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Erdoğan or Kılıçdaroğlu – which one will be flying high after the runoff? Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

May 26, 2023

Turkey’s presidential runoff: 4 essential reads on what’s at stake

Matt Williams, The Conversation

Incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faces opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in a second-round vote that will decide the future trajectory of Turkey’s politics.

Man on track: Turkish President Erdoğan, center, did better in his reelection campaign than predicted. Emin Sansar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

May 24, 2023

Turkey’s Erdoğan took a page from US presidents and boosted reelection campaign by claiming to have killed a terrorist

Graig Klein, Leiden University and Scott Boddery, Gettysburg College

Invading, attacking and killing adversaries abroad can boost the political prospects of leaders doing poorly at home.

The destroyed fuel station in Stoyanka, Ukraine. Putin has been laying the rhetorical groundwork for the invasion of Ukraine for years. Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images

April 5, 2022

Using lies and disinformation, Putin and his team have been building the case for a Ukraine invasion for 14 years

Juris Pupcenoks, Marist College and Graig Klein, Leiden University

Putin’s rationale for invading Ukraine wasn’t built over just a few months in 2021. Putin and high-level Russia government staff have been trash-talking Ukraine for more than a decade.

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