Turkey
Euroviews. Turkey's approach to COVID-19 deserves more attention and less fake news ǀ View
A controversy recently broke out on social media over the New York Times, CNN and the BBC featuring photos of Turkey in their coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. The outlets published photographs of well-known Turkish landmarks in a manner that seemed to portray Turkey as a hotspot of the outbreak.
Greece
Euroviews. This is Europe in 2020, not Orwell’s 1984. The language we use to talk about refugees matters ǀ View
This language of invasion has become increasingly mainstream as it trips off the tongue of populist political leaders around the world. These populists stoke xenophobia and dangerous nationalism to gain and retain power, erecting fences and walls as physical embodiments of their prejudice.
USA
Euroviews. The US isn't close to becoming another Poland or Hungary - yet | View
Professor Krugman is right to be concerned given President Trump's ongoing attacks on democratic norms in the US and the Republican party's complicity in those attacks, but I don't agree that we are close to becoming another Poland or Hungary.