African countries have had to tackle difficult problems of underdevelop- ment in their various forms in the last 45 years or so. Most of the emphasis has largely been geared towards overcoming economic problems, at times to the detriment of social and political considerations. These problems have, more often than not, been viewed in terms of scarcity of capital and technology.
Your Excellency Alpha Oumar Konare, Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, You Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, It gives me great pleasure to address the First International Turkish- African Congress.
One major challenge to whole Middle East security framework is the problem of establishing a security system in the Gulf region. The three poles that need to be balanced are Iraq, Iran and GCC Countries. The U.S. policies of balancing these actors against each other since 1971 failed after Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
Muslim world is at a critical turning point. The problems emerging within the Muslim countries are now transnational characters and most of them have a global reach. The Muslim populations' geography is under strict scrutiny and even there are plans to transform the Muslim nations with the plans that will allegedly last more than 50 years.
When the Israeli permanent representative of the UN Dan Gillerman was asked his assessment in CNN about the assassination of the leader of HAMAS Abdulaziz Rantisi by the Israeli government, he replied: “A dangerous terrorist has been killed and war against terrorism is on its successful path.