Will the world choose regional instability or a global crisis? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The tensions between the United States and Iran are unfolding not as a formally declared
Beyond Resources By Mehmet Enes Beşer The Australia-China relationship for most of the 21st century has been minerals, farm produce, and commodities. Australian iron ore fueled China’s urban revolution, and
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Three topics were on the agenda in Türkiye last week: İlyas Topsakal’s, Vice President of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), visit
The speech of Richard Falk at the online forum on March 2, 2026, titled “Epstein and the Bottomless Depravity of the Elites – Urgent Need for a Cultural Renaissance!” By
A new cycle of negotiation and escalation from the Trump Administration Now we are witnessing a new cycle of negotiation and escalation from Trump and his team. While Washington tightens
If ASEAN can couple its natural resource endowments with effective institutions and well-considered finance, it can become the leader in equitable and replicable decarbonization. By Mehmet Enes Beşer As the
The emerging picture shows that Türkiye has moved beyond its traditional role as a “transit/bridge country.” By Doğan Akdeniz The crisis that began in the Strait of Hormuz on February
Azerbaijani Member of Parliament Hikmet Babaoglu commented to UWI. By Tahran Oruçoğlu, from Baku / Azerbaijan In line with the agreement reached during the meeting between the Presidents of the
So long as offsets substitute for real emission reductions and not add to them, Thailand risks falling short of not only its climate targets, but also its reputation as a
A Missing Pillar in Mekong Sustainability Strategy By Mehmet Enes Beşer Southeast Asia’s most lifeblood river, the Mekong, is being confronted with increasingly intense ecological and geopolitical stresses. Hydropower dams,
Can U.S. influence on the island be broken? By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China While the world has been focused on imperialist-Zionist aggression against Iran, the closure of the
Critical minerals, pentagonal diplomacy, the Anglo-Saxon axis in the South Atlantic By Prof. Dr. Fernando Esteche “All the geography that matters north of the equator is ours. What lies south
