Dani Rodrik, the esteemed Harvard Professor of Economics, recently engaged in a high-profile effort to portray the historic Ergenekon case as a politically motivated plot skillfully contrived by the [ … ]

Undoubtedly, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the formation of new independent states in Eastern Europe and Central Asia was one of most significant developments of the last decade. These states’ [ … ]

The busy agenda of Caucasus in 2009 was peace, which, in 2008, was hitting the headlines across the world with Russian-Georgian War. Eventually, concrete steps were taken in Turkish-Armenian talks med [ … ]

In recent years a line of research has attempted to explain the development of moderate Islam in Turkey within the greater framework of the interaction between religion and politics. Many observers of [ … ]

Rumor has it that when asked "who is the best player in your team?", legendary Germany coach Helmut Schoen replied "Gerd Mueller, of course". Then the same journalist asked "who is the worst player in [ … ]

Turkey is undergoing major transformations in several areas. Its economy has substantially grown in the last decade. It is now considered a regional power with rising influence in global affairs. Notw [ … ]

What happened in Kyrgyzstan in April 2010? Was it a political déjà vu for Ex-president Bakiyev who stepped on the same rake as the first president Akayev did 5 years ago? Or was it an outcome of diffe [ … ]