The Kurdish Political Narrative after the Referendum | Part II
In the morning of October 15, 2017 the world watched how Iraq’s federal forces took back Kirkuk in...
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The Kurdish Political Narrative after the Referendum
Part I The Kurdish referendum on September 25, 2017 created a sharp political crisis that shifted...
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Baghdad Employs Patience as Barzani Seeks to Escalate
The de-facto president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Masoud Barzani has found...
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Why Lobbying is Not Always the Answer
During discussions with well-educated and professional Iraqis I keep hearing that the cause of...
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How we got to the Kurdish referendum and what it means for Abadi & Barzani
Iraqi Security Forces with the support of the international coalition and cooperation with the...
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PM Abadi, Don’t Abandon Assyrians in the Nineveh Plains
(Locals of Alqosh protest removal of town mayor. August 19, 2017) The Assyrian towns of Alqosh and...
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Yazidi PMU Fighters Face Uncertainty in the KRG
Lalish Battalion, Yazidi PMU Iraq’s Yazidi community remains deeply traumatized by the genocide...
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“Nujaifi, Erdogan, and Abadi All Walk Into a Bar…”
In Ankara’s pursuit of greater influence in Kirkuk and Mosul, Turkish support has inflated a...
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Reform Policies and Reality Tests
Many countries often go through different types of political, security, economic or social crises...
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Can Iraqi Campuses Remain Politics Free During Election Season?
Over the past six weeks, two incidents involving politicians visiting Iraqi university campuses...
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