Silent Lonesome Man

I read from an article of The Michigan Daily , where a columnist published an interesting fact that always appears in my mind for a long time, yet finally revealed after too long. It is frequently neglected by Western media, something I can't stand for it. Brandon Cowit, who has made an attempt to search about Russia, has come to a clear conclusion that the Americans totally "ignore" the grief Russians endured. During the 1990s, Russia was led by Boris Yeltsin, considered the friendliest President for the West. Despite Yeltsin's reputation as a drunk, inept and incompetent, with a disastrous neoliberal reform, the West did nothing to solve the problem. Furthermore, the United States openly helped Yeltsin to be re-elected in 1996. As Yeltsin was running like a drunk in Dublin, London, Washington and Paris, Russia's reputation was tarnished globally, including the shock defeat in the First Chechen War to the Chechen separatists. That nurtured Soviet nostalgia that e...

When the Ukrainian President, the former film actor Volodymyr Zelenskyi, headed to Turkey for a visit, he appeared to be smiling - he believed gaining support from Ankara was enough for Ukraine to make the process by joining NATO and furthermore, the European Union. However, this is far from a reality check. Despite NATO has organised exercises with Ukrainian Armed Forces frequently since 2014, Ukraine, somehow, fails to materialise their plans. Its economy has been dumped severely and it is one of the ten most corrupt countries within the European continent, a bit comparable to the rate of Bulgaria, Russia, Belarus and Romania. But while the economy can be fixed, it is the foreign relations of Ukraine that deliver most wary for the other observers. So why it is necessary to question Ukraine's capability? It is not easy, but Ukraine's foreign relations post-Euromaidan is deeply entrenched to the West. It has sought to become a member of the European Union and to develop the asp...

When the United States President, Joe Biden, officially announced his recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the Turkish President Erdogan has been infiltrated to his dismay. Like the majority of Turkish nationals, many are strong nationalists, he has rejected the genocide accusation. Yet in the past, only a minority of countries in the world would do this recognition, Uruguay and Cyprus spearheaded. Once the Cold War ended, however, the world shifted to a multipolar order, and the Armenian Genocide began to be remembered widespread. But the United States was, until 2019, not one of the countries that acknowledged the tragedy. With Erdogan's relationship with the West worsened, the United States had seized the opportunity. The American Congress in 2019 made a shocking move, officially denounced the Ottoman massacre of Armenians in 1915 as a genocide. The news from Washington D.C. delivered to the world with surprise because the United States never tried to recognise this before. Erd...

Ever since the Euromaidan and tensions increased between Ukraine and Russia, Kyiv has sought to become a prominent player within Europe, by trying to join NATO and EU. But while France and Germany have become more reluctant to accept Ukraine into the EU, due to the unwanted Brexit that saw the United Kingdom left the group, joining NATO maybe even more problematic because NATO also has members who share veto powers. One of them is Turkey, as Kyiv has been seeking to cultivate a friendlier alliance. Now, with U.S. President Joe Biden going to address the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, this can become a problem for Kyiv. Pro-Turkish and anti-Armenian views Ukraine has been at the spotlight when the Euromaidan when Ukrainians joined the protest demanding the pro-Russian President, Viktor Yanukovych, to leave power. The Maidan lasted for a year before it successfully toppled the President, forcing him to flee to Russia. The first death in the Maidan was a Ukrainian national of Armen...

I have a quite strange feeling about European leaders nowadays, especially within the EU. There is always something that is hidden among them. They don't speak out, but they appeared to be. Yes, I'm talking about the leadership of the European Union and its associates. There's something not right on it. I sense this since 2010s, something has changed. Guess? Am I talking about the increasing right-wing natures? Am I talking about the traditional left-wing groups? Or Russian intelligence in these nations? No. It's more than that. It's about manipulation. And Europe is unprepared to face this round. Russia is quietly conducting agenda, covert and cautious, but with solid results. Poland Poland has to be the biggest shock for the European leadership today. Because just only nearly two decades ago, Poland joined the European Union and was seen with the highest potential. The deterioration was unbelievable because Poland was once a leading front nation fighting against a...

On 19 April 2005, in the capital city of Poland, Warsaw, the Polish Sejm (Lower House), officially passed a solution. This solution was abnormal because it laid a historic and important ground for not just Poland's political stance, but also it greatly affected Poland's relations with another country that historically been one of Poland's biggest protectors. Yes, on that night, a cool night in the Polish capital, the Polish Sejm Marshal, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, issued an official recognition. And this, by the moment, Turkey started to change. This move by the Polish government triggered widespread nationwide criticism in Turkey. And more. On 19 April 2005, Poland officially became the 17th country, to recognise the Armenian Genocide. And this is also when Turkey will never be the same again. A complicated tie Turkey and Poland have unique relations with each other. In the past, the Ottoman Empire clashed frequently with the Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania. The Polish-...

A day ago, I heard that the ethnic Karens, a Christian minority living in the Southeast bordering Thailand, had fled into the Thai border trying to get refuge in Thailand. Then, only a few hours later, a new report surged that the Thai government had instructed its soldiers to expel any kind of refugees fleeing to Thailand under the pretext that "the border is safe". And this came after the Karen National Union addressed its support for anti-coup protesters in Myanmar and its assault on a military outpost that killed 10 Tatmadaw soldiers. The Tatmadaw, or Burmese Armed Forces, has been retaliating violently and dispatching over 4,000 troops trying to crush the Karens, like how they're doing to its own citizens. Thus, Thailand's reaction has been very much appalling and is harmful to the Karens. For the wider international community, this move is condemned and it shows that Thailand is complicity in helping the Burmese junta in killing Burmese citizens; only weeks ago,...