The new administration and the world. Donald Trump has been elected as the new president of the US. The world is debating what this term will bring. Based on his policies during his first term, his discourse during the campaign, and the figures in his administration, it is claimed that Trump would significantly change US’s foreign policy. Time will tell. ...
The US is heading to the elections on November 5. We conducted a comprehensive interview with Harley Schlanger, Vice President of the Schiller Institute in the US. In the first part of the interview Schlanger addresses the issues of polarized society, “the party of war”, the differences of the two parties in terms of economic policy, the power of monopolies ...
Heading of Turkish foreign policy in the context of increasing multipolarity. The Turkish political scientist Umur Tugay Yücel published recently a book titled “The decline of US power and rising new powers”. Herein, he discusses the new global balance of power. According to Yücel, the US power is in decline, being replaced by other nations. This opens a new era ...
An in-depth analysis of agendas of foreign policy. By Tadeo Casteglione Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s foreign policy has been the subject of intense scrutiny and debate since his return to power in 2023. As the leader of Latin America’s largest economy and one of the most influential countries in the Global South, the decisions and Lula’s positions ...
Iran is currently in the midst of presidential election campaign activities. With only a few days remaining in the campaign, candidates are attempting to establish their strength by visiting various cities and hosting election rallies to show their grassroots support. This is to strengthen their position in the wake of the televised debates. While all observers considered the main competition ...
By Oscar Rotundo Since Gustavo Petro took office as President of Colombia, it was known that the path ahead would not be harmonious, both within and outside the country. The electoral coalition that carried him to the presidency comprised a political amalgam more focused on defeating Uribeism in all its forms to create a new playing field in which to ...
Bassirou Diomaye Faye won the presidential elections held in Senegal on March 24 in the first round. Faye received 54.2% of the vote, while the candidate of the governing coalition, Amadou Ba, received 35.7%. The opposition candidate, Ousmane Sonko, was jailed before the elections and lost his right to run. It was announced that his right-hand man Diomaye Faye would ...
“The decision to deploy NATO troops, including Italians, in Latvia starting in 2018 is idiocy worthy of Barack Obama’s failed foreign policy. Europe and Italy have no interest in creating a Cold War atmosphere with Russia, and furthermore, this provocation is strategically ineffective in countering a hypothetical conflict situation. Unfortunately, European nations are now governed by small politicians who are ...
Vladimir Putin won 87.28% of the votes in the Russian presidential elections. His victory happened thanks to the support of the people, who did not doubt their choice. Political, economic, social and military successes became the main guarantee of Putin’s re-election. He started a Special Military Operation, and it’s up to him to finish it – that’s what many people ...
Prof. Dr. Fernando Esteche, Buenos Aires, Argentina There is a metaphor to define or describe geopolitics that usually refers to the chess board, which is a game where one seeks to check the opponent’s king. The consolidation of Multipolarism gave rise to a counter-reference with the oriental board game of Go where one seeks to occupy space. In chess the ...