Kemal Kirişci

Supporters of Republican People's Party (CHP) celebrate on a main square in Ankara, Turkey, April 1, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RC1DFFF7A1F0

In Turkey, Erdoğan and his AKP stumble

Kemal Kirişci and Kutay Onayli

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

A woman walks past a banner for the upcoming local elections in Ankara, Turkey, March 27, 2019. Banner with pictures of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Devlet Bahceli, leader of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), reads: "People's Alliance: The unity of common sense." REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RC14BCF5B7C0

The Turkish local elections offer a glimpse of the future

Thursday, March 28, 2019

People walk on the Margaret bridge as they attend Hungarian march at a pro-Orban rally during Hungary's National Day celebrations, which also commemorates the 1848 Hungarian Revolution against the Habsburg monarchy, in Budapest, Hungary March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo - RC1873B30490

The anatomy of illiberal states

Alina Polyakova, Torrey Taussig, Ted Reinert, Kemal Kirişci, Amanda Sloat, James Kirchick, Melissa Hooper, Norman Eisen, and Andrew Kenealy

February 2019

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan waves to his supporters upon his arrival at Esenboga Airport in Ankara. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan waves to his supporters upon his arrival from Strasbourg at Esenboga Airport in Ankara, October 7, 2004. Erdogan praised as "balanced" an EU Commission report on Wednesday recommending European Union entry talks with Ankara, and said he hoped negotiations would start in early 2005.The recommendation to EU leaders, who will decide in December whether and when to start talks, gave a green light hedged with conditions including the possibility of suspending negotiations if Turkey backtracks on democracy and human rights. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RP5DRIAILSAA

The rise and fall of liberal democracy in Turkey: Implications for the West

Kemal Kirişci and Amanda Sloat

February 2019

Syrian refugee children walk in Elbeyli refugee camp near the Turkish-Syrian border in Kilis province, Turkey, December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RC138BB33480

EU–Turkey trade compact could benefit Syrian refugees

Jessica Brandt and Kemal Kirişci

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

A group of Syrian refugees who crossed the Evros river, the natural border between Greece and Turkey, walks towards the city of Didymoteicho, Greece, April 30, 2018. Picture taken April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis - RC155DC7E740

A refugee compact for Turkey?

Kemal Kirişci and Jessica Brandt

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Paris Peace Forum

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – January 2019

Friday, January 18, 2019

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a news conference after a Syria summit, in Istanbul, Turkey October 27, 2018. REUTERS/Murad Sezer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1284F2EEB0

Turkey’s new presidential system and a changing west

Kemal Kirişci and Ilke Toygür

January 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Pavel Golovkin/Pool - RC19885B9FF0

The new geopolitics of the Middle East: America’s role in a changing region

Jeffrey Feltman, Samantha Gross, Martin Indyk, Kemal Kirişci, Suzanne Maloney, Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, Amanda Sloat, Angela Stent, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Bruce Jones

January 2019

Russian S-400 Triumph/SA-21 Growler medium-range and long-range surface-to-air missile systems drive during the Victory Day parade at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2015. Russia marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe on Saturday with a military parade, showcasing new military hardware at a time when relations with the West have hit lows not seen since the Cold War. REUTERS/Host Photo Agency/RIA Novosti ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - LR2EB590O2PO8

Don’t let Russian S-400s peel Turkey away from the West

Kemal Kirişci and Seçkin Köstem

Tuesday, December 18, 2018