By Odile Mojon-Cheminade The spectacular US aggression against Venezuela in early January, preceded by acts of piracy on the high seas, has opened a new chapter, dangerously bringing the world closer to the abyss. The kidnapping and subsequent detention of a sitting foreign president, carried out under pretenses, demonstrates that everything must yield to American power, starting with international law: ...
By Dr. Fernando Esteche The decision by Panama’s Supreme Court to annul the concession that allowed CK Hutchison to operate the Cristóbal and Balboa ports on the Panama Canal represents the culmination of a geopolitical operation executed with surgical precision. The ruling by Panama’s highest court is not an exercise in independent judicial sovereignty but rather confirmation that Panama remains ...
By Gabriel Vera Lopes, from Havana / Cuba President Trump signed an executive order this Thursday (29) declaring a “national emergency,” arguing that Cuba represents an alleged “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the security of the United States. The measure imposes new tariffs on countries that “sell or otherwise supply oil to Cuba,” with the aim of deepening the energy ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer The U.S.–Japan relationship has been framed for decades as the keystone of stability in East Asia, a union of American military clout and Japanese economic clout. For years, this two-nation coalition has operated on an unofficial arrangement: Japan would allow American bases on its territory and have its foreign policy harmonized with Washington, and the U.S. ...
These days, the streets of Minneapolis look like a scene straight out of a Clint Eastwood western shot in the deserts of Arizona. Strange-looking, masked ICE agents, who seem to take themselves to all-powerful town sheriffs, are stopping people in the streets, in their homes, and inside shops. Anyone with darker skin, a slightly large nose, or the faintest foreign ...
By Serdar Üsküplü, Vice Chairman of the Vatan Party (Türkiye) The entity announced by US President Donald Trump under the guise of a “Peace Council” is an attempt to legitimize American aggression by co-opting other states. It is a move designed to mask the strategic defeat, deadlock, and decline the United States is facing globally. The dreams of a unipolar ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer Donald Trump’s unapologetic enthusiasm for fossil fuels is not just a rejection of climate science—it is an intent to remake world energy geopolitics in America’s image. Under the guise of “energy dominance,” the former and now potentially incoming president has signaled that American oil and gas are not just commodities but weapons of strategic power. While ...
By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein, from Caracas / Venezuela Many people assume that Donald Trump’s actions are marked by a mental disorder. Trying to confirm this, I investigated the matter and, in an article published in July titled “Is Trump a lunatic or a typical rich kid ecstatic with his perversions?”, I reported on the criminal history and distortion of reality ...
By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China A new bill submitted to Congress in the US clearly demonstrates the stage Washington’s containment strategy against China in the Pacific has reached. According to the proposal, the US will negotiate new free trade agreements with Pacific Island countries; it will eliminate tariffs on certain products and deepen economic relations. The rationale is ...
The pace of events is so rapid that it is difficult to keep track of what is happening and to deliberate on its repercussions and consequences. Last week I wrote about the new U.S. National Security Strategy and said that I would continue trying to discern its implications, but recent events have forced me to shift my focus of analysis. ...
A document like a country’s “National Security Strategy,” such as the one recently announced by the United States, cannot be based on fiction and deceit. In presenting the document, President Trump resorted to all sorts of falsehoods, clearly to convince the stupefied American public that “they are winning.” It is a foreign policy document geared toward domestic politics. Likewise, it ...
UWI author Yunus Soner provided an interview to Sputnik Türkiye on the recent US threats against and the reaction in Venezuela. Below we present the interview as published by Sputnik Türkiye here. Latin America is on the verge of a geopolitical tremor on a scale not seen in many years. The US’s increasing military and political pressure on Venezuela has ...