

Ankara and the PKK: What Iran Wants, and What It Can Still Do
For more than four decades, Iran has stayed deeply involved in the conflict between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), often seeking to obstruct deescalation attempts by both sides. Now the extent of Iran’s influence has become an open question. Can a country weakened by a devastating military confrontation still exercise the regional leverage […]
Hamas Just Gave a Master Class on Redefining Defeat
There comes a moment in every lost war when language becomes the last weapon standing. The ammunition runs out, the front lines collapse, and all that remains is the communiqué. This week offered a textbook example. Hamas announced the dissolution of its government in Gaza. The head of its administrative committee submitted his resignation. The […]
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