Tag: Kurdistan

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  The Kurds at a Crossroads: A Survey of Politics and Society

  In the spring of 2026, the Center for the National Interest surveyed leading Kurdish intellectuals in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Türkiye to try to gauge how Kurdish politics is evolving. The period leading up to the survey had witnessed some dramatic changes. The Syrian Transitional Government (STG) was consolidating authority over the formerly semi-autonomous Kurdish

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  Regional Perspectives | Nechirvan Barzani and the New Kurdish Diplomacy

  The Center for the National Interest is pleased to share its first paper in a new series, Regional Perspectives. The series will aim to provide a venue for guest authors to present their views of what the world looks like from outside America’s borders. In the paper, “Nechirvan Barzani and the New Kurdish Diplomacy,” Dr.

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