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When Russian tanks trundled into Georgia in August 2008, it dawned on the European Union that it should have been paying more attention to the volatile Caucasus and Black Sea regions right at its doorstep. Turkey - strategically placed between the Balkans, Black Sea and Middle East - is fast becoming a...
Four years ago, Aslan tried to have military commanders in charge of the region at the time of his son's abduction subpoenaed. The military has still not responded to his appeal. That snub doesn't surprise Kardas, the former military judge. "Turkey's most fundamental issue is how to...
The modern literary tradition—in particular, the Lost Generation writers and their contemporaries—has done something curious in romanticizing the throes of alcoholism. Hemingway, Faulkner and Fitzgerald were all raging alcoholics and filled their novels with characters who acted likewise. But never before, and rarely today...
Yet, as primatologists pointed out, the attack power of a frustrated wild animal should have come as no surprise. Primatologist Jane Goodall noted, “Chimpanzees evolved in the tropical forests of Africa, and that’s where they’re suited to live, roaming in groups...
Will the summit achieve anything? It would be a surprise if it broke up in disarray - the stakes are too high for that. But it would be as surprising if measurable progress were made on every item on the agenda.