By Meymet Enes Beşer In the wake of the changing framework of international geopolitics and economic restructuring, the physical space between Central Asia and Southeast Asia—hitherto geographically circumscribed—is narrowing extremely
By Odile Mojon-Cheminade While Germany has been Europe’s economic engine in recent decades, France has traditionally been its political, cultural, and military heart. Political because of the balancing role it
By Mehmet Enes Beşer As Southeast Asia races to keep pace with surging energy demand amidst a global decarbonization wave, one question looms over the region: how can the region
By Mehmet Enes Beşer The regional energy giant of Southeast Asia, Indonesia, is at the crossroads of its energy future. Its history of dependency on fossil fuels led by coal
Conflict and militarization is advancing in the policies and practices of the European Union and NATO. But social resistance is also increasing. We spoke about the political context of militarization,
By Adnan Türkkan Coup Attempts, economic sanctions, election interference… Now the US appears to be preparing another attack on Venezuela, but this time with its own arms. We were guest
By Mehmet Enes Beşer No regime anywhere in the world has yielded such political resilience as Myanmar’s military regime. In different forms and with changing institutional forms throughout half a
By Dr. Halim Gençoğlu In recent years, Türkiye has significantly expanded its diplomatic, economic, and military footprint in Africa. In this paper, I examine Türkiye’s role as a dynamic actor
By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China The call by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahçeli for a “Türkiye-Russia-China alliance” should be recorded as an important turning point on
By Mehmet Enes Beşer As electric vehicles (EVs) make their way from the fringes to the mainstream of the mobility revolution, a tectonic shift is happening—both in terms of technology
By Tolga Dişçi We conducted an extensive interview with Prof. Dr. Franco Cardini, one of Italy’s foremost living medieval historians, who continues to teach at the University of Florence. Cardini
By Mehmet Enes Beşer There are fewer great power hotspots so long-lasting, so complicated, and so politically obstinate as the South China Sea. It has been a measure of great
