In the heart of Baku, where East meets West and ancient Silk Road memories mingle with modern geopolitics, a quiet but powerful conversation is unfolding among Turkic nations. Farid Shafiyev, the chairman of the Center for Analysis of International Relations and Multiculturalism, took the stage at a panel session titled “Turkic World Dialogues: Common Future, Common Vision” to share insights that went far beyond formal diplomatic talking points. His remarks, reported by APA, painted a vivid picture of what cooperation truly means for Azerbaijan, Türkiye, and the wider Turkic family. This was not merely a gathering of analysts and academics;…

There’s a phrase for what’s happening: “misinformation about misinformation.” It was coined by five academics led by Ceren Budak of the University of Michigan, in a paper in Nature in June 2024, to describe the gap between what public figures claim about online falsehood and what the evidence actually shows. That phrase could serve as the subtitle for what the Labour Government is now proposing in Britain. The Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, has published a Green Paper called Watch this Space that would force social media and video-sharing platforms, by law, to give priority to “regulated public service media” like…