Iran and Turkey: Between Cooperation and Conflict
MDC Researcher Brandon Friedman analyzes how Turkish and Iranian interests in Syria and Iraq are diverging, despite their recent diplomatic "entente."
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Contextualizing the Kurdish national project: the failed Iraqi nation-state thesis
Head of Kurdish Studies at the MDC Prof. Ofra Bengio has published an article in the peer-reviewed scholarly journal British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (BJMES), which analyzes the rise of Kurdistan in Iraq.
Ghosts of the Past: The Double Suicide Bombing in Baghdad after the Defeat of ISIS in Iraq
Adam Hoffman investigates the deadly attack that ISIS perpetrated in the heart of Baghdad in mid-January, shortly after the official announcement of the organization’s defeat in Iraq.
Victory in Iraq and Syria?
Brandon Friedman examines what the declarations of victory in the war against the Islamic State mean for Iraq and Syria.
The Islamic State (Daʿesh) after the Liberation of Mosul
MDC Researcher Ronen Zeidel analyzes recent developments in the war against the Islamic State in Iraq.
Kurdistan's Independence - How to Untie the Kurdish-Iraqi Gordian Knot?
Prof. Ofra Bengio writes in the Jerusalem Post about the obstacles that lie in the path of an independent Kurdistan in Iraq.
al-Hashd as-Sha'bi: Mediating between Iranian Aspirations and Geographical Changes in Iraq and Syria
Dr. Doron Itzhakov writes of the role of the approximately forty militias - many of them under Iranian control or influence - currently operating alongside the Iraqi Army and in Syria. In Hebrew.
Turkey’s Waiting Game in Sinjar
Michael Knights of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) discusses the imperative and difficulty of Turkey’s pushback against Kurdish and Iranian-backed militant groups in the Sinjar district of Iraq.
The 'Kurdish Jerusalem': Kirkuk and the Kurdish independence strategy
Prof. Ofra Bengio analyzes the place of Kirkuk in the current Kurdish campaign for independence. In Hebrew.
Reviving the myth of Saddam Hussein
Gilad Shiloach examines the proliferation of Saddam Hussein's image as defender of the Arab world, which is magnified by fear of Iranian regional influence.