Iraqi Kurds a solid ally against IS but critical concerns remain


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Issue 1006 - 10 Dec 2015 | 3 minute read

Confronted with an interlocking set of security, political and economic crises, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has responded with a mixture of aggression, negotiation and chutzpah directed towards its enemies, its neighbours and the international community. But the region will need to draw on deep resources of internal discipline and national loyalty if it is to prevail – and eventually aspire to full independence, if an Iraq within Sykes-Picot frontiers is finally bypassed by events. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) should attract substantially more external assistance, given its role in the western strategy to overcome Islamic State (IS, or Daesh), but it is undermined by troublesome internal divisions, concerns over governance and an immediate fiscal crisis.

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