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H1 Condoleezza Rice Reflects on the Lessons of the Past Eight Years Read her new essay | Read her 2000 essay The secretary of state offers her defining take on Iraq, Iran, democracy promotion, and American foreign policy in general. - Condoleezza Rice, Foreign Affairs July/August 2008

Dr. Phil Williams at SSI - FROM THE NEW MIDDLE AGES TO A NEW DARK AGE: THE DECLINE OF THE STATE AND U.S. STRATEGY

McClatchy U.S. seeking 58 bases in Iraq, Shiite lawmakers say The Iraqi government rejected the proposal during talks on a Status of Forces Agreement that would allow the U.S. to stay in Iraq after its U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year. Another U.S. demand the Iraqis say was rejected would let the U.S. decide when a hostile act had been committed against Iraq. Lawmakers said they feared it would trap them in a war between Iran and the U.S

Christian Science Monitor Talks to keep U.S. troops in Iraq provoke ire Proposal to extend America's military role years into the future meets lawmaker resistance, from Washington to Baghdad

New York Times Editorial Threatening Iran Saber-rattling at Iran is not a strategy and an attack on it by either the United States or Israel would be disastrous

Obama, in Economic Tour, Criticizes McCain Agenda Senator Barack Obama’s attack on Senator John McCain’s economic policies was a move to define the general election campaign by focusing on the economy as the central theme. Text of Speech

U.S. Troops Causing Instability, Iran’s Religious Leader Tells Iraqi Premier

DAVID BROOKS The Great Seduction The most rampant decadence today is financial decadence, the trampling of decent norms about how to use and harness money.

Asia Times Iran shadow over US-Iraq security pact Ideally, the United States wants a long-term security agreement with Iraq that would allow US soldiers to remain indefinitely in the country and without restrictions. The Baghdad government's reluctance to sign onto such an accord reflects opposition at home as well as in Iran. But Tehran is prepared to deal, provided it gets a slice of the Iraqi security pie. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

Pentagon blocked Cheney's attack on Iran United States Vice President Dick Cheney's plan in August 2007 to launch airstrikes against the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps was blocked by the Pentagon over concerns about Iran's retaliation capabilities. But Cheney's close alliance with Centcom chief General David Petraeus gives him the option of ignoring his opponents in Washington during the final months of the George W Bush administration. - Gareth Porter

... but the hawks are still circling Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Elizabeth, who has been particularly vocal ("We do not have the luxury of time"), appear to have gained ground over realists in the Bush administration in pushing the line that confrontation with Iran is inevitable. The Cheneys could be playing psychological warfare. Then again, the vice president has clear views on bombing Iran. - Jim Lobe

Washington Post Editorial Israel's Syria Card Talks with Damascus about a peace deal are worth trying, but a breakthrough is probably a long way off.

A List Biden Belongs On By E. J. Dionne Jr., Whether or not Obama picks Joseph Biden for VP, he should listen to his foreign policy views

Financial Times Respect for the law is in Russia’s interest

The biggest reason for the Russian government to get serious about the rule of law is the welfare of its own citizens. Wealthy foreign businessmen can look after themselves. It is ordinary Russians who suffer most from a lawless

Al-Qaeda pushed on to the defensive The terrorist group has suffered a series of setbacks in recent months. Yet the threat remains

Obama holds up a mirror to the French Dominique Moïsi on fear and hope in France

Iraq's Great Divide Nir Rosen goes inside Baghdad’s Shiite slums to witness life under Muqtada al Sadr and his Mahdi Army.

McClatchy These steps could lower oil prices, but nobody'll take them

How Will Good News in Iraq Affect Election? - Marcus Baram, ABC New

Mother Jones The Cocktail Napkin Plan for Regime Change in Iran by Dave Wagner and Laura Rozen

The Truth About America’s Energy: Big Oil Stockpiles Supplies and Pockets Profits — A Special Report by the Committee on Natural Resources Majority Staff (PDF; 76 KB) Source: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Natural Resources

Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan - Seth Jones, Rand

Wall Street Journal How Prime Minister Maliki Pacified Iraq
By Kimberly Kagan
And Frederick W. Kagan
Al Qaeda is on the run. Iran is humiliated. Iraqi leadership is the reason.

Why Is Bush Helping Saudi Arabia Build Nukes?
By Edward J. Markey
An Islamist revolution is a real possibility.

Bush Leaves a Robust Atlantic Alliance, After All
By Matthew Kaminski Europe understands that power means working with us.

Guardian The toxic Texan's foreign policy doctrine will endure Timothy Lynch and Robert Singh: The next US president is likely to follow Bush's approach to the brute realities of terrorism, Iraq and the Middle East

EU to freeze Iranian bank assets if nuclear enrichment continues

Member states agree to intensify financial sanctions against Iran, going beyond existing UN measures

Upbeat in Syria The Economist Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, is reaping substantial benefits, both economic and political, from the Lebanese political deal agreed in Doha last month, for which he has modestly claimed much of the credit.

IHT A low-key visit to Germany by Bush The U.S. president will use his visit to Germany on Tuesday and Wednesday for private talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Bush will be doing no walkabouts in Berlin and giving no major speeches.

Europe looks at Putin with prudence and respect, and at Bush with indifference George W. Bush's failure to confront Russia seems to sustain European hopes for detecting a liberal leader in Putin's successor, regardless of the evidence.

Living on the edge of Russia By PHILIP BOWRING There are more people in one neighboring Chinese province than in Siberia and the Russian Far East

India, China Vie for Indian Ocean Sea Lanes: ; Asian Powers Depend on Major Artery for Energy Shipping, and U.S. Has Strategic Interest As Well

Ha’aretz – Turkish, Israeli sources: Israel-Syria talks set to resume this week PM: Syria must be faced with a different alternative; Talks to start in Turkey, remain indirect

On a par with the policies of President Bush

H 2 FT Survey Turkey 2008 An unblinking gaze upon a new horizon

Openness has not ended indifference towards global trends, writes Vincent Boland

Economy: A country at the crossroads The outlook is far from clear, says Vincent Boland

An existential struggle that can have no winners Abandoning democratic forces at this critical juncture would be a serious mistake, writes guest columnist Soli Ozel

Politics: Paralysis in the seat of government Harmony in Ankara has been replaced by acrimony, writes Vincent Boland

Social groups: The secular elite is losing its privileges Vincent Boland examines the unease felt by a nervous governing class

AKP, Osmanlı’ya yanlış atıf yapıyor

ABD'de konuşulan Türkiye-2

Asia Times Alarm spreads over Turkey's troubles Erdogan has lost the first round. The next round will have massive international repercussions at a time when the standoff between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran is nearing a fateful climax. - M K Bhadrakumar

Turkey's Changing Landscape Washington Institute for Near East Policy By Soner Cagaptay

Kapatma davası Türkiye'yi ikinci sınıf demokrasi listesine aldırabilir

Daily Star A Turkey spurned may strike out on its own course By Mark Almond

Arabs Reject U.N. Kirkuk Proposal

FT Survey Turkey 2008 Turcas: A culture of patient preparation David O’Byrne traces the evolution of an emerging heavyweight

Electricity generation: Fair winds blow for a clean alternative Demand makes new capacity essential, says David O’Byrne

Foreign direct investment: In the premier division, but for how long?

Despite soaring inflows in recent years, the tide may be turning says Anthony Skinner

Real estate: Developers hold breath as homebuyers wait and see

High interest rates are keeping demand pent up, writes Anthony Skinner

Who’s who: The movers and shakers in a changing society Vincent Boland identifies influential figures in business, politics and culture

The diaspora: Vanguard that thrives between two cultures

The Times Turkey and Jordan signal new confidence in working with Iraq Turkey is one of only two regional countries (the other being Iran) still to have a fully-functioning embassy in Baghdad

Sami Kohen Türban kararına dış tepki “ölçülü”

Obama'nın ekibiyle görüştü

Growing problems threaten to make the Nabucco project a pipedream
Energy Business Review

The Turkish Veil, Again!
Dar Al-Hayat,

Cyprus row freezes NATO-EU dialogue, says senior analyst

Tayyip Erdoğan'ın pozisyonu kırılgan

EDM COURT POSTPONES SEMDINLI HEARING ONCE AGAIN

Kerim Balcı With Ankara in a mess, we need Turks abroad to do more

Çoğunluğun lehte oy kullandığını anlatmıştık

AKP’nin bu hızda tökezleyeceği başından belliydi İLYAS HARFUŞ

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