Asia
Why does Erdogan Need the Istanbul Canal?
Almost a year ago Turkey started a large-scale construction project - Istanbul Canal with all the adjacent infrastructure. The project is planned to be completed in 6 years. According to the preliminary estimates, the budget of the project will be reaching up to 15 billion dollars. The Canal will be 45 km long, and is projected at 25 meters...
As in Ukraine, so Too in Taiwan
Just as the the United States and its allies created an existential threat to Russia through the transformation of Ukraine into a highly militarized proxy of Western military power - so too is such a threat being deliberately and systematically created on the island of Taiwan vis-a-vis Beijing. From 2014 onward, the United State had installed into power regimes in both Ukraine and Taiwan disrupting the status...
Iraq: the Main Battle is Yet to Come
Since Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr won Iraq’s widely boycotted elections last October, there has been a steady stream of news reports, forecasts and analyses claiming that this could be the beginning of the end of Iranian interference in Iraqi affairs. While such estimates are certainly optimistic, they are perhaps somewhat naive and misguided. Iran remains the most...
