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

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

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

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

White House Criticizes Envoy Over Iran

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

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

Foreign Policy Seven Questions: The World According to Hamas

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

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

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

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

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

Washington Monthly Competing Visions of the Presidency

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Contemplating a Post-NATO World Family Security Matters

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

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

Europe leaders warned against 'artificial' cures for global crisis

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

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

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

Robert Wright & Francis Fukuyama: Unlikely Bumper Stickers Edition

CFR China’s Yin, India’s Yang

Policy for the Next President: Fair Trade or Free Trade

Stratfor The Geopolitics of Dope

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

International Perspectives on Interagency Reform

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

H 2 NYT News Analysis: For Many Turks, Head Scarf’s Return Aids Religion and Democracy

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

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

EDM AKP PRIORITIZING HEADSCARF OVER EU

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

Türkiye Suriye İlişkileri

Washington Times Ending near for college scarf ban

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

Stratfor Iraq: Kurds, Foreigners and Oil

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

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

BBC Turkish MPs plan headscarf reform

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