Even in the wake of Nasrallah’s martyrdom and the loss of their frontline leaders in battle, the spirit of defiance remains unshaken among the Lebanese people. By Özgür Altınbaş, Gürkan Demir, Zafer Alpuğan, from Beirut / Lebanon The farewell to Hasan Nasrallah provides key insights into the new phase unfolding in Lebanon and the broader region. Despite their loss, the ...
On the irreversible transformation of the global order. By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist/Author The world has been gradually experiencing a global change in the light of fast-paced agendas, especially in the last 5 years, and the developments that have taken place clearly demonstrate that the “West and others” approach, established after World War II, is no longer real. This 5-year ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. In Türkiye last week, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s call to the European Union was at the top of the agenda. Another significant topic was the meeting between Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. The 8th Ordinary Congress of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) also received extensive ...
Posted by by United World International 15 Min Read March 4, 2025 By Kıvanç Özdal and Tevfik Kadan Ethem Sancak, deputy chairman and head of the international relations bureau of Türkiye’s Vatan Party (Patriotic Party), answered questions from journalists Kıvanç Özdal and Tevfik Kadan. Famous businessman Sancak assessed the possible global consequences of Donald Trump’s second presidential term. According to ...
Somewhere between 200 and 500 billion Euro, the spending needs approval of parliament in a qualified majority. Designated Chancellor Merz thus tends to trick. By Yunus Soner, Berlin / Germany Germany’s parliamentary election winner, conservative Friedrich Merz, is preparing a massive new funding package for military weapons. The investment requires state borrowing. Possible parliamentary resistance forces the future chancellor into ...
Accelerating transition to a multipolar world. By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China There are no everlasting allies or enemies in international relations. With Trump’s re-election as the President of the United States after a one-term break, this rhetoric has become more frequent. Recently, experts on television have often argued that Trump’s agreement with Putin, bringing the Ukraine war to an ...
The international system is being restructured in a speed never seen before in the last 80 years. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein International events have taken an extraordinarily fast pace. I have consulted with some colleagues, and we have concluded that it is becoming difficult to follow the movement of events that are shaking, transforming and restructuring the international system at ...
Possible contents of a first meeting, repercussions for the Middle East and Russia-China-relations. By Edvard Chesnokov Alexander Shenderyuk-Zhidkov is a member of Senit (the upper house of the Russian Parliament) holding the post of the First Deputy Chairman of Budget and Financial markets Committee therein. Exclusively to UWI, the 42-year old politician commented on possible peace negotiations between the Kremlin ...
Results and prospects for politics. By Ali Mercan The German elections have provided concrete evidence of the growing global phenomenon we have been describing as “the decline of the Atlantic and the rise of Eurasia”. Movements of anti-imperialism, national sovereignty and independence have been gaining momentum across Asia, Africa, and South America. What the German elections indicate that this momentum ...
Details of the deepening alliance between Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Türkiye. by Dure Akram, Lahore / Pakistan In recent weeks, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif of Pakistan has stepped into the spotlight with his strategic outreach to Central Asian nations, seeking to fortify economic ties and elevate Pakistan’s standing within a dynamic regional trade framework. His visit to Baku—which resulted in several ...