http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/ Today's Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=193392 BRUSSELS -- For a supposedly stillborn concept, talk of a G2 -- actual or potential -- has proved remarkably durable. Why, despite the implausibility of the notion, does it continue? Anyone looking for signs of an emerging Sino-American global condominium in Tuesday’s comprehensive joint declaration would indeed have had slim pickings. Today's think tanks Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=193392 ANDREW SMALL * 2009-11-18T22:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=193179 WASHINGTON --  As U.S. President Barack Obama visits Asia, many European and American observers have embraced the narrative that an emerging, China-centric New Asian Order will reshape world politics, relegating the West to inexorable decline and marginalization. Today's think tanks Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=193179 DAN TWINING * 2009-11-16T22:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=192969 ANKARA — On October 31, I watched history unfold as Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, flanked by the Turkish and Iraqi Kurdish flags, gave a joint press conference with Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan regional government, and delivered messages of friendship and peace. Today's think tanks Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=192969 AMBERIN ZAMAN * 2009-11-14T22:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=192177 In the current, highly-animated Turkish debate, the only sure point of agreement is that Turkey is changing, and changing rapidly. Today's think tanks Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=192177 IAN LESSER * 2009-11-05T22:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=192071 BRUSSELS — On November 3, the Czech Republic’s Constitutional Court ruled that the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty is compatible with the country’s constitution. Today's think tanks Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=192071 CORINNA HÖRST * 2009-11-04T22:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=191872 With Hamid Karzai's re-election as President of Afghanistan guaranteed by Abdullah Abdullah's withdrawal from the race, President Obama is  moving U.S. policy towards the end-game of America's occupation in Afghanistan. Today's think tanks Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=191872 WEBSTER BROOKS * 2009-11-02T22:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=190793 It has been eight years since the United States and a coalition of allies first liberated the Afghan people from the horrific grip of the Taliban and Al Qaeda, its terrorist cohorts. Today's think tanks Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=190793 DAN FATA 2009-10-22T21:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=189862 BERLIN -- The difference in responses on both sides of the Atlantic to the Nobel Peace Prize for U.S. President Barack Obama could not have been more striking. Today's think tanks Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=189862 JÖRG FORBRIG 2009-10-13T21:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=189174 Negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group (the UN Security Council’s 5 permanent members and Germany), which Turkey wants to host so that it will be included in the talks, are going to be held on October 1, in Geneva. Today's think tanks Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=189174 BAYRAM SINKAYA 2009-10-06T21:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=188848 ISTANBUL — Public discussions of the initialed protocols between Turkey and Armenia that were released on the night of August 31 are ongoing in both countries. Today's think tanks Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=188848 NIGAR GOKSEL * 2009-10-03T21:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=188866 Chancellor Angela Merkel famously displays upon her desk a framed picture of an 18th century princess from the German East who journeyed far from home to subdue a court teeming with dangerous rivals, and from there to rule an alien empire: Catherine the Great. Today's think tanks Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=188866 CONSTANZE STELZENMÜLLER 2009-10-03T21:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=188696 Over the past decade, there has been a fundamental shift in the way Turkey’s political elites shape the country’s foreign policy. Ankara has become more proactive, assertive and independent; less focused on traditional hard power and more on a ‘diplomacy-first’ approach. Today's think tanks Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=188696 AMANDA AKÇAKOCA * 2009-10-01T21:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=188489 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s decision to take a different tack on ballistic missile defense architecture has opened a vigorous debate in policy circles on both sides of the Atlantic. Today's think tanks Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=188489 IAN LESSER * 2009-09-29T21:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=188142 ANKARA — In the shadow of the White House announcement that U.S. President Barack Obama would abandon the missile defense system planned for Eastern Europe in favor of a ship-based missile defense system, the Pentagon notified Congress of a possible $7.8 billion sale of Patriot PAC-3 antimissile batteries and related equipment to Turkey, the only NATO ally bordering Iran. Today's think tanks Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=188142 OZGUR UNLUHISARCIKLI 2009-09-26T21:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=187379 Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) between 4 and 7 June 2009. Today's think tanks Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=187379 MENEKŞE TOKYAY * 2009-09-16T21:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=187380 Less than ten days after recent elections in north Cyprus, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) announced a decision that may have serious effects for ongoing peace negotiations. Today's think tanks Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=187380 METE HATAY AND REBECCA BRYANT * 2009-09-16T21:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=187381 Located in one of the most pivotal points of northwestern Iraq, the story of Talafar is one of the most interesting in post-invasion Iraq. Today's think tanks Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=187381 SERHAT ERKMEN * 2009-09-16T21:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=187269 Throughout history, Lebanon has been a land where civil wars and fight of regional and global powers were witnessed. It is known that a number of the great civilizations which have marked the history of the world tended to be dominant in Lebanese territories. Today's think tanks Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=187269 VEYSEL AYHAN * 2009-09-15T21:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=187291 The heart of ethnic nationalism is völkisch, a German concept which is difficult to translate. It is based on German romanticism and the German cultural and spiritual reactions to the Enlightenment and the idea of universality derived from the French revolution. Today's think tanks Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=187291 INGMAR KARLSSON * 2009-09-15T21:00:00Z http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=187054 The new cabinet of the Islamic Republic of Iran has finally been formed, after the contested June 12 Elections. Eighteen of the twenty-one candidates that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposed for the cabinet managed to receive a vote of confidence on Thursday September 3, following heated arguments in the Iranian Majlis (legislature). [1] Today's think tanks Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=187054 BAYRAM SINKAYA* 2009-09-13T21:00:00Z