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 ...
Since the US-backed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has shifted its focus towards Eastern countries. In this period, cooperation in energy, economic, political, and even military fields has been developed with countries in the region, primarily Russia and Iran. However, the AKP government has failed to develop an economic model alternative US-centered ...
By Fernando Esteche * and Pablo Rodolfo Treber **, reporting from Buenos Aires, Argentina How will the new political power be built? The unique character who will govern Argentina defines himself as the first liberal-libertarian president in the history of the world. With a notable precariousness in terms of knowledge of geopolitics and the tectonic movements that have been occurring ...
By Can Çakır, Magdeburg, Germany Compact Magazine, under the editorial leadership of Jürgen Elsässer, organized a conference titled “Withdraw from NATO, Peace with Russia.” The conference, which took place in the city of Magdeburg, featured many important speakers from Germany and Russia. We followed the conference on-site in Magdeburg. Also had the opportunity to have evaluations of Jürgen Elsässer, the ...
Back in September, Canada’s parliament honored an elderly Ukrainian man who had fought with Nazi Germany.Yaroslav Hunka, 98, was applauded in the House of Commons by lawmakers not aware of his history, during a visit by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. Later on, the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons apologized for the step. Notwithstanding the apology, Canada pursues a very ...