The Kurdish momentum in the Middle East The Kurds are now on the map, but much depends on them if they manage to use momentum to alter the geopolitical map to their own advantage. By OFRA BENGIO ...

One actor with an eye on Iraq's ongoing violence is Turkey. For more on Turkey's complex relationship with Iraq, as well as its interests in Iraqi Kurds, Robert Siegel speaks with Hugh Pope.

This event, as part of the Middle East Centre's Kurdish Studies Series, will be a discussion around Zeynep Kaya's latest book Mapping Kurdistan: Territory, Self-Determination and Nationalism. Since ...

A critic looks at “Kurdish Spring: A New Map for the Middle East,” a new book by David Phillips that could become a main reference on the Kurdish struggle. ... diversity and analysis. It is read ...

Violent upheaval in the Middle East has recently spawned all manner of maps purporting to explain how the region got this way. Here, instead, are 15 maps that don’t claim as much.

Discussing a Kurdish state, even in a hypothetical or historical context, may inspire many conspiracy theorists – understandably, as U.S. involvement in nation building in the Middle East has ...

Despite the pandemonium in the Middle East, Sykes-Picot seems to be alive and well. That shouldn’t be surprising. Land borders settled via negotiation, especially when sealed by treaty, tend to be ...