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H1  Washington Post When Carrots and Sticks Don't Work By Zbigniew Brzezinski and William Odom,  American policy toward Iran is not only ineffective but also illogical.

 

Sadr Pursues Image to Match His Power Unexpected Heir Studies, Strategizes to Become an Icon Like His Father

 

Guardian Post-American Israel

Dominique Moisi The 41-year-old special relationship between the US and Israel seems to be ending. What will follow it?

 

New York Times Nuclear Agency Accuses Iran of Willful Lack of Cooperation  A report issued by the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Iran’s suspected research into developing nuclear warheads remains “a matter of serious concern” needing “substantive explanations.”

DAVID BROOKS The Running Mate Choice A presidential candidate should be selecting a vice president on the basis of who can help him govern successfully and get him re-elected.

 

Olmert Says He Gave No Commitment on Golan

U.N. Blames Russia for Downed Drone

 

Los Angeles Times Iraqis losing patience with militiamen

Muqtada Sadr's Mahdi Army militia has provided services and protection to residents, but fighting in recent weeks has endangered their lives.

 

Christian Science Monitor Iran, U.S. leaning toward talks? Recent events suggest both Tehran and Washington may be willing to engage in dialogue.,,

 

The next president has to promote democracy better Amid democratic recession, the US must rethink its freedom agenda.

 

New Republic The Jihadist Revolt Against Bin Laden  Why his Islamic radicals have turned on the Al Qaeda leader. by Peter Bergen and Paul Cruickshank

 

Al Qaeda: The Rebellion Within - Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker

 

Sistani Opposes SOFA; "As Long as he is Alive; Al-Maliki Advisor seems to, Too; 5 Killed, 22 Injured in Baghdad

  

Tom Barnett reviews Kagan and Zakaria Scripps Howard.

 

 IHT  The 'fiction of affluence' has Greeks uneasy Greece, with an economy that is slipping toward obsolescence, has its work cut out for itself: bloated state-owned companies, a wallet-busting pension system and old-fashioned universities.

 

New rules for the Middle East

By RAMI G. KHOURI Iran, Turkey, Hezbollah, Hamas and Israel share one and only one common trait: They routinely ignore Washington's advice.

 

Guardian This mini-league of nations would cause only division

Shashi Tharoor: John McCain wants to create a new alliance to circumvent the UN. We mustn't let this idea gain consensus in Washington

 

Crisis talks on global food prices

Summit in Rome expected to pledge immediate aid to poor countries threatened by malnutrition

 

Wall Street Journal How Bush Sold the War
By Douglas J. Feith Security, not democracy, was the reason we invaded Iraq. Why the radical shift in presidential rhetoric?

 

Financial Times On Israel and the US campaign bus Dealing with accusations of anti-semitism or anti-Israeli sentiment is draining and time-consuming for a presidential candidate. It is easier to chuck a controversial adviser under the bus. But America’s absolutism on the Middle East is reducing its influence, writes Gideon Rachman

 

Recession still likely in US, says Greenspan ‘Greater than 50 per cent probability’

 

Iran reformists upbeat despite poll defeat In spite of only comprising 15 per cent of the new parliament, reformists are optimistic about the influence they will wield in the new legislature

 

EU backs mandate for Russia talks Foreign ministers have approved a negotiating mandate for a new partnership agreement with Russia. It could cover energy and broad areas such as trade and security

 

DT Taliban uses Iraq-style tactics in Kabul Taliban militants have begun infiltrating districts around Kabul, adopting Iraq-style insurgency tactics against Nato forces and the fragile Afghan government.

 

New foreign policy body an opportunity EU cannot afford to miss, says report   A new Chatham House Report, The European External Action Service: Roadmap for Success, sets out ten key policy recommendations that would ensure that the EAS is the most effective possible instrument for its task. Download Paper here

 

CFR The Candidates on Defense Policy

 

Ha’aretz  Palestinians reject Israeli offer to hand over 91.5% of W. Bank

 

MI: Syria still transferring arms to Hezbollah,

 

Rand Unbeknownst to US, Islamic Media Shapes the Mid-East

 

Jerusalem Post Our World: Utopian peace junkies

Reality has counted for little in Israel's political and strategic discourse in recent years.

 

Daily Star Now we move on to Hizbullah's future By Nicholas Blanford

 

Japan’s Nuclear Future: Policy Debate, Prospects, and U.S. Interests (PDF; )
Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS)  Full Report (PDF; 124 KB)

 

WP A Patriot's Progress By E. J. Dionne Jr., By calling young Americans to service, Obama can make patriotism a winning issue.

 

Radar Magazine has an interesting piece by Christopher Ketcham that asks, "Is the government compiling a secret list of citizens to detain under martial law?"”

 

BloggingHeads Steven Simon & David Frum: Surging and Appeasing

 

WINEP The U.S.-Israel-Egypt Trilateral Relationship: Shoring Up the Foundation of Regional Peace

 

Lebanese Crisis Ends: Hizballah Victory or Temporary Truce?

 

EurasiaNet Russia-Kazakhstan: Medvedev Tries to Pick Up Where Putin Left Off
BY JOANNA LILLIS
New Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, making his first foreign foray as president, visited Kazakhstan to emphasize the importance of energy issues in the Kremlin’s geopolitical mindset. While Medvedev and Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev offered effusive praise for bilateral ties, the host nevertheless stressed that Astana’s energy-export policy would continue to be based on pragmatic considerations, and not Russian wishful thinking.

 

Ehsan Ahrari Iraq: Breaking Up is Hard to Do

 

Time A New Man for Lebanon's Old Puzzle

The Return of Iraq's Ayatollah

H2  Apo ile Talabani’nin 17 yıllık kasedi çıktı

 

 PM says Olmert requested Turkish mediation with Syria

 

OPINION: Escaping forwards —Uri Avnery Turkey is now a partner in the game. Even Olmert understands that it will be sheer folly to annoy the Turks

 

Cevdet Aşkın Kürtlerin yükselen yıldızı Neçirvan Barzani

 

DTP’de Türk-Ayna savaşı şiddetleniyor

 

Kürt yönetimi taviz vermeden Kerkük'te referandum olmaz

 

Citing drought, Iraq asks Turkey for more water

 

Turkey to take important steps on Kyoto Protocol

 

Türkiye bölgesel hakem rolü üstlendi

 

Savaş Süzal ABD desteklese de desteklemese de

 

Conceptualizing Turkey right: Post-Islamism vs. neo-secularism
Pinar K. TREMBLAY

 

Olmert Says He Gave No Commitment on Golan

 

Shell to be partner in Samsun-Ceyhan project, deal in June

 

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

 

Cevdet Aşkın Kürtlerin yükselen yıldızı Neçirvan Barzani

 

DTP’de Türk-Ayna savaşı şiddetleniyor

 

‘PKK problem requires political solution’

 

[YORUM - BEJAN MATUR] Diyarbakır'da devlet

G.Doğu paketi bugün açılıyor

Erdoğan, Diyarbakır çıkarmasında öncelikli projeleri açıklayacak

 

Hükümetin Diyarbakır çıkarması

 

Bush memnun etti siyasi çözüm istedi

 

PKK'nın kayıp arşivi Ergenekon'da mı? -

 

Suriye ‘Libya modeli’ peşinde

 

Hüsnü Mahalli Basit mantık

 

ERDAL ŞAFAK Beyrut mesajları

 

Baydemir'den Erdoğan'a yine boykot

 

DTP’den davet protestosu

 

Sami Kohen Lübnan’da yeni bir başlangıç

 

Kerim Balcı The sun rises from the East

 

Mete Çubukçu: Ortadoğu’da blöfü görmek

 

Iran - Turkey Gas Flow Halted After Blast

 

PKK için siyasi çözüm gerekiyor

 

Türkiye Cumhuriyeti pasaportu
NURAY MERT

 

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL Bir 'Osmanlı Barışı' mümkün!

 

Iraq: Kurds say no to elections in Kirkuk The Iraqi Kurdish leadership wants to postpone the provincial elections in the disputed areas, including the city of Kirkuk, until Article 140 of the constitution is implemented, Kurdish Globe reports.

 

Güneydoğu'da susuz afet

 

Yalçın Bayer GAP’ı kaptırmamak için yol haritası

 

İran’ı sevmek NAMIK KEMAL ZEYBEK

 

[NEWS ANALYSIS] Mideast states increasingly ignore US views

 

Arslan Bulut Erdoğan'ın GAP'ı satma operasyonu!

Turkey seizes 31 tons opium, 13 tons heroin in 2007; PKK drug links growing

 

Kurdistan issues in press interviews: KRG riddled with corruption ...

 

Diziler, Arapların Türkiye'ye ilgilerini daha fazla artırıyor

 

PHOTOS: Kirkuk's Provincial Police Chief Inspects IPs in Zaab

 

 

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

 

 

AB ‘dikkat’ çekti

 

Brükselde gündem Türkiye

 

The EU’s safe guide on insulting Turkey

 

Bakanı, Sarkozy'e dokundurdu: Bana kalsa 6 müzakere faslı açarım

 

Turkish, Greek commanders’ meeting marred by criticism

 

German Ambassador: AK Party government is a secular one

 

Yusuf KANLI Cyprus fine tuning

 

Catholics Hope Turkey Opens Church For St Paul Year

 

AB Türkiye'ye sunacağı tutum belgesini onayladı

 

Eurasia versus 'Eureuropa'
Sylvia TİRYAKİ

 

EU shouldn't interfere in our business
Orhan KİLERCİOĞLU

 

Ali Babacan: "Katılım kelimesi rahatsız ediyor"

 

In Greek-Turkish Relations…it takes two to tango American Chronicle

 

Talat, Brüksel mesaisinde

 

Poland: EU should help east prepare for membership

 

Greek media questions its stance over Turkey Ariana FERENTINOU

 

AB’den Babacan’a güvence

 

Babacan, AB'ye 'müzakere çerçeve belgesi'ni hatırlatacak

 

Atatürk ve Venizelos’un izindeyiz

 

Agos gazetesi çalışanlarına ceza istemi

 

Kosovo Turks’ fear of albanianization by HAJRUDIN SOMUN*

 

The headscarf: political symbols and constitutionalism by Christopher Vasillopulos*

 

Gila Benmayor