Rulers have to live with their decisions. There is a point in Shakespeare’s famous play where Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking. She has recently plotted...

Turkey may look vulnerable to you. When President Erdoğan was elected back in June 2018, you could buy a dollar with 4.71 Lira. Now it costs around...

When it comes to global politics, we all know that the European Union (EU) is in a sorry state. One of its three most powerful members is leaving,...

“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action” writes Ian Fleming in Goldfinger. Since I am not James Bond, I’m inclined...

There are two types of countries in our region: countries where you know the results of an election before votes are counted, and those where you...

That’s how I see things in the financial markets this past week. Why? There’s nothing there about economic policy. It’s all about politics. Turkey is...

Looking at the economy these days, there are things that I understand and there are things that I have difficulty in understanding. The recent rapid...

In December 1995, the American rapper 2Pac (Tupac Amari Shakur) was on MTV, talking about his new album. “It's called All Eyez on Me. That's how I...

“The times they are-a changin’” sang Bob Dylan in the 1960s. That got to me sometimes. Aren’t they always “a-changin’?” Isn’t that what time is? Not...

I see two important trends shaping the future of the global debate: the first is population aging and the second is migration. It’s an old story in a...