Ara

PhD student at @UKH_official | Assistant Lecturer at @catholicuniErbi

[Brett McGurk @brett_mcgurk]

Read an exclusive advance excerpt from BRINK in @TheAtlantic.

Inside Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack against Israel—and the events that led up to it.

BRINK is out on October 6. https://t.co/SzGp5gqFuY

[Masoud Barzani @masoud_barzani]

دەنگێک بۆ مێژوو، یادێک بۆ نەوەکان.

[John Bolton @AmbJohnBolton]

Washington should be developing a post-Iran-war strategy for the Middle East, but Donald Trump’s lack of clear objectives in that war would cripple any such effort.  Instead, isolationists are seeking any available means to reduce America’s military presence in the region.

https://t.co/u9nEO5vUgx

[Kamaran Palani @KamaranMPalani]

There are media reports that Iraqi PM al-Zaidi sent a letter to the Shia Framework threatening to resign if Iran-backed militias don't respond to the government's calls for disarmament.

Regardless of whether this is true, it points to a broader misconception: there is a tendency in Washington to assume that prime ministers can transform Iraq wholesale. Iraq operates under a complex, consensus-driven system, most prime ministers lack their own political or popular bases.

This tendency is amplified under President Trump, who may apply to Iraq the same framing he has used on Syria.

Power in Iraq is disaggregated at every level. Relying on a single prime minister to drive major decisions is unrealistic. Al-Zaidi's leverage is not the resignation itself, but his acceptance by Trump, and the U.S. economic pressure his departure could trigger, something all parties in Iraq want to avoid, at least for now.

[Journal of Central Asian Studies @jcas_journal]

Ara Hemn Mahmood's paper compares the development of the #ShanghaiCooperationOrganization and the #CollectiveSecurityTreatyOrganization, using a most similar systems approach to offer insights into how regional organizations may evolve.
🔗Full article: https://t.co/KUISymct0T

[Ara @Arahemn1]

My article, entitled "The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Collective Security Treaty Organization: A Comparative Analysis," is out now in the Journal of Central Asian Studies. @jcas_journal https://t.co/XCt7ga8K5s

[Seth Frantzman @sfrantzman]

This is because Iraq has tried to prevent trade to the KRG, and now wants the KRG to export oil while the KRG can’t conduct other trade. It’s the typical Baghdad aspect of wanting things from KRG while trying to isolate the KRG and letting militias attack the Kurdistan region

[Fox News @FoxNews]

CROSSING THE AISLE: Sen. John Fetterman defends the strikes against Iran, breaking with fellow Democrats to voice support for Operation Epic Fury.

"As a Democrat they're afraid to just agree with Trump on anything."

[. @solinrezan]

qurbnaaa wî dilê teeeeee

[Ara @Arahemn1]

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[Ara @Arahemn1]

The world must act now. The city of Kobani, the city that destroyed ISIS on behalf of the world is now under siege. Act now.
NOW

#Kobani
#Kobane
#KobaneUnderSiege
#RojavaUnderAttack

[Baxtiyar Goran ☀️ @BaxtiyarGoran]

No more SDF flags. It’s only Kurdistan

[Ara @Arahemn1]

@Halwest_Jamal @netanyahu

[Dr Halwest @Halwest_Jamal]

This is a call to the world: protect the Kurds, secure a decentralized future for them in Syria, and stop legitimizing violence as “stability.”

Stand with the Kurds now, before ISIS and chaos rise again from the ruins.

[Ara @Arahemn1]

STAND WITH ROJAVA.

#Rojava
#DefendRojawa
#RojavaDefend

[Ara @Arahemn1]

هەموو دەیەیەک ڕۆژهەڵاتی ناوەڕاست بە کارەساتێک بیرماندەخاتەوە ئێمە کوردین. خاوەندارییەتی خاک و شارستانیەتی ناوچەکە هی ئێمەیە.

چەند شانازییەکی تاڵە.

[Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC]

If Syrian government forces continue to advance in the north toward Raqqa, I will push for reimposing Caesar Act sanctions on steroids.

Apparently no one in Syria is listening to me or other U.S. government officials. If this continues, not only will there be bone-crushing sanctions, it will permanently damage relationships between the U.S. and the new Syrian government. If you think we’re BSing - keep it up.

I’ve tried to be fair to the new government, but apparently it’s falling on deaf ears. If you want a conflict with the U.S. Senate and to do permanent damage to the U.S.-Syria relationship - keep going. If you want to salvage the relationship, stop and turnaround.

I hope you choose wisely.

[Ara @Arahemn1]

ئەو جۆرە دەوڵەتەی ئەحمەد شەرع دەیەوێت لەکۆتایدا بە دەردی یۆگۆسلاڤیای تیتۆ دەچێت

[Ali Ammarr @AliAmmarr]

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