Philippa Kaur

As war begins to reshape the Middle East, the world is yet again overlooking the Kurdish people and the role they could play in reshaping Iran. Their struggle is moving to the center of debates about internal political change in Iran, yet many still know little about who the Kurds in Iranian Kurdistan are or… Continue reading Why Ghassemlou’s Vision Endures Among the Kurds in Iran
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Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and Sebastian Schäffer, Director of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe, discuss the Alternative for Germany’s (or Alternative for Deutschland, abbreviated AfD) historic electoral victory in Saxony-Anhalt. They examine the economic stagnation, political disillusionment and enduring East–West divide fueling the far right’s rise. They also assess German Chancellor Friedrich… Continue reading FO Talks: Will Historic AfD Victory Now Sink German Chancellor Friedrich Merz?
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Houthi forces recently launched a rapid offensive along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, capturing the strategically important port of Mocha and advancing toward the Bab al-Mandab Strait. On September 11, Reuters reported that Houthi forces had reached Perim, also known as Mayun, the island situated in the middle of the strait. The advance exposed weaknesses among… Continue reading Hadramaut: The Battle Saudi Arabia Won and the Trust It Lost
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US President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” in the middle of his trade confrontation with Canada has been widely dismissed and mocked as unserious. Nicholas Cull, a historian of propaganda and public diplomacy and Professor of Communication at the University of Southern California, described it as an “act of trolling” intended… Continue reading The Imperial Logic of “Lake America”
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Ceuta, one of two Spanish-administered cities located on the North African coast in Moroccan territory, became the center of an unprecedented migration emergency on July 30. The pressure had already been building: About 1,500 people had reached the city by swimming from Morocco during the previous week, overwhelming reception facilities, especially those for unaccompanied minors.… Continue reading The Africanist Reflex Behind Spain’s Ceuta Crisis
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Okay, here’s what this old man remembers nearly a quarter of a century later: I was living in New York City when, on September 11, 2001, two hijacked planes full of passengers hit the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, killing almost 3,000 innocent people. Until that moment, such a thing would have been… Continue reading Once Upon a Time: My Tale of How the War on Terror Came Home in the Age of Donald J. Trump
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