Interviews | 16.05.2023 ‘The polarisation of Turkey into two camps continues’ The Turkish elections will go into a second round. Henrik Meyer from Istanbul on Kılıçdaroğlu’s remaining chances and the unfair election campaign
Democracy and society | 13.03.2023 Extraordinarily dramatic, even by Turkish standards Erdoğan is known for putting on a show. The new opposition candidate is the opposite – precisely what could make Kılıçdaroğlu his toughest competitor
Foreign and security policy | 25.11.2022 Turkey’s à la carte foreign policy Turkey enters alliances or puts them on hold, strengthens or weakens them. While it might look like a big jumble, Erdoğan knows how to play his cards
Foreign and security policy | 27.07.2022 How Erdoğan returned from Tehran empty-handed Since Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Erdoğan has cleverly played his hand. But, as he learned painfully in Tehran, his political clout has its limits
Interviews | 03.09.2021 'The Damocles sword of deportation hangs over them' Henrik Meyer on what the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan means for Turkey and the future of the EU-Turkey migration pact
Future of social democracy | 26.01.2021 Tunisia’s struggle for democracy isn't over 10 years after the revolution, patronage and populism rule the country. But Tunisians want a deeper form of democracy
Africa | 16.09.2019 The Tunisian Berlusconi The first round of the presidential elections shows the biggest threat to democracy is no longer political Islam, but populism
Assad is gone, but Syria’s problems live on As the West announces sanctions relief, Syria risks disintegration behind a veil of reform
Military Keynesianism is a dead end — both economically and politically Public money keeps the arms industry flush. But what if that money went to schools, hospitals or housing instead?