Joe Biden this week had a lot to discuss with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his first phone call after becoming US President, which lasted two hours, a remarkably lengthy time for an American president. Biden talks about knowing him well from his time as Vice President under President Obama but much has happened since then; China has been one of America’s foremost challenges in this past decade.

It is not that just third world countries like Pakistan that have corrupt politicians even the established democracies offer humongous sites of corruption. The US is a lot more corrupt than Americans realize. Since 2016, of course, concern for corruption has been riveted on the sleaze show that is the Trump administration. As the New York Times revealed last fall in a remarkable investigative report...

Ali Babacan, chairman of Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) visited the leader of IYI Party Meral Akşener. Akşener expressed that the labor of IYI party under the title of “Improved and Strengthened Parliamentary System” is not intended for the constitution or to form a new constitution. The work is intended for a “system design”.

The United States Senate has confirmed Antony Blinken, President Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of State. Blinken is a very well-known figure in Turkey as well. Under Barack Obama, he particularly had taken part in the negotiations with Syria, ISIS and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and visited Turkey after the July 15 coup attempt.