Essays & News

  The tragedy of the Syrian people, which began in 2011, continues in horrifying ways. The war, which displaced a third of the country’s population and caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, has evolved through various phases involving internal factions and foreign actors. Syria became a battlefield for local, regional and great power interests. Western […]

  Russia is increasingly losing its grip on some of the former members of the Soviet Union in the Caucasus, the Caspian basin and Central Asia. This gives rise to new scenarios. China is very interested, which is certainly not in Europe’s interest. However, Turkiye, a true regional power, is also gaining influence in these […]

  Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman offered a pointed observation last week: some of the most consequential shifts in financial policy are not the product of deliberate votes or formal rule changes. Instead, they emerge quietly, when regulations written for one set of conditions become more and more binding as the conditions […]

    As the North Atlantic political sphere spent the last few years focused on elections in Europe and the United States, as well as Russia’s war on Ukraine, China has made a remarkable resurgence. After displaying significant vulnerabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic and its immediate aftermath, the country rebounded. While it currently faces major economic […]

  Last week, the budgetary initiative of United States President Donald Trump’s administration, dubbed the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” was successfully passed into law. This development prompts us to reflect on the current state of global economies, even as the intense criticism surrounding the bill may be misguided. Looking at macroeconomic data, it becomes obvious […]