Iran deal is a step toward re-imagining the Middle East
Pieces on the global chessboard are not nailed permanently into place. With Iran, as recently with Cuba, President Obama has proven that world leaders can move the pieces when it is in their interest. This will be his greatest foreign policy legacy. The newly announced accord between Iran and six outside powers deals only with the […]
On Turkey’s border, chaos looms
LIVING NEXT TO a country consumed in conflict is never easy. Turkey is making the best of it. As civil war in neighboring Syria drags through its fourth year, however, Turkey is being sucked in. People I met a few weeks ago in the thriving Turkish city of Gaziantep, near the Syrian border, are nervous and […]
Take a trip abroad, see the US in decline
FOREIGN TRAVEL is broadening, but not always in a positive way. For Americans it has an increasingly painful edge. Too often it leaves us with a disconcerting sense that our country is falling behind. In a world where competition comes increasingly from other countries, this bodes ill for our national future. Last month I visited four […]
Suleyman Demirel, Former Prime Minister of Turkey, Dies at 90
Suleyman Demirel, who served seven times as Turkey’s prime minister, dominating the nation’s politics when the country struggled with violence, economic stagnation and military rule, died early Wednesday in Ankara, Turkey. He was 90. Guven Hospital in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, confirmed the death in a statement. In a career that spanned nearly half a century, Mr. […]
Turkish election derails Erdogan’s plans
Turkish voters pulled the emergency brake on Sunday, derailing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s campaign to centralize power in his own hands. He asked voters to endorse his form of arbitrary and authoritarian rule, and they refused. Erdogan’s party, Justice and Development, took just 41 percent in the parliamentary election. It was a sharp slide from […]
