A Watershed Moment for Iraqi Kurdistan: Subnational Hydropolitics and Regional Stability

Iraqi Kurdistan is blessed with abundant water resources, but these resources are under increasing stress. Changing demographics, dam building in neighboring countries, and drought have driven Kurdish hydropolitics to a critical juncture where two distinct water futures are possible—and both have implications for regional stability and for U.S. interests.As water in the Euphrates and Tigris … Continue reading A Watershed Moment for Iraqi Kurdistan: Subnational Hydropolitics and Regional Stability