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. ...
By Anatoli A. Glaz, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Türkiye 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 “Stop the War! Okinawa–Western Japan Network” is a coalition formed in February 2025 by 30 organizations and individuals across 14 prefectures—including Okinawa, Kyushu, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kansai—who came together to build nationwide solidarity in opposition to the Japanese government’s forcible push to militarize the country, such as through the domestic deployment of long‑range missiles and the construction of large ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer People often call ASEAN the “central” player in the region — a forum that helps Southeast Asia avoid getting caught up in the games of bigger powers. But behind the rituals of summit diplomacy, one problem keeps coming back, and ASEAN has never really cracked it: leadership. Not charismatic, personality-driven leadership, but the sort that can ...
The biggest development during the past week was not merely the announcement of Saudi Arabia’s proposal, but the joint statement formally endorsing the creation of the coalition. According to the joint declaration issued after the inaugural meeting in Riyadh, 14 countries agreed to establish what they described as a “framework for maritime defense cooperation.” The founding participants are Saudi Arabia, ...
By Elshad Mirbashiroglu, Member of Parliament of Azerbaijan (6th Term) 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 ...