I’m excited to share that my new book has been published. You can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1951312201 I’m also sharing the foreword below for anyone who would like to get a first look at the heart and purpose of the book: I was born in Antalya, Türkiye, and spent my childhood and early youth, until the ...
The scandal behind the scandal Most people think they know what corruption looks like. They picture a bag of cash, a hidden bank transfer, a minister caught on tape, a contractor handing over an envelope in a parking lot. Those images are vivid, easy to recognize, and politically useful. They are also incomplete. By t...
Stand on the ragged heights above the water near the entrance to the Persian Gulf and the first impression is not grandeur in the alpine sense, nor softness, nor abundance. It is starkness. The mountains on the Iranian shore come down in folds of rust, violet, and dust-brown. The Musandam Peninsula on the Omani side r...