China and the Middle East: Is Turkey a Gateway for a New Political Alliance?
Moreover, small countries such as Bahrain, Maldives, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Myanmar were designated as the new dialogue partners.
Can the UN General Assembly Meeting Bring “Transformative Solutions to Interlocking Challenges”?
he 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) comes at a time when there are crises on nearly every front and world leaders have a lot on their plate.
“One China” Policy and Taiwan: The Island is on the World Agenda
ancy Pelosi, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, visited Taiwan on August 2, and met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
The US-China Rivalry over Space and Small Satellites Reaches New Levels
he United States’ unilateral moment is long gone, and the previously indisputable superpower is being confronted with new rising powers that are challenging its supremacy.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey’s Joining BRICS Can Be a Game Changer
Egypt, for instance, while preserving ties with the United States, cooperates with Russia on nuclear issues.
House Inflation and Scapegoated Immigrants in Turkey
Figure 3: Case-Shiller Home Index in the United States.
Turkey’s Slow-Motion Encircling and Elimination of the YPG
Among them was the perpetrator of 2008 Istanbul bombings, known as Güngören Saldırısı, which killed 18 civilians in Istanbul, and a prominent executive of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) named Salwa Yusuk, for whose death the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) expressed its condolences on Twitter, infuriating the Turkish audience.
After Two Decades, Serbia and Kosovo Are on the Brink of War
As a preventative measure, the NATO peacekeeping force in Kosovo (KFOR) stated that the troops are ready to intervene in Kosovo “if the stability is jeopardized,” in accordance with Resolution 1244 by the United Nations Security Council, which was issued in 1999.
Europe Allocates More Funds for Joint Defense: Is the European Army on the Way?
The reason behind the dissolution was that the WEU did not provide security to all EU members and was limited to only 10 states, namely Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
A Year On, The Taliban Still Seek International Recognition
“We call upon regional and other countries, the United Nations, international organizations, and especially Islamic countries and organizations to recognize the Islamic emirate as a legitimate government, to have a positive collaboration with it, and remove all the imposed sanctions,” Mujib-ul Rahman Ansari, an Afghan cleric said during a three-day gathering of Afghan leaders on July 2, 2022.
No One Should Be Left Behind: Disabled People in the Russia-Ukraine War and Armed Conflicts
Read: The War in Ukraine: The Protection of International Peace and the UN
What does the universal law on persons with disabilities say about armed conflicts?
According to Article 11 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) adopted in 2006:
States Parties shall take, in accordance with their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law, all necessary measures to ensure the protection and safety of persons with disabilities in situations of risk, including situations of armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and the occurrence of natural disasters.
Can Turkey, Russia, and Iran Bring Permanent Security to Syria?
The PKK and its offshoots in Syria function as proxies for Iran and the United States, and occasionally for Russia as well.
Why Hypersonic Weapon Systems Are Critical for Russia
The United States’ withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty or ABMT) and the recent mutual withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty have been important milestones in Russia’s perception and assessment of strategic competition and balance of power.
A New Cold War Erupts in the Shadow of Food Crises
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Saudi and Emirati Pivot to Russia and China: Shift of Axis or Extreme Hedging?
The most striking example of this new international structure manifests itself in how Saudi and Emirati national interests dictated and enabled these Gulf monarchies to respond to the Russian attacks in Ukraine more cautiously and openly refusing an automatic alignment with the United States.
The New Politics of Alliance: Allies, Proxies, and Adversaries Have Become Hard to Tell Apart
The idea behind this move was to mend the United States’ containment policy to create a solid resistance to a possible Soviet expansion towards the warm waters of the Mediterranean.
Negotiating a New Chapter in Saudi-Turkish Relations
Leaving a military- and security-based foreign policy and adopting active diplomacy is likely to help Saudi Arabia balance its security reliance on the United States as an external guarantor and hail the Kingdom as a initiator of a new security architecture.
Inflation Soars Globally: A Story of Diverging Interest Rates
The United States, the UK, Canada (even Australia and New Zealand), and to a limited extent the Eurozone, are increasing interest rates.
How do Russia, Qatar and the United States Use Energy as a Foreign Policy Tool?
turns from a net energy importer to a net energy exporter
The United States is one of the most outstanding countries among today’s oil and gas suppliers.
What Is behind Global Inflation and Where Are We Heading To?
Yet some countries with the highest stimuli—say, Canada, Germany, Spain, or the United Kingdom—are now experiencing record inflation.
