By Yunus Emre Özgün As the Transatlantic security architecture buckles under the weight of an impending ‘economic tsunami,’ the United States faces a brutal domestic reckoning over its unconditional support for Israel. In an exclusive interview with UWI, former CIA analyst and US State Department’s counterterrorism planner and advisor Larry J. Johnson dissects the shattering of American unipolarity, the devastating ...
Editor-in-Chief of Aydınlık Newspaper Tevfik Kadan summarized the important parts of Russian Federation Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s speech at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum regarding multipolarity and Turkiye. Russian Federation Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s two-hour speech was significant, containing important messages for Türkiye and Europe between the lines. Lavrov stated that “European countries, under pressure from Brussels, stopped buying gas from ...
By Erkin Feyyaz Eşli The European Parliament has approved a €90 billion loan to Ukraine. That way, the EU is making a demonstrative attempt to preserve its relevance in a changing world – to the detriment of European citizens. Europe Loses Another Sovereignty-Oriented Leader On 14 April, in a sensational victory at Hungary’s parliamentary elections, the opposition Tisza Party led by Péter ...
By Feyyaz Erkin Eşli On April 15, 2026, Russia’s Ministry of Defense released a significant statement regarding the continuation of the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. It was reported that on March 26, 2026, a number of European countries decided to increase the supply of military drones to the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine), indicating that European states have ...
On March 26, a Turkish-operated oil tanker named Altura was attacked in the Black Sea. Türkiye’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu made a statement, saying “A foreign-flagged ship operated by a Turkish company, which had loaded crude oil from Russia, reported an explosion in its engine room after midnight to our emergency call center. We believe that the ...
By Feyyaz Erkin Eşli A senior Russian military official Vladimir Alekseyev has been targeted in an assassination attempt in Moscow. He has been hospitalized after being shot several times near his flat, according to Russian state media sources. The attempt on a senior officer occurred the day after a second round of U.S.-brokered peace talks between Ukraine and Russia were ...
By Yiğit Saner The trilateral talks on Jan. 23-24 in the UAE capital signaled a renewed acceleration in diplomatic traffic in the war in Ukraine. Yet the two days of talks, far from coming to a settlement, ultimately reaffirmed that the parties remain their positions. New dates are being set and talks are ongoing, but there has been no significant ...
UWI writer and political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan discussed the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa in Moscow on January 28, as well as the US-Russia-Ukraine talks, on Ulusal Kanal Television. The interview, conducted in Turkish, has been translated into English by UWI. What does al-Sharaa’s visit to Russia mean at a time when ...
By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist In recent years, the Arctic has become an increasingly visible subject in international politics. Climate change, emerging sea routes and the region’s natural resource potential have enhanced its strategic significance. As a result, the policies of Arctic coastal states have become more explicit and more contested. In this context, Russia’s Arctic policy, Western attempts to ...
By Yiğit Saner Yet another round of US-orchestrated negotiations on a peaceful settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis has yielded no results, expectations of an imminent ceasefire continue to diminish. However, exclusive material obtained by our editorial team indicates that Kyiv is not only uninterested in a peace agreement, but may also be preparing a new escalation of the conflict. Our ...
Peace talks in the Russia-US-Ukraine war have gained momentum. Ukrainian President Zelensky, visiting the US, announced a “20-point peace plan”. Two key issues are at the center of the talks: territory and security guarantees. UWI author, historian and political scientist Associate Professor Mehmet Perinçek assessed the situation and possible course of the talks for Aydınlık Europe, the supplement for Europe ...
The sidelining of hardliners in Zelenskyy’s government over corruption allegations, US Secretary of State Rubio’s refusal to attend the NATO summit, corruption probes against the figures in Brussels who are pro-war against Russia, the distance put between NATO and Europe in the US 2025 National Strategy Document; and German Chancellor Merz’s statement that “Pax Americana has come to an end”…Simultaneously ...