Infrastructure, Trust, and Innovation By Mehmet Enes Beşer Southeast Asia stands at a crossroads in the evolution of its healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of digital health technologies—everything from telemedicine and AI-driven diagnostics to wearable health devices and electronic health records. Yet despite the push, the region threatens to experience uneven growth in driving digital health to a ...

How could an “operation” scenario unfold in the Strait of Hormuz, and what would the consequences be? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist When discussing a U.S. ground operation in Hormuz, it would be misleading to view the issue solely through the lens of military capability. For the true determining factors are the constraints imposed by geography, Iran’s war doctrine, and ...

Initial panic at the stock exchange calmed down, but long term problems loom at balance of payment and interest rate policy. The war in Western Asia is beginning to ripple through Türkiye’s economy, testing the resilience of a country that sits at the crossroads of Europe and the Middle East and shares a border region with Iran. For now, daily ...

Interview with Dr John Puntis, Co-Chair of the British organization Keep Our NHS Public By Meral Akkaya In the UK, access to dental care under the National Health Service (NHS) is becoming increasingly difficult. Due to funding issues within the public system and the contract model, many dentists are turning to the private sector, causing millions of people to struggle ...

Between Giants By Mehmet Enes Beşer The semiconductor competition is today one of the most strategic arenas of U.S.-China rivalry worldwide. The days of arcane technical supply chains and niche policymaking are over, for semiconductors today are the very lifeblood of contemporary economies—and a theater of geopolitical rivalry. The China-U.S. chip war is as much a struggle for technological leadership ...

On the reasons and forms of collaboration. By Umur Tugay Yücel Iran’s current capacity to resist the United States and to continue striking strategic targets cannot be reduced to a single reason. This capacity and sustainability certainly cannot be considered independently of Chinese and Russian support. The trade, payment systems, and defense collaborations that Iran has developed with China and ...

Her alliance with Trump and balancing act in face of the Iran War puts Prime Minister Meloni’s constitutional referendum in jeopardy. Should she lose, may this be the beginning of the end. From Rome / Italy A wave of anti-war protests is sweeping across Italy, as demonstrators take to the streets to oppose the government’s alignment with Western military actions ...

Tt is people who forge enduring friendships. By Mehmet Enes Beşer China’s relations with the People’s Republic of Brunei Darussalam in recent years have generally been good across the board. From expanded trade and investment ties to BRI-enabled infrastructure development, the two countries have forged what both sides refer to as a “strategic cooperative partnership.” Brunei has pursued a pragmatic ...

The Nile Delta, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Anatolia and Iran as a single entity By Mehmet Yuva “Iran attacking neighboring Gulf Arab states is wrong!”, “Iran has proxy forces in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, and Afghanistan!” These claims are absurd. Because if a state is capable of ensuring the sovereignty, security, and subsistence of the people under its authority, ...

The region must act with a sense of urgency—not merely to insure today, but to build food security tomorrow. By Mehmet Enes Beşer Well before the recent memory global rice price spike, food insecurity had already become more entrenched in its grip on Southeast Asia. Already in the region were millions of individuals experiencing limited access to healthy, affordable food ...

The US and Israel are Attacking Iran’s Centuries-Old Civilization, History, and Cultural Heritage By Dr. Emre Senbabaoglu, International Law Scholar. In the war that began following the US and Israeli airstrikes against Iran on February 28, 2026, one of the most tragic incidents of the war occurred. A US Tomahawk missile struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in the city ...

In Iran, Colombia and Venezuela. On March 8th, the people of the world dealt Trump three resounding defeats on a battlefield he doesn’t believe in: the battlefield of democracy. In Iran, Colombia, and Venezuela, on International Women’s Day, in different situations and in different ways, anti-democracy and fascism suffered crushing defeats that express the global rejection of Washington’s absolutist and ...