While analysts fret over what Iran and Russia are up to in Syria, Kurdish aspirations continue to be overlooked.
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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is against allowing two Nordic countries to join NATO over what he deems their support of ‘terrorists.’ His opposition will test the alliance’s unity.
Joe Biden has been quick to calm Kurdish fears that the US will abandon them to their fate.
Different ideologies and agendas among Kurdish political groups means they don’t push a single narrative about the Kurdish homeland. Diaspora groups are trying to change that.
In northern Syria, Trump has caused U.S. allies and rivals to view American commitments in a new, uncertain light. Other countries may now shift to depend less on the U.S., weakening national power.
Since the 1940s, Congress has largely let the president make decisions, while members of the House and Senate endorse or condemn those actions from the sidelines.
The US has 50 nuclear bombs stored in Turkey. As tensions rise between the two countries, a look at how they got there and what might happen next.
Russia left as the main power broker as the Turkish invasion of northeastern Syria continues.
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Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Social Science, The Open University
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Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
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Senior Fellow, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury
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Professorial Lecturer of International Politics, American University School of International Service
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
