Dragana Trifkovic, Director General of the Center for geostrategic studies
A few days ago, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that Turkey is in favor of seeking diplomatic ways to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. We will remember that they are in Turkey in spring 2022. negotiations between Moscow and Kiev were organized in 2019, which ended in failure thanks to London, after the then British prime minister Boris Johnson urged Kiev not to sign anything with the Russian Federation and to keep fighting. Although Western countries, like Turkey, are in favor of achieving peace in Ukraine, it is clear that their actions are fundamentally different from rhetoric. Minsk agreements on the cessation of hostilities in Ukraine (2014-2015) year.), It served the West only to buy time to further strengthen Ukraine's armed forces. This was confirmed by the former chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, which clearly says that when the West "Orwellian" talks about peace, it is actually waging war ("war is peace, freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is power" by George Orwell in 1984). In this connection, the collective West has lost any credibility to speak and negotiate peace as a party that encourages conflict and does not respect international law. But is Turkey different from the West on this issue and can Turkey be trusted?
William Engdahl is a strategic risk consultant and lecturer, has a degree in politics from Princeton University and is the best-selling author on oil and geopolitics, exclusively for online magazine" New Eastern Outlook“
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is known for his slippery relations with alleged allies, whether it be NATO or the EU. However, his greatest perfidy now seems to be directed against Turkey's relationship with Putin's Russia. Over the past two or more years in his relations with Ukraine, Armenia, Syria, Libya and now, more recently, in the unsuccessful Revolution in Kazakhstan, Erdogan has shown a clear pattern not only of opportunism, but also of perfidiousness or betrayal of trust, as in double crossing, in his relations with Russia despite being dependent on energy and advanced defense equipment. Why, the question is.
The informative and political magazine " Personality of the country "has started a new project – the Discussion Club" position", in which its participants will be able to exchange opinions and express their views on the most urgent issues facing the international community.
Прва дискусија одржана је на тему: "Central Asia and Russia. Problems, prospects and hopes".
Written By: Miloš Zdravković
Turkey's shift away from Western political and any other influence is visible and Turkey's attempt to position itself as an independent geopolitical factor (for the first time since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire), without which nothing will happen in the Middle East.
