Yaşar Aydın is a researcher at the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor aimed to dismantle the ...

The developments in Venezuela are deeply troubling. For that very reason, the region can no longer afford to look the other ...

Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita since October 2024. He joined Rzeczpospolita in 2008 as head of the national department, later becoming deputy editor-in-chief. He won the Grand Press award in ...

Natasha Foote is a freelance journalist, podcaster and moderator specialising in EU agrifood policy. She previously worked as a journalist with the EU media EURACTIV, and before that spent several ...

Israel’s current offensive in the Gaza Strip has been underway since 18 May. With ‘Gideon’s Chariot’, the army is supposed to finally defeat Hamas, free the hostages and ensure that the Gaza Strip no ...

The recent arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, sought to weaken, even incapacitate the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). At the same time, the move was to act as a deterrent to ...

Christian Wagner is a Senior Fellow in the Asia Research Group at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).

Tobias Scholz is a researcher in the Asia Research Group at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).