Israel Supports the Creation of a Kurdish State

Israel Supports the Creation of a Kurdish State

For decades, Israel has had significant links to Kurdish groups throughout the Middle East. Long before President Erdogan led what in many ways amounts to a counter-revolution in Turkish politics, Israel’s support of Kurdish separatist movements throughout the region, was often a sore point between Ankara and Tel Aviv, who apart from this issue, tended…

Reagan Documents Shed Light on U.S. ‘Meddling’

Reagan Documents Shed Light on U.S. ‘Meddling’

“Secret” documents, recently declassified by the Reagan presidential library, reveal senior White House officials reengaging a former CIA “proprietary,” The Asia Foundation, in “political action,” an intelligence term of art for influencing the actions of foreign governments. The documents from 1982 came at a turning-point moment when the Reagan administration was revamping how the U.S….

London’s Arms Bonanza: From Smart Bombs to Cheap ‘Donkey-Busters’

London’s Arms Bonanza: From Smart Bombs to Cheap ‘Donkey-Busters’

The Royal Air Force group captain guiding a party of dark-suited potential arms buyers did not look impressed. I had just asked a BAE Systems engineer whether the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) in front of me was a Hellfire missile. Unlike me, the group captain knew that Lockheed Martin makes the Hellfire, not…