Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga Reforms: Progress, Setbacks, and the Path Forward
The Peshmerga, the armed forces of Iraqi Kurdistan, have been undergoing a reform process for over a decade. This...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga Reforms: Progress, Setbacks, and the Path Forward
A nation must think before it acts.
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Realignment in the Middle East: Where is it Headed?
Since the landmark Abraham Accords agreement, regional powers in the Middle East have embarked on a surprising trajectory of...
The Mekong River Basin: Challenges, Opportunities, and Roles for the United States
The Mekong River Basin is an important subregion in Southeast Asia ranging from the Tibetan Plateau in China to...
War in Israel/Palestine: The Aftermath of Hamas’ Surprise Attack
This past weekend, Hamas militants invaded Israeli towns near the border with the Gaza Strip, taking hundreds of lives...
South Africa Elections 2024
South Africa is at a crossroads. With elections scheduled in 2024, the ruling African National Congress party has to...
People, Politics, and Prose: Entitled Nationhood and The Specter of Stalin in the Caucasus
In her book, Georgian and Soviet, Claire Kaiser highlights the tensions between nationhood and imperial identity in the Soviet...
Turkey’s New Foreign Policy
Join FPRI Black Sea Fellow Aaron Stein and co-author Nicholas Danforth of War on the Rocks to discuss their...
Loom of Time – Robert Kaplan
FPRI is excited to present Robert D. Kaplan to discuss his new book The Loom of Time. In his...
Putin’s “Turn to the East” in the Xi Jinping Era
While the world focuses on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the big story of the past decade has been Russia’s...
The Future of the Wagner Group in Africa
The Russian private military contractor, Wagner Group, has been operating in Africa, primarily in the Sahel, since 2017. It...