Baku is hosting the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) By Tehran Tapdygov, Azerbaijani journalist, political observer Azerbaijan, Baku. Today these words are familiar to the whole world. A short period of independence and a huge road travelled. Baku has become the center of international negotiations. Especially after the ...

Foreign policy, BRICS, positioning in the face of international conflicts, we spoke with Pablo Álvarez, president of the International Relations Commission of the Frente Amplio (CARIFA), with Agustina Alejandro, militant of the international team of the Frente Amplio and with Mateo Grille, journalist, editor of the magazine Caras y Caretas de Uruguay and correspondent for Telesur. By Micaela Constantini* Next ...

Macron wants Europe to walk a very fine line between relying on NATO and heading to its own course. But the new geopolitical situation has placed Europe at a crossroads. After Donald Trump’s election, European leaders gathered in Budapest on November 7 for the 5th Summit of the European Political Community, established two years ago by Emmanuel Macron. Throughout the ...

North Korean children… DPRK, The land of smiles and wonders – Pt. 6: The North Korean circus and indigo children By Stary Shakhtyor Once again, a bit of Juche in the morning, invigorating! Pathos, pathos speeches in lectures! Metaphorical sayings from two lecturers. “The DPRK has a satellite – an eye and a missile – a fist”. I remember the ...

By Onur Sinan Güzaltan The new administration and the world. Donald Trump has been elected as the new president of the US. The world is debating what this term will bring. Based on his policies during his first term, his discourse during the campaign, and the figures in his administration, it is claimed that Trump would significantly change US’s foreign ...

On functions, history, weakness, and reasons of the decline of the currency. By Hakan Topkurulu Today, the foundation of the world economic system is the Atlantic system headed by the USA. The other countries at the top of this system are Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, and other western European countries led by Germany and France, as well as the ...

The Gulf States felt relief upon Trump’s electoral victory, but the path ahead is not an easy one. By Islam Farag, Cairo / Egypt Despite his departure from the White House in 2021, Gulf states’ ties to US President Donald Trump have not been severed. The Trump Organization has struck business deals with a number of his allies in the ...

Chinese President Xi’s visit to the continent marks another leap forward in the intercontinental cooperation. In recent years, during a period of significant changes in the global economic and political system, APEC summits have held great importance in fostering international cooperation and supporting sustainable development goals. The 31st APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, held this year in Lima, Peru, brought together ...

How will the US policy of “global dominance” and Trump’s “bottom line” approach clash? Here are the dynamics of Trump’s foreign policy approach and his strategy for Israel. By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist In his first term, Trump was described as an “unpredictable leader” both within the US and internationally: He did not speak the international diplomatic language, did not ...

The neocon “Greater Middle East Project” is at stake. By Fikret Akfırat Francis Fukuyama, a former neocon but popular neoliberal ideologue, sees Trump’s election victory as “the end of neoliberalism.” He writes that “the blowout victory of Donald Trump and the Republican Party on Tuesday night will lead to major changes in important policy areas, from immigration to Ukraine. But ...

Whoever in our region bets on the occupant of the White House must prepare for a new disappointment. By Mohamed Sabreen, Cairo / Egypt While criticism of American policy is increasing in the Arab world, and some like to raise expectations from the new American president, on the other hand, we see that the majority of Arab public opinion does ...

Presentation at the International Symposium “Decolonization and Cooperation in the Global South” Shanghai, November 12, 2024. In his magnificent work “Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism”, written in 1916 and published for the first time the following year, Vladimir I. Lenin delineated, at the dawn of the twentieth century, the contours of the colonial situation that permitted placing it as ...