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UNGA 80’s “High-level Week 2025”

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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UNGA 80 and Türkiye’s Agenda

September 22, 2025 This morning, the UN General Assembly begins its “High-level Week 2025” with a meeting to mark the 80th anniversary of the UN. Later in the day, the UN will resume the High-Level International Conference for the “Peaceful … Continue reading

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Türkiye Faced with Multiple Challenges

September 15, 2025 Neither the word “shocking” nor any of its synonyms, such as “appalling” or “distressing”, can properly describe the latest political developments in Türkiye. The İstanbul province has a Metropolitan Municipality and 39 county municipalities. In the March … Continue reading

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China’s Quest for a New World Order

September 8, 2025 Last week, with some thirty world leaders, President Xi Jinping once again took the global center stage to reaffirm China’s position as a global power and its determination to challenge the US-dominated world order.

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The Contradiction Between Trump’s Policies in Ukraine and Gaza

August 25, 2025 In an article published in The New York Times on March 13, 2014, John J. Mearsheimer, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, explained the background of the Ukraine conflict as follows: “…The taproot … Continue reading

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Defining Days for Ukraine and Russia-West Relations

August 19, 2025 Over the past month, the world has remained focused on what was likely to prove the climactic episode of the Russia-Ukraine war. In early July, President Donald Trump issued his harshest criticism of President Putin, stating that … Continue reading

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President Trump’s Secondary Tariffs

August 11, 2025 As the relationship between China and the US started to sour after the Nixon-Kissinger years, Washington paid more attention to expanding its cooperation with India as a counterbalance to China. Many visits were exchanged at the highest … Continue reading

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The Two-State Solution Remains an Illusion

July 28, 2025 Last Tuesday, July 22, Mr. Jean-Noël Barrot, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, in response to a question about his “virulent earlier reaction to the new ground offensive in Gaza”, said that France utterly condemns it … Continue reading

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The Future of Iran’s Nuclear Program

July 14, 2025 The Twelve-Day War and Operation Midnight Hammer have cast a shadow of uncertainty over the Middle East, raising questions about the pathway of Iran’s nuclear program. Of particular interest is how the US and Israel, the two … Continue reading

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No Swift Solutions to Current Conflicts

July 9, 2025 On February 28, 2025, the world witnessed an unprecedented public confrontation between President Trump and  President Zelensky at the Oval Office, where the former and Vice President Vance castigated their guest for not being grateful for US … Continue reading

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