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It is impossible to ignore the fact that relations between Russia and Turkey over the past decade have reached a high level of strategic partnership on many issues of both global and regional concern. There are a number of reasons, both practical and ideological, for the development of that partnership. First of all, it has its roots in the independent foreign policies pursued by Presidents Erdoğan and Putin, based on mutual respect for the interests of both countries, the very real need experienced by the two countries for a mutually beneficial economic cooperation and the ongoing…

Since the inception of Pakistan, the country has been one of the closest non-NATO allies of the United States. Pakistan has played a crucial role in the major US-led wars in the South Asian region, including the Cold War, the Afghan War in 1979, and the US-led War on Terror. However, the bilateral relations between the United States and Pakistan have always been transactional. The relations between the US and Pakistan have often waxed and waned according to the evolving regional situation. The two countries came close due to the changing regional dynamics, but once the storm subsided, their relations reached to a nadir. The need-based relations…

The current crisis over Gaza has demonstrated the growing rejection by developing countries of the Western powers’ position. While the United States and some Western European states expressed their full support for Israel, without condemning Netanyahu’s actions to blockade the Gaza Strip and deprive its residents of electricity, water, food, and medicine, most countries in the Global South advocated abandoning the practice of collective punishment and preserving the lives of civilians and, finally…