The imperial operation of February 2026 is real, it is serious, and its consequences will be long-lasting. But it is not irreversible. By Dr. Fernando Esteche There are moments when history condenses. When what had been brewing for years in offices, in national security documents, working papers, in private agreements between corporations and states, suddenly becomes visible. February 2026 was ...
The most probable answer is hidden in a policy inherited from Deng Xiaoping By Orçun Göktürk, President of the Center for Sino-Turkish Studies, Beijing / China As we enter a period where increasing US-Israel aggression toward Iran and military options from Washington are being voiced at the highest levels, the stance China will take is a matter of great curiosity. ...
Interview to Sputnik Türkiye. UWI author and political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan answered questions from Ceyda Karan of Sputnik Türkiye. Güzaltan shared his views on the Munich Security Conference, the situation in the Atlantic alliance, the objectives of a possible attack on Iran, and Russia-West and Türkiye-West relations. We present the interview translated into English.—————- “Capitalism and the West as ...
The city’s waste economy is not a technical problem to be solved, but a negotiated social space shaped by class, migration, informality, and environmental governance. By Mehmet Enes Beşer In Bangkok, politics of plastic recycling are enacted not in institutional policy arenas or corporate boardrooms but in the urban margins of streets, dumps, canals, and squatter settlements—terrain often ignored in ...
Interview on French domestic politics, the political system, its radical questioning, relations with the Trump Administration and Israel. Alain Soral… He is one of the most debated thinkers in France. His ideas are frequently voiced within anti-globalization left and right political movements. Convicted in France for thought crimes, Soral continues to live in exile. I spoke with Soral about the ...
What truths did the Munich Security Conference reveal about Europe’s “security crisis”? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The Munich Security Conference, held in Germany and considered one of the most critical meetings in Europe in recent years, was a turning point not only in terms of the war in Ukraine or the future of NATO, but also in terms of ...
The claim that “colonialism was normal back then” distorts history, wounds the victims a second time, and obstructs global peace. By Dr. Halim Gençoğlu This article evaluates the claims allegedly expressed by some Western, particularly American, academics and commentators at the International Munich Peace Conference dated February 2026—such as “colonialism was normal back then, we are not ashamed of our ...
This wasn’t a network stitched together by chance. It expanded for years, untouched and shielded when necessary. By Yiğit Saner The most gripping detail in the Epstein files was, unsurprisingly, the witness accounts describing the horrifying perversions of Western elites. But what’s come spilling out of the files points to a decay far broader than individual perversions. It suggests that ...
As the United States retreats from the leadership roles it had undertaken, the Global South is not collapsing in despair. By Mehmet Enes Beşer While the United States retreats inward, bedeviled by electoral division, budgetary crisis politics, and a protectionist revival of economic nationalism, fresh geopolitical momentum is building elsewhere. Across the Asian region and beyond, emerging and middle powers ...
Targeting “godless communist revolutions and anti-colonial uprisings” as reason for “Western” decline. “The great Western empires had entered a terminal decline, accelerated by godless communist revolutions and anti-colonial uprisings that would transform the world.” With these words, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sparked one of the biggest controversies at this year’s Munich Security Conference. Rubio’s reference to anti-colonial movements—historically ...
Observations from the venue By Gürkan Demir, from Tabriz / Iran On January 17, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, met with the people of Tabriz in Tehran. This meeting is traditional. It has been held for about 25 years, bringing Ali Khamenei together with the people of Tabriz, who were a cornerstone in the lead-up to the ...
Car exports are a strategic turning point for Beijing as it seeks to globalize its industrial base and establish stronger brands abroad. By Mehmet Enes Beşer As the world is caught up in western sanctions and an increasingly burgeoning world tariff war, an unlikely victor has made its way on to Russia’s roads: Chinese automobiles. Previously sneered at to be ...