Hurricanes and the destruction they cause are spectacular. Despite appearing regularly in the American South, they are still considered to be dangerous and unpredictable. From a day to day perspective they are dangerous and destructive, but from a wider economic perspective, they potentially affect opportunities for recovery and GDP growth. Some of them, such as Katrina and Ida which occured ...
Life on earth – with all its organic forms and features – is under attack. Along with the raging and destructive capitalist system, a new threat has emerged as an inquisitorial ideology: “transhumanism”. In fact, transhumanism is merely a technologic metamorphosis, thus an adjusted application of the methods of capitalism on human nature. Some big-tech companies now have more resources ...
Last week the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. First was the normalization process that began between Turkey and Armenia. Second were the Vatan Party Chairman Dogu Perincek’s statements regarding the possible membership of some other Eurasian countries such as Iran, Russia, China or Tajikistan in the Organization of Turkic States. Third were the sharp ...
The process of normalization of relations between countries in the South Caucasus has begun. Especially the negotiations between Baku and Yerevan have started. Ankara and Moscow also support the decisions taken in meetings of presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan. Turkey and Russia are also working actively on the topic of the “3 + 3” cooperation ...
International politics is getting a new definition for an act of aggression: Not using a country a transit space for gas transfers and consequently not paying the according fees. The newly elected Foreign Minister of Germany, Annalena Baerbock presented the argumentation in a recent interview to the German TV channel ZDF. Asked about the operation of the Nord Stream 2 ...
Following a referendum in October 2020, a Constitutional Assembly was established in Chie, whose members were elected by the population in May 2021. The Assembly has the task to develop a draft for a new constitution, which after being approved by the Assembly itself, will be presented to a referendum. This is expected for 2022. Left-wing candidate Gabriel Boric won ...
Turkey has once again declared its readiness to mediate in the Russian-Ukrainian relations. Recently, the Minister of National Defence of Turkey Hulusi Akar proposed this at a meeting with the participation of the Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces Yaşar Güler and other commanders, noting that Ankara is ready to provide all kinds of support for ...
UAE-US: A crisis of mutual weakness On December 14, the United Arab Emirates suspended negotiations on a $23 billion deal to buy U.S. F-35 aircraft, combat drones and other military equipment. The proposal to sell 50 F-35 aircraft to the UAE came at the end of former President Donald Trump’s administration in response to the Emirates’ official recognition of Israel. ...
On December 11, the Turkish TV channel Ulusal Kanal dedicated a tv program to the Ukrainian crisis and the position of Turkey, where the tensions around the Ukraine and Russia and their implications for the region were discussed. Participants of the programm were, Ret. Lieutenant-General Ismail Hakkı Pekin, former Head of Military Intelligence at the Turkish Armed Forces’ Chief of ...
By Daniel Martinez* 1. With the poor of the earth On 26 January 2022 it will be 127 years since José Martí formulated a concept that takes on greater relevance in these complex times of global crisis: “Homeland is Humanity, it is that portion of humanity that we see most closely, and in which we were born”. As sons and ...