Why Turkey Should Not Hang Ocalan…Now
The capture of Abdullah Ocalan by Turkish commandos last February ignited a national celebration in Turkey. After all, Ocalan,...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Why Turkey Should Not Hang Ocalan…Now
A nation must think before it acts.
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Trading with China: The Reality
Almost 150 years ago in California, and about 100 years ago in Alaska, the discovery of gold lured thousands...
The Greater Middle East 2025
The Greater Middle East — defined as the Arab world, Israel, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and the Caucasus —...
Wye II: or Back to the Future
On September 13, 1999, Israel and the Palestinian Authority held a ceremonial opening of the final status talks ordained...
NATO’s KLA Problem
The war in Kosovo ended a few months ago, but the practice of “ethnic cleansing” is flourishing, this time...
Is the PKK in Turkey on the Ropes?
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has apparently been set adrift. Ever since last February, when Turkey captured the terrorist...
Who’s Afraid of Falun Gong?
Why have China’s rulers launched a crackdown on Falun Gong? Why did party chiefs declare the group a serious...
Israel Picks a General…and a General Picks a Government
Ehud Barak’s victory over Benjamin Netanyahu in the May 17 Israeli election has been interpreted widely to mean the...
The Taiwan Question
When Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui told a German interviewer this month that relations between the Republic of China on...
Don’t Arm the KLA
A Republican-sponsored bill currently moving through the U.S. House of Representatives asks for U.S. military aid to the Kosovo...