Turkey and Europe: A Great Irony of History
‘Until a decade ago, European democracies such as Sweden and the Netherlands, set norms that helped reform Turkey into a more liberal...
‘Until a decade ago, European democracies such as Sweden and the Netherlands, set norms that helped reform Turkey into a more liberal...
‘Turkey uses Interpol to evade the human rights protections built into extradition systems and repeatedly breaches Interpol’s rules by...
‘Anyone who expects Erdogan to quit playing multiple sides of the great geopolitical game will likely be disappointed.’ After more than...
‘Ulf Kristersson, with Stoltenberg’s urging, is now willing to throw Swedish democracy under the bus. He transforms Sweden from a...
‘Despite the deterioration in macro-economic outlook, the extraordinary increase in demand, created by inflation, prevents growth from...
None of Turkey’s former allies in the West are now pursuing any democracy talk with Ankara. Instead, democracies are busy finding ways to...
Trade between Egypt and Turkey is estimated at $8 billion, a relatively limited figure that could triple or more given Egypt’s ambition...
“The reality is that Stoltenberg’s deal kicks the can down the road but does nothing to dissuade Turkey from repeating its behavior on...
‘It is uncertain whether Turkey, at the NATO summit in Vilnius, will maintain its opposition to Sweden’s membership. Whatever the...
In the past two weeks much of the world’s attention was on France. The wave of protests and violence, which shattered several major...