By Onur Sinan Güzaltan Donald Trump’s efforts to strike a deal with Russia and his parallel policies of distancing himself from the current governments in Europe have accelerated the search for a new direction on the continent. Developments in French politics constitute an important example to understand this European-wide search. France’s polarization reflecting Europe’s uncertainty The current President of France, ...
After the phone call between Trump and Putin, the peace process in Ukraine has gained more momentum. When we look at the world, a picture has emerged. On one side we have Russia and the US, with the Putin-Trump initiative. On the other side, we see the UK and the hawks of Europe. Britain and the hawks of Europe continue ...
The Teori Dergisi, which is published in Türkiye, conducted a comprehensive interview with Russian thinker and political theorist Aleksandr Dugin on Russia-US relations. The interview, which addressed many important issues, especially the relations between Trump and Putin and the Ukraine issue, is still relevant. We are publishing the entire interview conducted by UWI writer and political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan ...
By Ceren Ceviz February was a volatile month for the European oil market. Ukrainian drone attack on a pumping station of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), a major route for supplying Kazakhstan and exporting to the global market, reduced oil flows of the route by 30-40%. CPC pumps crude from companies including U.S. Chevron and Exxon Mobil and provides the ...
By Yunus Soner The US president seeks talks with Russia and a ceasefire in Ukraine, while European countries and Britain are advancing their support for Kyiv and discussing the permanent deployment of armed forces. A crucial role plays, due its geographic location as well as diplomatic ties to both Moscow and Kyiv, Türkiye. The Erdoğan government has always presented itself ...
By Erkin Feyyaz Eşli Türkiye is once again taking over Russian-Ukrainian narrative by considering deployment of its combatants to Ukraine as a peacekeeping force. According to sources close to Türkiye’s Defense Ministry the initiative will be discussed by all interested parties if such a step is deemed necessary to establish regional stability and peace. As of late, Recep Erdogan has ...
By Adnan Türkkan Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Special Representative for Kyiv, answered questions from Adnan Türkkan, the Ankara Representative of Ulusal Kanal of Türkiye. In the interview at the Russian House in Ankara, Türkkan asked Miroshnik about key issues concerning the war in Ukraine, the latest developments regarding peace efforts, Türkiye’s position, the stance of the US and ...
By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein Last week we made a descriptive observation of international events, but making an analysis of them is a bit more complex. It seems to me that the difficulties come from the idea that it is possible to understand the current situation from a dichotomous vision of unipolarity vs. bipolarity and that the categories of analysis used ...
By Onur Sinan Güzaltan UWI writer and political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan shared his views with Sputnik Türkçe on the impact of Trump’s policies on the US-EU alliance and its consequences for the Ukraine issue. We present the interview translated into English. Following the neocon-led Biden administration, Donald Trump’s return to power has brought significant shifts to US’s foreign policy. ...
By Craig Murray Craig Murray is an author, broadcaster and human rights activist. He was British Ambassador to Uzbekistan from August 2002 to October 2004 and Rector of the University of Dundee from 2007 to 2010. When politicians in power are extremely unpopular, they generally turn to militarism and jingoism for a quick boost. Starmer is now the darling of ...