Turkey
Erdogan is Using PKK as Cover to Corner the Kurds
While Turkey’s official narrative, with regard to the scope of operation Euphrates Shield’, is centred on eliminating the ‘militant’ PKK, ground realities hardly confirm it, and instead show that Erdogan’s current drive is mainly...
Syria: Turkey pushing Washington up the wall?
Turkish intervention in Syria, although primarily motivated by its security concerns vis-à-vis Kurds, has started to create consequences that are not simply confined to reversing the Kurdish advances. On the one hand, Turkey is...
Erdogan-Putin Mend Relations as the West Gets Unnerved
While the August 9 meeting between Turkey’s Erdogan and Russia’s Putin did go a long way in unfreezing their own relations, this meeting—and the prospects of warm relations between them---has certainly put the U.S. under...