Kurdistan, Somaliland, and Kosovo have rich histories, but decades of conflict jeopardize their preservation. These unsung heroes persevere to save their cultural heritage.
The Jews dispersed into Russia, Armenia, Byzantium, and the Mediterranean coast. It is likely that many of the Jews of these regions are descended from Khazar refugees." - Richard Haase, in Jewish Regional Cooking (Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1985), page 56. "Poland was Christianized ...
Firstly, we need todefine what we mean by Kurdistanas it can refer to the wider area covering parts of Turkey, Syria, Iran, Armenia and Iraq whereKurdslive or just the Iraqi Kurdistan region which is the most advanced on independence. Ethnically, Kurds are split among all five countries and...
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is right when he says, “We need to rethink the militaristic approach that has undermined the United States’ moral authority, caused allies to question our ability to lead, drained our tax coffers, and corroded our own democracy.” So, too, is Massachusetts Sena...
Areg Petrosyan is currently conducting research on the geopolitics of the South Caucasus, as well as broadly exploring the fields of national security and political culture, analyzing contemporary internal politics of the Republic of Armenia and the interconnection within and outside the region. He ...
People go into gold and store it away for the worst case scenario. If banks don’t survive, they have the gold.” On the war cycle and the recent peace deals in the Middle East, Nenner says, “. . . .It is all putting pressure on Iran because they are all afraid of Iran. They...
Iran has been under US sanctions since 2018, and is barred from using the international financial system to carry out trade with other nations. For Turkey’s Erdogan, the challenge for the summit is to “implement and execute the plans” agreed upon between the leaders present, even as he ...
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, on Russia’s southern flank. The past master of U.S. geopolitics set out the aim and purpose of NATO policy with impressive clarity: “The United States and the NATO countries – while sparing Russia’s self-esteem to the extent possible, but nevertheless ...