Much of the world's attention has been focused recently on the relatively insignificant town of Kobane. Kobane is hardly worth getting upset about; Aleppo, Homs, and Damascus are all far more central to the events in Syria. And yet here we are, all watching the street-to-street fighting in a place we'd probably not even considering getting … Continue reading Turkey, Neo-Ottomans, and The Cycle of History (Or: When Picking Starting Territories for Empires, Anatolia Ain’t Half Bad)
