ISTANBUL — The debacle in Afghanistan has rekindled the global debate over how to manage refugee flows. There is widespread concern that the Taliban’s return to power will trigger new waves of people fleeing the country.

The outcome of Turkey’s latest general elections — voters have gone to the polls twice in the last five months — reveals important insights into the nature of the country’s democracy and the preferences of its citizens.The first of Turkey’s two parliamentary elections this year,

In very few democracies could such a small shift in votes lead to outcomes as different as the ones that could result from Turkey’s general election on June 7.A swing of less than 1 per cent of the national vote could decide whether the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)

According to conventional wisdom, if Iran develops nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and perhaps Egypt will try to follow suit. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went further when he addressed the United States Congress in early March, asserting that even allowing Ir