Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has dominated Turkish politics since his rise to prime minister in 2003, and president in 2014. During that period he has slowly gained control of almost all levers of power. However, when
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was placed under formal investigation on March 21 for accepting bribes, illegal campaign financing, and the misappropriation of Libyan public funds. The formal investigation was announced after police interviewed Sarkozy
Vladimir Putin won his fourth six-year term as president during Russia’s election on March 18. He won with nearly 77 percent of the vote in a race that included quite a few minor candidates. He
On Sunday March 4, Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal were found slumped over on a shopping center bench in Salisbury, England. They were rushed to the hospital where they currently remain in critical
Last week the European Commission invoked Article 7 of the Lisbon Treaty against Poland citing the country’s breach of common values and rule of law. The European Commission’s patience has been tried over the past