At the end of February, the world was discussing the restrictive measures that had to be taken against the Coronavirus pandemic. Now, just 3 months after, people are beginning to criticize these measures and demand the end of the restrictions. This situation reminded me of a tweet by George Friedman, the founder of Stratfor (A think tank associated with the ...
Political changes in Iraq The Iraqi Parliament has given its support to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi, thus ending an almost six-month political crisis. Only five candidates remained without a vote of confidence, including the new head of the Foreign Ministry. At the same time, al-Kazemi’s choice has already been approved by the US and Iran, which are ...
Strategies are commonly defined as the identification of long-term or overall aims and interests and the means of achieving them [1]. At the same time, they involve gaining an overall or long-term military advantage [2]. In this article, however, by “strategic” I mean plans of action designed to achieve the overall economic and commercial aims of the countries in question. ...
On the morning of April 1, 2006, the Turkish delegation at the NATO headquarters in Brussels released a written statement to all alliance members announcing Turkey’s launch of the “Mediterranean Shield” naval operation to ensure energy security in the Eastern Mediterranean. The statement had the effect of an earthquake in NATO, as the alliance’s Active Endeavour Operation (OAE) had been ...
One of the most discussed questions in the world right now is what kind of a world awaits in the post-coronavirus era. We might also ask whether the changes in store can come about without a major global conflict. The End of Liberal-Globalist system Almost everyone agrees that the liberal-globalist system is now collapsing. This is agreed on not only ...
The Coronavirus pandemic has become a convenient way for governments in many countries to strengthen surveillance of their own citizens. About 30 countries around the world have strengthened such measures. As governments discuss the need to remove quarantine restrictions, the issue of controlling the number of people falling ill is becoming more and more acute. It’s impossible to continue lockdown ...
The coronavirus crisis in Ibero-America has brought to light numerous problems across the entire continent. All models of governance and international disposition have suffered attacks to different degrees, revealing internal problems linked to the economy, health and the subsistence of citizens. In all of Latin America the number of cases amounts to 200,000, with a total of 10,000 deaths (officially) ...
Bağımsızlığın kazanıldığı 1936’dan başlayarak yapılmış bazı filmlerin adları ansiklopedik bilgi olarak sıralanabilirse de Suriye sinemasının asıl olarak 1960’lı yıllardan itibaren özel kuruluşların yanına devlet sektörünün de eklenmesiyle ulusal kimlik kazanmaya başladığı söylenebilir. 1963’te kurulduğunda özellikle genç sinemacılara el uzatmak gibi bir strateji benimseyen Suriye Devlet Sinema Merkezi’nin çalışmaları, yılda ortalama bir-iki film üretilmesine rağmen 1980’lere gelindiğinde uluslararası film festivallerinde dikkat ...
Although films were already being produced in Syria after 1936 when the independence was gained, Syrian Cinema only began to gain its national identity in the 1960s with the intervention of the state in private productions. Syrian filmmakers remained under the influence of the Egyptian cinema until the state intervened in Syria; this is likely due to the fact that ...
Germany should “exclude the stationing of US nuclear weapons in the future,” Rolf Mützenich, the leader of the Social Democrats (SPD) in the Bundestag, declared. “Nuclear weapons on German territory do not heighten our security, just the opposite,” Mützenich said in an interview with Der Tagesspiegel. Mützenich added that the time has come for Germany to rule out a future ...