Thank you very much for your invitation to participate in this very important debate, an invitation both honorable and very interesting for me. (*) There is a tendency nowadays to examine the cultural questions and among them the question of values independently of the socio-economic, material processes and also from geopolitics. I believe it is a huge mistake, and this ...
For Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, the mission is clear: “Ukraine must win this war. And Putin’s aggression must be a strategic failure”, she said in her speech on the World Economic Forum on May 27. Von der Leyen declares to “stand with” Ukraine – and announces a whole package of aggressive imperialist measures against Russia ...
The effects of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine are being felt in the Eastern Mediterranean just as they are throughout the rest of the world. The equation, formed by the complete rupture of Russian-European relations, leads the countries of the region to new options. The new situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Although the relations between Russia and Israel started ...
In the last decade, the Mediterranean has become a global epicenter of geopolitical and geo-economic interests. It has taken an increased importance because of the profound transformations that have taken place and that continue to manifest themselves in ever fluid and changing forms. The regional conflicts in Libya and Syria, the never-ending tensions between Turkey, Greece and Cyprus (Greek Administration ...
On December 11, the Turkish TV channel Ulusal Kanal dedicated a tv program to the Ukrainian crisis and the position of Turkey, where the tensions around the Ukraine and Russia and their implications for the region were discussed. Participants of the programm were, Ret. Lieutenant-General Ismail Hakkı Pekin, former Head of Military Intelligence at the Turkish Armed Forces’ Chief of ...
The Turkish TV Channel Ulusal Kanal’s program ‘News Room’ discussed the recent developments in the Black Sea. Experts discussed the tensions between Russia and Ukraine, the US support for the latter and evaluated on the consequences on Turkey and the countries of the region. The experts expressed the opinion that Washington uses the Ukrainian issue as an operation of attrition ...
While the 20-year occupation of Afghanistan is coming to an end, Taliban, who took over power without any clashes is now in the process of establishing a government. The people of USA are expressing their ‘disappointment’ against what is going on Afghanistan though. The footages from the Kabul Airport when US troops were being withdrawn and the failure in evacuation ...
The ‘Crimea Platform’ is going to convene in Kyiv on August 23, 2021. The Ukrainian government intends to place the issue on top of the global public opinion agenda by inviting representatives of European countries and the US to the convention. The convention’s aim is to set those international mechanisms in motion, which will put pressure on Russia. The Platform ...
Afghanistan is witnessing the withdrawal of US troops and intensified international diplomacy. United World International expert Mehmet Perinçek shared his views on the country with the Iranian newspaper Tehran Times. Below we document the interview as published by Tehran Times on July 28, 2021. “Turkey and Iran are important states in our region,” Mehmet Perincek tells the Tehran Times. “Turkey-Iran ...
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum took place June 2 – 5, 2021. The forum was the largest event on economics in the post-pandemic world. 13,500 participants from 141 countries attended the forum. 43 ministers from foreign nations, 93 diplomats (84 of which were top ambassadors) participated alongside 9 Russian Deputy Prime Ministers and 6 Ministers. 5,000 of the total ...