• A Refreshing Perspective from DC

  No spin, no angle, fair and balanced….no I’m not talking about the Fox News Network, I am talking about an event I attended at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) on Tuesday about the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. WINEP fellows, who had recently returned from a trip to Kurdistan, delivered to a crowded [...]

• Kurdistan is not Tunisia

  Regrettably, attempts by civil society organizations to demonstrate and ask for improved services from their government are being hijacked by the opposition block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s parliament Gorran. No one is doubting the need to improve governance and the delivery of services in Kurdistan. But it is unfortunate, that rather than use [...]

• How California can Inspire Kurdistan

  After spending 5 days in California, I leave with renewed enthusiasm and motivation. When I think of California, I think of entertainment, agriculture, natural parks, beaches, mountains and innovation. Minus the beaches, I see the potential for all of the above in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. I also left feeling a little better about [...]

• UCF Speech: Being Proud of Progress in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

  If there was one point I wanted to convey most clearly to the crowd I spoke to at the University of Central Florida last week, it was that Americans should be proud of where Iraqi Kurdistan is today. There may be mixed emotions and controversy about U.S. involvement in Iraq over the past seven years, [...]

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