It is surely a reflection of our scattered and distracted era that the country sailed, this year, into a widely anticipated storm in Washington without a plan for navigation or a clear idea of what to keep safe. Since January, when Donald Trump reëntered the White House, basic practices of freedom, order, justice, and democracy … Read more
On Monday, a criminal court in France found Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzlement, and barred her from running for the French Presidency in 2027. Le Pen, the far-right leader of the National Rally, the political party formerly known as the National Front, had been leading first-round Presidential election polls. The National Rally is now … Read more
Last week, Turkish authorities arrested Ekrem Imamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul and the expected leading challenger to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the country’s next Presidential election, scheduled for 2028. Imamoğlu, who is a member of the Republican People’s Party (C.H.P.), has been accused of corruption and supporting terrorism; he’s denied the charges and called them … Read more
