Oil and business deals protect Kurdistan
October 16, 2017 4 min. read

After Kurdistan held a referendum for independence, the US administration has come out against it, stressing that they support a “united, democratic and prosperous Iraq.” The problem with this position is that the present Iraq is anything but united, democratic and prosperous. To the contrary, it is an undemocratic failed state on the verge of […]

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Who will be the failed state, Iraq or Kurdistan?
July 18, 2017 7 min. read

Contrary to certain claims, any objective analysis comparing former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki to Kurdish Prime Minister Nichervan Barzani illustrates that Kurdistan is not destined to be a failed state. An article published in Newsweek claimed that an independent Kurdistan would be a failed state, stressing that disputes over water, borders and the […]

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Could another ISIS surge hasten a Kurdish exit from Iraq?
May 20, 2015 8 min. read

After a perilous roller coaster ride in 2014, the question of independence for the Kurdistan Region moves back to the front burner.

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