The Position of the Kurdistan Region, Transformations in the Middle East, and the Requirements of Political Decision-Making
This report is a summary of several seminars, studies, and analyses prepared on the position of the Kurdistan Region within Iraq’s federal system, the impact of international transformations, the U.S.–Iran conflict, the future of the Middle East, and emancipatory education during the first quarter of this year. The purpose of this reformulation is to place these discussions within a logical and strategic framework, so that they may have practical value for political leadership, governance institutions, parliament, research centers, and educational institutions. In general, the discussions identify three interconnected levels.
The first is the internal level of the Kurdistan Region, where institutional problems, political fragmentation, the weakness of parliament, the absence of a constitution, and the lack of a unified Peshmerga force appear as fundamental challenges.
The second is the federal Iraqi level, where the position of the Region in the laws of the Iraqi Council of Representatives has been treated in an unstable and, at times, imbalanced manner.
The third is the regional and international level, where the Kurdistan Region must carefully formulate its survival strategy amid the conflicts involving the United States, Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Israel, China, Russia, and proxy forces.
