Last week, the public agenda was occupied with three main topics in Turkey. The first was the ‘shadow State Department’ CFR’s report called Preventive Priorities Survey 2020, and especially the parts that concerns Turkey over the issues in the Eastern Mediterranean, Syria and Turkey as a member of NATO in general. The second agenda was the 13th ECO Summit which ...
On January 20, 2021, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as President of the United States. Along with him, a new team will come to the White House, mostly composed of officials from Barack Obama’s administration. UWI has already written about the major figures in the future Joe Biden administration: Antony Blinken – the future state secretary, Jake Sullivan – the ...
In its last days, the Trump Administration seems to succeed in sowing harmony and conflict in the Middle East at the same time. The so called Abraham Accords and the reconciliation of the Gulf countries are led with promises of peace and cooperation, while the US sends simultaneously bombers and aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf in an obvious threat ...
As the CAATSA sanctions show, reconciliation with American imperialism is only possible as long as you submit to its repression. Ergo, policies relying on cracks in US domestic politics or presidential changes will, no doubt, end inconclusively. Cuba, Vietnam, Cambodia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Libya, Iran, Liberia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Yugoslavia, and the Soviet Union are all good examples. While ...
Major global trends: COVID-19 The new coronavirus pandemic was the biggest problem for all humankind in 2020. What began as just another virus has become a pandemic on a scale comparable to the deadly Spanish flu a century ago. According to the WHO, 72.4 million people have been infected with the coronavirus. Coronavirus has become a major challenge to public ...
Over the last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been occupied with two hot topics. The first was the battle of words between Mike Pompeo and Mevlut Cavusoglu, the two top diplomats of the United States and Turkey, at a NATO meeting. The second was the recent decisions taken on nationwide lockdowns and the vaccination plan made with the ...
Turkey’s former Ambassador to Washington Faruk Logoglu and Retired Brigadier General, Assoc. Dr. Fahri Erenel have commented on possible US-Turkey relations and foreign policy under President Biden. Despite continued push back from current US President Donald Trump, procedures are beginning for the transition to Joe Biden’s presidency next year. President elect Biden said, “The election is over, it is time ...
US elections In early November, presidential elections were held in the US, in which Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden faced off. The election results remain controversial – many people tend to question the fairness of the election given the opaque counting system and President Trump’s claims that the elections had serious irregularities. Only some states have certified Biden’s ...
On 22nd November 2020, morning hours, German Sachsen Class (Type 124) multi-purpose frigate Hamburg operating under the tactical command of Greek Commodore T Micropoulos, in the EU-led Operation Irini has interrogated the Turkish container vessel MV Roseline-A carrying food and paint supplies to Libya in the area 100 miles off the Benghazi Coast. The ship had departed from Istanbul to ...
Humanity has reached a critical turning point. Deepening economic crisis, governments desperate in the face of the pandemic, rising popular movements and the military conflicts that we wake up to every day showcase the coming collapse of the established order. Those in charge of this order are finding it more and more difficult to rule. The United States of America ...