A Rebalancing, not a Rebellion By Mehmet Enes Beşer As America doubles down on its dependence on tariffs and unilateral trade measures in the name of “economic security,” the world is now retaliating in kind—not by overt confrontation, but by subtle, incremental drifting apart. A process years in the making has now reached a new phase: de-Americanization of global trade. ...
Navigating Cooperation and Complexity in a Multipolar Asia By Mehmet Enes Beşer As the tectonic plates of international power continue to shift, Southeast Asia’s squarely in the middle of a changing geopolitical order. Its economic vigor, political volatility, and geostrategic positioning make it a hub of key importance in the new global cooperative architecture — and competition. It is against ...
EU-China Cooperation Matters Now More Than Ever By Mehmet Enes Beşer As the European Union seeks leadership in a broken and more uncertain world, the nature of its engagement with China is becoming a key test case—not merely of its geopolitical maturity but of its strategic endurance in the long term. In an increasingly bloc politics-, systemic competition-, and technology-diverging ...
Plotting the way to strategic autonomy By Mehmet Enes Beşer New Zealand foreign policy has long been a balance between being close friends and maintaining sovereignty. In an age of heightening geopolitical rivalries, most prominently between China and the United States, New Zealand must steer the intricate challenge of balancing its security interests with long-time allies while reorienting towards high-level ...
EU and China Have No Choice But to Choose Cooperation Over Confrontation By Mehmet Enes Beşer Risk of an imminent trade war between the European Union and China on electric vehicles (EVs) has increased to become arguably the most pernicious flashpoint on today’s economic landscape. This is less about gaining access to markets or marginal tariff levels—but the very conceptualization ...
Speech at the opening ceremony of the China-Türkiye Trade Development Company. By Adnan Akfırat, Chairman of the Turkish-Chinese Business Development and Friendship Association I am presenting for the information of our readers the speech I made as Vice President of the China-Türkiye Trade Development Company and President of the Turkish-Chinese Business Association at the opening ceremony of the China-Türkiye Trade ...
The AK Party government does not stand up for exporters, industrialists, banks, tourism, fruit and vegetable producers who face threats and pressure from the US authorities. Türkiye will not carry a government that bows down to threats against our relations with Russia, China and Iran, our most important partners in economy and security. No power can prevent Türkiye’s positioning in ...
In recent years, thanks to the development of Turkey’s transit fleet and the emergence of a vibrant and active private sector in this sector, Turkey has been able to take a fair share of the road transport market with the countries of the region by creating competitive advantages. Turkey and the Modern Silk Road Project is an important initiative in ...