Scope: Assessment of the November 2026 political rupture between the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, its constitutional, military, fiscal and geopolitical consequences for federal Iraq, and the strategic positions of Baghdad, Tehran, Ankara and Washington through 2031. Executive Summary / Bottom Line Up Front Principal judgment: Iraqi Kurdistan faces its most … Leggi tutto Iraqi Kurdistan at the Brink of Institutional Fragmentation: KDP–PUK Rivalry – Regional Power Competition and the Future of Kurdish Autonomy