A REBEL POPE – Pope Francis is battling on many fronts, even against the entrenched Vatican establishment, that perceives him as an outsider, but he soldiers on, inspired by his global geo-strategic vision.
WORLD GOVERNANCE – Our new section on Global Governance is introduced by Fabrizio Saccomanni, former Italian Finance Minister and currently chairman at UniCredit.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with the guerrilla fighter ‘El Pepe’, Josè Alberto Mujica Cordano, who also became President of Uruguay between 2010 and 2015.
DOSSIER – The Kurdish Sun. This ancient yet stateless people still worships Zoroaster, while its calendar dates back to the time of the Medes, according to which we are now in the year 2718.
Divided by outside forces and internal strife, an age-old political and tribal fragmentation makes them an easy touch for the major powers, which use them as a buffer.
The Quandil mountains mark the border between Asia and the Middle East. This strategic boundary that has always been in Kurdish territory is unlikely to see peace.
The Kurds in the north (Turkey), in the west (syria) and in the east (iran) are opposed by the regional powers, which instead flirt with the Kurds in the south (iraq).
The HDP, founded by the Kurd Selahattin Demirtas in 2012, has managed to evolve politically and is now appreciated even by the young secular population.
