Opinion

OPINION - Who is truly backward? Gaza and the mirror of Western modernity

OPINION - Who is truly backward? Gaza and the mirror of Western modernity

History is unsparing; it keeps the receipts. If Gaza cannot puncture our illusions, nothing will, until the logic we perfected abroad is perfected at home

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OPINION - 80 years after Hiroshima: American bombs have turned Gaza into Hiroshima 2.0
14.08.2025

OPINION - 80 years after Hiroshima: American bombs have turned Gaza into Hiroshima 2.0

Israel’s genocidal patron, namely the leaderships of the United States, have shown an utter lack of human empathy, conscience, or regard for the post-Hiroshima, post-Holocaust international law which they helped create

OPINION- Can Pistorius’ reforms secure the Bundeswehr’s future?
13.08.2025

OPINION- Can Pistorius’ reforms secure the Bundeswehr’s future?

If the federal government is serious about structural adjustments in security policy, it would have made more sense to wait for further decisions in this area, because the consequence of this plan can only be: After the reform is before the reform

OPINION - All that glitters is not gold: Scope, sustainability of Trump’s new trade agreements
13.08.2025

OPINION - All that glitters is not gold: Scope, sustainability of Trump’s new trade agreements

Are agreements likely to survive? One could envisage scenario where signatories opt to amend, replace them; US-EU agreement has already been significantly criticized by leading French, German politicians

OPINION - 'America Only,' BRICS+ and the Brazilian test: The price of defiance
08.08.2025

OPINION - 'America Only,' BRICS+ and the Brazilian test: The price of defiance

Tariff against Brazil is no isolated act; it is part of a coercive toolkit that includes extraterritorial sanctions, arbitrary restrictions, and demands for alignment with US strategic priorities

OPINION - The suspension of Serbia-Kosovo normalization talks
05.08.2025

OPINION - The suspension of Serbia-Kosovo normalization talks

Türkiye recognizes new geopolitical vacuum created in the Balkans and the opportunity this provides to do more to preserve peace and stability in a region it shares deep historical, ethnic, religious and cultural ties with