Nigeria’s electoral commission declared that Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has won the election. Tinubu received 37 percent of the votes which means nearly 8.8 million. Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate Atiku Abubakar won 29 percent (approximately seven million) and Peter Obi from Labour Party ranked the third with 25 percent (about 6.1 million). Yet ...
Following Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, a debate lived up again on the role of force and violence in history – especially concerning the history of Russia itself. United Woeld International author has given a lengthy interview to Emrah Maraşo, editor-in-chief of Turkish monthly magazine Bilim ve Ütopya (Science and Utopia). The interview was published first in Turkish. UWI ...
We are presenting the second part of our interview with Rafael Barajas Durán. The first part of the interview dealt with the issue of drug trafficking, and ended with Barajas saying that the Mexican government is “trying to rescue national sovereignty in regards to security”. The concept of ‘national sovereignty’ stands in the very center of the second part of ...
By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein * The world is degenarting. Barbarism is prevailing. A series of values, principles and behaviors that humanity had accepted as valid – despite the fact that they are an expression of antagonistic class societies – and that a large part of that same humanity considers “normal”, are being overwhelmed, mistreated and excluded from everyday life. The ...
By Ali Riza Tasdelen * One of the most prominent international guests of the Vatan Party 11th National Congress dedicated to Admiral Soner Polat was from the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, commonly referred as Western Sahara. The Sahrawi President Brahim Ghali has sent a greeting message to the Congress. So, what is Western Sahara and why would their struggle for ...
By Doğu Perinçek * The developments in the US are not a mere power struggle. The US is at a historical crossroads. We have long insisted that “the electoral process in the US will end at the police station” and that a popular movement is on the horizon. We could foresee this because we are analyzing historical processes. We look ...
Today, terrorism, radicalism and massacres are happening all over the world. New wars, conflicts and clashes are occurring. It seems that some circles have an interest in producing and continuing wars in the world. Using religious beliefs, human rights and other similar reasons, conflicts are created between countries and peoples. Looking back, we all recognize the powers and countries behind ...
Sweden and Finland have applied for NATO membership, NATO authorities have stated the accession process, which usually takes up to 2 years, but a Turkish veto, announced repeatedly by President Erdoğan, has halted the process. Diplomatic traffic between the two countries and Turkey as well as between Brussels and Ankara has taken up pace – with a look at the ...
By Omar Hassaan Fariñas* The Congress of Vienna was undoubtedly one of the most important diplomatic processes in the history of international relations. After the overthrow of the French Emperor in Leipzig in 1813 and finally in Paris in March 1814, the “four great powers” (England, Prussia, Russia and Austria) negotiated with Bourbon France the future of the European continent ...
By Wolfgang Effenberger The events around Bucha remind the last Yugoslav foreign minister, Živadin Jovanović, of William Walker’s indictment of Serbian security forces for the “massacre of civilians” in Racak, Serbia’s Kosovo Province, and Metohija, in January 1999. Racak was the trigger for NATO aggression against Yugoslavia in March of that year. An international forensic team led by Finnish doctor ...