Political situation in Venezuela after the US hijacked President Maduro. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein, from Caracas / Venezuela I dreamed of airplanesthat clouded the day, just when people were singing and laughing the most. I dreamed of airplanesthat were killing each other, destroying the grace of the clear morning. If I think I was madeto dream of the sun and ...

Sowing Sovereignty By Mehmet Enes Beşer Within geopolitics increasingly defined by supply chain interruption, climatic uncertainty, and rising food costs, food security has become a matter of national priority. While great powers vie to obtain grain corridors and agricultural territory across borders, the smaller nations are also forging behind-the-scenes but influential alliances. A classic case in point is the new ...

Interview to Turkish TV channel TV24. UWI author Yunus Soner has travelled various times to Venezuela and spent last year an entire month in the country during the presidential elections. He provided an interview to Turkish TV channel TV24 after the US hijacking of Venezuelan President Maduro. Below is the transcription of the interview. You are someone who knows the ...

Interview with Dr. Mohammad Bayat, an expert in international relations. By Azar Mahdavan, from Tehran / Iran Following sustained economic pressure, Iran’s domestic situation has now reached a sensitive point at which livelihood-based protests risk being transformed into engineered unrest. Existing analyses indicate that behind these efforts to create instability stand two main international actors: the United States and Israel. ...

UWI author and historian and political scientist Associate Professor Mehmet Perinçek’s assessment on the US attack on Venezuela The attack on Venezuela once again laid bare a fact: the Western world, the Atlantic world, has completely abandoned its founding principles. With this attack, the death of a liberalism that has long been on life support is effectively being declared. Western ...

Russia condemns the attack, while the European Union offers “diplomatic” support to the US. Statements have been issued from Russia and the European Union regarding the US attack on Venezuela. Russia condemned the attacks, while the European Union “diplomatically” and tacitly supported the US attacks. Russia condemns the attacks The Russian Foreign Ministry issued the following statement regarding the US ...

First statement after the attack. In response to the US attack, the Venezuela government made a first written statement. UWI publishes the first official statement from Caracas below. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, repudiates, and denounces before the international community the grave military aggression perpetrated by the current government of the United States of America against Venezuelan territory and ...

The Chief of Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces died in a plane crash close to Ankara. Geopolitical circumstances raise questions, says Dr. Fahri Erenel in an interview. A plane crash close to the capital city of Ankara has caused wide debates and speculations in Türkiye. On December 23rd, a private plane crashed, killing all its crew members together with ...

The crisis in Myanmar has become the test case for ASEAN. By Mehmet Enes Beşer Today, it is entering its fourth year with no endgame on the horizon. The military regime is as entrenched as ever, and anti-junta forces have become more united in their efforts, while humanitarian conditions continue to deteriorate month after month. Within this maelstrom of uncertainty ...

The views of a retired ambassador with a 44-year career in Europe Retired Ambassador Ozan Ceyhun spoke about the rising right-wing populist parties in Europe. Ceyhun, who most recently served as Türkiye’s ambassador to Austria for 4 years and 10 months, worked for the majority of his 44-year career in several EU countries, mostly Germany. His tenure ended in December ...

Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week, at the top of Türkiye’s agenda was large-scale operations against ISIS and an armed clash that broke out during an operation in the district of Yalova. Another important item in the agenda was statements by Feti Yıldız, Deputy Chair of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), regarding developments in Syria. ...

Code and Connectivity By Mehmet Enes Beşer For decades, the Pakistan–China relationship has been characterized by strategic alignment, defense cooperation, and the physical infrastructure projects of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Dubbed an “iron brotherhood,” this bilateral partnership has survived geopolitical turbulence and proven its relevance through energy, transport, and industrial investments. Yet as both nations ride the digital turn ...