Vassiliy Anisimov, the Head of the Press Service of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate, in an interview to the “United World International” accused Fener (Istanbul) Patriarch Bartholomew of dividing the Orthodox world. Two years ago, the frictions between the two important centers of the Orthodox world came to a head: On the one hand, there is the Fener ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey was busy with three important events. The first was the Defense Minister Hulusi Akar’s visit to Baghdad, where he met important Iraqi officials to discuss important strategic issues. The second was the important diplomatic meeting between the foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey. During the meeting, Mevlut Cavusoglu and Javad Zarif discussed bilateral ...
The notion of ‘Global Britain’ has emerged roughly 20 years ago and became since then the UK’s official government slogan, widely used by the Prime Ministers Cameron, May and Johnson. The concept aims to define the UK’s new role in international politics and its domestic adjustment. “Global Britain” follows the “Realist School” of International Relations Theory, emphasizing the anarchic nature ...
For days, there has been a discussion about whether an export train headed towards China will actually arrive at its destination. There is a motivation for all this chatter. The empty noise was further evidence of the fact that ‘the choir of opposition’, also called ‘the Biden crew’ by Mr. Doğu Perinçek, is building opposition to Turkey. Turkey’s increasing exports to ...
Turkey and Israel are two influential countries in West Asia. Differences in the Palestine and Kurdish Questions, relations to Israel and conflicting positions in the Eastern Mediterranean have caused several major high-level crises between the two countries and led to restraint as well as downgrading in diplomatic relations. Notwithstanding this past, a revitalization and normalization of Turkish-Israeli relations is widely ...
Located in a critical geopolitical place in Eastern Europe, Ukraine has always attracted attention of great powers and very often in history became a battlefield between them. In its history, Ukraine has sometimes benefited from its critical geographical location, but more often, this has been a disadvantage, since neither Russia, nor western countries can afford to ignore such a strategic ...
The US elections, the recent events in Libya and reconciliation in the Gulf are not only on the agenda of Turkey but also on that of the world. I interviewed Rakha Ahmed Hassan, former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, another key country of West Asia besides Turkey and Iran, Egypt’s perspectives on the issues as well as stance ...
The 30-year-old Nagorno-Karabakh conflict had caused no effect on the rest of the world for the past three decades. During this period there have been many wars and conflicts in the world, millions of people have lost their lives, tens of millions of people became refugees and IDPs, and migration patterns have changed drastically. However, the geopolitical traditions and practices ...
By Nardine Ali (Cairo/Egypt) Cairo has recently signalled intensifying interest in negotiations between Israel-Palestine, a potential indication of the country’s desire to restore its historic role as the broker of the 73-year old conflict. On January 18, Egypt’s President Abdel Fatah Al Sisi headed to the Jordanian capital Amman to meet with King Abdullah II. A series of meetings were ...
We all witnessed what has happened in the United States over the past few weeks. The Presidential Election, Biden’s Victory, Trump’s Rebellion, the attack on the Capitol, the second impeachment and finally the presidential inauguration on January 20. In this article we will discuss the emergence of a third political force in the midst of the American oligarchic two-party system ...