The Western media’s analysis of the recent KRG independence referendum and the subsequent Kirkuk crisis has focused on the usual questions: Who were the winners and who were the losers? Did the US or Iran benefit from the crisis? Did the crisis strengthen Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi or the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Units? Is Masoud Barzani’s political career finished? Moving forward, what will the relationship be between the two dominant Kurdish parties, the KDP and the PUK?
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Eric Davis in The New Middle East: The Unhappy Marriage of Baghdad and the KRG: Like it or not, Divorce is not an Option
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