Kemal Kirişci

Syrian refugees walk as they carry containers at an informal tented settlement in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon March 12, 2021. Picture taken March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Revisiting and going beyond the EU-Turkey migration agreement of 2016

April 2021

EDIRNE, TURKEY- In the photos, immigrants are seen near the border of Turkey with Greece in the province of Edirne, Turkey, on March 3, 2020. Thousands of Syrian refugees are anxiously waiting to cross into Europe from Turkey, on the border Northwest with Greece.

As EU-Turkey migration agreement reaches the five-year mark, add a job creation element

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

US President Joe Biden makes a foreign policy speech at the State Department in Washington, DC, USA, 04 February 2021.Biden announced that he is ending US support for the Saudis offensive operations in Yemen.No Use Germany.

Around the halls: Brookings experts analyze President Biden’s first foreign policy speech

Pavel K. Baev, Célia Belin, Sam Denney, Federica Saini Fasanotti, Sadie Frank, James Goldgeier, Ryan Hass, Bruce Jones, Kemal Kirişci, Daniel L. Magruder Jr., Giovanna De Maio, Steven Pifer, Douglas A. Rediker, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Angela Stent, Christopher A. Thomas, David G. Victor, and Constantino Xavier

Friday, February 5, 2021

US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (2nd R) applauds as President-elect Joe Biden arrives for his Inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, at the US Capitol.

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — January 2021

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting with businesspeople in Istanbul, Turkey, January 15, 2021. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.

Erdogan will not freeze his relationship with Russia

Monday, February 1, 2021

Students of Bogazici University protest against President Tayyip Erdogan's appointment of a new rector, in Istanbul, Turkey January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

A new assault on a democratic citadel in Turkey, too

Ayşe Candan Kirişci and Kemal Kirişci

Friday, January 15, 2021

Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Around the halls: How leaders and publics around the world are reacting to events at the Capitol

Madiha Afzal, Ranj Alaaldin, Marsin Alshamary, Célia Belin, Charles T. Call, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Lindsey W. Ford, Ryan Hass, Kemal Kirişci, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Friday, January 8, 2021

NAGORNO-KARABAKH - NOVEMBER 15, 2020: A Russian peacekeeper guards the area near the Dadivank monastery. On 10 November, Armenias Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russias President Vladimir Putin, and Azerbaijans President Ilham Aliyev signed a joint statement on a complete ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Russian leader said the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides would maintain the positions that they had held and Russian peacekeepers would be deployed to the region. According to the document, Armenia has to hand over the Nagorno-Karabakh districts of Kalbajar, Lachin, and Agdam, to Azerbaijan till November 15, December 1, and November 20, respectively. Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS.No use Russia.

After Russia’s Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire, could Turkey step up next for a lasting peace?

Kemal Kirişci and Behlül Özkan

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Flags of the world

What leaders overseas will want to ask of the Biden administration

A young man stands among tents in the Kara Tepe camp for refugees and migrants on the island of Lesbos, Greece, October 14, 2020. REUTERS/Elias Marcou

The EU’s “New Pact on Migration and Asylum” is missing a true foundation

Kemal Kirişci, M. Murat Erdoğan, and Nihal Eminoğlu

Friday, November 6, 2020