The anti-imperialist trend continues to strengthen in West Africa. The ECOWAS’ decision of sanctions against Mali and Guinea, taken upon pressure by the US and France, has not been able stop a change of policy in Burkina Faso. In December, the French military convoy, carrying equipment to the Burkina army as part of Operation Barkhane, was stopped by the people, ...
By Hasan Ünal* * Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations of Maltepe University. This text was first published by Baku Dialogues in the edition Winter 2022. As of this writing, tensions between Russia and Ukraine appeared to continue unabated, despite the Putin‑Biden online meeting and the exchange of several messages between Washington and Moscow aimed at ...
By Recep Erçin* The Turkish economy has suffered three major currency crises since a difficult turn was taken, the country abandoning its growth model dependent on foreign capital flow. The first crisis took place in August 2018, and was triggered by the Pastor Brunson crisis. The second shock began in the autumn of 2020 with the dismissal of the Governor ...
By Alberto Anaya Gutiérrez * The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) has demonstrated the importance of maintaining international cooperation for the exchange of experiences, to articulate policies and practices to reduce poverty and to promote development for the benefit of the Latin American population. As the Labor Party of Mexico, committed to the Fourth Transformation, we believe ...
By Semih Nişancı The countdown has begun for the 2022 Winter Olympics to be held in Beijing, the capital of the People’s Republic of China, from February 4th to the 20th. 109 events in the 7 branches of Olympic winter sports will be held in the three competition districts in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou. Competitions will be held at 25 ...
United World International has organized a webinar on “Mali at the crossroads of sanctions and multipolarity” on January 24th. Speakers were Ibrahim Ikassa Maïga, Minister of Refoundation of Mali and Semih Koray, United World International expert and Deputy Chairman of the Turkish Vatan Party. Below we document the speech of Koray. Subheadings were set by UWI. I would like to ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. First was the El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s official visit to Turkey. Second was the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Azerbaijan and Turkey, which are often regarded as close allies. Third were the heavy snowfall and the halt of ...
By Adem Kılıç* In the wake of the US withdrawing its backing for the EastMed pipeline Project, which was planned chiefly in countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, discussions on the larger emerging political reality around the pipeline are sparking up as well. The project, which was intended to transport gas reserves located in the Mediterranean Sea (and in particular reserves ...
The fifth President of Ukraine (2014-2019) Petro Poroshenko is being charged with treason and the transfer of money to terrorist groups. The former President is accused of importing coal from the territories, which are under control of the pro-Russian seperatist groups (the occupied part of the Donbas region of Ukraine, where there are large cool reserves and mines). However, many ...
By Omar José Hassaan Fariñas*/ Oscar Rotundo** With the many worries and challenges we face daily, perhaps it is worth celebrating the few good pieces of news we receive from time to time. In this regard, we have just heard that China and the member states of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) agreed to adopt the ...