Kurdistan

March 2, 2025

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

Ceasefire of Betrayal: The Manufactured Surrender of Kurdish Struggle

by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The announcement of a ceasefire by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) should be heralded as a seismic moment in the modern history of resistance movements, yet beneath

Erdoğan’s High-Stakes Gamble on Kurdish Peace

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is making a bold and risky bet on peace with the Kurds, following an unprecedented call from jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan for his followers to disarm and disband the militant group.

March 2, 2025

Ceasefire of Betrayal: The Manufactured Surrender of Kurdish Struggle

March 2, 2025

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The announcement of a ceasefire by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) should be heralded as a seismic moment in the modern history of resistance movements, yet beneath

Erdoğan’s High-Stakes Gamble on Kurdish Peace

March 2, 2025

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is making a bold and risky bet on peace with the Kurds, following an unprecedented call from jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan for his

India’s Vote Under Suspicion

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Land-mining Sri Lanka in Vadunnagala

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The Mountain Men Who Humiliated the Mighty

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Has India’s Election Commissioner Sinned?

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After Kohat: Why Pakistan’s Strikes on Taliban Were Needed

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Politics Limits Arms Deliveries to Taiwan

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Donald Trump and the Age of Evil

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Kashmir’s UN Ghost Returns

The Kashmir dispute has once again found its way onto

Munir’s Ascendancy

There are moments in the life of a nation when

Can Mark Carney build a new middle power alliance?

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney went to France over the

Can The UN Still Deliver?

World leaders gathering in New York for the 81st United

Greed and Conflicts – Are Humans Unwise?

The article questions whether humanity’s endless pursuit of power, wealth,

Women of the Latin American Left: Leaders in Power or Power-Hungry Women?

Three powerful Latin American women — Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez, Nicaragua’s

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This column looks beyond government tensions to explore the human

Trump’s Greenland Grab

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