Protests in Lebanon Throughout the week a number of protests took place in various countries across the globe. In Lebanon, demonstrations began on the evening of October 17 against the government’s new tax policy. The protesters showcased their rejection of the government’s decision to introduce a $6 dollar a month tax for calls made on the popular social media app ...
Vladimir Putin made his way to Saudi Arabia twelve years after his first trip to Saudi Arabia. In recent years, Russia has been able to improve its economy by not only utilizing energy exports, but also gradually increasing its power resources, demanding a greater role in regional and global equations. Foreign Minister Adel al-Jabir says in the shadow of Saudi ...
The United States, under the pretext of “exporting democracy”, has carried out military interventions in numerous countries, primarily Iraq and Afghanistan. Its’ aggressive actions have provoked large-scale military clashes and left thousands of people dead. Despite its ostensible motivation, not only are there still no hints of democratic institutions in these countries today, the military actions have been continuous for ...
Although Qatar is a small country, it plays a prominent role in the international arena. It had, however, failed to play a serious role in the Middle East due to Saudi pressure – however, today, it has become one of the biggest threats to the Kingdom primarily due to Saudi leaderships’ poor decision making. RELATIONS BETWEEN QATAR AND TURKEY The ...
On October 13, several Catalan separatist leaders were sentenced to 13, 12 and 9 years in prison for trying to declare independence from Spain via an illegal referendum in 2017. Immediately after the sentence was announced, radical independence groups went into the streets of Catalonia and began to institute chaos and violence. The protesters attempted to take over the Barcelona ...
Türkiye’nin 9 Ekim tarihinde başlattığı Suriye sınırına yönelik “Barış Pınarı” Harekâtının ardından İran’ın operasyona karşı aldığı tavır, Rusya’nın “çizdiği kırmızı çizgiler” 5’incisi Ankara’da yapılan Astana sürecini etkiler veya dağılmasına neden olur mu? Sonuncusu, 16 Eylül tarihinde Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’ın ev sahipliğinde Rusya Devlet Başkanı Vladimir Putin ve İran Cumhurbaşkanı Hasan Ruhani’nin katılımıyla Cumhurbaşkanlığı Çankaya Köşkü’nde yapılan Astana Zirvesi sonrası ...
The ruling pro-American Law and Justice party won the general election in Poland and got an independent majority in the Sejm (the lower house of the Polish Parliament). Despite the record mobilization of the electorate, PiS was only able to repeat the result it reached 4 years ago. In addition, it lost the majority in the Senate (the upper house). ...
October 12 is a day of celebration in Spain and throughout Latin America. It is the national day of Spain and Hispanic Americans, marking the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America in 1492. In the first part of this article, I discussed how the balkanization process of Ibero-America was carried out and the wealth and potential this region of South ...
In 2017, Lenin Moreno won the presidential elections in Ecuador with a program of a progressive government, continuing the line of former President Rafael Correa (2007-2017). But after a few weeks in office, he began to take unpopular measures, moving away from his electoral program and beginning a dialogue with sectors that represented the interests of banks and big business. ...
Süleyman Özmen, Head of International Affairs Department (Rumeli University in Istanbul) and member of the Turkish Armed Forces, stressed in an interview with uwidata.com that events in the region are precursors to a major war. He notes that”the main goal is to ignite a large-scale ethnic and religious clash.” According to Özmen, one operation will not be enough to destroy terrorism ...