... World” No More. China and Russia Should Help Restore Multipolarity in the Middle East
Postmodernity as inoculation against war
However, the core reasons lie not outside, but inside the region. It appears that key actors—from Egypt to Syria, and from Turkey to Iran—are unwilling to engage in a full-blown war. Middle Eastern leaders are reluctant to shoulder the numerous risks and costs associated with a major armed conflict in one way or another.
True, the arms race in the Middle East region received ...
... consequences of Türkiye joining BRICS are significant and bountiful, as it could potentially further shift the balance of power in the global system, impacting existing alliances and economic structures.
Alina Vernigora:
Coffee Fortune-Telling: Prospects for Turkey and BRICS
Another BRICS in the World System
Although BRICS did not bring immediate implications for the international system when it was first established, with time it proved critical in terms of its future power potential. In 2006, BRIC was founded ...
Damascus and Ankara sharing more and more interests
The leaders of Syria and Turkey have recently made frequent public declarations of their readiness to start the process of normalizing bilateral relations soon, with Russia as a mediator. Syrian President Bashar Assad, while receiving Russian President's Special Envoy on Syria ...
... developing a comprehensive roadmap for engagement with Russia, including innovative ways to facilitate trade and business transactions despite international sanctions.
Additionally, Pakistan's efforts to expand rail connectivity through the Pakistan–Iran–Turkey route and explore multi-gauge options highlight its ambition to enhance regional connectivity, with potential benefits for Russia–Pakistan trade.
The future of Russia-Pakistan relations
As global power dynamics continue to shift, Russia and ...
Interview with Rabia Kalfaoglu, Assistant Professor of IR at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University in Rize
Turkey is among non-regional actors in the Arctic. Though the country hasn’t published an Arctic strategy as a separate official document, it still has the vision, interests and goals in the region, as well as a well-established Polar science and research ...
... made international settlements between Russian companies and their counterparties in “friendly” nations much more difficult. The precedent of discrimination against Russian clients was set as early as February 2024 by a number of leading banks in
Turkey
,
the UAE
,
India
,
China
,
Kazakhstan
and
Uzbekistan
. Citing security concerns, they took to declining requests to open accounts for Russian legal entities, suspending transfers, increasing payment processing times, rejecting or returning ...
... demonstrated the fundamental impossibility of reviving the unipolar world—at least in its old format of 1990s. The White House has not been able to regain the trust of even its traditional partners and allies in the non-Western world. Countries like India, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Egypt and other regional leaders approached the crisis as an opportunity to enhance their autonomy within the international system. This trend in no way means that all these countries are going to support Russia against the ...
... centuries. Now, for various reasons (mostly their own internal), these powers have withdrawn, perhaps permanently. This is the time for local players to assert their right to dominance, especially since some of them have the relevant traditions (Iran, Turkey), others have the military potential (Israel), and another has a lot of money and control over important religious shrines (Saudi Arabia).
In earlier times, the struggle for influence would have been fierce, and of course there is still competition ...
... senior Hezbollah commander by Israeli forces. The timing of these actions suggests a coordinated effort by Israel to weaken the leadership structures of its adversaries, raising the stakes for regional stability. Similarly, Yemen's Houthi movement and Turkey have
voiced
concerns over the broader implications of these developments, with Turkey warning that the Gaza conflict can unfold into a regional crisis.
Vladimir Morozov:
Israel Will Have to Negotiate with Hamas
On the global stage, reactions ...
... Russia, and the volume of mutual trade is
breaking records
. The large number of Chinese companies that fall under secondary US sanctions (for example, in the
recent package of sanctions
on June 12) also seems natural. However, dozens of companies from Turkey (a US NATO ally), the UAE (a US security partner) and Cyprus (EU member) are now under secondary sanctions. In other words, the circumvention of sanctions is quite possible within the jurisdictions of US allies or partners. This situation is explained ...
