Former US Ambassador Peter Galbraith Pushes Federal Constitution as Syria’s Last Shield Against Centralized Rule
Speaking at the French Senate on December 13, 2025, former U.S. ambassador and constitutional expert Peter Galbraith warned that Syria’s only viable defense against a renewed era of centralized, authoritarian rule lies in a federal constitution written by an elected constitutional assembly.
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Weapons, Steel, Oil: How Turkey Continues to Fuel Israel’s War Machine
Turkey Puts Journalists’ Payments on Trial Amid Kurdish Peace Talks
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Weapons, Steel, Oil: How Turkey Continues to Fuel Israel’s War Machine
By William Duppel Alonso & Lucie Charbonneau Writing from the West Bank in May 2024, journalist Amberin Zaman reported that effigies of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were coming down across Palestine. Throughout the 2010s, the Turkish leader had commanded great admiration for his diatribes against Israel, but Israel’s war on Gaza has poked holes in Erdoğan’s […]
The Struggle and Revival of the Kurdish Language
Once whispered in secret and prohibited from even the simplest outdoor conversations, the Kurdish language has long shared the struggle of its people–enduring repression, exile, and erasure. Today, as a result of decades of struggle, it is beginning to carve out a fragile presence in the world, finding its voice in the context of new […]
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