Epstein Secrets

mission. Fewer than a third are participating in the all-important airstrikes. British and French aircraft carry the main burden. Canada, Belgium, Norway and Denmark, despite limited resources, have made outsized contributions. Turkey, with the alliance's second-largest military, has remained largely

following months, especially in the wake of Turkey's response to the Mavi Marmara incident, a number of U.S. congressmen withdrew their support for Ankara on important policy issues. For example, Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) argued that Turkey's membership in NATO should be "called into question," while Sh

portunities, apartments and a voice in their own future have not materialized. This is what sparked all these volcanic uprisings. But Syria is not Norway. The quest for democracy is not the EFTA_R1_00229084 EFTA01842283 only drama playing out there. Syria is also a highly tribalized and sectarian-

, 2012 -- Hardly a day goes by that an Iranian official doesn't threaten Turkey. Take for instance Maj. Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi's recent warning to Ankara: "Turkey must radically rethink its policies on Syria, the NATO missile shield and promoting Muslim secularism in the Arab world, or face trouble

ly on arms), cronyism, resistance to reform and the failure to build a diversified economy that shields them from the vagaries of oil prices. Alas, Norway is not the norm; something resembling Nigeria is. To enumerate these problems is not to say that Libya will inevitably succumb to them; at the sam

to break the Gaza blockade, Turkey has vowed to ensure "freedom of navigation." It says its navy will protect any future aid flotillas to Gaza. But Ankara's actions speak louder than words. Learning from the disastrous 2010 experience, it stopped its pro-Islamic charities from attempting to sail to Ga

ree Roger Cohen Article 7. The Daily Star The West still beats the rest, but it may no longer be best Robert Skidelsky Article 8. Wall Street Journal Norway to Jews: You're Not Welcome Here Alan M. Dershowitz HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030030 --- PAGE BREAK --- 2 Article 1. Foreign Policy The Syrian Time Bomb Patr

ly -- no doubt to Israel's great satisfaction. Meanwhile, Turkey is deeply concerned by the Syrian disturbances: Damascus has been the cornerstone of Ankara's ambitious Arab policy. Turkey-Syria relations have flourished in recent years as Turkey-Israel relations have grown cold. Prime Minister Recep Tayy