March 22, 2019

First the Golan, next Kurdistan

On the day Kurds celebrated Nowruz (the Persian new year) and Jews celebrated Purim (the defeat of the Persian who wanted to exterminate them), President Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heig...

November 15, 2017

Kurdistan Needs a Berlin-Style Emergency Airlift

The Trump administration had better work fast to rescue our Kurdish allies – who are being attacked on all sides – if anything tangible is to be salvaged from the super-expensive American military involvement in the Middle East during thi...

April 21, 2017

The Road to Defeating the Islamic State Runs through Kurdistan

Now that President Trump concluded that the Syrian gas attack "crossed many, many lines" and reacted accordingly, he must formulate a battle-plan to convert dynamic "talk" into ongoing "walk." In the process, he shoul...