Recent military exercises in the Indian Ocean conducted by Eurasian powers have also been of interest to regional outsiders such as the United States, as they are a certain sign
Ah, America’s much lauded “Freedom of the Press,” part and parcel of the holy writ of liberalism, the US constitution, which ostensibly enshrines the population’s right to freely publish and
The main cause of the dramatic shifts in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East Interview with Assoc. Prof. Volkan Özdemir, Director of ATA Platform (www.ataplatform.org) Tectonic changes in the international system have
Russia and Turkey are becoming key powers on which peace in Libya depends. However, a number of internal and external factors may complicate their efforts. On January 13 in Moscow,
Ukrainian plane crash A passenger plane with 180 passengers on board crashed after taking off from an airport in Tehran on the night of January 8. Later on, Iran admitted
Most experts believe that we should not expect a war between the US and Iran. However, the religious beliefs of political leadership in both countries might suggest otherwise. A missing
After Iran had recognized that it is partially responsible for the catastrophe with the Ukrainian plane, anti-government protests began in the country. The world media is actively covering the events in
The Sahel region, which includes Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Algeria, remains host to vast criminal networks, drug trafficking and terrorist groups. Developments in Mali have hit the headlines over
What further developments will we see in the Middle East in the wake of the assassination of Qassem Soleimani? How will Iran respond, and how should Turkey relate to the
With the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, the United States declared to the world that it had not conceded defeat in the Middle East, and would continue its aggresion. However, having
On January 5, right after the IRGC’s missile attacks on American bases in Iraq, a Ukrainian passenger plane crashed near Teheran. The 737 Boeing aircraft left Imam Khomeini International Airport
The meeting between Erdogan and Putin in Istanbul on January 8 proved to be a downright historic occasion. The top 4 key achievements of the meeting were: the launch of
