From Power and Interest News Report, a look at how Iran is strengthening its role in the Caspian Sea and Central Asian regions. Iran's leading political dissident Akbar Ganji addresses the UN Secretary-General. Deja vu all over again: The US is smearing IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei for not finding evidence of Iranian nuclear weapons — sound familiar? Nuclear meltdown: A crucial moment looms in the Iran debate, even as big questions remain unasked. Like, could we live with a nuclearized Tehran? From Esquire, a look at the secret history of the impending war with Iran that the White House doesn't want you to know. What happens if President Bush does not bomb Iran? That is good news for the world, but potentially terrible news for the Democrats. From New Politics, an essay on Iraq: The Democrats to the Fore. Raw Data: Phillip Carter on the dark side of Iraq's good news. From New Statesman, a special issue on Iraq uncovered. The savage infantry war in Iraq: A review of House to House: an Epic of Urban Warfare by David Bellavia. A civil war on campus: Sunnis and Shiites are dividing the classroom. Dreams and reality: The effects of northern Iraq on Turkey's Kurds are more complex than they seem. How can the U.S. keep Turkey from invading Kurdish Iraq? Dennis Ross investigates. Divide and conquer: The United States should be squeezing Turkey, not the other way around. Slavoj Zizek on the disturbing sounds of the Turkish March. From NPQ, a series of articles on the two souls of Turkey.
