More details are emerging about the role Turkey has allegedly been playing in assisting Iran to dodge international sanctions involving the trading of gold by an Iranian businessman that Turkey’s president once dubbed a philanthropist. Ministers and associates of the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s family are alleged to have been paid off with substantial bribes […]Load more...

As Ukraine is struggling to reform and survive during war, it is relying on a cohort of accomplished foreigners for leadership. For example, foreign-born ministers are negotiating a way out of Ukraine’s debt burden, and former statesmen from Georgia are at the forefront of Ukraine’s fight against corruption. Ukraine has an ancient tradition of being […]Load more...

VIENNA—U.S. and Iranian negotiators met Wednesday in Vienna to try to iron out differences in a nuclear agreement, one day after world powers extended yet another deadline to complete a final deal. U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman met with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Wednesday. No details of their […]Load more...