Erzurum, Turkey- En route to the next geopolitical basket case. Oil pipeline politics, Russian recognized republics and NATO issues; sounds like a real party! Georgia is a favorite proxy backwater of plenty of people on the Hill.
Back in the Deep State
Mardin, Turkey- After a long two weeks in Iraq, I’ve returned to northern Kurdistan a.k.a. southeast Turkey. I wasn’t able to update the site much while in Iraq as the poorly named Hawler Palace Hotel did not have an internet…
Changing the Status Quo in Kurdistan
Erbil, Iraq- I have a piece in today’s Asia Times about the Change movement and the state of Kurdistani politics that can be read here.
A Friend’s Gambian Gambit
A friend of mine from Anglistan aka merry old England is doing a massive bush walk in one of Africa’s most obscure post-colonial constructs, The Gambia. He and his team will be blogging about it on the cleverly titled A…
Still Waiting…
Erbil, Iraq-Still waiting for some contacts to come through on this next story, won’t/can’t announce what it is just yet…just keeping my fingers crossed.
Waiting Game
Erbil, Iraq- Still trying to organize my next project here, an expensive waiting game….