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The dangers of homogenous entities: the Kurdish case

In the early 1990s, Bernard Lewis published an article entitled “Rethinking the Middle East” in Foreign Affairs. Echoing a common, yet simplistic claim, Lewis contended that many states in the region are simply artificial Western creations.…

The Rohingya crisis: What can be done

In recent months, considerable ink and pixels have been spilled chronicling the growing humanitarian crisis in western Myanmar, and castigating  the Myanmar security forces for their scorched earth policy toward Rakhine State in the…