The Art of Foreign Influence: The Russian Military Adviser June 3, 2019 Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·RUSSIA·RUSSIA | FSU·WORLD NEWS History’s superpowers have long employed military advisers around the world as extensions of a country’s power and influence. Russia has a wealth Read More
The Alevis Dilemma – Turkey’s Erdogan sets a religious minority on a collision course with Erdogan’s Turkey April 7, 2019 ASIA·EUROPE·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·WORLD NEWS A significant religious minority in Turkey, the Alevis, have become increasingly subject to President Erdogan’s populist ire, as they find themselves on Read More
Vietnam to Iraq – America’s Lessons Never Learned March 7, 2019 Featured·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis Vietnam Veteran and Middle East scholar, U.S. Colonel Norvell DeAtkine reflects on the U.S. government’s recent report, The U.S. Army in the Read More
The Fears of Iran and its Forgotten Kurds February 23, 2019 FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS In the West much is heard about the struggles of the Kurdish peoples of Iraq and Turkey. Yet, little is heard about Read More
Arabs and Kurds – Why can’t they just get along? January 25, 2019 Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS U.S. Army Colonel Norvell DeAtkine examines the age old clash between Arabs and Kurds. The young Kurdish interpreter for American troops pointed Read More
The Arabs – a “Manufactured” People? December 24, 2018 FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis OPINION: Establishing a grand Arab peacekeeping force is a seductive idea. An “Arab NATO” consisting of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Read More