WAPE 18th Annual Forum: 85 political economists from 16 countries discussed multipolarity in Istanbul. (2025). BRIQ Belt &Road Initiative Quarterly, 6(4), 471-481.
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The World Association for Political Economy (WAPE) Annual Forum, organized by the China Business Development and Friendship Association (Turk-China Business Association) at Yeditepe University on August 6-8, 2025, was attended by 85 political economists from 16 countries, and 68 papers were presented. The theme of this year's Forum was the challenges and opportunities that multipolarity brings to political economy. Topics such as artificial intelligence, ecology, the digital Silk Road, global economic transformation, socialist modernization in China, and regional alliances were discussed from a political economy perspective based on current data. Please find attached Prof. Cheng Enfu's and Adnan Akfırat's speeches at the opening session and the final declaration of the WAPE 18th Forum.