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H1 Washington Post U.N. Imposes New Sanctions on Iran Administration Must Settle for Watered-Down Resolution

 

Analysis by Dan Balz 8 Questions That Today's Primaries Could Answer

 

Editorial The Gaza Dilemma As long as Hamas uses the territory to attack Israel, the peace process will stall.

 

Financial Times Medvedev will not declare cold war Russian interests are too deeply entangled with the west to make a straightforward policy of confrontation feasible, writes Gideon Rachman . The Russian state now effectively controls the most ’strategic’ bits of the Russian economy. However, using this power as a political weapon is harder than it sounds

 

Los Angeles Times Clear win, uncertain times in Russia Some wonder how long President-elect Medvedev would be willing to share power with his mentor Putin.

 

Analysis: Mideast situation heats up
By CLAUDE SALHANI  (UPI) -- Like a macabre jigsaw puzzle, the pieces for a generalized Middle East flare-up are slowly -- and dangerously -- falling into place.

 

Army Manual Stresses Nation Building

 

Army Unveils New Field Manual for Operations Source: U.S. Army (Army News Service) Full Manual (PDF; 7.4 MB) “We must emphasize doctrine as the driver for change,” said Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. “You can’t cement change in the organization until you adapt the institutions. That change begins with doctrine.” The rise of transnational terrorist networks, religious radicalism, ethnic genocide, sectarian violence, criminal networks and failing nation-states all imperil the United States and its national interests.

Guardian US plotted to overthrow Hamas after election victory Vanity Fair magazine reports of secret project for removal of Islamist government in Gaza

David Rose / Vanity Fair:  The Gaza Bombshell  —  After failing to anticipate Hamas's victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election, the White House cooked up yet another scandalously covert and self-defeating Middle East debacle: part Iran-contra, part Bay of Pigs.  With confidential documents

  

CFR Albright: Next US President Must Deal Quickly with Iran Nuclear Program

 

Iran’s Regional Revolution

 

IHT  Time for a new Russia strategy By NIKOLAS GVOSDEV

The U.S. approach to Russia must be based on realistic expectations.

 

How to end the U.S.-Iran standoff By WILLIAM LUERS, THOMAS PICKERING AND JAMES WALSH The best of numerous bad options for dealing with the Iran nuclear issue.

 

Ahern emerges as possible candidate for EU presidencyBertie Ahern, the prime minister of Ireland, has emerged as a possible candidate for the Europe Union's first full-time president amid uncertainty over whether the bloc is seeking a global figure like Tony Blair

 

FT Editorial Take a chance and talk to Medvedev But there must be no retreat from western principles. Whoever is Russia’s president, the west must remain committed to fostering liberal democracy in the former Soviet Union

 

Guardian The post-dictator era

Lionel Beehner and Paul Cruickshank: Old-school despots are giving way to a new generation of rulers more open to the west, whose authoritarian tendencies are stymied by globalisation

 

The bad or the worse Aluf Benn: Ehud Olmert faces two risky options to halt the violence in Gaza, but he must choose one now

 

The great threats to Europe are sclerosis and illegitimacy David Clark: There is a way to make the necessary changes to the treaty, but it requires a degree of daring that won't come naturally

Wall Street Journal An Inordinate Fear of Terrorism?
By Bret Stephens  Global View: Barack Obama sees the Islamist threat as just one among many.

 

Obama's Border Incident
His trade policy loses something in translation.

 

Election Season in Russia
By Garry Kasparov Will the next U.S. president turn a blind eye to Kremlin abuses?

 

Iran's Nuclear Threat
By Zalmay Khalilzad Violations of Security Council resolutions not only continue, but are deepening.

 

• The Meaning of Medvedev By DMITRI TRENIN

 

• Pakistan's New Frontier

 

The World Has Plenty of OilBy Nansen G. Saleri We can pump 100 million barrels of crude a day till the end of the century.

FT China looks to build up military, says US

The Chinese military is increasingly developing capabilities, including counter space programmes, to conduct military operations beyond any conflict in the Taiwan Strait, the Pentagon said

 

EurasiaNet Washington Provides the Glue that Binds Iran and Russia BY RICHARD WEITZ Although Tehran and Moscow both wish to curb US influence in the Caspian Basin, important differences continue to trouble Iranian-Russian relations.

 

RFE Armenia: Will Violence Fuel Passions Further?

 

Christian Science Monitor

 Can Clinton slow Obama-mentum? She faces heavy pressure in Texas and Ohio primaries.

 

Iran reformers hemmed in ahead of elections Hard-liners consolidate their hold as March 14 parliamentary polls approach.

 

U.S. warship stirs Lebanese fear of war The USS Cole has deployed off the coast of Lebanon as that nation's political crisis deepens.

 

Independent  Mary Dejevsky: The old Soviet traditions still endure in Russia

 

Leading article: An election in name only

H2  Turkey May Launch New Incursion in Iraq  

 

"Operasyon siyasi amaçlıydı"

 

Karayılan AFP'ye operasyonu anlattı

 

US seeks to balance Turkish, Iraqi Kurdish interests Turkish offensive's gains outweigh downsides, defense analysts say

  

Reflections on the February 2008 Turkish Operation in Northern Iraq
Counterterrorism Blog

 

Balancing relations with Turks and Kurds Bulent ALİRIZA

 

Mar 4 SD# 1858 - PKK Military Wing Commander: Turkey May Become 'Exact Replica of Iraq'

VOA News - Author Graham Fuller Talks About His Book.   Mp3

 

OxAn TURKEY: AKP Kurdish policy risks polarisation

 

The Struggle for Kirkuk Institute for War and Peace Reporting,

 

PKK TRIUMPHANT AS ANKARA RETREATS FROM NORTHERN IRAQ Eurasia Daily Monitor

 

Turkey in Iraq: Not over but out ISN

 

İzmir Turkey’s global city Le Monde Diplomatique After almost of century of Turkish dominance, and decades of ruination followed by neglect, Izmir has regained its modern, Mediterranean, international identity. Europe and Asia intertwined here in the past, and maybe will do so again in the future By Philip Mansel


New York Sun Editorial The Northern Front

 

Turk army chief says more Iraq operations possible

 

 GOOD MORNING --TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON MAR 03

   

 

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

 

Berat Özipek Diyarbakır sivil anayasayı bekliyor

 

MELİHA OKUR
Irak'ta yeni anahtar Musul olabilir mi?

 

The explosive Turkey/Iraq/US "threeway" situation explained

 

Iraqi Kurdish Party to Present Petition to Parliament for Reopening Offices

 

PKK Official Says Iraqi President Aided Turkey's Military Incursion - Paper

 

Cevdet Aşkın PKK'nın tasfiyesinde askeri yönteme devam

Birileri söyledi! Baykal, "Kuzey Irak’a kara harekâtı ABD’nin isteği üzerine sonlandırılmadı" açıklamalarını kabul etmedi

“PKK ve PEJAK'a karşı beraber savaşmalıyız”

Özcan Yeniçeri Türkiye'nin operasyonu ve Amerikan tutumu!

 

İsrafil Kumbasar 'Girmek' için özel izin isteyenler, 'hemen çıkın' denilince de çıkarlar

 

Sıra psikolojik harekatta

 

İran'a Yeni Yaptırım Paketi Onaylandı

 

Hakan Aygün "Çekilme"deki gerçek yalanlar!

 

Nasreddin Hoca eşekten düşmüş, `Zaten inecektim' demiş'

 

Mine G. Kırıkkanat Operasyon mu, epilasyon mu?

 

Security officials seize 2 tons of drugs smuggled by PKK

 

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

 

Guardian Cypriot get-together?  James Ker-Lindsay The election of Cyprus's new president offers hope for the islands reunification but there are many difficult issues that will need to be negotiated first

 

M Ali Birand  AKP, Avrupa'ya sırt mı dönüyor?

 

Government to revive EU bid in spring

 

Hasan Cemal Türkiye’yle AB’de barış ve demokrasi iç içedir!

 

Akdeniz Birliği kuruluyor

 

Cyprus President speaks to ANA-MPA
Athens News Agency

Cengiz Aktar AKP’li değil AB’li Türkiye

 

Rauf Denktaş Hadi Uluengin'e cevap

 

Çiçek’ten aydınlara: Her yasaya AB için mi diyelim

 

Direct trade must be liberated
Sylvia TİRYAKİ

 

Yalçın Doğan ’Bir adam vardı yangında’

 

Ankara'nın dışladığı Paris, Nabucco'ya Bükreş üzerinden girmeye çalışıyor

 

Sarkozy’den Türkiye’ye Romanya üzerinden mesaj

 

Call for Conference: EU-Turkey: The Strategies Of Intercommunication

 

 Turkey's President Gul visiting Romania amid differences over ...

 

Nabucco gas project facing a cascade of defections

 

İslam karşıtı film, NATO'yu ayağa kaldırdı

 

Rival Turkish, Greek Cypriot leaders to meet this month: UN