By Adnan Akfirat, Chairman of the Turkish-Chinese Business Development and Friendship Association On April 9, US President Trump imposed new tariffs on US imports under the name of “reciprocal tariffs”. Trump had announced that on April 2, 2025, which he called “Independence Day”, he would impose self-justified tariffs on almost every country in the world. China, declaring that it would ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist / Author After a long period of threatening rhetoric and new arms transfers to Israel, Donald Trump surprisingly announced last week that the United States and Iran would begin direct talks. Given Trump’s Iran policies during his first term and the first three months of his second term, some might think that this was a ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer China’s gaming sector has finally come of age. From a one-time fractured universe of PC cafés and pirated software to a globally competitive industry home to corporate titans Tencent and NetEase, China’s digital gaming revolution is at the same time eye-opening and instructive. It is the largest gaming market in the world by population and one ...
By Ali Mercan, Frankfurt / Germany The coalition talks between the Christian Union (CDU-CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) entered an intense phase during the second week of April. The fluctuations in public support reflected in the latest polls have increased pressure on both sides. It is said that the results of the coalition negotiations would be announced during ...
By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China “The best thing to do now is to declare war on Taiwan. Because Trump once said he would impose a 100% tariff on China if we did so. But the current rates are way higher than that. At least this way, we would reunify with Taiwan and also reduce tariffs…” The above comment was ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer The green transformation in the car industry is no longer a vision of the future but a here-and-now necessity. Transport emissions account for almost a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, and the decarbonization of mobility is at the heart of both European and Asian climate policy. Rhetorical sustainability talk is now part of industrial ...
By Feyyaz Erkin Eşli The phone talks between Putin and Trump were constructive and even upbeat. The main takeaway is that both leaders expressed interest in continuing the dialogue and developing relations between the two countries. Many experts have already noted that the most significant aspect of the conversation was not the discussion of ongoing conflicts but the future of ...
By Mohamed Sabreen, Cairo / Egypt The “Qatar Gate” affair has shaken Israel, not only because it is yet another corruption scandal hounding Benjamin Netanyahu, even if his involvement has not been revealed, but also because it is a bribery scandal benefiting Doha and aimed at tarnishing Egypt’s image, even if the price is more Palestinian blood. Several questions have ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer Italy’s exit from China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2023 was a symbolic diplomatic move. Having been the first and only G7 country to officially join the BRI in 2019, Italy’s entry had been viewed as a grand vote of confidence in Beijing’s vision for global connectivity. Its pullout, four years later, is being interpreted ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer As the tectonic plates of international power continue to shift, Southeast Asia’s squarely in the middle of a changing geopolitical order. Its economic vigor, political volatility, and geostrategic positioning make it a hub of key importance in the new global cooperative architecture — and competition. It is against this evolving backdrop that China’s relations with the ...