China has become a global power, but there is too little debate about how this has happened and what it means. Many argue that China exports its developmental model and imposes it on other countries. But Chinese players also extend their influence by working through local actors and institutions while …

The groups in the electoral fray are all a hodge-podge of ideologies. The only issue is whether Erdogan should stay or go. Turkiye held its Presidential and parliamentary elections simultaneously on May 14. According to the Anadolu News Agency, at 6.30 am on Monday, sitting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was …

The high-level four-party meeting (Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine plus the UN) in Istanbul has still not reached an agreement on extension for the Black Sea Initiative on the export of Ukrainian grain, which expires on May 18. On May 11, delegations from the parties to the Black Sea grain deal agreed …