The ruling party of Prime Minister ErdoÄŸanmay be athreat to Turkish democracy and may be banned from politics forfive years.

On the role of the United States in promotingdemocracy in the Arab world; Arab skepticism; liberalism in the Middle East;Islamicists andreform; and more.

If Iraqi Kurdish leaders had the power to prevent the Turks from acquiring the tools of massacre but did not, they should be willing to explain why, or be forced to acknowledge they use the rhetoric of Kurdish empowerment insincerely.

Iraqi Kurdistan has achieved miracles since 1991, but it needs intellectuals, including journalists, to continue to move forward.

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.

In one of his last acts as prime minister, Barham Salih symbolically launched the Aras Publishing House’s book fair in Erbil. The event featured important Kurdish classics, translations of Western works, as well as children’s books. Book fairs are important.

Every Kurdish official, foreign businessman, or diplomat, knows that regional leader Masud Barzani and his immediate family have far greater power than Kurdistan’s constitution indicates.

The first step towards winning the clash of civilizations is to understand how the other side is waging it, and to rid ourselves of the One World illusion.