By Mehmet Enes Beşer Thailand’s February 2026 referendum gave the country something it rarely gets in clean form: a national signal, delivered through ballots rather than chaos, that people want the rules rewritten. Not “maybe.” Not “Bangkok-only.” Not “just the loud kids.” A real mandate. And yes, youth networks dragged this back onto the agenda. They did it the hard ...
In recent weeks, we reported on Trump’s concern about what he considers a “grave threat” to the entire American governmental system. Referring to the enemies of the system without hesitation, he defined them as Marxists and said that what they were doing was “communism, socialism, Marxist deviations that started from a premise opposed to that of the United States.” He ...
By Fatih Ceylan, Türkiye, Former Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative to NATO, Director of the Ankara Policy Center The international conference entitled “The Alliance to Prevent a Great War,” organized by the World Civilizations Initiative Research Center, was held at the Meyra Palace Hotel in Ankara on 18–19 July 2026. UWI will present the speeches held on the conference during the ...
By Edvard Chesnokov, a parliamentary correspondent (Moscow) Roza Chemeris is a foreign policy expert and an experienced Russian politician. In 2017-21, she held a seat at the City Duma (local parliament) of Vladivostok. Since 2021, she has been serving as the deputy at the State Duma, the all-Russian parliament. There, Mrs. Chemeris is the member of the Committee on International ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer The emergence of China as the predominant supplier of critical minerals around the world represents an important factor influencing the current dynamics of global trade relations as well as economic and political issues linked to the transition to green technologies and advanced industries in many countries. Implications of China’s Export Restrictions The latest move of China’s ...
By Dr. Deniz Kutluk, retired Rear Admiral, Turkish Naval Forces The international conference entitled “The Alliance to Prevent a Great War,” organized by the World Civilizations Initiative Research Center, was held at the Meyra Palace Hotel in Ankara on 18–19 July 2026. UWI will present the speeches held on the conference during the coming days. The conference, which featured presentations ...
By Andaç Yedigüller Military cooperation between Türkiye and the United Kingdom has accelerated significantly in recent years. The latest example came with the Security and Defense Cooperation Agreement signed during the NATO summit in Ankara. While the full contents of the agreement have not been made public, official statements outlined its broad scope. According to these statements, the agreement covers ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist It is now impossible to define the current state of the U.S.-Iran conflict as, in the classical sense, “a war between Iran and the U.S.” The geography of the war has expanded from the Strait of Hormuz to Bab el-Mandeb, from the Red Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean following the attacks in Egypt, and finally ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer Whenever people bring up Türkiye’s industry, the conversation usually circles around the same comparisons. Germany comes up because of its reputation for engineering—no surprise there. Sometimes folks talk about South Korea and its big family-run companies. But honestly, China is the country everyone keeps their eye on. You can’t miss it; the size, the nonstop growth, ...
By Yunus Emre Özgün To secure planetary health and emancipate humanity from persistent cycles of conflict and deprivation, the strategic deployment of renewable energy, backed by reliable nuclear baseload power operating within a strict zero-trust architecture, is an absolute necessity. However, a colossal, multinational fossil energy oligarchy continues to inflict irreversible environmental devastation upon our species and the broader biosphere. ...