By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China This year marked the 8th summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). The first summit of the Forum, which is held every three years, was in 2000. The Forum was widely attended. The leaders of 53 African countries, the chairman of the African Union Commission, the UN secretary general and heads of various ...
By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein The upcoming BRICS summit, to be held in Kazan, Russia in October, has aroused great interest in the public opinion, especially since it will take place just a few days before the presidential elections in the United States. It is unquestionable that this event will mark an important part of the international agenda in the near ...
The Turkish political scientist Umur Tugay Yücel published recently a book titled “The decline of US power and rising new powers”. Herein, he discusses the new global balance of power. According to Yücel, the US power is in decline, being replaced by other nations. This opens a new era in world politics. Naming China, Russia and India among the rising ...
This year, the fourteenth BRICS summit will be held in the Russian city of Kazan on October 22-24. Russia is chairing the organization this year and has invested a lot of effort into increasing the potential of BRICS and making the platform a place for uniting countries seeking sovereignty. The main theme of the upcoming summit will be building up ...
By Onur Sinan Güzaltan UWI author, political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan gave an interview to Russia Today France on the Türkiye’s application to join the BRICS. We present the interview translated into English. What is the point for Türkiye to join the BRICS? There are several reasons. Geographically, Türkiye is an Asian country and has strong relations with countries like ...
By Elshad Mirbashiroglu * and Nilufar N. Mammadova ** The imminence of nuclear apocalypse on planet Earth has never been so close since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Humanity is clearly experiencing an extremely dangerous time yet again. Despite the alarming rise in global usage of the term “nuclear war” against the backdrop of recent developments in global geopolitics, we ...
Ahmet Süha Umar, retired Turkish ambassador, wrote a column on NATO’s declaration following the summit in Washington. Based also on his own experiences, Umar observes how NATO turned out to be an organization of aggression after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Umar discusses some possible consequences of the declaration of the Washington summit and warns Türkiye. The column is ...
By Cengiz Köse In Europe, there are those who rebel against NATO and US impositions, the dominion of capital, war policies, and the scourge of poverty. From the realms of politics, academia, journalism and the arts… Here, we present 30 figures, whose voices cannot be confined within the so-called “freedom of expression” boundaries of Europe, showcasing their qualities that “transcend ...
By Özgür Altınbaş Burkina Faso made a move against Western colonialism with the coup in September 2022, contributing significantly to the weakening of colonial powers in Africa. Ibrahim Traoré, the head of the interim government, improved relations with Türkiye, Russia and China. After spending more than 3 months in Burkina Faso, Italian/Russian journalist Vittorio Nicola Rangeloni explained the latest developments ...
By Latif Bolat The political arena in the US has started to become clearer after a few weeks that jumped straight out of a Hollywood political-adventure movie. Donald Trump raised his fist defiantly, laying on the ground after the shots. As if it were the next scene in the script, Biden suddenly announced his withdrawal from the election. To make ...