
Aron Lund
@aronlund
Syria, Middle East politics, and Mediterranean security at @FOIresearch. Fellow at @CenturyIntl, @SyriaStudies, and @UIsweden and occasional freelance writer.
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How Öcalan's call to disarm the PKK will affect the Middle East War on the Rocks asked Gönül Tol, me, Denise Natali, and Alex Vatanka about the potential impact on Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. warontherocks.com/2025/03/in-bri…






A truce in Ukraine could trigger a Russian naval build-up in the Black Sea and set the stage for new forms of escalation. The reason? A near-antique international convention and some very contemporary Turkish politics. Read my latest, for @warontherocks: warontherocks.com/2025/05/the-mo…


Trump says he’ll drop the Syria sanctions, so what happens now? Me on War on the Rocks’s Warcast: warontherocks.com/episode/warcas…

What does Trump’s Middle East trip tell us about U.S. policy on Syria, the Gulf, Iran, Palestine, Israel, and the wider region? Brand new Century International roundtable ft. Rohan Advani, Veena Ali-Khan, Thanassis Cambanis, @abujamajem, me, and Dahlia Scheindlin: tcf.org/content/commen…




UI:s Mellanösternchef, Rouzbeh Parsi, var oskyldig till de grova anklagelser som riktats mot honom av TV4 och flera svenska politiker. Han tvingas ändå avgå, eftersom man konstaterar att UI:s Mellanösternarbete inte fungerar så länge kampanjerna fortsätter. ui.se/aktuellt/2025/…

Jag och SVT:s Gilda Hamidi-Nia diskuterade det israelisk-palestinska eländet i Utrikespolitiska institutet:s podd, Utblick, med UI:s Annica Ögren. ui.se/utblick/utblic…