Keep Bridging the Gap

Three weeks of unrest in Turkey have left five people dead, injured many others, and forced thousands more to seek treatment for tear gas inhalation. Now an international crisis over the still simmering protests could do critical damage to the great drivers of Turkey’s success story over the past fifteen years, namely the reforms required as part of the country’s European Union accession process. The public dimension of the new spat is dramatic, including Turkish prime minister Recep ...

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Ahmedinejad’s About Face

On his eight trips to New York to attend the annual UN Assembly gatherings, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad never missed a chance to present himself as a revolutionary. He thundered each time from the UN podium that Iran can help bring about a different kind of “global system”—a swipe at the Western powers. Overthrowing the global system is a tall order by any estimation. Now, at the sunset of his presidency, Ahmadinejad is finding his entire foreign policy record questioned b...

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