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H1 CFR Israel Cannot Stop Iranian Nuclear Program by Itself – Gary Sick

Washington Post Behind Maliki's Games By Max Boot, Iraq's prime minister is not unaware of the effect he can have on the U.S. presidential race

Analysis Obama Shifts the Foreign Policy Debate Candidate Moves Focus From Iraq To Broader Issues

Iraqis Take Flawed Step On Electoral Legislation Kurds Boycott Vote, Putting Measure's Future in Doubt

Ex-Advisers Warn Against Threatening to Attack Iran

A Depression? Hardly By Robert J. Samuelson, The economic news isn't good -- but it's a lot better than it was 75 years ago.

Editorial Mr. Obama in Iraq

Did he really find support for his withdrawal plan? His account of his strategic vision remains eccentric.

Lobe Realists Urge Bush to Drop Iran Precondition

Voters Still Hesitant About Obama - Charlie Cook, National Journal

Is the 'Toss-Up' Race an Illusion? - Michael Grunwald, Time

Michael Grunwald / Time:

Never Underestimate McCain, But ... John McCain might seem like a long shot. He's the Republican nominee at a time when the two-term Republican President is wildly unpopular and Republicans are losing elections in perennially Republican districts and the party base isn't exactly drooling over him

SHOCK CLAIM: GM, FORD are on 'Verge of Bankruptcy'...

McCain Adviser Scowcroft Says He'd Tell Israel To "Calm Down" On Iran Strike

Kissinger Says Pullout Timeline Poses Danger to Iraq

The Way Forward: Ken Pollack's 'A Path Out of the Desert'
by MICHAEL RUBIN

Forward Poll: American Jews Want Peace, But Are Divided on How To Get There The majority of American Jews support Israel trading land in the West Bank and the Golan Heights for peace, but a similar majority opposes ceding land in East Jerusalem, according to a new poll

Talking to Iran - A Dubious Mission - Amir Taheri

Obama grilled on whether 'surge' has cut Iraq violence

Syrian President Reportedly Relieves 18 Officers From Leadership Posts

Iran to Strike Azerbaijan in Case of War - Azeri Expert

McCain knee-capped by Maliki
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's endorsement of Senator Barack Obama's timetable for American combat forces to leave Iraq has been described as a "body blow" to the campaign of rival US presidential candidate Senator John McCain. Obama can now claim to have staked out a position acceptable to the Iraqi government, and he is fast shedding his "naive" tag. - Jim Lobe

A small step in Iran's nuclear talks Iran and the European Union's representative will follow up the weekend's talks on Tehran's nuclear program with further contact. This prepares the ground for real, and serious, progress in the nuclear standoff, despite what the skeptics say. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

Reidar Visser Iraqi Parliament Passes Provincial Elections Law

Guardian Forget the myth-making. Obama is just what the Middle East needs Jonathan Freedland: Neither Israel-pandering hawk nor Arab-loving appeaser, the Illinois senator would bring active, engaged diplomacy

Putting the squeeze on Tehran

Michael Jacobson: The US and its allies must exert more financial pressure on Iran if they hope to extract concessions on its nuclear programme

Finding the fugitive Editorial: Some historical events are no accident and the timing of Radovan Karadzic's arrest is one of them

Independent Leading article: A triumph for all of Europe

Al-Qaeda Leader in Rare TV Interview

Wall Street Journal The Pakghani Front
Obama's get-tough for Afghanistan needs more nuance.

Lebanon's 'Soldiers of Virtue'
By Fouad Ajami The Cedar Revolution was no match for Hezbollah.

Daily Star US wars and terrorism: an initial review By Rami G. Khouri

New York Times THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN All Hail ‘McBama’ The right position on Iraq today is probably “McBama” — stick to a clear withdrawal timetable, but leave yourself some wiggle room.

China and Russia’s Geographic Divide | Stratfor

Los Angeles Times Blame oil speculators? Doug Henwood and Steven Landsburg say speculators may be doing us a favor.

For McCain, the surge is a losing strategy Jonah Goldberg: Its success in quieting Iraq may make it easier for voters to choose Obama

Editorial V-day in Iraq? It doesn't matter who's right. If all sides agree on an Iraq drawdown, then claim victory and get out.

Toward a Type 1 civilization

By Michael Shermer Along with energy policy, political and economic systems must also evolve.

NYRB The Democrats & National Security By Samantha Power

Eli Lake / New York Sun:

Maliki Bets That Obama Will Prevail

The New Republic: Maliki's Endorsement: Not Lost in Translation

Jerusalem Post An open letter to Senator Obama [ SHAUL MOFAZ

Iraqi backing of Obama plan irks White House

Is the 'Toss-Up' Race an Illusion? - Michael Grunwald, Time

Karadzic's website, under his reported recent alias Dragan Dabic.

Realism must rule in engaging Syria THE DEBATE over whether or not to engage Syria is once again center stage this week as a Syrian delegation visits Washington for talks with American officials and academics. Syria's enthusiasm for engaging the next American administration offers the incoming president an opportunity to influence Syrian behavior. (By Michael Bergman, Boston Globe)

Daily Star A bird in the hand is worth two against Bush By Joschka Fischer

Asia Times Plot to divide the Taliban foiled A plan by the Pakistan government, with connivance from Saudi Arabia, to split the Taliban operating in Pakistan's tribal areas has failed spectacularly, with the "renegade" Taliban leader and his network wiped out by al-Qaeda-backed militants. The incident has consolidated the hold of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, while al-Qaeda is benefiting through a sharp increase in jihadis from around the world heading for the tribal regions. - Syed Saleem Shahzad

Barack and the Dollar - Joshua Zumbrun & Brian Wingfield, Forbes

Filipino War's Lessons for Iraq - Michael Medved, USA Today

H 2 FT Judges to decide fate of Turkey’s ruling party Turkey’s senior judges are to meet on July 28 to begin the hearings in a bitterly divisive case that could result in the closure of the governing party and see its prime minister given a long ban from party politics

Türkiye birkaç ay içerisinde seçime gidebilir

US forces may be based in Iraq's Kurdistan region GulfNews

LA Times In Iraq, Kurds walk out of parliament in protest Kurdish lawmakers object to a secret vote on conditions for provincial elections calling for ethnic groups to share power in Kirkuk. As a consequence, those elections probably won't be held this year

Turkey favored to win seat at UN Security Council

2,5 milyarlık denizaltıların yüzde 80'i yerli üretim olacak

Terör zirvesinden ‘ek önlemler’ çıktı

NYT Kurds Object to Iraqi Provincial Election Law

Washington Post Iraqis Take Key Step on Elections Legislation sets new rules for provincial elections in vote Kurds boycott over the status of Kirkuk

Asia Times SPENGLER Turkey in the throes of revolution? A perfect storm of enmity has come down on beleaguered Turkish secularists, leading to speculation that an Islamic putsch is possible, after the fashion of the 1979 revolution in Iran. The United States views this Islamic drift favorably, seeing Turkey as a leader of a regional bloc with the short-term aim of calming Iraq and a longer-term objective of fostering a Sunni alliance against Iran. This is a big mistake.

Sadi Somuncuoğlu Söylemler mi, icraatlar ve imzalar mı bağlayıcı?

Tackling the PKK: New directions for Turkey's Special Forces
(Emrullah USLU )

Turkey-Russia energy links thaw

Evolved Islamists versus unevolved secularists H. Akin ÜNVER

Needing an excuse for success
Washington Times, Bruce Fein

İslam ahlâkı da artık kapitalizmle barıştı

Turkey favored to win seat at UN Security Council

Babacan lobbies for UN Security Council seat

Turkey Intensifies Efforts to Mediate between Iran, West
Fars News Agency

Meksika'da esrarengiz olay: Türk büyükelçinin koruması kayıp

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