The Pragmatic Middle Ground: Navigating Superpower Pressures By Mehmet Enes Beşer Malaysia follows a complex and highly challenging foreign policy as it strives to balance economic relations with China while maintaining strategic cooperation with the United States, particularly concerning sovereignty claims and regional security in the South China Sea. This balancing act is shaped by Malaysia’s geopolitical dynamics and national ...
Posted by by Kıvanç Özdal United World International 4 Min Read March 24, 2025 Istanbul University has revoked the diploma of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu. The university stated that 28 individuals, including Imamoğlu, were found to have transferred irregularly into the English-language Business Administration program in 1990, in violation of Higher Education Council regulations. Their diplomas were ...
Which Way Will the Crisis Move? By Masoud Sadrmohammadi Over the past two weeks, Iran’s political and economic atmosphere has become unusually tense. Trump directly blamed Iran for the events unfolding in the Gulf of Aden, citing its support for the Houthis, and proceeded to bomb Yemen. For the first time, he also held the Supreme Leader of the Islamic ...
Opportunities and Risks. By Mehmet Enes Beşer Over the past decade, Cambodia has significantly strengthened its relationship with China, a development that has garnered both domestic and international attention. This burgeoning partnership, characterized by extensive economic investments, military collaborations, and political support, presents a complex landscape of opportunities and challenges for Cambodia. Economic Engagement: Infrastructure and Investments China’s economic footprint ...
Interview with Russian thinker and political theorist Aleksandr Dugin on Russia-US relations The Teori Dergisi, which is published in Türkiye, conducted a comprehensive interview with Russian thinker and political theorist Aleksandr Dugin on Russia-US relations. The interview, which addressed many important issues, especially the relations between Trump and Putin and the Ukraine issue, is still relevant. We are publishing the ...
Opportunities for Türkiye to act as it struggles to break free from Western hegemony. We asked Adnan Akfırat, Chairman of the Turkish-Chinese Business Development and Friendship Association, two questions about the two recent developments that made the headlines of the world media. The EU’s exclusion from the US-Russia talks, and the “Two Sessions”, known as the most important political event of the ...
A Crucial Juncture for Peace and Governance By Mehmet Enes Beşer The upcoming 2025 elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) represent a pivotal moment in the Philippines’ pursuit of lasting peace and effective self-governance in a region historically marked by conflict and marginalization. These elections are not merely a procedural democratic exercise; they symbolize the culmination ...
The Horizon Scan By Kamil Onüçlüler, from London / United Kingdom The “UK foreign policy in a changing world” is the title of the latest Horizon Scanning report published on the 7th of February 2025. Horizon Scanning (HS) can be simply described as a tool of the U.K government to help support strategy development, policy making and operational delivery. The U.K Government use ...
The military planning behind Trump’s statements to get the Panama Canal. By Oscar Rotundo With Donald Trump’s assumption of the presidency of the United States, a new chapter opened in the geopolitical relations between the northern power and the rest of the world. Among the various projects announced by the US administration, three resonated strongly on our continent: one related ...
Ankara has balanced relations with Russia, Ukraine, the EU and NATO, making it an ideal mediator. By Ceren Ceviz February was a volatile month for the European oil market. Ukrainian drone attack on a pumping station of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), a major route for supplying Kazakhstan and exporting to the global market, reduced oil flows of the route ...