Kurdistan articles December 2015
In December of 2015 I went back to Iraqi Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Regional Government. After a drive to Kirkuk I interviewed the police commander Sarhad Qadir and went to the […]
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Why Ayman Odeh’s US visit matters
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN US President Barack Obama met Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin on December 10. The usual flowery words and statements were made. Obama noted that “although obviously this is […]
Notes on the lack of ethnic nation states in MidEast
Maps and notes to my column arguing ethnic-nation states are a fantasy in the Middle East, and it’s not all about colonialism
Two years of covering ISIS, and I got it right
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN For more than two years I’ve been following the development of Islamic State. Here is a look back at the central arguments, interviews, reports and predictions, […]
On the anniversary of the death of Arafat, clashes in Ramallah and Nutella
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN November 11, 2015 The new Nutella shop on Zahra street in downtown Ramallah was humming with business on Wednesday. High school students Nur and her friend […]
On alert: Policing Jerusalem in a time of terror
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN October 18, 2015 The siren’s outside Jerusalem’s Gate are from a Border Police SUV. Then come two police cars. Then come motorcycle units of the Yasam […]
Jerusalem’s ‘thin blue line’: An inside look at Israel’s police amidst recent violence
Jerusalem police are on high alter in Jerusalem after a spate of stabbings
Iran and Russia get Syria, we get Assad
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The last weeks have been momentous in terms of relations between the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and the world. One by one leaders have lined […]
If car salesmen negotiated the way Iran does
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN If car salesmen negotiated the way Iran does, you’d end up feeling guilty for not overpaying ten times for a used car that doesn’t work and […]
If Europe became Islamic could it defeat Islamism?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The responses to the recent Tunisian terror attack in European politics and media were emblematic of the inability of the West to grapple with or acknowledge […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 