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H1 UK The National Security Strategy
report [PDF 980KB, 64 pages] Conference
Report: Nonstate Actors: Impact on International Relations and Implications
for the United States Source: National Intelligence Council Full
Report (PDF; 45 KB) How the proliferation in recent years of nonstate
actors—primarily multinational corporations, non-governmental organizations,
and super-empowered individuals—is transforming international relations. The
Politico: Story
behind the story: The Clinton myth — One big fact
has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democratic presidential
race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance of winning. Her
own campaign acknowledges there is no way that she will finish ahead in
pledged delegates. Guardian Obama
struggles to limit damage in row as white voters slip away Latest poll in
Pennsylvania by Public Policy Polling puts Clinton on 56% and Obama on 30% Iran poll shows
sanctions' failure Conservative consolidation of power shows that
international sanctions are backfiring, say analysts Afghanistan War Strains NATO Ties By: Kim Barker | The
Chicago Tribune As NATO plans for a major summit in early April, the
59-year-old defense alliance is facing a serious test over European
governments' commitment to the conflict in Afghanistan, where many members
signed up for a peacekeeping mission but found themselves in a war. Washington Post Iraqi
Shiites Given Grim Warning Leaders Predict More Attacks as Violence Tests
Sadr Cease-Fire New York Times Pakistan
to Talk With Militants, New Leaders Say
American officials
fear a softening stance just as President Pervez Musharraf has given the U.S.
a freer hand to strike at militants. Guardian The Iraq legacy: the awakening Lawrence
Korb Sunni
militia groups have helped stem the violence in Iraq but may ultimately exacerbate
political divisions and undermine security The roots of crisis Jeffrey
Sachs: Much blame for the current economic turmoil can be
placed squarely at the door of Alan Greenspan and the Fed Los Angeles Times What kind of war? Does the U.S.
need a military optimized for full-scale wars or guerrilla-style conflicts? Boston Globe Iran's
tribute to democracy THE
PARLIAMENTARY elections held last week in Iran resemble the work of a clumsy
illusionist. A Guardian Council of clerics and jurists disqualified about 90
percent of the reformists who wanted to run. The campaign was confined to a
week, and public rallies were banned. Iranian liberals claim the official
turnout figure was greatly exaggerated and a certain amount of ... (Boston Globe)
Unconditional Talks With Iran Could Lead to War By: Amir
Taheri | Asharq Alawsat Talk to almost anybody in Washington about foreign
policy these days and you are likely to hear that Iran is the number one
"international problem" for the United States Outside View: Iran's election
results By PYOTR GONCHAROV (UPI)
-- The first results of the parliamentary elections in Iran were not
sensational. As expected, the religious conservatives representing Iran's political
elite, which aim to maintain the permanence of the Islamic state's
foundations and the ayatollah regime, won recent elections by a landslide. Daily Star North
Korea and Syria: The US wants to know more By
David Ignatius Candidate
Issue Index: Iraq By BAN KI MOON Water is the common denominator in many of
the world's health and development problems Sarkozy
defends France's nuclear arsenalPresident Nicolas Sarkozy said the
country would continue to reduce the number of warheads on airplanes but
defended its arsenal as vital to deter new threats Is There an Albanian
Question? ISS This 111-page paper examines whether
there is an "Albanian Question", and if so, the nature of it Ukraine: Quo Vadis? ISS-EU Time Signs of Iran's Hand in Iraq A Gentler Iran An
alliance of moderates offers new hope for relations with the West A Monk's Struggle (Cover Story) Chainsaw Diplomacy The Iraq war has spelled the
end for muscular moralism in U.S. foreign policy. Here's what should replace
it Missile Defence in Europe:
The Political and Security Dimensions ISS-EU A 4-page
policy brief examining the key issues surrounding missile defence in Europe Financial
Times That’s
what I call progress Pragmatic plans on how to go
about setting policy, and a comprehensive set of prescriptions to try out Sarkozy
to press UK on military co-operation The
French president will push for closer defence ties when he meets Gordon Brown
in a move that could influence Britain’s most important military procurement
programme Steer
clear of Iran central bank, says US Washington
has called on international financial institutions to steer clear of doing
business with Iran’s central bank, in the US’s most wide-ranging attempt yet
to isolate Tehran financially Obama
breaks the secret code Bringing subterranean racial narratives into the light of day,
where they can be debated openly, is a risk, writes Christopher
Caldwell • 'The Global War on Terrorism: An Assessment' by Robert C.
Martinage, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments |
H2 FT Leader
Upturning Turkey There is a strong whiff of
class resentment about the establishment case that the AKP – the voice of the
socially conservative, religiously observant, but dynamic and entrepreneurial
middle classes of central Anatolia – is pursuing theocracy by stealth. Erdogan should stop stalling and
resume the constitutional revolution over which he has presided Kirkuk dispute close to boiling point Daily Star Forcibly
re-secularizing Turkey will only backfire By
Alfred Stepan LA Times My
party is good for Turkey By Egemen Bagis FT Turks
detain 12 in ultranationalist probe The leader of a Turkish nationalist party, a
journalist and the former rector of Istanbul University have been detained in
a probe into an ultra-nationalist gang alleged to have plotted a coup,
Turkish media said
Iraq: Toward Greater Turkish Involvement | Stratfor
Offering Money
Where the Big Banks Won’t Turkiye Garanti Bankasi is on no one’s list of
global financial heavyweights. But the Turkish bank is going where the
mightiest banks on Wall Street fear to tread. 21 Mart VOA - TGRT
Haber Ortak Yayınına Türkiye'nin eski Washington Büyükelçisi Faruk Loğoğlu
katıldı FT WORLD
NEWS: Resurrection of Cyprus talks raises peace hopes Sami Kohen Zor bir karar ABDÜLHAMİT BİLİCİ
- Amerika ne istiyor Afganlar ne bekliyor? EDM TURKISH
SECURITY OFFICIALS ADMIT COVER-UP IN DINK MURDER CASE LAWS
AND LOOPHOLES: AKP EXAMINES ITS LEGAL OPTIONS TO STAVE OFF CLOSURE FT MAGAZINE: Deep divide The
Ilisu project has become a flashpoint in a battle of energy versus
conservation, modern development versus social preservation, and the
political struggle of the Kurds. In pictures: Damming the
Tigris Big blow to left wing of Ergenekon IHT Turkey's
democracy on trial Ataturk's legacy is at risk - from
his institutional defenders. Journalist among 11
detained in inquiry into Turkish nationalists Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect
Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter
–
national MELİHA OKUR Barzani
Bölgesi'ni "demir ağ"la örüyoruz! 'Kürt sorununun
çözümü daha kolay'DTP'li Tuncel 'Kürt sorunu'nu İRA ve ETA ile kıyasladı
Erdoğan: Yaktıkları huzursuzluk ateşi Kurds shot dead in
northern Syria President Barzani: We Strongly Support Iraqi-US Agreement Using A Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut, The Turkish Assault on
PKK Turkey rushes to open consulate in Basra, to balance Kurds DTP'lilerin
'NEVRUZ' üniforması Special envoy Özçelik has talks in Baghdad Iraqi Kurdish Writer Says Islamic Vision in Kurdistan Only an
Illusion Turkish Kurds Hurl Stones at
Police ''Biz Türkiye'yi
vatanımız olarak biliyoruz ve bu topraklarda özgürce kardeşçe yaşamak
istiyoruz” | |
