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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.

In cyberspace, nothing is as it seems

The link between geopolitics and cyberspace is unavoidable as are its shady implications. Cybersecurity isfundamental for international institutions. We've had that inkling...

Kurdish politicians: might and mistakes

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...

The gate to the Mediterranean

The Quandil mountains mark the border between Asia and the Middle East. This strategic boundary that has always been in Kurdish territory is unlikely...

The good and the bad

The Kurds in the north (Turkey), in the west (syria) and in the east (iran) are opposed by the regional powers, which instead flirt...

Art – An artist behind bars

Zehra Dogan is guilty of using her paintbrushes as weapons against oppressors. Geometric lines on the wall evoke simultaneously tally marks, to...

Books – Travelling through Kurdistan

An overview of the largest ‘nation’ in the world still without its own independent state. Michael M. Gunter is considered one of...

Turkey: from arms to politics

The HDP, founded by the Kurd Selahattin Demirtas in 2012, has managed to evolve politically and is now appreciated even by the young secular...

An ancient yet modern people

Constantly ignored in the divisions of land and power, the Kurds are still prominent in the political gambits in the Middle East, alongside the...

DOSSIER – THE KURDISH SUN

The sun, the symbol on the transnational Kurdish flag, does not stand just for the hope of one day seeing the sun...

POINT OF VIEW – NATO: Full speed ahead or astern

Without an identity and lacking a true mission, NATO risks becoming inconsequential on the international stage. Only a serious upgrade can save it. ...
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