The world has encountered a series of shocks over the past 15 years. This should lead to more realistic expectations about the timetable for further globalization moves.
Erdogan, Desperado and Constant Provocateur
Nothing seemed to stop Erdogan’s provocations on Europe’s eastern flank — until he met his match. The big losers are the Turkish people.
Germany’s Refugee Inflow: All Under Control Now?
If immigration remains at the level of recent years, about 20% of the populations of France, England and Germany will be Muslim in the foreseeable future.
The Steady Beat of Wars and Heavy Rains
Women in Mozambique bear the brunt of civil war, droughts and floods.
Europe’s New Crisis: Ungovernability
Returning to the spirit of the 1930s is not a program for government.
Getting to Greece: Nur and Leyla
A refugee’s desperate bid to be reunited with her husband and daughter.
Sudanese in Istanbul: Nur’s Story
Behzad Yaghmaian recalls the experience of a Sudanese refugee family trying to cross into Europe illegally to seek asylum.
Fleeing Sudan: One Refugee’s Story
Behzad Yaghmaian recounts the tale of Nur’s journey to Istanbul.
The Fallacies of Treating Turkey as Europe’s Gatekeeper
Priority should now be given to preventing a “Middle-Easternization” of Turkey itself.
North Sea Boats and Spanish Crossings
Today’s refugee crisis imagery echoes the Dutch England-Voyagers and French escapees of World War II