The US is regressing as a geopolitical powerhouse. The country is facing its most difficult days in recent history, with the 2020 elections looming. The US economy has shrunk by 34% in the second quarter of this year due to the COVID-19 and some other factors: an all-time record. A wave of riots triggered by the murder of black American ...
By Prof. Dr. Mehmet Seyfettin Erol After US President Donald Trump announced on August 13 that Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had reached an agreement to “completely normalize their relations”, all eyes turned to the Arab-Israeli issue and Palestine once again. This development, which initially ignored Palestine altogether, appeared as a new rupture with the Gulf states in ...
Donald Trump’s threat to ban Tik Tok has made international headlines. Tik Tok is a Chinese social network that has been growing rapidly around the world, especially in 2020 during the early days of the pandemic. President Trump recently announced that he was giving the social media site’s Chinese parent company until September 15 to sell Tik Tok or it ...
The latest report of the Rand Corporation expresses clearly who the United States supports and opposes in Turkey. The Greater Middle East Project was announced clearly with its own “map”, explaining which countries would change their borders. Such “maps” aim to reshape political polarization with the tools of “threats” and “rewards”, whether these maps show physical or human “geographies”. The ...
BY ALİ RIZA TAŞDELEN “It is unacceptable that people belonging to the Uyghur minority are imprisoned in concentration camps,” Jean Yves Le Drian said at the French National Assembly last Tuesday. Le Drian, the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, parroted the lies of US imperialism as a member of parliament: “Concentration camps for Uyghurs, custody, disappearances, forced labor, ...
Relations between Washington and Beijing continue to deteriorate. The last week was marked by two important events: first, Chinese diplomats left the Consulate General of China in Houston, which was closed at the request of the United States. On July 21, the United States authorities demanded that the consulate be closed, claiming that it had been used by Chinese hackers ...
Regarding the reduction in the spread of the coronavirus, the first question in the United States has been the impact of the virus on the 2020 presidential election, and to what extent the remnants of Covid19 will be the cause of Trump’s defeat or victory. It is clear that the coronavirus has already strongly influenced the 2020 election and even ...
The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia Over the past week, the military forces of Azerbaijan and Armenia have continued shelling each other’s positions. The situation on the border between the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan and Armenia’s Tavush region escalated on July 12. The Azerbaijani side claimed the death of 11 of its military personnel, one civilian and injuries to four ...
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly pointed out the need for American troops to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible. Despite this, the Pentagon, CIA and industrial organizations stand in favor of military forces staying in this country. The flow of financial aid to Afghanistan is used by Americans in the name of personal interests and plays an important role ...
Erdogan, Putin, Rouhani negotiations The Presidents of Turkey, Russia and Iran held a trilateral virtual summit on Syria. As a result of video negotiations, the leaders of the states – Recep Tayyip Erdogan Vladimir Putin, and Hassan Rouhani – adopted a joint resolution. During the video call, the leaders discussed humanitarian, economic and security issues. The leaders paid special attention ...