APS Diplomat News Service articles from July 2004

APS Diplomat News Service archives from July 2004

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Will Either Die Or Extend To The Middle East.
July 5, 2004... *** The Americans Are Too Simple; The Europeans Are Less Simple; The Arabs And Their Eastern Neighbours Are Complicated; The Orientals Are Even More Complicated *** But It Will Be Stupid To Bet Too Much On The American Simplicity,...

Turkey Is Stuck Between The EU Option & US-Backed Military Coup.
July 12, 2004... ANKARA - There are two scenarios for Turkey: either a successful Muslim democracy accepted as a member of the European Union, or an Islamist regime whose bid to join the EU has been rejected and whose longevity has been cut short by a US-backed...

Iran Will Smile On The Nuclear Issue Till A Deal With USA Ends The Atomic Option.
July 19, 2004... TEHRAN - Iran's first nuclear reactor, a 1,000 MW plant at Bushehr which Tehran says is being built as a power station, should be operational in 2005. Iran's next president, to be elected in 2005, will have to resolve a potentially-explosive...

Saudi Regime Needs New Legitimacy? - But The Royals Say They Had It Before Wahhabism.
July 26, 2004... *** In Darfur Region, Western Sudan, The Pro-Govt. Janjaweed Militias Continue To Rape And Brand Their Female Victims; The UK May Be Among The First Western Powers To Intervene As The Christian Churches Again Sound The Alarm *** John...