The neocon “Greater Middle East Project” is at stake. By Fikret Akfırat Francis Fukuyama, a former neocon but popular neoliberal ideologue, sees Trump’s election victory as “the end of neoliberalism.” He writes that “the blowout victory of Donald Trump and the Republican Party on Tuesday night will lead to major changes in important policy areas, from immigration to Ukraine. But ...
Posted by by United World International 7 Min Read November 15, 2024 By Yunus Soner Prof. Dr. Fahri Erenel is a retired general of the Turkish Armed Forces, who is today working as an analyst, following regional developments very closely. In interview with UWI, he states that the US might have played a role in the recent terror attack in ...
What will determine the dynamics of Türkiye-US relations in Trump’s new term? By Adem Kılıç, political scientist, Türkiye During Trump’s first term as the US President between 2017 and 2021, Türkiye and the US had disagreements on many issues. During Trump’s first term, relations between Türkiye and the US were marked by periodic problems, ranging from the crisis over Trump’s ...
The “Kurdistan Party” and Israeli officials announced holding a panel. The “Kurdistan Party” and Israeli officials announced that they will hold a panel on November 14 titled “Israeli-Kurdish Alliance for a New Middle East: Future Risks and Opportunities.” The panel announcement states that “in parallel with HAMAS’s October 7th Al-Aqsa Flood Operation, Türkiye has also increased its attacks against the ...
Recent events show increasing tension and even a tendency towards open confrontation. By Onur Sinan Güzaltan New developments are unfolding rapidly in West Asia. Days go by with analyses like “The war is now imminent” and “Now today it is even more imminent”. In reality, the war has already started. We are living it. History will write it as such. ...
Still a long journey ahead, but if successful, the bilateral relations will have effects from Syria to Palestine, from Libya to Sudan. By Mohamed Sabreen, Cairo / Egypt There is no doubt that Cairo and Ankara have made great strides in strengthening their relations. The summit between Presidents Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave tremendous momentum, prompting some ...
Zelenskyy seeks to transfer terrorists with a past in the Chechen Wars, from Syria to Ukraine, sources report. By Tevfik Kadan The Kiev administration had previously collaborated with PKK/PYD to conduct covert operations against Russian forces in Syria. Now it became public that Kyiv has reached out to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the terrorist group occupying Idlib. Kyiv’s objective is ...
Recent developments in Iraq and Syria. By Adem Kılıç * Türkiye’s military presence and operations in Iraq are also having an impact in Iraq after Syria, as a manifestation of Türkiye’s “eradicating terrorism at its source” approach since 2017. Launched in 2019, the Claw Operations aimed to end the presence of the terrorist organization PKK in northern Syria and Iraq ...
A look at the confrontation between Türkiye and NATO from Iraq to Syria, from the Black Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean. We conducted an interview with Turkish journalist Ceyhun Bozkurt on Türkiye-US relations, Türkiye’s position in NATO and Türkiye’s alternatives to the alliance.In order to evaluate these properly, we looked at the situation in a wide geography from Iraq to ...
Israel’s recent assassinations have raised the possibility of regional conflict. How will Iran respond? Are there any forces to stop Israel’s aggression? Is regional cooperation against Israel possible? Turkish newspaper Aydınlık made interviews with 5 experts from Iran and Türkiye on these questions. Following experts delivered comments: Dr. Hazar Vural Jane from Istanbul Aydın University’s Department of Political Science and ...