At the end of October, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) wrote in a report that France is preparing to deploy a contingent of up to 2000 soldiers and officers to Ukraine. UWI author, historian and political scientist Associate Professor Mehmet Perinçek commented what such a move would mean for France-Russia relations and the EU’s leading countries. From an indirect to ...

By Carlos Fazio, from Mexico City / Mexico Mexico and Venezuela share some commonalities in the current situation, but also significant differences. Both are countries possessing oil and other geostrategic resources disputed by the United States and China, and with varying degrees of intensity and situational impact, both are targets of a diffuse hybrid war waged by Washington, combining deterrence, ...

The Syrian interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa’s visit fueled a lot of debates both within the country as well as internationally. Ramazan Bursa is a distinguished expert to describes the outcomes and limitations. He has travelled to Syria after former President Assad’s fall and maintains good contacts into the new government in Damascus. Here’s how he evaluates Al-Sharaa’s visit. The Syrian ...

By Dr. Halim Gençoğlu American politician Malcolm X said that in 1964 “You can’t understand what’s going on in Mississippi if you don’t understand what’s going on in the Congo. I’m one of the 22 million black people who are the victims of Americanism. I don’t see any American dream; I see an American nightmare”… Indeed, the United States has ...

In recent weeks, talks between Türkiye, Syria, and the US have accelerated. The developments and statements suggest that certain shared understandings have been reached. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visited Washington on 10 November and had “warm talks” with Trump. The Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan made a “surprise” visit to Washington and joined part of the al-Sharaa–Trump meeting. US Ambassador ...

On November 15, ahead of the opening of the 2nd International “BRICS–Europe” Symposium in Sochi, an international prayer meeting for peace was held with the participation of parliamentarians from Russia, European countries and the Global South. The event took place from 09:00 to 09:45 as a meeting “on the sidelines” of the symposium and was dedicated to joint prayer for ...

By Mohammad Reza Moradi, General Director of Mehr News Agency’s Foreign Languages and International News Department The recent trip of Ahmed al-Sharaa, the President of Syria, to the United States and his meetings with officials of that country have placed a serious question before Syria’s foreign policy: should Damascus enter a new path of engagement with Washington, or should it ...

By Mohamed Sabreen, from Cairo / Egypt Sometimes crises intertwine and interests intersect, providing the Middle East with a “window of opportunity” to move forward. This was achieved during the unique partnership between King Faisal and President Sadat. The Cairo-Riyadh understanding contributed to the unification of the Arab states, which led to the great October War of 1973. At the ...

By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist/Author The second Trump term will mark its first anniversary in just two months, and this past year has been sufficient to cause major upheavals on the global stage. Indeed, Trump’s foreign policy has taken America’s customary aggressive power projection even further, pushing it beyond the bounds of imperial behavior and transforming it into a mindset ...

The visit of Syrian transitional president Ahmed al-Sharaa to Washington and his meeting with US President Donald Trump caused great interest globally. It was the first visit of a Syrian Head of State to Washington since decades, brought about some agreements and indications of a major turning point in Middle Eastern politics. We spoke about this visit and its repercussions ...