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H1  New York Times Peace Fills a Vacuum By HUSSEIN AGHA and ROBERT MALLEY Intent on isolating its foes, the United States has instead ended up marginalizing itself.

 

Iraqi Premier May Discuss Allegations in Iran Visit

 

America, Israel & the Threat From Iran - Senator John McCain, AIPAC

  

Iraqi Govt Has Problems With US Security Pact

 

Washington Post Syria to Meet With Weapons Inspectors About Site Bombed by Israel

 

Editorial A Greener Revolution If wealthy countries pitch in, higher food prices could jump-start African agriculture.

 

Obama Is Poised To Clinch Victory Clinton Ponders Options at Finish Line

 

Car Bomb Hits Danish Mission In Islamabad Attack in Capital of Pakistan Leaves as Many as Eight Dead

 

Financial Times We cannot go on eating like this On the subject of per capita consumption, western politicians struggle to find a convincing response to complaints from the developing world. But they will struggle just as hard to persuade their voters to cut back to accommodate the rise of a richer China and India, writes Gideon Rachman

 

Get involved over Georgia Moscow seems determined to provoke Tbilisi into military action over the separatist Georgian enclave of Abkhazia – and western diplomats are sending the wrong signals to both sides, write Ron Asmus and Mark Leonard

 

MIDDLE EAST FOCUS: Regional players aim to fill the void left by Washington

 

Syrians wary over Golan Heights peace hopes The latest peace talks with Israel that could lead to an agreement restoring the whole territory to Syria revives hope – tinged with a heavy dose of caution

 

COMMENT: Six principles for a new regulatory order By Lawrence Summers

 

Time for a second green revolution A range of strategies is needed to raise yields. Most crucial, as they have often been in the past, will be new crops and new farming techniques

 

Perversity in the price of oil and gas Asian subsidy cuts would help curb world energy demand. There is nothing to be gained, for Asian treasuries or the health of the world oil market, from delay

 

Europe must get immigration right Sarkozy’s suggested immigration policy for the EU – intended to be a cornerstone of the French presidency of the Union – is to be welcomed, up to a point

 

The Fed, the cost of oil and inflation The Fed‘s critics should realise it is navigating a narrow path between growth and inflation risk. Yet it cannot afford to ignore the rise in the oil price

 

Don't Expect a Big Change in U.S. Foreign Policy By: Timothy J. Lynch and Robert S. Singh | The Wall Street Journal  Want more George W. Bush foreign policy? Elect John McCain – or Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Regardless of who wins in November, the current foreign policy will live on in the next White House

 

U.S.: Syria's Unwillingness to Stop Supporting Terrorists a Key Obstacle to Peace - Donald Kerr On May 29, Deputy Director of National Intelligence Donald Kerr discussed emerging threats, challenges, and opportunities in the Middle East at the Washington Institute:

 

How Sarkozy Lost France By: Guy Sorman | The Wall Street Journal How does one go from a 53% electoral victory to a 20% approval rating in one year? Embattled French President Nicolas Sarkozy is undoubtedly asking himself that very question.

 

• 'Middle East Youth Bulge: Challenge or Opportunity?' by Navtej Dhillon, Brookings Institution

 

WSJ Syria Seeks U.S. Role in Talks

 

Forward Peace Is Worth the Risk Of Withdrawing From the Golan Martin van Creveld

 

McCain’s Dig at Obama Greeted With Standing Ovation at Aipac Conference

 

The Times Food shortages and civilisations The era of cheap food has been a disaster. We in the West could easily tighten our belts Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

 

A lobby that punches above its weight The Jewish vote is less than three per cent of the population, so theories of disproportionate power are wrong

 

Daily Star Olmert and Abbas are too weak for a border pact    By Yossi Alpher

 

Daily Star Keep expectations low for a Golan deal By Hasan Abu Nimah

 

The Iraqi Upturn -Washington Post editorial


Iraq Rising - New York Post editorial

 

Muqtada's Got a Posse By: Matthew Duss | The American Prospect Patrick Cockburn's new book, Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq, confronts neocon myths about the political situation in Iraq.

 

A Battle Is Taking Place Between Riyadh and Damascus By: Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed | Asharq Alawsat It is a silent battle on the part of Riyadh, but noisy on the part of Damascus. Damascus rejected the Arab League secretary general's proposal to reform the Arabs' relations with Iran. Syria rejected the idea in its capacity as president of the Arab summit

 

Hezbollah: Most Powerful Political Movement in Lebanon - Council on Foreign Relations

 

Closing the Gulf with Our Allies - Mark Brzezinski, Boston Globe opinion


It’s All About Leverage - Thomas Friedman, New York Times opinion

 

US Strategy to Stop Iran Atomic Work Is Failing, Analyst Says
Bloomberg

 

Christian Science Monitor America the breakup artist

US support for partition movements is opening a can of worms. By Juan Gabriel Tokatlian

 

Diplomacy thriving, but without U.S. The fall election and an era of diffused power may be factors.

 

 Amid economic slowdown, signs of new world order

Emerging markets are helping buoy global growth.

 

• 'Why Islam lies at the heart of Iraq's civil war' by Monica Duffy Toft

 

U.N. Security Council Seat: China Outsmarts India By: Sreeram Chaulia | Indo-Asian News Service The symphony of South-South cooperation at the recent conclave of foreign ministers of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) at Yekaterinburg, Russia, was jarred by China's refusal to endorse India's bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.

 

Vanity Fair The Comeback Id After leaving the White House, Bill Clinton set up his philanthropic foundation to serve as a force for good. Things have gotten ugly, though, thanks to his campaign meltdowns, dubious business ties, and skirt-chasing posse. Wondering how Hillary Clinton’s biggest booster became such a liability, Todd S. Purdum gets several diagnoses from an increasingly alienated inner circle.

 

The Changing Nature of State Sponsorship of Terrorism

Daniel Byman, Saban Center Analysis Paper

 

Nicolas Sarkozy at the Helm of the European Union Justin Vaisse,
Questions d’Europe, Fondation Robert Schuman

 

USIP Is Lebanon Sliding Toward a New Civil War?

H2  Yasemin Çongar ABD, 'yargı darbesinin' sonuçlanmasını istemiyor

 

Murat Yetkin ABD ve AB’nin ‘kapatma’ açmazı

 

Turkey Turns Cold on European Defense: Implications for Western ..., The Washington Institute

 

FETHULLAH GÜLEN CEMAATİ'NDE 2. BİR NURETTİN VEREN ...

Amerika’da BOP* heyecanı kalmadı

 

Türkiye Amerika'yla Nükleer İşbirliği Yapacak

 

Amerika'dan Türkiye'nin Barış Çabalarına Övgü

 

Ruzi Nazar İle Röportaj

 

Sir David Logan ile Türkiye üzerine

 

Peacemaker Turkey faces new threat Asia Times

 

FT Foreign relations: Blue-chip deals strengthen Turkish business ties

 

SPENGLER Tin-opener theology
from Turkey
There has been much praise for Turkey's so-called Islamic reformation, a government-mandated move to modernize the faith and "fashion a new Islam". Too bad it's all just a tempest in an ibrik and a triumph of hope over fact-checking

 

CSM In Turkey, a lone peacemaker ends many blood feuds Since giving up his butchering business 10 years ago, Sait Sanli has helped settle 446 disputes – some stretching back decades.

 

TÜSİAD'a şok suçlama

Multidimensional Turkish foreign policy Sylvia TİRYAKİ

On the road with Babacan
Cengiz ÇANDAR

 

Ankara pulling out all the stops for UNSC bid

 

Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Turkey’s vicious circle in arms technology

 

The New Face of Islam Newsweek

 

Think gas prices are high? Try $11 in Turkey

 

David Ignatius - Going Their Own Way in The Mideast - washingtonpost.com

 

  Turkey: Two Good Reads - Tom Barnett, Thomas PM Barnett

 

PKK Headache #599 - Jeni Mitchell, Kings of War

 

New Summit Expected, Amid Cautious Warming of Turkey-Iraq Relations

 

 Babacan set to have high-level talks in US visit

 

BM tamam gibi

 

Türkiye ile ABD anlaştı

 

TURKEY’S PUBLIC PROSECUTOR LAMBASTS EU, U.S. OVER AKP CLOSURE CASE - Eurasia Daily Monitor

 

İlter Türkmen Kutupsuz dünya

 

Savaş Süzal Babacan, Washington'da Erdoğan'ın yerine destek mi arayacak?

 

Parris: Türkiye ihmal edilemez

 

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

 

DTP, aslına rücu etti - Haşim Söylemez

 

Biri binbaşı iki asker şehit

Tuğluk'a destek yok

Fransa Erbil’de temsilcilik açtı

 

David JUDSON Tempest in a French teapot

 

France's Kouchner, Kurdistan's Barzani Discuss Kirkuk Referendum

 

Cevdet Aşkın Şiddet tırmanış trendinde, PKK diyalog arayışında

 

Babacan Denies Turkey Offered Syria Water for Peace With Israel By: Gareth Jenkins | Eurasia Daily Monitor In recent months, Turkey has been acting as an intermediary between Syria and Israel, relaying proposals and counter-proposals between the two countries’ governments in what it hopes will be the first stage in a process that could eventually lead not only to direct negotiations but a lasting peace agreement

 

Türk El Kaideci'nin suçu resmen ispatlandı

 

Paris'ten Iraklı Kürtlere Kerkük desteği

 

[Yorum - Sami Suruş] Türkiye'nin zekice adımı

 

Alınak, kriz için DTP'ye aday

 

Aysel Tuğluk, beklentilerim olan bir DTP’li. Biraz ondan söz edelim istedim
HAKKI DEVRİM

 

US Labels PKK Drug Smuggling Kingpin

 

A One Package Deal : Mamoun Fandy, Ph.D.

 

Yüzen Guantanamo

 

YASİN AKTAY  Kürtçe yayına kimin ihtiyacı var?

 

HAKAN ALBAYRAK Irak'ta mutlu son yaklaşıyor mu?

Ortadoğu denkleminde ABD’ye yer yok

DavId IgnatIus

 

Suriye’yle İsrail’in tek yaptığı, orta sahada top çevirmek

MUHAMMED SAİD İDRİS

 

 

 

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL

 

TRT'de Kürtçe kanala Kürt kökenli yönetici

 

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

 

Rumlar diretti, 3 fasıl daha dondu

 

Babacan Washington'a Geliyor

 

Rice ve Cheney ile görüşecek

 

FT REPORT - GREECE 2008: A new economic model will foster the ability to excel

 

BM Güvenlik Konseyi geçici üyeliği için yeterli destek taahhüdü sağlandı

 

Güvenlik Konseyi üyeliğine hiç bu kadar yakın olmadık

 

Hungary's envoy for Nabucco says Budapest is committed to the project

 

Türkiye, ABD ile nükleer anlaşmaya imza attı

 

[Yorum - Herkül Millas] Yurdun dışında ünlüler

 

YUSUF KAPLAN İngilizlerin Erdoğan'ı devre dışı bırakma operasyonu (mu?)

 

Sami Kohen Avrupa nasıl bir AB istiyor?