Venezuela: a convincing victory for Maduro After long expectations, the Venezuelan legislative elections went smoothly. President Nicolas Maduro, whose PSUV’s bloc (the United Socialist Party of Venezuela) received 67.6% of votes, called on the opposition to resume dialogue in the new National Assembly. The Democratic Alliance took 17.95% of the votes, the United Venezuela Alliance obtained 4.19%, the Popular Revolutionary ...
Over the last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been occupied with two hot topics. The first was the battle of words between Mike Pompeo and Mevlut Cavusoglu, the two top diplomats of the United States and Turkey, at a NATO meeting. The second was the recent decisions taken on nationwide lockdowns and the vaccination plan made with the ...
Iranian academician Dr. Yaser Ershadmanesh told us that Iranian academicians “will keep going in an even stronger way,” emphasizing that the Fakhrizadeh assassination will not prevent Iran’s scientific and technological advancement. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, one of the key figures in the Iranian nuclear program, was not only a scientist, but also Iran’s Deputy Defense Minister. Fakhrizadeh, who also served in the ...
President Donald Trump will go down in US history as the president who most openly challenged China in terms of trade wars, technological competition and geopolitics. China has suffered much from the measures that Trump has taken – but at least it was an open game. With the possible arrival of Joe Biden and his team, US-China relations will certainly ...
Will Africa become the center of confrontation between Turkey and the union of Israel and the Persian Gulf monarchies? According to the Israeli newspaper Israel Today, in the coming days, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make his first public visit to the UAE and Bahrain, where he will meet the UAE’s Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed ...
As Bob Dylan once sang, the times they are a-changin’, only now, this sentiment likely seems quite obvious to everyone. Our sources for knowledge, information and views are increasingly being defined online on platforms like YouTube, giving the traditional centers of knowledge a run for their money. As a Turkish musician born in the 1970s, most of my life I ...
On March 26, 1979, a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel was signed between President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem began in the presence of US President Jimmy Carter. In contrast to the faint creaking of the pens with which the treaty was signed, the sound of anger in the Arab world resembled cannon fire. These pens opened ...
Turkey’s former Ambassador to Washington Faruk Logoglu and Retired Brigadier General, Assoc. Dr. Fahri Erenel have commented on possible US-Turkey relations and foreign policy under President Biden. Despite continued push back from current US President Donald Trump, procedures are beginning for the transition to Joe Biden’s presidency next year. President elect Biden said, “The election is over, it is time ...
US elections In early November, presidential elections were held in the US, in which Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden faced off. The election results remain controversial – many people tend to question the fairness of the election given the opaque counting system and President Trump’s claims that the elections had serious irregularities. Only some states have certified Biden’s ...
The turmoil in the American elections is an unquestionable and concrete reflection of the collapse of the United States of America. The internal turmoil will continue regardless of who becomes the President of the United States. These shocking internal upheavals will conclude when the US ceases to impose its hegemony on the world. LET BYGONES BE BYGONES We need to ...