From Ukraine over Cyprus and Palestine to Iran: This is essentially one single frontline. Israel has launched a wave of air strikes on Iran, hitting military leaders, nuclear and military sites overnight on 13th June. Iran retaliated by striking Tel Aviv, Haifa and several military and strategic targets in Israel. The war is tending to escalate further, with no sign ...
Interview to Turkish TV Channel Ulusal Kanal. By Onur Sinan Güzaltan Israel has launched a wave of air strikes on Iran, hitting military leaders, nuclear and military sites overnight on 13th June. Hours after Israel’s attack, UWI author and political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan was a guest on Türkiye’s Ulusal Kanal. We present the question directed to Güzaltan and his ...
Since the 1960s, Washington used drugs’ policy, both domestically and internationally. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein During the last decade of the last century, following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the United States set out to find a new enemy to serve as a pivot for reorganizing its foreign and military policy. Initially, ...
Strategic Patience or Silent Intervention? By Mehmet Enes Beşer With news of China’s alleged transfer of defense technology and weapons to Yemen, Beijing’s Middle East policy came under renewed questioning. While the specific scale and form of such aid remains unclear, the political ramifications of the news are certain. To others, these moves all add up to a real change ...
Germany sets up military posts just 20 km from the Russian border, while NATO pursues military exercises along Türkiye’s borders. By Deniz Yıldırım Germany has begun to deploy troops to Lithuania, with the “need to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank”. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius visited the 45th Tank Brigade stationed in Lithuania. This move marks the ...
The annual meetings are organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China The Shangri-La Dialogue 2025, Asia’s largest and most comprehensive security forum held annually in Singapore, has concluded. In addition to the US-China tension, new contradictions and fault lines between Europe and the US also drew attention at the Forum. The ...
Why Trump’s approach to solve the Ukraine conflict will probably fail. By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist Shortly after taking office, the Trump administration made securing a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine a top foreign policy priority. Over the past four months, Trump’s campaign rhetoric that he would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours has proven unsuccessful, while it ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Despite the arrival of summer, Türkiye’s political agenda remained intense last week. The most prominent topic was the ruling party’s efforts for a new constitution. Process that the government’s started with the banner “terror-free Türkiye”, drawing international attention after PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan called on the organization to lay down arms, ...
Interview to Turkish TV channel Ulusal Kanal By Onur Sinan Güzaltan UWI author and political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan shared his assessment of the Russia–Ukraine negotiations held in Istanbul with Türkiye’s Ulusal Kanal. How would you describe Russia’s mindset and mood heading into the talks? Just before the talks, Ukraine had launched a wide-ranging attack on Russia. Not only were ...
From Cuba in 1898, over Pearl Harbor to Iraq in 2003, Libya in 2011 and today, Venezuela. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein The course of history has conclusively demonstrated that, in order to further its interventionist and militaristic ambitions, the United States has sought subterfuges and fabricated false evidence, which history itself has either disproved or exposed as false. The manipulation ...