David L. Phillips

Academic Visitor, Oxford University’s St. Antony’s College

David L. Phillips is an Academic Visitor at Oxford University’s St. Antony’s College. He previously served as a senior official at the UN and the State Department during the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations

Articles Authored


The Epicenter of Conflict in Northeast Syria

Kurds have suffered a century of betrayal and abuse. Sheik Said launched the Kurdish resistance movement against the Turkish Republic in 1925. Kurdish fighters gained control of Bingöl, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Mus and Urfa. However, they faced an overwhelming force and were defeated. Sheik Said and his associates were sentenced to death on June 28, 1925….