Israel and Turkey proclaimed a new era in relations on Wednesday following more than a decade of diplomatic rupture, as Israeli President Isaac Herzog made a landmark visit to Ankara. Herzog’s Turkey trip, which included talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was the first by an Israeli president since 2007, …

Europe’s efforts to phase down gas imports from Russia might place Turkey at the center of routes for alternative supplies from Azerbaijan and Israel. As the European Union scrambles to map out plans to wean itself off Russian gas amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its quest for substitutes might place …

Ankara has secured talks at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum after seeking to mediate between Moscow and Kyiv. The top diplomats of Russia and Ukraine will meet in Turkey on Thursday for the first such high-level talks since Russia launched its invasion two weeks ago. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and …

When a pro-NATO group in Finland began circulating a petition last week demanding a referendum on whether the traditionally non-aligned country should join the U.S.-led transatlantic defense alliance, the response was overwhelming.

Who hasn’t thought in terms of national identities, stereotypical and misleading as they are? He’s an American, someone might say, or she’s French, or those folks over there are Japanese, and so on. We know such identities blur and dissolve upon closer inspection. There turn out to be many different …

Incidents following the Ukraine Crisis are developing dramatically. The world markets are also bearing the Crisis’ brunt. A report by The New York Times said: A digital barricade went up between Russia and the world. Both Russian authorities and multinational internet companies built the wall with breathtaking speed. And the …

Jeśli damy się nabrać na podrzuconą przez PiS ideę rzekomej “zgody narodowej”, w pełni zasłużymy na to, co nas w konsekwencji spotka. Czyli na putinizację Polski. Ponieważ w związku z wojną na Ukrainie niepokojącą popularność w ostatnich dniach zyskuje teoria (zapewne podrzucona przez PR-owców PiS) budowania jedności narodowej, czytaj – …

Hat in der Schweiz gerade eine neutralitätspolitische Zeitenwende stattgefunden? Die Geschichte zeigt: Neutralität ist immer auch eine Frage der Betroffenheit und des Standpunkts. Gerade deshalb muss der Bundesrat erklären, was er darunter versteht. Österreich ist ein neutrales Land. Finnland und Schweden gelten ebenfalls als neutral. Schweden hat am Sonntag Waffenlieferungen …

Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) will invest more than $1 billion in manufacturing in Saudi Arabia, a senior executive said on Tuesday, as the kingdom looks to use its clout as a major arms buyer to help diversify its economy away from oil. Ray Piselli, Lockheed’s vice president of international business, told …

Last week, I was on a panel with Jason Furman and Joseph Stiglitz, discussing the recent surge in inflation and the prospects for the future. We took some questions from the audience, but there were a number for which we did not have time. I have picked some of these …