Speech held in the conference on the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. The Center for National Strategy (USMER) has organized an international conference on the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea on July 18 and 19 in Istanbul, Türkiye. Today, we present the speech of Alessandro Fanetti, responsible for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Italian Eurasia and ...
Israel has conquered significant positions in Greece and Cyprus, but failed to conquer the soul of its ancient people. By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, from Athens / Greece For the Israeli elite and its media, the protests against Israel’s policies in Greece—especially the demonstrations when cruise ships carrying so-called Israeli “tourists” approach Greek ports—are unbearably irritating. We say “so-called tourists” because many ...
There are irreconcilable contradictions that will only be solved, one side defeating the other. By Onur Sinan Güzaltan US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on August 15. Reports indicate that the two leaders discussed a range of issues, with the war in Ukraine at the top of the agenda. UWI author, political scientist Onur ...
And soon, democracy may become one too, says the Scottish member of Progressive International. A world in turmoil: International relations and transatlantic power balances are changing day by day. The UN system is questioned, the Israeli genocide in Palestine leads to question marks behind international law and basic human moral values. These tendencies have consequences for the domestic shape of ...
Main political events in Türkiye during the last week. Last week was a busy one in Türkiye’s political agenda. At the top of the list was the first meeting of the parliamentary commission for the “Terror-Free Türkiye”. The commission was named as “National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission”. Another important development was the decisions taken at the Supreme Military Council ...
The Quiet Key to Regional Peace By Mehmet Enes Beşer In the face of increasing geopolitical unpredictability and competition between world superpowers, regional stewardship that maintains mutual trust, shared history, and realist diplomacy has perhaps never been so pressing. Perhaps nowhere is this clearer than in Southeast Asia, an insidiously located region between competing interests—from China’s rising maritime power to ...
The Alaska Summit marked the onset of a new era in global politics. By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist The Beginning of the Summit and Pre-Meeting Signals The announcement of the Alaska Summit effectively froze the global political stage. Who would participate, what the agenda would include, and whether the focus would remain on the war in Ukraine or expand to ...
From Cyprus over Syria to the Caucasus. Following Syrian Foreign Minister Esad Shaybani’s visit to Moscow on July 31–August 1, speculation has grown that Russian military patrols may soon return to Syria’s southern regions. Russia’s influential daily Kommersant ran the headline “Syria Misses Russian Soldiers,” reporting that Damascus has asked Moscow to redeploy troops to help guard its borders. According ...
Rather than a turning point, the meeting served as a stage for discussing realities. By Adem Kılıç, Political scientist The Trump–Putin Summit in Alaska highlighted many of the impasses surrounding the future of the Russia–Ukraine War, which has been ongoing for three years and has fundamentally changed numerous approaches, from NATO’s structure to perceptions of global security. While headlines about ...
August 15 marks the anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese occupation. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein In 1905, Japan invaded Korea and in 1910 annexed its territories by force, ending the Yi Dynasty. Japan used Korea as a supplier of food and a source of cheap labor. The annexation “treaty,” actually a humiliating imposition, stated in Article 1: “His Majesty the ...