By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist/Author The liberal rules-based international order built and maintained in the years after the Second World War is disintegrating at an accelerating pace. After a period of “friendship” following the end of the Cold War, great power rivalry has returned with a vengeance to the global arena. The Trump administration clearly emphasized the return of great ...
By Orçun Göktürk The foreign policy of the United States (US) has gone through various phases throughout history, establishing itself as a dominant imperial power both on its own continent and in other regions of the world. The evolution of US foreign policy, particularly through a strategy of dominance over maritime routes and ports, has taken on a new dimension ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist / Author The only thing that is known for certain about US President Donald Trump’s Middle East doctrine is that he has no clear policy in this part of the world other than “defending Israel”. Considering the developments in Trump’s first term, such as the signing of the Abraham Accords between the Gulf states and ...
By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein Until recently, little was known, and even less was said about the Arctic Ocean. It was associated with a compact and impregnable mass of ice near the North Pole, where peaceful people lived their lives in communion with nature and scientists from all over the world who carried out research. All of this has been altered ...
By Yunus Soner US President Donald Trump’s policy of migration caused a first diplomatic sable rattling on the American continent. Trump started expelling so-called immigrant migrants, putting them in US military planes. Footage shows migrants were transported in chains. This caused rejection by many Latin American countries, the major areas of origin, with Mexico prohibiting the landing of such a ...
By Hend Selim, Cairo / Egypt With Donald Trump becoming President, it is wondered what kind of foreign policy the US will follow towards different regions. The direction in which US policy towards African countries will develop with Trump is also one of the topics discussed under this heading. We asked Africa expert Lawrence Freeman about the possible course of ...
By Elixsandro Ballesteros, Former Ambassador of Panama in Venezuela, professor at the Faculty of Economy, University of Panama To understand the impact that President Donald Trump’s threats have on the Panamanian nation, one must recall the history of the Panama Canal in the existence of this country, and also explain the content of the Treaties that are part of international ...
By Latif Bolat The most recent and perplexing idea from the “unpredictable” President Trump has been his statements regarding Greenland, the Panama Canal, and Canada. This is interpreted as a renewed version of imperialist expansion of the US. They came at a time when the American empire is perceived to be in decline. Of course, Donald Trump is characteristically and ...
Donald Trump will take office as President on January 20. Even coming into the office, he made statements regarding Türkiye, Erdoğan and Syria. These remarks raise the question: What kind of policy will Trump pursue toward Türkiye? This question is particularly significant in the context of Syria which has been a big source of tension between the two countries. Of ...
By Roman A. Atencio, Magister in Economics and International Trade and PhD student in World Economy at the Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship University – Patrice Lumumba. The recent statements by the President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, that he will seek to regain control of the Canal if the fees that our country charges American ships for transiting ...