Over the last two decades, decolonisation has been the subject of much debate in the educational sphere. The Rhodes Must Fall movement further catalysed this process in a substantial way. Decolonisation is defined as the undoing of the narrative and the mindset of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby a nation establishes and maintains its domination of foreign territories, ...
The events in Tunisia are discussed throughout West Asia. Turkey’s Vatan Party, which has extended relations to regional countries including Syria, Lebanon and Egypt, has organized a meeting within its Office of International Relations, where the latest events in Tunisia and its possible impacts on Turkey were discussed in detail. At the meeting Professor Cuneyt Akalin, Dr. Mehmet Perincek and ...
by Ljubodrag Simonović The following text is an excerpt from the book “The Olympic Deceit of the ‘Divine Baron’ – Pierre de Coubertin” by Ljubodrag Simonović. To contact the author: ducidrag@gmail.com As early as 1929, at the time of the great recession, “father” of the modern Olympic Games Pierre de Coubertin expressed his inclination towards authoritarian regimes, namely his ...
Russia and China are preparing for joint military exercises to take place in Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from August 9 to 13. According to Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defense, the theme of this upcoming military exercise is jointly safeguarding regional security and stability, reported the Chinese Global Times. The drill is named ...
By Ljubodrag Duci Simonović Lubodrag Simonovic (72) was a member of the Yugoslav national basketball team, which won the world championship in 1970. Several times he played for the national team along with Sergei and Alexander Belov. He was a participant in the Olympic Games in Munich. In protest against the cover-up of a doping scam with Puerto Rico, he ...
By Abdul Kerimkhanov The trilateral meeting of the chairmen of the parliaments of Azerbaijan, Pakistan and Turkey, following which the Baku Declaration was signed, had a huge impact on today’s diplomacy. The head of the Institute for Peace Studies and Diplomacy and Chairman of the Pakistan-SCO Friendship Forum, well-known Pakistani political scientist Muhammad Asif Nur said this in an interview ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. The first topic was the rapid wildfires that spread across the entire nation in 132 different locations throughout the last week. The second was the successes of Turkish athletes in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. The third was the telephone conversation between the Presidents ...
In very contested elections that even turned violent with the assault on the Congress, the US has carried Joseph Biden to government. Is “America back”, as the US president frequently claims or are we witnessing the decline of an empire? The Turkish TV Channel Ulusal Kanal has searched for the answer of this question in a newly published documentary titled ...
China’s new Ambassador to the USA, Qin Gang, who started his duty upon arriving in Washington, will lead a critical period in the relations between the two countries. Qin Gang is a very remarkable person who replaced Cui Tiankai, the 68-year-old ambassador of China who has served the longest time in Washington. Qin, a young 55-year-old yet experienced diplomat, has ...
The youth of 6 countries in West Asia that resist US imperialism and Israeli Zionism came together for “Independent Palestine” at the conference organized by World Anti-Imperialist Youth Union (WAYU). The “International Youth Conference on Independent Palestine” composed of 11 youth organizations from Palestine, Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen met online on 25 July 2021. The youth organizations stated “Against the Imperialist-Zionist Threat, For the Independent State of Palestine, We ...