Kurdistan
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
The Kurdish Struggle for Self-Determination Mirrors the Jewish People’s Own History
For Good Reason, the Region’s Kurds Wonder If Jerusalem Is Serious About a Kurdish Strategy
The Official Kurdish Population of the Soviet Union in 1926 Was 69,000, Many of Them in Azerbaijan
A U.S. Desire to Withdraw Troops Completely from Iraq and a Commitment to Prevent Genocide Are Mutually Exclusive
A Presence Provides an Ability to Accomplish Strategic and Operational Outcomes That Further U.S. National Interests
Kurds Remain an Important Presence Culturally and Politically That Regional Powers Ignore at Their Peril