The World Civilizations Initiative Research Center organized an international conference on Global Security and NATO on June 26-27, 2026, in Istanbul, Türkiye, ahead of the NATO summit scheduled for 7 and 8th of July in Ankara. One of the speakers was Angel Georgiev Member of Parliament for the Revival Party in Bulgaria. Below we present Georgiev’s speech. Ladies and Gentlemen, ...
By Konstantin Sivkov, retired Russian Admiral and Vice Chairman of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences The World Civilizations Initiative Research Center organized an international conference on Global Security and NATO on June 26-27, 2026, in Istanbul, Türkiye, ahead of the NATO summit scheduled for 7 and 8th of July in Ankara. One of the speakers was Konstantin ...
By Edvard Chesnokov Alexander Nosovich is a member of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy (Rus. SVOP), the oldest and the leading Russian international affairs think tank. As an expert on Belarus, the Baltic States, and East Europe, Nosovich is the editor-in-chief of RuBaltic.Ru, a media dedicated to the issues of this region, and the editor-in-chief of Eurasia.Expert, a Eurasian integration media hub. Exclusively ...
By Gökalp Erbaş In recent days, the political agenda in both Moldova and the Transnistrian Republic has been dominated by a new decree enacted by Russia on May 15, designed to facilitate the acquisition of Russian citizenship for residents of Transnistria. The ice surrounding the Transnistria–Chișinău tensions, long characterized as a “frozen conflict,” had already begun to thaw following the ...
According to recent international media reports, NATO, now teetering on the brink of disintegration, is preparing to launch a massive propaganda attack by tapping into the film and television industry. Producers, directors, and screenwriters were reportedly invited to three separate high-level meetings in Los Angeles, Brussels, and Paris. On the agenda was the acceleration of NATO’s “cultural” initiatives and several ...
By Yunus Emre Özgün Caught between a self-inflicted economic disaster and a mandated military buildup, the German state is navigating a geopolitical minefield. In an exclusive interview with UWI Data, retired Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach dissects Berlin’s new April 2026 military strategy (Militärstrategie und Plan für die Streitkräfte Verantwortung für Europa). He exposes the dangerous “blind loyalty” tying Germany to ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The conflict between the U.S. and Iran—which remains far from resolution and is rapidly generating global repercussions—has sparked profound debates not only about the balance of power in the Middle East but also about NATO’s future and Europe’s security architecture. The U.S. decision in recent days to withdraw a portion of its troops stationed in ...
By Feyyaz Erkin Eşli On April 15, 2026, Russia’s Ministry of Defense released a significant statement regarding the continuation of the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. It was reported that on March 26, 2026, a number of European countries decided to increase the supply of military drones to the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine), indicating that European states have ...
By Yunus Emre Özgün On paper, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) promises a collective security umbrella. However, the geopolitical reality on the ground, stretching from paralyzed European capitals to the burning Middle East, reveals a profoundly different architecture. According to Dr. Daniele Ganser, the renowned Swiss historian and peace researcher who exposed the Cold War-era Gladio networks, the alliance ...
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 ...
In recent years, Greece has found itself navigating an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, balancing its historical alignment with the NATO and Western powers against mounting regional tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean. At the heart of this dynamic lie not only the country’s relations with Türkiye, but also the growing role of Israel and shifting strategies in the broader Middle East. ...
From Athens / Greece US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio called in his speech in the Munich Security Conference to “revive the Western Civilization”. Amid the war in West Asia, western countries are mounting up their military deployment to the Eastern Mediterranean, while tensions are increasing between Greece and Türkiye over the positioning of air defenses on some Greek islands. ...