Main points of the recently published third Document on China’s Policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein As if by the whims of life and unplanned adjustments of history, at the very moment that Trump was threatening Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and Marco Rubio was making clear his conviction that the Western Hemisphere belongs ...
An outlook on what 2026 may bring to a world that is on knife’s edge. By Onur Sinan Güzaltan The sidelining of hardliners in Zelenskyy’s government over corruption allegations, US Secretary of State Rubio’s refusal to attend the NATO summit, corruption probes against the figures in Brussels who are pro-war against Russia, the distance put between NATO and Europe in ...
Strategic autonomy knocks at the door Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China At the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, the two sides reached a truce on trade. Yet behind this agreement lies a deeper reality: a structural transformation in U.S.–China relations that has become irreversible. The old order is dying, ...
Global context and probability of a US invasion of Venezuela. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein I would like to offer some guidelines that will contribute to understanding Trump’s war against Venezuela and its insertion into regional and global dynamics. I believe this situation must be viewed from two dimensions: the international and the domestic for the United States. Firstly, I think ...
Here is the reality of dollarisation, the reshaping of energy and trade corridors. Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist / Author Hosted by China, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit had a mission beyond being merely a regional security meeting, unlike previous summits. The summit drew attention as the most explicit challenge to the Western-centric global order established after the Second World War ...
How US municipalities get tanks used in Afghanistan, and what peace truly means. Violence becomes more and more the predominant feature of global politics. International violence takes on the form of war, for instance in Israel’s attack on Palestine, resulting in a genocide. Simultaneously, Western countries increasingly use the threat of war to pursue their interests, be it with NATO ...
Speech held in the conference on the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. The Center for National Strategy (USMER) has organized an international conference on the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea on July 18 and 19 in Istanbul, Türkiye. Today, we present the speech of Alessandro Fanetti, responsible for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Italian Eurasia and ...
And soon, democracy may become one too, says the Scottish member of Progressive International. A world in turmoil: International relations and transatlantic power balances are changing day by day. The UN system is questioned, the Israeli genocide in Palestine leads to question marks behind international law and basic human moral values. These tendencies have consequences for the domestic shape of ...
The Alaska Summit marked the onset of a new era in global politics. By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist The Beginning of the Summit and Pre-Meeting Signals The announcement of the Alaska Summit effectively froze the global political stage. Who would participate, what the agenda would include, and whether the focus would remain on the war in Ukraine or expand to ...
The summit in Beijing was short in duration but profound in meaning — a true diplomatic confrontation. By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China The recent China–EU summit held in Beijing was remarkable in many aspects — from its shortened duration to its content, from leaders’ statements to the diplomatic tone. Initially planned as a two-day event, the summit was ...