A historic and geopolitical perspective By Halil Özsaraç – Retired naval staff colonel, naval historian First published in the March 2022 issue of Teori magazine from Türkiye in Turkish, translated into English by UWI I don’t know whether children still fall for such simple tricks. In the past, children who wouldn’t behave were often frightened into obedience by an “imaginary ...
The current empire we live under today has barely 128 years of domination and is already showing its flaws to the point that they had to resort to a pedophile, a child murderer, a liar, a pimp of prostitution, and a coward to try to hold on. For millennia, humanity has progressed dialectically toward creating better conditions for life. Five ...
The Abdülhamid era stands as the most “splendid” and consequential phase of Sino-Ottoman relations, representing both the zenith of Ottoman global Islamic diplomacy and the practical limits of Pan-Islamism as an instrument of imperial outreach. By Dr. Halim Gençoğlu Sino-Ottoman relations, while often perceived as marginal due to geographical distance and the absence of sustained formal diplomacy, in fact rest ...
First part of the interview focusing on historic roots of anti-Russian sentiment in the continent. We conducted an extensive interview with Prof. Dr. Franco Cardini, one of Italy’s foremost living medieval historians, who continues to teach at the University of Florence. Cardini provided our questions with deep and detailed answers, blending current events with historical perspective. In the first part ...
It’s Something More Precocious. By Mehmet Enes Beşer In an increasingly bipolar global order—autocracy vs. democracy, West vs. East, United States vs. China—Vietnam doesn’t fit quite so well. Honed to high definition by the press into either China’s potential enemy in the South China Sea or, conversely, as a natural ally in socialist solidarity, Vietnam is neither. Hanoi-Beijing is an ...
From Comrades to Strategists By Mehmet Enes Beşer China’s bilateral relations with Russia and North Korea in East Asian geopolitics have been instrumental in defining the region’s past and present. Founded on common ideologies and interests, their relation remains pertinent in foreign policy and in China’s regional stability strategy. China’s bilateral ties with Russia and North Korea have been strategic ...
Neither recent nor just a trade war: The background of the US-China conflict. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Many people may think that the conflict between the United States and China is recent and that characterizing it as a “trade war” helps explain its essence, but neither is true. Exalting this confrontation within the framework of these two particularities leads to ...
The Arabic literature and political response to Palestine’s occupation demonstrate a remarkable and consistent resistance over the years. By Halim Gençoğlu The ongoing Palestinian struggle for independence has been a central issue in the Arab world for over a century. From the early years of the British Mandate over Palestine to the ongoing Israeli occupation, the Arab world has consistently ...
On one of the most decisive battles in Latin American history. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein When the Liberator Simón Bolívar arrived in Peru on September 1, 1823, he found himself in a very complicated scenario. There were strong contradictions between José de la Riva-Agüero and the Marquis of Torre Tagle. The country had two presidents, two governments and two Congresses. ...
Historic lies of the Spanish monarchy and contemporary ones of US Presidenty Obama. “We will not make the great future we are looking for, If we do not know the great past we had.” Commandante Hugo Chávez January 15, 2006 By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein A few weeks ago, I listened to a press conference and an interview with Jorge Rodríguez. ...