Once again, the new issue of InterNotional is out with a range of articles. Of course, we are glad to present the fifth issue of the journal. This time we have focused on foreign policy and the world order in an unpredicted coronavirus epidemic. There are now signals that indicating vaccination programs all over the world are lowering the speed of spreading the virus while economies are recovering after long lockdown. However, it looks that the side effects of the pandemic will continue affecting the world order and foreign policy relations for a while. Especially pandemic debt burden and vaccine diplomacy will shape foreign relations. The US, Europe, China, Russia, and regional powers like Turkey are on the frontlines of diplomacy shaping the world order. In this atmosphere traditional powers with traditional approaches face new powers competition. Although there were more optimistic approaches to the new American administration, President Biden’s approach to the latest Gaza war proved that American administration will not return its traditional approach of supporting Israel unconditionally despite Israel’s human rights violation against Palestinians. Similarly, Europe’s traditional way of dealing with Islam and Muslim communities in Europe became a deadlock after Islamophobic policies like Hijab ban. China is rising in the middle of pandemic despite threats of the West but it has important moral dilemmas that were appeared in Xinjiang (Uyghur region). Russia and Turkey are nowadays two important powers conducting active diplomacy in Caucasus, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan and Syria. In order to shed new light on the topic, INSAMER researchers examined the latest developments in those regions for you. Russia’s North Stream, Turkey’s approach to Afghanistan and many other articles are amongst the topics you will find out in our latest issue.
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