22 September 2022, Thursday / Published in Politics

Turkey’s Foreign Policy: Playing a New Tune Every Day

An old mentor of mine taught me that proper diplomacy must be consistent and one cannot play a different tune every day. He must be turning in his grave watching Turkey swinging from one side to another like a ship caught in a perfect storm. Our foreign policy seems to be indexed to our domestic
16 September 2022, Friday / Published in Politics

A Shanghai photo and two interpretations

Above, the photograph shows President Tayyip Erdoğan speaking while the leaders attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Sept. 15 are listening to him. Only Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are not seen in this photo. Perhaps they joined the group later. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin