Thoughts from Presentations at Yale and Columbia
Photo: Dr. Mandel’s presentation at Columbia University in November 2022. Message from Dr. Mandel: I was privileged to be invited to Columbia University and Yale in New Haven, to speak…
Remember ISIS? It’s why Biden must stop a Turkish invasion of Kurdish Syria
Photo: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, left, walks with U.S. President Joe Biden during the G20 leaders’ summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on Nov. 15, 2022. Source: Made Nagi/Pool…
How the Iraqi Election Affects U.S. National Security Interests
Published by Kurdistan 24. This week’s Iraqi parliamentary election has profound implications for American national security interests. Yet the American people and the Biden administration are either uninterested, weary of…
Amid Iraqi Protests, Kurdish Region Balances Iran’s IRGC
{article previously published in The Defense Post written by Seth J. Frantzman and Dr. Eric R. Mandel} At the Black Tiger Base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq the concerns…