Ranj Alaaldin is a doctoral researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he focuses on Iraq’s Kurds and Shi'a political mobilization. He is also a visiting scholar at Columbia University.

Libya: Building Democracy

[caption id="attachment_55227124" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Qadhafi's unseemly demise may have started the new Libya off on the…

The Kurds Are Now Their Own Worst Enemies

[caption id="attachment_55246829" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian Kurdish families wait for permission from the People’s Protection Units to…

Kurdistan Goes it Alone

[caption id="attachment_55247931" align="alignnone" width="620"] An employee works at the Tawke oil field near the town of Zacho, in Iraqi Kurdistan…

Iraq’s Energy Wars

[caption id="attachment_55249081" align="alignnone" width="620"] Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani (L) and Turkish…