By Masoud Sadrmohammadi Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of Iran, and Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, signed the “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation” on January 17, 2025, marking the beginning of a new era in Iran-Russia relations. Despite its historical and strategic significance, the treaty did not receive the attention it ...
By Yunus Soner US President Donald Trump’s policy of migration caused a first diplomatic sable rattling on the American continent. Trump started expelling so-called immigrant migrants, putting them in US military planes. Footage shows migrants were transported in chains. This caused rejection by many Latin American countries, the major areas of origin, with Mexico prohibiting the landing of such a ...
By Hend Selim, Cairo / Egypt With Donald Trump becoming President, it is wondered what kind of foreign policy the US will follow towards different regions. The direction in which US policy towards African countries will develop with Trump is also one of the topics discussed under this heading. We asked Africa expert Lawrence Freeman about the possible course of ...
By Onur Sinan Güzaltan Turkish politics is once again undergoing an upheaval. It all began when Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the largest nationalist party in the country and the coalition partner of the ruling government, proposed that Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the PKK terrorist organization, be allowed to address Parliament to call ...
By Beto Cremonte, Teacher, professor of Social Communication and Journalism, graduate of UNLP Last December’s elections in Ghana represented the return of John Mahama to power, initially on his own merit, but also as a punishment for the current politics in the country. But we cannot leave out of the analysis the political turbulence in the region of West Africa ...
Ankara has been facing a serious problem for decades – PKK separatism, which manifests itself both within Türkiye and beyond its borders. In particular, in northern Syria, where the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were formed. Ankara sees it as a direct continuation of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), recognized as a terrorist organization in Türkiye. This fact is the primary ...
Türkiye had a packed agenda last week. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan continued his focus on Syria, while President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made remarks regarding Donald Trump’s return to office. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu faced trial over alleged insults toward a prosecutor, and Victory Party leader Ümit Özdağ was detained on charges of insulting the President and inciting public hatred and ...
By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein The most important global event of this year is the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War and the Nazi-fascist defeat in Berlin on May 9, 1945. At a time when fascism and the extreme right are trying to “raise their heads”, once again supported now by countries that ...
The plan to exclude the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), the winner in the elections, from the government has backfired. The mandate to form the government has now been given to the FPÖ. Following this development, Türkiye’s daily Aydınlık newspaper’s supplement in Europe, Aydınlık Europe, conducted interviews with Austrian historian Christoph H. Benedikter, Freilich magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Stefan Juritz and Turkish ...
By Elixsandro Ballesteros, Former Ambassador of Panama in Venezuela, professor at the Faculty of Economy, University of Panama To understand the impact that President Donald Trump’s threats have on the Panamanian nation, one must recall the history of the Panama Canal in the existence of this country, and also explain the content of the Treaties that are part of international ...