What Now For Kurdistan?
Often a niche interest in international relations, the Kurds have in recent years see-sawed between being seen as the modern equivalent of a plucky little…
Often a niche interest in international relations, the Kurds have in recent years see-sawed between being seen as the modern equivalent of a plucky little…
The geopolitical dilemma facing Kurdistan begins in California but may end via Estonia. Last year’s so far failed attempt to seek statehood was scuppered by…
Now that Donald Trump has been president of the United States for a year, I’m struck by how stable U.S. foreign policy has been. Things…
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The horrors of the Las Vegas shooting, the North Korean nuclear situation and BREXIT, is the perfect cover to allow Assad and Putin to try…
Russia, US and Jordan have agreed a ceasefire for southern Syria. It is likely that Israel is supporting this given that the area stretches to…
It’s been almost 16 years since the United States responded to 9/11 by going to war in Afghanistan, and 14 years since the United States…
It’s becoming a weekly tradition: a Donald Trump misstep and a media explosion, and not always in that order. The Washington Post reported late Monday…
The Munich Security Conference is a place where senior leaders make speeches and hold meetings with each other. Sometimes, the meetings are merely formal, sometimes…
The Palestinian leadership has been unable to establish direct channels of communication with US President Donald Trump – enter King Abdullah of Jordan. According to…