By Onur Sinan Güzaltan Back in October 2022, I had started writing under the title “Will there be a new Yalta in the end?”, but I didn’t finish it. These days, with Trump’s return to the presidency, the possibility of an agreement between the United States and Russia, particularly regarding Ukraine, is being discussed. But is it conceivable for the ...

By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein His father’s and mother’s lineages indicated that Antonio José should first embrace a military career; his own father became commander-in-chief of the Cumaná Army. Before that, the sudden death of his mother and the new marriage of Don Vicente had a powerful influence on the life of the boy, who adopted an introverted and taciturn personality. ...

By Can Çakır Elon Musk’s open support for Alternative for Germany (AfD) and his joint program broadcast with AfD’s chancellor candidate, Alice Weidel, have become one of the key topics of debate in German politics in the past few weeks as the country heads toward elections. The AfD has long been known for its distanced stance toward the US. With ...

By Islam Farag, Cairo / Egypt US President Donald Trump’s proposal to temporarily relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt, pending the reconstruction of the sector, was merely a revealing attempt of Israel’s intentions and its desire to get rid of the original landowners, coveting their land and removing a security burden from its shoulders by exporting it to ...

Last week, the visit of Ahmed al-Sharaa, President of the Syrian Interim Government, to Türkiye was the top in the agenda. Another significant event was the expulsion of five lieutenants from the military after they took an oath on Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during the Turkish Military Academy’s Banner Handover and Graduation Ceremony, which sparked widespread public outrage. Also, German President ...

By Yunus Soner The United Kingdom and Iraq have a signed a comprehensive agreement on cooperation in trade, commerce, infrastructure and defense on January 15, 2025. The UK announced its overall volume as 12.3-billion-pound sterling.   It includes UK investments in water pipelines, the construction of railways, cooperation in the energy sector as well as British presence and overhaul of ...

By Dr. Shoaib Khan, Visiting Faculty, Centre for Central Eurasian Studies, University of Mumbai, It all began with my tour to the Donetsk region, thanks to the invitation by Vashi Novosti Project Director and Chief Editor Ivan Andreev. The tour was mainly organized besides Vashi Novosti a Federal News Agency with the support of the Department of information and Press ...

By Mikhail Golovanov, Russian Ambassador to Djibouti Mikhail Golovanov is a Russian diplomat, an expert in international and especially African issues. Since 2019, he has been serving as the Russian ambassador to Djibouti, a unique country considering to be ‘the gates to East Africa’. Exclusively for UWI, Mr. Golovanov wrote an essay on the upcoming elections of the African Union ...

The new Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID). According to the Congressional Research Service, the USAID had more than 10,000 employees around the world. Two-thirds of them operated outside the US. The USAID managed a budget of more than $40 billion in fiscal year 2023. The decision was met with loud criticism from USAID’s supporters and ...

In the second part of the interview, Jacques Cheminade, the leader of the Solidarity and Progress (Solidarité et Progrès) answered our questions about militarization in France, the latest situation in Syria and Jean-Marie Le Pen. Cheminade emphasizes that solving France’s problems is tied to cooperation with the “Global South” and the “global majority”, as well as breaking free from dependence ...