Basheer Nafi | 19 February 2018
On one of the Kurdish nationalist websites, Diyarbakir is described as the main centre for Kurdish economics, culture and politics in Turkey. The website, whose mission is both political and educational, provides a brief history of the [...]
Zeynep Koc | 14 February 2018
Iran entered the new year with protests that dominated headlines, filling the vacuum in the western media left by the holidays. It seems to have caught people by surprise that Iranians were protesting with rigor and prevalence [...]
Galip Dalay | 23 January 2018
On Saturday, Turkish jets bombed the Kurdish-majority province of Afrin in northwestern Syria. Alongside earlier artillery shelling of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) positions, the air bombing was only a prelude to the ground operation which began the following day. With this, Syria's highly complex [...]
Galip Dalay | 17 January 2018
What was previously depicted as a very strong relationship between Turkey and the Kurdistan region seems to have been no more than a fragile, transactional one Turkey's relationship with Iraqi Kurdistan has been a subject [...]
Tamer Badawi | 08 January 2018
Socioeconomic changes, largely stemming from President Hassan Rouhani’s economic policies since he took office, have had the biggest impact (among several factors) on driving and shaping the recent protests in Iran. The initial protests that [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 04 January 2018
With the immensely destructive impact of war in Syria wearing off, the Syrian regime has gained the upper hand in the country. The Syrian crisis, which started out as a national conflict, swiftly took on [...]
Basheer Nafi | 27 December 2017
For decades, no Saudi ruler has drawn world attention the way the current crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has done. Interest in him is not confined to the Arab world but has gripped the entire [...]
Galip Dalay | 27 December 2017
Haider al-Abadi's victories over Islamic State and the pushback against Kurdish independence have given rise to optimism about the future, but Iraq's leader has yet to begin building a new inclusive country In 2017, Iraq [...]
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 18 December 2017
Al Sharq Forum is looking for graduate students or final year undergrad students for a 5 months paid internship scheme between the months of February and June of 2018. The internship position is for young fellows who have [...]
Basheer Nafi | 09 November 2017
In a recent interview with the Guardian, Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman confirmed his decision to return the country to moderate Islam. The prince insisted that the conservative, extremist trend was a recent phenomenon [...]
