By Dr. Halim Gençoğlu In recent years, Türkiye has significantly expanded its diplomatic, economic, and military footprint in Africa. In this paper, I examine Türkiye’s role as a dynamic actor capable of balancing Chinese and Russian influence on the continent, while providing potential avenues for U.S. and European engagement. Drawing on recent reports, including the Atlantic Council (2025), the study ...
By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China The call by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahçeli for a “Türkiye-Russia-China alliance” should be recorded as an important turning point on Türkiye’s foreign policy agenda. Bahçeli’s proposal of a “TRC” (Türkiye-Russia-China) axis against the US-Israel-centered coalition must be regarded as a strategic orientation directly concerning Türkiye’s geopolitical future. The Alliance Must ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer As electric vehicles (EVs) make their way from the fringes to the mainstream of the mobility revolution, a tectonic shift is happening—both in terms of technology and geopolitics. Few issues capture this shift as colorfully as the escalating trade tension between China and the European Union surrounding EVs. What initially began as a policy response to ...
The question of India’s political direction has long been on the international agenda. Most recently, the cordial appearances of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Chinese and Russian counterparts at the Shanghai Cooperation Meeting in China have brought this question to the forefront. Is India drifting away from the US? Where does India fit into the multipolar process? How ...
By Dure Akram, from Lahore / Pakistan When Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s plane descended into Riyadh last week, the spectacle was impossible to miss. Saudi Royal Air Force jets escorted him through the skies, and the Saudi Armed Forces extended a guard of honor on arrival. For a leader accustomed to the muted welcomes of IMF review meetings in Washington ...
By Tolga Dişçi We conducted an extensive interview with Prof. Dr. Franco Cardini, one of Italy’s foremost living medieval historians, who continues to teach at the University of Florence. Cardini provided our questions with deep and detailed answers, blending current events with historical perspective. In the first part of this two-part interview, Cardini shares his views on the current state ...
Israel’s attack on Doha surprised many. It demonstrated that Israel dares to strike even a country that is neither a party to nor supportive of the Palestinian cause. What else did it reveal? UWI author, historian and political scientist Mehmet Perinçek shared his views. ————————————————————————————————— Israel’s recent attacks on Doha have clearly shown that Israeli aggression cannot be curtailed through ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer There are fewer great power hotspots so long-lasting, so complicated, and so politically obstinate as the South China Sea. It has been a measure of great power competition, an experiment in naval convention, and a melting pot of nationalist anxieties for ten years. The 2025 picture is one of stalemate, more than solution, still less spectacular ...
By Dr. Halim Gençoğlu South Africa’s enduring solidarity with Palestine is deeply rooted in its own historical struggle against apartheid, shaping both its domestic discourse and foreign policy. This principled stance—exemplified by figures like Nelson Mandela—has led South Africa to openly criticize Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and draw direct parallels with its own past. However, during Donald Trump’s presidency, this ...
Last week in Türkiye, at the top of the agenda, was the court’s decision to appoint a trustee to the CHP Istanbul provincial branch and developments following it. Another topic was MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli’s call on PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan in the context of “terror-free Türkiye” process. And in Izmir, a gun attack on a police station by a ...
By Adem Kılıç, political scientist Israel’s attacks on neighboring countries such as Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, and Syria, which have been ongoing for nearly two years alongside its genocidal war in Gaza, have taken on a new dimension with last week’s attack on Qatar. Israel has long claimed to operate a “defense doctrine” and to fight against elements that “pose a ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer As the world is speeding towards a catastrophic climate tipping point, the role of the emerging economies has shifted from the periphery to center stage of global climate negotiations. Within this transformation, the ASEAN region has become a test site and a war zone of what climate ambition is in the Global South. As economies grow, ...