According to reports, the alliance is preparing a new propaganda initiative. Here’s what it may target. According to recent international media reports, NATO, now teetering on the brink of disintegration, is preparing to launch a massive propaganda attack by tapping into the film and television industry. Producers, directors, and screenwriters were reportedly invited to three separate high-level meetings in Los ...
Can Its Education System Keep Up? By Mehmet Enes Beşer Vietnam is at a crossroads in its development trajectory. With almost 70% of its population within the under-40 cohort, Vietnam has a demographic window that other countries would be jealous of. Its young, energetic, and rapidly urbanizing working population has catapulted Vietnam to become one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economies. ...
Interview with John Varoli and Andrey Korybko By Tehran Tapdigov A meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump was held in Beijing. Executives from several major American companies, including Tesla and Apple, also participated in the dialogue held at the Great Hall of the People. According to reports, the talks lasted for a little over two ...
Mapping the Thorny Realities of a Just Energy Transition By Mehmet Enes Beşer Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) are a new ambitious model of climate finance—a call to unlock billions of dollars to facilitate developing economies to transition away from coal without abandoning livelihoods and support sustainable development. Two of Southeast Asia’s most coal-dependent countries, Vietnam and Indonesia, were among ...
Interview with the former Head of the German Navy, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach, on Germany’s new military strategy, the proxy war in Ukraine, and domestic troubles. By Yunus Emre Özgün Caught between a self-inflicted economic disaster and a mandated military buildup, the German state is navigating a geopolitical minefield. In an exclusive interview with UWI Data, retired Vice Admiral Kay-Achim ...
On the US president’s visit to China. By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China U.S. President Trump arrived in Beijing accompanied by political representatives and a massive group of CEOs (leaders of 17 companies). Welcomed at the airport with a large and warm ceremony, Trump met with Xi Jinping and his delegation this morning at the Great Hall of the ...
Cyber Partnership in a Fragmented World By Mehmet Enes Beşer The rapidly accelerating and technology-driven character of cyber-attacks are a certain and urgent challenge for the future online in the region. Ransomware cyber-attacks strategic assets through to phishing attacks corrupting election processes: cyber threats overshadow large and continue to cross borders while remaining in step and casting capacities behind. In ...
Interview to Radio Sputnik. UWI author, historian and political scientist Associate Professor Mehmet Perinçek was guest on Radio Sputnik to discuss the Soviet Union’s Victory Day (9 May). Mehmet Perinçek discusses the meaning of the war against the Nazis during the Second World War for the Soviet people, the West’s policy towards Hitler, and the global consequences of the 9 ...
Interview with Dr. Hamed Vafaei, faculty member at the University of Tehran and specialist in Chinese affairs By Azar Mahdavan, from Tehran / Iran As military tensions among Iran, the United States, and Israel have intensified in recent weeks, growing attention has been directed toward the role of major powers in managing the crisis. In this context, China—one of Iran’s ...
How is Türkiye’s growing defense industry strength and multi-dimensional strategy shifting the balance of power? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The conflict between the U.S. and Iran—which remains far from resolution and is rapidly generating global repercussions—has sparked profound debates not only about the balance of power in the Middle East but also about NATO’s future and Europe’s security architecture. ...
Such will be the case where Russian’s fate in Vietnamese classrooms is not in wistful yearnings, but whether it will succeed in staking out an active, productive niche. By Mehmet Enes Beşer The proposals laid out between Russia and Vietnam for the restoration of Russian instruction as a foreign language within Vietnamese schools has created diplomatic as well as public ...
Interview with Prof. Mehmet Yalçın Yılmaz from the Istanbul University. Once again, relations between the European Union and Türkiye are passing through tense moments: Commission President Ursula von der Leyen placed Türkiye into the same basket as Russia and China, causing consternation in Ankara. French President Emmanuel Macron promised to “stand by Greece and help defend its sovereignty” – a ...