Nick Danforth

Southern Asia

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The PKK's dissolves itself

1 month ago | kulturkampftr.substack.com | Selim Koru |Nick Danforth |Amberin Zaman

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -25:41Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Hi folks,On the most recent episode of the podcast, we had the journalist Amberin Zaman on to talk about the Kurdish peace process. Amberin of course, is a veteran of this 40-year conflict.
Mapping the Future

Jan 16, 2025 | warontherocks.com | Nick Danforth

National security. For insiders. By insiders. Over the past couple weeks, everyone in Washington and the world has published their geopolitical forecast for 2025. The beauty of these predictions is that you can simultaneously make fun of the vague ones for being vague and the clear ones for being wrong. I really do admire the humility and wisdom of pundits who try to play it safe.
Q&A with Lucien Boucher

Dec 20, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Nick Danforth

National security. For insiders. By insiders. Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, geopolitics, and history from the Caucasus to the Carolinas. Subscribers can look forward to interesting takes on good maps and bad maps, beautiful maps and ugly ones — and bizarre maps whenever possible.
Apes and Maps in Rome

Dec 6, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Nick Danforth

National security. For insiders. By insiders. Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, geopolitics, and history from the Caucasus to the Carolinas. Subscribers can look forward to interesting takes on good maps and bad maps, beautiful maps and ugly ones — and bizarre maps whenever possible.
Mid-Afternoon Map: Time Magazine's Map of the Year

Nov 22, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Nick Danforth

Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, geopolitics, and history from the Caucasus to the Carolinas. Subscribers can look forward to interesting takes on good maps and bad maps, beautiful maps and ugly ones — and bizarre maps whenever possible. *** Over the past year, publications like the New York Times have faced an unrelenting stream of criticism for their Middle East coverage.
Mid-Afternoon Map: The Maps Diverge

Nov 8, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Nick Danforth

Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, geopolitics, and history from the Caucasus to the Carolinas. Subscribers can look forward to interesting takes on good maps and bad maps, beautiful maps and ugly ones — and bizarre maps whenever possible. *** The archives are littered with far too many maps showing just how wrong sweeping predictions about the future can be.
Mid-Afternoon Map: Hog Mapper to the World

Oct 25, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Nick Danforth

Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, geopolitics, and history from the Caucasus to the Carolinas. Subscribers can look forward to interesting takes on good maps and bad maps, beautiful maps and ugly ones — and bizarre maps whenever possible.
Mid-Afternoon Map: The Rise and Fall of the Mediterranean Powers

Oct 11, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Nick Danforth

Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, geopolitics, and history from the Caucasus to the Carolinas. Subscribers can look forward to interesting takes on good maps and bad maps, beautiful maps and ugly ones — and bizarre maps whenever possible.
Mid-Afternoon Map: In Search of the Enigmatic Spaniard

Sep 27, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Nick Danforth

Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, geopolitics, and history from the Caucasus to the Carolinas. Subscribers can look forward to interesting takes on good maps and bad maps, beautiful maps and ugly ones — and bizarre maps whenever possible.
Mid-Afternoon Map: Nostalgia for the Near East

Sep 13, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Nick Danforth

Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, geopolitics, and history from the Caucasus to the Carolinas. Subscribers can look forward to interesting takes on good maps and bad maps, beautiful maps and ugly ones — and bizarre maps whenever possible. *** There used to be a Near East. It stretched from the Balkans across Anatolia, down through the Levant and possibly into Egypt.