The Estonian Parliament has passed a new law aimed at severing ties between the Estonian Orthodox Church and the Moscow Patriarchate. The justification behind the law is the Moscow Patriarchate’s
By Mehmet Enes Beşer The resurgence of economic nationalism under the Donald Trump administration has reignited tensions in the trade relations between China and the US, casting a shadow on
By Fernando Esteche, from Buenos Aires / Argentina “Argentina has shown that this time it is different,” said Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), during the
Following the recent federal elections, the new German government and its cabinet of ministers is expected to be announced soon. Meanwhile, the country’s expected new chancellor Friedrich Merz has already
By Dr Halim Gençoğlu The Catholic Church stands at a critical crossroads. As it grapples with declining credibility in the West, growing spiritual hunger in the Global South, and internal
By Mehmet Enes Beşer The re-election of Donald Trump as the President of America in November 2024 has initiated a new cycle of economic nationalism, prompting every nation in the
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist In the global arena, there is an environment in which many standards – from human rights to nuclear conventions, from international legal norms to social
By Mehmet Enes Beşer As a region ever more characterized by strategic realignment and multipolar competition, growing defense cooperation between the Philippines and Japan has garnered international attention—and no small
By Mehmet Enes Beşer Japan’s foreign policy in the 21st century is in the midst of a tectonic change. No longer influenced by its pacifist constitution and intimate alliance with
By Mehmet Enes Beşer Southeast Asia is a center of global trade, digital technology, and urban growth. But it is increasingly also at the epicenter of transnational crime. From cyber-enabled
At the beginning of April, a new bill was submitted to the Georgian Parliament aiming to ban LGBT marches and events. Speaking about the bill, Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili
By Dure Akram, Lahore / Pakistan Pakistan’s economy is feeling the pinch of U.S. protectionism after President Trump’s sweeping tariffs imposed a blanket 10 percent tariff on all U.S. imports,
