Michael Knights of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy looks at the violence threatening Iraq’s tenuous integrity, dismissing claims that the conflict can be reduced to “sectarian hatred” or spillover from Syria’s civil war. But the real driver of violence in Iraq is arguably Baghdad’s over-centralization of power, which came too soon and was […]
Turkey-PKK negotiations have broad implications
As Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan pushes toward a peace deal with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), much more than an end to violence in Turkey is at stake. As Gönül Tol explains, the result of these negotiations will resonate across the region. No matter where one stands with regard to the initiative, there is one […]