By Gökalp Erbaş Israel is using its archaeological excavations in the Silvan neighborhood of East Jerusalem not only for historical findings, but also as a strategic tool to displace Palestinian communities and alter the identity of the area. The Silvan town of occupied East Jerusalem has become the center of a systematic Judaization operation carried out under the guise of ...

By Shahab Nouranifar, Director of the Iraq and Syria Desk, Mersad Center for International Studies – Iran On January 27, Donald Trump, the President of the United States, published a tweet opposing Nouri al-Maliki’s candidacy for the office of prime minister. In a clear act of interference in Iraq’s internal affairs, he stated: “I have heard that great Iraq may ...

The European Union has long proclaimed the goal of achieving what it calls “strategic autonomy”. In the recent months, with growing transatlantic tensions between the US and EU, calls has grown to accelerate steps towards that end. One of the leading countries of these calls is Germany, already pursuing a huge effort of militarization. Recently, calls emerged in Berlin to ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer The world is being remade at its roots. As Western dominance declines, the Global South looks to emerging poles of power—China and India above all else—as possible sponsors of a more inclusive and just world order. These two regional giants, who collectively harbor more than a third of humanity, not only wield gigantic economic and geopolitical ...

While US threats against Iran continue, the Islamic Republic may achieve a political victory in its neighbor, Iraq. The reason: The ruling parliamentary coalition in that country has nominated Nouri al-Maliki as its candidate for prime minister. In the country fractured by ethnic and sectarian groups after the US invasion in 2003, which left behind a balkanized political system, the ...

From Caracas, Venezuela A month has passed since the kidnapping of President Maduro and the appointment of Delcy Rodríguez – according to the constitutional mandate – as acting president, although the United States insists on calling her “interim president”. This situation has unfolded within the context of a cognitive war characterized by conflicting positions regarding what is happening. In my ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer Russian strategic thinking has historically been motivated by the desire to project power beyond its near-abroad and secure a seat at the table of a multipolar world order. With relations with the West growing ever more strained, the Kremlin has increasingly had reason to look east—not just to China or India, but to Southeast Asia, one ...

By Serhat Latifoğlu Gold has risen by 130 percent since the start of 2024, and silver is up nearly 175 percent since mid-2025. As the first quarter of the twenty-first century draws to a close, the global economic and financial system is undergoing not merely a cyclical fluctuation but a structural transformation. The 2008 Global Financial Crisis, the unprecedented monetary ...

Once again, the world’s rulers failed to grasp the world! The same issues, the same panels, the same sentences, once again, fell short of tangible benefits for the planet. This year, from January 19 to 23, the World Economic Forum convened in Davos under the theme of “The Spirit of Dialogue”, hosting 64 heads of state and government alongside more ...

By Yiğit Saner The trilateral talks on Jan. 23-24 in the UAE capital signaled a renewed acceleration in diplomatic traffic in the war in Ukraine. Yet the two days of talks, far from coming to a settlement, ultimately reaffirmed that the parties remain their positions. New dates are being set and talks are ongoing, but there has been no significant ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer As Bangladesh moves to re-calibrate its geopolitics and economy in the background of evolving Indo-Pacific dynamics, whether Bangladesh will be able to become a full-fledged member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is gaining traction yet again. As its economy grows, and it hopes to be a manufacturing and logistics hub for the region, ...

By Dr. Fernando Esteche The decision by Panama’s Supreme Court to annul the concession that allowed CK Hutchison to operate the Cristóbal and Balboa ports on the Panama Canal represents the culmination of a geopolitical operation executed with surgical precision. The ruling by Panama’s highest court is not an exercise in independent judicial sovereignty but rather confirmation that Panama remains ...