Kurds

Kurdistan24 Washington D.C correspondent Dr. Laurie Mylroie contributes with an article focusing on the September 2017 Kurdish independence referendum.

Michael Knights of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) discusses the imperative and difficulty of Turkey’s pushback against Kurdish and Iranian-backed militant groups in the Sinjar district of Iraq.

Prof. Ofra Bengio analyzes the place of Kirkuk in the current Kurdish campaign for independence. In Hebrew.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak explains the roots of the security crisis facing Turkey in the aftermath of recent suicide attacks in Ankara and Istanbul.

MDC Junior Researcher Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the outcome of the November elections in Turkey, and argues that the Turkish people chose economic stability and security over perceived chaos, even at the expense of perceived authoritarianism.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the reactions on Turkish social media to the recent parliamentary elections.

In the latest Middle East Crossroads, Prof. Ofra Bengio analyzes the ways that two important players (the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Islamic State) are shaping the face of the new Middle East. In Hebrew.