By Deniz Yıldırım Germany has begun to deploy troops to Lithuania, with the “need to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank”. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius visited the 45th Tank Brigade stationed in Lithuania. This move marks the first time since the Nazi era that Germany has stationed troops in a foreign country. Following the outbreak of the ...

By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China The Shangri-La Dialogue 2025, Asia’s largest and most comprehensive security forum held annually in Singapore, has concluded. In addition to the US-China tension, new contradictions and fault lines between Europe and the US also drew attention at the Forum. The Forum takes its name from the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, where it was ...

By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist Shortly after taking office, the Trump administration made securing a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine a top foreign policy priority. Over the past four months, Trump’s campaign rhetoric that he would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours has proven unsuccessful, while it has also become clear that achieving a viable and lasting ceasefire ...

Despite the arrival of summer, Türkiye’s political agenda remained intense last week. The most prominent topic was the ruling party’s efforts for a new constitution. Process that the government’s started with the banner “terror-free Türkiye”, drawing international attention after PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan called on the organization to lay down arms, continues. Last week was also the Eid al-Adha. Political ...

By Onur Sinan Güzaltan UWI author and political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan shared his assessment of the Russia–Ukraine negotiations held in Istanbul with Türkiye’s Ulusal Kanal. How would you describe Russia’s mindset and mood heading into the talks? Just before the talks, Ukraine had launched a wide-ranging attack on Russia. Not only were military targets struck in various regions, but ...

By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein The course of history has conclusively demonstrated that, in order to further its interventionist and militaristic ambitions, the United States has sought subterfuges and fabricated false evidence, which history itself has either disproved or exposed as false. The manipulation of evidence to garner favorable support from the country’s public opinion in the first instance, and that ...

By Şenol Aktemir On Sunday, June 1, 2025, the Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted a large-scale drone offensive against targets in Russia. According to Russian media outlets, over 300 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were involved in the operation. This escalation came amidst an ongoing diplomatic initiative led by Türkiye, which has been striving to bring Russia and Ukraine to the ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer At first glance, Türkiye and China would appear natural competitors in the global apricot business. Both nations are among the world’s leading apricot-producing countries, each with vast orchards, skilled farmers, and age-old traditions of farming. Türkiye, especially the eastern province of Malatya, controls dried apricot exports, while China has increasingly increased its production in recent years, ...

By Masoud Sadrmohammadi As expected, with the Iran–U.S. nuclear negotiations entering technical issues and practical details, the process has entered a difficult phase, and the initial momentum and constructive atmosphere seen in the early rounds of talks are no longer present. In fact, during the first three rounds of negotiations, both Iran and the United States aimed to gauge each ...

By Fernando Esteche The militarization of Los Angeles Los Angeles is bleeding. In the streets of a city that for decades stood as a symbol of the American dream, today the cries of resistance of those who built its greatness from the shadows resonate. The massive raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enforcement (ICE), have unleashed a spiral of urban ...