The Middle East’s New Winners and Losers
The Islamic State’s military triumphs in Iraq and Syria are throwing the Middle East's existing alliances into disarray and even calling into question national borders. A new regional order is emerging, one defined by an enhanced role for the Kurds and Iran and diminished influence for the region’s Sunni powers.
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BERLIN – “War,” said the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus, is the “father of all things.” In view of the bloody – indeed barbaric – events in the Middle East (and in Iraq and Syria in particular), one might be tempted to agree, even though such ideas no longer seem to have a place in the postmodern worldview of today’s Europe.