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European Commission’s Türkiye report: rest in peace

On October 30th, the European Commission published its annual report assessing the candidate countries' progress over the last year. Türkiye…

2 weeks ago

Türkiye’s BRICS Bid: Why is Erdoğan’s visit being kept under wraps?

I was at the National Day reception at the Chinese Embassy in Ankara when Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Öncü Keçeli made…

2 months ago

Erdoğan’s Israel threat, Israel’s Saddam audacity

First and foremost, we must not leave unaddressed the audacity of Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz, who suggested that President…

4 months ago

Does Türkiye want to join BRICS? Fidan’s critical China visit explained

What put Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's trip to China on the global agenda was neither Türkiye's desire to attract investment…

6 months ago

The new mineral frontier: Türkiye’s role may change in the REE supply chain

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's visit to China from June 3-5 encompassed not only political discussions on issues such as Palestine,…

6 months ago

Energy wars with Russia are heating up

Very early this morning, I talked to the Dubai-based Gulf Intelligence, one of the world's leading energy think tanks, about…

8 months ago

Is the US adapting its “containment” strategy over Russia and China?

It would be a geostrategic fallacy to see US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's November 2-10 tour of the Middle…

1 year ago

China: “If we won’t stop the USA, small countries can’t”

 “China is a great, powerful state,” emphasizes China's Ankara Embassy Charge d'affaires Cheng Weihua - 程卫华. “How can smaller, weaker…

2 years ago

USA:1 China:0 in Taiwan Game. Or is it?

So they say China will launch military exercises around the island of Taiwan on August 4, encircling the island in…

2 years ago

Transformation triggered by the Russian-Ukrainian war

When Russia launched an offensive to Ukraine, the seemingly dispersed West closed its ranks. The photo is from the G20…

3 years ago