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H1  Financial Times Sidelined  Washington is forced to watch other powers shape events The US is finding it hard to exert influence as thoughts shift to the next administration  

 

The global consensus on trade is unravelling Lawrence Summers on US foreign economic policy

 

Obama balanced by veteran Biden Biden is well-known and well-liked, and would be the perfect intermediary between the president and Capitol Hill. Sadly for the campaign, this cannot be expected to carry much weight with voters

 

A harsh world for Russia’s neighbours Countries that want to ally with the west will have to work harder to resist Russian pressure. And they can expect less western support than before

 

ICG Russia vs Georgia: The Fallout

 

The miscalculation of small nations by Fred Halliday

 

Washington Post They Can Only Go So Far The world's bullies are throwing their weight around. But history isn't on their side.

By Francis Fukuyama

 

Mr. Obama's Convention Editorial  | Four years ago, he stole the show. Now we want to know where he would lead us

  

How To Deter Russia By William Courtney and Kenneth Yalowitz, The West's focus should be on preventing further Russian aggression, not exacting revenge

 

 An Initial Look at Russian Military Performance - Foreign Policy Research Institute

 

TLS The Caucasus is haunted by the ghost of freedom: ethnic groups like the Abkhaz and Ossetians try to break away from an independent state... more»

 

New York Times   Obama’s Pick Adds Foreign Expertise to Ticket  In choosing Joseph R. Biden Jr. as his running mate, Barack Obama is adding a six-term senator known for his political skills, but also for occasionally talking himself into trouble.

 

In Nuclear Net’s Undoing, a Web of Shadowy Deals  A C.I.A. deal with a family of Swiss engineers helped end Libya’s bomb program, reveal Iran’s atomic labors and undo Abdul Qadeer Khan’s nuclear black market, officials said.

 

U.S. and Global Economies Slipping in Unison  The integrated global market spreads prosperity, but it also spreads hurt when times go bad.

 

'A Path Out of the Desert'

By KENNETH M. POLLACK
Reviewed by MAX RODENBECK
Kenneth M. Pollack advocates a generation-long commitment to promote reform in the Middle East, on a scale with America’s postwar involvement in Europe. First Chapter

 

After Glow of Games, What Next for China?  Will the Olympics’ success lead China to domestic reforms or convince leaders that

 

How unpredictable is the Kremlin? For Walter Laqueur, leaders of Russia have tended to be more predictable than the White House... more»

 

Guardian Caution and confidence in Colorado Editorial: In a little over two months' time, America's Democratic party could be celebrating its best general election performance in more than a generation

 

Jonathan Steele: Crisis of lies and hysteriaThe principal lesson of the Russian-Georgian conflict is that Nato must not be expanded further

 

NYT A Superpower Is Reborn  By RONALD STEEL The conflict in Georgia showed that Washington had better start treating Russia like the great power it still is.

 

Sunday Times We tilt at windmills as war looms The world is run by a generation of leaders who have never known global war. Has this dulled their senses?Simon Jenkins

 

How America squanders Britain’s gift The British offerings of prudent advice and strategic clarity held little interest for this White House Ron Suskind

 

 China-Russia Relations: Strategic Parallelism without Partnership or Passion? SSI
This 172-page US monograph assesses security relations between China and Russia

 

The Coming Oil Supply Crunch
Chatham House This 38-page UK paper assesses the likelihood of an oil supply cruch and the implications for policy and the global energy picture

 

From the Swamp to Terra Firma: The Regional Role for the Stabilisation of Iraq
ORG, Diplomatic Institute Riyadh An 18-page report of a series of discussions held to examine the challenge of finding a regional consensus for stabilising Iraq

 

Will Russia Force Rebirth of Realism? - Gregory Scoblete, RealClearWorld

 

Newsweek Q&A: Gen. David Petraeus on Leaving Iraq

What Russia’s Moves on Georgia Could Mean for Iran

 

Jerusalem Post Dominoes anyone? by Caroline Glick

 

H11 IHT  The Caucasus moment

By VARTAN OSKANIAN

The Caucasus needs an agreement on regional security and cooperation.

 

Georgian leader vows to rebuild army and bring enclaves under control

 

Russian actions reignite tensions over strategic port in Ukraine The presence of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol prompted Ukraine's president, Viktor Yushchenko, to again push for inclusion in NATO

 

Guardian Georgia: a challenge for Europe  Tom Porteous: As Russia withdraws its troops, the EU could help the ceasefire stick by deploying a vital civilian protection mission

 

Disarming the bomb in the basement  Khaled Diab: Israel's weapons policy jeopardises the country's own security and undermines efforts to create a nuclear-free Middle East

 

Los Angeles Times Whatever happened to Social Security?

By David Lazarus Column: Retiring baby boomers will place unprecedented strains on entitlement programs and yet the issue is goes ignored in this election season.

 

Is Obama overshooting?

By Mark Halperin Barack Obama may be risking victory by targeting more electoral votes than he needs to win the presidency.

 

Disappointment By Andrew J. Bacevich Forget the promises; there's only so much a President McCain or Obama can achieve

 

'There is no West anymore'

Amid outside condemnations of Moscow, Russian media painted an image of a country rising from its knees -- and a U.S. and Europe that have become too weak to stop it.

 

The Observer Stop thinking of Pakistan as a client state

Editorial: Not surprisingly, Pakistanis do not now associate domestic political freedom with US foreign policy

 

Ha’aretz Israel's missile shield against Iran: Three Americans in a trailer A commander and two operators monitor missile radars in an armored trailer somewhere in Europe

 

Bar’el The problem is Putin, not the missiles Israel and Syria are now at the center of the great strategic game between Russia and the United States

 

Russian embrace of Syria tightens, but for what purpose?

 

EurasiaNet Iran: US-Russian Tension Creates New Diplomatic Options for Tehran

 

The Sadrists of Basra and the Far South of Iraq NUPI
This 25-page Norwegian working paper alalyses internal dissensions with the Sadr movement in Iraq and discusses how US policy might affect these relationships in the future

 

Asia Times  Syria reaps a Russian reward After the Russian tanks rolled into Georgia, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was the first world leader to visit the Kremlin. Moscow sees a good ally in Assad, a man who realizes that the Russians are back and intends to use this to advance Syria's interests. Foremost is the peace process with Israel, which, given the events in the Caucasus, the United States might now feel compelled to support. - Sami Moubayed

 

Tom Barnett  What resurrecting Cold War with Russia costs us Scripps Howard.

 

Amir Taheri Russian is Back. But Which Russia? - Asharq Alawsat

 

The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order

Der Spiegel Muslims in China: Jihad and Gentle Resistance in the Wild West

• 'Pakistan after Musharraf: Growing U.S. Challenges' by Simon Henderson, The Washington Institute

 

• 'Securing Pakistan's Tribal Belt' by Daniel Markey, Council on Foreign Relations

 

H2   ALİ H. ASLAN - Obama'nın tercihi ve Türkiye'ye yansımalar

  

Turks Dislike Selection of Joe Biden for VP

 

Semih İdiz Türk düşmanı Biden’ın Pelosi açmazı

 

Soli Özel Zor kararlar (2) ve Biden

 

Gürcistan savaşının Türkiye’ye menfi etkileri SONER ÇAĞAPTAY

ÖMER TAŞPINAR Obama ve Joseph Biden

 

LARRABEE: Turkey's second chance Washington Times

 

Fatih Çekirge Montrö’ye yeni düzenleme

 

Ahmet Türk: Kürt sorununda devlet de değişmeli biz de

Biden sıkıntısı

Gürcistan krizi fırsatlar yarattı

 

[Yorum - Prof. Dr. Richard Falk] Türkiye çapraz ateş arasında kalabilir

Anayasa konsensüsle yapılmalı

 

Mensur Akgün Dünya da, Türkiye de değişti, Biden de değişir

 

LA Times Turkey bows to the dark side By Soner Cagaptay  Ahmadinejad's visit is a sign that the West can no longer take Turkey for granted as a staunch ally against Iran

 

EDM RESPONDING TO GEORGIA CRISIS, TURKEY SEEKS NEW CAUCASUS SECURITY INITIATIVE

 

Turkey to buy S-300 systems for testing

 

Jalal Talabani watch by Michael Rubin

 

Montreux Convention after the South Ossetia war (1) Historical situation of the Turkish Straits by HASAN KANBOLAT

 

U.S.A.K. Blog: Turkey’s Proposal of ‘Caucasus Alliance’: How Likely is Its Success?

BM’nin Kıbrıs Özel Danışmanı’na Rum ortak

 

 

Sınırlar profesyonel ‘sınır polisi’ne emanet

 

Türkiye bölge için bir istikrar unsuru

ALİ ELŞERİFİ

 

BTC?artık güvenli bir güzergâh değil

ADEM B. KUSHNER

 

Turk energy hub hopes increase, security a concern

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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

 

NY Times 'Invisible Nation' By QUIL LAWRENCE
Reviewed by MICHAEL GOLDFARB
A foreign correspondent recounts the history of the Kurds.
 
Ahmet Türk: Kürt sorununda devlet de değişmeli biz de

 

Ergenekon davası Kürtleri de böldü

 

DTP’nin yerel seçim telaşı

PKK’ ya ait 50 kilo patlayıcı amonyum nitrat

 

Kerkük’le ilgili maddenin yerine getirilmesinde ‘fon’ krizi

 

Kürt kolası vize alamadı

 

Bombacının hedefi 'Fuar'ı uçurmaktı!

 

PKK tezkeresi gelmiş askerin listesini topluyor! PKK'nın kurduğu hain tuzakların sırrı anlaşıldı!

 

Bombayı yerleştiren de yakalandı

 

Cevdet Aşkın

 

Muıstafa Akyol ABD İran’ı vuracak mı?

 

Iraqi Arabs Seek Vacation Escape in Kurdistan

 

 [Africa and the Turks] Reconstructing the perceptions and whispering hope to Africa by MEHMET KALYONCU*

 

İhsan Dağı Foreign policy challenges

 

Ömer Taşpınar Winning Iraq, losing Afghanistan

 

Ali Ünal İran laboratuvarı

 

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

 

 Diplomats to lay blueprint for Babacan-Lavrov talks

 

Turkey's Caucasus boat likely to sail

 

Is the third national program viable?

 

Şükrü Küçükşahin  Baykal: Gül o maça gidecek, çünkü

 

Ferai Tınç Boş zaman işi çevrecilik ulusal programın neresinde

 

Azerbaijan's View of the Security Situation in the Southern Caucasus
SDA The 20-page report of a meeting held to present the Azerbaijani view of the security situation in the Southern Caucasus (June 2008)

 

Hasan Ersel Rusya malumu ilan etti Batı'ya ben buradayım dedi

 

 

Mehmet Altan Ürkütücü buldum

‘Dallas’ da Karadeniz’de

 

Ardan Zentürk Ruslar geliyor (mu...)

 

 Sedat Sertoğlu
Bakın bu iş neden olmaz

 

Halit Kakınç
Ruslar’ın Gürcistan’dan çekilmeye niyetleri yok

 

 Turkish exporters uneasy at beefed-up Russian customs

 

 

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

 

FT Masterpieces and miracles

In the ebb and flow of history, Istanbul always found itself as a meeting point – between east and west, Europe and Asia, Christianity and Islam. What’s left by this tide is a heritage that mystifies, says John Julius Norwich

 

Yasaklı Ankara belgeseli Cumhurbaşkanlığı sitesinde

 

Türkiye’nin altında servet yatıyor

 

NYT Return Ticket

 

İstanbul gets ready for a disaster, but deficiencies remain

 

Oray Eğin
Orhan Pamuk’un Sabah’ı

 

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Dikmen’de şüpheli yangın

 

 

[MONDAY TALK]
Zeynep Göğüş: Corruptıon hurts Turkey most

H3

Suikastların adresi hep JİTEM'e çıkıyor

 

En büyük sorun lider kavgası

 

Generaller bile fişlenmekten kurtulamamış

 

Askeri darbelerle sol arasında akrabalık var

AKP, Dişli’yi araştırıyor

 

MYK’da iddialar için bilgi verecek

 

Perinçek-Paşa kapışması!

‘Zorunlu din dersi’ne karşı oturma eylemi

 

'Ülkeyi çeteler yönetemez'

 

JİTEM'in kurucusuna suikast koruması

 

İtirafçıdan ilginç iddia: JİTEM'ci albay PKK'lılara yasadışı işler yaptırıyordu

 

Rüşvetçiler çürük elma

 

Garih’in kanlı gömlek şeması Ergenekon’da

 

Emniyet baskınında yaşanan şok diyalog! Savcının gerçek niyetini gözler önüne seren söz!

 

Drawing the line between privacy and security in surveillance

 

Bağış: Dişli saf bir insan değildir

 

Baykal'dan Gül'e Erbakan desteği

 

YSK, hükümete yanıt vermedi

 

Boş gezen çevreci değilim

 

Ergenekon soruşturma giderleri tek tek kaydedildi

 

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman

 

 

 

Cengiz Çandar

 

Ahmet Taşgetiren

 

Ruşen - Çakır