Throw any understanding of economic class out the window, cross the political views of a stoned hippie with those of a strange hipster, and Elon Musk seems like a successful businessman who is out to do good in the world. After all, the trendy now-richest-man-in-the-world called himself a socialist on Twitter. He’s capitalist #1 who claims he is “cash poor” ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen In the presidential elections of the Central African Republic (CAR) on December 27, 2020, the incumbent President Faustin-Archange Touadéra was re-elected in the first round. Violent clashes took place between the army and the armed militia prior to the elections. For now, the violence initiated by these armed groups has been suppressed by the Government’s Central ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey had been busy with two main topics. First topic was the potential reconciliation between Egypt and Turkey over their maritime borders in the Eastern Mediterranean. The countries have had sour relations since 2013. The second topic was the vaccination efforts and the normalization process in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Reconciliation with Egypt over ...
By Mehmet Emre Öztürk The informal QUAD-Group (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue), comprised of the US, India, Australia and Japan, has held a virtual meeting on presidential level on March 12 in its quest for an Indo-Pacific alliance. The process, described by the US as “historic”, aims to institutionalize the QUAD and create an alliance against China in the Indo-Pacific. The US ...
Germany’s election year has started on March 14 with parliamentary elections in two of its federal states. More elections on state and local level will follow, and the “Super election year”, as the Germans call it, will reach its climax on September 26, when a new federal parliament will be chosen. Current Chancellor Merkel, governing since 2005 years, will not ...
The phrase “From Rio Bravo to Tierra del Fuego” is known to refer to Latin America and the Caribbean’s in all its territorial extension, geopolitical conceptualization and philosophical-ideological interpretation. Perhaps for this reason, it is not surprising that there is such an affinity between the current presidents of Mexico and Argentina, Alberto Fernández and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). Both ...
The US has started constructing a new military base in the Northeast of Syria. The base is located in the town of Ain Diwar, right across to the Turkish town of Cizre and also close to the Iraqi-Syrian border. The US forces have deployed military reinforcements including 60 armored vehicles and army-engineering vehicles to carry out excavation, leveling, and construction ...
Yaşar Yakış, born 1938, is a founding member of Turkey’s governing Justice and Development Party. Yakış has been Minister for Foreign Affairs 2002 – 2003 and Member of the Turkish Parliament between 2002 and 2011. Yakış entered the Foreign Ministry in 1962 and served different posts in Belgium, Nigeria and Syria as well as being part of the Turkish NATO ...
On February 28, the first anniversary of the installation of Community Governments was commemorated in one of the main states of Venezuela, Miranda. The governor of Miranda, Héctor Rodríguez, stressed that “Community Governments strengthen participatory democracy, as well as social policies” in Revolution, especially against the background of pandemic and an international US blockade that strongly affects the Venezuelan population. ...
By Nardine Ali / Cairo In February, Egypt launched an international bid round for the exploration of oil and natural gas in 24 blocks. The Egyptian authorities determined the according exploration field in respect to Turkish claims of Exclusive Economic Zone in the Mediterranean. This was interpreted in Ankara as a gesture and caused several declarations from the Foreign Minister, ...