By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The Strait of Hormuz has undoubtedly been a key choke point for energy and trade routes throughout history.However, at this point in time, Hormuz has become a full-fledged choke point; despite accounting for only 20 percent of global flow, it not only controls the flow of oil and natural gas but is also fundamentally reshaping ...
As the joint war waged by the United States and Israel—two nuclear-armed states, one of which possesses the most powerful military in the world—approaches its first month, developments on the ground indicate that none of the assumptions held by Washington and Tel Aviv at the outset of the conflict have materialized. The aggressor forces initiated this campaign against Iran without ...
By Yunus Emre Özgün The “rules-based international order” is dead. It has not been dismantled by foreign adversaries, but systemically destroyed by its self-proclaimed architects. As the Middle East teeters on the edge of a regional conflagration sparked by Israeli strikes on Iran’s South Pars gas field and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Washington finds itself cornered. ...
By Mohammad Sabreen, from Cairo / Egypt Day after day, it becomes clearer to everyone that the war the United States and Israel are waging against Iran is not an easy walk or a swift military campaign. While the battles rage, the scope of the war expands, discontent grows, oil and gas prices are exploding, and fears of a severe ...
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on March 22 that he is “absolutely convinced” that the alliance will be able to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Rutte stated 22 countries, including NATO members along with allies such as South Korea and Japan, are coordinating efforts to do that. Cem Gürdeniz, a retired Rear Admiral of the Turkish Navy and one ...
We will present some tips that provide elements of analysis on the war between the United States and Israel against Iran and certain consequences that could arise from it: ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist When discussing a U.S. ground operation in Hormuz, it would be misleading to view the issue solely through the lens of military capability. For the true determining factors are the constraints imposed by geography, Iran’s war doctrine, and the tension created by the interplay of these two with the U.S.’s global and Israel’s regional positions. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cem Gürdeniz, a retired Rear Admiral of the Turkish Navy and one of the coiners of the term “Blue Homeland” (Mavi Vatan) shared his views on the developments in the Strait of Hormuz on the social platform X. We present Gürdeniz’s analysis, translated into English. — A massive maritime traffic crisis has paralyzed the Strait of Hormuz. Current shipping data ...
Very strange and highly contradictory statements have so far been issued by the Cypriot, Greek, and British authorities regarding the drones and missiles from Iran, because of which Greek and other NATO forces rushed—or are rushing—to the island. 1. The British Secretary of State for Defense, John Healey, announced on Sunday morning that two Iranian missiles were launched toward Cyprus ...