Can BaydarolMy wife said, “Come on, let’s go!” After a long journey and a few overnight stops, we foundourselves on the small but charming Greek island of Leros, eating lamb…
Paul Krugman The United States has an ugly reputation in Latin America — a reputation that, I’m sorry to say, is mostly well deserved. Our government has a long track…
Can Baydarol Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu himself stated that Israel’s attack on the Abu Zuhur Military Airbase in north-western Syria, approximately 70 km from the Turkish border, was a direct…
Can Baydarol First of all, it is worth pointing out straight away. Given my academic background, I do not—and cannot—view social phenomena, and in particular international and supranational structures, through…
Osman Şenkul In Turkey, on 7 January 1969, virtually all newspapers carried the headline “US Ambassador’s car set alight”, and the details of the reports stated: “The official car of…
Bernie Sanders, the Independent Senator for Vermont in the US, has unveiled the “American Artificial Intelligence Sovereign Wealth Fund Act”, a comprehensive proposal that would grant the public a direct…
Can Baydarol The young US President, John F. Kennedy, had said during his election campaign, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself!”, and lost his life on 22 November…
Can Baydarol Unless US Ambassador to Ankara Tom Barrack is declared persona non grata as soon as possible, he will continue to occupy our minds. The announcement that his posts…
John Elkington The soft sustainability era ended on 28 February 2026, without most people noticing. It had been ailing for a while—anyone with eyes could see the symptoms—but it took…
The holiday is over
Can BaydarolMy wife said, “Come on, let’s go!” After a long journey and a few overnight stops, we foundourselves on the small but charming Greek island of Leros, eating lamb…
The plot to steal Venezuela’s oil
Paul Krugman The United States has an ugly reputation in Latin America — a reputation that, I’m sorry to say, is mostly well deserved. Our government has a long track…
Nerve endings
Can Baydarol Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu himself stated that Israel’s attack on the Abu Zuhur Military Airbase in north-western Syria, approximately 70 km from the Turkish border, was a direct…
Trump 3.0
Can Baydarol First of all, it is worth pointing out straight away. Given my academic background, I do not—and cannot—view social phenomena, and in particular international and supranational structures, through…
The NATO budget will be another blow to the millions already struggling with inflation and unemployment
Osman Şenkul In Turkey, on 7 January 1969, virtually all newspapers carried the headline “US Ambassador’s car set alight”, and the details of the reports stated: “The official car of…
Bernie Sanders: International cooperation is needed to stop the “runaway train” of artificial intelligence
Bernie Sanders, the Independent Senator for Vermont in the US, has unveiled the “American Artificial Intelligence Sovereign Wealth Fund Act”, a comprehensive proposal that would grant the public a direct…
This so-called European Parliament (EP)
Can Baydarol I don’t think I’d be far off the mark if I were to say that the EP used to be one of the EU institutions most frequently covered…
Our fears
Can Baydarol The young US President, John F. Kennedy, had said during his election campaign, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself!”, and lost his life on 22 November…
Should we swap? Or shouldn’t we swap?
Can Baydarol Unless US Ambassador to Ankara Tom Barrack is declared persona non grata as soon as possible, he will continue to occupy our minds. The announcement that his posts…
The soft sustainability era is over
John Elkington The soft sustainability era ended on 28 February 2026, without most people noticing. It had been ailing for a while—anyone with eyes could see the symptoms—but it took…