By Mehmet Enes Beşer Vietnam’s street-level anti-corruption movement—popularly referred to as the blazing furnace campaign—has been extremely popular within the country and overseas. The campaign, initiated by Communist Party General
By Yiğit Saner The resignation of US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard shows that weapons have been drawn inside the Washington administration. Gabbard, the figure overseeing the entire
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The war that U.S. President Trump declared “won” in its very first week now presents a very different picture, especially when viewed from the Pentagon’s
By Mehmet Enes Beşer As Malaysia struggles through an uneven post-pandemic rebound and transition towards a high-income, low-carbon economy, the external economic terms of its engagement are of growing significance.
By Azar Mahdavan, from Tehran / Iran In recent years, alongside the intensification of tensions in the international system, the position of Russia and China in Iran’s security and strategic
By Edvard Chesnokov, from Moscow / Russia In light of US President Donald Trump’s visit to China, we asked Tatyana Kosacheva, political scientist, Deputy Head of the Political Projects Department
By Mehmet Enes Beşer Vietnam has been the fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia over the last decade or so, experiencing high-speed industrialization, export-led growth, and improved regional standing. However, the
By Tehran Tapdigov – Azerbaijani Political Commentator On May 22nd, the 13th session of World Urban Forum 13 in Baku officially came to an end. An “Urban Expo” space was
In the local and regional elections held across the UK on 7 May 2026, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his ruling Labour Party have suffered heavy losses. Reform UK
By Mehmet Enes Beşer Apart from proximity, shared development concerns, and growing complementarities, Southeast Asia and South Asia are still worlds apart from becoming as economically integrated as they would
By Mehmet Enes Beşer Indonesia’s historic vision of rice self-sufficiency has continued to be driven by political and developmental imperatives. With the fourth-highest population in the world and one of
On May 21, the 36th Civil Chamber of the Ankara Regional Court of Justice ruled that CHP’s (Republican People’s Party) 38th Ordinary Elective Congress was legally invalid due to “absolute
