The threat of a global war… It is no longer hidden from view. Everyone is talking, writing and debating about what is approaching. Every other day, Trump threatens to wipe Iranian civilization off the face of the earth. The Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, through which roughly 30 percent of the world’s oil trade passes, have been ...

Since the historic summit between King Abdul-Aziz Ibn Saud and US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, the alliance between Riyadh and Washington has rested on a well-worn, explicit transactional nexus: oil in exchange for security. Yet the ongoing conflict in Yemen—where the Houthis have systematically brought vast swathes of the country under their control—serves as a resounding declaration that ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer The global ambitions of India have never been as pronounced before. With a rapidly growing economy, colosseum-sized demographic dividend, assertive foreign policy, and growing activism in global spheres spanning from the Quad to the G20, India aims to position itself as equals to China and the West. Nevertheless, as more international prestige, the more awe-inspiring is ...

By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump have met for the third time in a year. The decision to take a “short pause” in the trade war, which began on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Busan, South Korea, last October, was reinforced by Trump’s visit to Beijing in May. ...

By Erkin Feyyaz Eşli On 16 September, the Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, stated that Netanyahu was deliberately attacking neighbouring countries because he feared competition. Prior to this, the minister had said that ‘Israel cannot survive without an external enemy’, and that following a war with Iran, Türkiye would become that enemy. According to him, hostility towards the Turks is ...

By Dr. Shoaib Khan, Founder and President, ALFAAZ Education and Cultural Society, Mumbai Visiting Faculty, Centre for Central Eurasian Studies, University of Mumbai New Delhi’s relationship with Beijing has been more about temporary calm than a true shift in strategy over the past year. Still, India has started to agree on more measures that allow greater access to Chinese investments ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer The Horn of Africa was far from the headlines. However, it is now located on the junction of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean, and the Middle East. Here, the routes for navigation and energy flow, military bases, political and economic influence of port countries, and building statehood all converge. For Türkiye, ...

The BRICS summit of heads-of state gathered in New Delhi under the presidency of India. While the participating countries discussed how to deepen their cooperation among themselves, relations with other countries were also on the agenda. With Brazil being found member of BRICS and Cuba and Bolivia current partner countries, relations with Latin America can be considered still in their ...

By Dr. Ali Alsaç First, a news item. On September 14, US Secretary of the Air Force, Troy Meink announced that his country had weapons in orbit. As the space surrounding Earth fills with defunct satellites and rocket debris, outer space—part of humanity’s shared future—is increasingly becoming an arena of armed competition. Another dumping ground is growing in cyberspace. Fake ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer The growing geopolitical tensions and fragmentation of the regional order pose serious challenges for Southeast Asia. The Indo-Pacific geopolitical dynamics – fueled by strategic rivalry between the United States and China, competing supply chains, and contradictory security alliances – make stability in East Asia more uncertain than it was since the end of the Cold War. ...