By Azar Mahdavan, from Tehran / Iran Following sustained economic pressure, Iran’s domestic situation has now reached a sensitive point at which livelihood-based protests risk being transformed into engineered unrest.
The attack on Venezuela once again laid bare a fact: the Western world, the Atlantic world, has completely abandoned its founding principles. With this attack, the death of a liberalism
Statements have been issued from Russia and the European Union regarding the US attack on Venezuela. Russia condemned the attacks, while the European Union “diplomatically” and tacitly supported the US
In response to the US attack, the Venezuela government made a first written statement. UWI publishes the first official statement from Caracas below. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, repudiates,
By Mehmet Enes Beşer Today, it is entering its fourth year with no endgame on the horizon. The military regime is as entrenched as ever, and anti-junta forces have become
Retired Ambassador Ozan Ceyhun spoke about the rising right-wing populist parties in Europe. Ceyhun, who most recently served as Türkiye’s ambassador to Austria for 4 years and 10 months, worked
Last week, at the top of Türkiye’s agenda was large-scale operations against ISIS and an armed clash that broke out during an operation in the district of Yalova. Another important
By Mehmet Enes Beşer For decades, the Pakistan–China relationship has been characterized by strategic alignment, defense cooperation, and the physical infrastructure projects of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Dubbed an
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist 2025 was not only a challenging year geopolitically, but also a year that could be described as the most chaotic threshold of the last quarter-century.
By Özgür Altınbaş On December 26, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he “recognizes Somaliland,” the separatist administration in Somalia, as an independent state. Netanyahu signed the recognition during
By Dure Akram, from Lahore / Pakistan Vast swathes of Gaza City lie in ruins after two years of war, with nearly 90% of the population displaced. By the time
By Mehmet Enes Beşer In the heightening United States–China trade war, global focus has shifted primarily to tariff schedules, supply chains shattered, and factories rebalanced. Beyond overt economic impact, though,
