Over the past three years, the war that erupted between Israel and the Palestinian resistance on October 7, 2023, has transformed into a raging regional war across multiple fronts. No sooner do these fronts calm down and subside than they flare up again, entangling various international and regional parties in different ways. During these years, Israel—backed by the United States—has ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer Ferdinand Marcos Jr. entered 2025 with something that Philippine presidents don’t usually have time to enjoy: the sense that the ground beneath them was holding steady. The economy was neither booming nor crashing. The Marcos-Duterte coalition had already frayed, but it was fraying in a way that seemed containable, more soap opera than paradigm shift. And ...

While understandable, the eagerness of Trump and his cronies to resurrect something he himself declared dead—communism—is nonetheless surprising. In recent days, and on more than one occasion, the President of the United States and various spokespeople for the American political system have mentioned the topic. In past writings, I have noted that in each of his speeches at the United ...

No permanent agreement can be reached between West and East… War continues in Eurasia. The conflict between Russia and the West in Ukraine is intensifying. The purported understanding reached between Trump and Putin at their August 2025 meeting in Alaska turned out to be nothing but a scrap of paper. There is talk of the possibility of Russia’s military operation ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer Laos enters 2026 with something it hasn’t always had lately: the sense that the immediate economic fires are no longer racing from house to house. The currency panic has eased. The worst of the price whiplash feels less constant. A new leadership team arrives after a stretch of consolidation that—by Lao standards—looks like a return to ...

By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The initial justification for the war launched by Israel and the U.S. against Iran was Iran’s nuclear program, its uranium enrichment capacity, and the goal of limiting Iran’s strategic deterrence. However, at this stage, the issues determining the war’s fate are no longer these; the focus has shifted to who will establish hegemony over the ...

Relations between the United States and Israel have increasingly come to the forefront of global attention with the Iran War. Numerous claims have appeared in the press regarding disagreements within the Trump administration concerning relations with Israel. A new bill involving Israeli-American cooperation is on the agenda in the United States Congress… The information and assessments contained in the article ...

For decades, the legacy of colonialism in Africa was often treated as a closed chapter of history. Today, however, governments, historians, civil society organisations, and descendants of colonial victims are increasingly challenging that narrative. Across the continent, demands for accountability, official apologies, and financial reparations have become central to discussions about historical justice. The debate is no longer limited to ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer Vietnam is entering its next chapter with a soundtrack the world already recognizes: exports rising, industrial parks spreading, ports and highways improving, investors lining up to treat the country as a “China+1” anchor. The machine still runs. The question is whether it can upgrade. Because the next stage of Vietnamese growth won’t be won by adding ...

By Dure Akram, from Lahore / Pakistan When Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz addressed business leaders in Istanbul this month, he offered perhaps the most accurate diagnosis of Pakistan–Türkiye economic relations heard from either government in years. The friendship between Pakistan and Türkiye, he said, had always rested upon “strong emotional bonds.” The task now was to make it equally ...