Politics
Singapore hosted another Shangri-La Dialogue
On June 2-4, Singapore hosted another (already the 20th in a row) Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD), which is held annually by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. Judging by the composition of participants and the range of issues discussed, this is one of the most reputable international expert platforms, which examines various aspects of security in the Indo-Pacific region. The very region where the focus of the current stage of the Big World Game is shifting towards. Each such Dialogue deserves attention, if only because…
Personnel changes – Erdogan’s new team
Elections always suggest new hopes, new changes and new faces of those who will then generate innovations. During the election campaign, Recep Erdogan promised, in case of his victory, to significantly change the composition of the government, and to send the current ministers as members to parliament. Erdogan, as it is known, always means what he says. This time as well, immediately after taking the oath and inauguration, the Turkish president announced the new composition of the government. The following three universal features of the new cabinet…
The Gwangju Uprising - and how South Korea’s dealt with this issue during the Moon Jae-in and Yoon Suk-yeol administrations
On May 18, 1980 the city of Gwangju was the scene of an uprising against the then dictator Chun Doo Hwan, which sparked off what in South Korea is generally referred to as the Democratization Movement, or simply 5.18. Following the brutal dispersal of the student demonstrators by police armed with bayonets and flamethrowers, the entire city rose up against Chun Doo Hwan’s regime. Moreover, the uprising…
