By Mehmet Enes Beşer Sri Lanka’s economic journey has been deeply intertwined with its socialist aspirations, shaping its policies and development trajectory since gaining independence in 1948. The nation’s commitment to public welfare, state-led development, and equitable growth has been both a guiding principle and a source of economic challenges. As Sri Lanka confronts contemporary financial realities, it stands at ...

The Turkish public opinion debates the so-called “Corridor of David” regarding the grand strategy that Israel is pursuing in Syria – and beyond. We asked Dr. Fahri Erenel, retired general of the Turkish Armed Forces about its content and geopolitical dimensions. The Corridor of David, it is said that Israel wants to establish such a Corridor of David. What is ...

By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist The meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska on August 15 is much more than a diplomatic moment captured in a photograph. It comes at the heart of a time when power dynamics are being reshaped, alliances are being tested, and energy and transportation routes are being reintroduced to the global market. Washington and Moscow’s ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer ASEAN has, now for over two decades, been a balm of East Asian diplomacy—a convenor of regional gatherings, a guarantor of neutrality, and a symbol of collective muscle for small and medium powers. Its “centrality” dogma has come to pass from rhetoric; it has been an integral part of the structural attribute of Asia’s institutional landscape ...

The Venezuelan and United States governments have managed to establish a permanent line of communication. This is due more to internal policy decisions in the United States than to a real improvement in ties between the two countries. Finally, in the United States, the pragmatic MAGA (Make American Great Again) proposal is prevailing over the ideological one of the neoconservatives ...

The Center for National Strategy (USMER) has organized an international conference on the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea on July 18 and 19 in Istanbul, Türkiye. Today, we present the speech of Hüseyin Macit Yusuf Former Roving Ambassador of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Member Of Presidential Advisory Board. By Hüseyin Macit Yusuf Former Roving Ambassador of the ...

By Yıldıran Acar On Friday, August 8, 2025, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a historic agreement at the White House, at the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump. According to the agreement, the Zangezur Corridor will be leased to the United States for a period of 99 years and will be named “Trump Route ...

By Ljubodrag Simonović * Capitalism, as a totalitarian order of destruction, created appropriate means and methods for destroying critical and visionary consciousness and such forms of mediation between man and world which prevent man from abolishing capitalism and creating a new world. In the past, people’s consciousness was controlled by the clergy. Today, it is controlled by TV presenters and ...

By Gökalp Erbaş There is much debate about the possible economic effects of Europe’s rearmament. When examining the discussions on this topic, the most critical question seems to be: Has there been a structural change in the economic function of the arms industry from the past to the present? The arms industry actually works to produce security, which is a ...

The Center for National Strategy (USMER) has organized an international conference on the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea on July 18 and 19 in Istanbul, Türkiye. Today, we present the speech of Cong Song, Minister of the People’s Republic of China’s embassy in Türkiye. Distinguished guests and friends： The current international landscape is turbulent and volatile. Instability and uncertainty ...

By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China The recent China–EU summit held in Beijing was remarkable in many aspects — from its shortened duration to its content, from leaders’ statements to the diplomatic tone. Initially planned as a two-day event, the summit was reduced to one day at China’s request. This is not just a scheduling change but should be ...

The Islamic Revolution of Iran is considered one of the most influential events at the end of the twentieth century, and like all historical events, it is open to various definitions. Immediately after the revolution, due to the approach adopted by the new ruling system in Tehran in its interaction with the West, the Western propaganda apparatus suddenly portrayed the ...