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David Schenker: The only way to defeat ISIS in Syria is to also defeat the Assad regime.
February 28, 2015 Exclusive Interviews

David Schenker: The only way to defeat ISIS in Syria is to also defeat the Assad regime.

Tamar Mayer: you are right in your fighting, stay strong and keep on fighting
January 11, 2015 Exclusive Interviews

Tamar Mayer: you are right in your fighting, stay strong and keep on fighting

Michael Knights: It is great to see the commander in chief of peshmerga forces, president Barzani welcoming the heroes of Kobane
December 23, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Michael Knights: It is great to see the commander in chief of peshmerga forces, president Barzani welcoming the heroes of Kobane

Phillips: Kurdistan has the opportunity to gain independence and to be recognized as a sovereign state by the international community
December 22, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Phillips: Kurdistan has the opportunity to gain independence and to be recognized as a sovereign state by the international community

Steven Jacobs: The plight of Kurdish women is both illegal and immoral even according to Islamic tradition and reading of the sacred Qur'an.
December 22, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Steven Jacobs: The plight of Kurdish women is both illegal and immoral even according to Islamic tradition and reading of the sacred Qur'an.

Joshua Landis: the Kurds have a duty to provide a more liberal form of nationalism
December 17, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Joshua Landis: the Kurds have a duty to provide a more liberal form of nationalism

David Pollock: [Peshmerga forces] really turned a tide in Kobane and [are] preventing the ISIS take control of that strategic city
November 26, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

David Pollock: [Peshmerga forces] really turned a tide in Kobane and [are] preventing the ISIS take control of that strategic city

Michael Bohlander: The taking of women and girls and selling them into slavery, the way ISIS does in the name of some seriously perverted form of Islam, is an abomination that I as a non-Mus
September 21, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Michael Bohlander: The taking of women and girls and selling them into slavery, the way ISIS does in the name of some seriously perverted form of Islam, is an abomination that I as a non-Mus

Michael Knights: The combination of US airpower and Iraqi/Kurdish ground forces is highly effective and ISIL is suffering heavy losses and losing ground
September 18, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Michael Knights: The combination of US airpower and Iraqi/Kurdish ground forces is highly effective and ISIL is suffering heavy losses and losing ground

Jalil Roshandel: the Iraqi government has failed because it did not include the forces that it had to
August 20, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Jalil Roshandel: the Iraqi government has failed because it did not include the forces that it had to

Struan Stevenson: If anyone can lead the people of Kurdistan to freedom and defeat the Islamic State, it will be President Masoud Barzani.
August 24, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Struan Stevenson: If anyone can lead the people of Kurdistan to freedom and defeat the Islamic State, it will be President Masoud Barzani.

Anthony Cordesman: There is a responsibility that nations have for taking care of themselves and Iraq in many ways does not have the political leadership that shows that responsibility
August 21, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Anthony Cordesman: There is a responsibility that nations have for taking care of themselves and Iraq in many ways does not have the political leadership that shows that responsibility

Joshua Landis: In essence, I think people in Washington will argue that we need a base in Kurdistan
August 23, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Joshua Landis: In essence, I think people in Washington will argue that we need a base in Kurdistan

David Phillips: The trajectory of events in Iraq will result in the country’s fragmentation and the emergence of the world’s newest nation -- “Iraqi Kurdistan.”
July 15, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

David Phillips: The trajectory of events in Iraq will result in the country’s fragmentation and the emergence of the world’s newest nation -- “Iraqi Kurdistan.”

Ofra Bengio: [Kurds] proved they are a nation worthy of a state of their own
June 28, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Ofra Bengio: [Kurds] proved they are a nation worthy of a state of their own

John Hannah: The KRG's ability to sell oil and control their economic destiny can either become the foundation for Kurdish independence or a central building block of a strong, prosperous and
May 29, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

John Hannah: The KRG's ability to sell oil and control their economic destiny can either become the foundation for Kurdish independence or a central building block of a strong, prosperous and

Nazar Janabi: if Maliki is changed with appropriate replacement, I think every issue with KRG can be resolved through negotiations with the central government
April 23, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Nazar Janabi: if Maliki is changed with appropriate replacement, I think every issue with KRG can be resolved through negotiations with the central government

David L. Phillips: Iraq will disintegrate. Then Iraqi Kurdistan will realize its national aspirations.
April 15, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

David L. Phillips: Iraq will disintegrate. Then Iraqi Kurdistan will realize its national aspirations.

David Pollock: The United States would like Iraq to be able to balance [the] interests, and not to become under Iranian interim in the future
April 8, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

David Pollock: The United States would like Iraq to be able to balance [the] interests, and not to become under Iranian interim in the future

Jim Butterfield: Failed states can lead to any number of pathologies: civil war, economic crisis, external intervention, and political opportunism
April 8, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Jim Butterfield: Failed states can lead to any number of pathologies: civil war, economic crisis, external intervention, and political opportunism

Toby Dodge: Kurdish people and especially president Massoud Barzani should work very hard to make sure that another prime minister replaces Nuri Al-Maliki after the April election
April 8, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Toby Dodge: Kurdish people and especially president Massoud Barzani should work very hard to make sure that another prime minister replaces Nuri Al-Maliki after the April election

Struan Stevenson: Kurdistan is really a shining example of how democracy and good governance can reach to the economic growth, can provide jobs, can provide a good standard of living for cit
March 24, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Struan Stevenson: Kurdistan is really a shining example of how democracy and good governance can reach to the economic growth, can provide jobs, can provide a good standard of living for cit

Kathleen Knight Abowitz: The process of nation building is crucially important and we hope that the United States can be of assistance in this course
March 24, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Kathleen Knight Abowitz: The process of nation building is crucially important and we hope that the United States can be of assistance in this course

Ofra Bengio: For the Kurds to have their own state they should first of all prepare the infrastructure at home
March 12, 2014 Exclusive Interviews

Ofra Bengio: For the Kurds to have their own state they should first of all prepare the infrastructure at home

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