By Halil Özsaraç, (Ret.) Turkish Staff Navy Captain In my previous article, I explained that inland trade routes could be useful only when connected to the sea. Otherwise, thousands of kilometers of land corridors linked end to end would fall short of being profitable trade routes. For this reason, I opposed our Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure becoming a “strategic ...

by Nil Malyguine (Communist Party of Switzerland) The dream of a united Europe has undoubted power over people’s minds. Indeed, it is hard to say that a ‘common European home’ is a bad thing a priori. Who would not want to live on a continent without borders, where one can travel from Moscow to Lisbon freely and without restrictions? Who ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer As the pecking order in the world’s capital economy, Europe has long been at the top of the list as one of the safest and most developed sources of foreign direct investment (FDI). For most of the developing world, European capital has been a capital with credibility, technology transfer, and access to value-high markets. Southeast Asia ...

Despite Trump’s pragmatic decision to seek rapprochement with China that would foster ongoing high-level communication and stimulate cooperation, an atmosphere of uncertainty began to surround the relationship between the two countries, given the contradictory signals emanating from Washington. The presidents’ conversation on February 10, 2017, did nothing to calm the winds of conflict blowing eastward. In an article published in ...

Lawyers who are members of the Vatan Party have filed a criminal complaint against Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew for acting in violation of the law by using the title “Ecumenical Patriarch” in his official activities. In the petition submitted to the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, it was stated that Bartholomew had committed offenses such as “unlawfully assuming a public ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer Vietnam’s rise as a textile and garment behemoth has been nothing less than phenomenal. From a war-torn agrarian economy to being an emerging one of the world’s top apparel exporters, Vietnam has managed to attract the interest of global brands searching for low-cost manufacturing options beyond China. Its factories produce it all, from the fast fashion ...

By Mohamed Sabreen, from Baghdad / Iraq There are many stories in Baghdad, and if you put the threads together, you will draw a complete picture of what is happening in Iraq. I believe that there are many faces of Iraq, each one seeking to secure its place in the new Iraq. However, what I witnessed was a “struggle for ...

On 26–27 May 2025, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan paid a productive visit to Moscow. On the first day of his stay, Minister Fidan was warmly received by President Vladimir Putin. He also held meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s top negotiator in the Istanbul talks Vladimir Medinsky, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin, and members ...

Rafael Barajas Durán, better known as El Fisgón, is a Mexican cartoonist and illustrator. He has co-directed satirical magazines such as El Chahuistle and El Chamuco y los hijos del Averno and is a regular contributor to La Jornada. He also heads Morena’s National Institute of Political Formation. What is the role of humor in politics? Freud once said people have three responses to extreme ...

Following Trump’s reelection, Washington and Moscow initiated contacts aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine. Trump’s team worked not only with the Russian side but also engaged in talks with both Europe and Ukraine. From the Munich Security Conference to Zelenskyy’s visit to the White House, from meetings in Europe to gatherings held in Ukraine, numerous initiatives were undertaken, but none ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer As the global interest remains captivated by great power competition and regional fault lines in the Indo-Pacific, one underappreciated actor remains a quietly salient factor in Chinese strategic thinking: Myanmar. Conventional wisdom had it that Myanmar sat at the periphery of high-order geopolitics, when in fact, it sits at the center of Beijing’s vision of a ...

UWI author and political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan shared his analysis with Sputnik Türkiye on the Russia–Ukraine negotiations held in Istanbul. The interview also included Europe’s stance on the matter, and the recent phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. We present the interview translating into English. Güzaltan stated that the Russian Federation proposed to ...