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.

Kurdistan has made incredible progress and enjoys sympathy from the West, but the murder of a 23-year-old journalist threatens to undermine the region's promising future.

On July 14, 2011, Frédéric Tissot, France's consul-general in Iraqi Kurdistan, stood up at Bastille Day celebrations in Erbil and, in the presence of regional president Masud Barzani, spoke about the need for freedom and democracy in the region.

The murder of a young journalist has caused the international press to cast Iraqi Kurdistan as a region of insecurity, criminality, and repression, and has undermined the stability Kurdistan needs for success.

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

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.

Experts gathered at an August 6 AEI conference to examine how Sudan fits into the war on terrorism.

A reflection on an immigrant's African background and her joy to now live in the West.