If South Asia is ever going to escape strategic limbo, it won’t happen through India insisting “internal matter” like a spell. By Mehmet Enes Beşer There’s a phrase New Delhi repeats whenever Kashmir comes up: internal matter. It’s said with the confidence of a closing argument, as if the words themselves are supposed to end the conversation. But Kashmir isn’t ...
Interview with Alvin Botes, South African Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation A New Global Resource Race As the global economy accelerates toward decarbonization and digital transformation, critical minerals have become indispensable to modern industry. Lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and platinum group metals underpin electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, and advanced technologies. Their rising importance is reshaping global ...
Posted by by United World International 4 Min Read April 29, 2026 The Turkish Psychologists Association (TPD) has exposed the blatant double standards of the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA). While the EFPA cites “political neutrality” regarding Israel’s military aggression in the Middle East, its previous expulsion of Russia over the Ukraine conflict reveals a deeply rooted selective morality ...
Renewing Ties, Reimagining Futures By Mehmet Enes Beşer Among the Asia-Pacific geopolitics geographies in transition today, few bilateral relations have so much low-key potential as China and Thailand. For centuries, united by mutual culture, good commerce, and overlapping strategic interests, the two nations have shared a stable friendship traditionally described as “as close as one family.” But in today’s dynamic ...
A multipolar world and a new financial architecture By Serhat Latifoğlu US President Roosevelt and Saudi King Abdulaziz laid the foundations of the petrodollar system on February 14, 1945, during their meeting aboard the USS Quincy. It was based on a very powerful formula: oil and dollars in exchange for security. The US would provide military guarantees to the Gulf ...
Is Türkiye prepared to risk its relations with Russia for the supply of carbon fiber for Ukrainian UAVs? By Feyyaz Erkin Eşli On April 15, 2026, Russia’s Ministry of Defense released a significant statement regarding the continuation of the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. It was reported that on March 26, 2026, a number of European countries decided to ...
The consolidation of the Russia-China strategic axis cannot but penetrate into Vietnam’s strategic sphere, including with respect to the South China Sea. But it needs not be threatening. By Mehmet Enes Beşer As Russia-China strategic alignment becomes increasingly solidified with yet further heightening passion—based on converging geopolitical interests crossing and heightening economic interdependence—the world of Southeast Asia has watched with ...
The US–Israel–Iran war has shattered assumptions about American omnipotence and revived the specter of state collapse across the Gulf. Regional powers are filling the vacuum. The so‑called Islamic Quad—Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Egypt—is one such experiment. By Dure Akram, from Lahore / Pakistan In Muscat this week, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi sat opposite Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq and delivered a ...
The convergence of these nations’ interests, coupled with the retreat of traditional powers from regional security management, will breathe life into such an alliance. A few years ago, even the most optimistic observers would not have dared to imagine the Middle East, or the Islamic world at large, witnessing an alliance between its traditional or central powers. This was simply ...
The Cuban Revolution and anti-colonialism in historic perspective. Speech held at a round table discussion titled “Fidel Castro and World Politics: The Cuban Experience in Diplomacy and International Relations”, hosted by the Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University (RUDN) On April 22, 2026, a round table discussion titled “Fidel Castro and World Politics: The Cuban Experience in Diplomacy and International Relations” ...
Why Turkish projects to bypass the Strait of Hormuz are problematic Türkiye seeks to offer alternative trade and energy routes following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran in the war against the US and Israel. The “Middle Corridor”, which bypasses Iran, is considered alternative routes for Qatari natural gas and Iraqi oil, which are currently dependent on ...
New Caledonia’s future will be secured when France stops acting like a 19th-century power in a 21st-century ocean. By Mehmet Enes Beşer Paris wants the world to believe New Caledonia is an internal administrative matter—an overseas “territory” managed through lawful procedures, democratic votes, and carefully branded “dialogue.” That story is convenient. It’s also colonial. Because when a European state holds ...