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Joost Hiltermann

Joost Hiltermann is the program director for North Africa and the Middle East at the International Crisis Group.
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The Kurds Have Been Betrayed Again by Washington

Time and again, powerful allies on whose support they thought they could rely abandoned them.

  • Joost Hiltermann, The Atlantic
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Turkey Made a Bet Against Assad—And Lost

Back in 2011, Erdoğan supported the rebels against the Syrian regime in hopes of gaining influence across the Middle East. Things haven’t gone according to plan.

  • Joost Hiltermann, The Atlantic