Kurds

In the latest issue of Tel Aviv Notes, Prof. Ofra Bengio compares post Baʿth Iraq and Syria, showing how regime collapse in both states led not to democratic renewal but to continued authoritarian rule, sectarian tension, and weak legitimacy.

In our latest edition of Turkeyscope, Dr. Gülistan Gürbey addresses the regional implications of the recent call by PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan to dissolve the PKK. The article gives the domestic context of this move and focuses on what it means for the Syrian Kurdish area, also known as Rojava.