What does Turkey want from the West?
Ankara’s move to block Finland and Sweden shows it is playing its own game and dancing to its own tune.
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Ankara’s move to block Finland and Sweden shows it is playing its own game and dancing to its own tune.
President Erdogan’s long list of gripes with the West helps explain his threat to block Finland and Sweden.
Did a cold shoulder from the EU lead to Turkey’s spiral away from democracy and the beginning of Erdogan’s authoritarian regime?
Daily Briefing: Will Turkey’s pivotal position enable tomorrow’s meeting between Russia and Ukraine’s foreign ministers to be a turning point?
Ankara has been a middle-man between Moscow and the West. That might be about to change.
The Prime Minister looks like a man who thinks he’s getting away with Partygate. Those who helped facilitate his elevation are partly responsible for all the problems that followed.
Even if the authoritarian President may not go as far as to rig next year’s election, his record is reason for concern.
The agreement realigns the security architecture of Europe but could be a curveball for NATO.
The world’s attention might have been fixed on Kabul, but geopolitics never sleeps: Turkey announces plans to extend its border wall with Iran, Algeria breaks off diplomatic ties with Morocco, and the UK takes a step towards becoming a Pacific nation.
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