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H1 New NSC memo: Jones on the 21st century interagency process | The ... By Laura Rozen You can read the memo here (pdf). The Cable has obtained an unclassified memo authored by national security advisor Gen. James Jones (ret.). Entitled "The 21st Century Interagency Process" and addressed to 18 cabinet heads and White House advisors, the five-page document lays out Jones's vision for adapting U.S. national security bureaucracy architecture to today's security challenges.

Financial Times Obama: the right man at the wrong time On his European tour, Mr Obama cemented the impression that he is an unusually gifted and intelligent politician. But that does not mean he will succeed, writes Gideon Rachman

Iran candidate vows to pursue 'detente' policy Moussavi pledges to end 'extremism' in Iran

The Times IMF to warn toxic debts could reach $4 trillion Banks and insurers, which have owned up to $1.29 trillion in toxic assets, face increasing losses as recession deepens

Ha’aretz Obama to visit Israel, West Bank in June U.S. official: Obama does not oppose the inclusion of Hamas in a Palestinian unity government

ANALYSIS / Obama saying Israel still bound to two-state solution In Turkey, Obama made it clear that agreements reached with Bush still stand under Netanyahu

Editorial A clear message from Obama Obama reminded those wishing to ignore the two-state vision that this goal was agreed on by both sides in the road map and at the Annapolis conference.

"Tactics in Counterinsurgency," U.S. Army Field Manual Interim 3-24.2, March 2009 (6.2 MB PDF, 307 pages).

New York Times DAVID BROOKS The End of Philosophy

Today, many psychologists, cognitive scientists and even philosophers embrace a different view of moral thinking based less on reason and deliberation and more on seeing and evaluating.

Military Budget Reflects a Shift in U.S. Strategy Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced a budget that cuts traditional weapons programs while adding resources to fight insurgencies.

Poll Finds New Optimism on Economy Since Inauguration President Obama is enjoying some success in rebuilding confidence in a troubled nation, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

Iranian Presidential Candidate Calls Ahmadinejad an Extremist

Obama Says U.S. Is Not at War With Islam President Obama said that U.S. relations with the Islamic world will not center on opposition to Al Qaeda

Slate Gates Follows Through
The Pentagon is finally cutting expensive weapons programs it doesn't need. Fred Kaplan

What Else Are We Wrong About? The danger of nuclear proliferation and other possible fallacies. Jacob Weisberg

McClatchy 7 blasts in Baghdad add to Iraq's worries of renewed war

Guardian · Pressing reset on Moscow is worth a little Nato anxiety Jonathan Steele: Obama's willingness to allow greater Russian influence shows he is serious on his foreign policy goals

Nuclear arms in the developing world Andrew Grotto: Obama must change the perception among developing countries that nuclear proliferation does not affect them

The road to zero nukes George Perkovich: Nuclear disarmament can't happen fast enough to solve the North Korea challenge, but even gradual progress has benefits

Nato's new man: dedicated but divisive Jakob Illeborg Rasmussen is a capable perfectionist, but his unpopularity in the Muslim world could be a liability

Is a U-S.-Russian-Iranian Alliance in Afghanistan Possible?

BY: Claude Salhani | The Middle East Times The prospect of Russian cooperation in Afghanistan is not impossible and may well just happen, as is the possibility of, yes, the Iranians.

Demography in the Middle East MERIA An Israeli article examining demographic trends in the Middle East

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) · Security in Iraq: Key Maps and Trend Lines

New Yorker Can Iran Change?
by Jon Lee Anderson
Since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad first ran for President four years ago, Iran, and its rivals, have changed…

READ THIS STORY

Stratfor Obama's Strategy and the Summits

Obamaism by George Packer Given the early and ample track record, there’s surprisingly little agreement over the nature of Obamaism… READ THIS STORY

Christian Science Monitor

Pentagon budget kills F-22, pumps up Special Ops New spending plan represents a shift toward counterinsurgency needs.

Gates axes some costly weapons, emphasizes 'irregular' warfare

Defense secretary applies lessons of Iraq, Afghanistan to new Pentagon budget

Foreign Policy Who's Trying to Replace the Dollar?

Washington Post Ahmadinejad's Main Rival for Iranian Presidency Calls for Increased Freedoms

After Launch, U.S. Stance Veers Between Tough and Dismissive

N. Korea's Actions Draw Mixed Reactions From Officials

Drezner Puzzling through the geopolitical implications of the financial crisis

Wall Street Journal The Nuclear Illusionist

Micklethwait and Woolridge: God Still Isn't Dead

Stephens: Obama's Unreality Tour

H2 Remarks by Barack Obama to the Turkish Parliamet

Joint Press Availability With President Obama And President Gul Of Turkey

Remarks by The President and PM of Turkey After Meeting

FT Editorial Obama rebuilds bridges with Islam For a US with few lines of communication in the Middle East, Turkey’s open channels are valuable, and a US leader who opposed the Iraq war could retrieve a relationship that Washington frittered away

Obama's message mixes tone and substance The US president gave his last set-piece address of a frenetic and momentous inaugural overseas tour at the Turkish parliament in Ankara – andd got a standing ovation

Guardian Editorial · Turkey: Bridging the divide Editorial: Turkey is not a model country, any more than any other is. But it is a telling example

Saudi News: Al-Jazeera 'Plot to Kill Obama' in Turkey

NYT Obama Says U.S. Is Not at War With Islam President Obama said that U.S. relations with the Islamic world will not center on opposition to Al Qaeda.

Obama Impresses Many on Both Sides of Turkey’s Secular and Religious Divide

Turkey in Full By ASLI AYDINTASBAS We Turks have been thinking that we must be either secular or religious, European or Middle Eastern. It took President Obama to remind us that we are all of those things, and more.

The Times Brussels looks away. Will Turkey walk away? ,Barack Obama realises that Ankara needs to be won over. But the EU, by contrast, seems to be taking it for granted Mark Almond

Leader Europe's choice; Turkey's destiny Obama is right that Turkey deserves EU membership, and right to say so

Independent Leader Leading article: The EU must not shut the door on Turkish membership

DT Editorial Turkey's time has come Telegraph View: Turkey's strategic value to the West cannot be overstated

The Turkish-American romance Stephen Kinzer Obama is right to view Turkey as a key world power. But both sides still have issues they need to address

Obama Türkiye'de Henri Barkey ve Ronald Suny, geziyi değerlendirdi.

· STEVE WALT Obama's Turkey speech was a slam dunk

Washington Post In Turkey, Obama Reaches Out to Muslim World

FT Obama pledge on Mideast solution Barack Obama offered his clearest pledge since taking office to pursue a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, as he took his message of remaking US relations with the Muslim world to Turkey

Barack Obama's charm offensive in Turkey | Reaching out to Turkey | The Economist

Guardian Obama woos Turkey's Muslims President extends olive branch by declaring the US seeks partners to pursue 'common goals'

Obama: Turkey, US can be model for East-West ties

Norman Stone: A good start in Ankara Despite the sticky issue of secularity, Obama's parliamentary address today was the first step in US-Turkish rapprochement

COLUMN-Obama's plea to EU on Turkey carries risks:Paul Taylor | Markets | Reuters

Is Turkey the Key to a New Middle East Approach? | The American Prospect ...

Stratfor Obama's Strategy and the Summits

Brookings President Obama's Visit to Turkey

Ethic Cleansing: Whose Genocide Are You On? - Michael Crowley, TNR

Obama's Visit to Ankara: Turkey Trip Offers Pitfalls and Opportunities - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Obama Tiptoes Turkey's Religious-Secular Line : NPR

Public Service - EXCLUSIVE: Has Turkey given up on the EU?

Obama Tells Turkey US Is ‘Not at War With Islam’
Bloomberg

CSM Editorial Obama woos Turkey but will it woo back? Both countries can gain from improved relations that will help solve the region’s woes.

Article or Op-Ed Alliance of Civilizations: A Misplaced Union By Soner Cagaptay

WSJ Obama Tries to Reach Out to Turkey In his first appearance as president in a Muslim nation, Obama addressed Turkey's slaughter of Armenians and the rising power of political Islam

Turkish domestic agendas jockey for Obama (UPI) -- The visit to Turkey by U.S. President Barack Obama provides both countries with the opportunity to improve relations while bolstering local agendas.

US: Man who plotted to kill Obama arrested

Barack Obama and his stance on the 'g' word

'Our partnership with the Muslim world is critical'

CSM In Turkey, Obama says US not at war with Islam US president discussed Armenian massacre, democracy, and EU membership

A Discussion in Turkey

Slate Telling the Truth About the Armenian Genocide We must resist Turkish pressure to distort history.
Christopher Hitchens

The Times Obama avoids genocide row on trip to Turkey But US President says has not changed his views on Armenian genocide and hopes issue can soon be settled

Who didn't get to go to Europe with Obama? BY LAURA ROZEN

Obama in Turkey by Michael Rubin

Does Turkey Still Belong in NATO? by Daniel Pipes

Independent Obama reaches out to Muslim world President says US 'will never be at war with Islam'

Does Turkey Still Belong in NATO?
FrontPage

Jerusalem Post Armenian Genocide battle, here we go again...

Obama Mending Relations With Turkey NPR -

Time Obama to Turkey: "Our Partnership with the Muslim World Is Critical"

Juan Cole Obama the Visionary: End Nukes, admit Turkey to EU

The Times Obama to Turks: 'We're not at war with Islam' US President uses address to Turkish parliament to appeal for greater partnership with the Islamic world after Bush era

Independent Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Turkey is better prepared for global recession than many think

Obama Assassination Plot Disrupted Read it at CBS News

Obama rebuilds bridges with Islam

Obama dini liderlerle görüşecek

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye BBC Türkçe 0700 1800 – VOA Türkçe 0630 1345 2130 DW - (UTC) 0830 1130 1530 Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit ASAM

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

Kurdistan Merges Interior, Peshmerga Ministries

Obama meets with Ahmet Turk and says no issue would be solved through violence

EXCLUSIVE: Turkey must sort out its Kurd issues

The Kurdish National Conference

’Don’t ignore Kurds’

Cevdet Aşkın

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

Who didn't get to go to Europe with Obama? BY LAURA ROZEN

The Spectator Turkey in the EU?

BBC Obama reaches out to Muslim world

Obama to End Turkish Visit With Student Town Hall

The EU’s Turkey test Kathimerini

Turkey Reaches Compromise Over New Head of NATO

5 yılın karnesi
Medeniyetler İttifakı projesi hangi aşamada?

In Turkey, Obama avoids the word 'genocide' - Los Angeles Times

Brussels looks away. Will Turkey walk away? -Times Online

Obama Seeks Help, Friendship In Turkey
CBS News

Balkans.com sources: Turkish firms seek to import Iranian natgas

[Comment] EU needs to open energy accession chapter with Turkey
EUobserver.com

Romania, Turkey to participate in Black Sea naval operation

Rasmussen özür dilemedi

Obama’s Turkish Mission
The Media Line

NATO Chief to Placate Muslims With Senior Post for Turkey

Obama's Foreign Policy Mojo Jacob Heilbrunn Huffington Post - But perhaps Obama's most audacious moment came before the Turkish parliament.

Obama expresses 'deep appreciation for the Islamic faith'...

Obama Urges EU to Accept Turkey, But Member Nations Remain Cool - WSJ.com

DT Obama: No US war on Islam President speaks of his "deep appreciation for the Islamic faith".

Spain conditions Turkey's EU membership

Başkan Obama İstanbul'da

Ahmet Tan'dan Bill Clinton-Barack Obama Karşılaştırması

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

Michelle Obama skips trip to Turkey President Obama addressed the Turkish parliament in Ankara but his wife returned from Europe early to see her children

Turkish NBA Player Showdown

H3

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman GH Türkiye

Birinci Sayfalar Akşam Birgün Bugün Cumhuriyet Dünya Hürriyet Milli Gazete Milliyet Posta Radikal Referans Sabah Star Taraf Tercüman Türkiye Vakit Vatan Yeni Şafak Zaman Arşiv

Video NTV CNNTürk Milliyet

Cengiz Çandar Barack Hussein Obama: Dürüst, duyarlı, dost

Ahmet Taşgetiren

Ruşen - Çakır

Taha Akyol

Fikret Bila

Hasan Cemal

Murat Yetkin

İsmet Berkan

Fehmi Koru

Taha Kıvanç

Şamil Tayyar

Ali Bayramoğlu

Yasemin Çongar

Ertuğrul Özkök

Hasan Ünal

Ahmet Hakan

M Ali Birand

Cüneyt Ülsever

Enis Berberoğlu

Oktay Ekşi

Özdemir İnce

Mehmet Y Yılmaz

MUHARREM SARIKAYA

ERDAL ŞAFAK

ENGİN ARDIÇ

ERGUN BABAHAN

EMRE AKÖZ

Umur Talu

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

NAZLI ILICAK

MEHMET BARLAS

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

YAVUZ DONAT

Ekonomi

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu

Erdal Sağlam

H4 New York Times DAVID BROOKS The End of Philosophy

Today, many psychologists, cognitive scientists and even philosophers embrace a different view of moral thinking based less on reason and deliberation and more on seeing and evaluating.

Poll Finds New Optimism on Economy Since Inauguration President Obama is enjoying some success in rebuilding confidence in a troubled nation, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

Military Budget Reflects a Shift in U.S. Strategy Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced a budget that cuts traditional weapons programs while adding resources to fight insurgencies.

Iranian Presidential Candidate Calls Ahmadinejad an Extremist

Obama Says U.S. Is Not at War With Islam President Obama said that U.S. relations with the Islamic world will not center on opposition to Al Qaeda.

How the Internet Got Its Rules By STEPHEN D. CROCKER

Forty years ago today, Request for Comments were born. The humble documents shaped the Internet’s inner workings and played a significant role in its success

Few Strings on Russian-Style Bailout

A bailout, Russian style, for an auto factory is intended more to ensure peace than to restructure a business.

Killings of Chechen Leader’s Foes May Test Kremlin’s Will or Power to Restrain Him

Six Car Bombs Kill at Least 33 in Iraq

Putin Stresses Tax Cuts To Revive the Economy

Obama Impresses Many on Both Sides of Turkey’s Secular and Religious Divide

Diplomatic Memo: Parsing the G-20’s $1 Trillion Pledge — So Far, Only on Paper

More Drone Attacks in Pakistan Planned

H5 Washington Post Gates Seeks Sharp Turn In Spending Defense Budget Focuses On Lower-Tech Weapons

Outsider's View of the Pentagon Budget proposal reveals Robert Gates's alienation from the often-criticized procurement system.

Pentagon Chief Calls for Cuts; Congress Opens Fire

Listening in Kabul By David Ignatius, U.S. diplomats meet with Afghan tribal leaders, one who spent two years in Gitmo.

Ahmadinejad's Main Rival for Iranian Presidency Calls for Increased Freedoms

After Launch, U.S. Stance Veers Between Tough and Dismissive

N. Korea's Actions Draw Mixed Reactions From Officials

Editorial Confused on North Korea

Once again, the U.S. response to a provocation from Pyongyang is muddled.

A Nuclear Trajectory to Nowhere

By William Kristol, What the president didn't do when he called for a world free of nuclear weapons.

A Nuclear Fantasy Obama's Quixotic Rallying Cry for the World

By Anne Applebaum How the president is wasting diplomatic capital with his 'no nuke' rhetoric.

The Patriotic Sacrifices of Lawrence Summers and Other Obama Aides

By Richard Cohen, Larry Summers's voluntary pay cut is a bigger story than how much he was getting paid.

India's Youth Vote Rises From Ashes Of Mumbai Attacks

Report Calls CIA Detainee Treatment 'Inhuman'

H6 Guardian · Pressing reset on Moscow is worth a little Nato anxiety Jonathan Steele: Obama's willingness to allow greater Russian influence shows he is serious on his foreign policy goals

Nuclear arms in the developing world Andrew Grotto: Obama must change the perception among developing countries that nuclear proliferation does not affect them

The road to zero nukes George Perkovich: Nuclear disarmament can't happen fast enough to solve the North Korea challenge, but even gradual progress has benefits

Nato's new man: dedicated but divisive Jakob Illeborg Rasmussen is a capable perfectionist, but his unpopularity in the Muslim world could be a liability

The G20's failing grade Kevin Gallagher: Despite progress in some areas, the summit failed to produce a global stimulus and necessary financial and trade regulations

Obama's Nato pragmatism Max Bergmann and James Lamond: Barack Obama was right to ingore calls to reform Nato and achieve the possible on Afghanistan and EU defence

Taliban preys on Pakistani fears

Mustafa Qadri: The Taliban's extreme version of Islam is the logical conclusion of the region's violent past and feeds on insecurity

H7 · Is a U-S.-Russian-Iranian Alliance in Afghanistan Possible?

BY: Claude Salhani | The Middle East Times The prospect of Russian cooperation in Afghanistan is not impossible and may well just happen, as is the possibility of, yes, the Iranians.

Demography in the Middle East MERIA An Israeli article examining demographic trends in the Middle East

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) · Security in Iraq: Key Maps and Trend Lines

New Yorker Can Iran Change?
by Jon Lee Anderson
Since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad first ran for President four years ago, Iran, and its rivals, have changed…

READ THIS STORY

Stratfor Obama's Strategy and the Summits

Obamaism by George Packer Given the early and ample track record, there’s surprisingly little agreement over the nature of Obamaism… READ THIS STORY

· Elections in Algeria: Bouteflika Wins, Legitimacy Loses BY: Dana Moss | The Washington Institute for Near East Policy On April 9, Algerians go to the polls to elect a head of state. A constitutional amendment engineered by two-term President Abdulaziz Bouteflika in November 2008 allows the septuagenarian to vie for a third term. Running with no credible opponents -- and unopposed by the military and security services (DRS) -- there is little doubt he will be reelected.

· The Arctic Council to Discuss the Future of the Region

BY: Jason Vaughn | Diplomatic Courier This month, another summit receiving less press than the G20 and NATO will meet, the Arctic Council. It consists of those countries that have territorial claims in the Arctic, namely Russia, the United States, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and Sweden.

Walker's World: New food crisis looms (UPI) -- Drought in China and Latin America are combining with the credit crunch to squeeze American farmers, so the world may run short of food again this year.

Obama Open to Iranian Enrichment?

Atlantic Council
· G20 Report: Stimulus and Regulation Compromise Needed

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

7 blasts in Baghdad add to Iraq's worries of renewed war

Baghdad bombings shatter sense of 'normality'

Larijani says he is waiting for change

(UPI) -- The government in Tehran is monitoring closely the change rhetoric and the subsequent behavior from Washington, the Iranian parliamentary speaker said.

Deadly bomb attacks hit Baghdad

Several car bombs kill more than 34 people and injure dozens in Baghdad, as the US suffers its first combat death in week

Egyptian police stifle protests
Police in Egypt are deployed in large numbers to prevent a national strike by pro-democracy activists.

Saudi call to ban film screenings Hundreds in Saudi Arabia have signed a petition demanding a stop to what they say is a trend of films being shown in public

H9 Ha’aretz Obama to visit Israel, West Bank in June U.S. official: Obama does not oppose the inclusion of Hamas in a Palestinian unity government

ANALYSIS / Obama saying Israel still bound to two-state solution In Turkey, Obama made it clear that agreements reached with Bush still stand under Netanyahu

Editorial A clear message from Obama Obama reminded those wishing to ignore the two-state vision that this goal was agreed on by both sides in the road map and at the Annapolis conference.

Security officials may be barrier to Netanyahu's 'economic peace' Security officials oppose lifting West Bank checkpoints, handing out more transit permits.

Jerusalem Post US to phase out Israel-coveted F-22 Gates's announcement is a setback to the Defense Establishment's hopes to obtain stealth fighter.

Learning from Pyongyang

N. Korea, Hamas and Iran cannot exchange belligerency for normalcy.

Encountering Peace: Multilateral engagement [ GERSHON BASKIN

Barry Rubin New gov't a pretty solid team

New Israel Government Conducting Policy Review - Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)

Yedioth Ahronoth Israel fears US pressure
After Obama reiterates commitment to two-state solution, Jerusalem officials say confrontation between Washington, rightist Israeli coalition unavoidable. 'You'd have to be blind not to see writing on the wall,' one of them says

'Netanyahu invited to Egypt'

Egyptian leader spoke with Netanyahu, invited him to Sharm, Prime Minister's Office says

The North Korean threat/ Ben-Yishai

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

WSJ Anti-Semitism and the Economic Crisis By Ira Stoll Many people still blame Jews for capitalism's faults

The Palestinians' Obligations - U.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)

Jordanian King: Israel Holding Mideast Hostage by Shunning Arab Peace Offer

Obama: Al-Qaeda Not Motivated by Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The European Union Report on Jerusalem: Distortions and Omissions - Nadav Shragai (Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

Why Write While Israel Burns?
Amos Oz's entrancing paranoia.
Judith Shulevitz

H10 Christian Science Monitor

Pentagon budget kills F-22, pumps up Special Ops New spending plan represents a shift toward counterinsurgency needs.

Gates axes some costly weapons, emphasizes 'irregular' warfare

Defense secretary applies lessons of Iraq, Afghanistan to new Pentagon budget

A stark question for Iran: What would the Prophet do? As Muslims, Tehran's leaders should follow the Koran's guidance by negotiating peace with the US.

North Korea missile: punishment up to US Security Council's struggle to respond to Sunday's rocket launch also portends challenges for Obama's nonproliferation goals with Iran.

The West should focus on North Africa Making the Maghreb a development partner would promote human rights and reform.

ASIA

Center for American Progress
· Should We Be Grateful to China for Buying U.S. Treasuries?

WSJ U.S.-China Relations Get Trickier North Korea's shot tests Obama's ability to work with China, the country that has the most leverage yet seems less willing to use it, writes Jerry Seib.

Pakistan Seen 'Reluctant' on US Agenda of Escalation

· China Is Key to North Korea Deal BY: Kerry Brown | The Guardian

Hu Jintao can apply the pressure that will keep Kim Jong-il's nuclear ambitions under control. Obama should tell him so.

Think Tank: US Needs to Convince India It Can Control Pakistan's ISI

Afghanistan: International Aid Agencies Wary of US-Backed Security Surge Despite increasing calls from aid agencies to let them handle Afghanistan’s humanitarian needs, NATO is proceeding with plans to enhance civil-military cooperation in the country, especially through the operations of provincial reconstruction teams.

Jamestown Foundation
· China Brief April 2009, v. 9, no. 7 *CCPLA: Tightening the CCP's Rule over Law
*The Death of Constitutional Litigation in China?
*Chinese Involvement in African Conflict Zones
*Is a “Win-Win” Relationship in the Cards for China and Mexico?

Separatist bomb shatters run-up to Indian polls

Bangladesh-linked group thought to be behind bomb attacks which take place a day before Indian PM due to visit

After Latest Brinksmanship, Engaging North Korea - Council on Foreign Relations


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H11 IHT

EUROPE European press review

FT Germany’s policy of containment Europe’s biggest economy has been badly hit by a fall in demand for investment goods

ECB rejects euro short cuts in east Europe The European Central Bank dismissed proposals for EU states in eastern Europe to scrap their currencies and introduce the euro without formally joining the eurozone

Profile: Anders Fogh Rasmussen

WSJ Bosnia Is a Balkan Hurdle By Borut Grgic The country's factions aren't moving toward the EU.

A different Europe greets Obama Barack Obama may be personally popular, but there is no hiding the fact that the United States has badly mismanaged its stewardship of the world economy.

Fresh face wins reputation as Kiev’s Obama An increasing number of Ukrainian voters see Arseniy Yatseniuk as an alternative to three leaders whose mud-slinging power struggle has dominated politics since 2004

At least 150 feared dead in Italy quake

Amnesty Greece: Alleged Abuses in the Policing of Demonstrations

· Hungary Blindsided By Russian Entry Into Oil and Gas Company BY: Vladimir Socor | Eurasia Daily Monitor Surgut Neftegaz appears to have vastly overpaid for OMV's stake in MOL. The Russian company bought the 21.2 percent stake for 1.4 billion Euros on March 30 on the Budapest stock exchange.

H12 RFE/RL

Google News Azerbaijan

· Scant Hope for Reformers Amid Collapse BY: Matt Purple | The Washington Times Russian reformers are still struggling, despite hopes that their country's economic crisis and warming relations with the United States might provide the basis for relaxing measures against dissent.

· Russia Sparks Energy Paranoia

BY: Jeremy Druker | ISN Security Watch The current paranoia over Russian expansion threatens to turn into outright hysteria as news emerges that a Russian company has acquired one-fifth of a Hungarian refinery.

Russia and Arms Control: Are There Opportunities for the Obama Administration? SSI

This 185-page US monograph examines the prospects for arms control progress in US-Russian relations

Prospects for U.S.-Russian Security Cooperation, SSI A 346-page US analysis of the prospects for and conditions favouring security cooperation between the US and Russia

Russia: Kremlin under Pressure on Several Sides from Emboldened Critics
With officials in Russia on the defensive over the nosediving economy, a prominent human rights activist in Moscow, Sergei Kovalev, is starting to push back against the Kremlin over what he sees as its toleration of "home-bred fascists."

H13 The Times IMF to warn toxic debts could reach $4 trillion Banks and insurers, which have owned up to $1.29 trillion in toxic assets, face increasing losses as recession deepens

Putin ally accused of murder Police in Dubai point the finger of blame at the ally of Vladimir Putin after an exiled Chechen leader was assassinated

Seize Iraq chance, Mandelson tells UK business Lord Mandelson was joined by companies including Wood Group, Rolls-Royce, HSBC, BP and Shell, on trade delegation to Iraq

Pentagon unveils large cuts to defence budget A contract to provide a fleet of new helicopters, that had been awarded in part to the British company Westland, is scrapped

Wall Street Journal The Nuclear Illusionist

Micklethwait and Woolridge: God Still Isn't Dead

Stephens: Obama's Unreality Tour

· In Defense of Derivatives and How to Regulate Them By René M. Stulz
The much-maligned financial instruments have legitimate uses.

Anti-Semitism and the Economic Crisis By Ira Stoll Many people still blame Jews for capitalism's faults

Scrap the Summers-Geithner plan

The Summers-Geithner plan needs to be scrapped. Limited Purpose Banking is the right financial fix, and the sooner we implement it, the sooner we'll really recover.

H14 Financial Times Obama: the right man at the wrong time On his European tour, Mr Obama cemented the impression that he is an unusually gifted and intelligent politician. But that does not mean he will succeed, writes Gideon Rachman

Iran candidate vows to pursue 'detente' policy Moussavi pledges to end 'extremism' in Iran

Gates unveils sweeping defence cuts Overhaul of Pentagon’s priorities

Gates under fire for deep defence cuts Robert Gates launches war against the defence industrial complex by scrapping major programmes, in a move that saw the defence secretary come under immediate fire from Congress

Baghdad bombings shatter sense of 'normality'

Obama pledge on Mideast solution President to pursue two-state approach

A chance for bankers to refocus their talents Gillian Tett on how best to use their skills

The market may be bust but so is the state Philip Stephens on Britain’s rebalancing act

A freer China would stimulate spending Minxin Pei and Ali Wyne on democracy and growth

G8 warns of hunger threat to stability Call for food production to double by 2050

H15 Los Angeles Times

Editorial

H16 American Politics

realclearpolitics memeorandum

Daily Beast Cheat Sheet

Politico ABC’s The Note MSNBC FirstReadTime ThePage Politico Playbook

PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin

H17 Daily Telegraph

H18 Independent

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

New Pentagon Budget: No Fundamental Shift

Gates' Proposal Reveals His Alienation From Procurement System

Gates Shakes Up Pentagon

Echoes of Rummy? Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ predecessor lobbied fiercely for a shift at the Pentagon to better handle asymmetric warfare. Now he may be getting his wish: Gates’ budget for 2010 reflects a new emphasis on the “irregular warfare already seen in Iraq and Afghanistan,” instead of traditional gears of war like the F-22 fighter jet and C-17 airlifter. The budget—which envisions sweeping spending changes and terminates the beleaguered Lockheed Martin VH-71 helicopter program, among others—reflects the waning conflict in Iraq, as well as an effort to reduce the use of military contractors. (Gates says the Pentagon will hire 13,000 new employees in 2010.) Despite the apparent end of orders of the F-22 jet, stocks of military developers Boeing and Lockheed Martin rose at the news

Gates cuts back projects to bolster Iraq, Afghan missions

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday recommended ceasing production of the F-22 Raptor jet fighter, cutting back other expensive, high-tech weapons systems and shifting resources into counterinsurgency campaigns such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"Tactics in Counterinsurgency," U.S. Army Field Manual Interim 3-24.2, March 2009 (6.2 MB PDF, 307 pages).

Ways to Improve U.S. Stability and Reconstruction Missions Are Outlined Source: RAND Corporation

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
· The Past and Present as Prologue: Future Warfare through the Lens of Contemporary Conflicts

"Inside the CIA's (Sort of) Secret Document Stash" by Bruce Falconer, Mother Jones, April 3.

Center for Defense Information (CDI) · Missile Defense Is Not the Solution for Long-Term Security

Center for Nonproliferation Studies · Engaging China and Russia on Nuclear Disarmament

A mostly favorable review of the CREST database was provided by historians David M. Barrett and Raymond Wasko in "Sampling CIA's New Document Retrieval System: McCone's Telephone Conversations during the Six Crises Tempest," Intelligence and National Security, vol. 20, no. 2, June 2005, pp. 332-340 (not online).

Strategic Studies Institute
· The Army's Strategic Role: An Online Debate

International Terrorism, Political Instability and the Escalation Effect IZA This 43-page paper presents a new rationale (the escalation effect) stressing domestic political instability as the main reason for international terrorism

CEIP · Reforming the Intelligence Agencies in Pakistan’s Transitional Democracy

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The Social and Economic Importance of Full Employment
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Ankara ve Güneydeki Riskler 29 Aralık 2011
İslamcı Dalga Üzerine 5 Aralık 2011
Ankara’ya Suriye ile İlgili Bazı Tahlil, Tahmin, Uyarı ve Öneriler 2 Kasım 2011
İran ile İlgili Son Amerikan İddiaları ve Türkiye 16 Ekim 2011
Ankara Suriye’de “Rejim Değişikliği” Politikasına Geçerken 28 Eylül 2011
Türk Dış Politika Gündemine Dair 7 Kısa Not 6 Eylül 2011
“Zafer İlan Et ve Kaç:” ABD ve Afganistan’dan “Sorumluca” Çekilmenin Mantığı 23 Haziran 2011
Orta Doğu'da Durum Raporu 25 Mayıs 2011
Bin Ladin’in Öldürülmesi Üzerine Notlar 25 Mayıs 2011
Bin Ladin’in Öldürülmesi Üzerine 15 Kısa Not 3 Mayıs 2011
ABD ve Karadeniz Nisan 2011

Türkiye Beşar’a Ne Demeli? Suriye'de “52 Cuma” Reformsuz Geçmez 20 Nisan 2011
Amerika-Sonrası Dünyanın Provası Olarak Libya Krizi ve Türkiye 22 Mart 2011
“Demokratikleştiremediklerimizden misiniz?”: Orta Doğu’daki Değişim Dalgasının Neden, Şekil ve Olası Sonuçları 10 Şubat 2011
Analiz Üzerine Notlar 14 Ocak 2011
Wikileaks Üzerine Notlar ve Yorumlar 23 Aralık 2010
Enerji ve Güvenliği Üzerine Notlar 29 Kasım 2010
Amerikan Travması ve Kongre Seçimleri 23 Kasım 2010
Füze Savunması Üzerine 20 Soru ve 5 Seçenek 20 Ekim 2010
Obama Ekibinde Yaprak Dökümü - Beyaz Saray’dan Kaçış mı? 12 Ekim 2010
"Kürt Devleti" Üzerine Notlar ve Çeşitlemeler 23 Eylül 2010
Mullen’ın Ankara Ziyareti 7 Eylül 2010
ABD’nin Afganistan’daki Seçenekleri 24 Ağustos 2010
Financial Times Haberinin Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri Üzerine Düşündürttükleri 18 Ağustos 2010
İsrail-ABD-İran-Türkiye Dörtgeni 26 Temmuz 2010
Bay Netanyahu Washington’a Gitti: Böyle mi Olacaktı, Obama? 16 Temmuz 2010
Stratejik Dehlizlerde Derinlik Sarhoşluğu: Bir AKP Dış Politikası Eleştirisi Temmuz 2010
Rus Casusluk Olayı: "John Le Carre mi, Austin Powers mı?" 5 Temmuz 2010
“Mahalleye Hoş Geldin”:Türkiye’nin Orta Doğu’da İlk Günü 02 Haziran 2010
Nükleer Takas: “Savaşı Bitiren Anlaşma” mı, “Acem Oyunu” mu? 20 Mayıs 2010
ABD Irak’tan Çekilirken Riskler ve Hesaplar 1 Mayıs 2010
ABD-İsrail İlişkilerinde “Normalleşme” Sancıları 22 Nisan 2010
Obama’nın Nükleer Cazibe Taarruzu: Bardağın Üçte Biri Dolu 9 Nisan 2010
ABD-İsrail İlişkilerinde “Tektonik Kayma” mı? 5 Nisan 2010
Irak Seçimleri: Sonun Başlangıcı, Başlangıcın Sonu 19 Mart 2010
Ermeni Karar Tasarısı Üzerine Notlar, Yorumlar ve Öneriler 8 Mart 2010
Ermeni Karar Tasarısı Üzerine Notlar, Yorumlar ve Öneriler 8 Mart 2010 (word)
Bütçe Açığı ve Amerikan Gerilemesinin Ekonomi Politiği 19 Şubat 2010
Cemaat-skeptic 6 Ocak 2010
AKP bir seçim daha kazanırsa burası FC olur 4 Ocak 2010
ABD bu işin neresinde? 29 Aralık 2009
Türkiye-Ermenistan Protokolü Üzerine Düşünceler 3 Eylül 2009
"Obama’nın Savaşı":AfPak Üzerine Notlar 20 Nisan 2009
Obama’nın Ardından 17 Nisan 2009
Obama’nın Türkiye Gezisi ve Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri 19 Mart 2009
ABD ve Orta Doğu Barış Süreci Mart 2009
Obama’nın “Kırkı Çıkarken” Mart 2009

ABD-PKK “İlişkisi” Üzerine Notlar Şubat 2009
Mahşerin Üç Atlısı: Ross, Holbrooke ve Mitchell 5 Şubat 2009
SOFA ABD için Irak’ta “Sonun Başlangıcı” mı? Ocak 2009
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
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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
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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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