Turkey’s Kurdish Disarmament Gesture Masks Deep Challenges for Regional Stability

On the surface, the image of 30 Kurdish militants burning their weapons in northern Iraq signals hope for resolving one of the Middle East’s longest conflicts. But beneath this dramatic gesture lies a complex web of political calculations and unresolved hostilities that demand scrutiny from an America First perspective focused on national security and regional stability.Is This Peace Effort a Genuine End to Violence or Just Political Calculus?The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has waged a brutal insurgency against Turkey since 1984, costing tens of thousands of lives and destabilizing a critical NATO ally’s borders—an outcome no American citizen should ignore....