Kurdish Policy Analysis

By Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj The people of Basra region are complaining and demanding to know what is happening in Basra,; their eyes are looking at what has been achieved in the province of Kurdistan, of tangible development at the service, construction and urban levels. For nearly 16 years, the idea of ​​establishing the Basra region has been raised from time to time without being realized on the ground. In contrast, other alternative projects have been proposed by the central government in Baghdad, which have not been successful either and or translated into reality. These projects include Basra as the economic capital of Iraq, along with the project of the three oil-rich provinces of Basra, Dhi Qar and Maysan, but all of these proposals are used as pressure papers and nothing else. Activists who demand the establishment of an independent Basra region often take advantages of various political, social, athletic and sporting events in the region to announce their demands. They a...

By Pshtiwan Faraj When Shiite factions and parties declare that it will stand with Iran, it is actually defending itself and its existence, and the same applies Sunni forces and parties that see the US withdrawal from Iraq as the loss of their own influence and political interests. "Iraqi neutrality according to the status quo means to be with Iran not to provoke the anger of America, it is definitely distorted, but this is the reality" In this statement, a senior Iraqi politician shortens the position of Iraq from the burning crisis between Washington and Tehran.  In the past few hours, tension between the United States and Iran has escalated to a dangerous level, after Iran dawned a US $ 120 million reconnaissance plane drone. The United States was almost near to retaliate to Iraq by a military strike, but President Donald Trump announced it was canceled at the last minute, Before the incident, the two sides entered into tough diplomacy by targeting camps with US...

Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj Seeking to merge Popular Mobilization Forces with the Iraqi Security Forces is not applicable for several reasons, notably that the factions of the PMF are not homogeneous, and even if they are merged, who will take the military salutation to the other party? In February 2016, former Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, the then most popular man among the Iraqis, ran the government and the army that won victories over Daesh "ISIS". He tried to strengthen his image as a statesman and decided to merge the "PMF" with the Iraqi Security Forces, but he received a harsh slap with a strong rejection from the factions of PMF and paid a heavy price when he lost his post as premiership of government. The current prime minister Adel Abdul Mahdi is aware of the tragedy of his predecessor, Abadi. Since taking office, Abdul Mahdi has been trying to avoid the mistakes of Abadi, who is accused of standing by the United States at the expense of Iran. Abdul Mahdi de...