Reflection Cafe 2005 The Reflection Cafe is an attempt to compile various ideas that relate to significant issues of our challenging time. Though it is going to be more related to arts and social sciences, especially politics, foreign policy, and history, it also welcomes all fields of social sciences. No doubt, philosophy, science, technology, and environment are also essential parts of humanity, hence, the cafe is also open to these areas. The editor will be glad to have your comments on the posts as well as to get your general views on the Reflection Cafe. Please do not hesitate to send your comments/criticisms. You can also recommend the related news, analyses, ideas to be posted on the Cafe.
The following links refer to all posts that were published in 2005. It is hoped that the group members find them useful as per their intellectual interests. - *Islam, Islam-the West Relations III<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/12/islam-islam-west-relations-iii.html> * - *Great Power Stakes in Central Asia<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/12/great-power-stakes-in-central-asia.html> * - *The Flight from Reality in the Human Sciences<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/12/flight-from-reality-in-human-sciences.html> * - *WildCam Africa<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/12/wildcam-africa.html> * - *Some Ideas on Turkey's Bid for EU Membership (II)<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/12/some-ideas-on-turkeys-bid-for-eu.html> * November *Miscellaneous Interviews (I)<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/11/miscellaneous-interviews-i.html> ** , **The Reflection Cafe** The Internet Classics Archive<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/11/internet-classics-archive_113323356102065274.html> ** , **Daniel C. Stevenson-MIT** **Why Inequality Matters in a Globalizing World<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/11/why-inequality-matters-in-globalizing.html> ** , **Nancy Birdsall** **The Development Challenge Five Years After the Millennium Summit<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/11/development-challenge-five-years-after.html> ** , **Kemal Dervis-CGD** ** Resisting Modernity: The Backlash Against Secularism<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/11/resisting-modernity-backlash-against.html> ** , **Karen Armstrong** * * * * * *October* * * *Iraq and the Democratic Peace<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/10/iraq-and-democratic-peace.html> ** , **John M. Owen** **Miscellaneous Links (I)<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/10/miscellaneous-links-i.html> **, **The Reflection Cafe** **Turkey and the European Tent<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/10/turkey-and-european-tent.html> ** , **YaleGlobal ** **American Politics and Foreign Policy (III-IV)<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/10/american-politics-and-foreign-policy.html> ** , **The Reflection Cafe** **Pearls of Wisdom (II)<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/10/pearls-of-wisdom-ii.html> **, **The Reflection Cafe** * * * * ** * *September* * * *Research Channel: One Bright Idea After Another<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/09/research-channel-one-bright-idea-after.html> ** **9/11 and the Past and Future of American Foreign Policy<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/09/911-and-past-and-future-of-american.html> ** , **Melvyn P. Leffler** **Socrates' Defense (Apology)<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/09/socrates-defense-apology.html> **, Plato** **The Disappearance of the Social Democrats<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/09/disappearance-of-social-democrats.html> **, **Mathias Greffrath** **Shift Europe's Boundary<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/09/shift-europes-boundary.html> ** ,** Jack Straw** **Unnatural Disaster:The Lessons of Katrina<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/09/unnatural-disasterthe-lessons-of.html> **, **The Worldwatch Institute** **Isolationist Invasion<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/09/isolationist-invasion.html> ** , **Francis Fukayama*** * * * * * * *August* * * *Asia, Africa, Latin America II<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/08/asia-africa-latin-america-ii.html> ** , **The Reflection Cafe** **World Affairs III<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/08/world-affairs-iii.html> **, **The Reflection Cafe** ** Beyond Imperialism: The New Internationalism<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/08/beyond-imperialism-new.html> ** , **Akira Iriye** ** Islam, Islam-the West Relations (II)<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/08/islam-islam-west-relations-ii.html> ** , **The Reflection Cafe** **Some Ideas on Turkey's Bid for EU Membership<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/08/some-ideas-on-turkeys-bid-for-eu.html> ** , **The Reflection Cafe** * * * * * * * *July* * * *Politics and Economy in the Age of Globalization<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/07/politics-and-economy-in-age-of.html> ** , **Yale Global Online** **Some UCTV Events<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/07/some-uctv-events.html> ** ,** **Religion has no part in this (London Attack)<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/07/religion-has-no-part-in-this-london.html> ** , **Sher Khan** **The G8 and Development: The Road to Gleneagles<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/07/g8-and-development-road-to-gleneagles.html> ** , **Center for Global Development** Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/07/science-and-democracy-in-europe-and.html> ** , **Sheila Jasanoff** * * * * * * * *June* * * *Pearls of Wisdom (I), <http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/06/pearls-of-wisdom-i.html>**The Reflection Cafe** ** Middle East, Central Asia, Russia, Balkans,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/06/middle-east-central-asia-russia.html> ** **The Reflection Cafe** ** Secularism: The Turkish Experience,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/06/secularism-turkish-experience.html> ** **Omer Baristiran (Ed.)** ** Secularism and its Discontents,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/06/secularism-and-its-discontents.html> ** **Nikki R. Keddie** ** The Two Faces of Globalization: Against Globalization as We Know It<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/06/two-faces-of-globalization-against.html> ** , **Branko Milanovic** Iran's Presidential Runoff: The Long View<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/06/irans-presidential-runoff-long-view.html> ** , **Kaveh Ehsani** On Faith (Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide)<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/06/on-faith-sacred-and-secular-religion.html> ** , **Os Guinness** ** Fallout from the War on Terror,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/06/fallout-from-war-on-terrorpart-i.html> ** **Yale Global** ** How Not to Buy Happiness,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/06/how-not-to-buy-happiness.html> ** **Daedalus ** A Retreat from Great Europe?, <http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/06/retreat-from-great-europe.html>* *Yale Global*** * * * * * * *May* * * *Social Justice and the Future of European Social Democracy,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/05/social-justice-and-future-of-european.html> ** **CES-Harvard Univ.** Vital Signs 2005- Vital Facts,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/05/vital-signs-2005-vital-facts.html> ** **Worldwatch Institute** Developing Countries Should Have a Bigger Say in the World Bank and IMF, <http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/05/developing-countries-should-have.html> ****Yale Global**-Kemal Dervis** Violence in Uzbekistan and the Role of the United States,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/05/violence-in-uzbekistan-and-role-of.html> ****Yasar Sari & Sureyya Yigit** Uzbekistan's Tipping Point: The Violence in Andijan and What Comes Next, <http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/05/uzbekistans-tipping-point-violence-in.html> **Martha B. Olcott** The Euro and the World Economy,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/05/euro-and-world-economy.html> ** **C. Fred Bergsten** Foreign Policy Forums<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/05/foreign-policy-forums.html> State of the World 2005 Foreword,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/05/state-of-world-2005-foreword-mikhail-s.html> ** **Mikhail S. Gorbachev** Berlin Launch of State of the World 2005,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/05/berlin-launch-of-state-of-world-2005.html> ** **Worldwatch Institute*** * * * * * * *April* * * *World Affairs (II),<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/world-affairs-ii.html> ** **The Reflection Cafe** ** Does "Muslim" Turkey Belong in "Christian" Europe?,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/does-muslim-turkey-belong-in-christian.html> ** **The Pew Forum** Africa, Asia, Latin America (I), <http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/africa-asia-latin-america-i.html> **The Reflection Cafe** ** Europe vs. America,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/europe-vs-america.html> **Tony Judt** Islam, Islam-the West Relations, <http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/islam-islam-west-relations.html> **The Reflection Cafe** The Turkish-Armenian Question,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/turkish-armenian-question.html> ** **The Reflection Cafe** Kyrgyzstan: Revolution or Not?,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/kyrgyzstan-revolution-or-not.html> ** **Sureyya Yigit & Yasar Sari** ** The Human Genome & Stem Cell Research,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/human-genome-stem-cell-research.html> ** **UCTV** Human Rights in Darfur, Sudan: Online Chat Transcripts,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/human-rights-in-darfur-sudan-online.html> ****Amnesty International** Hotel Rwanda, When The World Closed its Eyes, He Opened His Arms<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/hotel-rwanda-when-world-closed-its.html> Gallup Poll of China, <http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/gallup-poll-of-china.html>**Richard Burkholder ** China-India Entente Shifts Global Balance,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/china-india-entente-shifts-global.html> ** **Clyde Prestowitz** Liberty for Latin America: How to Undo Five Hundred Years of State Oppression, <http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/liberty-for-latin-america-how-to-undo.html> **Alvaro Vargas Llosa ** Islam and the West, <http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/islam-and-west.html>**John L. Esposito-Harry Kreisler** ** The Threat of Internal Extremism,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/threat-of-internal-extremism.html> ** **Muqtedar Khan & John L Esposito** Who is "the Other"? Does it Really Exist?,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/who-is-other-does-it-really-exist.html> ** **Ilber Ortayli** Europe's Identity and Islams,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/europes-identity-and-islams.html> ** **Renate Holub** Very Bad News,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/very-bad-news.html> ** **Clifford Geertz** Interreligious Dialogue in Global Perspective,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/interreligious-dialogue-in-global.html> ** **Lawrence E. Frizzell** Tunnel Vision on Corruption, <http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/04/tunnel-vision-on-corruption.html> **Moises Naim*** * * * * * * *March* * * *Seven Ages of a Man, <http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/03/seven-ages-of-man-william-shakespeare.html> **William Shakespeare** American Politics and Foreign Policy (II), <http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/03/american-politics-and-foreign-policy.html> **The Reflection Cafe** The Overstretch Myth,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/03/overstretch-myth.html> ** David H. Levey and Stuart S. Brown** Promoting Middle East Democracy: Is the US on the Right Track<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/03/promoting-middle-east-democracy-is-us.html> ** ,** Thomas Carothers & Marina Ottaway** The 'Clash of Civilizations': Revisited after September 11,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/03/clash-of-civilizations-revisited-after.html> **Engin I. Erdem** American Muslims and Scholars Denounce Terrorism,<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/03/american-muslims-and-scholars-denounce.html> **CSID** * * * * * * * *February* * * *World Affairs (I)<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/02/world-affairs-i.html> **, ****The Reflection Cafe** ** American Politics and Foreign Policy (I)<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/02/american-politics-and-foreign-policy-i.html> ** ,** **The Reflection Cafe** ** Europe, European Union (I)<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/02/europe-european-union-i.html> ** ,** **The Reflection Cafe** ** Two Poems from Mevlana Rumi<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/02/two-poems-from-mevlana-rumi.html> ** ** Philosophy and the Habits of Critical Thinking<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/02/philosophy-and-habits-of-critical.html> ** ,** **John Searle** ** Turkey on the Threshold: Europe's Decision and U.S. Interests<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/02/turkey-on-threshold-europes-decision.html> **,** **The Atlantic Council** ** There are limits to American Power<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/02/there-are-limits-to-american-power.html> ** ,** **Eric Hobsbawm** ** American Grand Strategy in a World at Risk<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/02/american-grand-strategy-in-world-at.html> ** ,** **Walter Russell Mead** Should Turkey join the EU?<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/02/should-turkey-join-eu.html> ** ,** **BBC** ** European Integration and the Transformation of Turkish Democracy<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/02/european-integration-and.html> **,** **S.Aydin & F.Keyman** Whither Political Islam?<http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/02/whither-political-islam.html> ** ,** **Mahmood Mamdani* * * ------------------------ Yahoo! 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