[dropcap size=small]I n 2014, it appeared Ukraine’s population had found the golden ticket to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory – only with Willy Wonka being the newly elected President Petro Poroshenko and the Chocolate Factory being…
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W hile Western journalists and politicians see themselves as fit to provide ‘expert’ commentary on Iran and the wider Middle East, the real ‘Iran experts’ – the Iranian people there, more…
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T he state of the rule of law, democracy and human rights in Turkey is shocking. Since the failed coup, the Turkish government misuses the steadily prolonged state of emergency to…
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“For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain, there can be no…
A s part of our Monday Talks series, we have hosted Ana Gomes and Anders Vistisen to discuss the current state of the relations between the European Union and Turkey. The two influential members of the…
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T he Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) bill, passed by the U.S. Congress with full bi-partisan support, and enacted on August 2, 2017, sparked stormy reactions of some EU…
T he Israeli government got into a diplomatic disagreement with the Polish government this week after the former registered its displeasure with the latter’s initial approval of a bill exculpating Poland and Poles from…
[dropcap size=small]A padlock stuck on a railroad switch was enough to block Murmansk’s oil terminal for about seven hours, one of the latest episodes of a bizarre corporate conflict in one of the world’s…
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S ince the infamous July 15th, 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, 4,560 judges and prosecutors have been dismissed from…
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E arly February I took part in a parliamentary mission to Israel. Not even a week later, Israel and Iran clashed for the first time at the Syrian border, which we…