After roughly twenty years of governing, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed that he is ready to commit to his last term in office during the upcoming Turkish elections in 2023. During a speech in early December, Erdoğan said that he will “hand over this sacred flag to our young people.” The
After fifteen months of inconsequential negotiations, a team of Norwegian diplomats was finally able to find a settlement with all parties involved to allow for an UN-managed financial fund to combat the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. This was announced by Dag Nylander, chief facilitator of the negotiations, and later, on
Russia’s war on Ukraine has endured for almost nine months now, but the war got up close and personal to impartial Russian citizens like never before when Putin announced on September 22nd that military reservists would be partially mobilized. On October 13th, Dutch news site NOS wrote that separatism within
While the war in Ukraine rages on and unfortunately shows little evidence of cooling down anytime soon, the soft post-soviet underbelly of Russia begins to play an ever increasing role within the balance of power and Russia’s sphere of influence. The increase of tension and bilateral arrangements between these states
