On March 1, the White House announced plans to impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports. While the content of the bill is yet to be determined (along with U.S. President Donald Trump’s determination to see it through), the initiative has already prompted reactions from both home and abroad.
In case you’ve missed the rest of the world’s news amid Turkey’s busy agenda, something big is happening in the United States. The mass murder of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine’s Day has reignited the fierce debate over gun control. This time, however, Parkland seems to have become a tipping point for Americans; you can tell something is different.
While all eyes are on Turkey’s “Operation Olive Branch” in Syria’s Afrin, the temperature is rising in the Aegean and the Mediterranean. On Feb. 10, the Turkish navy blocked a drilling ship, contracted by the Italian Energy Company ENI, searching for gas off the coast of Greek Cyprus. Just three days later, Turkish and Greek Coast Guard vessels bore down on each other by the Kardak (Imia) islets. The two countries came to the brink of war in this area 22 years ago.
Since the establishment of de-conflict zones in Syria by Russia, Iran and Turkey as part of efforts in the Kazakh capital Astana to boost the Geneva peace talks, the war in the country has entered a new phase.
It’s time for a frank discussion.
2017 was a year full of international crises, and we are preparing to hand over many of them to 2018. On the brighter side, almost a year has passed since Donald Trump assumed the Oval Office, and we haven’t found ourselves engaged in a nuclear war.. yet.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced his country’s long-awaited National Security Strategy Document on Dec. 18. The document, which provided a general framework of the administration’s principles, primary objectives and threat priorities, is important in terms of indicating what Trump and his team will focus on in the near future.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial move to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has put the Israeli-Palestinian conflict back in the headlines.
U.S. President Donald Trump has defied the warnings of world leaders and officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, initiating proceedings to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to the contentious Israeli “capital.”
