Impressions from a visit to Uzbekistan. For much of the past three decades, Central Asia has been viewed through the prism of geopolitical competition, with major powers seeking influence over a region strategically located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Yet amid this contest for access, markets, resources, and transport corridors, Uzbekistan has increasingly positioned itself ...

What’s emerging now looks more like a state-led attempt to build the “rails” of development—physical and digital—so that the next cycle of growth is not only faster, but more controllable and more sophisticated. By Mehmet Enes Beşer This is a new era in Cambodia’s development trajectory in which the key signs are no longer factories and garments but rather big ...

Interview with TRNC Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu By Yasin Okyay The Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus (GCASC) and France have signed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). The agreement, which provides a legal framework for the deployment of French troops on the island and their access to military bases, has now entered into force. The agreement drew strong reactions ...

Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s surprise visit to Russia topped the agenda. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s meeting with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew was another widely discussed development. Meanwhile, preparations for the NATO Summit to be held on 7-8 July in Ankara, continued at full speed. Foreign Minister’s visit to Moscow ...

Posted by by United World International 8 Min Read June 25, 2026 By Mehmet Enes Beşer Kazakhstan is increasingly viewed as a crucial player in the international lithium market due to its sizable untapped reserves of this resource. According to recent geological research, Kazakhstan ranks among the top five countries in terms of lithium resources, having some 8.6 million tons. ...

China views Serbia as a crucial Balkan and even European partner in its global plans and projects. For Serbia, China is today its most important strategic partner. By Darko Todorovski There’s a Chinese proverb: “Mountains cannot meet, but people can. Great geographical distances cannot separate people when there is mutual closeness.” This proverb also applies to the relations between the ...

Perspectives on the context and necessity of constitutional amendment By Masahiro Takasaku (Professor, Faculty of Law, Kansai University) Introduction: Movements toward Constitutional Revision “Seventy years since the party’s founding. The time has come.” “Regarding the proposal for amendment, I want to be in a position where I can say, ‘We have finally reached a point where we can see the ...

The current empire we live under today has barely 128 years of domination and is already showing its flaws to the point that they had to resort to a pedophile, a child murderer, a liar, a pimp of prostitution, and a coward to try to hold on. For millennia, humanity has progressed dialectically toward creating better conditions for life. Five ...

Pakistan needs to tackle multiple challenges through well-rounded and practical solutions. By Mehmet Enes Beşer Gwadar Port, located in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province, represents the nation’s efforts to achieve economic transformation and regional connectivity. As a core component of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Gwadar is expected to act as a crucial link in the China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), ...

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Guérot, a renowned German political scientist, on the downfall of the European Republic, the left’s surrender to tech-feudalism, and why the global neo-liberal order must fall to prevent a new era of inverted totalitarianism. By Yunus Emre Özgün Europe is trapped in a structural paradox. The post-Cold War architecture of the continent is unraveling under the weight ...