Türkiye’s response is likely to involve hedging through deeper ties with Russia, even as some disagreements persist. By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida The recent prospect of a military alliance between Greece, Israel and Cyprus introduces a new variable into the Eastern Mediterranean security equation. Such an arrangement, even if initially limited, will inevitably be perceived by Türkiye as an attempt ...

The truth is that left-wing governments, in most cases, have created a new bureaucracy, also corrupt, nepotistic, and often incapable of generating policies that benefit the people. The time has come to reverse this situation. The collapse and dissolution of the Soviet Union marked the end of an era characterized by a bipolar international system in which ideology dictated the ...

Posted by by Islam Farag 23 Min Read May 11, 2026 After nearly six decades of membership in OPEC, and despite being the organization’s third-largest oil producer, the United Arab Emirates announced its withdrawal from the organization at the end of last April. This decision by the Gulf state has raised numerous questions regarding its underlying motives and sparked speculation ...

Posted by by United World International 19 Min Read May 10, 2026 By Michael Roberts * Last week, crude oil prices in Asia hit a new high at $125/b amid reports that the US was considering military action against Iran to break the deadlock in peace talks. The global average oil price also reached $113/b, the highest since the post-COVID ...

Between national pride and global inspiration on the one side and exposing geopolitical fault lines and reimposing tensions on the other, good management is clue. By Mehmet Enes Beşer Electronic sport (esports) has reshaped global competition dynamics, youth culture, and national pride. None is more vividly shown than in Southeast Asia, with a young, digitally native generation embracing competitive gaming ...

On the document titled “Overall Concept of Military Defense: Military Strategy and Plans for the Armed Forces, Responsibility for Europe” released by the German Ministry of Defense Europe is rearming. Countries, economies, and societies are being fundamentally reshaped to align with this new reality. The latest move has come from Germany. The document titled “Overall Concept of Military Defense: Military ...

Vision, Strategy, and Regional Realities By Mehmet Enes Beşer Over the last few years, China has been marketing the vision of a “Community of Shared Future” (命运共同体, mingyun gongtongti) as part of the support columns of foreign policy rhetoric. First articulated by President Xi Jinping amidst controversy about evolving world governance, the vision has since been extended to regional domains, ...

From Gaza to Iran, AI is applied increasingly. By Mohammad Reza Moradi, General Director of Mehr News Agency’s Foreign Languages and International News Department, from Tehran / Iran Recent military developments indicate that warfare has entered a new phase—one in which the “speed of data processing” is as decisive as “firepower.” In the past, military superiority was measured by troop ...

Interview with energy expert Necdet Pamir. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered one of the biggest shocks in global energy markets in decades. Nearly one-fifth of the world’s oil trade and a substantial share of liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments normally pass through the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman. As tensions in the Gulf escalated and ...

To move on from passive reception to active cultural tourism, Thailand must approach entertainment as a field not as a sideline but a column of national engagement. By Mehmet Enes Beşer Glamorous Thai television dramas, music, and pop idols have in recent years moved in quietly to emerge as an expanding cultural phenomenon in Asia. The impact has largely been ...

Notes from a roundtable discussion at the Center for Iranian Studies in Türkiye. The war, which began with the US-Israeli attack on Iran on February 28, 2026, is currently in a period of ceasefire. What follows remains highly uncertain. A process full of fluctuations and contradictions continues to unfold. What is certain, however, we are at a stage to be ...

Dr. Gilbert Doctorow on the Shattering of the Transatlantic Order By Yunus Emre Özgün As Donald Trump’s foreign policy shatters his domestic base and the European Union morphs into an unaccountable “war project,” the geopolitical tectonic plates of the West are fracturing. In an interview with UWI Data, renowned historian and international affairs analyst Dr. Gilbert Doctorow diagnoses the civil ...