Abdullah Muradoğlu
Covid-19 pandemic lays bare simmering tensions within EU, US
While humanity fights for its survival against a vicious pandemic, the power struggle between the U.S. and China continues to rage on. The Beijing Government, which had poorly responded to outbreak warnings initially, later grasped the gravity of the... more
Our only weapon against Covid-19 is ‘social distancing’
The coronavirus outbreak first originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan where 11 million people live. While the Chinese government did not want to acknowledge the outbreak at first, it was later forced to take drastic measures.Now the epidemic has bee... more
Now is the time for solidarity
Outbreaks deeply impact our lives. Of course, our habits are also changing. Let's not ignore the psycho-social effects of the outbreak. In addition to the precautions taken against the epidemic, morale is also of tremendous help. We must both lift ou... more
Epidemics have always been a threat to human life
French writer Albert Camus opens his novel, “The Plague”, with a description of the mundane flow of everyday life in the city of Oran. Camus was also born in the French Algerian city of Oran. In his 1947 novel, Camus tells how the “plague” changed pe... more
Global outbreaks and national security
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the novel coranavirus that originated from China as a “global pandemic.” It has once again been proven that one of the evils brought by globalization is the ability to spread local outbreaks across the... more
US’s Israel Lobby takes aim at presidential nominee Sanders
U.S. presidential elections will be held in November 2020. Trump is running for reelection as a candidate for the Republican Party. As for the Democratic side, they had nominated 30 candidates vying to face off with the president. Only three of them ... more
Trump keeps firing members of his cabinet!
The Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives has launched an inquiry to impeach President Donald Trump. The Senate, controlled by the Republicans, acquitted Trump. Thus, Trump, who seems to have put a lid on things, also took several steps t... more
Trump declares war against the 'Deep State'!
President Donald Trump's appointment of U.S. Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, as the Deputy Director to the "National Intelligence Directorate" in charge of overseeing 17 intelligence agencies has fueled debate about the “Deep State” in the co... more
A West-less world may present an opportunity for Muslim countries
The theme that marked this year's Munich Security Conference summit, which was established during the most heated period of the "Cold War," was "concerns" about the future of a world without the West. Concerns summarized as “Westlessness” was the ma... more
Trump’s Afghanization policy
At the Munich Security conference, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. The U.S.’s special representative to Afghanistan Zalmey Khalilzad also made an appearance at the meetin... more
‘Alexander the Great’ war games: Look at what our so-called allies are doing!
The U.S., France and Greece have conducted a joint military drill on the island of Skyros in the Aegean waters. The name of this military drill is apparently “Alexander the Great 2020.”Macedonian King Alexander made history when he launched eastern c... more
Donald Trump’s revenge is a dish best served cold
The impeachment trial in Senate regarding U.S. President Donald Trump ended with a victory lap for the Republicans. As the Republicans hold the majority in the Senate, there was no question about the result. Republican Senator Mitt Romney was the onl... more
Why is Trump delaying Netanyahu annexing the West Bank?
There is a general consensus that U.S. President Donald Trump’s so called peace plan will not come to materialize.American analysts are saying that the deal was dead on arrival. The Israelis know this best. Netanyahu got whatever he wanted from the T... more