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...this moment of transition and of heightening geopolitical struggle, it is hardly the time for soft diplomacy. Obama, like the European Union, should join Secretary Gates in calling Medvedev on a preposterous bluff...
...There is little legitimacy to Russia’s justification for their behavior. I, for one, did not realize that they faced such a military threat from NATO and the European Union. Moreover, I sincerely doubt the Russians’ suspicion that the defense shield’s stated intention of intercepting missiles coming from the Middle East is simply a pretense to encroach upon their territory...
...fast-changing Turkey, Atatürk's personality cult is slowly cracking, and the ructions are reverberating through the nation's political life. A new film about the legendary officer, who fought off occupying European powers to create modern Turkey from the remnants of a moribund Ottoman Empire, has stirred controversy by depicting Mustafa Kemal the man, not the icon. He is shown as a lonely figure, a heavy drinker and a failed husband, racked by doubts at the end of his life. The documentary uses original footage as well as re-enactments and is tellingly called Mustafa instead...
...controversy is yet another reflection of the epic struggle under way regarding Turkey's future. Secularists fear that Atatürk's legacy is threatened by the Islamic-rooted ruling party, and they look to the military for protection. The government denies it has any secret Islamicizing ambitions. Meanwhile, European Union-inspired reforms are transforming society, allowing previously taboo issues, such as rights for the Kurdish minority or the overbearing role of the military in politics and society, to be aired...
...soldier, and at 22, as a mere captain, he rebelled against the Sultan. The army banished him to faraway posts but couldn't quash him. A brilliant military strategist, he defeated the British at Gallipoli in 1915, and in 1919 he started a war for independence against occupying European allies that resulted in the founding of modern Turkey...