UWI author, historian and political scientist Mehmet Perinçek followed the 28th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on-site, held in St. Petersburg from June 18–21, with 20,000 guests from 140 countries. Perinçek shared his impressions of the Forum and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s remarks and answers to journalists’ questions on Ceyhun Bozkurt’s program on Sputnik Radio. Perinçek also responded to ...

By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist/Writer  Last week, Israel’s war against Iran and the subsequent US intervention with attacks on nuclear facilities clearly showed that this is not just a crisis between two countries. Israel’s consecutive air strikes against Iran over the course of a week did not merely target Tehran’s nuclear infrastructure; they began to shake up both regional and ...

By Masoud Sadrmohammadi With the confirmation that Donald Trump will serve a new term as the President of the United States, Iran’s analytical landscape swiftly shifted toward assessing the implications of Trump’s maximum pressure policy against Iran. Politicians, analysts, and ordinary citizens alike focused on the potential impact of the anticipated hardline approach that his administration could adopt toward Tehran. ...

By Onur Sinan Güzaltan Israel is losing: The US, in line with its strategic interests, continues to support its outpost in the region. Following the collapse of the Iron Dome, the Pentagon announced that the THAAD batteries will be sent to Israel. And American troops will be deployed to operate these batteries. The US forces were already present in Israel. ...

By Tehran Tapdigov, Baku / Azerbaijan The statement that ended the Second Karabakh War between Azerbaijan and Armenia contains several clauses. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed a statement related to this on November 10, 2020. The 9th clause of the statement concerns the opening of transportation corridors. This includes the ...

By Edvard Chesnokov Dmitry Kuznetsov is a member of the State Duma (the Russian Parliament) from the SRZP (A Just Russia — For Truth) party. Along with his party fellow, a famous Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin, Kuznetsov stands for Eurasianism and establishing a united anti-American front between Moscow, Ankara, Tehran, Beijing, Pyongyang and other non-western actors. Exclusively to UWI, Dmitry ...

NATO members currently discuss on their summit the NATO 2030 Strategy, which is supposed to answer “strategic rivalry” with Russia and China. Asian giants on the other side of the planet meanwhile have started an important military exercise, which might be considered an answer. The Iranian and Russian militaries have kicked off a joint naval drill in the Indian Ocean ...