A New Era in Moldova?

The second round of the presidential elections in #Moldova and the victory of the pro-Western candidate #MaiaSandu has brought the attention of the world to this Eastern European country. In this article, #DenizBerktay will try to evaluate the elections in Moldova within the context of the historical background of the country.

https://unitedworldint.com/14568-a-new-era-in-moldova/

#Belarus is not #Ukraine – a critical geopolitical comparison

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/14785-belarus-is-not-ukraine-a-critical-geopolitical-comparison/

#Religion and Geopolitics: The Split in the #Orthodox world

📌 Multicentered Orthodox World
📌 The significance of #Ukraine
📌 The East-West Conflict
📌 The #Russian Orthodox Church After the Collapse of the #SovietUnion
📌 Supporters of the Independent #Church in Ukraine
📌 Religion and Politics
📌 Deterioration of Relations Between #Fener and #Moscow
📌 Active Support of the #US
📌 The New Era

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/15021-religion-and-geopolitics-the-split-in-the-orthodox-world/

#Belarus 2021: What can we expect?

📌 What does #Lukashenko have on his side?
📌 An authoritarian but fair social system
📌 Why has Lukashenko lost popular support?
📌 Turbulent Relations Between With #Russia
📌 The Belarussian People’s Congress

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/15382-belarus-2021-what-can-we-expect/

What #Biden’s election means for #Ukraine

📌 “Son of a b…”
📌 #Trump’s Victory and Disappointment in #Kyiv

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/15579-what-bidens-election-means-for-ukraine/ #US #Russia

“Patriarch #Bartholomew divides the #Orthodox World”

We did an interview with the Head of the Press Service of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of #Moscow Patriarchate #VasiliyAnisimov

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/15671-patriarch-bartholomew-divides-the-orthodox-world/ #US #Greece #Ukraine #Russia

Pro-Western Initiative of #Zelensky

📌 How Zelensky came to Power?
📌 How Zelensky’s Policies Changed?

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/17088-pro-western-initiative-of-zelensky/ #Ukraine #Russia #US

“#Russian-#Ukrainian War” and the Ukrainian Press

📌 #Russia’s troop build-up

📌 #Ukraine’s government does not wish to end up like #Saakashvili

📌 Western media diffuses danger – Ukrainian newspapers display calm

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/17682-russian-ukrainian-war-and-the-ukrainian-press/ #Donbass

Belarus: an assasination plot, a #US-led coup attempt and Russian rapprochement

📌 #Putin’s Speech and allegations of an assasination plot
📌 Delayed denial from the #WhiteHouse
📌 #Biden and Belarus
📌 Rapprochement between #Russia and #Belarus

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/17985-belarus-an-assasination-plot-a-us-led-coup-attempt-and-russian-rapprochement/

Permanent Political Crisis in Georgia

📌 The Significance of #Georgia for the West
📌 Ethnic Conflicts
📌 Saakashvili’s Adventures
📌 The Last Elections and Eruption of the Political Crisis
📌 The Final Agreement

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/18200-permanent-political-crisis-in-georgia/ #US #EU

#Moldova At The Crossroads

📌 The problem of national identity and statehood
📌 The problem of territorial integrity
📌 The presidential elections: A pyrrhic victory for the Pro-Western forces
📌 The conflict among President, Constitutional Court and Parliament
📌 Why are these elections so important

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/18823-moldova-at-the-crossroads/
#Chișinău

Crisis in #Belarus: less space to manoeuvre for #Lukashenko?

📌 The Reaction of the #EU
📌 #RomanProtasevich under custody
📌 The Helpless #Belarussian Opposition
📌 Probable Changes in Regional Politics

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/19203-crisis-in-belarus-less-space-to-manoeuvre-for-lukashenko/ #US #Russia

Ukraine’s disappointment with Biden

📌 #Ukraine’s Significance
📌 Pro-Western Politicians
📌 #Biden and Disappointment

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/19370-ukraines-disappointment-with-biden/ #Russia #NATO #US #EU

Elections in #Moldova

📌 Conflict of two political camps
📌 Who are the Moldovans?
📌 The breakaway region: #Transnistria
📌 Apparent intervention of the #US

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/19846-elections-in-moldova/ #Chișinău #EU #Russia

A #Chinese – #Ukrainian Alliance?

📌 Turmoil following the 2014 Revolution
📌 The impossibility of improving relations with #Russia
📌 Disappointment with #Biden
📌 #China: a new alternative
📌 Could this be a bluff?

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/19905-a-chinese-ukrainian-alliance/ #Ukraine #US

Patriarch Bartholomew’s adventure in Ukraine

#Istanbul (Fener) Patriarch #Bartholomew’s visit to #Ukraine has already sparked tensions and reactions in the #Orthodox world. As we will see, these tensions have more to do with geopolitics than religion.

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/20592-patriarch-bartholomews-adventure-in-ukraine/ #US #Greece #Russia #Turkey

The Fener #Patriarchate and assimilation

📌 #Byzantine and missionaries
📌 #Bulgaria and autocephaly
📌 The Ottomans and Fener
📌 Hellenized Bulgars
📌 #Fener and #Orthodox Arabs

Op-ed by #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/20743-the-fener-patriarchate-and-assimilation/ #US #Russia #Turkey #Ukraine #Greece

Crimean Platform in Ukraine’s Relations with the West

📌 Significance of Crimea for #Russia
📌 Annexation of #Crimea
📌 The attitude of the West
📌 The initiative for #Crimean Platform
📌 #Ukraine’s disappointment with the West

By #DenizBerktay

https://unitedworldint.com/21358-crimean-platform-in-ukraines-relations-with-the-west/