In its last days, the Trump Administration seems to succeed in sowing harmony and conflict in the Middle East at the same time. The so called Abraham Accords and the reconciliation of the Gulf countries are led with promises of peace and cooperation, while the US sends simultaneously bombers and aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf in an obvious threat ...
The public agenda in Turkey was busy with three main topics as we reached the new year of 2021. The first topic was the ratification of an extradition treaty between the People’s Republic of China and Turkey. The extradition treaty caused a public outcry among the exiled Uyghur community in Turkey and among some political circles affiliated with the Uyghur ...
Stefan Zweig explains the great breaking points which caused a change in history with the following words in his book, Decisive Moments in History; “The tragic and fate-determining moments, in which a single decision that has passed through the ages are compressed into a single calendar, a single hour, and often a single minute, is quite rare in a life ...
Turkish-Israeli relations have received some warm messages in the recent weeks. Mesut Hakkı Caşın, Member of Presidential Committee on Security and Foreign Policy declared “if Israel takes one positive step, Turkey will take two”, President Erdogan followed by saying “We would like to bring our ties to a better point”. Bilateral ties have seen tensions since the attack on the ...
Two different and even opposing events marked the last days of 2020 from the European perspective: On the one side, the highly disputed Brexit-deal was signed off. On the other side, an even higher, in fact seven years long disputed negotiation came to conclusion: the European Union – China Comprehensive Investment Agreement (CAI). Announced on the 30th of December, the ...
The request for the extradition of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks that published documents on US war crimes, to the US was rejected. Lawyers of Assange have requested his release on bail from detention. US representatives in the court are expected to appeal the decision. The UK court has decided on the request to extradite Assange to the US. Assange, ...
By Fabrizio Verde Italy is a country cornered between two types of imperialism, the main one is American imperialism, which uses its military presence, occupying the country with several NATO bases. Not a leaf moves in Rome without Washington’s approval. The second one is the European Union’s imperialism: although it is subordinated to the US and NATO, it exerts a ...
As the CAATSA sanctions show, reconciliation with American imperialism is only possible as long as you submit to its repression. Ergo, policies relying on cracks in US domestic politics or presidential changes will, no doubt, end inconclusively. Cuba, Vietnam, Cambodia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Libya, Iran, Liberia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Yugoslavia, and the Soviet Union are all good examples. While ...