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 ...

Romania has recently found itself in the midst of intense political upheaval, highlighting deeper concerns regarding national sovereignty and external interference. The turmoil escalated when Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the December 2024 presidential election, controversially citing alleged foreign interference, particularly implicating Russia, in an apparent effort to sideline nationalist candidate Călin Georgescu, who had gained widespread support due to his stance ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer As the European Union seeks leadership in a broken and more uncertain world, the nature of its engagement with China is becoming a key test case—not merely of its geopolitical maturity but of its strategic endurance in the long term. In an increasingly bloc politics-, systemic competition-, and technology-diverging international world, the EU and China must ...

By Yunus Soner, Berlin / Germany Germany’s militarization of foreign policy, especially towards Russia has been discussed intensely. The German government has widened the military budget beyond the imaginable. The public opinion discusses day by day the reintroduction of obligatory military service, while scenarios of a Russian attack on the country are being widely discussed in great parts of media. ...

By Islam Farag, from Cairo / Egypt Since taking office last January, U.S. President Donald Trump has been attempting to reshape the global trade system. Attention has only been drawn to one aspect of this effort: his fervent desire to use tariffs to adjust the balance of trade between the United States and many other countries. On April 2, significant ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer The post-World War II international system, long founded on Western dominance, is being reshaped behind the scenes by a tide of economic ambition, political rise, and diplomatic realignment—led not by the old giants, but by a growing number of nations once confined to the margins. This new power, collectively known as the Global South, is now ...

By Yunus Soner, Berlin / Germany Germany’s militarization of foreign policy is advancing fast. The country has recently decided to deploy troops to Lithuania permanently. Simultaneously, the government has deepened the initiative of “Change of Era”, which former Chancellor Olaf Scholz had announced, establishing a fond of 100 billion Euro for the military. In its last days before the new ...

Political tensions in Türkiye, which intensified after the arrest of Ekrem Imamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul and presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), on March 19, subsided somewhat with the Ramadan holiday. On March 19, the anti-government protests, which began in Saraçhane, where the Istanbul Municipality is located, spread nationwide, with the participation of students from ...

We always emphasize the importance of Turkish-Russian cooperation for the security, development and economy of both countries. The cooperation of these two countries is needed not only for both countries, but also for the stability, development, peace, security and tranquility of the region. Especially in the face of the Atlantic threat, the partnership of these two countries becomes much more ...