By Mehnoor Singh “The sealing-off measures of the East Berlin government did not increase, but lessened, the danger of a third world war.” – French Premier Paul Reynaud, 19 August 1961 The Berlin Wall has always been seen as the wall that divided the people of Germany, the Wall that divided Europe. It was seen as an evil Communist creation ...
The Atlantic, a well-known news and analysis website in the United States, published an outstanding article last week. The sentence highlighted in Anne Applebaum’s review piece headlined ‘The Bad Guys Are Winning‘ perfectly summarized the topic: “If the 20th century was the story of slow, uneven progress toward the victory of liberal democracy over other ideologies—communism, fascism, virulent nationalism—the 21st ...
Today, in Latin America, as in other parts of the world, factual powers are developing and consolidating while imposing a specific functioning and orientation on capitalism. This is not always recognized, as they move outside the discourses of democracy. They circulate the world in impunity, they move in an area where there is no rule of law. Factual powers impose ...
By Nardine Ali / Cairo Did Sisi give the green light to Burhan’s coup in Sudan? Sudan has experienced everything, from civil war to division into two states, to terrorism and being governed by a tyrant and war criminal for over 30 years. The country finally had the opportunity to experience democracy under a joint government between civilians and the ...
Last week the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. First was the sharp fluctuation of the exchange rates of the Turkish Lira, and the sudden 22% drop in value. Second was the release of the Israeli couple Mordi and Natali Oknin, who had been arrested after taking photos of President Erdogan’s residence. Third was the ...
The final scrutiny of Argentina’s legislative elections, held last Sunday, November 14, has not yet concluded. However, the computations obtained and endorsed by the National Electoral Chamber (CNE) show little possibility of significant variations in the current projections. Based on this, the result of these national elections can be read in various ways, for example, from the 24 electoral districts ...
Turkish Party of National Action (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli recently presented President Erdoğan a map as a gift. The map was displaying the Turkic speaking world, including territories in Russia and China as well as Central Asia. The map and its message was widely discussed in Turkish and international media. Even the Spokesman of the Russian Presidency, Dmitry Peskov contributed ...
Libya’s national electoral commission announced that by Sunday evening, November 21, it had accepted applications from 61 presidential candidates. On December 24, the country will hold its first-ever presidential election. However, not all candidates have the same chance to win. The biggest question is the candidacy of the current Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. He has applied to become a ...
After six rounds of unsuccessful negotiations in Vienna, the new round of nuclear talks has been planned for November 29. The sides are trying to cope with the “Trump curse” that has been imposed on the negotiation process. After Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear agreement known as the JCPOA, the US unilaterally imposed new sanctions against Iran. Iran considered the ...
United World International expert Mehmet Perinçek gave an interview to Azerbaijani news outlet caliber.az on the recent clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Below we present the interview as published by caliber.az, the original text can be read here. Subtitles were set by UWI. The recent provocations perpetrated by Armenia on the Azerbaijani border are connected with the fact that the ...