By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist The new 19-article peace draft brought to the table in Geneva is being presented in Western capitals as a “diplomatic breakthrough.” However, from Moscow’s point of view, the picture is much clearer: the text does not resolve the root causes of the war; on the contrary, it creates a new framework aimed at constraining Russia ...
6.5 million citizens are called in Honduras to elect their next president today. Three candidates have chances to win in an election that the US president has turned into his own competition. Already in the recent parliamentarian elections in Argentina had Donald Trump presented his policy. US meddling into elections elsewhere is nothing new, but usually done with some discretion. ...
By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein During the last few days, we have been living under a strong wave of disinformation regarding a possible US “invasion” or military intervention against Venezuela, which has been seasoned with the already natural contradictions of President Trump’s rhetoric. Of course, it cannot be ignored in the analysis that Venezuela has the largest certified oil reserves on ...
By Ahmed Mahmoud, Managing Editor at Ahram Online (Egypt) I still remember the day the President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was inaugurated as Egypt’s president for his first term in 2014, and the Turkish stance on the June 30th revolution which caused deterioration in the mutual relations between the two countries. On that day, I was a guest on Nile TV ...
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) participated in the “BRICS–Europe” symposium held in Sochi from 13 to 17 November. The presence of the AfD’s European Parliament member Hans Neuhoff, MP Steffen Kotré, and chairperson of Saxony Jörg Urban, triggered a debate in Germany. How on earth could a political party of Germany attend “full-scaled aggressor” Putin’s meeting? AfD politicians delivered speeches ...
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, from Athens / Greece The Greek government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, by common consent one of the worst in Greek history (*), is now triumphantly claiming a major success by making Greece a “hub” for American LNG. In the past, starting with Spyros Markezinis in the 1950s and continuing with the governments of Konstantinos Karamanlis, Andreas Papandreou, and ...
It was, as always, a crowded week on Türkiye’s political agenda. At the top of the list were developments surrounding the government’s “Terror-Free Türkiye” initiative. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Türkiye was another major headline. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s meetings on the G20 summit was another important item of the agenda. The Committee visits Öcalan The “Terror-Free Türkiye” process, ...
Eyes are on US president Trump’s possible aggression against Venezuela. But the real news are rather in Washington than in Caracas. The Maduro government appears completely stable, while the Trump regime is being shaken. Take a look at what happened in both capitals over the weekend: Caracas and the rest of Venezuela have conducted a referendum, with thousands of Venezuelans ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist / Author The peace plan announced by Trump is not merely a diplomatic initiative, but also a comprehensive framework that meets a significant portion of Russia’s long-standing demands and will profoundly affect Ukraine’s future. Although not officially announced by Trump, the ‘Peace Plan,’ which was leaked to the press as 28 articles, promises to recognize ...
The Syrian government joins the international coalition against ISIS. What concrete consequences will this decision have for the fight against Zionism? Experts from have from Türkiye have a critical assessment of the step. The decision was announced during the visit of Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa to Washington. Its focus is on legitimizing the new regime, says Ünal Atabay, former ...