List of Balkans articles
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Orban stands before mics held up by journalists. Is ‘the Media’ Really Under Attack?
We need a new framework to understand how today’s autocrats control public opinion.
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Supporters of the main opposition Republican People’s Party take part in a post-election rally in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey’s Democracy Is Down but Not Out
An invigorated opposition is ready for a constitutional fight.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves as he sits inside a car with his wife Emine Erdogan as a European flag is reflected on the car window after disembarking at Berlin's Tegel airport for his three-day official visit to Germany, on September 27, 2018. Post-Erdogan Turkey Is Finally Here
Last weekend’s elections offer a first glimpse of a political future beyond the reigning strongman.
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Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) addresses supporters during a rally on May 27, 2023. If Turkey’s Opposition Loses the Kurds, It Will Never Win
Istanbul’s mayor is struggling to get reelected as the opposition’s hard-line nationalism pushes Kurdish voters away.
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Local residents listen to the Turkish President's speech next to his a banner with his portrait during a rally in the Beyoglu district on the eve of the presidential and parliamentary elections, on the European side of Istanbul, on May 13, 2023. Images) Local Elections Will Soon Decide Turkey’s Future
If Erdogan’s party wins back the country’s biggest cities, big shifts in Turkish politics could follow.
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A crowd of people stretch their arms upward as several carry a flag-draped coffin with a picture of a man's face on it through the streets of Beirut. How Israel’s Assassination Campaign Against Hamas Could Backfire
The targeted killings pose diplomatic and security risks.
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Turkish lawmakers attend a session before voting on a bill regarding Sweden’s accession to NATO. In Turkey, Atlanticism Does Not Mean Liberalism
Ankara finally ratified Stockholm’s NATO accession, but it must still find a democratic resolution to the Kurdish question.
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Two Turkish members of the opposition People's Equality and Democracy Party sit in the audience of a parliamentary meeting, facing back to the camera to hold up signs reading "No to NATO, Occupation, War" in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Why Turkey Took Its Time on Sweden
NATO is one of the few venues where Ankara can exert pressure on Western peers.
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during a session of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18. Kyriakos Mitsotakis on How to Counter ‘Davos Arrogance’
Greece’s prime minister makes the case that his country is uniquely situated to talk to the global south—and broker peace in the Middle East.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, Russia on Sept. 4, 2023. The United States Needs to Play Hardball With Turkey
A tough stance toward Ankara is the only way to defend U.S. regional interests and stop Erdogan’s mercurial and manipulative policies.
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Hussein al-Sheikh attends the funeral of former Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The Year’s Best Profiles
Examining some of the political figures who changed our world in 2023.
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An illustration shows the lopped off lower half of the globe with a diverse group of people holding it up from below for a story about the term "the global south." Was 2023 the Year of the Global South?
From the halls of the United Nations to leaders’ podiums, policymakers fixated on the concept this year.
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Erdogan gestures in the foreground in front of a backdrop featuring the NATO logo. It’s Time to Reconsider Turkey’s NATO Membership
In nearly every theater of vital security interests, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems devoted to undermining the trans-Atlantic alliance.
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peacekeeper plas soccer with children in east timor Why Gaza Won’t End Up Like East Timor or Kosovo
History shows that international administration without a political endgame always fails.
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A man waves a Romanian flag next to soldiers from the regimental guard University Square in Bucharest on December 21, 2011. Romania Is at a Dangerous Tipping Point
The country is increasingly important to the world—and increasingly unstable.
