Using The Kurds Again: Will the Iranian Kurds Enter The Iran War on The Side of The United States and Israel?
The United States has a long record of using the Kurds as auxiliaries when fighting against its enemies in the Middle East. The formula is deceptively simple. Promise the Kurds their autonomy or even independence if they will support the U.S. Usually this...
To understand the stance of Turkey’s political class and society regarding the attacks on Iran, two main points must be examined: the fact that Turkey’s secularist circles were raised within an anti-imperialist discourse, and the Palestinian and Islamic sensitivities of the political Islamists. Additionally, both groups share a common sentiment: the belief that the United States and the West are trying to divide Turkey,...
A year ago, Donald Trump entered office recommitting to “an America First” foreign policy. To many of his supporters that meant disengaging from the...
A hundred days into Donald Trump’s second presidency, the contours of transatlantic relations have shifted dramatically. US foreign policy, once anchored in multilateralism, now...
Three years ago, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest-scale and deadliest war in Europe since 1945. However, Ukraine’s heroic resistance—bolstered by military and political...
