By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein * The Peruvian political class has always possessed an intrinsic duplicity that characterizes and shapes it. Betrayal is in their genes since long gone times. The felony that is still part of their daily existence started already at the time of the conquest and colonization. Francisco de Pizarro, the one who betrayed Atahualpa, was in turn ...
The recent visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to the United States has surfaced differences among the transatlantic powers in respect to the policy towards Russia and the Ukraine crisis. These constitute part of a quest for a new international order. At the same time, centrifugal forces within the European Union are gaining strength. We spoke about these and more ...
The ninth-ever review conference (RevCon) of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention ends on 16 December in Geneva, Switzerland. This year the key issue is the US bio laboratories in Ukraine. The Russian delegation raised this issue. However, the US side has been evasive, despite the fact that back on March 8, 2022, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland ...
By Gökhan Dağtekin This week Germany experienced one of the largest security operations in its history. The German state and mainstream media accused the group “Reichsbürger” (Reich citizens) of plotting to seize power by attacking the Bundestag (German Federal Parliament). Chief Public Prosecutor Peter Frank has stated that the members of the group are determined and therefore the threat is ...
The public agenda in Turkey has been quite busy last week. An extensive air strike campaign is still ongoing by the Turkish Armed Forces against the US-backed PKK terrorist organization targets in northern Syria and Iraq. And a possible ground support for the operation is now on agenda in Türkiye. Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), made ...
The struggle for government in Peru is continuing. After the impeachment of President Pedro Castillo by the country’s Congress, Castillo’s supporters took to the streets. Protests erupted in different cities of the country. Protesters occupied Andahuaylas airport in the south of the country. Mine workers have been marching from southern parts of the country towards the capital Lima, where protesters ...
Today we publish the second part of the interview with Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yuva, who worked for a long time in the department of history at Damascus University, where he lectured on the history of the US and modern history. Yuva also taught modern history of Cyprus, Türkiye and Syria in the graduate program of the same university. He took ...
By Fernando Esteche In the last week, Peru has witnessed a change of presidency. President Pedro Castillo announced to dissolve the Congress, upon which the Congress itself substituted the President himself. While his Vice-President, Dina Boluarte assumed power. Castillo remains under custody being accused of corruption and coup d’etat, while thousands of Peruvians protest on the streets of the country ...
During last 30 years, for Kurdish nationalists, the United States was not the “promised land” but the “state of promises”. But today, the US Congress itself sends messages it might provide last refuge for a failing national project. Since the 1990s, the cause for a Kurdish state advanced well on Washington’s shoulders: Two Gulf War’s resulted in the establishment of ...
The significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Saudi Arabia cannot be understood in isolation from the symbolic messages it entails. The Chinese President was received with a standing ovation and awarded an honorary doctorate from King Saud University, in contrast to the apathy that US President Joe Biden experienced during his visit to the Kingdom last July. From ...