Despite risks, Kurds in Syria have the best chance in a generation to protect their national rights. Their success may hinge on the international community.
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Washington has long worked with Kurdish groups in the Middle East. But without sufficient support, encouraging Iranian Kurds into an uprising now could be dangerous.
Listen to political scientist Pinar Dinc explain what’s led to the PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
History tells us that where a fragmented coalition of armed groups finds itself in a political vacuum, more violence is probably on the horizon.
Eleven days that shook the world.
While analysts fret over what Iran and Russia are up to in Syria, Kurdish aspirations continue to be overlooked.
Disasters such as the earthquake affecting Turkey and Syria are always worse when there is bad blood between the countries involved.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is against allowing two Nordic countries to join NATO over what he deems their support of ‘terrorists.’ His opposition will test the alliance’s unity.
Joe Biden has been quick to calm Kurdish fears that the US will abandon them to their fate.
Different ideologies and agendas among Kurdish political groups means they don’t push a single narrative about the Kurdish homeland. Diaspora groups are trying to change that.
In northern Syria, Trump has caused U.S. allies and rivals to view American commitments in a new, uncertain light. Other countries may now shift to depend less on the U.S., weakening national power.
Since the 1940s, Congress has largely let the president make decisions, while members of the House and Senate endorse or condemn those actions from the sidelines.
The US has 50 nuclear bombs stored in Turkey. As tensions rise between the two countries, a look at how they got there and what might happen next.
Russia left as the main power broker as the Turkish invasion of northeastern Syria continues.
Since defending northern Syria from the Islamic State, Kurdish people have established an egalitarian society where women are equal, democracy is direct and religious freedom is guaranteed.
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Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Social Science, The Open University
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology; Institute for Humane Studies
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Professorial Lecturer of International Politics, American University School of International Service
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