It is time Masud Barzani returns to Erbil, breaks his isolation, and embraces the free press for what it is: the surest path to good governance.

On December 2, rioters allegedly stirred up by preachers at Friday prayers rampaged through Zakho, destroying a controversial massage parlor before moving on to torch several liquor shops and hotels. In retaliation, a mob of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) activists attacked the local office of the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) and KIU media offices in nearby Duhok and Semel.

Hay's mission was to establish civil administration as the British took control of Iraq from Ottoman authorities.

Transparency matters. Regardless of the mansion's ownership, if President Barzani is sincere about combating corruption, he should require that every official serving in his government detail their property holdings and business interests, not only in Iraqi Kurdistan, but also abroad.

In The Kurds and the State, political scientist Natali explores how Kurdish nationalism developed in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq.

A review of Kevin McKiernan's The Kurds: A People in Search of Their Homeland.

In the lead-up to the 2011 Group of Eight (G8) summit in Deauville, France on Thursday, May 26 and Friday, May 27, the following AEI scholars will be available to comment on the G8's specific agenda items.

The Kurdish do not have an effective lobby in Washington. But there are ways the Kurdish government might become more effective in its American outreach.