OPINION: Global Affairs By: Jonathan Eyal: Trump’s betrayal of Kurds holds lessons for US allies – The Strait Times

LONDON • Relying on the United States to protect you in times of crisis is a hazardous business, definitely not for the faint-hearted.

Just ask the Kurds of Syria, who, after fighting for years with US troops and laying down their lives in support of US objectives, were suddenly and unceremoniously dumped, and left to the tender mercies of Turkey, their traditional enemy.

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Jonathan Eyal was born in Romania, but has lived most of his life in Britain. Educated at Oxford and London universities, his initial training was in international law and relations, in which he obtained both his first degree and his Master’s with a Distinction. His doctorate, completed at Oxford in 1987, analysed relations between ethnic minorities in Eastern Europe. After teaching at Oxford for three years, Dr Eyal was appointed a researcher at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies in London. Since 1990, Dr Eyal has been Director of Studies at the Institute. Dr Eyal has authored books on military relations in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, and became a regular commentator for The Guardian newspaper in London. He started writing for The Straits Times in 2001, and is currently the paper’s Europe Correspondent. He is fluent in French, Romanian, Italian, Hungarian and German.

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