On January 20, 2021, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as President of the United States. Along with him, a new team will come to the White House, mostly composed of officials from Barack Obama’s administration. UWI has already written about the major figures in the future Joe Biden administration: Antony Blinken – the future state secretary, Jake Sullivan – the ...
By Orçun Göktürk Beijing (University of International Business and Economics) US Health Secretary Alex Azar visited Taiwan in August last year. This was the highest diplomatic visit of a member of the US government to Taiwan in 40 years. While everyone expected Beijing to react strongly, more than that happened. Beijing first deployed its warplanes around the island of Taiwan, ...
The Comprehensive Investment Agreement (CAI) between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China that was announced at the end of 2020 keeps on fuelling international discussions. “FOR CHINA MOST IMPORTANT STEP SINCE JOINING THE WTO” Sourabh Gupta, a senior fellow at the Institute for China-America Studies in Washington, described the agreement as a milestone. Gupta claims that “for ...
`Do you remember Google’s slogan “Don’t be evil”? Well, Google is evil. It is one of the biggest donors to Washington’s pay-to-play, feckless political class.` Mitchell B. Feierstein Turkish authorities recently took another step against the new digital dictatorship of the media giants. After WhatsApp updated its privacy policy, Turkish authorities launched an investigation into Facebook and WhatsApp, and President ...
On January 20, 2021 the new US President, Joe Biden, will be sworn into office. Four years ago, Biden left Washington, D.C., stepping down from his position as vice president. Now, he is returning to D. C. as head of state. Along with him, much of Barack Obama’s team is returning to the White House and other state agencies. Over ...
By Fikret Akfırat Latif Bolat, former representative of the Turkish daily newspaper Aydınlık in Washington DC, has evaluated the recent protests and assault on the Congress to Unitedworldint.com. Bolat is a musician of international reputation who has been living and working in the US for decades. He has organized several national and international festivals and activities in the US, thus ...
It seems that the reconciliation that was announced at the Gulf summit in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, between the Arab Quartet countries (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Bahrain) and Qatar is nothing but a repeated chapter of relations between the two parties. With a quick look at the history of the crisis, we can be sure that all parties are still ...
Turkey’s public agenda had been busy with discussions about the riots in Washington DC, as well as the ongoing struggle against the coronavirus pandemic. Many politicians in Turkey from all political parties have reacted to the riots that started with a storming of the US Capitol on January 4. On the other hand, the recent drop in the number of ...
Retired Brigadier General Fahri Erenel drew attention to the fact that a potential agreementnel drew attention to the fact that a potential agreement to be reached between Syria and Turkey between Syria and Turkey has the potential to strike a huge blow to terrorism. The PKK / YPG has been pushed back into Ayn Issa following Turkish operations in the ...
The incoming Biden Administration has appointed a new CIA Director: William J. Burns. President-elect has reasoned decision saying it was time to “restore independence of the intelligence community”, Burns stating his purpose as “to deliver intelligence without partisanship, strengthening trust and alliance with our allies in around the world”. Being the first appointed career diplomat to the head of the ...