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A Rapid Surge in Global Debt Global Debt at Historic Highs: Public debt worldwide is climbing at an alarming pace. The International...

Explore how Elon Musk, Alex Karp, and other global elites accumulate and sustain immense wealth through strategic financial engineering, political influence, and exclusive networks. Discover the mechanisms driving unprecedented wealth concentration and their implications for democratic governance and economic mobility.

The U.S. dollar, long established as the world's dominant reserve currency since Bretton Woods, underpins global trade, investment, and economic stability. Despite emerging challenges from BRICS, de-dollarization efforts, and rising fiscal concerns, the dollar’s liquidity, institutional trust, and network effects continue to anchor its supremacy, at least for now.

An in-depth analysis of the most significant supply chain transformation since the end of the Cold War. This article examines the shift from cost-driven hyper-globalization toward “supply chain sovereignty,” highlights winners and losers—including ASEAN and Mexico—assesses infrastructure challenges, and explores how industrial policy, technology, and sustainability will shape the new economic geography.

Despite modest GDP growth in early 2025, Turkey faces a striking labor-market paradox: official unemployment has fallen to 7.9%, yet the broader rate, including discouraged and underemployed workers, remains at 28.4%. This disconnect reveals deep structural gaps in job creation and regional, demographic, and educational disparities that policymakers must urgently address.

Europe’s new wave of right-wing parties from Meloni’s Brothers of Italy to Germany’s AfD are forging an “international nationalism” that crosses borders while resisting mass immigration and EU bureaucracy. This article maps their shared agenda, key differences, and Türkiye’s parallel rise of secular Turkish nationalism.

Türkiye aims to reach net-zero emissions by 2053, aligning with global climate goals. This article maps the policy journey, sector-specific transition levers, investment hurdles and geopolitical risks that will decide whether the pledge becomes reality.

Turkey stands at a critical crossroads in its energy future. With 75% of its energy needs imported at a cost of $40-45 billion annually, the nation's renewable energy transition has become an economic imperative, not merely an environmental aspiration. Despite making remarkable progress with renewables now representing 54% of installed electricity generation capacity Turkey faces the challenge of reducing its coal dependency while continuing to expand its rapidly growing sola

Trump’s blunt warnings about NATO burden‑sharing jolted Europe—even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. We track the quotes, the 2 % rule, and what a second Trump term could mean for the alliance.

Turkey presents a unique case study in religion-politics relations. Though officially secular since 1923, the nation continues to negotiate between secular governance and Islamic identity. Regional differences reveal this tension: western coastal provinces strongly support secular parties while central/eastern regions demonstrate higher religiosity. Rather than simple secularization or Islamization, Turkey's story shows the complex balance between constitutional secularism an

Analysis of European Union Structure The European Union (EU) represents one of the most complex political and economic partnerships in...

Capital in Turkey isn’t just cash chasing returns, it moves through hometown ties, faith, and collective memory. Anatolian Tigers build firms on solidarity and “helal” legitimacy, while Marmara’s business elite lean on secular, global norms. From Polanyi’s embedded markets to North’s path-dependence, the essay shows how culture, trust, and social capital redirect investment, reshape profit, and redefine legitimacy in Turkey’s evolving economy.

California's economy has officially surpassed Japan's, making the Golden State the fourth largest economy in the world, according to...

Political polarization has become one of the defining features of modern democracies worldwide. From the United States to Turkey to...

Berlin’s decision to block the sale of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Türkiye, announced only weeks after the controversial arrest of...

In barely a dozen years the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has moved from a single‑issue euro‑sceptic start‑up to the second‑strongest...

This essay examines the theoretical background, practical application, and long-term viability of Universal Basic Income (UBI) through...

Understanding the underlying mechanisms behind market fluctuations and imbalances is central to macroeconomic analysis. In this piece, we...

Argentina has been a case study of economic volatility for decades, defaulting on debt, suffering runaway inflation and battling poverty...

Understanding Syncretic Politics Syncretic politics is the strategic combination of policies, values, and ideologies from opposite...