By Dr. Halim Gençoğlu The Libya scandal is perhaps the most severe accusation against Sarkozy’s moral integrity. Prosecutors claimed his 2007 campaign received €50 million from Gaddafi’s regime, facilitated by intermediaries such as Ziad Takieddine funds allegedly rewarded with diplomatic favors like Gaddafi’s 2007 Paris visit and arms deals. Evidence such as Libyan diaries, cash transfer records, and witness testimonies ...
By Onur Sinan Güzaltan US Ambassador to Ankara and Special Envoy for Syria, Tom Barrack, lays out the Trump administration’s blueprint for reshaping West Asia quite explicitly in his article titled “A Personal Perspective – Syria and Lebanon Are the Next Pieces for Levant Peace”. Describing the Gaza deal signed on October 13 in Sharm el-Sheikh as “a defining moment ...
By Prof Dr. Fernando Esteche, from Buenos Aires / Argentina On Sunday, October 26, 2025, Argentina voted again. And it surprised us once more, although nothing should surprise us anymore in this open-air laboratory where the most brutal forms of financial capitalism and cognitive warfare are tested. The victory of La Libertad Avanza (Freedom Advances) was resounding: 9,341,798 votes in ...
The European Commission and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy released “Preserving Peace – Defense Readiness Roadmap 2030” on October 16. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen explained the need for this Roadmap by saying “The recent threats have shown that Europe is at risk”. The Roadmap is built on the “White Paper for European Defense” published ...
As always, it was a busy week in Türkiye’s political landscape. At the top of the national agenda were the presidential elections held in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Another headline was President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the Gulf countries. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s and National Intelligence Organization (MIT) Chief İbrahim Kalın’s meeting with Hamas officials was ...
By Özgür Altınbaş We discussed the ongoing tariff war between the United States and China with Adjunct Professor Warwick Powell from Queensland University of Technology and Xu Yawen from CGTN Radio. The experts stressed that the U.S. is making a strategic mistake and harming its own domestic economy. They also noted that China’s defensive mechanisms against U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer The environmental sustainability experience of Southeast Asia is an uneven and rugged terrain, shaped by forces that intersect but refuse to move together in harmony. As the ASEAN countries speed up to discover the middle path between economic development and nature protection, they must contend with the unbalanced consequences of the leading drivers—digitalization, natural resource exploitation, ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist / Author Lebanon and the Republic of Cyprus have this week brought back to the agenda the agreement on determining maritime jurisdiction boundaries, which has been ongoing since 2017 but has never materialized due to Türkiye’s resolute stance and foreign policy moves in the region. Various speculations about its signing have found their way into ...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that the U.S. military could stop receiving their salaries in mid-November if the government shutdown (temporary interruption of the functioning of the U.S. administration) continues. Anna Paulina Luna, a Republican congresswoman, reported on Sunday that the U.S. government shutdown could last until the end of November. In an interview with CBS, Bessent said, “I ...
By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist In recent days, a roundtable organized by the Russian Union of Journalists, titled “On the Razor’s Edge of Information Wars,” shed light on one of the most critical issues of our time: the transformation of information into a new front of warfare. I did not attend this meeting; however, the themes highlighted and the views ...