The fifth source of optimism is slightly paradoxical.

The State practice related to international transport agreements is contradictory.

Third (seemingly contradicting the previous issue) is the prevalence of prostitution in the country.

Behind this, there has always been a sense of ambivalence, implied by the following observation

Turkey s posture looking both East and West is neither paradoxical nor inconsistent.

This contradictory situation undermines women's ability to contribute to family sustenance and to attend school, particularly at the university level.

This seems already reflected in its vocal reaction to the Blackwater massacre in Baghdad, in contrast to the usual official silence with regards the daily attacks and bombing of civilian targets.

On the other hand, a paradoxical situation is that Constitution prohibits the discrimination against the women on the basis of gender, but does not hinder the discrimination on the basis of marital status.

And every one of the nuclear armed states has been guilty of do as I say, not as I do in insisting on non proliferation while making no serious commitment to disarmament.

America s newfound taste for delegating military responsibilities to others is not the result of a series of events, but the product of a long term process driven by America s simultaneous ambivalence toward the world and active engagement with it.