How will the future of a global power that cannot prevail either on the battlefield or at the negotiating table take shape? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist Now entering the third month of his war with Iran, Trump has reached a critical crossroads. Hundreds of airstrikes may have killed Iran’s top-tier leaders, severely damaged its air force and navy, and ...
Posted by by United World International 13 Min Read June 1, 2026 By Shakeel Bhaktawer – South African Communist Party – Regional Secretary May 19th, 1919, is the date Mustafa Kemal Atatürk arrived in the northern Turkish city of Samsun to start the armed struggle against the imperialist occupation of Türkiye and its collaborators. The date is considered as the ...
Between Solidarity and Strategic Divergence By Mehmet Enes Beşer The “Global South” is a useful shorthand expression applied for decades to describe countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Oceania which have shared colonial histories, development issues, and peripheral positions in the world economy. In postcolonial solidarity rhetoric, the Global South paradigm aims to place at its center structural distortions ...
The ice surrounding the Transnistria–Chișinău tensions, long characterized as a “frozen conflict,” had already begun to thaw following the 2022 Russia–Ukraine war. By Gökalp Erbaş In recent days, the political agenda in both Moldova and the Transnistrian Republic has been dominated by a new decree enacted by Russia on May 15, designed to facilitate the acquisition of Russian citizenship for ...
First statement after the attack. In response to the US attack, the Venezuela government made a first written statement. UWI publishes the first official statement from Caracas below. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, repudiates, and denounces before the international community the grave military aggression perpetrated by the current government of the United States of America against Venezuelan territory and ...
The Chief of Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces died in a plane crash close to Ankara. Geopolitical circumstances raise questions, says Dr. Fahri Erenel in an interview. A plane crash close to the capital city of Ankara has caused wide debates and speculations in Türkiye. On December 23rd, a private plane crashed, killing all its crew members together with ...
The crisis in Myanmar has become the test case for ASEAN. By Mehmet Enes Beşer Today, it is entering its fourth year with no endgame on the horizon. The military regime is as entrenched as ever, and anti-junta forces have become more united in their efforts, while humanitarian conditions continue to deteriorate month after month. Within this maelstrom of uncertainty ...
The views of a retired ambassador with a 44-year career in Europe Retired Ambassador Ozan Ceyhun spoke about the rising right-wing populist parties in Europe. Ceyhun, who most recently served as Türkiye’s ambassador to Austria for 4 years and 10 months, worked for the majority of his 44-year career in several EU countries, mostly Germany. His tenure ended in December ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week, at the top of Türkiye’s agenda was large-scale operations against ISIS and an armed clash that broke out during an operation in the district of Yalova. Another important item in the agenda was statements by Feti Yıldız, Deputy Chair of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), regarding developments in Syria. ...
Code and Connectivity By Mehmet Enes Beşer For decades, the Pakistan–China relationship has been characterized by strategic alignment, defense cooperation, and the physical infrastructure projects of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Dubbed an “iron brotherhood,” this bilateral partnership has survived geopolitical turbulence and proven its relevance through energy, transport, and industrial investments. Yet as both nations ride the digital turn ...