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Claire Berlinski

6 articles 2001–2010

Claire Berlinski is an American journalist and author based in Istanbul, Turkey. She contributed reporting and essays to The Weekly Standard between 2001 and 2010, covering international affairs with a focus on Turkey, the Middle East, Europe, and intelligence matters. She is also known for her books on Margaret Thatcher and the legacy of communism.

Spy vs. Spy

December 27, 2004 · Claire Berlinski, Magazine, Books and Arts

CIA SpyMaster

Mrs. Euro's Mideast Adventure

February 3, 2003 · Claire Berlinski, Magazine

WIM DUISENBERG, the president of the European Central Bank, is the most powerful man in Europe, at least among men without troops. His decisions affect the economic future of 300 million Europeans; 20 percent of the world's goods and services are produced in the currency zone over which he…

Why We Don't Spy

March 4, 2002 · Claire Berlinski, Magazine, Books and Arts

See No Evil The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer Crown, 288 pp., $25.95 Cloak and Dollar A History of American Secret Intelligence by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones Yale University Press, 384 pp., $29.95 ACCORDING TO CIA case officer Robert Baer, who spent…

English Only Spoken Here

December 3, 2001 · Features, Claire Berlinski, Magazine

A RUMOR HAS BEEN CIRCULATING in intelligence circles that communications intercepted prior to September 11 referred in Arabic to a "Christmas gift" for the United States. What no one listening to these messages realized was that the same expression can mean "an unpleasant exploding surprise." This…