Kurdish Policy Analysis

By Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj | Kurdish Policy Analysis   Tehran-backed newspaper says US and Israeli facilities in Iraq's Kurdistan Region have been devastated, but the claims remain unverified and reflect Iran's wartime narrative  An Iranian state-aligned newspaper claims US military infrastructure in Erbil has been destroyed during the Iran-US conflict, though the assertions remain unverified and form part of Tehran's broader wartime messaging. An Iranian state-aligned newspaper has claimed that nearly all US military infrastructure in and around Erbil has been destroyed by Iranian missile and drone strikes, presenting the attacks as part of Tehran's retaliation against American and Israeli operations during the ongoing regional conflict. The report, published by Kayhan International , alleges that facilities used by the United States and Israel in Iraq's Kurdistan Region were reduced to rubble by strikes carried out by the Iranian Armed Forces and the Islamic Revolut...

  A public dispute between President Masoud Pezeshkian's administration and Iran's state broadcaster has exposed growing institutional tensions over transparency, media control, and the management of official messaging at a time of heightened regional and domestic pressure. By Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj | Kurdish Policy Analysis Meta Description Iran's government has accused state broadcaster IRIB of censoring President Masoud Pezeshkian's remarks, exposing an unusual institutional dispute over transparency and official messaging. An Unusual Public Confrontation Inside Iran's Political Establishment Public disagreements between Iran's executive branch and the country's state broadcaster are rare. When they do emerge, they often provide valuable insight into broader institutional dynamics that are normally concealed behind the Islamic Republic's emphasis on political unity. That is precisely what has unfolded following accusations by President Masoud Pez...

By Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan — 28 May 2026   From Kremlin-backed “Z-poetry” to antimemetic science fiction and queer multiverse narratives, the global battle for power is increasingly being fought through stories, memory, and cultural mythology. As Russia turns literature into a tool of wartime propaganda and Western sci-fi explores memory, identity, and parallel realities, fiction is becoming one of the most important geopolitical battlegrounds of the 21st century. By Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan — 28 May 2026   For decades, military strategists believed the future of conflict would be decided by drones, cyberwarfare, artificial intelligence, and economic sanctions. They were only partially correct. The deeper war — the one increasingly shaping political legitimacy, national identity, and public psychology — is being fought through stories. Across Russia, Europe, and the United States, literature and speculative fiction are rapidly transf...

  AI and the Remote Control of the Human Brain: You’ll Lose Your Freedom of Thought, but Don’t Worry About It—you Won’t Even Realize It Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj    | Sulaimani, Iraq | 10 May 2026  -- The Next Battlefield Is the Human Mind: AI, Cognitive Warfare, and the Global Struggle for Control As artificial intelligence, neurotechnology, and information warfare converge, governments and technology corporations are entering a new geopolitical era where the battle for territory may gradually be replaced by the battle for human consciousness itself. For centuries, great powers competed over territory, resources, and military dominance. In the 20th century, industrial warfare transformed states into mechanized military machines. In the 21st century, cyberwarfare expanded conflict into the digital domain. Now, a new frontier is emerging — one that may prove more consequential than all previous battlefields combined: the human mind. The growing convergence between artif...