US Foreign Policy establishment bitchin’ about the nuclear deal

Not that US arguments are all wrong but US Foreign Policy does not offer more than sanctions to Iran and this is nothing new. No innovation, no change in their policy although diplomacy requires constant fine tuning. US still chooses the only option of threatening and then wonders why they are not liked in Middle East… Mr. Obama continues to be a disappointment in matters of foreign policy…

Brazil, Turkey defend nuclear deal with Iran

Turkey’s work on Iran nuclear deal shows emerging diplomatic power

While the US has continued to press for UN Security Council sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, Turkey’s high-profile role in brokering a nuclear deal with Tehran is just the latest sign of an emerging diplomatic power.

Iran to scrap nuclear fuel swap deal if UN sanctions approved

from Hurriyet Dailynews

Iran said it will back out of an agreement to swap enriched uranium for reactor fuel if the United Nations Security Council approves a US-sponsored proposal for a fourth round of sanctions aimed at curbing the country?s nuclear development.

Brazil, Turkey try to stymie UN sanctions on Iran

from Yahoo news

by Staff Writers Brasilia (AFP) May 19, 2010 Brazil and Turkey on Wednesday urged their fellow UN Security Council members to heed a deal they struck with Iran over its nuclear program, in a last-minute bid to block a sanctions vote against Tehran.

KERİM BALCI – Uranium swap deal with Iran

The nuclear fuel swap deal signed on Monday by Iran on one side and Turkey and Brazil on the other sent a shockwave through the West, which had reached an internal agreement over further sanctions on Iran.

Iran, nuclear weapons and Turkey by Haluk Özdalga

According to the US and other Western states, Iran’s goal is to produce nuclear weapons. Iran, however, argues that it wants to have nuclear technology for purely peaceful purposes. Who is right?

LALE KEMAL – US should respect Iranian uranium deal

Despite apparent Iran setback, Turkey expands its reach

UE/Turquie: l?Espagne promet de faire avancer l?adhésion d?Ankara

Europolitique

12 mai 2010

La Présidence espagnole de l?UE s?est montrée confiante dans le fait que les négociations d?adhésion avec la Turquie allaient avancer d?ici la fin de son mandat, le 30 juin. « Il est difficile de dire combien mais il est certain que certains chapitres seront ouverts pendant la présidence espagnole », a déclaré le ministre espagnol des Affaires étrangères, Miguel Angel Moratinos, lors d?une conférence de presse conjointe avec son homologue turc, Ahmet Davutoglu, et le commissaire chargé de l?Elargissement et de la Politique de voisinage, Stefan Füle, le 10 mai.

Turquie : pas de carrière sans ma mère

Alternatives Internationales (France), 1 mars 2010

Zeynep Aycan *

Le diplôme leur a ouvert les portes des entreprises, mais ne les a pas soulagées des tâches traditionnellement assignées aux femmes. Si les cadres font face, c?est grâce au soutien de la génération précédente qui n?a pu réaliser ses aspirations.

İBRAHİM KALIN – Three benchmarks in Turkish foreign policy

La Turquie à la croisée des chemins

France Soir, 18/05/10

Alexandre Del Valle

Ces derniers jours, plusieurs évènements inédits ont marqué la Turquie : le vote du projet de réforme constitutionnelle, les accords stratégiques russo-turcs, la visite d?Erdogan en Grèce, et sa participation au sommet des Non Alignés du « G15 » à Téhéran ce week end.

Turkey in Europe and beyond: the Cyprus issue

US Armenians seek to stop award for Davutoğlu