Elmira BayrasliEthos or Bir BaşkadırWhile everyone else in the U.S. was watching the fourth season of The Crown, I dug into a Turkish series: Bir Başkadır, Ethos in English…Nov 22, 20202Nov 22, 20202
Elmira BayrasliWomen & PowerFrom the Foreign Policy Interrupted newsletter (penned by me):Mar 8, 2019Mar 8, 2019
Elmira BayrasliMemories of a Kosovo ElectionsIn 2000, I landed in Uroshevac, a province just south of the capital, Pristina. I was there to observe the first elections of an…Nov 6, 2018Nov 6, 2018
Elmira BayrasliThe Unbearable Whiteness of BeingRemember when we were all obsessed with the Russians and elections? #GoodTimes. Instead, as we go into Tuesday’s midterm elections in the…Nov 2, 2018Nov 2, 2018
Elmira BayrasliThugs-я-UsOn October 10, 1957, Komla Gbedemah entered a Howard Johnson’s diner in Dover, Delaware. Gbedemah was the finance minister of Ghana, a…Oct 12, 2018Oct 12, 2018
Elmira BayrasliMen & the penThis is from Foreign Policy Interrupted’s newsletter, September 21, 2018.Sep 21, 2018Sep 21, 2018
Elmira BayrasliJustice, where art thou?This is from the Foreign Policy Interrupted newsletter, which I write and publish every Friday. I’m going to try to remember to post it…Sep 14, 2018Sep 14, 2018
Elmira BayrasliU.S.-Turkey: A level above frenemiesWashington and Ankara are having problems. They have been for a while. Last week, bilateral U.S.-Turkish relations worsened as the U.S…Aug 9, 2018Aug 9, 2018
Elmira BayrasliWomen on the op-ed pageHow many female bylines are on the op-ed page? Not a lot, we know. But by how much?Aug 6, 2018Aug 6, 2018
Elmira BayrasliCynthia Nixon & the ruse of “inexperience”: It’s not inexperience, it’s dark money“She’s an actress.” Indeed. And she’s running for the democratic nomination for governor of New York.Mar 25, 2018Mar 25, 2018