From MAGA to MIGA By Mehmet Enes Beşer A strike on Iran wouldn’t be “just another tough call” in foreign policy. It would be a line you don’t cross, the kind of decision that doesn’t merely change a policy, but exposes what a movement has become. Because the original emotional engine of MAGA wasn’t tax rates or think-tank doctrine. It ...
For now, a relative stability reigns in the global economy, but if the war does get prolonged, it would keep oil prices high and despite the generally favourable balance of supply and demand long term, that could feed through to higher inflation in the major economies. By Michael Roberts * Oil prices rose nearly 9% toward $73 per barrel today, ...
U.S. interventions in the Middle East, particularly military operations against Iran, are shaped more by internal political dynamics—chiefly the Israel lobby—than by national interest calculations By Dr. Halim Gençoğlu It is not surprising that Indian Prime Minister Modi was welcomed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport on February 25, 2026, as part of a two-day program that ...
Public evaluations of retired Turkish admiral Cem Gürdeniz on the US-Iran war. Cem Gürdeniz, a retired Rear Admiral of the Turkish Navy and one of the coiners of the term “Blue Homeland” (Mavi Vatan) shared his views on the war between Iran and US-Israel on the social platform X. İran’la savaşın ikinci gününde değerlendirmem aşağıdaki gibidir: 1. ABD için bu ...
How will Trump and Netanyahu’s gamble in Iran shift the balance? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The US and Israel—or more accurately, Trump and Netanyahu—have launched a long-anticipated war against Iran, shifting the Middle East environment from a “deterrence” equation to an “existential” one. Following the first wave aimed at paralyzing the decision-making mechanisms of the regime in Tehran, the ...
A view from Cairo, Egypt The moment of truth has arrived. The voices of diplomacy are no longer heard, and the sounds of gunfire drown out all others. President Donald Trump is living in a state of euphoria after his success in assassinating Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and some of his commanders. Neighboring countries have found themselves in the ...
Interview to Turkish TV Channel Ulusal Kanal. UWI author, historian and political scientist Associate Professor Mehmet Perinçek was guest on a live broadcast of Turkish Ulusal Kanal’s right after the attack launched by the US and Israel against Iran on January 28. Below are the main points of Perinçek’s evaluation in the broadcast. The basic points Let’s begin with the ...