By Mehmet Enes Beşer A crisis of energy production, availability, and pricing in the Philippines will not amount to a mere economic disruption. In a country where electricity prices affect household well-being, industry profitability, and governmental commitment, shortages, rising prices, and blackouts serve as a kind of political stress test. Their impact comes from the very immediacy of electricity as ...

By Dure Akram For quite some time, a sequence of images has begun to define South Asian politics. Young Sri Lankans wandering through a presidential residence that had once seemed untouchable. Bangladeshi students carrying coffins through Dhaka after their classmates were killed. Teenagers in Kathmandu filming themselves outside parliament while a government tried to shut down the very social-media platforms ...

By Prof. Dr. Semih Koray, President of the World Civilizations Initiative Research Center (DÜNYA-MER) 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 ...

Teori, monthly theoretical political, geopolitics and international relations analysis magazine from Türkiye, spoke with Pierre Duval, a French journalist, political analyst and contributor to Observateur Continental, about the state of the European economy, US-EU relations, the US-Israeli attack on Iran, the difficulties of Europe’s turn towards Asia and the future of Europe. The interview was conducted for Teori by Ali ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer While there are several visible economic engines in the Philippine economy, such as services, consumption, construction, and urbanization, the existence of yet another important engine of economic growth has been obscured by geography and the fact that it operates in part outside the country – namely, the Filipino diaspora. It provides foreign income, demand stimulation, support ...

By Prof. Dr. Atakan Hatipoğlu, Faculty Member of Political and Social Sciences, Aydın Adnan Menderes University 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 ...

By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The joint defense agreement signed recently in Mecca by Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan should be regarded as an agreement that will have major implications not only for the region but also for the emerging new world order. Although global media and various actors have focused particularly on the provision that “an armed attack against ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer There is no doubt that India’s economic rise is becoming a significant area of interest in academic and political circles. Against the backdrop of global turbulence and GDP growth in the region of 6-7 percent, India is presented as a case study of the country that has successfully recovered from the pandemic shock, attracted massive foreign ...

Prof. Dr. Şükrü Sina Gürel, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs 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 ...

By Mahir Alp Yücel On August 3, two Türkiye’s-flagged vessels—the Yaşar and the Nadezhda—operated by Samsun-based Kalyoncu Shipping, came under attack by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Black Sea. The ships carried a combined crew of 22, including 13 Türkiye’s nationals. According to media reports, four individuals sustained injuries, three of whom are citizens of the Republic of ...