Kenneth Rogoff, Project Syndicate
Policymakers’ most important task is to try to reduce the massive lingering uncertainty regarding COVID-19 while continuing to provide emergency relief to the hardest-hit individuals and economic sectors. But the insecurity fueled by the pandemic is likely to weigh on the global economy long after the worst is in the past.
John Kampfner, Times of London
The German chancellor is a Russophile but won’t turn a blind eye to latest novichok atrocity
Terry Glavin, National Post
This is all happening in the heart of Europe, and either democracy wins, or Europe gets bested and beaten by a Moscow-backed thug regime
Konrad Yakabuski, Globe & Mail
Thibaut Delloue, War on the Rocks
L. Linkevicius, Pol. EU
Europe must send a clear signal to the Kremlin that interference in Belarus will have consequences.
Mohammad Ersan, Al Monitor
Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Policy
The White House is hosting another summit on the Balkans—while failing to apply its most promising model for solving the conflict.
Miller & Sokolsky, Pol.
The United States has much bigger problems to worry about and limited resources to fix them.
Michael Leigh, Bruegel
If the European Union can mediate effectively to resolve current Greek-Turkish tensions over energy in the Eastern Mediterranean, it could also provide an opportunity to tackle more deep-rooted problems.
Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor
The power struggle inside the Tripoli government is drawing Turkey into a political brouhaha with unpredictable consequences.
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Gonul Tol & Rauf Mammadov, ME Institute
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in desperate need of good news. He faces a host of problems at home, including a steadily deteriorating economic situation. The Turkish lira tumbled to a record low last week despite officials’ efforts to prop it up with massive sales of the country’s rapidly dwindling foreign-currency reserves. Economists estimate that the central bank spent $65 billion of its foreign-currency reserves in...
S. Blank, CGP
With the announcement of a large natural gas find in the Black Sea, Turkey is looking to become a power player in the energy sphere. But the discovery is nowhere near large enough for the country to become energy independent, and domestic and international constraints on Ankara mean it likely will not stop its aggressive foreign policy moves in the near future.
