Only one comment today: BRAVO !! Your Group and Reflection Café is very interesting, and views put forward always balanced, open, never one-sided, and generally of a quality I perceive as very high (impressive, actually).
Thank you for the effort and beautiful result, and I can only wish to myself that in 2006 you'll be able to continue. With my very Best Wishes for 2006 for the whole group or team of persons achieving this together. Thierry --- Reflection Cafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > 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* > > * * > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ Nouveau : téléphonez moins cher avec Yahoo! 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