Russia is expected to continue strengthening its air defense and electronic warfare systems while simultaneously increasing pressure on Ukrainian military and industrial infrastructure. By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist As the Russia–Ukraine war enters its fifth year, both the geographical scope of the conflict and the methods used by the two sides continue to evolve. What was once largely associated with ...

For historians and analysts who always seek to explain events with methodological rigor, this war could be seen as marking the beginning of the end of the United States’ hegemonic power on the planet. In baseball slang, the dugout is the area where players, coaches, and authorized personnel who are not actively participating on the field rest. At the end ...

In order to understand why India’s industrial take-off has yet to happen, one must look beyond desire and into the machinery of the economy. By Mehmet Enes Beşer India is at the cusp of its economic journey. Its population surpassing China’s and with a median age close to 29, the country has huge potential to harvest its demographic dividend. Government ...

What is the latest situation regarding the issues discussed at the negotiation table? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The war that began around Iran’s so-called nuclear program has, after more than 100 days, evolved into a broad struggle that calls security doctrines into question and shakes both regional power balances and the deterrence architecture of the international system. The developments ...

From the US Congress to the Pentagon, the deep state shadow over the NATO. To understand NATO better, we should first shed light on Gladio, which lies at its center. And to do that, we should look at the state structure of the US, still the world’s greatest imperialist power. For Gladio is the deep state of US imperialism. Gladio ...

Speaking to Uwidata.com, Aslan Rubayev, Director of Russia’s Eurasian Problems Monitoring Center, and Armenian political analyst Artur Aghajanyan shared their assessments. By Tehran Tapdigov, from Baku / Azerbaijan On June 7, Armenia held its latest snap parliamentary elections. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s ruling Civil Contract Party secured 49.75% of the vote, winning 64 seats in parliament and gaining the right ...

Vision Needed to Avert Stagnation By Mehmet Enes Beşer Thai education, once foreseen to be the engine of social mobility and modernization of its economy, now stands in danger of stagnating in the long term. In spite of two decades of a sequence of reforms—be it curriculum reform, decentralization, or incorporation of information technologies—the outcomes of student learning, equity, and ...

Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week in Türkiye, the visit of Venezuela’s leader Delcy Rodríguez to Istanbul and her meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was the top in the national agenda. Another topic of the week was the developments within the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) following the ruling of “absolute nullity”. Foreign ...

And Israel is furious. By Abbas Djuma What Trump is trying to present as a personal achievement is nothing of the sort — not even close. The reality is actually the opposite. The Strait of Hormuz was open before the war. Before the war, no one was talking about unfreezing Iranian assets or lifting anti-Iran sanctions. Iran never had nuclear ...

Interview with Hakkı Erman Ergincan, Chairman of Türkiye-Korea Friendship Association Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on June 8-9. This visit was for the first time in seven years. Hakkı Erman Ergincan, Chairman of Türkiye-Korea Friendship Association, answered our question in an interview regarding Xi’s visit and the relations between the two countries. Xi Jinping paid ...