From defense rhetoric and petroleum exports to arm sales and diplomatic maneuvers, Southeast Asia is a region near and dear to Moscow’s heart upon which to make inroads internationally. By Mehmet Enes Beşer Russian strategic thinking has historically been motivated by the desire to project power beyond its near-abroad and secure a seat at the table of a multipolar world ...
The fiat money regime has reached its limits. By Serhat Latifoğlu Gold has risen by 130 percent since the start of 2024, and silver is up nearly 175 percent since mid-2025. As the first quarter of the twenty-first century draws to a close, the global economic and financial system is undergoing not merely a cyclical fluctuation but a structural transformation. ...
If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. Once again, the world’s rulers failed to grasp the world! The same issues, the same panels, the same sentences, once again, fell short of tangible benefits for the planet. This year, from January 19 to 23, the World Economic Forum convened in Davos under the theme of “The ...
Talks clarified what each side is unwilling to concede: For Moscow, it is territory, for Kyiv it is security guarantees, and for Washington economic gains. By Yiğit Saner The trilateral talks on Jan. 23-24 in the UAE capital signaled a renewed acceleration in diplomatic traffic in the war in Ukraine. Yet the two days of talks, far from coming to ...
A Strategic Step, Not a Solution By Mehmet Enes Beşer As Bangladesh moves to re-calibrate its geopolitics and economy in the background of evolving Indo-Pacific dynamics, whether Bangladesh will be able to become a full-fledged member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is gaining traction yet again. As its economy grows, and it hopes to be a manufacturing ...
A Panamanian court changed the administration of the canal. Here’s the background and wider geopolitical context. By Dr. Fernando Esteche The decision by Panama’s Supreme Court to annul the concession that allowed CK Hutchison to operate the Cristóbal and Balboa ports on the Panama Canal represents the culmination of a geopolitical operation executed with surgical precision. The ruling by Panama’s ...
Interview to Turkish TC channel Ulusal Kanal. UWI writer and political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan discussed the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa in Moscow on January 28, as well as the US-Russia-Ukraine talks, on Ulusal Kanal Television. The interview, conducted in Turkish, has been translated into English by UWI. What does al-Sharaa’s visit ...
Cutting off Elon Musk’s Starlink, Iran has already achieved the first military victory. “I think of the military build-up of the United States of America together with the developments in Syria, the election of a new president in Iraq, the appointment of prime ministers, and all the processes that reflect the division within Iraq, and even the sending of imprisoned ...
Asia is not just passively responding to American hubris—it’s rewriting the rules of engagement. By Mehmet Enes Beşer Donald Trump may have initiated the global trade war with a deluge of tariffs and anti-China rhetoric, but the ultimate shape of the conflict will be determined, not in Washington, but in Asian capitals. While American protectionism is taking up all the ...
According to insiders, the Gulf prefers gradual reform of the regime over a sudden collapse, fearing the rise of new extremists with whom no understanding can be reached. From Cairo / Egypt As the American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln plows through the waters of the Middle East, carrying the omens of a military operation that could be the largest ...
Europe’s role in the world rests on being capable of thinking for itself. Giving Washington a monopoly on dictating how to engage with China poses a threat to EU sovereignty and strategic autonomy. By Mehmet Enes Beşer The European Union is at a crossroads geopolitically. As Washington and Beijing move closer, Europe is being increasingly pushed to remain in sync ...
We have returned to a unipolar world. For Latin America and the Caribbean, their only chance of progress is through a process of integration that will allow them to survive and have an active presence in the world of tomorrow, characterized by a balance of power among the major powers. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, and with it ...