Piotr Zalewski
@p_zalewski
Turkey correspondent for @TheEconomist. Occasional bylines elsewhere. Opinions my own. RT = interesting. Email: [email protected]
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http://www.economist.com 16-11-2010 20:56:29
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My colleague Matt Steinglass, quitting this fascist platform has written an excellent piece on conscription in Europe & the manpower crisis in Western armed forces. “…few people who planned to vote for either far-left or far-right parties were willing to fight for their country” economist.com/international/…
Very grateful that Christiane Amanpour covered the plight of Elizabeth Tsurkov (@Elizrael), whose humaneness & insightful analysis I’ve missed regularly since her abduction, and especially since October 7.
A sensible Israeli government would recognize that Iran made a strategic error last night, that a rash reprisal would be foolish and that it owes a debt to the Western and Arab partners who helped it. Unfortunately, the current government is anything but. economist.com/middle-east-an…
In Istanbul’s upcoming mayoral elections, policies to earthquake-proof the city have been high on the agenda. On “The Intelligence” Piotr Zalewski explains why the task will prove more difficult in practice econ.st/43x3QpC