Western Eurasia is witnessing intensive diplomacy traffic. US Chairman of Chief of Staff, Mike Milley visited the – illegally deployed – US troops on Syrian soil, and the US Secretary of Defense toured West Asia. China has mediated the mutual reopening of the Iranian and Saudi Arabian embassies, while Israel faces domestic turmoil. Again Beijing has taken on the scene ...
UWI’s editorial note: Türkiye has entered the process of electing a new president and parliament. Therefore, we will concentrate our weekly review of main political events on incidents connected to the elections. UWI will inform about main developments, describe leading politicians, analyse the competitor’s political programs and provide background analysis on Türkiye’s elections, which have global importance. Joint statement by ...
The Ottoman Empire was the last great Islamic Empire. Today, many stories between the Ottoman Caliphate and local Muslim communties have been forgotten. The forgotten photos and documents from the Turkish Archives in Istanbul, however, may be able to bring back some of those memories. Indeed, numerous correspondences between Türkiye and South Africa highlight the aforementioned relations between the Ottoman ...
Guatemala Although in 2021 the United States Congress issued a decree that prohibited the delivery of funds to the armies of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras until there were improvements in the fight against corruption, the Department of Defense used a pretext to circumvent that decision to use unrestricted funds. The donation of J8 military vehicles that the United States ...
By Ismet Özçelik, writing from Ankara / Türkiye Meral Akşener was the loser in the last meeting of the Table of Six. A meeting between Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Good Party Chairman Meral Akşener, CHP Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and CHP Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş preceded the meeting. The vice presidency for İmamoğlu and Yavaş was announced ...
By Odile Mojon, Paris / France While France is facing a growing rejection in Africa, Emmanuel Macron began a four-days tour of Central Africa on March 1st, from Gabon to the Democratic Republic of Congo Brazzaville, via Angola and Congo. The aim? To proclaim – once again – the end of Françafrique, to develop a neutral approach refocused on “business” ...
By Can Çakır Last week, demonstrations against NATO were organized in various countries in Europe. The demonstrations held NATO responsible for the war in Ukraine and criticized the anti-Russian campaign. Different political currents denounced their governments for tailing the US-led war and putting the economic burden of the war on the people. One of these demonstrations, where the German Communist ...
France is witnnesing widespread protests against NATO in the recent weeks. Behind these are repeated calls to leave the military alliance. The Solidarité and Progres Party has also presented such a call, which has been signed by citizens and several retired members of the armed forces. The call is presented below in English translation. For the original text in French ...
By Dr. Najm al-Ahmad Minister of Justice of the Syrian Arab Republic 2012 – 2017, Professor at the Faculty of Law in Damascus University The illegal intervention of the United States in Syria internal affairs can be evaluated altogether as a political, economic and legal issue. The acts of the United States are not based on any legal legitimacy. They can ...
We can say that what is still wrongly considered the largest party of the Italian left has reached the end of its parabola: From the largest communist party in the western world to a liberal formation of US derivation. In the last primary elections to decide on the new leadership, Elly Schlein was elected as secretary. Schlein managed to get ...
We spoke about the protests in Georgia against the government with the Director of the Center for Islamic Studies of the Caucasus Shota Apkhaidze. Currently in Tbilisi, the Georgian political scientist Apkhaidze explained the reasons and future of the protests to United World International. How do you interpret the recent incidents in Georgia? The Georgian president declared that she supports ...
States and state systems have a life cycle just like human beings, say experts like Ibn Khaldun. In fact, one can determine that phenomenon on one’s own even without the likes of Ibn Khaldun. Even a brief glance at all the states throughout recorded history can confirm this “cycle of life” very clearly. This brief introduction refers to the current ...