From a vision to pipe-dream: Turkey’s EU connection

10 Ocak 2013

Bu yazı 10.01.2013 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. The EU entered 2013 with several convoluted economic and social problems, exacerbated by the 2008 financial crisis. The long-discussed multi-speed Europe is now being fully realized. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron triggered the latest discussions in earnest with his proposal to renegotiate Britain’s position…

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The long shadow of the fiscal cliff on US foreign policy

03 Ocak 2013

Bu yazı 03.01.2013 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. The U.S. Congress was frantically trying to find a way out of what was termed the “fiscal cliff” on New Year’s Eve. The compromise deal, finally reached at around 2 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2013, foresaw measures to increase tax revenues amounting…

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New year, but old problems

27 Aralık 2012

Bu yazı 27.12.2012 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. Revisiting the previous year and trying to foresee what is coming in the new year is a daunting task, though one needs to do just that in order to make sense of where the world is evolving to. Even to simply remunerate…

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Alternative worlds imagined – but the US is still the Hegemon

20 Aralık 2012

Bu yazı 20.12.2012 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. The U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC) released its latest report on Dec. 10, “Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds,” in order to provide a framework for thinking about the future. Although it was principally authored by the NIC’s leading global futurist, Mat Burrows,…

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When will the words Europe and peace come together?

13 Aralık 2012

Bu yazı 13.12.2012 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. The European Union was awarded the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize on Monday in tribute to its achievement at transforming an ever-warring continent into a peaceful entity. While the chairman of the Nobel Committee stated that the achievement of the continent was “truly fantastic” and…

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