Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Three factors explain Erdogan’s stronger-than-expected first-round performance.
Erdogan looks on track to secure another term as Turkey’s president, despite the struggling economy and his government's flawed response to the earthquake. But the opposition’s resilience in this election suggests there is still life in Turkish democracy.
Russia’s totalitarian turn has driven a surge in sales of George Orwell’s 1984, as well as books focusing on Nazi Germany, especially those exploring social transformations of the 1930s and mass behavior during the war. With public protest of any kind now illegal in Russia, reading has also become a form of resistance.
Both Greece and Türkiye need solid and determined leadership to orient bilateral relations in the right direction and practical steps to show the benefits of an alternative and collaborative bilateral relationship.
The reality of a warming climate coupled with increasing urbanization means that extreme disasters aren’t rare anymore.
China come to blows over Taiwan is not necessarily Xi’s strategy for unification but the idiosyncrasies of China’s political system.
It’s time to look at the problem differently. Those attempting to address the issue should move away from attempts to regulate disinformation and toward the ecology of the information environment more generally.
Washington also needs to re-engage in negotiations with China to manage difficulties in the bilateral relationship. And to better compete, the United States should get back into the business of signing trade deals.
The Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva administration has a realistic opportunity to attain three historic achievements during its first year: tax reform, a new fiscal framework, and the ratification of the free-trade agreement between Mercosur - a trade alliance formed of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay - and the European Union.
Rival factions are jockeying for power as the country navigates a crisis with no clear way out.