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Turkey vs NATO: It isn’t just Tit for Tat

Most western political analysts believed that Erdoğan’s opposition to Sweden’s NATO membership was only a ploy to garner political and electoral support at home to ensure his victory in the May 2023 presidential elections. However, even after winning the elections, the Erdoğan administration’s position on Sweden’s membership has not changed. The latest incident of the Quran burning in Sweden has further exacerbated the situation. More importantly, the group of protestors staged this Islamophobic incident in front of the Turkish embassy. Ironically, the Swedish government allowed this anti-Islam and anti-Turkey incident to happen, even though Stockholm would have known how this incident could hurt its NATO ambitions…

Salman Rafi Sheikh

What’s the problem regarding radioactive water discharge from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant? A delegation of South Korean scientists visits the NPP. Part 2

The disputable situation surrounding the safety of discharging water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which the author discussed in Part 1, prompted a team of 21 South Korean experts to visit Japan from May 21 to 26 to inspect the plant and the treatment of radioactively contaminated water that Japan plans to begin discharging into the ocean in the near future because the tanks are full. Many Koreans are concerned about this because they believe the waters are still contaminated and will have a negative impact on the environment and health of the population of the area, especially South Korea. A presidential administration official stated that Seoul feels a real inspection of the nuclear disaster by South Korean experts is required…

Konstantin Asmolov

The Middle East is once again in turmoil

On the eve of military exercises simulating war with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brazenly and bluntly said: “I have a clear message for Iran and the international community: Israel will do everything it has to do to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb.” Apparently, Tel Aviv thinks that it has completely replaced the UN and is solving complex political issues on its own. However, both Israelis and the West in general are silent about the fact that Israel has long had nuclear weapons and the means of their delivery. The principles of democracy and freedom of the press must have completely blocked the eyes and mouths of “democratic” Western scribes…

Viktor Mikhin

Turkish economy has to adjust to new challenges

Alexandr Svaranc

Is Sleepy Joe Biden Trying to Outdo Hitler and History?

Phil Butler

A Kaleidoscope of Stories about Korean Society

Konstantin Asmolov

Chinese Prime Minister’s Trip to Europe

Chinese Prime Minister’s Trip to Europe

Vladimir Terehov

Facebook* vs. Cambodia: A Lesson in Securing Information Space

Brian Berletic

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