... diplomacy.
However, even in the region surrounding Israel, we see manifestations of balanced and independent political decision-making on the part of countries, which are of comparatively greater importance. In other words, the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey, although in a dangerous zone, are so far managing this situation thanks to their foreign policy and common sense. As we have seen, the situation is much worse in Western Eurasia, where European countries not only serve as a territorial base for ...
... geopolitical context is also contributing to the emergence of alternative media ecosystems accompanying the rise of new centers of power: China’s
CGTN
and
Xinhua
reach billions of viewers, Qatar’s
Al Jazeera
shapes the agenda of the Arab world, and Turkey’s
TRT World
competes with Western channels in the Middle East.
In the first ten days after its release, Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir was viewed around one
billion
times (across all platforms where it was published and in all ...
... forces and European allies. African participation in the conflict on the side of the colonial metropoles helped strengthen emerging national consciousness, even though the war itself was largely perceived as “someone else’s conflict.”
Iran and Turkey: An Uncomfortable Past
In Iran’s historical memory, the country’s involvement in the Second World War occupies an inherently ambiguous place. The war is viewed negatively, shaped by the trauma of Iran’s semi-colonial status in the nineteenth ...
... Damascus-Rojava Negotiations
There is cautious optimism about the current negotiations between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian government. Under the March 10, 2025
agreement
, which was backed by US mediation and under intense pressure from Turkey, an operational framework has been established to bring the two sides closer and expedite the process of integrating the military and civilian structures established by the Kurdish self-administration in northeastern Syria (Rojava) into the state ...
Key Factors Influencing the Future of Kurdistan's Oil Deal
Following a two-and-a-half-year pause, Iraqi federal authorities and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) are marking an
agreement
to resume oil exports via Turkey. An obvious prerequisite to addressing
long-standing disagreements
over civil servant salaries in the semi-autonomous region is the agreement, which permits crude
pumped
in Iraqi Kurdistan to flow northward under federal supervision. The agreement ...
... or otherwise – adopted. Now, with no serious internal contest left, the West has lost its ability to generate ideas for the world.
Unable to adapt to its diminished power, it increasingly turns to destabilization. The West’s proxies – Israel, Turkey, and the Kiev regime – each manufacture crises within their regions as if to prove continued relevance. What cannot be achieved by attraction is now pursued through disruption.
Elsewhere, states are responding with varying degrees of confidence....
... ceasefire. Qatar has cemented its role as the main intermediary thanks to its contacts with Hamas leadership alongside its partnership with Washington. Doha
has financed
a substantial share of UN humanitarian operations and hosted prisoner exchange talks. Turkey
has taken
the toughest stance toward Israel, condemning its actions as war crimes, severing trade ties and closing airspace, while simultaneously sending humanitarian aid to Gaza. Iran
is providing
political and material support to Palestinian ...
... states could legally follow their lead and acquire nuclear status only by withdrawing from the NPT under Article X.1 (with three months’ notice). Among countries with substantial “groundwork” in nuclear technologies are Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Brazil and Ukraine [New nine nuclear powers… 2023]. Most of these states have unstable or outright hostile relations with Russia.
The first, and so far only, state to openly denounce the NPT was North Korea in 2003....
Tension and hopelessness within the Turkish opposition have been stoked by the ongoing political crisis, which has demonstrated that the government has penetrated the opposition and that the Republican People's Party (CHP) is split
Turkey is going through a serious and perilous political crisis that will affect democracy and political work in the future. The Turkish state, represented by the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), perceives the "Kurdish solution" project as ...
... of the Kyrgyz Republic,
nisi.kg
Karachi Council on Foreign Relations,
kcfreal.org
Russian-Polish Centre for Dialogue and Understanding,
rospolcentr.ru
SIPRI,
sipri.org
The Tokyo Foundation,
tokyofoundation.org
Forum on International Relations (Turkey)
L’Observatoire Centre D’analyse de la CCI France Russie,
obsfr.ru
Institut français des relations internationales,
ifri.org
The Crisis Management Initiative (CMI),
cmi.fi
