Henri J. Barkey

Henri J. Barkey is a professor of international relations at Lehigh University.


Essays

Kurdistandoff

| 07.01.07

When it comes to Iraq's Kurds, the United States needs to make a deal with Turkey or face the consequences later.

Global Governance

Cyprus: The Predictable Crisis

| 12.01.01

The EU's determination to invite Cyprus into the Union in December 2002 represents a crisis-in-the-making. It's not too soon for Washington to begin work to head it off.

Commentary

Security

Obama Flails on Syria

| 06.19.13

The new intervention seems to be "a half-hearted, half-baked idea."

Politics

All the Prime Minister's Yes-Men

| 06.04.13

Recep Tayyip Erdogan's troubles are rooted in his changed leadership style.

Security

Assad's Symbolic Missile Defense

| 05.31.13

Russia's S300 system is formidible, but not if the Syrians can't operate it.

Politics

The Apology Heard 'Round the World

| 04.02.13

Why the Turks and the Israelis made up so suddenly.

Security

The Turkish-Israeli Cold War

| 09.07.11

Their cooperation was once heralded as groundbreaking. Now Israel and Turkey are steps away from starting the newest Mideast conflagration.

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