YPJ Integration and the Future of Women’s Rights in Syria
Meghan Bodette reports on the YPJ's push to keep women in Syria's armed forces during integration, and why excluding them threatens rights and stability.
For Syrian Kurds, Mother-Tongue Education is a Red Line
Serkeft Hisen explains why Kurdish-language schooling, won after decades of Baathist bans, is a non-negotiable demand in Syria's new constitutional order.
After Rojava
Alp Kayserilioglu explains how Damascus's 2026 offensive and the shifting interests of the US, Turkey and Israel brought Rojava's Kurdish-led self-rule to an end.
Caste Minoritization and the Politics of Settler Colonialism in Kashmir
Mona Bhan shows how India presented the 2019 abrogation of Article 370 as caste justice, and how that framing hides its settler colonial project in Kashmir.
China’s Campaign Against Tibetan Children
Khedroob Thondup argues that Beijing's boarding schools and language policy target Tibetan children to cut them off from their culture, faith and families.