With the astonishing transformations in the geopolitics of the world since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Turkey has been profoundly affected by the changes on its periphery. For the first time since the beginning of the century, a Turkic world has blossomed, giving Turkey potential new foreign policy clout from the Balkans across the Caucasus a

?The clash of civilizations? has become a common phrase in discussions of U.S.?Middle East relations. This book explores the nature of the friction between the Muslim world and Western states, looking at legitimate perceptions and grievances on both sides involving historical, political, economic, cultural, psychological, and strategic elements.Arg

Ken Loach is one of Britain's most formidable film-makers, whose honours include the Cannes Festival's highest prize - the Palme d'or. The greatest exponent of the social realist tradition in cinema and television history, Ken Loach remains a vital international voice of conscience -- his dramas, comedies, and documentaries dedicated to the cause of ordinary working people, oppressed and deprived by uncaring employers, governments, and social systems. This second edition of Loach on Loach completes the director's personal account (expressed, as always, with surpassing modesty) of his...