Erdoğan’s assault on democracy is a threat to Turkey’s allies Financial Times UK1 Jul 2026The writer is the leader of Tur key’s Repub lican People’s Party (CHP) Özgür Özel As world lead ers gather in Ank ara for the Nato sum mit next week, Pres id ent RecepTayyip Erdoğan will use the occa sion to project strength. But that image masks adeeper vul ner ab il ity: his grow ing repres sion of Turk ish demo cracy. His gov ern menthas detained peace ful pro test ers — along with law yers, journ al ists and aca dem ics— while try ing to hide the coun try’s real it ies from the world. That is bad for Tur key.It also poses a danger to our Nato part ners, espe cially in Europe. Tur key’s stra tegic import ance is selfevid ent. It con trols access to the Black Sea; bor -ders Syria, Iraq and Iran; and sits close to con flicts that repeatedly test Europeansecur ity. Our armed forces are among Nato’s largest, while our defence industry isincreas ingly essen tial to Europe’s secur ity. Yet this stra t...
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Beijing targets more Japanese groups over‘militarism’ accusations Financial Times UK 30 Jun 2026 LEO LEWIS — TOKYO EDWARD WHITE — SHANGHAI Additional contributions from Nian Liu in Shanghai The move yesterday, which restricts Chinese exports of “dual use” items that might serve both civilian and military purposes, is the latest escalation of a dispute that has plunged Japan-China relations into their worst state in more than a decade. Beijing remains furious with the Japanese prime minister for her suggestion last year that Japan could become militarily embroiled in regional conict if China were to invade Taiwan. China has accused her administration of “aggressive remilitarisation” and of acting in breach of Japan’s pacist constitution. Takaichi, who describes Japan as facing its most severe security environment since the second world war, has refused to retract her comments. The companies added to the export control list include subsidiaries of Mitsubishi Electric and Mitsubishi Heavy...
The fragility of our economic resilience
The fragility of our economic resilience Are we invulnerable or just plain lucky? Either way, there are many and growing dangers to guard against Financial Times UK 1 Jul 2026 Martin Wolf martin.wolf@ft.com The world economy has remained resilient despite the post-pandemic burst of inflation, Donald Trump’s tariffs, Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine, the Iran war and, as a result of these two conflicts, big energy shocks, the most recent being quantitatively the biggest in history. Should the conclusion be that the economy is invulnerable or just lucky? If it is luck, how could it finally run out? The lucid analysis in the latest Annual Economic Report from the Bank for International Settlements demonstrates that there has indeed been resilience, but also luck. Moreover, it shows, dangers are building up, notably in the interaction between fiscal and financial fragilities. One should add to this the social, financial and other vulnerabilities likely to be created, or worsened, b...
1/3 Il diritto di scollegarsi di Stefano Vicari * L a discussione sul possibile divieto di accesso ai social media per i minori di 16 anni ha il merito di aver portato all’attenzione dell’opinione pubblica un tema che non può più essere considerato marginale. Non stiamo discutendo soltanto di tecnologia, libertà individuali o abitudini digitali. Stiamo discutendo della salute mentale e dello sviluppo delle nuove generazioni. Negli ultimi anni smartphone, social network e piattaforme digitali sono diventati l’ambiente quotidiano in cui i ragazzi crescono, costruiscono relazioni, cercano riconoscimento e definiscono la propria identità. Non sono semplici strumenti di comunicazione. Sono luoghi di vita. Nessuno sostiene che internet sia la causa unica dell’aumento di ansia, depressione, autolesionismo, disturbi alimentari o ritiro sociale osservato negli adolescenti. La sofferenza psicologica nasce sempre dall’interazione tra fattori biologici, familiari, educativi e sociali. Tuttav...
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