Energy, Alliances, and Geopolitical Signaling By Masoud Sadrmohammadi Over the past year, the Lebanese government has initiated a series of political, diplomatic, and strategic measures that, taken together, signify a fundamental shift in the country’s regional orientation. These measures—encompassing a broad range of domestic pressures on Hezbollah, the deterioration of relations with Iran, rapprochement with Gulf and Western powers, and ...

The fairytale of ‘Free Trade’ By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China A new bill submitted to Congress in the US clearly demonstrates the stage Washington’s containment strategy against China in the Pacific has reached. According to the proposal, the US will negotiate new free trade agreements with Pacific Island countries; it will eliminate tariffs on certain products and deepen ...

What does Israel’s move towards military cooperation with Greece and the Greek Administration of Southern Cyprus, beyond Syria and Gaza, mean for Türkiye? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The spectacle staged by Trump in Egypt approximately two months ago and presented as the ‘peace of the century’ propaganda never made a realistic contribution to Israel’s military objectives in Gaza. Furthermore, ...

There are a lot of debates around the recent Egyptian-Israeli agreement. Here are its details and the arguments. By Islam Farag, from Cairo / Egypt The announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approving a $35 billion gas export deal to Egypt from the Leviathan natural gas field, located in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Haifa, came as ...

Afghans today constitute one of the largest refugee populations in the world, estimated at roughly 6.4 million people. By Dure Akram Germany’s decision to transfer 535 Afghan nationals stranded in Pakistan this winter was presented as an administrative exercise, a clearing of unfinished business inherited from a previous government. In reality, it offered a revealing measure of how international refugee ...

The Abdülhamid era stands as the most “splendid” and consequential phase of Sino-Ottoman relations, representing both the zenith of Ottoman global Islamic diplomacy and the practical limits of Pan-Islamism as an instrument of imperial outreach. By Dr. Halim Gençoğlu Sino-Ottoman relations, while often perceived as marginal due to geographical distance and the absence of sustained formal diplomacy, in fact rest ...

Speech held at the round table discussion titled “The Spiritual Aspects of Cooperation in Greater Eurasia,” organized by the ruling United Russia Party in Moscow. Dr. Mehmet Perinçek, gave a speech on December 16, 2025, at a round table discussion titled “The Spiritual Aspects of Cooperation in Greater Eurasia,” organized by the ruling United Russia Party in Moscow. The session ...

The world must prepare itself to face three years of attacks from this Nazi-like, lying, vindictive president. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein The pace of events is so rapid that it is difficult to keep track of what is happening and to deliberate on its repercussions and consequences. Last week I wrote about the new U.S. National Security Strategy and said ...

A comparison of the S-400 air defense system and the US F-35 planes. By Ceren Ceviz Türkiye’s negotiations with the United States over the F-35 program remain complicated due to Ankara’s possession of the Russian S-400 Triumph air defense system. This article examines why Türkiye considers the S-400 essential and why it is unwilling to forgo it in exchange for ...

Independence from the US, social justice, lifting Russia sanctions By Deniz Yıldırım – Emre Ünver, from Berlin / Germany The general congress of BSW, whose support is rapidly rising in Germany, was marked by calls for independence, anti-US/NATO policies, and workers’ rights. The resolution passed in the Congress called for an end to military aid to Ukraine and a resumption ...