Russia’s military campaign against Ukraine, launched on February 24, has caused hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to flee the country. How many Ukrainians have emigrated? Which countries did the Ukrainian refugees go to? What is the legal basis of protection for refugees? What is the economic dimension of hosting refugees? Criticism of Europe and the West for double standards on ...
Because of the Draghi government’s blind Atlanticism, a country like Italy, which despite its position in the Western bloc has always maintained good relations with Moscow even in the Soviet times, has ended up espousing extremist positions similar to those of the Polish government. Indeed, Rome continues to send arms to the Kiev regime and does not oppose sanctions and ...
Despite being against international law and fundamental human rights, unilateral sanctions by the USA and Europe have now become common practice today. And the sanctions against Russia are not the first of their kind. Our region has experienced embargoes against Iran and even Iraq before. These sanctions harm everyone Those sanctions clearly did not only target the governments of Iran ...
Onur Sinan Guzaltan has visited the cities where the Russo-Ukrainian conflict took place. He had meetings with the local residents and the officials in the area. Following is the second part of his observations. The heat of the conflict and the destruction brought by it increases as we get closer to the Sea of Azov. We are at the outskirts ...
My journey to the ground zero of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine began in Moscow. The terminal stop of the train I took from Moscow to reach the Rostov-on-Don, a city closer to the Ukrainian border, is the Adler Train Station near the Black Sea coast. The train is full of domestic tourists on their way for holiday. Fully ...
The Ukraine conflict is opening up debates about the current and future nature of the international system. Led by the US, Western countries frequently claim thar Russia’s military operation threatens the global “rules based order”. Hence, they do acknowledge that a profound change is taking place. Others meanwhile claim the rise of a new, multipolar world order. This argument finds ...
We woke up to a new world, on the morning when the Russian operation in Ukraine began. We say “we woke up to a new world”, because this conflict between Russia and Ukraine does not only affect these two countries, but has a worldwide impact. It is clear that the scale of this crisis extends much further beyond the borders ...
June 9th, 2022 Three months after the launching of what amounts to a sui generis world war against Russia (*), two important interventions, asking for de-escalation and some kind of peace with Moscow, came from Henry Kissinger, speaking to the Davos meeting of and from the New York Times. It seems, like Henderlin noticed, that where evil grows, also grows the ...
Last week, there was a heavy diplomatic traffic in Türkiye. The first important visitor to Ankara was the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Another important visit took place in Ankara, during the same period, by the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Also another important development of this week was President Erdogan’s statements on changing the official name of the country to ...
Interview by Şafak Erdem “These are weapons of a crucial kind. No arms company will sell these weapons without the knowledge of the US government and intelligence service. Can these weapons be used against Turkey? Of course. They can use them to hit Turkey’s prestige in the world by damaging the Turkish Armed Forces. They can even add psychological operations ...
The Ukraine conflict is opening up debates about the current and future nature of the international system. Led by the US, Western countries frequently claim thar Russia’s military operation threatens the global “rules based order”. Hence, they do acknowledge that a profound change is taking place. Others meanwhile claim the rise of a new, multipolar world order. This argument finds ...
After Russia’s operation against Ukraine, Ukraine laid mines in the region around Odessa and Mykolaiv ports. The Sea of Azov came under Russian control. Thus, the grain export of Ukraine, most of which are done from these ports (90% of the total), came to a standstill. Ukraine ranks second in the world in grain production after the USA. Ukraine exports ...