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H1 Independent US and
Iran holding 'secret' talks on nuclear programme Iran and the
United States have been engaged in secret "back channel" discussions
for the past five years on Iran's nuclear programme and the broader
relationship between the two sworn enemies, The Independent can reveal. Debka Special: Bush leaves everyone guessing about his real
plans for Iran Three American
ex-diplomats led by Thomas R. Pickering are engaged in discreet conversations
with Iranians on their suspect nuclear program. IAEA, Iran Meeting
Abruptly Canceled American Conservative The Guns of
April by Leon Hadar All roads lead to Sarajevo Gates:
Unlikely US Will Stumble Into War With Iran Washington Post Iraq
Fires Policemen, Soldiers Editorial Countering
Iran Tehran's 'special groups' in Iraq are just one element of a regional
threat Bailout
Nation By David Ignatius Bestowing economic special favors now means the
next crisis will be worse. The
Question Petraeus Can't Answer By David S. Broder One question David
Petraeus won't answer. War
at the Pentagon By Jim Hoagland Should we fight to win or repair a broken
Army? World
Bank Chief Calls for Immediate Action on Deepening Global Food Crisis Food
Prices Could Stir Social Unrest, IMF Warns Politico: 12 reasons why 'bitter' bad for Obama Newsweek Don't Feed China's Nationalism by
Fareed Zakaria State and Defense: For Once, Opposites
Attract Mark Hosenball and Evan Thomas The comity between the two
is a '180- degree turn' from Rumsfeld and Powell.
Atlantic Monthly Unforgiven Can Israel
overcome its paralysis to make the hard choice necessary for its survival as
a Jewish democracy? by Jeffrey Goldberg Guardian The
rules need changing Leader: The world is in 'the largest
financial shock since the Great Depression', says the International Monetary
Fund Rich
states failing to lead on emissions, says UN Developing countries are unwilling to sign up to new global
climate change pact to replace Kyoto protocol The US needs to talk about class, but
politicians don't have the vocabulary No one is addressing the
concerns of white working-class Americans, least of all the current
Democratic candidates, says Gary Younge Foreign
Policy Greenspan’s
Follies There’s just one problem with Alan Greenspan’s
attempts to defend his record on the financial crisis: The former Fed chairman
is guilty as charged. Latest edition of Armed Forces Journal Assessing the Surge
by Ralph Peters. USIP Resurrecting the Wall of Fear: The Human
Rights Situation in Syria ...
E-Notes:
Robert Kaplan on the New Balance of
Power - FPRI
Sunday Times German alarm at Sarkozy union France invites Mediterranean rim countries, including
Libya, Syria and Israel to a European Union summit in Paris in July Boston Globe Making up for
America's lost clout A GROWING NUMBER of nations are engaged in behavior that the United
States does not approve of - from selling advanced technologies to
"rogue states" to actively supporting groups battling America and
its allies. As the presidential candidates attempt to define their grand
strategy, they must contemplate what tools the United States has for
modifying the behavior of its adversaries. (By Ray Takeyh and Nikolas Gvosdev) Boston
Globe How
to defuse a human bomb Since 9/11, the
focus of the war on terrorism has been to capture or kill terrorists. Only
now are thinkers turning to the equally vital question of what it would take
to persuade a terrorist to give up the life. (By Drake Bennett) The Iraq wars
Confused by the war in Iraq? No wonder.
There isn't just one, there are three. By Juan Cole New York Times Iraq
Dismisses 1,300 After Basra Offensive Editorial All
the Time He Needs President Bush gave himself all the time he needs to
walk away from one of the biggest strategic failures in American history. 'Terror
and Consent' By PHILIP BOBBITT Reviewed by
NIALL FERGUSON Philip Bobbitt’s treatise on foreign policy is a manifesto for a
new Atlanticism, not just a reassertion but a reinvention of the dominant
role of the Anglo-American alliance. Israel
Can Stand Up for Itself By
ZEV CHAFETS President Bush, the greatest friend Israel has had in the
White House, hasn’t been able to keep a commitment to prevent Iran from
developing nuclear weapons
Obama,
Now on the Defensive, Calls ‘Bitter’ Words Ill-Chosen Senator Barack Obama tried to explain a comment that small-town
voters, frustrated by the economy, “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to
people who aren’t like them.” Jerusalem
Post Shin
Bet admits to torture using relatives as bargaining chips Ha’aretz – Israel concerned Iran
arming Hezbollah by sea Israel,
U.S. sign nuclear cooperation agreement Accord is part of Israel's
efforts to receive int'l help in ensuring safety of aging Dimona nuclear
reactor Zvi Bar'el:
Israel treating Hamas as government of a state While Hamas is no peace
partner, it is integral to 'non-warfare,' and a Palestinian unity government
is necessary for Hamas to carry out that job. “James Fallows has a
fantastic
post on the contrast between the outsider's view of China as a
rapidly-rising superpower and the view from inside of China as a very poor
country wracked with enormous problems and challenges.” PAPER:
Why China is the REAL master of the universe... Iran to offer
package of solutions to 5+1 Tehran Times Iran-UN nuclear talks postponed A
meeting between the UN's nuclear chief and Iran's chief negotiator is
postponed, Iranian media say. Financial
Times Deal
to ease EU reliance on Russian gas The European Union has
had a breakthrough in its efforts to lessen dependence on Russian energy with
a concrete offer of extra supplies from Turkmenistan G8
ponders new approach to Tehran The world’s big powers are to discuss
greater incentives for Iran to halt its nuclear programme, but their parallel
effort to intensify sanctions is encountering problems The
fiscal consequences of the Bush administration Competition
for “most damaging legacy of the Bush administration” is lively. Iraq is the
front-runner, of course. All three presidential contenders criticise the
administration on this, but none is offering much improvement, writes Clive
Crook Precious
grains As record prices for staples spark unrest around
the world, an already distorted trade is being burdened with more
restrictions Tom
Barnett KnoxNews. The wrench in
the works for planning future wars Juan
Cole Iran Supported al-Maliki against Militias: OSC; Is the Baker
Plan Back? Did Iran Expel Muqtada? Helena Cobban Iraq: A
sinkhole, not a quagmire Afghanistan
should be NATO's priority Jerusalem
Post Israel fears US will sell top fighter jets
to Saudi Arabia Defense Ministry presents Pentagon with Israeli
'shopping list,' including F-22 fighters and laser-guided smart bombs. Sadr says US will always be enemy US GIs in Iraq Suffer Worst Week of '08 Iraq dismisses
1,300 soldiers, policemen for not fighting in Basra Los Angeles Times Target:
Bin Laden By Steve Coll The shaky politics of Pakistan and doubts
about Al Qaeda could soon put the terrorist leader in our grasp. Afghanistan
fighting poised to escalate A Marine unit arrives, raising hope that
NATO will tame the south. But many Taliban fighters are returning after a
winter lull. Iraqi
marriages are a casualty of war The number of divorces has
doubled since the conflict began. Sectarian tensions and joblessness are
among the reasons In
Iraq, a quiet philosophical retreat for U.S. military The idealistic goal of democracy is giving way to a
practical emphasis on security, officers suggest. Gvosdev Liberty Fund: Realism, Order and Liberty in American Foreign
Policy An Exit Strategy in Afghanistan by
Patrick Seale WSJ Food Inflation, Riots Spark Worries
World leaders discussed
global shortages of food. Policy makers at meetings of the IMF and World Bank
said U.S. policies pushing corn-based ethanol and other biofuels have
deepened woes, as higher commodity prices pressure some of the world's
poorest nations. Wall Street Journal Dollar
Alarm Rose-Colored Foreign Policy Foreign Policy The
List: The Next Dictators to Go Salon How
Iraq spawned wider terrorist chaos As experts long warned, Islamic
militants steeped in urban warfare against U.S. troops in Iraq have expanded
their violent campaign beyond Iraq's borders. |
H2 Turkey's
four-star generals protest Turkish-US meeting Ömer Taşpınar Lost in
Translation Sami
Kohen Kadının
seçme özgürlüğü AB’nin temel prensibidir Osman Ulagay Barroso’nun ziyareti ve diyalogsuzluk
tehlikesi Soli Özel Barroso'dan sonra
FARUK LOGOGLU Is the EU helping or hurting Turkish democracy? AK
Party closure case and EU-Turkey monologueby JOOST LAGENDIJK* Cumhuriyet elitleri Kürtlere takiyye
yaptı Emin Pazarcı PKK’da “sevişme” kriteri Mehmet Metiner Bir bölgeyi yok varsaymak Wall Street Journal Rising
Costs Show Risks To Romania and Turkey Durmuş Hocaoğlu Türkiye-AB
Münâsebetlerinde Tehlikeli Gelişmeler "Elveda
Rumeli" den "Elveda Anadolu" ya! Olur mu? Neden Olmasın? Eser Karakaş AB desteğinin dönüşen yapısı Ferai Tınç Barroso’nun kapatma davası yorumu Yavuz Baydar Let us
hope that lessons are learned 'Türkiye füze kalkanına izin verdi'
iddiası Sunday Times German alarm at Sarkozy union France invites Mediterranean rim countries, including
Libya, Syria and Israel to a European Union summit in Paris in July Amerikan-Türk
Konseyi toplantıları başlıyor Almanya'da PKK'ya Karşı Operasyonlar [Washington
- Ali H. Aslan] Şahdamarına diş geçirmek Ardan Zentürk ABD-İRAN: Barışa doğru... Sedat Sertoğlu Bir hayalin sonu: Nabucco İhsan Dağı How to
explain the European support for the AK Party Hukuki sürece saygılıyız ama kararı
değerlendiririz PM:
Kurdish Peshmerga Remains Not Effected by Crackdown on Militias The Constitution of Iraq and the Issue of Kerkuk Jerusalem Post New Armenian genocide museum Several blocks from the White House, Armenian-Americans
are building a genocide museum. Like the US Holocaust Memorial Museum down
the street, its location will make it impossible to ignore. Is Turkey approaching the Kyoto Protocol? [Röportaj
- Servet Yanatma] Yunan büyükelçiden sıcak mesajlar Turkey's EU bid treated differently in French, British,
Greek press BBC Turkey's
taboos Wilson:
Türkiye, fırsatlar ülkesi Judicial activism’s quarrel with legitimacy and
democracy Indian-Turkish relations poised on brink of
redefinition İç Basında Türk Dış
Politikası Dış
Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect
Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national
Murat Yetkin - Bu
gidişle Kürt Hamas'ı da yolda Cumhuriyet
elitleri Kürtlere takiyye yaptı DTP’deki
yol ayrımı
The Constitution of Iraq and the Issue of Kerkuk Barzani'nin adamıydı; iflas etti
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