My speech at the presentation of the Chinese edition of my book “China in the 21st century. The Awakening of a Giant”, held in Beijing on July 31, 2023: Interestingly, my first contact to China, when I was still a child, was through books. I never knew why, I never asked my father how he got children’s books about China ...
BRICS is heading towards its presidential summit on August 22nd in South Africa. Several countries are applying for membership in the organization that is becoming the center of an alternative global system. One of these is the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ahead of the summit, the Iranian Foreign Ministry held a conference on Iran and the BRICS. On August 8, the ...
By Prof. Alfredo Jalife-Rahme * The hypothesis has been defended here that the war in Ukraine gets a multidimensional nature when the military battlefield has been extrapolated to two serious crises of global impact –energy and food– and, above all, to one in the Global South that seeks to break free from the US dollar through the very fashionable de-dollarization. ...
Despite the summer heat, the agenda in Türkiye remains intense. The last week was marked by the decisions of the Supreme Military Council meeting. Pursuit for foreign investment from the West midst the escalating economic problems, was another important issue of the week. The decision by the Disney television platform to refrain from airing a series depicting the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk due to pressure ...
The NATO summit in Vilnius concluded, doors have been opened to Sweden’s membership. Meanwhile, tensions are increasing in the Black Sea. The Turkish government has meanwhile announced new measures in the economicy policy that mount up to a fundamental turn. Retired Lieutenant General Ismail Hakkı Pekin brings all these factors together in his interview. Now, after the NATO summit, a ...
By Doğan Duyar / Algeria Young scientific socialist military leaders were the stars of the Russian-African summit held in St. Petersburg on 27-28 July. Names such as Bumedian, Sankara, Nkrumah, Keita, Ture, Bourguiba, defenders of a “fully independent” homeland unite the peoples of Africa in their countries again after sixty years of counter-revolution. In Africa, the need for a ‘security ...
By Vladimir Stroev – Rector of the State University of Management In modern conditions, the association of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) is becoming an increasingly powerful alliance, represented by the largest developing states, which have already surpassed the key developed economies in terms of their economic potential. The BRICS countries, which occupy 30% of ...
NATO concluded its summit in Vilnius with approval of a new defense plan. The road for the inclusion of Sweden has been opened. Meanwhile, both the alliance’s plans for and the tensions in the Black Sea are increasing. We spoke to Retired Brigadier General Fahri Erenel on these issues. Erenel is also teaching at the Istinye University as Director of ...
In Niger, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) has terminated its military agreements with France. French channels have been prohibited in the country. People are organizing demonstrations against the US and France. Concurrently, preparations for military intervention are being made by countries in the south of Niger. As these events unfold, Africa-Russia relations are rapidly developing. The people of Niger hold ...
On August 7, an explosion occurred in the harbor of Kocaeli, western Türkiye. The blast, heard over the entire region, took place in grain silos located in the port of Derince. 12 workers were injured. First reporting presented as reason the pressure on grain, which develops certain gases. Investigation is still ongoing. But the Director General of the Turkish Office ...