Türkiye, US, Israel and YPG. On 24 September 2025, Türkiye and the US concluded a contract for the supply of LNG for a period of 20 years, with a volume of approximately 70 billion cubic meters. The next day, on September 25, a meeting between Erdoğan and Trump took place at the White House. Trump urged Türkiye to abandon purchases ...
Mining Dependence or Strategic Design? By Mehmet Enes Beşer China–ASEAN mineral trade has developed over the past two decades as one of the most strategically important but least appreciated pillars of regional economic integration. Although efforts have been made in electronics, textiles, and infrastructure development through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), extraction and international trade in mineral resources—nickel, bauxite, ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week’s agenda in Türkiye largely revolved around Palestine and Syria. with the disarmament process of PKK was once again under the spotlight. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made remarks about the ongoing ceasefire process in Gaza. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s remarks on developments in Syria stood out as another important event. ...
Why Russian Vice-president Medvedev is right when saying that Trump lives in an “alternate reality”. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Dedicated to the Heroic Guerrilla, Commander Ernesto Che Guevara, on the 58th anniversary of his passing into immortality After reading a recent article by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, I was left thinking about a phrase he said: “Trump has once ...
The Promise and Challenge of Defense Industrialization. By Mehmet Enes Beşer The way warfare has never changed in linear fashion, nor has Malaysia’s search for a place in the defense industry testified to the inbuilt complexity. The modern-day battlefield demands urgency, precision, and seamless implantation of technology on land, sea, skies, and in the cyber sphere. For Malaysia, a nation ...
On recent negotiations between Washington and Ankara. On 24 September 2025, Türkiye and the US concluded a contract for the supply of LNG for a period of 20 years, with a volume of approximately 70 billion cubic meters. The next day, on September 25, a meeting between Erdoğan and Trump took place at the White House. Trump urged Türkiye to ...
Here are the details of the plan, its reflections on the ground, and its possible effects… By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist/Writer The remarks made by Tom Barrack, the US Special Representative for Syria, in recent months that ‘the Sykes-Picot era is now over’ have undoubtedly sparked a new debate. While some commentators suggest that this is an admission that Western ...
The most crucial innovations will be those which enhance ecosystems, livelihoods, and peoples on the gray fringes of urban life. By Mehmet Enes Beşer Southeast Asian urbanization is a demographic tendency—it is additionally a political, economic, and ecological milestone. As urban masses swell with countryside-to-city migration, increased incomes, and urban infrastructure expansion, the region grapples with a query squarely at ...
With this decisive maneuver, Beijing has begun to bring the tension with the U.S. onto its own terms. By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China While the world was focused on U.S. President Donald Trump’s essentially “dictated” ceasefire in Gaza, his 20-point “Peace Plan,” and diplomacy in Western Asia, an unexpected move from Beijing redrew the global economic map and ...
On the recent ceasefire and its regional framework. By Mohammed Sabreen, from Cairo / Egypt US President Donald Trump is pursuing the elusive “peace” in the Middle East through the gateway of ending the war in Gaza. Trump has tried hard to market himself as a “peacemaker” and end numerous conflicts, hoping to win the Nobel Peace Prize. However, the ...