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H1 Washington Post N. Koreans Taped At Syrian Reactor Video Played a Role in Israeli Raid

Israelis Claim Secret Agreement With U.S. Americans Insist No Deal Made on Settlement Growth

NYT New Jobs Set for 2 Generals With Iraq Role The two commanders most closely associated with President Bush’s current strategy in Iraq would be elevated into new posts extending into the next administration.

POLITICS-US: Petraeus Promotion Frees Cheney to Threaten Iran

Anthony Cordesman, CSIS "The Shi’ite Gamble: Rolling the Dice for Iraq’s Future."

Jerusalem Post 'Israel will return Golan if Syria cuts ties with terror' Diplomatic officials to 'Post': Damascus must end support for Hamas, expel Mashaal, distance itself from Iran, and cut Hizbullah ties.

Concerns mount over IAF strike briefing Officials: Revelations could "embarrass" Assad, create pressure to attack Israel, postpone talks.

Rattling the Cage: Not one inch By LARRY DERFNER Israel's stance is - first give us 100% peace, and then we'll decide how much land to give you

Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS: New espionage affair may be old story, but will greatly damage Israel

Don't be afraid of peace with Syria

Syrian leak / Talking through the press

Repressing the Iranian Threat By: Yuval Steinitz | Haaretz
The underestimation of Iran's nuclear program undermines the effort to save the world from a situation in which a fundamentalist regime holds nuclear arms

Lessons From Dayton for Iraq By: Richard Holbrooke | The Washington Post Twelve

Newsweek Army Spy Arrest Has Ties to Pollard Case

Israel: No Spying on US Since 1985

New York Times For Democrats, Questions Over Race and Electability As Barack Obama struggles to wrap up the nomination, Democrats are wondering, if not worrying, about what role race may be playing

Assessing Strength of Contenders in Swing States Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is best positioned to win in the fall, but exit polling shows that Barack Obama could do just as well.

Groups With Iran’s Backing Blamed for Baghdad Attacks

CIA to Describe North Korea-Syria Nuclear Ties By: Paul Richter and Greg Miller | Los Angeles Times CIA officials will tell Congress on Thursday that North Korea had been helping Syria build a plutonium-based nuclear reactor, a U.S. official said, a disclosure that could touch off new resistance to the administration's plan to ease sanctions on Pyongyang.

Iraq's Political Refugees in Limbo By: Saleh al-Mutlaq | The Boston Globe The MEK has a controversial image in the Middle East and in the West.

Shot by Both Sides By: Fred Kaplan | Slate Which is it: Are the Iranians extraordinarily clever, or are we extraordinarily dim? Certainly, when it comes to pursuing our respective interests in Iraq, they seem to be thinking and acting strategically, while we seem not to be

Climate Change 'May Put World at War' By: Charles Clover | The Telegraph Climate change could cause global conflicts as large as the two world wars but lasting for centuries unless the problem is controlled, a leading defence think tank has warned.

FT Iraqi offensive draws extra forces to Basra The US military presence in Basra has grown to 800 troops as its soldiers provide increased support to an Iraqi government offensive against militias

Is Social Europe Fit for Globalization?European Commission This 223-page study examines whether the European social model is fit to rise to the challenges of globalization

Estimating the Impact of the Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam’s Global Gathering
Source: Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Faculty Research Working Paper Series Full Paper (PDF; 4.4 MB)

WINEP Winning the War on Terror: Marking Success and Confronting Challenges On April 23, 2008, Deputy National Security Advisor Juan Zarate addressed The Washington Institute where he laid out the administration's strategy, successess and issues requiring an ongoing and long term commitment. His full comments are available here.

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Iranian Parliamentary Elections and Ahmadinezhad's Discontents

Louis René Beres and Isaac Ben-Israel on Too late to dissuade Iran?

Guardian Win gives Clinton fresh momentum Democrat candidate claims 'tide is turning' in her favour following win in Pennsylvania primary

Whoever wins, prepare for a letdown Timothy Garton Ash: None of the presidential candidates can deliver what the world wants

Pentagon wants 'surge' general for top job Bush administration wants the leader of US war effort in Iraq to become Middle East commander

Rand Good Morning, Syria! – Time to Revisit Our Axis of Evil List?

Wall Street Journal Plutonium on the Euphrates
The North Koreans, Syria, and the U.S.

Battlefield Promotions
At last, Bush sticks with the right war-time generals.

Eastern Solidarity
Timely support at NATO for Georgia and Ukraine. Review & Outlook

Is Obama Ready for Prime Time?
By Karl Rove The Illinois senator is still the favorite, but his November problems grow

Foreign Policy Seven Questions: The Silent Tsunami

Can democracy save the planet?, John Elkington John Lotherington

Washington Times Syria's nuke facility was nearly finished

Russia accused of 'creeping annexation' Russia is engaged in a "creeping annexation" of two separatist enclaves inside Georgia, Foreign Minister David Bakradze charged this week, saying the Kremlin had escalated its hostile policy toward its neighbor by shooting down an unmanned Georgian surveillance plane over the weekend.

Is Social Europe Fit for Globalization?European Commission This 223-page study examines whether the European social model is fit to rise to the challenges of globalization

Is Europe turning right?
GulfNews - By Amir Taheri

Will the Real Serbia Please Stand up?,* the latest policy briefing from the International Crisis Group

Gvosdev Global NATO Once Again

MESH Jordanian option

H 2 FT Secular Strains: Turkish Political Islam Comes Under New Fire By: Vincent Boland and John Thornhill

AKP, tabanının dar gündemine dönüyor...

Laiklik vurgusu Condi’nin kararı

SOLİ ÖZEL Irak, Kerkük ve PKK

Daily Star Editorial Lebanon could gain by recognizing - and enlisting - the new Turkey

Northern Iraq Is Fragile, So Turkey Should Be Careful By: Steven A. Cook | The Daily Star With all the attention in Iraq over the last five years focused on the fate of Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, the conflict between Sunnis and Shiites, the role of Iran, the security of Anbar Province, the "surge" and, most recently, the further deterioration of Basra, the situation in northern Iraq has only received sporadic attention.

Guardian Leader In praise of ... Arat Dink

Tensions remain high along Iraq's borders with Turkey and Iran

Turkey Seeks Bigger Pipeline Role, Roils Europe It Aims to Join By: Celestine Bohlen | Bloomberg News
Turkey is playing hardball in the geopolitical struggle over an $8 billion pipeline at the center of Europe's efforts to cut dependence on Russian natural gas

The Paradoxes of Turkish Democracy

'Türkiye İsrail'le Suriye Arasında Arabulucu'

Türkiye, Golan Tepeleri için devrede

BM: 'Türkiye Gıda Krizinden Etkilenebilir'

One Step Closer: EU Wants to Speed up Membership Talks with Turkey - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

US reporter fires back at Öymen, releases tape records

McClatchy Turkish court threatens to oust government that lifted head scarf ban

PDF | Dion Nissenbaum transcript of his interview in Turkey on head scarves

DAR AL ISLAM-TURKEY: THE REIMERGING ISLAM IN TURKEY

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