Ofra Bengio
Has Erdogan turned Turkey around? - opinion
Great expectations: The Kurds of Iraq and President Biden - opinion
Jerusalem Ballet premieres a story that is almost impossible to tell
Will the Kurds outdo Erdogan in the June elections?
Until the 2015 general elections, more than half of the Kurdish electorate supported the Adalet and Kalkinma Partisi (AKP) led by President Tayyip Erdogan.
Kurdistan’s independence: How to untie the Kurdish-Iraqi Gordian knot?
The instinctive reflex of the international community is to block the emergence of any newcomer into its midst.
Strange bedfellows: The Russian-Turkish-Iranian axis
Russia has fulfilled a long-held dream of reaching the warm water of the Mediterranean and is casting itself as the hegemon in the region.
Turkey and the EU: Building on a shaky bridge
What we might be witnessing in the future therefore is not the proverbial clash of civilizations between the Christian and the Muslim worlds.
Suraqiland and the shifting paradigms in the Middle East
Concerning the future map of the region, in the coming decades we are likely to see the emergence of two new states: The Islamic, Sunni state in Suraqiland and Kurdistan in Iraq.
Zero hour for the Kurds
Will the Kurds be able to regain their foothold, turning this war into their war of independence? It remains to be seen.
The Kurdish moment in the Middle East
The upheavals in Iraq have increased significantly the chances of the Kurds declaring independence from Iraq.
The Kurdish women’s revolution
Kurdish history is replete with cases of women assuming leadership roles in the realm of religion, politics and even in the military sphere.
The intra-Islamic conflicts and Israel
For Israel the Shi’ite arc turned into the main threat, including as it does Iran, Shi’ite Iraq, Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The Kurdish momentum in the Middle East
The Kurds are now on the map, but much depends on them if they manage to use momentum to alter the geopolitical map to their own advantage.
