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Bi-Polar Power in the 21 st Century by Behcet Kaya The following article is my personal opinion. In this 21st century, the bi-polar powers have not yet been settled on. It is clear that the U.S. is losing its hegemonic power and the world is struggling as to who will retain hegemony. Will it be a one country hegemony? Or will it be a true Bi-Polar Power? How do we see this? BRICS is a five-nation alliance with Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa now meeting regularly. The most obvious thing is that they are forming a common currency against the world’s most reliable currency the U.S dollar. These nations want to trade and use their own currency instead of U.S. dollars. Since 1945 the U.S. dollar has been used exclusively to purchase petroleum and natural gas, medicine, and weapons. And now, because the dollar is losing its power, the U.S. government is printing money without any backing, pushing the U.S debt to over $35 trillion. Another point to consider is th...

                                                       Burning of the Kuran in Sweden My personal view of burning the Kuran in Sweden has two important points: First: Sweden allowed the burning of the Kuran because it claims that in Sweden there is freedom of expressing thoughts. Just the same as it is written in America’s First Amendment, which stipulates freedom of speech. Digging a little deeper, there are factions in Sweden who are against Sweden joining NATO. Therefore people who are behind this provocation are thinking that by burning the Kuran, Turkiye is not going to allow Sweden to join NATO. With this stipulation we can start blaming other nations such as Russia and Greece who are behind this charade as well. But, Russia’s Putin made an excellent example by going to Dagistan, a province of Russia, and accepting the Kuran. This is an indic...