The Kurdish Center for Studies

Anticipating a power vacuum across the Middle East following the scheduled U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq at the end of 2011, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced during a visit to Istanbul that there was a “need for an Iranian–Turkish consensus to fill the void left by the receding American power.”
By Mohammad Sayed Rassas

“The Mecca Agreement”: An Attempt at an Approach Anticipating a power vacuum across the Middle East following the scheduled U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq at the end of

The Treaty of Sèvres, signed on August 10, 1920, poses a historical problem in the process of Kurdistan nation-building.
By Hussain Jummo

“Sèvres Kurdistan” in Kurdish Political Memory The Treaty of Sèvres, signed on August 10, 1920, poses a historical problem in the process of Kurdistan nation-building, according

Iran and its allies—comprising Shia militias from Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan—ferociously defended Bashar al-Assad’s regime between March 18, 2011, and December 8, 2024, to a degree that surpassed his own Syrian loyalists.
By Mohammad Sayed Rassas

Iran and Syria (2011–2024) Iran and its allies—comprising Shia militias from Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan—ferociously defended Bashar al-Assad’s regime between March 18, 2011,

The dramatic scenes of thousands of young people—along with women, children, and the elderly—pouring across the borders of Ceuta and Melilla, throwing their bodies into the sea in a desperate escape from their reality, were not merely a passing migration crisis.
By Akil Said Mahfoud

The Rigid Structure: When Critiquing Orientalism Becomes an Escape from Self-Examination The dramatic scenes of thousands of young people—along with women, children, and the elderly—pouring across the borders of Ceuta and

The saying “History is written by the victors” is both true and untrue. Since history bears witness to the fact that change—much like Heraclitus’s river—is the defining marker of existence, this implies that nothing remains static.
By Ibrahim Mahmoud

The Victor in History Between "Yes" and "No" The saying “History is written by the victors” is both true and untrue. Since history bears

Many Syrians welcomed the recent statement issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission with a sense of optimism. That reaction is entirely understandable.
By Dr. Musallam Abedtalas

Between Optimism and Caution: How Should We Read the IMF Staff Mission’s Assessment of the Syrian Economy? Many Syrians welcomed the recent statement issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission with a sense of optimism.

A few weeks ago, Elon Musk reiterated an idea that has become increasingly familiar in recent years: artificial intelligence and robotics will soon reach a stage at which production becomes so abundant that work will largely lose its significance—and perhaps money itself will lose much of its function.
By Dr. Musallam Abedtalas

Will Artificial Intelligence Lead Us to an Age of Abundance or to a New Digital Feudalism? A few weeks ago, Elon Musk reiterated an idea that has become increasingly familiar in recent years: artificial intelligence and

Projects and endeavors for a peaceful resolution of the Kurdish question in Turkey, Syria, and Iran are subjected to campaigns of rejection, skepticism, and accusations of treason, driven and joined by figures from both the Kurdish elite and the general public alike.
By Tariq Hemo

The Kurds and the New Phase: Strategic Patience Over Zero-Sum Equations Projects and endeavors for a peaceful resolution of the Kurdish question in Turkey, Syria, and Iran are subjected to campaigns

“The longing for justice and the desire to hold the powerful accountable for their crimes against the public good and humanity is the idea that has always united peoples.
By Ibrahim Mhamoud

Yezidism: Is It a Rock Outcrop in History? “The longing for justice and the desire to hold the powerful accountable for their crimes against the public good and

When the dawn of October 1, 1918, cracked, Colonel Arthur Olden was leading a Light Horse detachment to the Government Hall in the city of Damascus to receive for the most part the keys of the ancient city from an Ottoman marionette, Emir Said. The senile and decadent Ottoman Empire has passed into history.
By Lazghine Ya'qoube

Grudge in The Land of Romance When the dawn of October 1, 1918, cracked, Colonel Arthur Olden was leading a Light Horse detachment to the Government