As the anti-French movement rises again in Africa, France, shaken by coups in its former colonies, is seeking ways to maintain their hold on the region. On the other hand, while the Pan Africanist movement is getting stronger all over the world, non-Western actors such as Turkey, Russia and China are also strengthening their relations in the region. We talked ...
By Taimur Khan* In spite of the world experiencing all-encompassing stagnation due to a surge in the COVID-19 global pandemic, the geopolitical environment remains in a state of constant flux. International relations continue to move forward with global developments proceeding as usual, underscored by conflict, commercial activity, and political realignments. Since the beginning of the new decade wherein the course ...
By Davide Rossi* Already fifteen years ago, the great geopolitical analyst Giulietto Chiesa and I were quite unique in Italy in our argument that the 21st century would see a declining NATO-backed hegemony of the West – defined by finance capital and the theft of energy and food materials from Africa, Asia and Latin America – come into conflict with ...
A lot has been written and said about the crisis in Ukraine. The debate has been filled with unnecessary details alongside an overload of disinformation. The reality, however, manages to shine through the mud, simply and forcefully, as it always has been. The USA, now struggling to keep up with its claim of a unipolar world after the collapse of ...
As the Ukrainian crisis continues, the US propaganda that “The Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent”, has gained more momentum. It is unavoidable to think that the war will come tomorrow morning, when one reads the White House statements. We have discussed the latest events in the Ukrainian crisis with the United World International expert Mehmet Perincek. Russia does not ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey had three main topics: First was the normalization process between Ankara and Tel Aviv, after relations were strained with the attack carried on the Turkish aid ship Mavi Marmara – on course to the Gaza Strip, by Israeli forces back in 2010. Second was the planning of a visit by the Russian President ...
Putin’s visit to China and meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping and the subsequent signing of a cooperation agreement between the two countries had significant feedback in the Persian-language media around the world. While the Iran-based media had a positive perspective toward the trip and considered the interactions as further uniting the Eastern Front against the West, the Persian-language ...
By Sebastian Tapia Argentine President Alberto Fernández toured Russia, China and Barbados this week in the spirit of multipolarity and multilateralism. Beginning to build the post-pandemic foreign policy agenda, the president argued that “the world is multilateral. In that world we must live and develop.” Both the destinations and the topics discussed on the tour affirm the multipolar orientation of ...
As France prepares for presidential elections to be held on April 10, 2022, the NATO conflict has become one of the main issues in the country’s politics. The discussions remind of the country’s decision to withdraw from NATO’s military wing in 1966. Charles de Gaulle had said that the country gained national sovereignty by leaving the military wing of NATO ...
By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein* Today, we will approach the urgent need to prevent an absurd war from the perspective of how a lie is manufactured from the collusion between Western governments and transnational media. Last week, the United States Department of Defense declassified a video of the suicide attack perpetrated by the Islamic State (IS) on August 26, 2021 at ...
By Adem Kılıç Coup attempts to overthrow governments became more frequent than elections across Africa. Studies demonstrate that the African Continent is the most prone to coups in the world. According to research conducted by the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations, there have been at least 200 coups and coup attempts on the African continent over the past 50 ...
Today we publish the second part pf our interview with Citlalli Hernández Mora, Secretary General of MORENA (Movement of National Regeneration) , the leading party in the coalition governing Mexico. In this part, Hernández speaks about Mexican-US relations, the new constellation in Latin America and Mexico’s relations with extracontinental powers. Trump and Biden The last US President Donald Trump was ...