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6 February 2008
  February 06, 2008

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H1 Slate Bragging Rights Did Obama or Clinton win Super Tuesday? John Dickerson

New York Times Clinton and McCain Win in California; Obama Stays Close as G.O.P. Rivals Lag Clinton won primaries in New York and New Jersey and captured the biggest prize of all, California, while Obama strung together nearly a dozen victories. Speech Transcripts: Clinton | Obama

Diverging Paths for Two Parties The Democrats are facing a long nomination, while Republicans are closer to rallying around a nominee.

Intelligence Chief Cites Qaeda Threat to U.S. The director of national intelligence said Al Qaeda is gaining in strength from its refuge in Pakistan and is enhancing its ability to recruit operatives.

Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (PDF; 252 KB)
Source: Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Intel Chief: Pakistan-Based al-Qaeda Biggest Threat

Washington Post New Europe, Old Russia By Robert Kagan What happens when a 21st-century entity faces the challenge of a 19th-century power?

Why It's Not The Economy y Robert J. Samuelson The idea that presidents can control a $14 trillion economy lies between an exaggeration and an illusion.

Editorial The Race After Tuesday While John McCain pulls ahead, the Democratic contest remains close

Pakistan Is Threatened, Intelligence Chief Says

Chechen Warns of Islamic Extremism Appeal of Militant Ideology Is Spreading in North Caucasus, Rights Activist Says

A Pre-Election Attack on Iran Remains a Possibility
by Leon Hadar

Stratfor Foreign Policy and the President’s Irrelevance by George Friedman

USIP Report: Religion in World Affairs: Its Role in Conflict and Peace

Christian Science Monitor Opinion: Why the Saudis aren't lifting a finger to ease oil prices Their break from past oil policy is significant. By Steve Yetiv and Lowell Feld

Afghanistan strains NATO ties Secretary of State Rice arrives in London Wednesday to address tensions among key allies.

Suicide bombing revives Israeli push to finish its wall The Palestinian attack on Monday has prompted many to say the wall should extend to the border between Israel and Egypt.

Record U.S. defense spending, but future budgets may decline Other challenges – potential recession, budget deficits, and rising entitlement spending – could overshadow military priorities.

On US economy, voter concern runs deep Polls show long-term economic health occupies minds as much as a looming slump

Los Angeles Times

Iraq works to clean up national police Training, integration and anti-corruption efforts are aimed at creating a force that will contribute to the country's stability

Time Still Trying to Squeeze Iran - Adam Zagorin

Dan Drezner Robert Farley & Daniel Drezner: Trimming the Hegemon

In the 21st Century, the U.S. Has Been Led By Fanatics By: Fred Kaplan | Slate The failures in Bush's foreign and military policy stem from two great misconceptions: that the world changed after Sept. 11, when it didn't, and that the United States emerged from the Cold War stronger than before, when in fact it was weaker

Dissonance on Iraq By: Tom Donnelly | The Weekly Standard
Conventional wisdom has it that, unlike in Vietnam, there is bipartisan support for "the troops" in Iraq despite the many arguments over the conduct of the war and whether U.S. forces should remain in Mesopotamia.

Special Edition on Energy Security CCC The Introduction to a special edition of "Strategic Insights" dealing with different aspects of energy security (links to each article)

USA sees Russia, China, OPEC financial threat...

Take Me to Your Leader By: Barry Rubin | The Jerusalem Post
The day of giants -- though some of them were ogres -- is certainly over among Middle East leaders. In fact, what is most remarkable fact is how unremarkable the current rulers are

Dealing With the Risks to Global Growth By: Simon Johnson and Jonathan Ostry | The Japan Times
Everyone wants economic stability, and many are reluctant to abandon today what gave them stability yesterday. But trying to obtain stability from rigidity is a mistake

CIA Says Used Waterboarding on Three Suspects

Daily Star Arab state power is on the defensive
By Rami G. Khouri

Francis Fukuyama (JHU) and Michael McFaul (Stanford): Should Democracy Be Promoted or Demoted?

American Prospect The Democrats' Choice: Manager or Visionary


Financial Times Iraq pushes ahead with oil plans The Iraqi government is inviting oil multinationals to participate in the development of the oil industry, without waiting for the passage of crucial hydrocarbons legislation

Top intelligence official revives Iran doubts The senior US intelligence official stressed that a recent report on Iran had concluded that Tehran had halted only one part of its alleged nuclear weapons programme

Iraq sidesteps oil law impasse Iraq’s underperforming oil industry – hampered by years of Ba’athist incompetence, war, the invasion aftermath and, finally, a year-long political impasse – is to be opened to foreign investment

Why it is so hard to keep the financial sector caged

We have a banking sector that has a demonstrated capacity to generate huge crises because of the incentives to take on under-appreciated risks. We lack the will and even the capacity to regulate it, yet have no obvious alternative but to try to do so, says Martin Wolf

France must kiss and make up with Germany Dominique Moïsi on strains between Sarkozy and Merkel

ANALYSIS: Sans president or parliament, Lebanon's woes worsen further Lebanon’s woes worsen further The army’s unifying role is under strain amid threats of civil disobedience that might spill into riots

Too bad Islam ended its invasion of Europe at the French border. What might the world would look like today if Islam had won... more»

The World Bank says education in Arab states needs urgent reform.

U.S., Iraq to discuss relations (By David R. Sands)

Rise in Iran-Made Bombs in Baghdad

New Iraqi flag hailed as symbolic break with past

Iran will have nuclear weapon in three years: Mossad...

US Will Have Trouble Finding New War Allies

Terrorism is a global cancer
GulfNews By Amir Taheri,

Interactive map A state-by-state guide to voting in Super Tuesday states

H2 FT Turkey debates easing headscarf ban Turkey’s socially conservative government is again testing the patience of its secular opponents, including the powerful military, as the country’s parliament prepares on Wednesday to begin debating the lifting of a constitutional ban on the wearing of headscarves at public universities

Quentin Peel: Greek Cyprus watches Kosovo’s move Several EU member states remain deeply hesitant over the expected unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo, with Greek Cyprus being the most hostile, writes Quentin Peel

Restart the talks on Cyprus by David Hannay*


Daily Star For Europe's sake, restart the talks on Cyprus By David Hannay

IISS Kuzey Irak'taki gerginliğe dikkat çekti

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"Türk değil, Kürt asıllı milletvekiliyim"

PKK'ya karşı üçlü işbirliği gerek David L. Phillips

"PKK'nın ABD çıkarlarına saldırı riski büyük"

Pentagon’dan Türkiye’ye sınırötesi desteği

ABD Büyükelçisi Wilson: Sınırötesi operasyonunda işler iyi gidiyor

PKK şaşkın ve yaralı, biliyoruz

Kuzey Irak PKK için artık güvenli değil

Eberstein: AB’nin kucaklamak istediği laik Türkiye’dir

The Times Neo-Nazis suspected in fire that killed Turks Turkey puts pressure on German authorities to speed up investigation into fire that killed nine, including five children

NRO Davos Journal, Part IX Ali Babacan is young (40), genial, and impressive. He’s smart, quick, informed to the gills — and very, very articulate.

Al Hayat Erdogan and the Battle over the Veil Elias Harfouch - Once again, Turkey proves that it is still part of this region which is narrow-minded and intolerant toward pluralism or anything different. Turkey may be interested in conveying the impression that it has become competent enough to cross the gate to the European Union, which implies it can respect and protect differences and can safeguard the freedom of every individual in society as long as it does not threaten the freedom of others.

EurasiaNet Turkey: Parliament Set to Mull Lifting Headscarf Ban at Public Universities

EDM DTP LAUNCHES PROTEST CAMPAIGN AGAINST TURKISH RAIDS ON PKK CAMPS

Turkey Hits Iraqi Areas Kurd Militants Say They Left

Kundaklama mı?
Almanya'daki yangında ırkçı saldırı ihtimali araştırılıyor

Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

Bağdat'tan Barzani'yi by-pass edecek anlaşma

Derin PKK'da Ergenekon sancısı

Turkey's PKK Official Says Army Raids Left No Casualties

Ahmet Türk: 'Diyarbakır kalesi asla düşmeyecek'

Sığınaktaki belgeler maskeyi düşürecek

Turkish Official Says Two Foreigners Among "Terrorists" Killed in Operation

US, Turkish Generals Discuss Cooperation Against Terrorism

Sebahattin Önkibar Kara harekâtında TSK'ya karşı PKK-AKP ittifakı!

Yüksekova'da patlama: 2 polis yaralı

DTP'liler Cudi'de çadırlara yerleşti

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 5 Feb 08

F-16'ların altında Şırnak'a yürüyüş

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PKK operasyonlarında önemli ölçüde başarı sağlandı

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Hakkari'de bombalı saldırı: 2 polis yaralı

Psikolojik olarak bittiler

RPT-Kurdistan says to continue to deal with oil firms

Kurds cry out against corruption (7): Kurdistan the land of lion cubs!

Iraq cancels oil contracts in showdown over Kurdistan

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DTP'li vekiller 'canlı kalkan' için çadırlarda

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DTP Genel Başkanı hakim karşısına çıkıyor

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Qatar: Turkish President, Turkish Businessmen Discuss Problems

Turkish, Saudi Companies to Cooperate in Construction, Energy

Canlı kalkan olmak için Güneydoğu'ya giderken gözaltına alındılar

The 1991 Kurdish Revolution
Kurdish Globe

'Teröristlerin çoğu sünnetsiz'

Iranian Envoy Confirms Energy Cooperation With Turkey

Ankara'da iki kamyon kundaklandı

Arson suspicions set Turkey on edge

The special relationship between Israel and the US: Myths and realities (2) by Christopher Vasillopulos*

Diyarbakırspor Genelkurmay'da

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Arson suspicions set Turkey on edge

Turkish, Turkish Cypriot Premiers Discuss Economic Developments

Güler heads to Vienna, RWE to join Nabucco

İşaretler kundaklama diyor

Sami KOHEN Buyrun şaşırtın!

Money no object for Cypriot votes (By Andrew Borowiec)

İkinci bir Solingen yaşamak istemiyoruz

Rus savaş gemileri Türk malı kullanacak

EMRE AKÖZ
Euro-Müslümanların kariyer mücadelesi

Nabucco'yu, BTC ekibi yürütecek

Berlin Büyükelçisi: Büyük bir faciayla karşı karşıyayız

Nabucco boru hattına 'Ankara' önerisi

Cypriot President Says New Cyprus Will Evolve From Present State

The Ergenekon gang, the veil issue and EU polls Cengiz AKTAR

Yusuf KANLI
A Cyprus united in EU

McCain refuses to pledge recognition of 'Armenian genocide'

Twinning projects cast Turk-EU relations into mosaic

Özel-Sarkozy Fransa'yı Nabucco'ya dahil ettirmeyi başardı

Turkish Cypriot Spokesman Welcomes Ex-German Leader's Visit

Turkish Government to Send Delegation to Investigate House Fire in Germany

Turkish, Bulgarian Energy Ministers Discuss Cooperation

Turkish Minister Says Nabucco Gas Pipeline Not a Rival to Russian Grid

Swedish MPs Want to See Turkey As EU Member

Why you shouldn’t care about Nagorno-Karabakh (and why you might one day have to)

EurasiaNet Armenia: Opposition Candidates Consider Joining Forces wo weeks before Armenia’s presidential vote, two key opposition candidates and a prominent opposition party leader are in talks about a possible merger. If a unified candidate emerges from those discussions, Armenia’s February 19 election could prove uncharacteristically competitive

Türkiye'deki genç kızlar 'ev kızı' durumunda

İnönü Hitler'e nasıl rest çekti?

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Başbakan'a suikast iddiası

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[Yorum - M. Fethullah Gülen] Namazda, oruçta baskı var mı ki; başörtüsünde olsun

6 Şubat 2008 Basın Özeti

H3 Türban düzenlemesi Genel Kurul’da

Ruşen Çakır Hep devletten yana ama “derin devlet”e mesafeli DEVLET BAHÇELİ

Laikliğin dışına çıkmayız

Yangında Alman izi

AKP'de 17. madde sıkıntısı

Başsavcılığın gözü AKP dosyalarında

Taha AKYOL Bu kadarı fazla

Saçının telini, inancından dolayı göstermeyene saygı duyarım

Ülkücüler paşa kovaladı

Şamil Tayyar Şemdinli üstü az ayrılıkçı az ulusalcı karışım

Öneriniz varsa Meclis’e gelin

Teslim olmak yok

Toplumda korku yayma yarışı var

Toplumda kutuplaşma yok, tartışmalar siyasî

Türkiye'de genç kızların çoğu 'ev kızı'

Türban maratonu başlıyor

Murat Yetkin - Bahçeli üzerine gecikmiş bir yazı

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN MHP-AKP ittifakının anatomisi

İsmet Berkan - AKP ve MHP Anayasa Mahkemesi'ne ne diyecek?

Bahçeli'den Eruygur'a 'mektup' cevabı: Laiklik istismarcıları ile bağımız yok

Cengiz Çandar Zorluk ve öncelik

Ahmet Taşgetiren Osman Şirin'i ve Baykal'ı dinlerken... ( 06.02.2008 )

Eser Karakaş AKP-MHP ittifakı kalıcı olabilir mi?

Kundaklama şüphesi artıyor

Ertuğrul Özkök Canavar yaratan demokrasi

Ahmet Hakan İmam-ı azam Baykal hazretleri

Fikret BİLA Baykal din karşıtlığı tuzağına düşmedi

M Ali Birand Türkiye demir tarıyor …

Nasuhi Güngör MHP ‘Hıncal Uluç oyları’nı terkediyor

Cüneyt Ülsever Muhafazakárlaştırma projesi (II)

Tufan Türenç AKP için tek özgürlük türban özgürlüğüdür

Serdar Akinan Derin AKP

Mustafa Karaalioğlu Meclis’in görüşeceği başörtüsü değildir

MHP'liler gazilerin çelengini parçaladı

71 yıl sonra aynı gündem

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: Ağrısız, sancısız çözüm için CHP

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Ali Bayramoğlu: Bizim mahallede baskı var…

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Kürşat Bumin: Adnan Keskin'in Express'e verdiği mülakat

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Taha Kıvanç: Dilleri var bizim dile benzemez

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İbrahim Karagül: Biz yanacaksak eğer, siz de yanacaksınız!

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Hakan Albayrak: 'Aysel Tuğluk'a Açık Mektup'a devam

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Türker Alkan - 'Amuda kalk!'

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Haluk Şahin - Bildiriyi niçin imzalamadım?

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Hakkı Devrim - Rejans da kapanmasa bâri!

YÖK, 'katsayı' için toplanıyor

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Avni Özgürel - Vatan elden gidiyor çetesi (2)

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M.Ali Kışlalı - Yapmayın... Etmeyin...

MUSTAFA ÜNAL - Tarihî oylama

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A. TURAN ALKAN - Koyacaksın bunları zaman makinesine...

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NİHAL B. KARACA - Hangisi daha kötü? Ultra Kemalizm mi, flu liberallik mi?

Referandumsuz kabul!

Mustafa Akyol Bilimperestlerin yanılgıları

İsmail Küçükkaya
Şok tedavisi mi?

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ALİ BULAÇ - Çocukların velayeti, gençlerin özgürlüğü

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Enis Berberoğlu

Oktay Ekşi YÖK’te yeni dönem

Özdemir İnce 5 Şubat 1937

Mehmet Barlas

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Kimse ’türbanlılar okumasın’ demiyor

Yalçın Bayer Türbanlı kadayıf

Yalçın Doğan Elbirliği ile Sur darbesi

Yılmaz Özdil MHP...

Bekir Coşkun Duvardaki anayasa...

AKP'den Yargıtay'a sürpriz ziyaret

YÖK atamasını Gül yönetiyor

Devlete meydan okunmaya çalışılıyor

MUHARREM SARIKAYA TCK 301'de yetki Gül'ün

ERDAL ŞAFAK Laiklik nedir?

ERGUN BABAHAN Siyasetin dili ve şiddet

EMRE AKÖZ

Umur Talu Devlet sahibi

NAZLI ILICAK Saçma sorulara, seçme cevaplar

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

Mehmet Altan Çocuklara vatanseverlik öğretilmesin...

YAVUZ DONAT Soru önergesi böyle olur

Alevilerden türban bildirisi

Nuray Başaran Akademia siyaseti

Mensur Akgün Sanal yasaklı başörtüsü

"Paşa kellelerini çuvala dolduracağız"

Üç YÖK üyesinden akademisyenlere destek

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Parlak, giyimlerinden dolayı not düşürmez!

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Emekli zevat protestosu

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Ruh sağlıklarından endişe ediyoruz

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Baykal hocadan Salı fetvaları

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Temel haklar için referandum olmaz

Türban eylemcilerine şeritle önlem alındı

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İsveç heyeti: Türban iç meseleniz

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'Türbana hayır' cephesi sokakta

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Cumhurbaşkanından 'Katil müezzin'e af

Çene altı formülüne İran yorumu

'Kördövüşü yaşıyoruz'

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Meclis'te türban mesaisi var

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Zirveden 71'inci yıldönümü mesajı

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Bazı meseleler çok büyütülüyor'

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'Laiklik güvencesi'

Mehmet Tezkan

AKP türbana özgürlük derken ikinci kez yasak getirebilir..

Ece TEMELKURAN Aç Çocuklar Ülkesi

Yavuz Baydar Intellectuals in twilight

İlnur Çevik Headscarf issue will remain a major woe

Beril Dedeoğlu Headscarf problematic

Doğu Ergil Ergenekon: The abyss of nationalism

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'Tarifsiz düş kırıklığı' MHP'yi öfkelendirdi

Brave hearts in the universities

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Arson suspicions set Turkey on edge

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MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli: Secularism now being exploited

[YORUM - M. NACİ BOSTANCI] Başörtüsü'nün arkasındaki sosyoloji

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Türbanda taşra endişesi giderilmeli'

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Grupta tesettür dersi

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'Yüzüne baksa utanır'

AKP'li Bağış'tan, milletvekiline de türban serbest olabilir iması

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Ege Cansen Bu ne ihracat patlaması, bu ne büyüme yavaşlaması

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Dışarıda küresel dalga içeride Ankara dalgası!

Ercan Kumcu Enflasyonda hoş sürpriz

Hurşit GÜNEŞ
Enflasyon konusunda yanılmamalıyız

Inflation and export performance: A good start for 2008

Güngör URAS
Yabancı bonocuyu vergi değil kur kaçırır

Erdal Sağlam

İBRAHİM KAHVECİ

22 bin milyoner nereden gelmiş ki!

İ.Hüseyin Yıldız
Ekonomik riskler zamanında fark edilmedi

Metin Ercan - Körfez'in 'kurtarıcı' fonları

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Funda Özkan - Sise takılan patronlar Gül'ün peşinden bir uçak daha tuttu

Ekonomi yerel seçime feda! Uğur Gürses

Türban ve ekonomi
Mustafa Aysan

TÜSİAD, büyüme stratejilerini ele alıyor


Ekren: ABD'deki krizden Türkiye az etkilendi

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Merkez: Enerji ve gıdaya rağmen enflasyonda düşüş devam edecek

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Deutsche Bank: Hükümet ekonomiye ağırlık vermiyor

OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
'Siz işlerinizi belli noktaya getirin, ben araya girerim'

H4 New York Times Clinton and McCain Win in California; Obama Stays Close as G.O.P. Rivals Lag Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won primaries in New York and New Jersey and captured the biggest prize of all, California, while Senator Barack Obama strung together nearly a dozen victories.

Speech Transcripts: Clinton | Obama

Diverging Paths for Two Parties The Democrats are facing a long nomination, while Republicans are closer to rallying around a nominee.

Intelligence Chief Cites Qaeda Threat to U.S. The director of national intelligence said Al Qaeda is gaining in strength from its refuge in Pakistan and is enhancing its ability to recruit operatives.

MAUREEN DOWDDark and Light If Barack Obama wants to be president, he’ll have to slay the dragon. And his dragon is the Clinton attack machine

Huckabee Revived With Strong Showing in South Senator John McCain of Arizona captured the California primary and its windfall of delegates on Tuesday night, capping an evening of impressive victories.Huckabee Gathers Momentum as Romney Falters

Editorial Divided They Run Any candidate — and any party — who presumes to unite this country, must first unite their own. That is how democracy is supposed to work.
Editorial Serbia Votes for the Future The re-election of Boris Tadic is a hopeful sign that many of Serbia’s voters are prepared to embrace a more constructive future.
The President Who Would Be King By AMIN SAIKAL and WILLIAM MALEY The strong presidential system that Afghanistan’s 2004 Constitution embodies has not served the country well

Give the Banks Some Credit

By HOWARD P. MILSTEIN If banks of all sizes could regain their capital immediately and easily, it would be a tremendous benefit to the American economy

H5 Washington Post New Europe, Old Russia By Robert Kagan What happens when a 21st-century entity faces the challenge of a 19th-century power?

Why It's Not The Economy y Robert J. Samuelson The idea that presidents can control a $14 trillion economy lies between an exaggeration and an illusion.

Editorial The Race After Tuesday While John McCain pulls ahead, the Democratic contest remains close

Pakistan Is Threatened, Intelligence Chief Says

Chechen Warns of Islamic Extremism

Appeal of Militant Ideology Is Spreading in North Caucasus, Rights Activist Says

One Surge That Led to Another

By Michael Gerson If we ever see a President McCain, he will have President Bush to thank.

The Repudiation of Rove By Harold Meyerson How have Republican conservatives managed to be on the losing end of so many primaries?

An Afghan Condemned A death sentence against a student should be reversed -- by due process

Worth the Paper It's Printed On By Ruth Marcus This year my copy of the federal budget arrived not with a thud but with a click.

Huckabee Complicates GOP Contest

Odierno Is Tapped For Army Promotion

H6 Guardian Clinton scores crucial victories arly results and projections better than opinion polls in recent days have suggested

Democratic contest as close as it gets

Clinton delivers blow to the prestige of the Kennedy legacy with a victory in Massachusetts

Results show Republican split

As results come in, party appears highly conflicted about its direction and guiding principles

Pakistan-based Taliban pose global risk, thinktank warns Taliban groups based in Pakistan could pose significant international terrorism threat, analysts warn

The presidents and the mural A giant street mural said to "glorify terrorism" threatens to undo a gradual thaw in relations between Iran and Egypt, writes Ian Black

It's no beauty pageant - there are real differences between the candidates Jonathan Freedland: The US campaign has been painted as all about image, but there are policy distinctions - and they do matter

New Iraqi flag hailed as symbolic break with past

Extra firepower for Afghanistan
Record deployment of paratroopers as UK digs in


Opium will take 20 year to remove
Problems on all fronts

Leader Living in the world of now
Global security: Whoever claims the White House will have to face the legacy of Bush's record spend on defence and military commitment in Afghanistan

Belgium saves Europe's honour

Denis MacShane Feb 05 08, 04:30pm: The EU seeks to pacify Serbia as Kosovo calls for independence. But to abandon its own principles of cooperation would be shameful

Britain is slithering down the road towards a police state
Simon Jenkins: The pretence of oversight has been ripped aside by the Khan bugging affair: the security apparat has become a law unto itself

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H7 Carnegie Arab Reform Bulletin: February 2008

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USA sees Russia, China, OPEC financial threat...

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The day of giants -- though some of them were ogres -- is certainly over among Middle East leaders. In fact, what is most remarkable fact is how unremarkable the current rulers are

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Everyone wants economic stability, and many are reluctant to abandon today what gave them stability yesterday. But trying to obtain stability from rigidity is a mistake

Francis Fukuyama (JHU) and Michael McFaul (Stanford): Should Democracy Be Promoted or Demoted?

CIA chief admits waterboarding The CIA used waterboarding to interrogate al-Qaeda suspects, director Michael Hayden admits.

Le Monde Contrastes transatlantiques, par Jean Pisani-Ferry

L'Amérique de demain et nous, par Daniel Vernet

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

The World Bank says education in Arab states needs urgent reform.

U.S., Iraq to discuss relations (By David R. Sands)

Rise in Iran-Made Bombs in Baghdad

Ahmadinejad Withdrawing 2005 Nuclear Proposal

Iran Annoyed With India's Launch of Israeli Spy Satellite

“Syria: The Opposition and its Troubled Relationship with Washington,” by Joe Macaron


“Al-Qaida in Lebanon,” by Fidaa Itani

New Iraqi flag hailed as symbolic break with past

Iran will have nuclear weapon in three years: Mossad...

Feature: Al-Qaida still grips Diyala (UPI) -- The U.S. and Iraqi operation to clear Diyala province's "bread basket" of al-Qaida terrorists is succeeding, but a climate of fear continues to grip its people.

Israeli Experts Dismiss Iran Rocket; Syria Speeds Up Arms Acquisition - Papers

Iraq Signs Up to Awakening Movement

Daily Star An Israeli writing about Syria has some lessons to offer Lebanon

State Department issues weekly Iraq report

IAEA Chief on Egypt, Iran Nuclear Programmes, Israeli Attack on Syrian Site

BBC Monitoring Headlines, Quotes From Iraqi Press 5 Feb 08

BBC Monitoring Headlines, Quotes From Iraqi Press 5 Feb 08 (Package B)

BBC Monitoring Quotes From Middle East Arabic Press for 5 February 08

Syrian Paper Cites Official on Plan to Develop Eastern Region

Syrian Minister Comments on Oil and Gas Production, Consumption

Militants Stake Claim on Diyala River Valley By: Alexandra Zavis | Los Angeles Times For the last year, U.S.-led forces have pursued the militants from one stronghold to the next in Diyala, a province of winding waterways and abundant farms stretching north and east from Baghdad to the Iranian border

Feuding Between Iraqi Army and Police Slows Security Turnover By: Tony Perry | Los Angeles Times
Separated by regional and tribal rifts, the two branches won't cooperate, creating a stumbling block for the U.S. military's goal of transferring responsibility to local forces

Al Hayat Sugarcoated Iranian Words in the Land of the Pharaohs Abdullah Iskandar - There have many Iranian statements recently about relations with Egypt. Many Iranian officials have also visited Cairo for non-political occasions, to announce that they are quite anxious to resume diplomatic ties with Egypt at the ambassadorial level.

Inflation Plague The Economist
Inflationary pressures are rising in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, partly owing to exogenous factors such as high global commodity prices, but also fuelled by the predominance of currency pegs to the weakening US dollar and to the abundance of oil-related liquidity in the region

Lecture at UCLA: The United States and Iran: Missed Opportunities and Future Prospects for Reconciliation

H9 Ha’aretz In flip-flop, U.S. says Iran may be able to make nukes by 2009

IDF kills nine Hamas men in Gaza, Qassams rain on Sderot IDF: Should the escalation continue, a large-scale ground operation in Gaza will become more likely

Burston: Barack Obama for Prime Minister of Israel

True or false: Obama is pro-Palestinian, McCain will appoint James Baker

Gov't task force mulls stationing of int'l force in Gaza Strip Panel assessing effectiveness of UNIFIL in Lebanon to gauge possible role force could play in Gaza

Hamas claims responsibility for suicide bombing in Dimona

Egypt warns Hamas against provocations on Gaza border

Jerusalem Post 'Parliamentary system needs replacing' Winograd's Yehezkel Dror: Peretz as defense minister a symptom of reliance on weak coalitions

Gov't divided over Egypt troop boost Foreign Ministry for, defense officials oppose changing Sinai border security arrangement.

America's single issue 'pro-Israel' crowd

'Int'l body must resettle Palestinians'

MK Elon: Jordan, not PA, is official representative of Palestinians; wants UNRWA dismantled

The underwater cable libel

Jews were also blamed for massive Internet outage in Arab world last week.

Analysis: When Hamas founded a mini-state

Power and Politics: The catharsis Israel needs

Washington Watch: John McCain and the Jewish vote

Yedioth Ahronoth

Mossad: Iran Greatest Threat to Israel -

'We created abduction tool'

Prof. Yehezkel Dror discusses intricacies of internal politics and political-military relations

Obama good for Israel/ Plocker Democratic candidate better for Jewish State than the more pro-Israeli McCain

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

· · Jerusalem will remain united

Efraim Inbar, bitterlemons.

Strategic Implications for Israel of the Gaza-Egypt Border Opening - Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror and Dan Diker (Institute for Contemporary Affairs/ Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

Hamas "Lost" Egyptians in Recent Border Crisis, Says Saudi Commentator

Al Hayat Gaza Border Crisis Pressures Egypt More than Israel

From Progress, Alan Johnson on Perry Anderson, Pat Buchanan and the Israel Lobby.

Israel to profit from Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan project?

United States Says No to Anti-Racism Conference

How Anthony Lake Became a Jew — First in Others’ Eyes, Then Officially

The Jews of Khazaria
Jewish Quarterly

Town in fear
Deadly suicide attack rattles citizens in southern Israel

H10 Christian Science Monitor Opinion: Why the Saudis aren't lifting a finger to ease oil prices Their break from past oil policy is significant. By Steve Yetiv and Lowell Feld

Afghanistan strains NATO ties Secretary of State Rice arrives in London Wednesday to address tensions among key allies.

Suicide bombing revives Israeli push to finish its wall The Palestinian attack on Monday has prompted many to say the wall should extend to the border between Israel and Egypt.

Record U.S. defense spending, but future budgets may decline

Other challenges – potential recession, budget deficits, and rising entitlement spending – could overshadow military priorities.

On US economy, voter concern runs deep Polls show long-term economic health occupies minds as much as a looming slump

ASIA

ASEAN Through Asian Eyes By: Kazuo Ogoura | The Japan Times
Western pessismism about the future of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, reveals a lack of understanding of the federation's stature and role

Drawn and Quartered By: Selig S. Harrison | The New York Times
Whatever the outcome of the Pakistani elections, now scheduled for Feb. 18, the existing multiethnic Pakistani state is not likely to survive for long unless it is radically restructured.

More opium likely in Afghan south The amount of opium poppy cultivated in Afghanistan's volatile southern provinces will increase in 2008, the UN says.

Asia Times Intrigue takes Afghanistan to the brink Uzbek leader General Rashid Dostum's high-profile standoff with hundreds of police in Kabul at the weekend is a sure sign that Afghanistan is facing one of its gravest political crises in recent years. Spearheaded by Britain, and its calculated plot to bypass President Hamid Karzai and provide military training for "good" Taliban, Karzai is being squeezed to either follow the Western line, or get out. But the canny president could yet return the pressure, and with interest. - M K Bhadrakumar

Invest in Pakistan By: Fred Gedrich | The Washington Times
The U.S. is attempting to achieve successful outcomes for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq while trying to resolve testy issues with Iran and North Korea, but its greatest challenge may be effectively handling Pakistan's tenuous situation.

Roiling the Waters in the Spratlys By: Brian McCartan | Asia Sentinel
Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian's weekend visit to Taiping Island in the Spratlys has once again heightened tensions in the South China Sea, only a week after China and Vietnam agreed to resolve their disputes over the area diplomatically.

Press Release: Trade Pacts Hold Promise and Peril for India

Hu tightens grip over Shanghai faction
President Hu Jintao has shaken up the long-standing practice of "Shanghai people running Shanghai" with a mixture of power and relative magnanimity. He's also salted more than half of China's 31 provinces with his underlings to ensure the fail-safe implementation of Beijing's edicts. The test will be whether Hu's appointees can remain loyal while also doing their jobs well. - Willy Lam

Britain's Taliban proposal draws ire Britain's troubled relations with Afghanistan's government have worsened with the disclosure that London had secretly planned to build training camps for former Taliban fighters.

India Buys Lockheed Aircraft in Breakthrough Deal

H11 IHT Kosovo is ready By HASHIM THACI Serbia and Kosovo have a common future as two independent countries in the European Union.

Serbian coalition divided over EU pacthe prime minister of Serbia attacked plans by his coalition partners to sign an agreement on closer ties with the European Union, plunging the government into crisis.

Merkel's election fears said to drive Afghan troop refusalhancellor Angela Merkel's refusal to send troops to southern Afghanistan was dictated by her fears of being branded prowar, German analysts say.

EUROPE European press review

Boston Globe A tilt in Serbia needs a shove THE VICTORY of the pro-European Boris Tadic in Sunday's presidential election in Serbia represents something less than a clear-cut embrace of the European Union's value system. Tadic received only 3 percent more votes than his radical nationalist opponent, Tomislav Nikolic, who wants to bring Serbia into Russia's orbit and emulate Vladimir Putin's model of an authoritarian state. (Boston Globe)

Blair, EU President? Non, Merci By: Neil Clark | The Guardian
As president of the European council, Tony Blair would effectively neuter Europe as a global power. We can't let it happen.

Outside View: Kosovo issue best left alone y JAMES GEORGE JATRAS (UPI) -- Washington's bid to support independence for Kosovo will trigger a full-blown global crisis.

Neither God nor Caesar: Being inherently pluralistic, it is incumbent upon the EU to develop a new form of secularization.

Berlusconi poised for comeback in general election · Polls predict landslide victory for media tycoon
· Opponent unites Catholics and communists

EU One Step Closer to Kosovo Mission By: Renata Goldirova | EU Observer The European Union has taken a significant step towards deploying a 1,800-strong police and civilian mission in Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo following a meeting of EU diplomats in Brussels on Monday.

Italy leader 'to call snap polls' Italy's president is to dissolve parliament on Wednesday, reports say, paving the way for early elections.

Mardell's Euroblog
Dancing at Versailles to the rhythm of the EU Reform Treaty

Russia Decides to Abandon Ukrainian Strategic Radars By: Vladimir Socor | Eurasia Daily Monitor
In the wake of its request to NATO for a Membership Action Plan, Ukraine is offering its two anti-missile early warning and space monitoring radars for possible use by a European missile-defense system under Western auspices.

H12 RFE/RL After Tadic Victory, Kosovo Independence Looms Serbs want to join the EU and avoid giving up Kosovo. So Tadic's most immediate task is to hold his governing coalition together while ensuring that its powerful prime minister does not run EU integration off the rails

EurasiaNet Armenia: Opposition Candidates Consider Joining Forces wo weeks before Armenia’s presidential vote, two key opposition candidates and a prominent opposition party leader are in talks about a possible merger. If a unified candidate emerges from those discussions, Armenia’s February 19 election could prove uncharacteristically competitive

Rights Group Assails Western Willingness to Abet Central Asia’s Authoritarians Human Rights Watch, in its 2008 World Report, lambasted authoritarian regimes for using the trappings of democracy to hide flaws in governance. The report also took a swipe at the world’s established democracies, saying that their approval of sham democratization practices for reasons of political expedience had undermined global human rights standards.

Google News Azerbaijan

Two Different Sources of Pride By: Konstantin Sonin | The Moscow Times
A colleague from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Professor Scott Gehlbach, said to me the other day, "U.S. voters support Barack Obama for the same reason Russians supported President Vladimir Putin -- they want to feel proud of their country again."

Why Kowtow to Russia? - Edward Lucas, London Times

BBC Moscow Diary
How might a Dmitry Medvedev presidency look?

Russian Defense Sales to the PRC - Reuben Johnson, Weekly Standard

Critic of Putin detained in a mental hospitall

Anti-Kremlin activist is certified as 'unstable' in what supporters say is a return to a Soviet-era punishment of dissidents

EDM AUSTRIA’S OMV UTILIZING AND SABOTAGING THE EU AT THE SAME TIME


- MOSCOW SIGNS SERIES OF AGREEMENTS WITHIN EURASIAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY FRAMEWORK


- IS A COALITION BETWEEN TYMOSHENKO AND YANUKOVYCH POSSIBLE?

H13 The Times

Have your loudspeakers. But not here Britain is welcoming to minorities. They in turn should respect Britain's Christian culture Daniel Finkelstein

Arms obscure view of the world

Is a booming world that spends increasing amounts of money on ever more sophisticated military kit necessarily any more unsafe?

Bronwen Maddox

Election fever Why Italians are vicariously living the American dream

Clinton edges ahead on Super Tuesday Hillary Clinton cancels out early Obama victories as John McCain picks up significant momentum in the Republican race

Neo-Taleban new public enemy No1 Baitullah Mahsud, the suspected assassin of Benazir Bhutto, has replaced Osama bin Laden as West's most deadly threat

Who's backing Barack Obama

Wall Street Journal Tuesday Night Lights

McCain marches ahead, but Democrats have a split decision.

Clinton, Obama Split; McCain Bests Romney

Clinton won a series of victories from East to West, relieving her campaign's worries about a surge of support for rival Obama. In the Republican race, McCain bested Romney, with a big assist from long-shot candidate Huckabee, who split the conservative vote and snatched key wins.

Deal(s) of the Century

By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
Business World:

Microsoft puts its cards on the table; Beijing doesn't.

The Candidates and Trade
By David Ranson
Trade is a real test of leadership since its benefits are often less obvious than its downsides.

Tall Torture Tales
CIA Director Michael Hayden's testimony yesterday shreds whatever is left to the so-called waterboarding narrative.
Review & Outlook

The Lies of Tet
By Arthur Herman
Vietnam-era media bias continues to shape our political debate

The Israeli Lesson - Editorial

Recession Fears Intensify

Service-sector activity in January fell to its lowest level since 2001, suggesting businesses from hotels and retailers to banks are now contracting. In Europe, a similar indicator fell to a four-year low. The data reinforced expectations that the Fed will again cut interest rates amid concerns about a recession.

Global Imbalances and Currency Misalignments
Peterson Institute
Outline of a speech deliverd at Davos on global imbalances and currency misalignments

Report: Chavez pushing regional leadership with Cuba

H14 Financial Times Iraq pushes ahead with oil plans The Iraqi government is inviting oil multinationals to participate in the development of the oil industry, without waiting for the passage of crucial hydrocarbons legislation

Top intelligence official revives Iran doubts The senior US intelligence official stressed that a recent report on Iran had concluded that Tehran had halted only one part of its alleged nuclear weapons programme

Iraq sidesteps oil law impasse Iraq’s underperforming oil industry – hampered by years of Ba’athist incompetence, war, the invasion aftermath and, finally, a year-long political impasse – is to be opened to foreign investment

Why it is so hard to keep the financial sector caged

We have a banking sector that has a demonstrated capacity to generate huge crises because of the incentives to take on under-appreciated risks. We lack the will and even the capacity to regulate it, yet have no obvious alternative but to try to do so, says Martin Wolf

France must kiss and make up with Germany Dominique Moïsi on strains between Sarkozy and Merkel

ANALYSIS: Sans president or parliament, Lebanon's woes worsen further Lebanon’s woes worsen further The army’s unifying role is under strain amid threats of civil disobedience that might spill into riots

Algeria exposed to al-Qaeda reality Questions are being raised about the effectiveness of the security forces in tackling the threat and adapting their tactics to counter the Islamists’ new methods

COMPANIES - INTERNATIONAL: Two rivals tread two very different paths Tony Hayward at BP and Jeroen van der Veer at Royal Dutch Shell have a great deal in common.

Middle East and North Africa fail schools test Forty years of government investment in education in the Middle East and North Africa has failed to deliver the skills needed for an increasingly competitive world

Snub for US over stimulus package Japan and the leading economies of Europe rebuffed US calls for a global economic stimulus package even as new figures suggested that America might already be in recession

US and allies split on Afghan poppy spraying Afghan president refuses to sanction spraying as it could turn poor farmers against his government. European members of the Nato-led coalition have also resisted the plan

Eurozone growth hit by market turmoil Financial market turbulence has knocked eurozone economic growth prospects more than previously thought, according to a closely-watched survey that could increase the pressure on the European Central Bank to open the way for interest rate cuts

Kiev’s WTO step to loosen Russia grip After 14 gruelling years of negotiations, the World Trade Organisation has given the green light for the country to join the 151-member body

Freud’s Law and the angry English Maurice Saatchi flags up a nation’s ambivalence

A fall in prices can often be good news John Kay on the psychology of asset prices

Do not send me a cheque, whatever you do
Phase them out, says Christopher Johnson

Battered Brown leaves bunker After months of blunders, a new team at 10 Downing St and crucial promotions are in place ahead of reforms

Out of touch on Planet Parliament The phrase ‘mother of parliaments’ was coined to describe England, but is often used about Westminster. Yet recent rows over MPs’ allowances show it has a long way to go

SocGen scapegoat It has suited many people in this corporate drama to blame SocGen’s eye-watering losses on a single trader. But responsibility should not rest with Mr Kerviel alone. The French bank has many questions to answer

An election that Italy cannot afford Italy cannot afford the political upheaval of an early general election but there is little reason to believe the country’s decline will soon be arrested

McCain seeks to warm conservative hearts John McCain has built a reputation as a maverick but he appeared in front of a rally of hundreds of supporters with a message likely to warm the hearts of conservatives who fear that America is ready to capitulate in the war on terror

Stocks suffer worst one-day fall in a year Stocks suffered their worst one-day fall in nearly a year as new figures suggested the US might already be in a recession

H15 Los Angeles Times

Iraq works to clean up national police Training, integration and anti-corruption efforts are aimed at creating a force that will contribute to the country's stability

Record turnout seen for Calif.

By Times staff writers | 8:33 p.m.

Results for the state's earliest primary ever are expected to roll in far later than usual

20 ways to take back the 20 percent our dollar lost to the Euro

Lebanon cleric advises 'modern Shiites'

Editorial

Western civilization, and other fairy tales

Jonah Goldberg

Traditions are nice, but we've gone too far when many think that Winston Churchill is no more real than Sherlock Holmes.

H16 American Politics

realclearpoliticsABC’s The Note US News Political Bulletin

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

Divide and conquer
John McCain benefits from splits among Republican voters

H17 Daily Telegraph

Fears over Russian nuclear threat

Russia "unravelling" historic treaties that ended Cold War.

The two faces of modern China

There is poor China and there is corporate China, writes Richard Spencer. But which of the two should we think of as its strength, and which its weakness?

Paratroopers to be sent to Afghanistan

In the biggest deployment since the Second World War, hundreds of paratroopers will go into action aganist the Taliban.

Brown, Bush and the free trade crusade

With a common belief in preserving the free trading regime that has contributed so much to economic welfare, Gordon Brown and George W. Bush might be the last two men standing in the fight against protectionism, argues Irwin Stelzer.

H18 Independent John McCain: The veteran campaigner

He has survived torture in Vietnam – and the brutality of George Bush's electoral machine. Now John McCain is favourite to win the Republican nomination. David Usborne reports from Boston

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

What's Really in the U.S. Military Budget? - Fred Kaplan, Slate

Our Politicized Intelligence Services - John Bolton, Wall Street Journal

Annual Pentagon Request: $500B and Counting

Gates Declines to Estimate War Costs

US Report: North Korea Threatened to Sell Nukes to Terrorists

Open Source Intelligence Advances

In a commentary, the Center for Defense Information warns that the 2009 defense budget is unclear, incomplete, and likely off by between $70 billion and $140 billion.

A new Backgrounder assesses the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on the U.S. economy

Jihad Turning Point? - Claude Salhani, Washington Times

CIA director acknowledges use of waterboarding

Eviscerating the armed forces (By Harlan Ullman)

H20 Slate

With opaque methodology, polls are hard to audit.
Mark Blumenthal and Charles Franklin

Geoengineering: A Global Warming Fix?
NCPA Thus 2-page US brief warns that combatting global warming requires a portfolio of strategies rather than a focus solely on carbon emissions

Global Chip Sales Hit $255.6 Billion in 2007

H21 A Microsoft-Yahoo! merger: good for the Internet? The proposed acquisition would leave Google and Microsoft as the only major conduits connecting advertisers and online publishers – until a better search technology comes along.

The introduction to The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters by Diane Coyle.

From LRB, a review of Praised Be Our Lords: The Autobiography by Regis Debray.

From TLS, a review of books on the World War I.

Corruption, malice, and murder above, misery, degradation, and fear below. Robert Conquest captured the Great Terror forever... more»

From TLS, a review of books on cancer.

Spain's Nobel-winning novelist Cela 'stole passages for his book'

American Patriots Against The British Imperialists
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Obama Döneminde ABD ve Asya 15 Ocak 2009
Obama’nın Güvenlik Kabinesi Üzerine Notlar 4 Aralık 2008
Yeni ABD Başkanı Obama ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri 6 Kasım 2008
ABD Başkanlık Seçimlerinin Türk-Amerikan İlişkilerine Muhtemel Etkileri 30 Ekim 2008
ABD Başkanlık Seçimleri Ekim 2008
Obama’nın Biden’ı Tercihinin Bir Tahlili 26 Ağustos 2008
Amerikan Sağı Üzerine Notlar Ağustos 2008
Gürcistan Krizi, ABD ve Türkiye 11 Ağustos 2008
Obama'nın Dış Gezisi 29 Temmuz 2008
Başkan Bush’un Avrupa Gezisi ve Transatlantik İlişkileri 18 Haziran 2008
ABD Seçimleri (ppt) - 10 Haziran 2008
"Sessiz Tsunami": Global Gıda Krizi (ppt) - 29 Nisan 2008
Amiral Fallon'un İstifası 13 Mart 2008
ABD ve PKK İlişkisi Üzerine Notlar 22 Kasım 2007
“İçeride Liberal, Dışarıda Şahin”: K. Irak’a Harekat Üzerine Notlar 25 Ekimy 2007
K.Irak'a Ekonomik Müeyyideler Üzerine Sorular 25 Ekimy 2007
Irak "Hamle"sinin Muhasebesi Eylül 2007
Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri - Yeni Dönemin Gündemi Eylül 2007
ABD, K. Irak ve Türkiye Üzerine Notlar ve Sorular Haziran 2007
ABD ve Orta Doğu: "Müflis mirasyedi" mi "stratejik deha" mı? Mayıs 2007
Recommendations for Strengthening U.S.-Turkish Relations February 26, 2007
ABD'nin Irak'taki Seçenekleri Ocak 2007
'Topal Ördek'le İki Yıl Daha: 2006 Kongre Seçimleri Aralık 2006
U.S.: Empire, Gulliver or the “First Among Unequals” (ppt) - ASAM 2023 Conference - October 2006
Türk-Amerikan İlişkilerinde “İkinci Bahar” mı, “Sonun Başlangıcı” mı? Stratejik Analiz - Haziran 2006 -
Irak’ta Direnişin ve İşgalin Gölgesinde Demokrasi Deneyi Avrasya Dosyası - İslam ve Demokrasi Özel Sayısı
Gurur ve Önyargı: ABD İran Gerginliği ve Türkiye Stratejik Analiz Nisan 2006 - (pdf)
Arzın Merkezine Seyahat: ABD Ulusal Güvenlik Konseyi - Journey to the Center of the World: U.S. National Security Council Avrasya Dosyası 2005
Dört Tarz-ı Siyaset: Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri ve Başbakan Erdoğan’ın Washington Ziyareti Temmuz 2005
11 Eylül’den Sonra Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri: Eski Dostlar mı Eskimeyen Dostlar mı? Avrasya Dosyası - 2005
“Dört Yıl Daha”: Yeni Bush Yönetimi ve Dünya Aralık 2004
2004’ten 2005’e Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Aralık 2004
Türkiye, Iraklı Kürtler ve Statükonun Meşruiyeti Nisan 2004 - eksik
Askerî Alanda Devrim: Askerî Bir Senfoni Ocak 2004
Çirkin Amerikalı’ ile ‘Güven Bunalımı’: ‘Süleymaniye Krizi ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Temmuz 2003 - ( pdf )
The Middle East: A Land of Opportunity and Peril for Turkey - May 2003
Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Üzerine Notlar: Ataerkil Yapıdan Tüccar Mantığına mı? Mayıs 2003
Türkiye, ABD ve Irak Harekâtı: Hayır Diyebilen Türkiye? - Şubat 2003
Değişim, ‘Sense of Proportion’ ve Tarihin Yararları ile Sınırları Üzerine Nisan 2003
ABD Güvenlik Politikalarında Güç Kullanımı ve Caydırıcılık Ağustos 2002
“Yalnız Kovboy” ya da “Eşit Olmayanlar Arasında Birinci”: ABD Dış Politikasında Tektaraflılık-Çoktaraflılık Tartışmaları Mart 2002
İyi, Kötü ve Çirkin: ABD'nin Orta Doğu Politikaları Ocak 2002
Unilateralism corrupts, absolute unilateralism corrupts absolutely Turkish News, May 21, 2002
ABD ve Afganistan: Çıkış Var mı? Kasım 2001
Realism and Change
Crime and Punishment - Deterrence and its Failure in Theory and Practice 2001
“Tüketebileceğimizden Daha Fazla Değişim” ya da Eskimeyen Dünya Düzeni Ekim 2001
“ABD-AB İlişkilerinde Metal Yorgunluğu” Haziran 2001
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