Turning Values into Strategy By Mehmet Enes Beşer The EU–Japan security partnership represents a promising but insufficiently developed pillar of international security cooperation. Despite the shared values, economic interdependence, and commitment to the international order grounded on rules, the EU–Japan partnership has been viewed more as symbolic affirmation of mutual intentions rather than strategic action aimed at practical implementation of ...
Pakistan needs to tackle multiple challenges through well-rounded and practical solutions. By Mehmet Enes Beşer Gwadar Port, located in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province, represents the nation’s efforts to achieve economic transformation and regional connectivity. As a core component of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Gwadar is expected to act as a crucial link in the China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), ...
From Dakar to Dar es Salaam, from Bamako to Goma, the pulse is the same: that of young people who no longer accept that Africa’s future be designed outside of Africa. The Tanzanian protests, with all their ambiguity, are part of this continental awakening. By Beto Cremonte* – Amid sustained economic growth and a discourse of modernization, Tanzania faces its ...
A closer look at the heart of the continent. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Although it may seem like a cliché, it’s worth recalling for the purposes of this analysis the prophecy of the English geopolitician Halford John MacKinder, who stated at the beginning of the 19th century that “whoever dominates Central Asia dominates Eurasia, and whoever dominates Eurasia dominates the ...
Speech of Prof. Erenel in the conference on the Black Sea and The Eastern Mediterranean. The Center for National Strategy (USMER) has organized an international conference on the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea on July 18 and 19 in Istanbul, Türkiye. Today, we present the speech of Prof. Dr. Fahri Erenel- Istinye University Faculty Member. I express my deep ...
Western Double Standards: Recognizing Ethnic Cleansing Everywhere but Cyprus by Fabrizio Verde Cyprus is not merely an island in the Eastern Mediterranean; it is a strategic linchpin where geopolitical, military, and economic interests converge. Positioned at the crossroads of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, Cyprus has historically been a battleground for empires and a focal point for regional ...
The country sits at the center of Beijing’s vision of a secure, integrated southern rim in the region. By Mehmet Enes Beşer As the global interest remains captivated by great power competition and regional fault lines in the Indo-Pacific, one underappreciated actor remains a quietly salient factor in Chinese strategic thinking: Myanmar. Conventional wisdom had it that Myanmar sat at ...
By Onur Sinan Güzaltan United World International expert, Political Scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan held a conference at Voronezh Technical University in Russia on the geopolitical evaluation of Türkiye-Russia relations. We are sharing the English translation of the shortened and important points of Güzaltan’s speech at the conference with our valued readers. Türkiye and Russia are two big countries of Eurasia… ...
Background and Türkiye’s accession. By Halil Özsaraç, (Ret.) Turkish Staff Navy Captain On April 29, 2025, Türkiye’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure announced that Türkiye had become a “strategic partner” of the Three Seas Initiative. The Three Seas Initiative is an alliance established a decade ago in the region spanning the Baltic, Black, and Adriatic Seas in Central and Eastern ...
One loan, multiple interests By Fernando Esteche, from Buenos Aires / Argentina “Argentina has shown that this time it is different,” said Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), during the 2025 Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank. What could have been read as a technical remark was in fact a political act: The ...