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H1 LA Times Obama has 12-point lead over McCain, poll shows Times/ Bloomberg Poll

 

Washington Post A Surprise From Syria And Israel? By David Ignatius,  What's going on between Syria and Israel?

 

New York Times THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Taking Ownership of Iraq? We may one day look back on the last few months as Iraq’s real war of liberation. The one we led five years ago didn’t count.

 

America’s Next Chapter  By GARY HART The next cycle of American history awaits a national leader who can define a new role for government at home and a new role for America in the world of the 21st century.

 

Los Angeles Times  Afghanistan attacks up 40% in east, Pentagon says Insurgent activity has spread into once stable areas, data show, prompting alarm among officials

  

The Stanley Foundation has a new report on the US-Iranian relationship titled "Iranian and Western Interests Are Closer Than You Think."

 

CBS Israel Prodding US to Attack Iran

 

 

Guardian The west has to tackle Tehran - before Israel sends in the bombers Jonathan Freedland: It will take fresh pressure and incentives to douse fears of a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities that would inflame the region

 

Israel makes Syria nuclear claim

Strategic expert says idea was to share plutonium from site bombed by Israel last September

 

Fighting terror blindfolded Jason Burke: The 'war on terror' owes a lot to the 'war on drugs'. In both governments have failed to see the nature of the beast they're battling

 

Financial Times  How to see world economy through two crises In the short term, the biggest monetary policy requirement is a tightening in emerging economies, many of which have strongly negative real interest rates. As important is letting jumps in energy prices pass through, forcing adjustments in energy use, writes Martin Wolf

 

Obama under fire over Iraq troop pledge Having stuck to the line that he would withdraw one to two brigades a month and remove all US combat forces from Iraq within 16 months of taking office, Barack Obama’s promise is looking increasingly vulnerable

 

US considers sending envoys to Iran The US is considering sending diplomats to Iran for the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, in a move that would fall short of establishing diplomatic relations but would markedly increase contacts between the two countries

 

How sanctions hinder Iran’s gas ambitions Tantalising offshore reserves are out of reach – but Tehran could still circumvent the US-led crackdown

 

‘The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation’, MESH

 

Iran's 2008 Parliamentary Elections: A Triumph of the System MERIA by Raz Zimmt An Israeli paper describing Iran's political system and analyzing the recent parliamentary elections

 

Helena Cobban Is Israel Preparing to Bomb Iran?

 

Fox Analyst: Iraqis ‘Owe Us’ 100-Year Leases On Their Oil, ‘We Ought To Take It’

 

The Next Asian Miracle By: Yasheng Huang | Foreign Policy (subscription required) Democracies are peaceful, representative—and terrible at boosting an economy. Or at least that’s the conventional wisdom in Asia, where for years growth in India’s sprawling democracy has been humbled by China’s efficient, state-led boom. But India’s newfound economic success flips that notion on its head

 

Foreign Policy magazine released its 2008 “Failed States Index,” trying to quantify states that are closest to a total breakdown. Here is the index.

 

Christian Science Monitor

Can Syria avoid sanctions with a U.N. nuclear inspection? An IAEA team visits the site of an alleged nuclear weapons facility bombed by Israel in September.

 

 Will Fed begin to raise rates soon? The Federal Reserve is expected to signal whether inflation is its top concern

 

The Times Oil-price promises are only good at face value The EU-Opec summit was called to be seen to be doing something about high prices, without either side being able to do much at all Bronwen Maddox

 

Japan and China's gunboat diplomacy A warship docking heralds a diplomatic thaw

 

Olmert's leadership faces its final hours The embattled Israeli Prime Minister could now see his hold on power crumble swiftly after the violation of the ceasefire

 

Think there is no future speculating on oil? - Times Online

 

Free trade becomes a scapegoat as times get tough - Times Online

 

Are We Safer? - Reuel Marc Gerecht, Weekly Standard


Prolonging the Surge's Success - Joe Klein, Time

 

Big Oil Isn't the Big Problem - Jacob Heilbrunn, Los Angeles Times

 

Was Iraq Worth It? - Tony Blankley, Washington Times

 

Looking to A Nuclear-Free World - Sen. John Kerry, Financial Times

 

Der Spiegel SYRIA TURNING TOWARD THE WEST? Assad's Risky Nuclear GameSyria and Iran may be better friends than many thought. Reports indicate that the two might have been cooperating on nuclear weapons research. Now, though, Damascus may be rethinking those ties and looking for friends in the West

 

IHT  Diplomacy must work By DAVID MILIBAND There is a massive prize on offer if Iran is willing to behave.

 

CSIS China, the United States, and the Middle East Listen | Watch

 

Cordesman Conventional Armed Forces in the Gulf 06/24/2008

 

Sistani and SOFA QUIETISM AND THE U.S. POSTION IN IRAQ 06/19/2008

 

Chuck Hagel AUDIO(mp3, 56:25) | VIDEO(wmv, 56:49)

 

Iraq must take its own decisions
GulfNews -  By Amir Taheri

 

Ha’aretz  PM, Barak strike deal putting off Knesset vote for dissolution  According to late-night compromise, Kadima agrees to hold party primaries no later than September 25

 

ANALYSIS / Olmert, Barak fire at each other, then cry on other's shoulder

 

Attempted coup splits Hamas military wing in two Iz al-Din al-Qassam, plagued by infighting, has seen several attempts by commanders to kill rivals

 

Mossad Chief Empowered to Prepare Groundwork for Iran Strike
DEBKA

 

USIP  Foreign Policy and the Next US Administration   Listen to the audio from this event.

 

Asia Times Test of strength for alliances The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's expansion to encircle Russia with allies and bases is tempered by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which embraces a quarter of the world's population. The Shanghai grouping, led by Moscow and Beijing, has, however, yet to evolve into a political alliance. - Conn Hallinan

 

Carnegie The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation

 

Washington Post Editorial Can India Say Yes? New Delhi comes to a crossroads over nuclear cooperation with the United States.

 

U.S. Funding to Pakistan Plagued With Problems, GAO Report Says GAO report finds over $2B provided to support counterterrorism efforts subject to accounting problems including duplication, possible fraud

 

Germany to Send More Troops to Afghanistan:  Increase of 1,000 Follows U.S. Pleas

 

Guardian Gordon Brown: one year on, 20 points behind PM faces damning verdict from voters ahead of his first anniversary, according to ICM poll

 

Heritage Missile Defense in Europe: The Window of Opportunity Is Closing

CEPS The Institutional Architecture of CFSP after the Lisbon Treaty: Constitutional breakthrough or challenges ahead?

 

Daily Telegraph Britain's Armed Forces 'stretched past limits'

Britain's Armed Forces cannot go on running two major military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the head of the Armed Forces has admitted.

 

The Bolton-Telegraph Scare  by Jim Lobe

 

EDM AZERBAIJAN GEARS UP FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

H2 COMMENT: If Turkey's ruling AKP is shut down, what will happen then?  Ozgur Altug of Raymond James Securities

 

Washington Institute Ninth Turgut Ozal Memorial Lecture:  Invigorating the U.S.-Turkey Strategic Partnership Matthew Bryza

 

'Erdogan Is to Be Toppled' SPIEGEL ONLINE spoke to Yasemin Congar

 

'AKP'nin Kapatılması Talihsizlik Olur' Bryza, Türkiye'nin AB üyelik sürecinin askıya alınmasının Amerika'nın ulusal çıkarlarına zarar vereceğini söyledi

 

FT Turkey turns away from the future The coexistence of an old, secularist elite and the Islamic-rooted ruling party has reached the end of its life cycle, writes Cengiz Aktar

 

Match divides Turkish migrants’ loyalties The large Turkish community in Kreuzberg, Berlin will be showing support for both sides in the European championship semi-final football match between Germany and Turkey

 

AKPM: Gerekirse yeniden izleme başlayabilir

 

Jamestown  "Arming for Asymmetric Warfare: Turkey’s Arms Industry in the 21st Century"

 

Can Turkey’s Anti-Terrorism Cooperation with Iran Lead to a Strategic Partnership?  By Emrullah Uslu

 

Erdoğan may meet with Kurdish officials during Iraq visit

 

Bejan Matur Kürtler millî maçları nasıl izler?

 

Bildt Kapatma davasını izliyoruz, laiklik tehdit altında değil

 

Guardian Gülen's ideas address the entire world Bulent Kenes: We shouldn't be surprised at Fethullah Gülen's success in a poll of the top public intellectuals. He leads a truly global movement

  

TURKEY’S GAMBLE BETWEEN IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES Eurasia Daily Monitor

 

Does Turkey's Headscarf Ruling Foreshadow the AKP's Ouster? By: Jonas Clark | World Politics Review

AB'ye Güven Arttı

 

‘Atak’ zamanı

 

[ANALYSIS] Better late than never: Turkey wakes up to realities of unconventional warfare

 

Savunma sanayiinde milat: Yerli helikopter geliyor

 

Irak’ta üçlü zirve mi yapacak?

 

Olacağı buydu: Yeniden denetlenen ülke olabiliriz

 

Lagendijk "Laikleri anlıyorum ama..."

 

'AK Parti'nin kapatılması ABD'nin demokrasi anlayışı ile örtüşmez'

 

Redefining Turkey's strategic orientation

 

Rand’in raporu Gülen kuruluşunda tanıtıldı

 

Ross Wilson: Türklerin bize sempatisi artıyor

 

The General Elections, Islam and the left in Turkey. By Ron Margulies

 

Beril Dedeoğlu ‘Kapatma’ya dünyadan bakış

 

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

 

Irak’ta üçlü zirve mi yapacak?

 

Kuzey Irak'tan petrol atağı Kuzey Irak Bölgesel Yönetimi, merkezi hükümetin muhalefetine rağmen, yabancı bir petrol şirketiyle iki anlaşma daha imzaladı. Anlaşmayla Halepçe çevresinde petrol çıkarılacak.

 

Matur Kürtler millî maçları nasıl izler?

 

Teröristler, Dağlıca'daki baskına 'düğün' adı vermiş

 

Almanya'da Roj TV'nin faaliyetlerine yasaklama

 

Kürtler Kanadalılarla iki petrol anlaşması imzaladı

 

DTP mutlaka kapatılmalı

 

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 24 Jun 08

 

"Dağlıca'da şifreli haberleşme oldu"

 

Başsavcı, DTP ile ilgili sözlü açıklamasını yaptı

 

Cevdet Aşkın

 

Sami Kohen Irak’la stratejik ilişkiler

 

Dağlıca'nın şifreleri çözüldü: Baskının adı düğün

 

Dağlıca baskını davası: '12 sanık PKK'ya bilgi verdi'

 

Roj TV�ye yasak

 

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

 

Avrupa’dan ‘denetim’ uyarısı

 

Lagendijk'ten 'kapatmaya AB'den güçlü tepki gelir' uyarısı

 

İç kriz, dış politikada elimizi bağlıyor

 

 AKPM'den