While the international community debates last month's political problems, the KRG and its rival in Syrian Kurdistan are busy establishing facts on the ground, writes Michael Stephens
August's political theatre in The Hague shows that Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas' personal ambition has become more important than justice for his people, writes David Hearst
The US president tells an anxious public he has the authority to expand the air war against Islamic State militants into Syria, but will need congressional approval for $500 million to train and equip Syrian fighters
While the AKP government intends to disarm the PKK and culminate the 30 years of Kurdish conflict, the PKK gives clear messages that it will continue to exist as an armed group against rising regional “security” threats
It's simply not true that we don't negotiate with terrorists - just that in the game that is international politics, some lives are more worthy than others
