Both Israel and Turkey hold an unspoken conviction that the other is not merely a regional actor, but an aspiring hegemon ...

Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Globalist and Director of the Global Ideas Center, a global network of authors and analysts.

Aykan Erdemir is the senior director of the Turkey Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former member of the Turkish Parliament.

Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to argue that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was justified. For his assertion, he gives two reasons: First, NATO’s expansion to include former Warsaw Pact ...

Moldova has made a serious effort to reform itself and break free from Moscow’s sphere of influence. But it needs Western support. John Lechner is an expert on Slavic languages and cultures, and a ...

Donald Trump was merely the Orwellian trigger. The Republican Party’s decision not to oppose him caused the institutional decay that has gripped the United States.

Erdogan is a pragmatist, and will likely be looking to maximize both diplomatic and monetary rewards for the evidence he possesses, real or presumed. Aykan Erdemir is the senior director of the Turkey ...

Russia’s and Turkey’s lack of a solid economic performance is what motivates their two leaders’ steady resorting to domestic oppression. Aykan Erdemir is the senior director of the Turkey Program at ...

Independent journalist and author, covering national and international affairs for The Washington Post for more than 40 years. Dan Morgan, an independent journalist and author based in Washington, D.C ...

Norbert F. Tofall is Senior Research Analyst at the Flossbach von Storch Research Institute.

When the rule of law rests in the hands of one politician with no restraints, then the consequences are manifold and palpable: Freedom of speech is doomed, accountability ceases and the path to ...