Kurdish Policy Analysis

By Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj | Kurdish Policy Analysis   With two international airports, modern highways, expanding logistics infrastructure, and strategic border crossings linking Turkey, Iran, Syria, and central Iraq, the Kurdistan Region has become one of the Middle East's emerging transportation and trade hubs. Introduction Transportation has become one of the most important pillars of economic development in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Over the past three decades, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has invested heavily in modern roads, international airports, border crossings, bridges, logistics centres, and transportation infrastructure, transforming the region into one of Iraq's most connected and accessible areas. These investments have not only improved mobility for residents but have also strengthened the Kurdistan Region's position as a strategic gateway linking Iraq with Turkey, Iran, Syria, and the wider Middle East. Situated at the crossroads of Asia and ...

  By Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj   Recent attacks targeting Wildberries , Russia's largest e-commerce platform, have drawn attention not simply because of the physical damage inflicted, but because of what the company represents within Russia's economy. While some observers initially viewed the strikes as attacks on commercial infrastructure, the broader strategic significance lies in Wildberries' role as a cornerstone of Russia's domestic digital economy and a critical platform for hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized businesses. To understand what it means to attack Russian Wildberries warehouses, we must know what Wildberries are. Suffice it to say that this Russian company is the equivalent of the US Amazon drones for the army), but the attack had another purpose. There can be no bigger blow to a place of significant importance to Russia's small and medium-sized businesses: there are 840,000 registered businesses on the platform. But before we talk about the l...

  By Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj   Beyond the Battlefield: How Supply Chains, Digital Infrastructure, and Allied Support Have Transformed the War into a Long-Term Strategic Contest Russia's war in Ukraine has evolved into a contest of logistics, technology, industrial capacity, and Western support, making a quick military victory increasingly difficult for Moscow. The Russia–Ukraine War Is No Longer Just a Battlefield Conflict—It Is a Contest Between Two Systems More than four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, one question continues to dominate strategic discussions: Why has Russia, one of the world's largest military powers, failed to achieve a decisive victory? At first glance, the answer seems puzzling. Russia possesses overwhelming advantages in population, natural resources, nuclear weapons, combat aircraft, missiles, and industrial capacity. Conventional military logic would suggest that Ukraine should have been defeated long ago. Yet Ukraine continu...