Josef Olmert, Ph.D., Author at Palm Beach Center for Democracy and Policy Research

PROTEST IN THE ARAB WORLD -THE CASE OF IRAQ

Posted by Josef Olmert, Ph.D. | Nov 21, 2019 | Democracy and Human Rights, Foreign Policy and International Affairs

After the American invasion of 2003 and the downfall of the Sunni Saddam Hussein regime, and as the country slowly delved into its sectarian civil war, Christopher Catherwood, an adviser to then British PM Tony Blair published his; Churchill’s Folly; How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq.

TURKEY AGAIN INVADES THE SYRIAN KURDISH -CONTROLLED TERRITORIES—-SYRIA CH.6

Posted by Josef Olmert, Ph.D. | Oct 21, 2019 | Democracy and Human Rights, Foreign Policy and International Affairs

The Autonomous Administration of north and east Syria, or ROJAVA, consists formally, though not necessarily practically [at least before the Turkish invasion] of the sub-districts of Afrin, Jazeera, Euphrates, Raqqa, Tabqa, Manbij, and Deir A Zor. Let us pay special attention to, at least, four of these regions.

KURDS, SYRIANS AND TURKS

Posted by Josef Olmert, Ph.D. | Oct 16, 2019 | Democracy and Human Rights, Foreign Policy and International Affairs

This is the first of two articles by Dr. Josef Olmert that discusses the current crisis in Syria after the U.S withdrew its troops from northeastern Syria.