Posted by by United World International 15 Min Read May 29, 2026 By Dr. Ali Alsaç Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing on May 13–15, 2026, should be read not merely as a diplomatic contact, but as a stage showcasing the 21st century’s technological balance of power. It is no coincidence that Trump was accompanied by top-level representatives from the technology, ...

Labor Mobility and Domestic Investment By Mehmet Enes Beşer Thailand’s recurrent economic growth in previous decades has too often been explained by its performance of exports, locational advantages in the supply chain, and resilience of the tourism sector. Whereas these sectors have undoubtedly had large roles to play, they get most of the public’s notice at the expense of more ...

Chinese Experts Comment on Leaders’ Visits to Beijing By Özgür Altinbaş China has recently experienced significant diplomatic traffic. All leaders of the United Nations Security Council permanent members have visited China within a six-month period. The visits of US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin also drew considerable attention. We discussed this process with Chinese journalist (CGTN) Xu ...

Forest Federalism and Carbon Finance By Mehmet Enes Beşer The low-carbon economy target for Malaysia comes more and more to rely on its best use of its natural assets. A country with more than half its entire land area clothed in tropical rainforest, Malaysia has a chance of astronomical benefit from nature conservation by selling carbon credits. Carbon forest credits—managed, ...

This process, tolerated in a manner contrary to the founding values of our country, has now taken an unacceptable dimension. By Selçuk Erenerol – Spokesperson of the Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate For a long time, the Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch has been continuously supported from home and abroad to fuel its betrayal, completely disregarding the laws of the Republic of Türkiye. ...

Hybrid warfare is not merely a combination of tanks and missiles. It also involves directing the flow of information, managing societal fears, and psychologically pushing public opinion toward a specific line. By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist The most dangerous aspect of modern warfare is sometimes not what is happening, but the fact that we do not know for certain what ...

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 ...