This year is a massive one for G20 state Turkiye — and not only because it marks the 100th anniversary of the republic. Sunday’s presidential and legislative elections have key domestic implications, but also big international ones too.

The “pivot to Asia” was a phrase first popularized by US policymakers during the Obama administration. However, it also highlights the EU’s increasing focus on the world’s fastest-growing economic region in a way that is often overlooked. 

The coronation of King Charles on Saturday formalizes a new era in British and Commonwealth history. However, while many citizens welcome the new monarch, his reign could see a much rockier period than that witnessed during the long and successful Elizabethan age.

Rishi Sunak faces his first major electoral challenge as UK prime minister on May 4, yet his government is on the rocks following the resignation last Friday of Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab.

In the wake of Brexit, the EU has increasingly had to get to grips with a more complex, multipolar Europe. The latest sign of this will come on Monday with the second summit of the North Seas Energy Cooperation group of nations.

European policy toward China is increasingly being framed by senior politicians as one of “de-risking” rather than “decoupling.” However, there is little conceptual clarity on what this means, increasing the possibility of EU policy failure.

Joe Biden has, since the 1980s, pushed for greater US involvement in Irish affairs. However, his big presidential visit this week will probably not decisively break the latest post-Brexit political impasse there.

Japan’s G7 in 2023 has been dominated by the geopolitical gale that continues to blow from Ukraine. Yet the outlines of the economic agenda have become much clearer in April.