The European countries are almost competing with each other for the opportunity to take under their protection the Gülenists who fled from Turkey after the attempted coup d’etat on July 15. One gets the feeling that soon they will start organizing promotions to attract Gülen’s followers and grant them citizenship. After the failure of the coup d’etat some “prudent” members ...
The decision by US President Donald to pull American troops out of Syria has opened the path for a new process in Syrian conflict settlement. The active actors in the conflict are revising their policies and seeking to fortify their positions. Russian that has played an important role in the civil war in Syria and has supported the Assad regime ...
If you are not familiar with ancient Greek mythology, the phrase “global Minotaur” may seem a bit cryptic. Nonetheless, all players in the international arena who do not agree to submit to economic exploitation have become potential prey for this Minotaur. After targeting Mohammed Morsi in Egypt and Erdoğan in Turkey, the authorities of Venezuela have now caught its attention. ...
Coup attempt against Maduro In Venezuela, a pro-American opposition group tried to overthrow the government of President Nicolas Maduro. The United States supported oppositionist Juan Guaido, who called on Venezuelans to ignore the results of the presidential elections and recognize him as president, despite that he did not even run for the position. Mass actions in Venezuela began on January ...
On January 13, the FBI, without explanation, detained journalist and television presenter Marzieh Hashemi. The arrest of the 59-year-old Iranian mother and US citizen and the events that followed clearly demonstrate the duplicity of the United States and other Western countries. Despite being the first to invoke accusations of human rights abuses when their citizens are placed under arrest abroad, ...
The crisis in Venezuela can be explained in many ways and from different points of view, but little has been said about some of the fundamental issues related to geopolitics, natural resources and economics among some of the other issues intertwined in the conflict. Economic considerations are surely among the most central to the question. The Venezuelan economy currently depends ...
An increasing number of Palestinian and Israeli politicians and scholars believe that the two-state solution in Israel-Palestine is no longer an option, mostly because of Israel’s settlement policy in the occupied West Bank. The international community is increasingly more receptive to the idea of a shared country for Jews, Muslims and Christians in Israel-Palestine. Former US Vice President Joe Biden ...
Instability after the elections in the Congo remains a problem for the new president of the country. Elections Protests in the Congo have not subsided for several weeks. Earlier in the country presidential elections were held, after which destabilization widespread destabilization began. On January 20, the Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) formally approved the results ...
British Prime Minister Theresa May presented an alternative action plan (plan B) for secession from the EU after deputies rejected the previous agreement with Brussels with a vote scheduled for the 29th of January. Brexit is scheduled to begin the 29th of March. What are the main point of the new Brexit Plan and what does the future hold for ...
The city of Manbij is currently the focal point of the Turkish government’s policy towards Syria. The topicality of the issue increased after Donald Trump had announced the pullout of US troops from the war-torn Arab country. Acquiring special significance in this light are the Turkish-American agreements that the two countries attained on the eve of Erdogan’s visit to Moscow ...