Tag Archives: Trump

2025: A Year of Disappointments                

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Ali Tuygan

December 15, 2025 In two weeks, the year 2025 will be behind us. The end of a year is a moment of reflection on the achievements, disappointments, and failures of the past twelve months and whether different paths could have … Continue reading →

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Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia Peace Plan

Posted on November 22, 2025 by Ali Tuygan

November 22, 2025 President Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan is now public knowledge, making it clear that since the August 15, 2025, Alaska summit, Washington and Moscow have remained engaged in behind-closed-doors diplomatic talks, working on the details of a … Continue reading →

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A Week After Trump Day

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Ali Tuygan

October 20, 2025 It has been a week since the Middle East’s Trump Day. With expected accusations of violations, the ceasefire is not an irreversible fact yet, and questions about the following phases and the long-term future remain. Still, the … Continue reading →

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A Critical Day for Gaza

Posted on October 6, 2025 by Ali Tuygan

October 6, 2025 On September 29, 2025, President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu met at the White House. Mr. Trump announced his 20-point plan for Gaza. During remarks to the media with the Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Trump said that … Continue reading →

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UNGA 80’s “High-level Week 2025”

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Ali Tuygan

September 29, 2025 The High-level Week 2025 is now behind us. As expected, there was no progress on any of the major questions confronting the world. President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Modi chose to skip the high-level session. The … Continue reading →

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President Trump’s Fifty-Day “Ultimatum”

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Ali Tuygan

July 21, 2025 After six months in office in his second term, the world has become accustomed to President Trump’s surprising changes of direction. Thus, his recent turnabout on the war in Ukraine and his relationship with President Putin, following … Continue reading →

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High Time for the Left to Rally

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Ali Tuygan

April 14, 2025 People aspire to democracy.  Regardless of the level of respect they have for fundamental rights and freedoms, all regimes, including dictatorships claim to be democratic as this remains the ultimate source of legitimacy. People also aspire to … Continue reading →

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The New Year Begins with Uncertainties

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Ali Tuygan

January 2, 2025 Toward the end of 2024, Germany and France were engulfed in domestic political problems. Romania’s constitutional court annulled the country’s 2024 presidential election. Georgia remained in political turmoil. South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial … Continue reading →

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The Loser of the Election is President Biden

Posted on November 11, 2024 by Ali Tuygan

November 11, 2024 For months the West anxiously watched the US presidential campaign. “Anxiously” because the world is in turmoil with the wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and Lebanon taking their toll, and there is a lack of leadership. The quality … Continue reading →

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Gaza Becoming Inhabitable Land

Posted on July 22, 2024 by Ali Tuygan

July 22, 2024 During the past weeks, developments of global public interest somehow diverted attention away from the war in Gaza until the Israeli strikes on Al-Mawasi, an area in southern Gaza where tens of thousands of Palestinians had fled … Continue reading →

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