Aposto Politics

What to expect from Turkish foreign policy in President Erdoğan's third term.

If the Sino-American relationship was a card game, one could say that America and its longstanding allies have been dealt a good hand, especially in light of China’s growing economic, demographic, and political challenges. But even a good hand can lose if it is badly played.

How the Stormont brake could block new EU laws from Northern Ireland

How can we successfully become a “real” people?

From Tchaikovsky’s harmonies to Pushkin’s verses, Russian culture has been besmirched by people whose atrocities have negated their ancestors’ achievements. Russia has been dragged back to the barbaric customs of Muscovy, as if the nineteenth century had never happened.

As the atrocities and costs stemming from Russia’s war show, the international order certainly does not need revisionism. However, it does urgently need a “re-envisioning” of key institutions, processes, and frameworks, so that it can better uphold the liberal principles upon which it was founded.

So who will prevail, the people out in the streets or the government?

More than 2.5M workers from all sectors object to the government's reform plans

The death toll from the earthquakes of Feb. 6, 2023, that struck Turkey and northern Syria is still climbing.

Many ask whether restrictions are being used to silence state criticism