Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, and with it the end of the Cold War and the bipolar world, a debate arose that went beyond the strictly theoretical and conceptual, seeking to establish what type of international system would prevail on the planet. The resolution of this controversy was not immediate. The last decade of the 20th century was ...
When you look at the Mercator map head-on, Greenland appears to sit at the edge of the world, in a remote and marginal location. But take a look instead at Richard Edes Harrison’s maps “The Divided World” (published in 1941) and “One World One War” (published in 1942). According to Cornell University Library’s Digital Collections, published in Fortune Magazine for ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer The post-Cold War dream of an American global order—liberal in ideology, capitalist in architecture, and technocratic in tone—was once celebrated as universal. That order, built on the shoulders of international institutions and trading regimes crafted in Washington, New York, and Geneva, held out the prospect of prosperity through union and stability through conformity. That promise is ...
By Mohammed Sabreen, from Cairo / Egypt US President Donald Trump is pursuing the elusive “peace” in the Middle East through the gateway of ending the war in Gaza. Trump has tried hard to market himself as a “peacemaker” and end numerous conflicts, hoping to win the Nobel Peace Prize. However, the Nobel Committee was not convinced and chose the ...
By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist During the General Assembly sessions held to mark the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, US President Donald Trump’s speech and subsequent statements sparked debate not only in diplomatic circles but also among the global public. Trump’s words reflected both domestic political calculations in the US and increasingly sharp divisions in the international order. Messages ...
By Azar Mahdavan, from Tehran / Iran Israel believes that, following the martyrdom of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and the latest developments in the region, it has found the perfect opportunity to deal a final blow to the heart of the Resistance. Under these circumstances, the US, and some Western governments exert an unprecedented pressure on the Lebanese government to disarm ...
By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China In recent days, a long-standing border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia has flared up once again: the Preah Vihear Temple and its surrounding area. This temple is not only a historical and religious monument, but also a symbol of sovereignty, national pride, and a focal point of great power rivalry in Southeast Asia. ...
By Mohammad Sabreen, from Cairo / Egypt Exciting reports have revealed, in recent days, a new Middle Eastern deal based on Syria relinquishing the Golan Heights to Israel, in exchange for compensation from the Lebanese city of Tripoli. This comes amid persistent reports of the partition of Syria and other Arab countries. Some argue that the restructuring of Syria under ...
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 ...
The United States’ military and biological presence in Africa has been expanding at an alarming rate, according to Major General Aleksey Rtishev, Deputy Chief of the Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Forces of the Russian Armed Forces. He claims that the U.S. is increasingly involved in a network of biological research facilities across the African continent, with activities ranging from ...
By Kim Suk-mi, Director, Department of the Political Affairs of the Editorial Office of “The Choson Sinbo” In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), International Women’s Day is a national holiday. Women also play a leading role on the day and do no household chores. People give words of appreciation and gifts to women, and various events and activities ...
The upcoming elections in the United States must be seen in the framework of some facts that signal important changes in the political dynamics and that, if not considered, could generate confusion in the analysis, since there is an overlap of ideas or currents of thought. The scenery forces us to understand the United States – in an increasingly necessary ...