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3 June 2008
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H1 New York Times Peace Fills a Vacuum By HUSSEIN AGHA and ROBERT MALLEY Intent on isolating its foes, the United States has instead ended up marginalizing itself.

Iraqi Premier May Discuss Allegations in Iran Visit

America, Israel & the Threat From Iran - Senator John McCain, AIPAC

Iraqi Govt Has Problems With US Security Pact

Washington Post Syria to Meet With Weapons Inspectors About Site Bombed by Israel

Editorial A Greener Revolution If wealthy countries pitch in, higher food prices could jump-start African agriculture.

Obama Is Poised To Clinch Victory Clinton Ponders Options at Finish Line

Car Bomb Hits Danish Mission In Islamabad Attack in Capital of Pakistan Leaves as Many as Eight Dead

Financial Times We cannot go on eating like this On the subject of per capita consumption, western politicians struggle to find a convincing response to complaints from the developing world. But they will struggle just as hard to persuade their voters to cut back to accommodate the rise of a richer China and India, writes Gideon Rachman

Get involved over Georgia Moscow seems determined to provoke Tbilisi into military action over the separatist Georgian enclave of Abkhazia – and western diplomats are sending the wrong signals to both sides, write Ron Asmus and Mark Leonard

MIDDLE EAST FOCUS: Regional players aim to fill the void left by Washington

Syrians wary over Golan Heights peace hopes The latest peace talks with Israel that could lead to an agreement restoring the whole territory to Syria revives hope – tinged with a heavy dose of caution

COMMENT: Six principles for a new regulatory order By Lawrence Summers

Time for a second green revolution A range of strategies is needed to raise yields. Most crucial, as they have often been in the past, will be new crops and new farming techniques

Perversity in the price of oil and gas Asian subsidy cuts would help curb world energy demand. There is nothing to be gained, for Asian treasuries or the health of the world oil market, from delay

Europe must get immigration right Sarkozy’s suggested immigration policy for the EU – intended to be a cornerstone of the French presidency of the Union – is to be welcomed, up to a point

The Fed, the cost of oil and inflation The Fed‘s critics should realise it is navigating a narrow path between growth and inflation risk. Yet it cannot afford to ignore the rise in the oil price

Don't Expect a Big Change in U.S. Foreign Policy By: Timothy J. Lynch and Robert S. Singh | The Wall Street Journal Want more George W. Bush foreign policy? Elect John McCain – or Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Regardless of who wins in November, the current foreign policy will live on in the next White House

U.S.: Syria's Unwillingness to Stop Supporting Terrorists a Key Obstacle to Peace - Donald Kerr On May 29, Deputy Director of National Intelligence Donald Kerr discussed emerging threats, challenges, and opportunities in the Middle East at the Washington Institute:

How Sarkozy Lost France By: Guy Sorman | The Wall Street Journal How does one go from a 53% electoral victory to a 20% approval rating in one year? Embattled French President Nicolas Sarkozy is undoubtedly asking himself that very question.

• 'Middle East Youth Bulge: Challenge or Opportunity?' by Navtej Dhillon, Brookings Institution

WSJ Syria Seeks U.S. Role in Talks

Forward Peace Is Worth the Risk Of Withdrawing From the Golan Martin van Creveld

McCain’s Dig at Obama Greeted With Standing Ovation at Aipac Conference

The Times Food shortages and civilisations The era of cheap food has been a disaster. We in the West could easily tighten our belts Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

A lobby that punches above its weight The Jewish vote is less than three per cent of the population, so theories of disproportionate power are wrong

Daily Star Olmert and Abbas are too weak for a border pact By Yossi Alpher

Daily Star Keep expectations low for a Golan deal By Hasan Abu Nimah

The Iraqi Upturn -Washington Post editorial


Iraq Rising - New York Post editorial

Muqtada's Got a Posse By: Matthew Duss | The American Prospect Patrick Cockburn's new book, Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq, confronts neocon myths about the political situation in Iraq.

A Battle Is Taking Place Between Riyadh and Damascus By: Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed | Asharq Alawsat It is a silent battle on the part of Riyadh, but noisy on the part of Damascus. Damascus rejected the Arab League secretary general's proposal to reform the Arabs' relations with Iran. Syria rejected the idea in its capacity as president of the Arab summit

Hezbollah: Most Powerful Political Movement in Lebanon - Council on Foreign Relations

Closing the Gulf with Our Allies - Mark Brzezinski, Boston Globe opinion


It’s All About Leverage - Thomas Friedman, New York Times opinion

US Strategy to Stop Iran Atomic Work Is Failing, Analyst Says
Bloomberg

Christian Science Monitor America the breakup artist

US support for partition movements is opening a can of worms. By Juan Gabriel Tokatlian

Diplomacy thriving, but without U.S. The fall election and an era of diffused power may be factors.

Amid economic slowdown, signs of new world order

Emerging markets are helping buoy global growth.

• 'Why Islam lies at the heart of Iraq's civil war' by Monica Duffy Toft

U.N. Security Council Seat: China Outsmarts India By: Sreeram Chaulia | Indo-Asian News Service The symphony of South-South cooperation at the recent conclave of foreign ministers of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) at Yekaterinburg, Russia, was jarred by China's refusal to endorse India's bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.

Vanity Fair The Comeback Id After leaving the White House, Bill Clinton set up his philanthropic foundation to serve as a force for good. Things have gotten ugly, though, thanks to his campaign meltdowns, dubious business ties, and skirt-chasing posse. Wondering how Hillary Clinton’s biggest booster became such a liability, Todd S. Purdum gets several diagnoses from an increasingly alienated inner circle.

The Changing Nature of State Sponsorship of Terrorism

Daniel Byman, Saban Center Analysis Paper

Nicolas Sarkozy at the Helm of the European Union Justin Vaisse,
Questions d’Europe, Fondation Robert Schuman

USIP Is Lebanon Sliding Toward a New Civil War?

H2 Yasemin Çongar ABD, 'yargı darbesinin' sonuçlanmasını istemiyor

Murat Yetkin ABD ve AB’nin ‘kapatma’ açmazı

Turkey Turns Cold on European Defense: Implications for Western ..., The Washington Institute

FETHULLAH GÜLEN CEMAATİ'NDE 2. BİR NURETTİN VEREN ...

Amerika’da BOP* heyecanı kalmadı

Türkiye Amerika'yla Nükleer İşbirliği Yapacak

Amerika'dan Türkiye'nin Barış Çabalarına Övgü

Ruzi Nazar İle Röportaj

Sir David Logan ile Türkiye üzerine

Peacemaker Turkey faces new threat Asia Times

FT Foreign relations: Blue-chip deals strengthen Turkish business ties

SPENGLER Tin-opener theology
from Turkey
There has been much praise for Turkey's so-called Islamic reformation, a government-mandated move to modernize the faith and "fashion a new Islam". Too bad it's all just a tempest in an ibrik and a triumph of hope over fact-checking

CSM In Turkey, a lone peacemaker ends many blood feuds Since giving up his butchering business 10 years ago, Sait Sanli has helped settle 446 disputes – some stretching back decades.

TÜSİAD'a şok suçlama

Multidimensional Turkish foreign policy Sylvia TİRYAKİ

On the road with Babacan
Cengiz ÇANDAR

Ankara pulling out all the stops for UNSC bid

Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Turkey’s vicious circle in arms technology

The New Face of Islam Newsweek

Think gas prices are high? Try $11 in Turkey

David Ignatius - Going Their Own Way in The Mideast - washingtonpost.com

Turkey: Two Good Reads - Tom Barnett, Thomas PM Barnett

PKK Headache #599 - Jeni Mitchell, Kings of War

New Summit Expected, Amid Cautious Warming of Turkey-Iraq Relations

Babacan set to have high-level talks in US visit

BM tamam gibi

Türkiye ile ABD anlaştı

TURKEY’S PUBLIC PROSECUTOR LAMBASTS EU, U.S. OVER AKP CLOSURE CASE - Eurasia Daily Monitor

İlter Türkmen Kutupsuz dünya

Savaş Süzal Babacan, Washington'da Erdoğan'ın yerine destek mi arayacak?

Parris: Türkiye ihmal edilemez

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

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

DTP, aslına rücu etti - Haşim Söylemez

Biri binbaşı iki asker şehit

Tuğluk'a destek yok

Fransa Erbil’de temsilcilik açtı

David JUDSON Tempest in a French teapot

France's Kouchner, Kurdistan's Barzani Discuss Kirkuk Referendum

Cevdet Aşkın Şiddet tırmanış trendinde, PKK diyalog arayışında

Babacan Denies Turkey Offered Syria Water for Peace With Israel By: Gareth Jenkins | Eurasia Daily Monitor In recent months, Turkey has been acting as an intermediary between Syria and Israel, relaying proposals and counter-proposals between the two countries’ governments in what it hopes will be the first stage in a process that could eventually lead not only to direct negotiations but a lasting peace agreement

Türk El Kaideci'nin suçu resmen ispatlandı

Paris'ten Iraklı Kürtlere Kerkük desteği

[Yorum - Sami Suruş] Türkiye'nin zekice adımı

Alınak, kriz için DTP'ye aday

Aysel Tuğluk, beklentilerim olan bir DTP’li. Biraz ondan söz edelim istedim
HAKKI DEVRİM

US Labels PKK Drug Smuggling Kingpin

A One Package Deal : Mamoun Fandy, Ph.D.

Yüzen Guantanamo

YASİN AKTAY Kürtçe yayına kimin ihtiyacı var?

HAKAN ALBAYRAK Irak'ta mutlu son yaklaşıyor mu?

Ortadoğu denkleminde ABD’ye yer yok

DavId IgnatIus

Suriye’yle İsrail’in tek yaptığı, orta sahada top çevirmek

MUHAMMED SAİD İDRİS

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL

TRT'de Kürtçe kanala Kürt kökenli yönetici

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

Rumlar diretti, 3 fasıl daha dondu

Babacan Washington'a Geliyor

Rice ve Cheney ile görüşecek

FT REPORT - GREECE 2008: A new economic model will foster the ability to excel

BM Güvenlik Konseyi geçici üyeliği için yeterli destek taahhüdü sağlandı

Güvenlik Konseyi üyeliğine hiç bu kadar yakın olmadık

Hungary's envoy for Nabucco says Budapest is committed to the project

Türkiye, ABD ile nükleer anlaşmaya imza attı

[Yorum - Herkül Millas] Yurdun dışında ünlüler

YUSUF KAPLAN İngilizlerin Erdoğan'ı devre dışı bırakma operasyonu (mu?)

Sami Kohen Avrupa nasıl bir AB istiyor?

Milli Takım milliyetçi amaçlara hizmet ediyor

Sakızlı aile ‘mübadele evini’ yeniden kazandı

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

Ministry working on proposal to ratify Kyoto Protocol

Su ihtiyacı için 5 yıllık eylem planı

İş dünyası dinlemeden ‘jammer’la korunuyor

Türkiye'de 7 ilin acil suya ihtiyacı var

Araştırma görevlisinden jandarmaya bilgi servisi

'Emine Erdoğan ile tartışmadık'

Ambassador of Turkish: We are engaging in public diplomacy

High time to ratify Kyotoby HALUK ÖZDALGA*

Kabineden onay çıktı, Kyoto imzalanıyor

Eşi başörtülü diye otele alınmadı geceyi ailesiyle karakolda geçirdi

Sakarya Vali Yardımcısı çeteden tutuklandı

Hrant Dink'in son anları

Yüksek öğrenimde 110 bin ek kontenjan

Eser Karakaş Kontenjan artışı iyi ama...

Hasan Kanbolat Language of colors in Turkey

Bak sen şu ihtiyar cuntacıya!

Sanıldığı kadar param yok olanı da yatırıma harcıyorum

‘Vicdani Retçi’ye 5 ay hapis

Türkiye Kyoto imzasını atıyor

MİT, ilk kez askerliği tecilli uzman alıyor

Kemal Derviş'e yöneltilen suçlamalar asılsız çıktı

Hızlı tren deneme seferleri bu ay başlıyor

Ürkek Ceylan Oscar yolunda

3 Haziran 2008 Basın Özeti

H3 AKP ve CHP oy kaybediyor, kararsızlar iktidar

AKP kapatılırsa siyasi tablo nasıl olacak?

Yeni 'gayri nizami harp' iddiası kafa karıştırdı

Gizli talebin 7 gerekçesi

Benim yapımda gerginlik yok

Kimse karnından kanun uydurmasın

CHP, soruşturma komisyonunda ısrarlı

Emniyet: Dinleme yok, izleme var

Çiçek: Dinleme konusu bir an önce çözülsün

Jandarmanın ‘sınırlı’ izleme yetkisine de itiraz

Mahkeme kararıyla hepimiz teröristiz!

Ege Ordu'nun gizli belgeleri Perinçek'te çıktı

Sabah-ATV kredisine inceleme

BDDK ekipleri, karşılıklar ve teminatlar gibi Çalık'a açılan krediye ilişkin her türlü detayı inceliyor

Baykal'ı bu kez 'telekulak çetesi' yanılttı

Sav’ın dinlendiği iddiaları Meclis’te

Bahçeli: Her önergeye destek verin

Polisin telekulak sözü

Telefon kayıtları savcılığa ulaştı

Çiçek: Kanunsuz hiçbir eylemi tasvip etmemiz mümkün değil

Mahkeme türbanı 5 Haziran'da görüşecek

Bul hakimi dinle sakini!

Tuksal: AK Parti içinde kadınlara baskı var

YouTube ban hits judiciary credibility

Türkiye’ye yeni bir ses gerekli

Gendarmerie, MİT granted access to subscriber call details

Dinlemede Baykal'ın akıl hocası Perinçek

Eski İsveç Büyükelçisi'nden TÜSİAD'a ağır suçlama

Danıştay Başkanı da Köşk’te

4. Turkcell CHP'ye belge vermedi

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Solda yeni bir parti...

Böyle bir yargı anlayışına saygı duymuyorum
HASAN CELAL GÜZEL

Cengiz Çandar 68 kuşağı, Deniz Gezmiş, biz, hepimiz

Ahmet Taşgetiren Medyanın yaşadığı travma Tanrı inancı ve laiklik

Ruşen - Çakır

Taha Akyol Ses bayrağımız Türkçe

Fikret Bila Sav: İstifa etmem

Hasan Cemal PKK’nın gölgesiyle asker gölgesinde Kürt meselesi...

Murat Yetkin ABD ve AB’nin ‘kapatma’ açmazı

İsmet Berkan Koca bir milleti itham etmek

Fehmi Koru Önder Sav'ın telefonu

Taha Kıvanç Biri unutsa da, birileri unutmuyor Hoş öyküler bunlar

Şamil Tayyar

Ali Bayramoğlu Yüzüncü yıl… Yargıçlar, yargı, devlet ve hukuk...

Yasemin Çongar

Ertuğrul ÖzkökKazmış kazmış da ne bulmuş

Bilal Çetin

Sınırsız izleme skandalında yeni boyut...

Ahmet Hakan

M Ali BirandNe AKP’yi ne de Türkiye’yi anlayabiliyoruz

Cüneyt Ülsever CHP gerekeni yapmalı

Enis Berberoğlu

Oktay EkşiŞantaja açığız

Özdemir İnce

Mehmet Y Yılmaz

Sabahattin Önkibar Siyasetin zirvesinde kimin ne hesabı var?

Mustafa Karaalioğlu Gülmeyelim, çözelim

TAMER KORKMAZ CE HA PES: “Skandal Tuşuna Bas; Asla Özür ve İstifa Tuşlarına Basma!

Kerim Balcı S-type dogmatic Orientalism

Andrew Finkel Rough justice vs. Swiss justice

Ali Bulaç ‘Children’ of May 27, 1960

Nicole Pope Lost in translation

‘Babacan’ın şikâyeti’
NURAY MERT

[Religious freedoms of the ‘conservative majority’] Intolerance of Turkey’s ‘secularist neighborhood’ by ŞABAN KARDAŞ*

KÜRŞAT BUMİN

Isn’t there a problem of religious freedom for Muslims?by MUSTAFA ŞENTOP*

Umutlu bir gelişme ve muhalefet...
ALTAN ÖYMEN

Mustafa Mutlu

Eski AKP’liler Başbakan’ı ‘Kral oldu’ diye suçluyor!

Mehmet Tezkan

Dindarlar demokrasisi!

Maksat Askerlik sağ olsun!
PERİHAN MAĞDEN

Yasak hemşerim!
TÜRKER ALKAN

MUHARREM SARIKAYASolda yeni bir parti...

Okay Gönensin

Düşmesi için neden yok

AKP’nin kapatılacağı fiyatlandı...

Dünyaca ünlü yatırımcı Mobius VATAN’a konuştu ve Türkiye'ye şu uyarıları yaptı

ERDAL ŞAFAKFrench Doctor

ENGİN ARDIÇ

ERGUN BABAHANKırmızı noktalı ülke

EMRE AKÖZCumhuriyetin fantastik tarihi

Umur TaluHem zincirli hem zilli!

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

NAZLI ILICAKAKP basını... CHP basını

MEHMET BARLAS

MAHMUT ÖVÜRKanada karar aşamasında!

Derya Sazak Sav’ın telefonu

YAVUZ DONATYeni ufuklar

Melih Aşık En büyük skandal

Hamdi Yılmazer

Genelkurmay dinlenirken tele-kulak yaygaracıları nerdeydi ki?

Ahmet Turan Alkan

Ya bir Şerif Mardin'imiz olmasaydı?

Şener’e 100 araçlık konvoyla karşılama

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

En iyi balon şişiren adam!

Finans gerillası Banker Kastelli son kurşununu kendi kendine sıktı

Ercan Kumcu

Erdal Sağlam

Seyfettin Gürsel Merkez Bankası'nın yerli çıpa önerisi

Güven Sak Nedir bu otomatik pilot mu

IMF’yi başarıyla gönderdik
MAHFİ EĞİLMEZ

Hurşit Güneş Köylülük sona erdi, artık çiftçilik var

Eyüp Can Banker Kastelli'yi kim öldürdü?

Asaf Savaş Akat

İlginç mesajlar

'Kimseyi kandırmadım' mektubuyla intihar etti

Meral Tamer Merkez Bankası Başkanı’nın maaşına değil,

Güngör Uras Ayşe Hanım’ın ‘pahalılık listesi’ enflasyonun

H4 New York Times Peace Fills a Vacuum By HUSSEIN AGHA and ROBERT MALLEY Intent on isolating its foes, the United States has instead ended up marginalizing itself.

Iraqi Premier May Discuss Allegations in Iran Visit

Senate Opens Debate on Politically Risky Bill Addressing Global Warming

Look Who's Tough on Iran Now By: William J. Broad In the annals of role reversal, the switch by the United Nations’ atomic sleuths in Vienna and the American intelligence community has been striking. Having long taken a back seat to the Bush administration in publicly challenging Iran’s nuclear program, the global inspectors last week moved into the driver’s seat.

The Great Immigration Panic The evidence is all around that something pragmatic and welcoming at the American core has been eclipsed, or is slipping away.

DAVID BROOKS Calling Dr. Doom John McCain and Barack Obama are exhibiting unmerited confidence that they will win in the fall. It is time to inject some anxiety.

BOB HERBERT A Gift to the G.O.P. The Democratic Party’s war with itself can only make you wonder about its vaunted claims of moral superiority when it comes to tolerance

What Do You Call a Terror(Jihad)ist? By: Elina Noor It makes sense for terrorists to associate themselves with a positive term such as “jihad.” For the United States to also call them by that name, however, is a strategic mistake.

The World Is Upside Down By: Roger Cohen | The New York Times It’s time to invert our thinking, to see the developed world as depending on the developing world, rather than the other way around

It Isn’t Magic: Putin Opponents Are Made to Vanish From TV Critics of the government, and of Vladimir V. Putin, have been placed on a roster of individuals barred from TV news and political talk shows.

Chávez Decree Tightens Hold on Intelligence Sweeping changes to Venezuela’s intelligence agencies by President Hugo Chávez have provoked concerns that citizens will be forced to inform on one another to avoid prison terms.

H5 Washington Post Syria to Meet With Weapons Inspectors About Site Bombed by Israel

Editorial A Greener Revolution If wealthy countries pitch in, higher food prices could jump-start African agriculture.

Obama Is Poised To Clinch Victory

Clinton Ponders Options at Finish Line

Car Bomb Hits Danish Mission In Islamabad Attack in Capital of Pakistan Leaves as Many as Eight Dead

Stars (and Stripes) in Their Eyes By: Azadey Moaveni | The Washington Post On a recent afternoon, while riding a rickety bus down Vali Asr Avenue, Tehran's main thoroughfare, I overheard two women discussing the grim state of Iranian politics. One of them had reached a rather desperate conclusion. "Let the Americans come," she said loudly.

Sadr City: Urban Warfare to Reconstruction

Basra's Wary Rebirth Before, Religious Hard-Liners Enforced a Harsh Rule; Now, Freedoms Have Returned -- but for How Long?

Vindication for the Bush Critique
By Dan Froomkin

For an 'Obamacon,' Communion Denied By E. J. Dionne Jr.,

A warning of the dangers of 'using Communion as a weapon.'

Reagan's Choice From 1976, a Question for Obama and Clinton

By Lou Cannon, Page A15

From 1976, a question for Obama and Clinton.

A Campaign to Hate By Richard Cohen Reasons I have come to loathe the campaign.

Mugabe's Roman Holiday By Anne Applebaum The President of Zimbabwe flaunts the UN.

For Superdelegates, 'Huge Relief' at End of Primary Season

H6 Guardian UN team to visit Syrian 'nuclear' site US insists that nuclear facility was being built by North Korea, on a remote site bombed by Israel

Clinton camp in two minds over exit Some campaigners urge Clinton to bow out gracefully but others keen she adopt wait and see approach

Bomb at Danish embassy kills six in Pakistan Second attack on foreigners in Islamabad in recent months could have been provoked by controversial cartoons

Bush criticises Senate emissions reduction bill Bush warned the bill would impose roughly $6tn in new costs on the American economy

Talking back Michael Tomasky: US elections 2008: What's the point of all this craziness, what surprises lie ahead and other burning questions about the presidential race answered

Nuclear options Muhammad Sahimi Given Iran's recent progress in uranium enrichment, the international community needs a new approach to the country's nuclear programme

New 'deradicalisation' plan to tackle violent extremism Government to draft in mentors as part of programme which aims to reverse radicalisation in Britain

War criminals must fear punishment. That's why I went for John Bolton George Monbiot: As long as the greatest crime of the 21st century remains unprosecuted, we all have a duty to keep the truth alive

Strength in numbers Nate Silver: US elections 2008: Opinion polls suggest that Clinton is more likely to defeat McCain in November. How can Obama respond?

H7

The Iraqi Upturn -Washington Post editorial


Iraq Rising - New York Post editorial

Muqtada's Got a Posse By: Matthew Duss | The American Prospect Patrick Cockburn's new book, Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq, confronts neocon myths about the political situation in Iraq.

A Battle Is Taking Place Between Riyadh and Damascus By: Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed | Asharq Alawsat It is a silent battle on the part of Riyadh, but noisy on the part of Damascus. Damascus rejected the Arab League secretary general's proposal to reform the Arabs' relations with Iran. Syria rejected the idea in its capacity as president of the Arab summit

Hezbollah: Most Powerful Political Movement in Lebanon - Council on Foreign Relations

Closing the Gulf with Our Allies - Mark Brzezinski, Boston Globe opinion


It’s All About Leverage - Thomas Friedman, New York Times opinion

Mideast Oil Changed the World - Tom Hundley, Chicago Tribune opinion

A Bell Tolls for Ahmadinejad - Boston Globe editorial

Win the War? Yes, We Can! - Matthew Continetti, Weekly Standard opinion

SyriaComment News Round Up (2 June 2008)

“An Economic Plan for Syria’s Future,” by Ehsani

Wallerstein How the War Will End in Iraq

Dialogue with Iran : Tariq Alhomayed

Iran Safeguards Report Sent to UN Security Council, IAEA Board Source: International Atomic Energy Agency Full Report (PDF; 79 KB)

• 'Blogs, Cyber-Literature and Virtual Culture in Iran' by Nima Mina, Marshall Center

Daily Star Keep expectations low for a Golan deal By Hasan Abu Nimah

For Lebanon, now is not the time for politics as usual

Egyptian Unrest Rises With Inflation By: Amr Hamzawy | The Daily Star In Arab countries such as Morocco, Egypt and Jordan, a burgeoning social crisis caused by out-of-control global inflationary pressures, a crippled welfare system and persisting high levels of poverty and unemployment is further complicated by a broader political deterioration.

Egypt's Facebook Showdown By: Sherif Mansour | Los Angeles Times Right now, the government of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is considering blocking Facebook, the social networking website that has become a popular hangout for twentysomethings worldwide and a favorite venue for Egypt's disaffected youth

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

Iraqi Govt Has Problems With US Security Pact

Iraq Oil Output, Exports Hit Postwar High

Nuclear inspectors to visit Syria The UN nuclear agency says inspectors are to be allowed into Syria to investigate an alleged nuclear site.

Nuclear power in the Middle East

Nine killed by Mosul suicide bomb

Al-Jazeera Interviews Iran's Mottaki on Lebanon, Iraq, Syria-Israel Talks

Iraqi Prime Minister to Visit Iran Saturday

Al-Sharqiyah Interviews Iraqi Vice-President on Arab Tour, Other Issues

Lebanon Denies Paper Report on Forthcoming Visit By Syrian President

U.S. Deaths in Iraq Fell Sharply in May By: Andrew E. Kramer | The New York Times
American deaths in the Iraq war dropped to 19 in May, their lowest monthly level since the invasion in 2003, the United States military said Sunday, though officials said they were reluctant to highlight the number as a milestone.

Saudi Clerics Criticize Shiites for Destabilizing - Associated Press


Syria to Allow Probe of Nuclear Allegations - Associated Press


Egypt: 'Dramatic' Push for Women's Voices - Liam Stack, Christian Science Monitor

H9 Ha’aretz Olmert begins U.S. visit; set to meet with AIPAC, Bush PM to focus on efforts to foil Iran's nuclear program, upgrade bilateral defense ties with U.S.

John McCain: U.S. is committed to preventing a second Holocaust

Barak: Hamas is exhibiting signs of distress

Assad Aide Denies Progress in Syria-Israel Talks

McCain's real enemy: Iran or Obama? (WTR)

McCain's Defense Sec(?) isn't sure about recognizing Israel (WTR)

Egypt tries to thwart Israel's economic plans in Europe Cairo instructs ambassadors in Europe to wage diplomatic campaign against Israel's agreement with EU

They only appear to be supporters The Israeli public is so thirsty for love that it becomes very excited by the support it gets from Christian groups; this is the case when the support comes in the form of political support or in the form of millions of dollars in cash that flows generously to various causes in Israel, some of them questionable.

Jerusalem Post

Yedioth Ahronoth

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

Forward McCain’s Dig at Obama Greeted With Standing Ovation at Aipac Conference

Peace Is Worth the Risk Of Withdrawing From the Golan Martin van Creveld

Daily Star Olmert and Abbas are too weak for a border pact By Yossi Alpher

A Year Later, Hamas Rule Deepens in Gaza - Associated Press

The Tziping Point By: Petra Marquart-Bigman | The Guardian
Despite media misgivings, Israel's foreign minister seems set as the popular choice to succeed Ehud Olmert. But will she stand?

Asia Times And the winner is ... the Israel lobby For many decades, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has helped shape the United States' ties with Israel, to the extent it maintains a virtual stranglehold over the US Congress and powerful think-tanks. This week, Washington's political elite, including all three presidential hopefuls, will address the committee's annual meeting. Beyond the US-Israel relationship, expect pointers to "the Iran problem". - Pepe Escobar

Hizbullah to Return Israeli Soldiers' Body Parts By: Yaniv Berman | The Media Line In an unexpected move, Lebanon's Hizbullah claimed Sunday morning it was about to return body parts of Israeli soldiers, who were killed in the second Lebanese war in 2006, in return for today's release of Hizbullah spy Nasim Nasr.

Palestinian Authority PM Pessimistic About Peace - Associated Press


State Dept. Reinstates Gaza Fulbright Grants - Ethan Bronner, New York Times

Israeli Bodies Exchanged for Hezbollah Spy - James Hider, London Times

Hezbollah Hands Over Purported Israeli Remains - Isabel Kirshner, New York Times

Swap Rekindles Hope for Two Soldiers - Joshua Mitnick, Washington Times

Israel Frees Hezbollah Spy, Gets Soldiers' Remains - Associated Press


Israel Plans More Settler Homes - Tim Franks, BBC News

Arabs Hail Olmert Probe - Abraham Rabinovich, Washington Times

H10 Christian Science Monitor America the breakup artist

US support for partition movements is opening a can of worms. By Juan Gabriel Tokatlian

Diplomacy thriving, but without U.S. The fall election and an era of diffused power may be factors.

Amid economic slowdown, signs of new world order

Emerging markets are helping buoy global growth.

• 'Why Islam lies at the heart of Iraq's civil war' by Monica Duffy Toft

Why Iranians like America again

It reflects a sense of alienation from their own rulers.

Plant a second Green Revolution

A global food summit is a test of leadership in pushing research on higher crop yields.

China's bereaved parents push for accountability

Furious, they are pressing local officials to explain why so many schools collapsed in the May 12 quake, killing their children, when surrounding buildings stayed standing.

Briefing: Lessons from past food crises

World leaders gather in Rome Tuesday for a UN food crisis conference. What does history teach about how to handle such shortages?

Why Australia is leaving Iraq

Prime Minister Rudd criticized the US justification for the 2003 invasion of Iraq as 550 Australian troops packed up to leave.

ASIA

Officials: Pakistan's Taliban likely behind Danish embassy blast

U.N. Security Council Seat: China Outsmarts India By: Sreeram Chaulia | Indo-Asian News Service The symphony of South-South cooperation at the recent conclave of foreign ministers of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) at Yekaterinburg, Russia, was jarred by China's refusal to endorse India's bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.

Back on stage Can Pakistan's nuclear 'father' be rehabilitated?

SPIEGEL Interview with Afghan President Hamid Karzai: 'I Wish I Had the Taliban as My Soldiers'

Bhutto Dealt Nuclear Secrets to N. Korea, Book Says By: Glenn Kessler | The Washington Post
Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, on a state visit to North Korea in 1993, smuggled in critical data on uranium enrichment -- a route to making a nuclear weapon -- to help facilitate a missile deal with Pyongyang, according to a new book by a journalist who knew the slain politician well.

Taliban Leader Flaunts Power Inside Pakistan By: Jane Perlez | The New York Times
Mr. Mehsud’s jaunty appearance in his home base, South Waziristan, a particularly unruly region of Pakistan’s tribal areas, underscored the wide latitude Pakistan’s government has granted the militants under a new series of peace deals, and its impact in Afghanistan, where NATO and American commanders say cross-border attacks have surged since talks for those peace deals began in March.

Afghan Insurgents 'On Brink of Defeat' - Thomas Harding, London Daily Telegraph

Even if we believe that authoritarian China is on the wrong side of history, says John Lee, so far it is doing a remarkable job of defying it... more»

In Pakistan, 'Open Season for Musharraf-bashing' - Laura King, Los Angeles Times

Al-Qaida’s afterlife, Paul Rogers

Sovereignty in ASEAN and the Problem of Maritime Cooperation in the South China Sea RSIS This 36-page Singaporean working paper examines the problem of achieving cooperation between ASEAN states in repect of maritime boundaries

Sino-U.S. Competition in Strategic Arms RSIS A 42-page Singaporean working paper analyzing the Chinese perceptions of U.S. strategic weapon development and the implications of Chinese responses

A Struggle Between War and Peace By: Syed Saleem Shahzad | Asia Times Both Pakistan and Afghanistan have relied on ceasefires and peace accords to deal with militants and the Taliban. These seldom last long, and, as in the case of pro-al-Qaeda Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, they are being made with the wrong people. It is a situation ripe for radicals to exploit.

H11 IHT A return of that 70s show?

By PAUL KRUGMAN

There's no sign this time around of the wage-price spiral that, in the 1970s, turned a temporary shock from higher oil prices into a persistently high rate of inflation.

How to face today's threats

By MARK BRZEZINSKI

Energy creates the potential for U.S.-EU competition and conflict, but also for collaboration.

Sarkozy has a chance to leave big mark on Europe through EU slot Traditionally, the rotating presidency of the EU has given its big countries a chance to assert their importance, or indispensability, as the motor of its destiny

Sending the wrong message

By ANNA HUSARSKA

Mixing aid and security in Afghanistan is a mistake. But it's one that can be corrected.

The war-hero and the pacifist

By JAMES CARROLL

In calling for negotiations toward disarmament and declaring a moratorium on atmospheric nuclear testing, the American University speech marked the end of JFK's rhetoric of toughness

Desert is claiming southeast Spain

Thriving at last, southeastern Spain nevertheless faces a parched future, as global warming and poorly planned development transform it into desert.

Putin has the last laugh - or none at all Vladimir Putin has relied on the Kremlin-controlled networks to consolidate power to such an extent that political humor has been erased from television here.

Law and religion clash in France

By KATRIN BENNHOLD

The discovery last week that a court in Lille had annulled the marriage of two Muslims because the husband said his wife was not the virgin she had claimed to be has raised concern in a country where religion is not supposed to interfere with public life.

EUROPE European press review

How Sarkozy Lost France By: Guy Sorman | The Wall Street Journal
How does one go from a 53% electoral victory to a 20% approval rating in one year? Embattled French President Nicolas Sarkozy is undoubtedly asking himself that very question.

The Euro Is a Triumph By: Joaquín Almunia | The Guardian
Ten years after it was launched, the single currency has proved the sceptics utterly wrong.

EU Enlargement: The Dark Side of Globalization

Berlin Should Take Note of French Reforms By: Wolfgang Münchau | Financial Times
President Nicolas Sarkozy made an important announcement in Warsaw last week. From July, the Polish plumber and other citizens of the 2004 accession countries to the European Union will be able to work freely in France -- a year ahead of schedule and three years ahead of the final deadline

The EU's Kyoto Shell Game By: Valdis Dombrovskis | The Japan Times
The European Commission seems to be trying to cover up the failure of older EU members to meet Kyoto emission-cut goals while it seeks larger cuts from newer members.

Banking decade
How the European Central Bank has changed in 10 years

The European External Action Service: Roadmap for Success Chatham House This 30-page UK report sets out key policy recommendations for ensuring that the European External Action Service achieves optimum effectiveness

Coping with Accession: New Forms of Governance and European Enlargement EU-Newgov A 9-page paper identifying factors that have promoted or impeded effective adoption of or adaptation to the acquis communitaire in accession countries

H12 RFE/RL

Google News Azerbaijan

Racist Youths Are on a Rampage in Russia By: Susanne Scholl | The Japan Times In Russia, if you have dark hair and a swarthy complexion, you are likely to be in danger. Sadly, Russia's leaders have tolerated assaults by adolescents on foreigners

Russian Pilots Fly Sudan MIGs in Darfur Missions The World Tribune Russian sources said the regime of Sudanese President Omar Bashir has been using former and current Russian Air Force pilots to fly Khartoum's fleet of MiG-29 fighter-jets. The sources said the pilots have participated in operations against rebels in both the Darfour province as well as around Khartoum in May 2008.

Georgia’s dangerous gulf , Robert Parsons

NYT Kremlin Rules: For Kremlin, the Opposition Gets Tuned Out

'We Don't Want a War' Der Spiegel
Tension is once again rising between Georgia and the breakaway region of Abkhazia, which is supported by Russia but not internationally recognized.

America Isn't Much Better Than U.S.S.R. By: Alexei Bayer | The Moscow Times
For a while in the mid-1970s, whenever I met an American, I would typically be the first person from the Soviet Union they had set their eyes on. I gladly practiced my English by relating to them the horrors of Communist oppression and lamenting the lack of freedom in the country that I left behind.

H13 The Times Food shortages and civilisations The era of cheap food has been a disaster. We in the West could easily tighten our belts Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

A lobby that punches above its weight The Jewish vote is less than three per cent of the population, so theories of disproportionate power are wrong

UN team to investigate Syrian nuclear site CIA claims that Syria built a secret nuclear reactor in collaboration with North Korea are to be investigated

Robert Mugabe: a Roman holiday

A dictator lectures the world on food while his people starve, but the law may yet catch up with him

Six die in blast at Danish Embassy in Islamabad Al-Qaeda is suspected of the lethal revenge attack after several Danish newspapers reprinted cartoons offensive to Muslims

Emboldened militants' head-on attack on the West

Obama bids for Israel ties amid Iran row Democrat hopeful will try to build bridges with US Jews after the row over his former pastor and his decision to talk to Iran

Watchdog attacks cloak of secrecy in Brussels New proposals will limit access to documents and in some cases deny that they even exist, the European ombudsman warned

Poll violence could harm Macedonia’s EU bid The violence that marred Nikola Gruevski's election victory may delay the country’s progress towards EU membership

Wall Street Journal Russia Can Be Part of the Answer on Iran
By Charles Schumer
The missile threat is hypothetical and remote.

There Is a Military Solution to Terror

By Bret Stephens
Global View:
Reconciliation usually comes after the sword.

Attack in Pakistan
And violence in Indonesia

Did Scott McClellan Miss the Surge? By William McGurn
Main Street:
The moral and strategic purposes of the U.S. demand a president willing to do the unpopular thing.

Why Bush Must Still Confront Rogue States - David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey (Wall Street Journal)

Superdelegates May Defer Decision Dozens of superdelegates may throw their support behind Obama after polls close in Montana and South Dakota, possibly settling the nomination within days. But other superdelegates may see no advantage in taking sides just yet

Inflating China
By Stephen Green Monetary inaction will only make matters worse.

Revolving Immigration
By Roland Rudd and Danny Sriskandarajah State of the Union: Just as France opens up, the British start worrying about the Polish plumber.

We Don't Need a Climate Tax on the Poor
By James Inhofe
With gas prices approaching $4 a gallon, Lieberman-Warner will further drive up the cost at the pump

Global Financial Regulation: The Essential Guide

H14 Financial Times We cannot go on eating like this On the subject of per capita consumption, western politicians struggle to find a convincing response to complaints from the developing world. But they will struggle just as hard to persuade their voters to cut back to accommodate the rise of a richer China and India, writes Gideon Rachman

Get involved over Georgia Moscow seems determined to provoke Tbilisi into military action over the separatist Georgian enclave of Abkhazia – and western diplomats are sending the wrong signals to both sides, write Ron Asmus and Mark Leonard

MIDDLE EAST FOCUS: Regional players aim to fill the void left by Washington

Syrians wary over Golan Heights peace hopes The latest peace talks with Israel that could lead to an agreement restoring the whole territory to Syria revives hope – tinged with a heavy dose of caution

COMMENT: Six principles for a new regulatory order By Lawrence Summers

Time for a second green revolution

A range of strategies is needed to raise yields. Most crucial, as they have often been in the past, will be new crops and new farming techniques

Perversity in the price of oil and gas

Asian subsidy cuts would help curb world energy demand. There is nothing to be gained, for Asian treasuries or the health of the world oil market, from delay

Europe must get immigration right

Sarkozy’s suggested immigration policy for the EU – intended to be a cornerstone of the French presidency of the Union – is to be welcomed, up to a point

The Fed, the cost of oil and inflation

The Fed‘s critics should realise it is navigating a narrow path between growth and inflation risk. Yet it cannot afford to ignore the rise in the oil price

There is no excuse for Britain not to join euro It makes sense to dump sterling, says Willem Buiter

COMMENT: Berlin should take note of French reforms By Wolfgang Munchau

COMMENT: The Fed's year of living dangerously , By Clive Crook,

COMMENT: Why free markets have little to do with inequality

Poll blow to Macedonia’s EU hopes

European Commission voices alarm as violence mars Macedonia’s parliamentary elections. The violence has hit the nation’s hopes of starting European Union accession talks

Soros sounds alarm on oil ‘bubble’

Billionaire George Soros is to tell US lawmakers that the ability of investment institutions to invest in the futures market through index funds is exaggerating price rises

McCain attacks Obama over Iran policy John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, intensified his attack on Barack Obama’s backing for high level talks with Iran, calling instead for sanctions to be imposed on Tehran outside the framework of the United Nations

WORLD NEWS: Clinton donors ready to switch to Obama

Food summit heads for biofuels clash

The US and Brazil strongly defended their biofuels policies yesterday, setting them on a collision course with developing nations and some European countries at the

The end of abundance: Food panic brings calls for a second 'green revolution'

Iranian Jews keep their heads down

Iran is home to the largest Jewish community in the Middle East outside Israel, despite the president’s anti-Zionist rhetoric, and they say they have religious freedom

COMMENT: A second city needs to adopt a global outlook

US to impose stricter visa rule

Passengers travelling to the United States from countries whose citizens do not need visas must register online with the US government at least 72 hours before departure, in the latest measure to strengthen American security

IMF lifts eurozone growth forecast

Inflation remains a concern

Catalonia in plea for funding

Spain’s re-elected Socialist government is facing a rebellion from regional governments clamouring for more money as the economy slows and tax receipts shrink

Bank sector hit by growth pains

While the financial services sector in the Gulf is benefiting from oil boom, the expansion is also bringing its own growing pains, particularly in terms of human resources

Cheap exports boost US manufacturing Cheap exports fuelled by the weak US dollar helped a key gauge of US manufacturing activity improve last month, a new report revealed

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FT REPORT - YOUTH IN THE MIDDLE EAST 2008: Getting girls out and about

H15 Los Angeles Times Obama's judgment on Iraq falls short By JONAH GOLDBERG

Clinton campaign seems to be winding down

A chilling global warming forecast New reports about climate change should have us all sweating about the future.

Lost in Byzantium By Nina L. Khrushcheva Putin may be endangering Russia's future by revisiting the past.

Indefensible spending

By Robert Scheer America's massive military budget is irrational, costly and dangerous. Why isn't it a campaign issue?

IAEA to send inspectors to Syria's alleged nuclear site

Mexico's drug offensive takes a war-like toll In the year and a half since Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown against drug gangs, about 4,100 people have died

High gas prices are a global issue

The Obama-McCain age gap that matters By Ezra Klein

Race and gender How does Hillary Clinton fit into the modern feminist movement? Did the Clinton-Obama contest raise important questions about gender and race?

H16 American Politics

As Clinton Campaign Winds Down, a Spouse Remains Wound Up

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

Obama say he will meet Clinton after race ends

Delegate count

H17 Daily TelegraphOver to you in Afghanistan, Mr Karzai The fact that Hamid Karzai appears incapable of establishing his authority over areas newly liberated from the Taliban is of serious concern

Blast at Danish Embassy in Pakistan

Bomber killed eight people outside Denmark's embassy in an apparent retaliation for the publication of cartoons considered blasphemous by some Muslims.

Terror chief: Police need 42-day law

Exclusive: Police should be able to detain terror suspects for up to 42 days to combat growing threat from extremists, former chief of terror investigations warned.

Clinton sees end of White House dream Aides are being laid off, as the Democratic party nominee prepares what is being called a "valedictory" speech in New York as the final votes are cast.

H18 Independent Only the superdelegates can save Clinton now A determined – possibly deluded – Hillary Clinton gave no hint yesterday of preparing to concede the race for the Democratic nomination, even as her foe, Barack Obama, stood within striking distance of the prize.

Kill Bill: Clinton is targeted for character assassination

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

Al-Qaeda's Potency is Exaggerated - Simon Jenkins, London Times opinion

Intelligence agencies resist plan to shift power Under the Bush administration proposal, the director of national intelligence would get more authority, and CIA officials abroad might have to bow to others

Homeland Sec. Chief: No al-Qaeda Negotiations

Experts Fear Nuclear Know-How Circulating on Black Market

RAND Tracks Worldwide Terrorism Attacks in New Database Project

The Principles of War: 4. Security

Report: Blackwater Buys Brazilian-Made Fighter Plane

How the Pentagon shapes the world This may be the most important American story of the new century: the Pentagon's massive expansion on just about every front during US President George W Bush's two terms in office. On seven major fronts, the Pentagon has expanded its power and its powers, nationally and globally. These include the Pentagon as budget buster, diplomat, arms dealer, intelligence analyst and spy, domestic disaster manager, humanitarian caregiver, and global viceroy as well as ruler of the heavens. And it is still aggressively expanding. - Frida Berrigan

Military UAVs: Up in the Sky, an Unblinking Eye

U.S. Africa Command Trims Its Aspirations By: Karen DeYoung | The Washington Post
The U.S. Africa Command, designed to boost America's image and prevent terrorist inroads on the continent, has scaled back its ambitions after African governments refused to host it and aid groups protested plans to expand the military's role in economic development in the region.

The Army’s Future Combat System (FCS): Background and Issues for Congress (PDF; 177 KB)
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

H20 Slate The Age of Reagan

How Reagan's pragmatism got lost.
Tim Naftali and Sean Wilentz

A Tale of Two Tell-Alls If you want to read a serious book about the intervention in Iraq, look to Douglas Feith.
Christopher Hitchens

Summit targets global food crisis

A key UN summit in Rome is to target global food prices that have soared to their highest in 30 years.

SPIEGEL ONLINE Interview with UN Expert: 'We're Only at the Beginning' of the Food Crisis

The International Climate Change Agenda: Opportunities for the G8 Chatham House

Thinking about the Future of Food
Chatham House An 11-page UK briefing paper positing differerent scenarios to consider the challenges created by food supply shortages and their impact on the UK and EU

The US Nuclear Renaissance and the Challenges it Presents

H21 Yves Saint Laurent

Perhaps the most important of all his contributions was not to design itself, but to how widely accessible design has become

The shocking price of a calorie

As rising food prices lead to riots the world has suddenly rediscovered the astounding cost of a calorie

Uncommon knowledge

Surprising insights from the social sciences: Aiding the enemy, aggressive news, and blondes raise more money. (By Kevin Lewis, Boston Globe)

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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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