It is comforting to see Trump as a buffoon, to accept the facade he presents of a blustering and ill-educated ignoramus, who swings wildly between policy options, and who does not understand the world of geopolitics. But that is nonsense. By Craig Murray What if Trump’s apparently chaotic thought processes and intuitive decision making are all a blind, a charade? ...
Posted by by Mehmet Perinçek 9 Min Read March 16, 2026 Panic in Washington and Tel Aviv We are witnessing that the US and Israel have failed to achieve the objectives they had initially set at the beginning of this war. This setback has also generated a palpable sense of panic both in Washington and Tel Aviv. In many ways, ...
In short, it is doubtful how long the US/Israel can bear the burden of this war, which has caused a major crack in the global financial system. The war that began on February 28 with US/Israeli airstrikes on Iranian cities continues. The boundaries of the war, both in terms of time and geography, remain unclear. It is likely to prolong ...
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 ...
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 ...
Repercussions of US President Trump’s statement on Gaza. By Mohamed Sabreen, Cairo / Egypt The Turkish proverb says that “when a clown moves to the palace, he does not become a king, but the palace turns into a circus.” This is the state of the rest of the world, especially the leaders and people of the Middle East as they ...
How will the US policy of “global dominance” and Trump’s “bottom line” approach clash? Here are the dynamics of Trump’s foreign policy approach and his strategy for Israel. By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist In his first term, Trump was described as an “unpredictable leader” both within the US and internationally: He did not speak the international diplomatic language, did not ...
Whoever in our region bets on the occupant of the White House must prepare for a new disappointment. By Mohamed Sabreen, Cairo / Egypt While criticism of American policy is increasing in the Arab world, and some like to raise expectations from the new American president, on the other hand, we see that the majority of Arab public opinion does ...
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 ...
Currently, Israel is trying to implement a new phase of its “grand plan” with the creation of a so-called state in Syria to create a “shadow Israel” and a so-called “buffer zone” stretching from the Lebanese border to the Litani river. By Adem Kılıç, political scientist As the Middle East descends into chaos with Netanyahu’s uncontrollable moves, the question to ...
Humanity’s common destiny against US-backed separatism. By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China The decline of American hegemony, which has spread blood and death across the globe for decades, is now gasping for breath, especially with the terror state it created in West Asia–Israel. The inhumane war that Israel, the satellite of American imperialism, is waging in Palestine, alongside its increasing ...
Presidential candidates in Washington are competing in who’s loving Israel more, while Netanyahu is setting the region on fire. By Adem Kılıç Political scientist In the last week alone, Israel’s destruction of an Iranian-controlled missile facility in Syria, the deployment of army forces to the Lebanese border, and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s announcement that the security cabinet has decided to “deepen ...