New Stage in EU Enlargement: Negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova
This is the first time in the EU’s history that it has formally opened accession negotiations with a country at…
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The Social Dilemma: Change in Social Media Regulation on the Horizon?
The addictive nature of social media, explored in the documentary The Social Dilemma, echoes concerns now being raised in several…
How Will the Russia-Ukraine War Affect the Balkans?
Sooner or later, all Balkan countries will likely find themselves on the western side of a new Iron Curtain.
Swedish Foreign Policy: Ideological Façade and Dysfunctional Reality
Despite all the independent and innovative foreign policy rhetoric, Sweden’s foreign policy simply follows the lead of the European Union…
Western Europe: Climate Change as Ideological Smoke-Screen
Nowhere else in the world is the public debate about climate change as much dominated by alarmism and apocalyptic thinking…
EU-China Trade Deal: Where Does the US Stand?
The temporary freezing of the EU-China trade deal may give time to the Biden administration to shift the directions of…
Do the World University Rankings Reflect Reality?
Especially in the last twenty years, university rankings which originally were regional and created to aid students and researchers have…
The Headscarf Decision of the European Court of Justice
The discourses of Islamophobic parties and politicians whose influence has been increased throughout Europe are effecting all European institutions, including…
Shockwaves of the Syrian Conflict in Europe: The Price of Standing Aside
The EU politics towards the Syrian crisis has not been a sustainable one as they continuously attempt turning a deaf…
Paranoia and Propaganda: Russia’s Role in European Elections
Former president of the World Trade Organization Pascal Lamy, in his recent interview to France Inter TV, became a complainant…
Questions Remain Unanswered as the PKK Enjoys Full Freedom in Europe
Europeans need to come to their senses and think again. Just because the PKK or the DHKP-C are secularists, does…
Distant Suffering: Images of the Syrian War
In the last few years, some shocking pictures coming from conflict zones have turned audiences into passive, distant sufferers.
Leitkultur 2.0: How the CDU Tries to Recapture Lost Votes
Even though German society becomes ethnically, religiously and culturally more diverse, the political trend goes back to the idea of…
Cypriots Weary of Fragile Peace Talks
For many Cypriots, peace talks are a last chance for peace on the island. If they fail, it is unlikely…
Energy and Turkey’s South Caucasus Policy: the EU Regionalization Catalyst
There is now an ecosystem in which Turkey, Georgia, and Azerbaijan regional triangle has its own regional niche. And Turkey…
Turkey – EU Relations recall Serge Gainsbourg’s Song: Je t’aime! Moi non plus!
At the current point, the bridge between Brussels and Ankara isn’t functioning well for both sides, as it did before;…
The Vicious Cycle of Increasing PKK Terror and Hardening Security Policies in Turkey
The overwhelming idea in society is that the PKK is using the HDP for recruitment, propaganda and logistical support purposes,…
Why Europe is increasingly irrelevant to the Middle East
From the moment the Mosul operation started, multiple officials from the European Union made statements expressing their concern for European…
Economic Implications of Brexit and Turkey
The Brexit’s aftereffects on the Turkish economy will hinge mostly upon the Brexit formula to be devised. The new structure…
Failed Coups and Their Aftermaths: European Examples
Spain and Greece followed the same path in the transition to democracy after a failed coup. The EU made some…
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
People living in the cities bordering Syria and Iraq are experiencing this tension more intensely. If not skillfully managed, serious…
Brexit and Re-discussing European Democracy
Great Britain’s decision to leave the EU is not only a turning point in Europe’s history but also a huge…
