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ISRAEL THREATENS THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST
The world agenda has been busy for a long time with claims of Iran’s nuclear capacity and the threat posed to Middle Eastern and world peace by the possibility of this country acquiring nuclear weapons. The staunchest defender of this point of view is Israel. However, there is something begging the - 08.03.2010


MAJOR HEALTHCARE PROBLEMS IN ROMANIA
There are 431 hospitals in Romania. However, of these only three of them are in keeping with European standards. Bucharest allocates only 3.6 per cent of its GDP to healthcare services. Other countries are preferred by healthcare workers for employment and by patients seeking treatment. Given tha - 04.03.2010


CHAVEZ’S AFFECTION FOR THE NUMBER 11
During his speech marking the celebrations of his 11 years in office as president of Venezuela, the 55 year old Hugo Chavez, dubbed “the tropical Mussolini” by the American press, said he “likes the number 11 very much”. Stating that he will have turned 66 11 years later, Chavez also said that he wa - 04.03.2010


IS THE AFRICAN UNION A RISING POWER?
The African continent is perhaps the most complex part of the world. Conflicts, problems and disputes are an inseparable part of the continent. Many issues such as human rights violations, coup d’etats and lethal diseases such as AIDS immediately bring Africa to mind. At the Copenhagen Climate Summi - 01.03.2010


I ADORE THE EU
It is such a dear. Sometimes it carries out such acts that I smile for days each time I remember them. For example, for a while it had been saying that it “was worn out by enlargement”, that it could not “include new members financially” and that “all the members should be in solidarity due to the g - 01.03.2010


GREATER CRISIS MAY BE IN STORE FOR UKRAINE
According to unofficial results of the Ukrainian presidential election, p-Moscow leader Victor Yanukovych has won the day with a narrow margin of 3 per cent (Yanukovych 48.95 per cent – Timoshenko 45.47 per cent of the total vote). Even if Yanukovych had lost with a narrow margin; it would not have - 01.03.2010


ONE DOES NOT BET ON EVERY HORSE …
The EU, while it was still called the European Economic Community (EEC) took a very controversial step in 1981 and accepted Greece as a member. It was enough for the dictatorship to have ended in Greece. Also the roots of Europe lay, as would later be pronounced, in “Judaeo-Christian culture and Gre - 01.03.2010


A SOLUTION IN CYPRUS?
There will definitely be a solution in Cyprus one day. When the time comes this issue will drop off the world agenda. What is important is in what manner the problem will be solved. There is a rule which is becoming increasingly prevalent in diplomacy: the side which blocks a solution is always the - 01.03.2010


MUCH TALK, NO ACTION IN CYPRUS!
British newspaper “the Guardian” featured the best summary of what is taking place in Cyprus. The newspaper said that the “process in Cyprus could not move on from words to action”. The Guardian is right: the international community does not view Cyprus as a stand-alone dossier or a problem to be ov - 01.03.2010


TO SOLVE OR NOT TO SOLVE?
That is the question. The question is the solution of the Cyprus problem for the security of the Eastern Mediterranean, the future of the EU, the global system and law. Up until now, almost every type of negotiation has been held for a solution on Cyprus. There have been indirect negotiations, compr - 01.03.2010


THE TWO FACES OF THE EU…
Turkish-EU relations have always been strained. The points of tension are now gradually lessening. It may be thought that bilateral ties are approaching the age of maturity. However, looking back at the past it is possible to be proud of only very few instances in relations between Ankara and Brusse - 01.03.2010


THE GREEK THREAT WITIN THE EU GROWS
The “financial swamp” Greece has fallen in has begun to affect the area around it. The crisis triggered by Athens is not only risky in terms of the Eurozone. Greece is also producing problems for the Balkan Peninsula through this crisis. The first sign of this was the blockade of the Bulgarian borde - 11.02.2010


THE EARTQUAKE SHOOK NOT ONLY HAITI BUT HUMANITY …
The terrible earthquake in Haiti is continuing to claim lives despite the time that has passed over it. Amidst the disregard and blasé attitude of the whole world a country is perishing. One wonders which is more terrible; the destruction wrought by the earthquake or the lack of attention of the wor - 11.02.2010


TURKEY’S POSITION IN THE 2010s
When trying to foresee what awaits Turkey in the 2010s, one should first take up the advantages and disadvantages the country has at the present. From this point of view, it may be said that in the process running up to the 2020s Turkey will be more active and effective on the Silk Road on which car - 11.02.2010


“THERE ARE TWO BASIC OPTIONS FOR BOSNIA”…
Interview with the Croatian Ambassador to Ankara Ambassador Assistant Zoran Vodopija TDO: Can the tripartite consultation meetings being held between Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia contribute to the “Butmir Process” in Bosnia-Herzegovina? Zoran Vodopija: The meetings can contribute t - 10.02.2010


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TURKEY

	TURKEY’S POSITION IN THE 2010s
	“CRUCIFIED” RELATIONS

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BALKANS

	“THERE ARE TWO BASIC OPTIONS FOR BOSNIA”…
	FROM REGIONAL SECURITY TO GLOBAL SECURITY

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MIDEAST

	ISRAEL THREATENS THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST
	WHETHER THEY EXIST OR NOT!

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CAUCASUS

	ARMENIA DOES THIS ALL THE TIME!
	RUSSIA’S NEW NUCLEAR DOCTRINE

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CYPRUS

	MUCH TALK, NO ACTION IN CYPRUS!
	A SOLUTION IN CYPRUS?

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EUROPEAN UNION

	MAJOR HEALTHCARE PROBLEMS IN ROMANIA
	ONE DOES NOT BET ON EVERY HORSE …

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TURKIC WORLD

	HAPPY NAWRUZ!
	A REASON IS NEEDED FOR NOT SAYING NO

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TERRORISM

	DO YOU REMEMBER BIN LADIN?
	FATAL ERROR!

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AFGHANISTAN

	WE WANT TROOPS FROM TURKEY …
	THE NEW AFGHAN STRATEGY AND THE ROLE OF TURKEY

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OTHERS

	CHAVEZ’S AFFECTION FOR THE NUMBER 11
	IS THE AFRICAN UNION A RISING POWER?

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