By Yunus Soner, Antalya / Türkiye US President Donald Trump’s trade policies were one of the main topics at the 4th Antalya Diplomacy Forum, convened by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on April 11-13. Here, we interviewed Jeffrey Sachs, professor at the U.S. Columbia university, a known economist and President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. How do you evaluate ...
By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Many people may think that the conflict between the United States and China is recent and that characterizing it as a “trade war” helps explain its essence, but neither is true. Exalting this confrontation within the framework of these two particularities leads to analytical errors and, to a greater extent, flaws in understanding the phenomenon and ...
By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein We don’t know the impact the Trump administration’s imposition of 10% tariffs on their exports will have on the inhabitants of Heard Island and McDonald Islands. We’ll likely never know, because the population of those territories consists solely of penguins, seals, turtles, and seabirds. It’s been more than ten years since a human last set foot ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist / Author After a long period of threatening rhetoric and new arms transfers to Israel, Donald Trump surprisingly announced last week that the United States and Iran would begin direct talks. Given Trump’s Iran policies during his first term and the first three months of his second term, some might think that this was a ...
By Islam Farag, from Cairo / Egypt Since taking office last January, U.S. President Donald Trump has been attempting to reshape the global trade system. Attention has only been drawn to one aspect of this effort: his fervent desire to use tariffs to adjust the balance of trade between the United States and many other countries. On April 2, significant ...
By Stephan Kaufmann US President Donald Trump has declared Wednesday “Liberation Day.” The next major round of import tariffs is scheduled to take effect on Wednesday, intended to free the US economy from pesky competition. Trump’s trade war against the rest of the world offers some insight into the state of the global market. With tariffs, the US government is ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The recent strategic military deployments of the US, the statements made by the genocidal Netanyahu-led Israeli government and the regional policies of the US under the Trump administration show that preparations are being made for a major military operation. In particular, the deployment of B-2 bombers by the US military to Diego Garcia, a US ...
By Masoud Sadrmohammadi Over the past two weeks, Iran’s political and economic atmosphere has become unusually tense. Trump directly blamed Iran for the events unfolding in the Gulf of Aden, citing its support for the Houthis, and proceeded to bomb Yemen. For the first time, he also held the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran personally responsible for ...
By Oscar Rotundo With Donald Trump’s assumption of the presidency of the United States, a new chapter opened in the geopolitical relations between the northern power and the rest of the world. Among the various projects announced by the US administration, three resonated strongly on our continent: one related to the tariff policy it would impose on countries exporting to ...
By Hend Selim Dr. Colin Campbell, Communication and Culture Assistant Professor at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, talked about the future of the American policy toward Africa under Donald Trump’s administration. How do you expect the future of the American policy toward South Africa, especially in the light of the last developments? The future of U.S. policy towards South Africa (SA) ...