By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein This year, 2025, saw the United States escalate its actions in Asia to unprecedented levels. In April, India and Pakistan continued their long history of conflict following the attack by the Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, in Kashmir, which left 26 Indian tourists and a local worker dead and more ...
By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist During the General Assembly sessions held to mark the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, US President Donald Trump’s speech and subsequent statements sparked debate not only in diplomatic circles but also among the global public. Trump’s words reflected both domestic political calculations in the US and increasingly sharp divisions in the international order. Messages ...
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 quickly. As Central Asia’s economic and transport center, Kazakhstan is a strategically crucial gateway into the heartland of Eurasia. To ASEAN, to which decades of diplomacy have been focused east ...
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 used to play, plus as a permanent member of the UN Security Council; cultural because of its universalist vision; and military because of its status as a nuclear power. However, ...
By Onur Sinan Güzaltan Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the government ally Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), proposed the “Türkiye-Russia-China [TRC] alliance” to counter what he described as the “US–Israel evil coalition”. Surprising to many, Bahçeli’s call stirred a new wave of debate in the country’s alignments and position in the international system. UWI author, political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan was guest ...
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 deliver clean, cheap, and secure electricity at scale over a patchwork landscape marked by extremes? The answer, the object of protracted debate and yet to be attained, is in a ...
By Azar Mahdavan, from Tehran / Iran Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, following his meeting in Cairo with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi, clearly stated that the facts have changed, and that Iran is allowing Agency inspectors to visit only the Bushehr power plant and observe the fuel replacement process. Araghchi emphasized that the agreement proposed ...
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 has driven economic development at the cost of environmental degradation and escalating greenhouse gas emissions. In answer to global climate imperatives, not to mention domestic energy needs, Indonesia is shifting ...
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, its connection to Israel and actions against it with Lichen Ullmann, coordinator of the Vredesactie, a Belgian NGO struggling against militarization. Where do you see 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 to Venezuela’s Ambassador to Ankara, Freddy Molina at his residence in Türkiye’s capital. The Ambassador explained the US’s objectives and Venezuela’s countermeasures. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– “Day of Solidarity” Many people are visiting ...