G-20 leaders fail to provide hope for coronavirus response, financial crisis
| OpinionThe G-20 videoconference offers few concrete steps – despite saying big words like 'whatever it takes' to combat virus
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OpinionIn post-coronavirus world, nation states doomed to change policies
By Kılıç Buğra KanatSince the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, there has been a major debate among the scholars and observers of international politics about the potential impact of this pandemic on the international system. The debate focuses on the outbreak and precautions that nations took to stop the spread of it.
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OpinionThis pandemic even attacks modern reality
By Burhanettin DuranAs people across Turkey comply with the government’s call to stay home and declare their individual state of emergency, COVID-19 remains at the top of the nation’s agenda. Just as hygiene becomes an obsession, we cannot seem to stop talking about the virus outbreak.
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OpinionGet ready for the two phases of virus crisis
By Burhanettin DuranThe coronavirus pandemic marks the beginning of an extended period of recession. Communities around the world will have to learn to live with a crisis comparable only to the two world wars.
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World War Z and our novel pandemic
By Kılıç Buğra KanatThe coronavirus crisis has caused a global lockdown, as extraordinary precautions have been taken by many countries across the world to prevent its spread. Since then many observers have started highlighting the similarities of the current situation with the plot of movies on epidemics. In the last several weeks, some of these movies, such as "Outbreak" and "Contagion" have become popular again.
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Transparency against disinformation in fight against COVID-19
By Yusuf ÖzkırThe novel coronavirus outbreak that began in December 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan has turned into a global threat. The World Health Organization (WHO) defined the threat as a pandemic and called on every nation to take necessary precautions. Though the pandemic has lost the momentum it had during initially in China, it keeps spreading across the globe. New cases and deaths are reported every day, especially in the U.S. and Europe. The situation spiraled out of control in Italy and Iran, while in Turkey, the first cases began to emerge. Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced at a news conference on the night of March 17 that the number of cases was 98 and that one person had died.
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It’s time to come together for coronavirus diplomacy
By Burhanettin DuranTurkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has become the embodiment of the country’s fight against the coronavirus. He urged everyone last week to “declare their own state of emergency” – possibly suggesting that the Turkish government was not prepared to impose an official curfew yet.
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How prepared are we for a new global crisis?
By Talha KöseThe coronavirus is turning a new page for both world politics and the economy, but, it seems we are not yet prepared to face the challenges
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COVID-19 pandemic and ideological confrontations
By Burhanettin DuranThe COVID-19 pandemic is, first and foremost, a health risk. But we also rate various countries’ response to the crisis – like a stock market. In doing so, the main criterion is who was adequately prepared and whose response proved sufficient.
