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29 February 2008
  February 29, 2008

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H1 Washington Quarterly Spring 2008

Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community for the Senate Armed Services Committee (PDF; 202 KB) Source: Office of the Director of National Intellitence (ODNI) Transcript - Annual Threat Assessment Hearing (PDF: 118 KB)

Slate Welcome to the Quagmire

The next president may be stuck with more problems in Iraq than Bush ever faced. Fred Kaplan

High-Trajectory Weapons and Guerilla Warfare: Adjusting Fundamental Security Concepts - Gabriel Siboni (Strategic Assessment/Institute for National Security Studies-Tel Aviv University)

Pew Research Center:

Obama Has The Lead, But Potential Problems Too

Washington Post New High in U.S. Prison Numbers United States leads the world in both number and percentage of residents incarcerated, report shows. Growth Attributed To More Stringent Sentencing Laws

Despite Problems, Iraqi Leader Boasts of Success Rivals See Maliki's Confidence as Rash, but Publicly Deny a Move to Topple Him

China's Latest Frontier Power Barometer | The Middle East is becoming China's new playground

A Long Road From Kosovo to Kurdistan By: Pepe Escobar | Asia Times The embrace by Washington of Kosovo's declaration of independence has less to do with democracy than with hard-nosed pragmatism. The US's biggest foreign military base since the Vietnam War -- Camp Bondsteel -- is in Kosovo, and the region will be home to a US$1.1 billion pipeline that will get oil from the Caspian Sea ultimately to refineries in the US.

Wider Black Sea: Concept and Reality By: Haroutiun Khachatrian | ISN Security Watch As the US and EU promote the concept of a new 'Wider Black Sea' geopolitical region, economics may be the key to common identity and security.

Tom Barnett Same old in Iran

Safe at Home: A National Security Strategy to Protect the American Homeland, the Real Central Front
Source: Center for American Progress Executive Summary (PDF; 1.6 MB) + Full Report (PDF; 5.4 MB) + Chart: Our Top 10 National Security Priorities
+ Chart: Homeland Security Policy Priorities for the Next Administration and Congress + Timeline: Homeland Security Since 9/11 (.gif)

Guardian Afghanistan mission close to failing - USAfter six years of military support and billions of pounds in aid, security is 'deteriorating'

Kosovo: Coming soon to a theater near you Ha'aretz If Albanians in Kosovo deserve an independent state, then maybe so do Kurds, Turkish Cypriots, Druze, Romany, Basques - the list can be endless

Long War Journal Inside Iraqi politics – Part 5. A look at legislative progress: Sunnis’ and states’ rights

The Anticipated Regional War Will Not Take Place By: Huda al Husseini | Asharq Alawsat
In the wake of the assassination of Imad Mughniyeh, the threat of “open war” that accompanied it has surpassed the “battlefield” and we are now witnessing a race between the desire to bypass the acute embarrassment felt by Syria, Iran and Hezbollah on the one hand and the attempt to slip away on the other, especially on the part of Hezbollah and Iran

AEI Iran's Parliamentary Elections and the Revolutionary Guards' Creeping Coup d'Etat
By Ali Alfoneh

The Economist Nuclear proliferation Why not just blow your whistle? Its latest Iran report highlights the problems of the UN's atomic watchdog

Ha’aretz Editorial: Decision on Gaza operation should be daring and level-headed

Yedioth Ahronoth Barack Obama's plan for Iran

US senator articulates his ideas to contain Islamic state, keep close US-Israel relations

Wall Street Journal Cut and Run and Then Run Back
By James Taranto Barack Obama's strategy for Iraq

On Kosovo's Fields
By Fouad Ajami America has become the provider of order of last resort in Muslim lands.

Financial Times The quiet rise of Dmitry Medvedev Will the man set to be Russia’s next president surprise those who have called him studious but seldom inspiring?

Arab leaders press Syria over Beirut impasse Several Arab states are threatening to boycott an upcoming regional summit if Damascus fails to influence its allies in Beirut to resolve Lebanon’s presidential stand-off

Iranian official reports record oil revenues Iran’s oil revenues reached a record $62bn for the first 11 months of this Iranian year - an increase of 31 per cent over the same period the previous year, according to a senior Iranian oil official.

Christian Science Monitor

After Pakistan vote, US eyes options Some White House officials want to embrace victors in parliament; others don't want to abandon Musharraf.

Oil for nukes – mostly a bad idea Bartering nuclear technology for oil is a path to the spread of nuclear weapons

WSJ Dollar's Dive Deepens as Oil Soars Economic data showing a softening U.S. labor market, weak housing and slowing growth are driving the dollar's decline, which is posing a host of challenges world-wide.

CSIS The CSIS Global Strategy Institute has released a new website "mapping the future" for the the years 2008 through 2012 identifying major upcoming events in seven categories.
View the Map | GSI

USIP Negotiating with the Islamic Republic of Iran: Raising the Chances for Success

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Kosovo, Russia, and the Last Grasps of American Unipolarity by Nikolas Gvosdev

Jacob Heilbrunn & Eli Lake: The Rise of the Neocons


WINEP Beyond Rhetoric: Hizballah Threats after the Mughniyeh Assassination

CFR Media Conference Call: Russia's Presidential Elections and Kosovo (Audio)

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A Conversation with Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Audio)

Bake Institute Video Briefing Transcript: Prospects for Peace in the Middle East


USIP Kosovo, Washington, and Moscow: What Next?


Event: A World Without Nuclear Weapons

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Event: Democracy's Revenge? Pakistan's Elections and Beyond

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Nixonian spirit is essential for US-China relations

H2 Jamestown Foundation "U.S.-Turkish Relations: A Strategic Relationship Under Stress" (pdf) By John C.K. Daly

The Economist The Kurdish conundrum Avoid that quagmire Turkey's latest assault on Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq is understandable but unwise

The Kurds Turkey invades northern Iraq With scores of fighters on both sides killed, the latest battle between Turkey and its rebel Kurds with havens in Iraq may get out of hand

CSM Will an extended Turkish offensive further destabilize Iraq? President Bush wants a limit to the Turkish campaign against rebels, but Turkey says no to a timetable.

The Times A bad time for mixed messages to Turkey The US encouragement for Turkey in its pursuit of militants in northern Iraq has come at a fragile time for Iraq Bronwen Maddox

NYT Turkey Resists Gates’s Call to End Its Iraq Offensive

Turkey’s Operation Gunes Attempts to Eliminate the PKK Threat Jamestown Foundation

FT US raises pressure on Turks over Iraq incursion Bush says the Turks ‘need to move quickly, achieve their objective and get out,’ as they decline to assure a quick end to their military incursion in Iraq

PKK: 18 Turkish Troops Killed in Northern Iraq

Harekat öncesi özel anlaşma!

"Kürtler muhatap alınmalı"

07:45 Egemen Bağış ABD'de konuştu: Sizin için El Kaide ne ise bizim için PKK o

Iraq's Kurds deserve better neighbours
New Statesman There is obvious fellow feeling between Kurds in Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria, but the PKK's actions do the Kurds no favours

Bush's Call for Turks to Leave Northern Iraq 'Quickly' Falls on Deaf Ears in Ankara

Turkey: Iraq Invasion May Last a Year

PKK: Talabani Is the Trojan Horse in the Kurdish Movement

Guardian Head on Stephen Kinzer The repeal of Turkey's headscarf ban is a sign of democracy, but it must be accompanied by a commitment to free choice

Turkey and the Kurds: Politics and military action ISN

Gates: Turkish Leaders Heard Message About Ending Offensive In Iraq

Turkish Army to set up security corridor in northern Iraq after ...

Turkey continues stepped-up military effort as US urges quick end ...

Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring

"Kürtler muhatap alınmalı"

Mustafa Akyol The Kurdish question: The Achilles' Heel of Turkey

Who are the Kurds? Huffington Post

PKK’lı hainlerin peşmergelere yalvardığı an

Kandil’i Saddam bile ele geçiremedi

Mehmet Metiner Hatalar ölüm olarak dönmesin artık

Bağdat'a PKK'nın kanıtları sunuldu

PKK peşmerge ile karşı karşıya geldi

Yeni hedef Hakurk

Fresh Clashes between Turkish Forces and PKK

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Kurds in US to Rally against Turkish Incursion into Kurdistan Region

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Bush Calls for Quick End to Turkish N.Iraq Operation

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Kirkuk: Kurdistan Women Union Protests against Turkish Military Offensive

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Jabar Yawar Expects Situation between Iraq and Turkey to Calm Down

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Al-Hashimi Demands Iraq -Turkey Security Treaty to be Reviewed

Dizayi:Qendil’e 50 bin asker bile yetmez !

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Gates: Türkiye'nin kendini savunma hakkı ile Irak'ın toprak bütünlüğü arasında denge kurmalı

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Türk ordusunda kırılma devam ediyor: 81 asker öldü çok sayıda kayıp var

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Büyükanıt: ''Süre konusunda bilgi verdim. Anlayışla karşılandı''

Turkey operation targets Kurdish region: Kurdish official

Neronlar bir gecede tam 17 aracı yaktı

Kandil düşmeden dönüş yok

Iraqi Kurds OK Force if Turks Go Near Civilians

Rebels Claim Death of 15 Turkish Soldiers in Iraqi Kurdistan Clash

Turkish star probed over war view (By Nicholas Birch)

Time Turkey's Anti-War Diva Even the most popular Turkish celebrities suffer caustic criticism when they take on Turkey's invasion of northern Iraq

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık

EDM NABUCCO GAS PROJECT FACING A CASCADE OF DEFECTIONS

The Economist Cyprus A Communist to the rescue A new Greek-Cypriot president raises hopes for a new unification plan

Turkish-Armenian relations and the European Union (2)

Turkey key to Cyprus unity, says Christofias

Morality, justice and women's rights: a portrait of Islam for the 21st century -Times Online

Why Ankara should rethink its stance on Kosovo - Turkish Daily News Feb 28, 2008

BBC Family danger
The German Muslim women in fear of "honour" killings

Dink Komisyonu Cerrah’ı Ankara’da da dinleyecek

İstanbul police failed to protect Dink, claims Trabzon police chief

Seri katil Anucin’e Ergenekon sorgusu

BBC claims of hadith reworking unfounded

Waiter, there's a fly in my raki!
Compensation culture is taking hold in Turkey, where some say it's a progressive step for consumers' rights in a country where problems are generally sorted out far from the embarrassment of courtrooms. Consider Turkey's most famous plaintiff, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has lodged 71 cases in the past three years and won a fist-full of money. - Fazile Zahir

H3 İşimiz bitince döneriz

Ne kadar gerekirse o kadar kalacağız

Devletin zirvesinden ortak mesaj: İşimiz bitince çıkarız

Zap kampı alındı

Zap'ın stratejik bölgeleri TSK'da

Ali H Aslan Why all the noise?

Fikret BİLA Gönül'ün Gates'e verdiği iki mesaj

Sami KOHEN Harekât sonrası seçenekler

Cengiz Çandar Üç soru

Ahmet Taşgetiren Din faktörü ( 29.02.2008 )

Ruşen Çakır

Serdar Akinan Sadece anla...

Serdar Turgut Bölgenin ‘Büyük Abi’si

Kandil düşmeden dönüş yok

Cevdet Aşkın ABD'den Kuzey Irak'ta 'ayar kaçmasın' baskısı

Faruk Şen Gözler Türkiye'nin üzerinde

Mehmet Altan ABD’li bakan neden geldi?

Nasuhi Güngör Türkiye planladı, Türkiye yapıyor

Şamil Tayyar Ergenekon, 28 Şubat’ın devamı mı?

Eser Karakaş Mütekabiliyetçiler

Güneri CIVAOĞLU Harekâtın jürisi olmaz

Güngör URAS 'Ordunun masrafı büyük'

BİR GÜNDE 7 CENAZE

Peki, kendisi neden Santoro'yu korumadı?

Rüşvet alana da verene de ceza

Operasyonun hedefi Kandil

Silahların gölgesinde hayat

Laik ülkeye İslam hukuku korkusu

Tarım Müdürlüğü'nde mescit açtılar

'Popstar Alaturka'ya RTÜK'ten Ersoy uyarısı

Bardakoğlu: İslamda reform olamaz

Kara harekâtına destek mitingi

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA TSİ 06:30 Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit

Fehmi Koru: Bir daha anlatmaya çalışayım

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Ali Bayramoğlu: Diş tortuları…

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Taha Kıvanç: Mutlu, mesut ve bahtiyar oldum

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Hayrettin Karaman: Sağırlar, dilsizler ve körler

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Tamer Korkmaz: “Zorba Rektörler”in Çıkmaz Sokağı!

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İbrahim Karagül: Almanya 'Ergenekon'u ne zaman çökertilecek?

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Fatma K. Barbarosoğlu: Müzakere demokrasisi ve 'en çağdaş kadınlar'

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Yusuf Kaplan: Suçluluk, azınlık ve sömürgeci psikolojisi

Türker Alkan - Kaos!

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Hasan Celal Güzel - Kaos değil suiniyet

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İsmet Berkan - Başlangıçtan geriye düşmek

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Murat Yetkin - Talabani'nin sevgisi...

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Hakkı Devrim - YÖK Başkanını kim seçer?

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H. Gökhan Özgün - Medeniyet dediğin...

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M.Ali Kışlalı - Kimin cumhurbaşkanı?

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Namık Kemal Zeybek - Kamu görevleri ehline verilmeli

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Murat Belge - Nominalizm-sembolizm

BÜLENT KORUCU - Anlayamıyorum

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MUSTAFA ÜNAL - Başkaldırı

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HÜSEYİN GÜLERCE - Biz seni cephelerde sevdik...

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MÜMTAZ'ER TÜRKÖNE - Laikliğin itibarı

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İHSAN DAĞI - Operasyonda başarının şartı

Gülay Göktürk Sular durulunca...

Ertuğrul Özkök Bugün susuyorum, yarın konuşacağım

Ahmet Hakan Kamunun türbanlısı

M Ali Birand Türban’ı çözmek daha zorlaştı

Taha AKYOL Hukuk ve vicdan

Cüneyt Ülsever

Enis Berberoğlu

Oktay Ekşi Önemsiz saydıklarına bakın

Tufan Türenç Tarih onlar için şaşmaz hükmünü verecek

Özdemir İnce Fethullah Gülen İskandinavya’da

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Zavallı mankeni asacaklar!

Yalçın Doğan Robot resim hálá yok

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Melleler Birliği...

ERDAL ŞAFAKÇekilme takvimi

ENGİN ARDIÇ

ERGUN BABAHAN

EMRE AKÖZ Asıl siz istifa edin!

Umur Talu Savaşın maliyeti hayatın cinneti

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN Kuzey Irak ve Türkiye-2

NAZLI ILICAK Malezyalılaştırabildiklerimizden misiniz?

MEHMET BARLAS Küçük kaoslara takılıp büyük kaosa yakalanmayalım...

MAHMUT ÖVÜR Abdüllatif Şener ne yapmak istiyor?

YAVUZ DONAT Kapalı kapılar ardında Ankara

Rektörler, Özcan'ı istifaya çağırdı

Kritik dosya raportörde

Mahalle öfkesi

Bakan gördüğüne de inanmadı

Vakıfları da türban böldü

Bir gün önce Erdoğan'la görüştüler

Bush: Türkiye mümkün olan en kısa sürede çıkmalı

Dünya harekâtın süresini konuşuyor

Meclis'te belediye kavgası

Özcan hakkında işlem başlatıldı

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Dünya 4'üncülüğüne alkış dayak ve ölümlere hayır

Ercan Kumcu Enflasyon artışına izin vermek

Güven Sak Yoksa bankacılık krizi Türkiye'yi etkilemeye mi başladı

Erdal Sağlam

World Bank approves 4-year $6.2 bln Turkey program | Markets | Bonds News | Reuters

FT BAT on acquisition trail

Deniz Gökçe Dani Rodrik yanılıyor!

Gulfnews: Turkey finds Dubai's progress in realty sector worth emulating

H4 New York Times 1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says

U.S. Embrace of Musharraf Irks Pakistanis The Bush administration’s continued backing of the Pakistani president is perceived as American meddling.

Turkey Resists Gates’s Call to End Its Iraq Offensive

Russia’s Last Hope

By VICTOR EROFEYEV For better or for worse, Dmitri A. Medvedev is the last hope for me and for the Russia I love

World Group Tells Banks to Beware Deals With Iran

For Obama, a Taste of What a Long Battle Holds The shifting tone among Republicans and their allies in recent days offers a glimpse of the party’s playbook as it adapts to the prospect that it will be running against Senator Barack Obama

DAVID BROOKS Remembering the Mentor William F. Buckley Jr.’s greatest talent was friendship, and his second great talent was leadership.

Israel Sees Escalation in Gazans’ Longer-Range Strikes

China to Reconsider One-Child Limit

Missile Attack, Possibly by NATO, Kills 8 in Pakistan

The Word Is Out: Harry Is in Afghanistan

Editorial The Global AIDS Fight It is important that Congress appropriate the full $50 billion if possible on foreign aid programs to combat AIDS and related diseases.

H5 Washington Post New High in U.S. Prison Numbers United States leads the world in both number and percentage of residents incarcerated, report shows. Growth Attributed To More Stringent Sentencing Laws

Despite Problems, Iraqi Leader Boasts of Success Rivals See Maliki's Confidence as Rash, but Publicly Deny a Move to Topple Him

China's Latest Frontier Power Barometer | The Middle East is becoming China's new playground

Islam's Advance: Progress and the Koran

Kin-ming Liu: Kosovo Is Taiwan

Power Barometer: Who Controls Afghanistan?

Missile Strike in Pakistan Kills 10 At Suspected Taliban Safe House

In Defense of Lobbying By Charles Krauthammer Everyone knows the First Amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press and assembly. How many remember that, in addition, the First Amendment protects a fifth freedom -- to lobby?

Personality Matters By Eugene Robinson If you're among those who believe the news media have focused too much on the presidential horse race and the personalities of the candidates -- and not enough on vital issues of state -- let me submit that you're wrong.

Across a Nation, Olympic Fervor Chinese See Games as Global Recognition of Country's Progress

Obama has small lead in Texas, close in Ohio

Bush Assails Democratic Candidates' Foreign Policy Views

William Arkin A 'Surge' Isn't Right for Afghanistan

Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Michael Gerson: Obama is the next great communicator.


E.J. Dionne Jr.: As such he faces the same criticism as Reagan.

Bernanke Dismisses 'Stagflation' Fed chief paints a generally dour outlook, says downturn may cause small banks to go under.

Not All of the Old Clinton Gang Is Backing Another Clinton

Strikes in Gaza Kill 18 Palestinians; Hamas Rocket Barrage Injures 2 Israelis

Obama, Clinton Rewrite Fundraising Records Clinton says she has raised $35M in February, by far her biggest one-month total of the campaign; Obama has not yet announced his total for month

Angelina Jolie / Washington Post:

Staying to Help in Iraq

A Life Athwart History By George F. Will

Prince Harry's Seeing Combat, And British Media Kept Quiet

H6 Guardian Afghanistan mission close to failing - USAfter six years of military support and billions of pounds in aid, security is 'deteriorating'

The Prophet and Politics By: Ali Eteraz | The Guardian The Prophet Muhammad was the first person to establish an Islamic state -- and he should have been the last.

Role was 'carrot' to avoid resignation

Deployment intended to stop prince from leaving army after being refused permission to fight in Iraq

Full text: Army chief Sir Richard Dannatt's statement

Background: Harry's life on the frontline

How the story was kept secret

Timeline: Harry's war

Fairness is forgotten in a culture of tax avoidance that shames Britain

Polly Toynbee: Big firms and the wealthy contribute as little as they can. Labour must speak up for those who work and pay their dues

Our inner heroes could stop another Abu Ghraib Philip Zimbardo A situation that inflames evil in some people can inspire heroism in others. We must learn to nurture the good within us

H7 Long War Journal Inside Iraqi politics – Part 5. A look at legislative progress: Sunnis’ and states’ rights

The Anticipated Regional War Will Not Take Place By: Huda al Husseini | Asharq Alawsat
In the wake of the assassination of Imad Mughniyeh, the threat of “open war” that accompanied it has surpassed the “battlefield” and we are now witnessing a race between the desire to bypass the acute embarrassment felt by Syria, Iran and Hezbollah on the one hand and the attempt to slip away on the other, especially on the part of Hezbollah and Iran

AEI Iran's Parliamentary Elections and the Revolutionary Guards' Creeping Coup d'Etat
By Ali Alfoneh

The Economist Nuclear proliferation Why not just blow your whistle? Its latest Iran report highlights the problems of the UN's atomic watchdog

Missing the Point in Lebanon's Stalemate By: Michael Young | The Daily Star Rarely a day goes by without someone writing an article protesting against the incapacity of Lebanese politicians to come to an agreement on the future of their country. Why can't they just all get along? That's the lament running through these principled and naive pleas.

Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Economist Intelligence Unit looks at suspicions over mainly Arab oil-state sovereign wealth funds, noting the political backlash the funds have drawn in the west.

U.S.: Intelligence Chief Assesses Security Threats From Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan

Arab Economies at a Tipping Point Peterson Institute An 11-page US paper making the case for an economic revitalization of the Arab world

Peter Berkowitz reviews Walter Russell Mead's God and Gold.

The World in 2009 - Victor Davis Hanson, RealClearPolitics America's global challenges will not disappear when Bush leaves office

Kosovo: Coming soon to a theater near you Ha'aretz If Albanians in Kosovo deserve an independent state, then maybe so do Kurds, Turkish Cypriots, Druze, Romany, Basques - the list can be endless

Der Spiegel Up, Up and Away: What's Really Driving the Price of Oil?

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Reactions to Euro's Record High: 'There's No End in Sight'


White House: Press Conference of the President

Cuba After Fidel By: Duncan Currie | The Weekly Standard
In January 1959, during the early days of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro declared, "Behind me come others more radical than me." It was a reference to the hardcore Stalinists such as his younger brother, Raúl, and also a warning of what might ensue should Fidel be assassinated

Same Old Guard By: Marifeli Perez-Stable | Miami Herald
What happened in Havana on Sunday reminded me of Moscow in the early 1980s. After Leonid Brezhnev's passing, two old men -- first, the more open-minded Yuri Andropov, then the mummified Konstantin Chernenko -- ruled the Soviet Union.

"Iraq" Falls Apart CounterPunch

Al Hayat Kuwait, Lebanon and the Damascus Summit! Hassan Haydar - Usually, Arab summits have two sessions: one is an opening session for speeches, and the second is a concluding session, whereby resolutions and stances are announced. The formulas, settlements and actual negotiations about a given issue are taken up by foreign ministers in bilateral or multilateral deliberations that either precede or accompany the summit.

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

Iraq-Iran relations core to historic visit Regional analysts see the upcoming visit to Iraq by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a sign of the larger geopolitical dynamic.

Iraq Press Roundup

Saudi Arabia Transfers Its Ambassador Out of Syria (MEMRI)

US warship sails towards Lebanon
The US orders a warship into position off the coast of Lebanon as a "show of support for regional stability".

Iraq: Is Rising Dinar An Attractive Investment?

Top officer warns candidates on rapid Iraq exit

Sectarian strife
Bahraini Shia call for release of jailed and 'tortured' activists

Iraq Provincial Law Rejected By: Borzou Daragahi | Los Angeles Times
Iraq's presidential council Wednesday rejected a law on the powers of local government that was approved by parliament and touted by the Bush administration as a sign of reconciliation between the country's ethnic and religious groups.

Iran ‘number one world power’: Ahmadinejad

Iran UN Sanctions Vote Seen Likely Saturday

Can Israel and Syria Break the Middle East Deadlock?

Iraq presidency rejects law on provincial elections

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will likely make an ostentatious show of influence on his upcoming trip to Iraq, analysts say.

UK Thwarted Plot to Kill Saudi King -

The Baghdad Bureau of the New York Times has a new blog.

Jordan Times In an editorial, Michael Jansen writes that Turkey’s major military offensive in northern Iraq has put the U.S. in an awkward position as the country’s occupier and, allegedly, defender of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Daily Star Neither Hamas nor the Israelis have much to lose by agreeing to talk

The Price of Faithlessness: Iran to Punish Apostasy with Death

H9 Ha’aretz Editorial: Decision on Gaza operation should be daring and level-headed

ANALYSIS / Long-range strikes could spark Gaza invasion

Barak: Large-scale Gaza operation is 'real and tangible'

Knocking on haven's doorIn the worldwide migration pattern, in which poor people from politically unstable countries migrate to democratic, capitalist ones, Israel falls into the latter category

Toward true dialogue Madeleine K. Albright It is a mistake to conceive of the Mideast as divided between people who do no wrong and those who do no right; between moderates and extremists, secular and religious, evil and good

Eldar The Arab boycott

Jerusalem PostIsrael prepares international opinion for assault on Gaza

Defense sources: Possible Gaza invasion likely to entail paralyzing Hamas government's ability, may extend to "regime change."

Bush rules out talks with Iran

'What's lost by embracing a tyrant who puts his people in prison because of their political beliefs?

UNSC to vote on new Iran sanctions Britain and France considering suggestions for changes; Libya to vote against the current draft

One on One: Closing ranks JCCA's Alan Solow: Israel and Diaspora have a lot to learn from each other.

IDF: Without Presence in West Bank, Hamas Would Take Over in Days

Yedioth Ahronoth Barack Obama's plan for Iran

US senator articulates his ideas to contain Islamic state, keep close US-Israel relations

The price of restraint/ Fishman The price of restraint/ Fishman

IDF prepares for Gaza op
Artillery battery, dozens of tanks positioned just north of Gaza to reinforce infantry forces already in Strip ahead of possible large-scale ground operation. PM returns from Japan, updated on Ashkelon rocket attacks

Report: Abbas Does Not Rule Out Resuming Armed Conflict with Israel

Rice Tells Olmert She's Concerned about Gaza Civilians

Daily Alert.orgHebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review Google News Israel - Palestine

BBC Israeli forces pound Gaza Strip Israel presses on with attacks on Gaza where at least 32 militants and civilians have died in the past 48 hours

Cat and mouse
Israeli town becomes used to dodging rocket fire from Gaza Strip

Daily Star Neither Hamas nor the Israelis have much to lose by agreeing to talk

High-Trajectory Weapons and Guerilla Warfare: Adjusting Fundamental Security Concepts - Gabriel Siboni (Strategic Assessment/Institute for National Security Studies-Tel Aviv University)

Is Israel Bound by International Law to Supply Utilities, Goods, and Services to Gaza? - Abraham Bell (Institute for Contemporary Affairs/Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

KOSOVO`S INDEPENDENCE AND ISRAEL Israel e News

Time Israel's Gaza Trap As fighting escalates, pressure mounts for a ground invasion. But that may be exactly what Hamas wants

American Prospect Breaking the Gazan Impasse


Top Prosecutor in AIPAC Case Departs for Private Sector Job


Israel Prefers Hillary

H10 Christian Science Monitor

After Pakistan vote, US eyes options Some White House officials want to embrace victors in parliament; others don't want to abandon Musharraf.

Oil for nukes – mostly a bad idea Bartering nuclear technology for oil is a path to the spread of nuclear weapons.

On a fence at the U.S.-Mexican border Resistance to fencing on the US southern border is building. Washington must stand firm.

Russian election: Medvedev set to become president in Sunday vote Polls indicate more than two-thirds of voters plan to vote for Vladimir Putin's longtime aide, despite little campaigning.

ASIA

Gates Says U.S. Isn't Trying to Outmaneuver China By: Peter Spiegel | Los Angeles Times Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates wrapped up a six-day visit to three regional democracies Wednesday, working to strengthen ties and upgrade the militaries of all three, which have increasingly complex relationships with a burgeoning China

U.S. and India to Strengthen Security Ties By: Mark Mazzetti and Somini Sengupta | The New York Times
With a landmark nuclear energy pact between the United States and India stalled, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Wednesday that the nations would nonetheless strengthen their security ties as India looked to embark on a closer — and still contentious — level of military cooperation with the United States.

Revolutionary communism contributed to China's boom
By John Delury

BBC Bridge builder?
Indonesia under pressure to beef up its Middle East role

The Economist Indian politics Beginning the long goodbye It could last more than a year, but the election season has already opened, and may determine the fate of India's nuclear deal with America

Pakistan Coming to terms Musharraf is down but not out; Zardari is up but not in

Seven Questions: Bittersweet Symphony in Pyongyang

Newsweek Asia's Achilles Heel

As China and India lose control of their economies, they are failing to provide reliable power to their citizens. How will they manage to curb carbon emissions?

Carnegie A New Era? What to Make of the 17th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party

China's one child only rules face extinction

The adored only children born out of the one-child family planning policy, are set to disappear after a single generation

Beijing dismisses rights fears

Business in South-East Asia The tigers that lost their roar

A river in central China turned red due to toxic pollution, leaving 200,000 people without water.

China`s Brave New World and Other Tales for Global Times

The Politics of Piracy in China and Russia

Asian Security: A report from a Danish think-tank examines the role regional bodies like the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) play in addressing regional security concerns. You can download the report here.

Indonesia: A report from the International Crisis Group examines the influential media arm of the Indonesian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah.

Bush Administration Reluctance to Recalibrate Pakistan Policy Draws Criticism from Democrats
BY JOSHUA KUCERA A top US official has signaled that there will be no major policy shift on Pakistan in the aftermath of elections that dealt a serious blow against the US-backed president there, Pervez Musharraf.

India: The Financial Times reports that a new environmental survey due out today ranks India’s two largest cities, Mumbai and New Delhi, as having the worst air quality in the world.

U.S. opposes Pakistani plans for talks with militants

China`s Brave New World and Other Tales for Global Times

The Politics of Piracy in China and Russia


Japan's Aid Policy: Doing Less With Less By: David Pilling | Financial Times
For a chequebook diplomat, Japan’s cheque does not carry the punch it used to. Tokyo, the world’s mightiest aid donor as recently as 2001, has been slipping alarmingly down the league tables

AEI Strengthening Freedom in Asia A Twenty-First-Century Agenda for the U.S.-Taiwan Partnership By Dan Blumenthal, Randall Schriver

In Northwestern Pakistan, Where Militants Rule By: Mark Sappenfield | The Christian Science Monitor
Every so often, the world witnesses the malice that lives in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt – bombings in London and Madrid and the plot to blow up airplanes over the Atlantic, all had ties to terrorists there.

H11 IHT A new Gorbachev?

By DANIEL VERNET Only an apparatchik can acquire enough power to institute reform

Dmitri's choice By VIKTOR EROFEYEV For better or for worse, Medvedev is the last hope for me and for the Russia I love.

EUROPE European press review

BBC Why we say No
Europe's politicians speak out against Kosovo independence

Kosovo divide widens as Serb police quit force

The World Is Changing; NATO Needs a New Strategy By: Henk Van den Breemen, Peter Inge and Jacques Lanxade | The Daily Star The North Atlantic Treaty Organization needs a new strategy. We, five former defense chiefs of staff, recently published a booklet containing proposals for such a new strategy, as well as a comprehensive agenda for change.

WSJ George Weigel, of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, in response to a recent article by the former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt, suggests ten ways for Americans to respect Europe again.

If Europe Could Vote By: Ulf Gartzke | The Weekly Standard
Europeans, like much of the rest of the world for that matter, are following the U.S. presidential election campaign very closely. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and even Mike Huckabee have all pretty much become household names across Europe

Five former defense chiefs of staff contribute an op-ed in which they say NATO needs a new strategy, and present what they call a comprehensive agenda for change.

EU Unity To Be Tested Over U.S. Visa-Free Regime By: Renata Goldirova | EU Observer EU interior ministers are gathering in Brussels for what is likely to be a heated battle over how the European Union should react to new US travel security demands, with member states split between those who enjoy visa-free travel to the United States and those who do not.

France-Europe: Deutsche-Welle reports that French President Sarkozy has irked some of his fellow European leaders through “go-it-alone” policies.

The Economist Serbia The road of discontent For now Serbia remains torn about whether to pursue its European vocation—but it is likely to return to it eventually

Cyprus A Communist to the rescue A new Greek-Cypriot president raises hopes for a new unification plan

German politics On death and dying

Spain's election Spanish customs

Charlemagne Winners and losers Europe is a big winner from globalisation. If only politicians would say so

America, Europe and the management of danger A hazardous comparison

Americans like the idea (though not always the reality) of risk more than comfortable Europeans do. To Russians, both lots seem hyper-cautious wimps

Europe's Time to Choose By: Europe's Time to Choose | The Washington Times During the past two centuries, three major European continental nations have tried to impose their will on the rest of the continent, indeed, on the globe. First France in the early 19th century, then Germany in the first half of the 20th century, and finally Russia.

CEPS What lessons can be learned from the EU emissions trading scheme?

EU Migration Policy: An A-Z CER

H12 RFE/RLRussia: Oil Wealth Trickling Down -- But Not Far Enough

Russia: Political System Could Drag Economy Down

Armenia: Defeated Presidential Challenger Rejects Calls For Cooperation

The Economist Russia's uneasy handover Russia's new president, Dmitry Medvedev, faces an unpalatable legacy

Russia's economy Smoke and mirrors As Vladimir Putin stands aside (sort of), how much has he to do with Russia's booming economy—and how long can it last?

Russia's new president The name's Dmitry

Newsweek Experts Assess Putin’s Legacy

Chechnya and the north Caucasus And they call it peace Vladimir Putin's presidency began in Chechnya; the region is restive as it ends

Time Putin's Presidency Ends, Not His Rule

Google News Azerbaijan

Wider Black Sea: Concept and Reality By: Haroutiun Khachatrian | ISN Security Watch As the US and EU promote the concept of a new 'Wider Black Sea' geopolitical region, economics may be the key to common identity and security.

Russia Revolutionises Its Jet Industry By: Duncan Bartlett | BBC News
Russia is hoping to make a giant come-back in civil and military aviation.

Dmitry Medvedev is "creating his own public identity according to a choreographed script," C.J. Chivers reports for the New York Times

Washington Times Management reshuffle? Vladimir Putin might be the prime minister in a President Medvedev administration, but he will be the senior figure in terms of political capital and the execution of government policy.

BBC Moscow official admits media bias As Russia's presidential campaign enters its last day, the electoral chief admits media coverage is unequal.

Russia awaits new Putin role

Multilingual debate: Putin's Russia

Putin repeats threat on missiles

Uzbekistan and the EU's 'Engagement' Policy By: Gulnoza Saidazimova | Radio Free Europe
Some believe that international pressure has prompted the release of opponents of the Uzbekistan government from prison, while others believe it's 'just window dressing.'

SPIEGEL Pub Quiz Russian Election Edition: 'Medved, Medvedova, Whatever'


The Medvedev moment, Nicolai N Petro


H13 The Times Luke Skywalker v Darth Vader Sadly the presidential contest between Obama and McCain is being ridiculously caricatured Gerard Baker

Responsible Sovereignty

China must face up to its diplomatic obligations

Prince Harry aborts Afghan mission after web leak

Tour de Force The public should salute Prince Harry's deployment in Afghanistan

Wall Street Journal Cut and Run and Then Run Back
By James Taranto Barack Obama's strategy for Iraq

On Kosovo's Fields
By Fouad Ajami America has become the provider of order of last resort in Muslim lands.

The Bernanke Reflation
The Fed Chairman throws price stability to the wind.

May We Not Lose His KindBy Peggy Noonan
Declarations:
William F. Buckley, Jr. was the complete American original, a national treasure whose energy was a kind of optimism

Trade Tirade
By Kimberley A. Strassel
Potomac Watch:

Democrats worry about where this debate is headed.

Watching Sovereign Wealth

The first chapter from The Next Great Globalization: How Disadvantaged Nations Can Harness Their Financial Systems to Get Rich by Frederic S. Mishkin

Did globalisation cause the "Great Divergence" between rich and poor economies?

CFR A new Daily Analysis notes that some prominent economists now say that the chance of a deep recession—while still limited—is growing.

The Staggering Fiscal Costs of Bailing Out a Financial System in Crisis


H14 Financial Times The quiet rise of Dmitry Medvedev Will the man set to be Russia’s next president surprise those who have called him studious but seldom inspiring?

Arab leaders press Syria over Beirut impasse Several Arab states are threatening to boycott an upcoming regional summit if Damascus fails to influence its allies in Beirut to resolve Lebanon’s presidential stand-off

Iranian official reports record oil revenues Iran’s oil revenues reached a record $62bn for the first 11 months of this Iranian year - an increase of 31 per cent over the same period the previous year, according to a senior Iranian oil official.

Gaza air strikes follow Hamas rocket attack Israel stepped up air strikes in the Gaza Strip, killing five Palestinian gunmen after the first death in Israel in nine months from a rocket attack launched from the Hamas-controlled territory

Russian voters pressed amid fears on turnout Citizens under pressure to vote

Democrats’ cheap shots at Nafta The most disturbing aspect of the US primary season is the Democratic consensus that liberal trade is opposed to the national interest

Brussels bungles energy unbundling A fully liberalised European energy market would be a great prize. The EU Commission should stick to its power reforms

Gideon Rachman’s blog Who is the unfairest of them all? March will be a bad month for those who prefer their elections free and fair, with polls in Russia, Iran and Zimbabwe looming

Military, industrial and complex World trade is a constant interaction of force and commerce, according to this witty and wide-ranging history

Promising applause for an American in Pyongyang Kim Jong-il has opened North Korea’s door an inch or two, but we should not get carried away with New York Phil’s appearance. It is too early to draw parallels with the ping-pong diplomacy that heralded the Sino-American thaw in the 1970s, writes Philip Stephens

Europe must fight back in the battle for ideasThere are still some heavyweight thinkers around in Europe with novel things to say – but they are few and far between, writes James Harkin

Comment: Bad news if climate sceptics are right Greater uncertainty means the changes might be less bad than we fear, but it also means they might be much worse, writes Paul Klemperer

The pressure on UK living standards Samuel Brittan on the coming squeeze

Sarkozy seeks new defence entente with Africa France is to renegotiate all defence agreements with its former colonies in Africa in a bid to transform the country’s stance towards the world’s poorest continent

‘Nimbyism’ blamed for Italy’s woes Both main Italian political parties are promising in their election campaigns to tackle the ‘not in my backyard’ culture that is blamed in large part for the country’s economic decline and lack of infrastructure

Falling jobless data signal German strength A steep fall in unemployment suggests a positive outlook among mid-size businesses, just as a wave of job cuts at large companies raises concerns that the labour market recovery could soon peak

Right sows doubt among waverers Spain’s opposition Popular party hopes to win the general election with a campaign strategy aimed at persuading Socialist sympathisers to abstain from voting

Clinton on course to raise $35m Hillary Clinton’s advisers said she was on course to raise $35m in February, the highest monthly total of her presidential campaign and more than double her total for January

H15 Los Angeles Times Bush hits Obama on foreign policy President says meeting with adversarial leaders can 'send the wrong signal.'

War and peace, the Army way

Rosa Brooks Another 100 years of U.S. troops in Iraq?

Conservatism's contrarian By Jacob Heilbrunn William F. Buckley shaped a movement for the right, which then left him behind.

EDITORIAL: Buckley, in his own right

EditorialDeal with the trade-offs

Despite the Democratic candidates' positions, NAFTA and similar pacts benefit the U.S. in the long run.

H16 American Politics

Why women over 50 are Hillary Clinton's loyal supporters

The Economist Obamanomics Hope and fear Democratic economic policy sounds worryingly populist

Lexington The Buckley effect

An Ivy League saint

Ian Williams William F Buckley's arrogant, aristocratic brand of conservatism was designed simply to protect America's elite

How Hillary's Think Tank Went For Obama

Pew Research Center:

Obama Has The Lead, But Potential Problems Too

Name calling campaign to undermine Obama

Republicans have begun to emphasise Barack Obama's middle name Hussein in an attempt to spread doubts that he is a closet Muslim

NYT: MCCAIN'S BIRTHPLACE IN CANAL ZONE RAISES ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONS...

realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

Clinton raises $35 million in February

Obama and His Wonks Commentators take a close look at the Democratic front-runner’s policy shop.

In red-state Texas, new signs of rising Democratic tide The drawn-out fight for a Democratic presidential nominee is driving left-leaning Texans into the open, infusing them with a sense of relevance for the first time in a generation.

H17 Daily Telegraph Vladimir Putin's poodle may yet bite

There is a school of thought that suggests it would be wrong to underestimate Dmitry Medvedev's desire to be his own man in Russia, argues Con Coughlin.

Russians see continuity in Medvedev Moscow, the Russian capital, is hardly in the grip of election fever. But then to describe Sunday's exercise as an election would be stretching a point

Prince Harry has been fighting the Taliban

It was disclosed yesterday that Prince Harry has been fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, the first member of the Royal Family in 25 years to serve on the front line.

H18 Independent Putin's heir struggles to come out of his master's shadow It should have been the moment when Dmitry Medvedev finally staked an aggressive claim to the Russian presidency and implored Russians to vote for him.

Leading article: A farcical contest, and the need for a united stand

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

High-Trajectory Weapons and Guerilla Warfare: Adjusting Fundamental Security Concepts - Gabriel Siboni (Strategic Assessment/Institute for National Security Studies-Tel Aviv University)

Safe at Home: A National Security Strategy to Protect the American Homeland, the Real Central Front Source: Center for American Progress Executive Summary (PDF; 1.6 MB) + Full Report (PDF; 5.4 MB) + Chart: Our Top 10 National Security Priorities + Chart: Homeland Security Policy Priorities for the Next Administration and Congress + Timeline: Homeland Security Since 9/11 (.gif)

Hearing: An Uneasy Relationship: U.S. Reliance on Private Security Firms in Overseas Operations

New Sharia study documents Islamist threat Source: Center for Security Policy

Al-Qaida deputy releases video condemning 'revisionists'

War and Peace, the Army Way By: Rosa Brooks | Los Angeles Times
This week, the Army released a new version of FM 3-0, the Army Field Manual on Operations. The first revision since 9/11, it offers what the Army -- which is not an institution prone to exaggeration -- calls "a revolutionary departure from past doctrine."

The army learns its lesson

Matthew Harwood The US army's new field manual represents a stern rebuke of the Bush administration's military policies but may shift too far in the opposite direction

FBI Documents Contradict 9/11 Commission Report

The Fading Jihadists By: David Ignatius | The Washington Post
Politicians who talk about the terrorism threat -- and it's already clear that this will be a polarizing issue in the 2008 campaign -- should be required to read a new book by a former CIA officer named Marc Sageman.

Analysis: New cyber chief faces Hill anger (UPI) -- The new job of Scott Charbo, the man President Bush has picked to head up the protection of U.S. computer networks, involves countering threats from Russian hackers, Chinese cyber spies and Internet Jihadis. But perhaps his most immediately dangerous adversary is the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.

Analysis: Germany stops Big Brother law (UPI) -- The decision by Germany's highest court Wednesday to annul a controversial state law allowing secret computer searches for security and anti-terror investigations rightfully puts civil rights above security interests, experts say

Guns, butter and the war

Mr. McCain has married himself to the troop surge, which Gen. David Petraeus is leading magnificently. But what happens afterward?

Feature: Coalition, al-Qaida set stage (UPI) -- The U.S. and Iraqi military campaign to route al-Qaida terrorists from their last urban stronghold is in motion, with troops fanning out to new combat operations posts.

The Long War: Send in the Marines

H20 Slate Welcome to the Quagmire

The next president may be stuck with more problems in Iraq than Bush ever faced. Fred Kaplan

Kinsley on Intellectual Honesty

Bill Buckley had it, journalism should strive for it, and politics needs more of it.

Whose Jerusalem Is It, Anyway?

Should diaspora Jews have a say in the political negotiations about Jerusalem?
Shmuel Rosner

The Global Poor Will Suffer the Worst Ethanol Hangover By: Henry I. Miller | World Politics Review
The headlong rush in many parts of the world to replace oil with biofuels (ethanol and biodiesel) illustrates how the best of intentions can run afoul of the law of unintended consequences.

Foundation Giving Trends, 2008 Edition (PDF; 522 KB)
Source: Foundation Center

Faith and tolerance THE PEW Forum on Religion and Public Life released this week the most comprehensive survey of the American religious landscape ever conducted. We can now say, with reasonable certainty, that almost half of Americans switch religious affiliation in the course of their lives and that only slightly more than half (51.3 percent) identify themselves as Protestants. (By Alan Wolfe, Boston Globe)

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John Rawls argued that public reason cannot be based on the “comprehensive accounts” of reality religion gives us. Martha Nussbaum agrees... more»

It’s not just fads and fashions in the likes of shoes or music that spread through social networks. There are also states of mind – happiness, loneliness, altriusm... more»

A Great Leap Forward By CHRIS TURNEY Now that we’re in the 21st century, and time is measured according to oscillations of vaporized atoms, why do we still need something as oddly quaint as leap year?

Drudge: world's most powerful journalist Matt Drudge shot to prominence when he threatened to bring down Bill Clinton's presidency by breaking news of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

The Drudge Report: clever headlines, and eye for the news jugular

1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says

Pew Report Finds More than One in 100 Adults are Behind Bars
Source: Pew Center on the States Full Report (PDF; 636 KB)

The destiny of species chronicled on the Web The Internet-based Encyclopedia of Life is an exciting effort to chronicle the names of and facts about the planet's 1.8 million known species, as well as species that will be discovered.

The human brain What a piece of work

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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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