The Russian snap military operation into the territories of Georgia, an independent country, is an important event that requires deeper examination, which will reveal important hints about how the future will be shaped. First this development showed that the borders in the region are not fixed, which is why it has been hard to maintain political and military stability in the region. No single country is to blame for this crisis. It seems that Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, governed by an expansionist and annexationist vision, acted without thinking when he ordered the military operation against the long-problematic South Ossetia, leading to the deaths of approximately 2,000 innocent people. His actions showed that the young and liberal generation of US-supported politicians can be thoughtless not only in regards to the economy, but also politically. Encouraged by American and Western support, Saakashvili probably concluded that he had a blank check to do as he wished. The game being played in the western Caucasus is a dangerous one. That the Czechs have approved the installation of radar systems, that missile launch pads will be positioned in Poland, and that Ukraine and Georgia are both campaigning for NATO membership all imply that Russia is being cornered from the south. Yet we cannot say that Russia is the only item on the American and European agenda. Perhaps their real target is Iran. Acting in line with Israel's short and long-term strategic calculations, the US has long targeted Middle Eastern countries, and lately in particular it has been trying to corner Iran. This inevitably drives Iran toward Russia and Russia toward China, not to mention the other giant power in between -- India. In the 1990s it was announced that a unipolar world order had been established; this was incorrect. My book from those years, "Ortadoğu'dan İslam Dünyası'na" ("From the Middle East to the Islamic World"), had advocated the idea that though the world seems unipolar today, in reality it is a multi-polar world without balance. Speaking at a meeting last year in Munich, Putin stated that the unipolar world concept was wrong. "But this will change. In the history of humanity, there were times when the world order was unipolar and hegemonic. A system with a single ruler, a single power and a single decision-maker will destroy both itself and others," he said. For Putin, a unipolar system is not only unacceptable, but also impossible in today's world. In addition to the despotism of violating international law, the US is also being greedy in trying to universalize its own legal norms. In all aspects, the US has gone beyond its national borders and started to weigh on the economic, political, cultural and educational policies of other countries. Who is pleased with this? Turkey should learn its lessons from Russia's military operation. Indeed, in its destruction of several Turkish investments in Georgia, Russia has sent Turkey an implicit message. Turkish President Abdullah Gül said the US should stop tailoring world policy according to its whims, but rather allow for the involvement of other countries. He noted that he saw a new multi-polar world order rising from the ashes of the conflict in the Caucasus. Gül indicated that the conflict showed that the US can no longer continue to shape global policies on its own, but should share power with other countries. "I don't think one can control the world from a single center. There are big nations with considerable populations. There are incredible economic developments in certain regions of the world. Unilateral acts should be abandoned for the sake of joint decisions. A new world order is emerging," he said.