Facing Trump’s tariffs, the continent should develop its own paradigm. By Yunus Soner, from Antalya / Türkiye US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have caused wide reactions. In UWI’s previous interviews, made at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, economics professor Jeffrey Sachs evaluated them as irrational, Chinese expert Professor Wang stated that his country would react, while Kenya’s Foreign Minister advocated ...
The path forward is to reconcile various national interests in upholding ASEAN solidarity. By Mehmet Enes Beşer The resurgence of economic nationalism under the Donald Trump administration has reignited tensions in the trade relations between China and the US, casting a shadow on the stability of the global economy. Strategically located between these two economic behemoths, Southeast Asia is faced ...
One loan, multiple interests By Fernando Esteche, from Buenos Aires / Argentina “Argentina has shown that this time it is different,” said Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), during the 2025 Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank. What could have been read as a technical remark was in fact a political act: The ...
The designated minister for culture and media calls decolonization “a landslide loss of power” and demands to rewrite history serving expansive global policy. Following the recent federal elections, the new German government and its cabinet of ministers is expected to be announced soon. Meanwhile, the country’s expected new chancellor Friedrich Merz has already pushed forward with a further militarization of ...
A Decolonial Turning Point for the Papacy? By Dr Halim Gençoğlu The Catholic Church stands at a critical crossroads. As it grapples with declining credibility in the West, growing spiritual hunger in the Global South, and internal calls for reform, questions surrounding its future leadership have taken on renewed urgency. For centuries, the papacy has been shaped largely by European ...
While negotiating with Washington, India also takes steps to diversify its foreign trade relations. By Mehmet Enes Beşer The re-election of Donald Trump as the President of America in November 2024 has initiated a new cycle of economic nationalism, prompting every nation in the world to redesign its practice of trade. India, as a developing economy and with a checkered ...
France’s support for Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara By Ali Rıza Taşdelen Tension between Algeria and France is escalating. The arrest of an Algerian consular official by the French security forces set off the latest flare-up. In response, Algeria expelled 12 French embassy employees on April 13. France retaliated by expelling twelve Algerian diplomatic and consular staff and recalled its ...
As the global order based on Western interests collapses, how will the new reality take shape? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist In the global arena, there is an environment in which many standards – from human rights to nuclear conventions, from international legal norms to social conventions – are failing, increasing insecurity and shaking the foundations of the so-called “rules-based” ...
Strategic Stakes and Missteps By Mehmet Enes Beşer As a region ever more characterized by strategic realignment and multipolar competition, growing defense cooperation between the Philippines and Japan has garnered international attention—and no small degree of controversy. The February 2025 meeting between Philippine Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro and Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, which resulted in enhanced military-technical and surveillance ...
Chinese expert proposes to the EU to build the world’s largest free trade area. By Yunus Soner, from Antalya / Türkiye We are continuing our series of interviews conducted on the Antalya Diplomacy Forum that took place 11-13 of April. Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang is founder and president of the Center for China and Globalization. Hence, the interview started with ...