By Shirley Ze Yu If the conflict in Gaza were to spiral to a regional scale, almost certainly, the US would directly intervene, and possibly, China would, too. However, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza also share one aspect in common. Both wars are reflective of global geopolitical competition, with the attempt to re-configure the “century of change.” What has ...
“Independence referendum” in north of Iraq, the US and Israel-backed corridor, US organizing the PKK/PYD, US build-up in the Eastern Mediterranean, two possible ways to stop the massacres in Gaza, the resistance of the Palestinians… Retired Rear Admiral Cihat Yaycı spoke at the workshop titled “Will a Great War Break Out?” organized by the Turkish monthly magazine “Teori”. In his ...
By Úrsula Asta and Fernando Esteche * The military escalation of the Israeli occupation war in Palestine, coupled with the increasing synergistic cooperation among major oil-producing countries, primarily those in the Persian Gulf, compel imperial powers to anticipate the resolution of supply chains and sustained energy supply. The punitive sanctions on Venezuela were initially imposed by the Trump-Bolton duo, and ...
United World International author Mehmet Perincek gave an interview to the Kazakh press about the 10th summit of the Organization of Turkic States, which was held in Astana on October 3, 2023. We present the interview, published in Russian, to our readers translated into English. The initiative of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to develop interregional trade and a common market ...
Last week, Türkiye celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye. Türkiye was proclaimed a republic on 29th October, 1923 by the leadership of the Independent War. During the parade in Ankara, leaders and government officials gathered in Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Leaders shared messages of celebration and the Turkish people enthusiastically took the street all ...
By Ljubodrag Simonović, Belgrade, Serbia * Considering Marx’s notion of history, are the socialist revolutions that took place in the 20th century still historically legitimate? According to Marx, not every existential crisis of capitalism presents a historical an opening door for a socialist revolution; it is more likely to be that crisis that presents the productive (proprietary) relations developing as ...
Reporting from Incirlik, Adana, Türkiye This Saturday, Ankara announced to withdraw its ambassador to Israel, criticizing that Tel Aviv does not accept an immediate truce to end the attacks against Palestine. The response came from the United States, with Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, who included Türkiye at the last minute in his travel plan through Western Asia. Upon arriving ...
In French democracy, you may say the Algerian Genocide is non-existent, but you may not say that Israel is killing Palestinians. Much like the Armenian issue, France has enacted and enforced a penal law against those who make contrary accusations about Israel’s occupation of Palestine. According to this law, expressing your opinion about Israel is prohibited. However, making the opposite ...
By Ljubodrag Simonovic * In order to properly understand the nature of Orwell’s book “1984“, one should keep in mind the historical circumstances and concrete social conditions in which it was created. Without analyzing the nature of the world in which Orwell lived and the ruling tendencies of its development, it is not possible to understand the concrete historical meaning ...
The Schiller Institute has organized on July 8 and 9 an international conference titled “On the Verge of a New World War – European Nations Must Cooperate” in Strasbourg, France. Several politicians and scholars from a wide range of countries participated, and UWI will present a number of selected speeches from the conference. Today we present the speech held by ...