Kurdistan
Backing the Kurdistan Regional Government at the Expense of the Indigenous Assyrians Is Morally Indefensible and Strategically Short-Sighted
Kurdish Politics Has Failed to Transcend Violence and Parties Cannot Safeguard Their Leaders and Families Without Militias
If the Kurds Want Respect on the World Stage, They Should Nominate Someone Respectable; They Once Were Iraq’s Engine for Democracy
So Long as the United States Supports Party Militias in Iraqi Kurdistan, There Will Be No Security or Stability in the Region
The West Has Reacted with Indifference to Decades of Ethnic Cleansing, Forced Displacement and Other Suppression of Kurds
A Shifting Geopolitical Landscape Gives the Kurdistan Regional Government Strategic Opportunity to Reclaim Its Lost Lands
Iraqi Kurdistan’s Neighbors Have Always Used Kurdish Divisions to Maximize Their Own Interests
When the Future Is Unpredictable, Pushing Change Becomes Difficult—Especially Without Unity
Kurds Have Long Advocated for a Democratic, Decentralized, and Pluralistic Federal Structure in Iran
The Islamic Republic May Be Standing on Ground as Unstable as the Regimes It Once Helped to Topple
Iran’s National Minorities Have an Opportunity to Help Shape a Post-Islamic Republic, and Perhaps Secure Autonomy
Who Will Control the Region’s Sixty-Plus Kurdish Villages Is in Question, Once the Kurdistan Workers’ Party Withdraws
A Kurdish Convention in Qamishli Conveyed Multiple Messages to the New Syrian Government and Turkey
Many Kurds Recognize That Kurdish Leaders and Their Parties Bear Much Responsibility for Their Lack of Unity
Turkey, Iran and Iraq Have Co-opted Kurds Into Diplomatic Roles to Prevent the Emergence of an Independent Kurdistan
Kurds Deserve Democracy, and That Is an Illusion If Two Political Parties Sustain Control over Militias
Neither the KDP nor the PUK Wants to Compromise, but They No Longer Can Delay Cabinet Formation
In Syria, Turkey Continues to ‘Turkify’ Kurdish Regions and Engages in Ethnic Cleansing
U.S. Government Agencies Work with Kurds in Different Countries, Often at Cross Purposes
In a Rapidly Changing Political Environment, the Fate of Kurdistan Is Now Shaping the Future of the Middle East