On March 8th, the people of the world dealt Trump three resounding defeats on a battlefield he doesn’t believe in: the battlefield of democracy. In Iran, Colombia, and Venezuela, on International Women’s Day, in different situations and in different ways, anti-democracy and fascism suffered crushing defeats that express the global rejection of Washington’s absolutist and imperialist practices. Iran: Smooth election ...

By Mohammad Reza Moradi, General Director of Mehr News Agency’s Foreign Languages and International News Department, from Tehran / Iran In theories of international relations, one of the most fundamental transformations in the history of global politics was the transition from imperial orders to the system of nation-states. This transformation, which began in the seventeenth century following the Peace of ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer In a world in which geopolitics between states too-often play out in the headlines rather than in hard reality, the China-Australia relationship has become a case study in how frenzied reporting on national security can drown out sensible diplomacy. There exists a healthy and business-minded partnership between the two, but of late, it has been characterized ...

By Serhat Latifoğlu The strategy of imperialist US and genocidal Israel’s war against Iran – which started with an inhumane attack on a girls’ elementary school in Minab in Hormozgan province and claimed little girls’ lives –  was built on the prediction that the shock effect of the strikes would quickly force Iran into submission. This strategy collapsed within days. ...

As the war between the United States and Iran intensifies across the Middle East, questions are mounting over Washington’s long-term strategy and the broader geopolitical stakes. Retired Turkish Major General Ahmet Yavuz offers a stark assessment: the conflict, he argues, is marked by unclear objectives, risky assumptions, and the potential for prolonged instability. “When we talk about strategy, we mean ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer With the “America First” rhetoric back on the world stage, an old unease has come back to global institutions. At its core, this slogan promotes a transactional, zero-sum approach to world affairs—one where one power’s national interest takes precedence over collective responsibility. For the majority of nations in the Global South, this vision is less an ...

As in the rest of the world, the war between Iran and the US-Israel topped Türkiye’s agenda. The Turkish public, almost in its entirety, is closely following and supporting Iran’s fight against the US-Israel. Officials and politicians issued several statements about the war. President Erdoğan: “Diplomacy should be given a chance” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made remarks about the ongoing ...

By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist As two weeks of the conflict between the U.S./Israel and Iran have passed, it has become clear that the Strait of Hormuz is not merely a regional transit point, but the lifeblood of the global energy system. This narrow passage, which connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, has ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer As the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) shifts from an infrastructure-centered vision to one of increasingly more inclusive models of world development, sustainability has become a core—if contentious—pillar of legitimacy. Nowhere is this more urgent than with China’s economic relations with ASEAN countries, a strategic border region for BRI deployment. By applying energy calculation—a green accounting ...

UWI author and political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan was guest on the live broadcast of Azerbaijan-based Anewz TV. Güzaltan answered questions regarding the missile attacks on Türkiye. To talk about Türkiye’s response to missiles in Turkish airspace and what this could mean for the wider region, I’m joined now by Onur Guzaltan, a political scientist. Onur, very good to have ...

Panic in Washington and Tel Aviv We are witnessing that the US and Israel have failed to achieve the objectives they had initially set at the beginning of this war. This setback has also generated a palpable sense of panic both in Washington and Tel Aviv. In many ways, this is understandable, because while they launched this war seeking “regime ...

By Cemil Gözel Spain’s distanced approach to the Iran–US/Israel war has earned significant recognition, particularly in Türkiye. The Madrid administration first revealed its anti-war position with the statements of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and soon after, it announced that the US cannot use its bases on Spanish soil for this war. The historical context of Spain’s anti-war stance Explaining Spain’s ...