Washington maintains a policy of assigning roles-at times with implicit reproach-to Asian countries such as South Korea, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines. However, the Iran war has created a major rupture in precisely this framework. By Orçun Göktürk / President of the Sino-Turkish Studies Center The war launched against Iran following the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on ...
Right before Trump’s speech, Pezeshkian addressed the American public. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has released an open letter to the American people, questioning whether Washington is truly putting “America First” or merely acting as a “proxy for Israel” willing to fight “to the last American soldier.” In the Wednesday message, which traces the roots of US-Iran tensions back to the ...
Despite the fact that millions of Egyptians worked in the Gulf and feel attached to these countries, they are, when it comes to the current conflict, Sunnis by denomination and “Shiite by inclination”. The Egyptian stance—at both the popular and official levels—regarding the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran represents a significant manifestation of the political and collective psyches that shape Cairo’s ...
How has it been proven that economic and military superiority on paper is insufficient? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The Strait of Hormuz has undoubtedly been a key choke point for energy and trade routes throughout history.However, at this point in time, Hormuz has become a full-fledged choke point; despite accounting for only 20 percent of global flow, it not ...
Interview with Rayan Al-Aziz, an official from the Ansarullah Press Office. By Özgür Altınbaş Israel became the target of Yemeni missiles on the morning of March 28. On the 29th day of the war, the Ansarullah-led Yemeni operation announced their involvement in the conflict following the strike. Now, a new and challenging front has opened for the US and Israel. ...
Negotiations, Ceasefire, and the Path Forward As the joint war waged by the United States and Israel—two nuclear-armed states, one of which possesses the most powerful military in the world—approaches its first month, developments on the ground indicate that none of the assumptions held by Washington and Tel Aviv at the outset of the conflict have materialized. The aggressor forces ...
Interview with Dr. Mostafa Najafi, a political affairs expert By Azar Mahdavan, from Tehran / Iran The recent war between Iran on the one hand and the United States and Israel on the other is not merely a military confrontation at the regional level. It is also an event that has carried significant consequences for Iran’s domestic politics and the ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. The Turkish public is closely following in and regarding Iran, like the rest of the world. Last week, an extraordinary meeting was held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, with the participation of Türkiye and Gulf countries to address the situation in Iran. In the Joint Statement after the meeting, ...
Repeating History from Hungary to Taiwan First published on the website “mavivatan.com” The year 1956 stands as one of the major breaking points in modern geopolitics. The Suez Crisis began on July 19, 1956, when the United States withdrew financing for the Aswan Dam in Egypt. It escalated on July 26, when Egypt’s revolutionary leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the ...
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? ...
Interview with Wes J. Bryant, a former Pentagon analyst and combat veteran. By Yunus Emre Özgün The “rules-based international order” is dead. It has not been dismantled by foreign adversaries, but systemically destroyed by its self-proclaimed architects. As the Middle East teeters on the edge of a regional conflagration sparked by Israeli strikes on Iran’s South Pars gas field and ...
New threats emerging from both Israeli and US media and Israeli politicians targeting Türkiye. Turkish experts explain their goals. As the United States and Israel continue their attacks on Iran, political and media voices from these countries are claiming that “Türkiye is the new Iran”. Although at a lower level, Israel and Türkiye maintain diplomatic relations. But threats are coming ...