A Quest for Peace or a Quest for Strategic Balance? By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist Budapest has become the focal point of global diplomacy in recent weeks. One of the biggest reasons is the phone call between Putin and Trump on 16 October 2025, which lasted roughly two and a half hours. This conversation was not merely a “substantive and ...
There are irreconcilable contradictions that will only be solved, one side defeating the other. By Onur Sinan Güzaltan US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on August 15. Reports indicate that the two leaders discussed a range of issues, with the war in Ukraine at the top of the agenda. UWI author, political scientist Onur ...
Accelerating transition to a multipolar world. By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China There are no everlasting allies or enemies in international relations. With Trump’s re-election as the President of the United States after a one-term break, this rhetoric has become more frequent. Recently, experts on television have often argued that Trump’s agreement with Putin, bringing the Ukraine war to an ...
The international system is being restructured in a speed never seen before in the last 80 years. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein International events have taken an extraordinarily fast pace. I have consulted with some colleagues, and we have concluded that it is becoming difficult to follow the movement of events that are shaking, transforming and restructuring the international system at ...
Repercussions of the upcoming meeting of Trump and Putin for the “old continent” and beyond. A meeting between Trump and Putin is approaching. However, Europe, which has played a leading role alongside the U.S. in the Ukraine war, is completely excluded from the process. UWI author, historian and political scientist Associate Professor Mehmet Perinçek evaluated the current situation reveals about ...
Possible consequences for Europe, the Middle East and China. By Onur Sinan Güzaltan Back in October 2022, I had started writing under the title “Will there be a new Yalta in the end?”, but I didn’t finish it. These days, with Trump’s return to the presidency, the possibility of an agreement between the United States and Russia, particularly regarding Ukraine, ...