“It is not surprising that these provocations are taking place because Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has declared that Serbia does not support and will not participate in US and EU sanctions against Russia. Vucic also said that NATO bombed and divided Yugoslavia, that many people lost their lives during that time and that they did not forget what they ...
The Turkish and Russian presidents are going to held a meeting in the city of Sochi on August 5. This will be their second meeting in a short time, after having gathered in the Astana Summit in Tehran recently. Following that summit, Türkiye’s president Erdoğan had stated that Russian president Putin “had a number of interesting proposals”. Both countries are ...
“Relations with Israel should never exceed the official level and every move made by Israel should be reciprocated. Türkiye should leave the balance policy because this policy brings us to a deadlock. (…) Türkiye must immediately withdraw from NATO’s military wing, if not its political one.” Israel and Russia are at odds over missile strikes in the Syrian theater. Russia, ...
By Vitaly Naumkin Scientific Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of Oriental Sciences The main purpose of US President Joe Biden’s first visit to West Asia was his final destination, Saudi Arabia. After completing two visits, to Israel and the West Bank, he arrived in Saudi Arabia. Although the visit was a step towards a return to ...
1. Hunger as part of the rules-based international order From the US Secretary of State to the German Foreign Minister, from the British magazine of Economist to the even the Pope, all Western leaders have turned into spokespeople of the world’s hungry. No day goes by without one or several of them warning of global famine. When Western politicians decry ...
By Michael Roberts * The major economies are moving closer to recession, if they are not already there; and yet inflation rates continue to rise (for now). The latest surveys of business activity, called Purchasing Managers Indexes (PMIs), show that both the Euro area and the US are now in contraction territory (i.e. any level below 50). The composite PMIs ...
The Communist Party of China (CPC) has organized the World Symposium for Marxist Political Parties on July 28, 2022. The forum was hosted by the International Department of the CPC Central Committee. More than 300 representatives from over 100 Marxist political parties, left-wing political parties and political organizations in 70-plus countries attended online. Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary ...
The public agenda in Türkiye has been busy with three main topics last week. The Turkish-Russian-Ukrainian joint grain corridor plan, which was agreed upon for the Black Sea on the initiatives from Türkiye, was the top subject on the agenda. Secondly the terror attacks on Turkish diplomatic missions in Iraq have caused an outrage among the Turkish public. And another ...