OP-ED & ANALYSIS

My regular policy briefs for Arab Center Washington are not listed below, they’re available at my ACW profile page.

Will Turkey Double Down in Somalia? Ahval, Dec 22, 2020

How Saudi Arabia Outmanoeuvred Turkey in Sudan? Ahval, June 11, 2019

Be Careful What You Wish For, Turkey , Ahval, Jan 3, 2019

An Abrupt Divorce Would Harm All Iraqis, Kurds Included, The New Arab, July 27, 2017

The End of Pax Americana, The New Arab, June 16, 2017

What’s going on inside Trump’s National Security Council? The New Arab, May 18, 2017

Turkey’s Kurdish Conflict Has Surged Again. Here is Why. The Washington Post, March 21, 2017

The West Under Attack: What we can Learn from the Roy vs Kepel Debate The Informed Comment, July 22, 2016

The “Glocal” Effect: Rethinking Religious Nationalism and Radicalization Brookings Institution, June 7, 2016

What Turkey Really Wants in Syria? Syria Deeply, February 26, 2016

Turkey-Russia Spat: What Does it Mean in the Long Term? Rudaw, December 5, 2015

Turkey’s Snap Elections: Explaining the AKP Victory Rethink Institute, November 2, 2015

What is at Stake for US in Kurdistan’s Political Turmoil?  Rudaw, October 20, 2015 

Turkey’s Syria Strategy: All About Domestic Politics?  War on the Rocks, August 27, 2015

Turkey’s Double War against IS and PKK Vocal International, August 2, 2015

Turkey’s Post Election Nightmare and Possible Syria Quagmire Rudaw, July 27, 2015

Critical Period for Hizbullah in Turkey’s Tense Southeast Hurriyet Daily News, June 20, 2015

Will Turkey’s Election End Hopes for Turkish-Kurdish Rapprochement? Informed Comment, June 6, 2015

Turkey’s Kurds Weigh an Election Choice The Daily Star, Mar 3, 2015

Kurds’ Electoral Gamble Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Feb 24, 2015

What Fuels Militant Islamism Informed Comment, Dec 17, 2014

ISIS and the Question of Foreign Fighters Rudaw, Nov 16, 2014

US-PYD Rapprochement: A Shift in Washington’s Strategy? Rudaw,  Oct 24, 2014

The Kobane Crisis: Where are Turkey, the PKK, and the Kurds Going? Informed Comment, Oct 19, 2014

Ankara’s ISIS Conundrum Rudaw, September 26, 2014

How Effective will Erdogan be as Turkey’s New President? Informed Comment, August 20, 2014