Ljubodrag Simonovic, Belgrade, Serbia Conspiracy theories did not originate from a political movement that fights to prevent the destruction of life on Earth and creates a humane world, but from a political movement that fights for capitalism. They are the product of new circumstances created in the contemporary world. It is, above all, about globalization and the emergence ...
The Orthodox Patriarch of Phanar (Istanbul) made a 4-day-visit to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, starting on August 21. The visit of the Patriarch, who in violation of the Lausanne Treaty claims to be Ecumenical, ended in disaster. Role in US plans In January 2019, Bartholomew had recognized the independence (“autocephaly”) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from the Russian Orthodox Church, to ...
By Cansu Yiğit The footage showing the Afghan immigrants entering Turkey from the Turkish-Iranian border in a disorganized way, the US’ statement that it will accept the Afghans that have served them as immigrants via third-party countries, including Turkey, and the statements coming from EU countries demanding that Afghan immigrants should be stopped in Turkey have brought the disturbance related ...
Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard evaluated the so-called Merida Initiative, which regulates the strategic cooperation between his country and the US, as “dead” in an interview given to the Washington Post on July 29. The statement is the latest link in a number of Mexican steps to curb US influence inside the country as well as Latin America. “The Merida ...
By Cansu Yigit The Taliban, ousted from the power after the American invasion, have seized the power back after 20 years, even before the American troops could complete their withdrawal from the region. At the moment this article is being written, the Taliban have entered the capital Kabul, the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has fled the country, and Western powers ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. First topic was the statements made by both opposition and government politicians, regarding the current Afghan refugee crisis. Second was the meeting between the Turkish President Erdogan and the Emirati Security Adviser Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, hinting to a possible rapprochement between the two countries ...
Taliban has taken over the driver’s seat in Afghanistan and invites now Chinese companies to invest in the country. Chinese state owned enterprises fear US sanctions as applied against Iran, while the private sector signals will to take a risk. The Taliban has established control over the great part of the country. Now, a test more difficult that war expects ...
North Africa is a very important area in terms of contemporary geopolitics. The great world powers are competing in the lands between Tangier and the Suez to acquire local influence and positions in the great game in the Mediterranean Sea. In the north of Africa, several conflicts are underway in various fields: from energy to military, to the commercial sphere. ...
By Mehmet Emre Öztürk The crisis in Afghanistan has created a new agenda in Asia-Pacific. The recently published article of the Wall Street Journal, which claimed that the US considers transferring Afghan refugees to its overseas military bases, including those in South Korea, has caused great echo in the said country. The South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong spoke on ...
Istanbul (Fener) Patriarch Bartholomew’s visit to Ukraine has already sparked tensions and reactions in the Orthodox world. As we will see, these tensions have more to do with geopolitics than religion. As I mentioned in a previous article (Religion and Geopolitics: The Split in the Orthodox World: https://unitedworldint.com/15021-religion-and-geopolitics-the-split-in-the-orthodox-world/), this is a matter of conflict between the Istanbul (Fener) Patriarchate and ...