To recruit Turkey against ISIS, the United States lost sight of its true friends.
The U.S. Strategy on IS in Iraq Has It Backwards
Why the U.S. government must rethink Iraq’s territorial integrity.
10 Facts: Kurdistan and the Kurds
The history of Kurdistan helps explain the Kurds’ current conundrum.
Mr. Bremer’s Shades of Grey
If a black-or-white political culture is grounds for sending in U.S. troops, then few countries require an invasion more urgently than the United States.
Post-Militarist Turkey: Falling Prey to Islamists?
How can post-militarist Turkey serve as a model for integrating religion into politics and society?
American Power and the Fall of Modernity (Part I)
What will the nation-state look like in the future?
The Future of the Middle East
How has the Middle East changed over the last decade — and what does the future hold for the region?
The Iraq War and Academia’s Faustian Pact
How have warnings of geopolitical chaos in Iraq proven prescient?
President Sadr: America’s Last, Best Hope?
Could the only remaining hope for a peaceful Iraq lie with Moqtada Sadr?
Kurds: Fighting for Civil Rights
Kurds have no physical nation, but could they still be unified?























