I t has been the four years since corruption scandals implicating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his family members and prominent high-level politicians and bureaucrats were revealed to the country on December 17 and 25,…
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W ithin the now all-consuming drive of Emmanuel Macron, Guy Verhofstadt and other European leaders to reform the EU, the European gaze has once again focused entirely on the core western…
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B efore the Eastern Partnership (EaP) Brussels Summit (November 2017), there were many polemics associated with competing language of the summit’s declaration on unresolved conflicts and the new EU-Azerbaijan agreement. The…
[dropcap size=small]T he Middle East is burning. In Syria, half a million people have been murdered in the bloodiest civil war of the century; in Egypt, constant terror attacks are the new normal; in…
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T ransparency is a big and oft-heard word these days in Brussels. Every week dozens of private companies and…
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N obody can question the few benefits of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal between…
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The French Revolution 2.0
Only 6 months after becoming the youngest French President under the 5th Republic, Emmanuel Macron is proving to the French people and the world that he’s not in…
M onday 11 December, during a surprise visit at the Syrian airbase of Khmeimim, currently leased by Russia, Vladimir Putin announced a partial pullout of the Russian contingent in the country, stating that “over…
[dropcap size=small]T his year St. Nicholas has brought a very special present, at least for Israel. On the 6th of December, US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, therefore brushing aside the…
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[dropcap size=small]T Turkey and Israel were once close allies, bonded as two states surrounded by hostile regimes. However, Turkey has stated in recent days that US President Donald Trump’s move to declare…