The debate sort of sounds like Bill Clinton questioning the meaning of the word ‘is’ when he was asked: “Is there anything going on between
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The mysterious absence of women from Middle East policy debates -The Monkey Cage (WP)
Its not like there really is a shortage of excellent women scholars on the Middle East…. “Last year, six leading Washington think tanks presented more
Israeli Mossad Goes Rogue, Warns U.S. on Iran Sanctions -Bloomberg.com
The closer we get to an American-Iranian nuclear deal, the nastier the domestic fight has become in the US. House Speaker John Boehner has invited
The new PKK: unleashing a social revolution in Kurdistan -Roarmag.org
Fascinating look at the PKK’s adoption of libertarian socialism, a variation of social anarchism originated by American Murray Bookchin. Although there are a number of
How Turkey misread the Kurds -Al Jazeera
There was rioting in the Kurdish majority city of Diyarbakir in south eastern Turkey this week. This article provides an interesting overview of the continuing
Yemen crisis: Houthi rebels shell presidential home -BBC
A brief overview of the current crisis in Yemen which is getting little attention in the media. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30903516
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