Turkey and Israel: A Marriage of Convenience and Necessity?
The process of normalization is expected to bear fruit with Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s planned visit to Turkey on March 9-10.
Latin America: A New Sphere of Russian Influence?
he world is witnessing a dramatic revival of the 20th-century bipolar geopolitical order featuring the Soviet Union, today’s Russia, on the one side, and the United States on the other.
Israel Will Not Grant Palestinians a State: What Should the PLO Do?
ll facts on the ground in Palestine today speak of one reality: the Palestinian Authority (PA), which was created by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), has practically swallowed up its umbrella organization, making it increasingly insignificant despite claims by PA officials that the PLO is still the sole representatives of the Palestinian people.
What French Presidential Election Means for French Muslims and Turkey
There are around 40 candidates who will run for the election.
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: What China Thinks
s a violation of international law that reneges on its commitment to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty under Article 1 of the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, Russia’s February 2022 invasion is a test case that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is watching closely to assess U.
Will Sweden and Finland Join NATO amid the Russia-Ukraine War?
he current and latest waves of upheaval in international relations and the global order that have been precipitated by the Russian military operations in Ukraine in the latest iteration of the Ukrainian crisis are likely to have significant implications, even if the war is not yet over.
How the Global Pandemic Widens the Gap between the Poor and the Rich
he COVID19 pandemic has surely been the most challenging and costly shock of the past few decades.
The Turcos Are Coming: Turkey’s Growing Ties with Latin America
ayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador of Arab/Palestinian origin, made his first visit to Turkey in January 2022, where he signed a series of agreements covering economy, defense industry, and technology among others with his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The Saudi-Iranian Rivalry in Yemen
or decades, the geopolitical and geo-sectarian rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran has played out across the Middle East in various destabilizing ways.
Why German Companies Want to Invest More in Turkey
According to a survey conducted in autumn 2021 by the German Chamber of Commerce Abroad (AHK), the majority of German companies in Turkey consider the country a favorable investment location.
How Intelligence Agencies Turned into Foreign Policy Tools
o understand the changing structure of global intelligence, we must keep the following concepts and terminology in mind: technology-centered development, the increasing cyber espionage capacity of intelligence services, the developing relations between intelligence services and private intelligence companies, new-generation threats and risks that emerge with the rise of social media, open-source intelligence (OSINT) collection methods, and the concept of intelligence diplomacy.
Unclear Fate of Desperate Migrants in Belarus
However, the EU has failed in dealing with the refugee crisis particularly in terms of carrying the burden equally among all member states.
Another Sakoku? Japan’s Ongoing Stagnation Is Closing the Country
s COVID19 was declared a global pandemic and started to impact public health systems, many countries rushed to close their borders to foreign visitors to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
How Islamophobia Is Leading to a Teacher Shortage in Belgium
The shortage is so severe that a number of schools could have to shut down.
The Myth of Apolitical China: Why the West Refuses to Accept China’s Superpower Status
n article by Gideon Rachman in the Financial Times last July is a prime example of western intelligentsia’s limited understanding of China’s unhindered rise as a superpower.
Omicron Reveals Racism against Africans, Once More
lmost immediately after the announcement had been made that a new variant of COVID19 – Omicron, as it was later named by the World Health Organization – had been identified, wealthy northern nations rushed to impose travel bans on a number of southern African countries and, later on other African nations as well.
Taiwan amidst the Emerging China – US Cold War
ecent months have seen the People’s Republic of China (PRC) adopting an increasingly belligerent posture towards Taiwan, as evident in undertaking aerial incursions into the latter’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in unprecedented numbers and repeated statements denouncing any move by the island toward seeking formal independence.
Emerging Markets and Inflation: Why Is It Happening?
n “emerging market (EM) economy” is the economy of a developing country that is becoming more engaged with global markets as it grows.
No Chocolate, No Laptops, No Clothes for Gaza
he photo of my favorite chocolate is topping the news websites.
Abdul Qadeer Khan: Pakistani Nuclear Scientist Who Escaped Assassins, Built a Nuclear Bomb, and “Ate Grass”
ust two years after the December 1971 war between Pakistan and India, on May 18, 1974, India detonated a nuclear device, confirming it possessed the A-bomb.
