DPRK, The land of smiles and wonders – Pt. 5: Worship the people like the sky By Stary Shakhtyor – Who lives in these houses? We were travelling along the canal of the Taedong River, on which Pyongyang is situated. I notice cozy houses with several floors, with flats rising up steps above the embankment. Obviously, a privileged class must ...
By Özgür Altınbaş, Donetsk / Russia Vittorio Nicola Rangeloni, a Russian/Italian journalist living in Donetsk, described the latest situation on the Ukrainian front. “Having lost control of Ugledar, Selidovo and Gornyak, the Ukrainian army is about to lose control of Kurakhovo,” Rangeloni said, noting that Russian armed forces are constantly advancing on the Donbass front. Emphasizing that all these places ...
By Prof Dr Fernando Esteche, Buenos Aires / Argentina The non-consecutive re-election of Donald Trump as the president of the United States of America invites us to reflect on what Latin America and the Caribbean should expect in its historical relationship of dependence and colonialism with the decadent imperial metropolis. Trade, migration, and hemispheric security will surely be the items ...
By Yunus Soner Prof. Dr. Fahri Erenel is a retired general of the Turkish Armed Forces, who is today working as an analyst, following regional developments very closely. In interview with UWI, he states that the US might have played a role in the recent terror attack in the Turkish city of Ankara, and places it into the broader context ...
By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China Trump’s re-election highlights the weakening of current US hegemony, while also exposing a radical fracture in the US-led international order. Over the last two decades, US global hegemony has been seriously shaken by political, economic, and military crises and defeats. As the US begins to lose its global dominance, it will abandon the traditional rhetoric ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen Donald Trump has been reelected, sparking concerns across Europe. The Atlanticist media are recalling the tensions that marked US-Europe relations from 2017 to 2021 during Trump’s first term as president. Before the 2016 election, Trump’s rhetoric notably diverged from that of aggressive globalist neoconservatives. He advocated for collaboration with Russia in the fight against ISIS in ...
The US election, closely watched worldwide, was also followed with great interest in Türkiye. After Donald Trump was elected president, President Erdoğan shared a congratulatory message on social media. Erdoğan’s message read: “I extend my congratulations to my friend Donald Trump, who has been reelected as the President of the United States after a big struggle. In this new term ...
Editor’s note: The following article was published by UWI in 2022. One of it’s main figures, Michael Walts, is expected to be designated as the National Security Adviser of President-elect Donald Trump. Hence, UWI republishes the text, as it may serve to analyze the Trump Administration’s position vis-a-vis Syria, Türkiye and the PKK. By Yunus Soner During last 30 years, ...
By Adem Kılıç, political scientist, Türkiye During Trump’s first term as the US President between 2017 and 2021, Türkiye and the US had disagreements on many issues. During Trump’s first term, relations between Türkiye and the US were marked by periodic problems, ranging from the crisis over Trump’s letter to President Erdoğan to the Pastor Brunson incident, from the Halkbank ...
By Masoud Sadrmohammadi As the results of the U.S. presidential election became clear, various political factions and groups have expressed differing views on the potential impacts of Donald Trump’s return to the White House on Iran. On the first day following Trump’s declared victory, Iran’s currency market reacted negatively, with the Iranian rial losing value against the U.S. dollar. However, ...