When developing Asia was in crisis in the 1990s, the world valiantly upheld monetary orthodoxy. Then Europe went into crisis in 2008, world leaders...

In the second of a two-part series, a Turkish analyst describes his country’s strategic character, and how it is changing through its contact with...

Nobody in Turkey talks about the 2023 targets anymore. Remember the days when Turkey had an ambitious, but doable plan? I do. I had much to criticize...

In the first of a two-part series, a Turkish analyst describes his country’s strategic character, and how it is changing through its contact with the...

There is a famous dialogue in Mike Nichols’ 1967 film, The Graduate. It is a film about a young college graduate who has an affair with the older...

Can Turkey turn into a little Russia? That is what businesspeople ask me these days. They see the current government not for what it is, but what it...

In a recent Financial Times article, Wolfgang Münchau claimed that today’s refugee crisis posed a greater threat to the EU’s future than the euro...

I was in Tehran recently on a day trip. There was a fresh feeling in the air, a kind of happiness that bubbles over and makes you anxious. It’s as if...

A spectre is haunting Europe, once again nowadays - the spectre of who is calling the shots in the old continent. The epic struggle between European...