International Herald Tribune
No real alternative to oil: Rise in demand seems unavoidable
31 Ekim 2007
During the early 1930s, when oil prospecting in the Gulf was in its infancy, George Lees, chief geologist for the Anglo Persian Oil...
In booming economies, cement is crucial for growth but an enemy of green
22 Ekim 2007
In booming economies from Asia to Eastern Europe, cement is the glue of progress. The material that binds the ingredients of concrete...
In Congo, an epidemic of rape
16 Ekim 2007
Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecologist, cannot bear to listen to the stories his patients tell him anymore. By Jeffrey Gettleman
The misguided politics of corn ethanol
20 Eylül 2007
Backed by the White House, corn-state governors and solid blocks on both sides of Congress' partisan divide, the politics of biofuels could...
To the Turkish people from their European friends
17 Mayıs 2007
In recent days Turkey's citizens have been carefully watching the reactions of politicians across Europe and the United States to the...
CIA and the Pentagon urged to assess warming's effect on security
10 Nisan 2007
The CIA and the Pentagon would for the first time be required to assess the national security implications of climate change under proposed...
Unusual warm weather hits sales of winter wear
26 Aralık 2006
Retailers are calling it the Coat Crisis of 2006, a fashion fiasco measured in racks of unsold fur-lined shearlings at Saks Fifth Avenue in...
U.S. Supreme Court hears global warming case
1 Aralık 2006
Ponders whether states' case vs. EPA is legally justified. By John Donnelly
A collective failure in the Middle East
12 Eylül 2006
As recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize, we watch with stunned disbelief as the fighting in Lebanon and Israel spins out of control, while...
EU rebukes Turkey on reform pace
5 Eylül 2006
European Union lawmakers on Monday sharply criticized Turkey for its slow pace of reform and warned that failure to make progress in a...
Don't forget those other 27,000 nukes
13 Haziran 2006
During the Cold War, it proved possible to reach many significant agreements on disarmament. Why does it seem so impossible now, when the...
The ghosts of New Orleans
27 Eylül 2005
One of the passages in Bob Dylan's "Chronicles, Volume One" is about time he spent in New Orleans in the late 1980s. It was written before...
Meanwhile, Israel grabs the rest of Jerusalem
12 Ağustos 2005
After more than 38 years of its oppressive military occupation of the Gaza Strip, Israel will soon begin evacuating the few thousand...
Good news bears
9 Ağustos 2005
The polar bear has become the new poster animal for environmentalists, and I can understand why. When it comes to "charismatic megafauna" -...
Global warming: While scientists quibble, species vanish
15 Şubat 2005
Scientists met in Britain recently to discuss what level of greenhouse gas concentrations constitutes "dangerous interference" with the...
In Congo, Dark Heart of Mineral Exploitation
28 Aralık 2004
This month, the International Rescue Committee estimated that there have been 3.8 million deaths in the six-year conflict. This is the...
Turkey offers a test of EU multiculturism
16 Aralık 2004
Many think this should mean the death of a multicultural EU as well. And while European leaders will most likely say yes to Turkey on...
Is Turkey the next Argentina?
9 Aralık 2004
Foreign money has been pouring into Turkey at a rapid pace, fueling an economic expansion that has many investors and analysts praising the...
Would Turkey split the EU and the U.S. ?
26 Ekim 2004
Oct. 7, the European Union's executive commission officially recommended that the 25-member bloc start talks with Turkey on eventual...
Nuclear comeback stokes terror fears
19 Ekim 2004
With uncertainties increasing about supplies of natural gas and oil, nuclear energy is making a powerful global comeback, prompting...
Peace Laureate's Detention Tests the World
8 Ekim 2004
My fellow Nobel Peace laureate, the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, is now spending her ninth year in detention. No one has...
Bush's tone-deaf UN speech
23 Eylül 2004
We did not expect President George W. Bush to come before the United Nations in the middle of his re-election campaign and acknowledge the...
The crisis in Darfur: This wolf is real, and nobody's listening
21 Eylül 2004
Once upon a time the U.S. secretary of state went to the UN Security Council and cried, "Wolf!" He said that the evil Saddam Hussein had...
The scenes at Beslan weren't so unfamiliar
15 Eylül 2004
The pictures of the Russian children being carried out of the school in Beslan, their naked bodies splattered with blood, filled me with...
