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H1 Iraq after the Surge, a set of two companion reports from the International Crisis Group, examines the security and political aspects of the surge. The New Sunni Landscape, uniquely based on extensive interviews with insurgents, describes the sweeping changes affecting Sunni tribes, al-Qaeda in Iraq and the insurgency. The Need for a New Political Strategy analyses reasons for the current deadlock and suggests a way forward. Both point to the importance of devising a different approach that focuses on pressuring the Iraqi government to agree to political compromise, engaging in negotiations with a fuller range of Iraqi actors, including still-active insurgents, and altering the regional climate.

 

U.S. State Department Country Reports on Terrorism - Strategic Assessment

 

What War? By: Niall Ferguson | Los Angeles Times At home, the economy soars and Americans let the good times roll. Meanwhile, Iraq burns.

 

TLS Whatever happened to Old Europe? The struggle to understand how even a united continent is far from a place at the centre of the world by Mark Mazower

  

The Case Against the West By: Kishore Mahbubani | Foreign Affairs
The West is not welcoming Asia's progress, and its short-term interests in preserving its privileged position in various global institutions are trumping its long-term interests in creating a more just and stable world order.

 

Wall Street Journal Republican Brand Sinks to Record Low

McCain continues to run nearly even with Democrats Obama and Clinton, even as only 27% of voters have positive views of the Republican Party, according to the latest WSJ/NBC poll. An unprecedented 73% of voters believe the U.S. is on the wrong track. (Results)

 

Fed Cuts Rate, Signals Pause Ahead The Fed delivered its seventh interest rate cut since the credit crisis began last July but signaled the aggressive rate cutting campaign will likely pause for now. Two voters again dissented, preferring no change. (Statement)

 

Readings on Military Intelligence

 

The Times Could oil mania be coming to an end? Speculation has driven up prices - but things could be about to change

Anatole Kaletsky

 

Gas Price Formation, Structure and Dynamics IFRI This 35-page French paper focuses on gas price evolution and mechanisms in importing countries

 

Nicolas Sarkozy's Foreign Policy: Gaullist by Any Other Name \"Survival\"

 

INSS Syria, the NPT, and the IAEA - Ephraim Asculai (Institute for National Security Studies-Tel Aviv University)
An Israeli article examining the impact of the newly-released information about the Syrian reactor on the non-proliferation regime

Freedom House's 2008 report on press freedom shows a clear decline in both authoritarian countries and established democracies.

NYRB The Truth About Putin and Medvedev By Amy Knight

 

The Arab Spring, and After By Max Rodenbeck On Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East by Robin Wright.

 

The Financial Crisis: An Interview with George Soros

April 30, 2008 Quarterly Report to Congress Source: Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Full Report (PDF; 10 MB) Or download in sections (PDFs).

Iraq Reconstruction Five Years On (PDF; 90 KB)
Source: Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
One-page graphic provides info about provincial status, troop training and security incidents, construction funding and completed projects, oil revenue and exports, security funding.

 

US Digs in Against Shiite Militias - Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor


Shiite-Sunni Rift: Political, Media Hype? - Nicholas Blanford, Christian Science Monitor

 

NATO Accuses Russia of Stirring Tensions in Rebel Georgia Areas

 

Financial Times How Europe can shape the global system The end of the unipolar moment, underlined by the American fiasco in Iraq and by the ascendancy of China, Brazil and India, raises again questions about how Europe fits within. Focus on specific issues, urges Zaki Laïdi

 

A profitable Union The EU expansion of four years ago helped streamline decision-making – though not to everyone’s liking

 

EU to create new diplomatic service The EU is set to acquire a so-called External Action Service uniting officials in Brussels with diplomats from national foreign ministries

 

The contrast of the Arab world's two faces Ever since oil was discovered, the Arab world has been split between those who have too much capital and those with too little

 

Iran-Europe gas deals anger Washington The US and its allies are worried the sanctions regime against Tehran is under threat from a possible new wave of European investment in Iran’s strategically important gas sector

 

Washington Post Russia's Moves Add To Strains With Georgia

Buildup in Separatist Area Follows Downing of Drone

 

Editorial A Separate Peace? Pakistan's new government negotiates with the militants who harbor al-Qaeda and target U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

 

Building Bridges in the Back of Beyond By David Ignatius In the far reaches of Afghanistan, the U.S. Army is gradually learning how to fight a different kind of war

 

Guardian It was fun, but 1968 left us sybaritic, self-absorbed and ruled by the right Geoffrey Wheatcroft: The Paris riots 40 years ago prompt nostalgia on the left, but even the alleged cultural victories had unintended effects

 

Deployment of aircraft carrier a US 'reminder' to Iran, says Gates

US defence secretary denies the arrival of a new carrier represents an escalation in tension

 

Russia inflames tensions with Georgia

Rapid build-up of troops in Abkhazia threatens Georgia's territorial integrity, Nato warns

 

Are these Syrian nuclear pictures faked?  Ewen MacAskill: Doubts about the authenticity of three aerial photographs published by the CIA have been raised by the head of anthropology at the University of Minnesota

 

Things Are Moving, But the U.S. Is Absent By: Rami G. Khouri | The Daily Star One of the important developments in Middle Eastern diplomacy that becomes more obvious with every passing month is the continued marginalization of the United States

 

Human Rights and the Basis for EU Sanctions against Iran, The Washington Institute

 

Debka Kabul Shambles Makes Sorry Spectacle for US, NATO

H2 The American Turkey's Uncertain Future: A Symposium Five views on whether the ruling political party in Turkey is a threat to that country's democracy

 

Washington Institute Tackling Turkey's Image Problem in the European Union By Antonia Ruiz Jimenez

 

Turkish AKP not seeking extension in court case | World | Reuters

 

FT Turkey says inflation will be double target    The central bank says inflation in 2008 will be nearly double its official target in the face of rising energy and food prices, and warns of higher interest rates    

 

WORLD NEWS: Ankara eases free speech law to pacify EU ,

Senior-level talks with Iraqi Kurds in the offing

 

Internal uncertainties impede success on foreign policy issues

 

Turkey to Loosen 2008 Budget to Boost Spending on Dams, Roads Bloomberg

 

Baghdad and Kurds Close the Gap
Council on Foreign Relations

 

ERDAL ŞAFAKKuzey Irak açılımı

 

Sami Kohen Türkiye K. Irak’a açılıyor

 

Semih İdiz Türkiye’nin Suriye-İsrail barışını sağlaması zor

 

CSIS Reviving Turkey’s Stalled EU Drive?

 

CSIS'tan Türkiye-AB değerlendirmesi

 

US pressures Turkcell to abandon $1 bln Syria deal

 

TURKEY HOLDS JOINT AIR FORCE EXERCISES WITH PAKISTAN
Eurasia Daily Monitor

 

Fatma Müge Göçek -Through a Glass Darkly: Consequences of a Politicized Past in Contemporary Turkey Full Text (PDF) Free

 

Dört füze kalkanından ikisi İstanbul ve Ankara’ya

 

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası  Dış Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA TSİ 06:30 Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit      

 

 

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

 

Kırıkkale’nin 148. şehidi

 

Senior-level talks with Iraqi Kurds in the offing

 

Baghdad and Kurds Close the Gap
Council on Foreign Relations -

 

Leader of pro-Kurdish party in Turkey resigns

 

Irak’la başbakan düzeyinde diyalog

 

Conjectural not structural adjustment: Turkish u-turn policy
Kurdish Globe

 

Kurdistan's judicial power to have autonomous budget

 

KRG accepts Turkish initiative for dialogue

 

PKK’ya terörist demem Öcalan Kürt halk önderi

 

PKK’lıya taziye çadırı DTP’den

 

Irak’la stratejik diyalog zamanı

 

Barzani ile ilk temas

Türkiye birkaç gün içinde Kuzey Irak Kürt yönetimiyle ilk resmi temasını gerçekleştirecek

 

Şırnak’ta 20 PKK’lı kıstırıldı

 

Investigations opened into DTP fraternity night upheaval

 

Turkey plans to set up strategic dialogue mechanism with Iraq

 

Cevdet Aşkın Erbil'den 'PKK'ya tetik çekmeyiz' mesajı

 

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

 

Washington Institute Tackling Turkey's Image Problem in the European Union By Antonia Ruiz Jimenez

 

Revisiting NATO-ESDP Relations: Part II SDA
The 32-page second part of a discussion paper on NATO-ESDP relations

 

Asli Bayram: out of the wings on to centre stage - Times Online The German beauty queen and actress whose Turkish father was killed by neo-Nazis tackles Anne Frank on stage

 

EU welcomes 301 amendment but calls for more

 

Avrupa Birliği ile ekonomide de yolun sonu mu? SİNAN ÜLGEN -

 

Toward a unified Cyprus?
Tony Angastiniotis, Natasha Quandour

 

Akdeniz Birliği dünyayı değiştirecek

Rauf Denktaş Su meselesi

 

Avrupa, AKP'nin kapatılmasını affetmez
Francısco Veıga

 

Turkish-German economic ties

 

The Economics Of The Isolation Of Turkish Cypriots

 

The Associated Press: Turkey's parliament softens law restricting free speech

 

Turkey: Parliament Approves 'Cosmetic' Free-Speech Reform - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY

 

EU hails Turkey free speech move

 

German deputies on fact finding mission to Turkey

 

We will repel attacks against Turkey and Azerbaijan together”

 

 

 

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

 

Eleştiri dozu artınca bu fotoğraflar ortaya çıktı

 

Dünya gıda krizi sadece spekülatör işi değil MEHMET HÜSEYİN BİLGİN

 

Asli Bayram: out of the wings on to centre stage - Times Online The German beauty queen and actress whose Turkish father was killed by neo-Nazis tackles Anne Frank on stage

 

American intellectuals researching Turkish hospitality, culture

 

Cüppeli Hoca’dan ücretli ’sanal’ TV

 

Serdar Turgut Rakamların gizemi

 

Tecavüz erkekliğin şanından!

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1 Mayıs 2008 Basın Özeti

H3 AKP’nin derinliklerinde son durum

 

AK Parti, savunmasında Venedik ve Kopenhag Kriterleri'ni referans aldı

 

AKP ön savunmasını Anayasa Mahkemesi’ne verdi

 

Savunmadan general çıktı

 

İşte AK Parti'nin ön savunması

Çalık'a biçilen gerçek faiz

İşte Kamu bankalarından Sabah-atv için aldığı kredi ile tartışılan Çalık'a piyasanın biçtiği faiz oranı...

 

Serpil Yılmaz Çankaya, Şam gezisi için ne diyor?

 

Ergenekon Savcısı için HSYK’ye şikayet

 

MILLIYET Siyaset Güncel Dünya

 

Taksim kuşatması

 

İşte provokatörün planı

 

Anayasa Mahkemesi'nden önemli açıklama

 

Bugün demokrasinin 1 Mayıs'la sınav günü

 

Milliyet Son Dakika

 

Cengiz Çandar Türkiye’nin 1 Mayıs’ı; Türkiye’nin dünyadan kopuş günü...

 

Ahmet TaşgetirenBaykal ve Kesici

 

Ruşen - Çakır İşi uzatmak istemeyen Erdoğan kafasını giyotine uzatıyor 

 

HÜSEYİN GÜLERCE - Ergenekon, Amerika ve AK Parti...

 

Taha Akyol Neyin savaşı?

 

Fikret Bila Bu korku niye?

 

Hasan Cemal 1 Mayıs’a şiddet ve kan bulaşmasın!

 

Murat Yetkin Velev ki Taksim 1 Mayıs simgesi

 

İsmet Berkan AKP pazarlık mı arıyor?

 

Fehmi Koru Duvar    Noose around the neck

 

Taha Kıvanç

 

SOLİ ÖZEL Mayıs'ın 1'i

 

Şamil Tayyar

 

Ali BayramoğluAK Parti adeta bir yalnızlık arayışı içinde…

 

Yasemin Çongar

 

Ertuğrul ÖzkökAile fotoğrafından taşanlar

 

 

İsmail Küçükkaya
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