Turkey’s increasingly complicated policies, and apparently disparate motives within the region, suggest resolution to the conflict in the greater Levant area will require a more unified and directed effort from all involved parties.
The military remains largely divided and loyal to separate parties despite the unity of the Kurdish government and the emerging existence of unified forces.
With $50 billion in capital, the AIIB distinguishes itself from the World Bank and IMF by concentrating its firepower on one clear target—infrastructural investment.
Even after weathering a storm of obstacles, indigenous organizations mostly see the Arctic Council as a success tempered by its shortcomings, not vice-versa.