More on God’s Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570 to 1215.

The Ins and Outs of European Unemployment Source: Institute for the Study of Labor Full Paper (PDF; 167 KB)

Power beckons for Silvio Berlusconi again

The former Italian leader says that early elections are the only way out of the crisis sparked by the fall of Romano Prodi

A European Future?

The Balkans’ most popular head of government

H12 RFE/RL Where The Dollar Is Still King The dollar once stood for everything Russians craved: wealth, status, stability. And while its plummeting value has made euros and rubles the new must-have currencies, there's one place where the greenback still rules -- Chechnya's black market.

Dark Horse Remains In Shadows

In a dwindling presidential field, candidate Andrei Bogdanov presents himself as a pro-Western figure who wants to lead Russia into the EU. But as is frequently the case in Russian politics, all is not as it appears.

Signs Of Western Rapprochement?

Once friendly with Tashkent, the West put its relations with Uzbekistan into deep freeze following the 2005 Andijon massacre. But memories of that tragedy might be fading with signs of rapprochement.

Google News Azerbaijan

Armenia: Measures to Promote Free-and-Fair Presidential Vote Face Scrutiny With Armenia’s presidential election less than a month away, attention is focusing on measures taken by the government to promote a free-and-fair vote. Critics are quick to cite shortcomings in official anti-fraud efforts, and some go so far as to accuse the government of plotting to stuff ballot boxes. Officials are downplaying the opposition criticism and accusations, with one calling them the byproduct of an "ardent imagination."

US Diplomats Set their Sights on Turkmenistan’s Berdymukhamedov
BY JOSHUA KUCERA US policymakers believe that they can convince the new president of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, to open up his country’s vast reserves of natural gas to American companies.

Putin's hardline young guards face retirement Youth movement created to keep democracy at bay and intimidate opponents of the Kremlin will be dissolved after March 2

U.S., EU seeking to renew ties to 'regional player' (By David R. Sands)

EDM OMV JOINS WITH GAZPROM TO UNDERCUT NABUCCO


- NO RECKONING WITH REALITIES IN RUSSIAN ECONOMIC POLICY

- NINE CANDIDATES REGISTER FOR ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AS CAMPAIGNING BEGINS

[Fbis] OSC: Apparent Full Text of Turkistan Islamic Party 'Constitution'

Tymoshenko Sees New Transparency By: Anatoly Medetsky | The Moscow Times Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday linked the recent arrest of suspected crime boss Semyon Mogilevich to the need to rid the gas trade between the two countries of murky middlemen.

H13 The Times Don’t panic, say EU leaders in call for financial shock absorbers Issues discussed included transparency of banks’ balance sheets and cross-border cooperation to deal with financial crises

Sarko’s late-show settles Euro pecking order We knew that Sarkozy would be last. This is because he is French. That’s not xenophobia, that’s reality

The host is flattered by weakness of guests Gordon Brown inevitably faced gibes that he was sidling up to the European Union by the back door

Will anti-racists cheer for Obama?

We can see African-Americans (and black leaders in Britain) as bargainers and challengers Daniel Finkelstein

McCain takes Florida as Giuliani hopes destroyed

Clinton hails Florida win as Obama cries foul

At the Abyss The world must act now to save Kenya from disaster

Wall Street Journal Israel's Lebanon Disaster
By Michael Oren
"My rifle fell apart in my hands."

McCain Wins Florida

McCain won Florida's presidential primary, thrusting him into the forefront of the Republican contest. Romney came in second place. Giuliani is expected to pull out of the race and endorse McCain.

Winging It By John Fund John McCain has a golden opportunity to make peace with conservatives. Will he take advantage of it?

H14 Financial Times Bernanke’s reflation gamble may work too wellIf the US succeeds in its ‘risk management’, it will renew and, at worst, exacerbate the fragility, both domestic and international, that triggered the turmoil. If it fails, the US and, perhaps, much of the rest of the world could well suffer a prolonged period of economic weakness, writes Martin Wolf

Date of Kosovo split hinges on poll The disputed Balkan province could declare independence from Serbia as early as next week depending on the outcome of the Serbian presidential election

Ahmadi-Nejad under fire over jobless Unemployment is a growing problem in Iran, where more than two-thirds of the population is aged under 30 and 750,000 people enter the labour market each year

Little to show for a long presidency The tone of Bush’s state of the union seemed to acknowledge that a miracle will be needed to save his reputation. One last do-nothing year will not suffice

McCain frontrunner after Florida win John McCain won the Republican primary contest in Florida after a close-fought battle with Mitt Romney, reinforcing his position as frontrunner ahead of next week’s potentially decisive Super Tuesday contests

Lebanon verdict puts Olmert in line of fire A critical report from the high-profile Winograd committee on the disastrous war in Lebanon is expected to challenge the Israeli prime minister’s embattled tenure

Corporate America braced for recession Leading US companies are shifting into recession mode and preparing to cut costs, freeze hiring and reduce capital spending as they brace for an economic slowdown, senior executives and industry experts said

US denies missile attack in Pakistan Suspected militants were killed in a missile strike near the Afghan border, prompting speculation the attack was carried out by the Afghanistan-based US forces using unmanned aircraft

Peace proves elusive in Taliban heartland

Syria arrests prominent dissident Syria has arrested prominent dissident and former MP Riad Seif – described as a symbol of the ‘Damascus spring’, the brief political opening after President Bashar Assad took over – as part of an intensifying crackdown on dissent

House passes Bush stimulus package The Bush administration’s attempt to rush through a stimulus package to prop up the deteriorating economy passed its first hurdle when the House of Representatives approved a $146bn deal in a burst of bipartisan zeal

The case for a targeted fiscal boost Dominique Strauss-Kahn suggests a way forward

Back to ‘the economy, stupid’ A bad economy trounces other issues and should favour the Democrats in this election

Kenya is burning It should be clear that tensions over access to land, wealth and power, exposed by the election crisis, cannot be resolved through violence

In hock to Hesse The political landscape in Germany looks frozen in the centre while melting at the edges. Regional elections left both the big political families with Pyrrhic victories

IMF slashes US growth forecast The International Monetary Fund slashed its forecast for US growth and warned that no country would be immune from what it termed a ‘global slowdown’

Business lessons from chess grand masters John Kay advocates a mix of flair and strategy

America’s middle classes are no longer coping Robert Reich on the recession

A better strategy to deal with mortgage fallout David Miles advises preparing for the worst

The debate about recessionEconomists’ Forum: Willem Buiter and Guillermo Calvo respond to Lawrence Summers’ argument that further action is needed beyond fiscal stimulus

EU leaders take credit rating agencies to task Credit rating agencies were warned by European leaders at a ‘credit crunch’ summit in London to address conflicts of interest and provide better information to the markets or face new regulation

French consumer confidence plunges French consumer confidence plunged to a record low in January according to officials figures, reflecting deepening concern about financial market turmoil and rising prices

WORLD NEWS: Red Cross presses Bush on detainees

H15 Los Angeles Times Border crisis bolsters Islamists In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood and secular political groups rally for Gazans -- and against Mubarak

Iraq: Where the candidates stand

U.S. troops allegedly killed detainees The Army is investigating a case in which soldiers are accused in the deaths of suspects they captured last year in Baghdad

Editorial

Giuliani looks to be out of the race

U.S. envoy debates Iranians -- a no-no

We were warned Jonah Goldberg

Clinton and Bush promised to be different. Sadly for both parties, they delivered.

H16 American Politics

Sunshine for McCain

Can the 'maverick' now close the sale? Review & Outlook

For Giuliani, a Dizzying Free-Fall As Rudolph W. Giuliani ponders his political mortality, many observers point to the hubris and strategic miscalculations that plagued his campaign.

Hoover's legacy
Will President Bush be blamed for the economic slump?

Presidential hopeful Edwards remains just that

realclearpoliticsABC’s The Note US News Political Bulletin

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

H17 Daily Telegraph George W. Bush's positive legacy

The US president's final State of the Union address contained several themes that should be of interest on the British scene

H18 Independent Power of the scientific accident Scientists discover way to reverse loss of memory

Scientists performing experimental brain surgery have stumbled across a mechanism that could unlock how memory works.

Colin Blakemore: An organ so complex we may never fully understand it

Leading article: Memory remade

Jailing mothers 'damaged a generation'

Mothers of young children should not be jailed unless they pose a risk to society, the Children's Commissioner for England says in an outspoken condemnation of sentencing policy

Our economies are strong, say EU leaders European leaders insisted last night that the continent's major economies remain strong in an attempt to reassure the markets after days of turmoil.

IMF deepens US recession fears by cutting global growth forecasts

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed its growth forecast for the world economy in 2008, virtually confirming the United States is heading for recession.

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe CRS
A 13-page updated report on plans to install a ballistic missile defence system in Eastern Europe

Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) CRS A 13-page US report on the progress made by the Proliferation Security Initiative in interdicting shipments of WMD

UN Armed conflicts and treaties

Battlefield Earth It may sound like science fiction, but it’s only a matter of time before the world’s militaries learn to wield the planet itself as a weapon.

The State of Space Security
Source: Ambassador Donald A. Mahley, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Threat Reduction, Export Controls (via U.S. Department of State)

Confronting the State Secrets Privilege

The Bundeswehr's Changing Role: NATO Asks Germany to Send Combat Troops to Afghanistan

"Independents" put him over the top.
Mickey Kaus

The campaign has achieved all its goals—but one.
Shmuel Rosner

Marriage and Divorce since World War II: Analyzing the Role of Technological Progress on the Formation of Households Source: Institute for the Study of Labor

Der Spiegel, a special report on Our Hungry Planet and the choice between food and fuel.

From Vanity Fair, a vast right-wing hypocrisy: Richard Mellon Scaife, billionaire bankroller of conservative crusades, spent heavily to expose Bill Clinton’s "Troopergate", but now Scaife’s divorce is providing another unsavory saga

Estimating the environmentally compatible bioenergy potential from agriculture

Mexico City's newest bus option: 'Ladies Only'

The all-female routes aim to protect women from pervasive sexual harassment. Critics say education efforts might produce better results in the long run

The New Yorker on the expense—and bureaucratic mess—of executing a criminal.

Bobby Fischer called chess “psychic murder.” No wonder he left the game. Staying would have meant waiting for someone to rise from the ranks and kill him... more»

Fur hats, old maps, dishes of fruit, silver coins: props in 17th-century paintings reveal the trade that tied Shanghai with Delft... more»

Experts trying to preserve world's digital knowledge

Where’s The Online TV Search?

Globalisation’s work: marriage, motherhood, masculinity , Naila Kabeer

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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
It never rains circa. 1991.
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