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Nigeria’s cautious leader faces hard choices
The first-term record of Muhammadu Buhari, reelected as president of Nigeria earlier this year, was mixed at best. He made modest headway in curbing corruption and the activities of the Boko Haram terror group, but his statist approach to ruling has not been helpful in Africa’s most populous country, where economic growth lags behind demographic trends. If Nigeria’s ruling class does not find ways to unleash the oil-producing nation’s vast economic potential, political instability there will only increase.
GIS Dossier: Turkey and the Middle East
Ankara is still groping for the right policy mix in dealing with complex challenges to Turkey’s vital interests in the Middle East, North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea region. A paradigm change, however, diverting its geopolitical attention away from Europe and NATO and toward its historic neighborhood, is ...
GIS Dossier: Turkey and Europe
Europe can no longer take Turkey for granted or ignore its vital interests. Many in the West are rightfully displeased with the weakening of important institutions that the country has seen under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but realpolitik dictates cooperation in mutual interest. Europe and Turkey are ...
Russia without Putin: A first approximation
Vladimir Putin is at the heart of Russia’s political system. But less and less of what is happening in the country depends on his personal vision and volition. The president looks increasingly disengaged, while his policy of confrontation with the West is a dead end. As the first outlines of ...
Russia’s Duma elections: an important dress rehearsal
On September 18, Russians will elect a new State Duma. The vote is both a piece of political theater and a crucial test of Russia's "managed democracy." It will show how smoothly the machinery is working to ensure Vladimir Putin's reelection as president in 2018 – and potentially pave the ...
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