Peter W. Galbraith

The Betrayal of the Kurds

It is hard to imagine a more calamitous outcome for the United States, the Kurds, NATO, and possibly Turkey itself.

Trump's Gift to Iran

The success of Trump’s strategy for containing Iran now depends entirely on an Iraqi government and military that is closely allied with Iran.

A Statement By Peter W. Galbraith

A Statement on My Activities in Kurdistan

Recent reports on my activities in Kurdistan call for a response. I have been both a writer on Iraq and an active participant in events there. After being an eyewitness to Saddam Hussein’s genocide against the Kurds in the 1980s, I came to the view that the Iraqi Kurdish aspiration for independence was morally justified and the only sure means of protecting the Kurdish people. In late 2003 and early 2004, I helped Kurdistan’s leaders draft a proposal for a self-governing Kurdistan that was submitted to the Coalition Provisional Authority on February 11, 2004, for inclusion in Iraq’s interim constitution. Under the proposal, Kurdistan had its own government and military, Kurdistan law prevailed over Iraqi law, and Kurdistan controlled its own natural resources, including oil.

Is This a ‘Victory’?

The Victor?

Iraq: The Way to Go

The Surge

The Plight of Christians in Iraq

Mindless in Iraq

The Mess

Last Chance for Iraq

Iraq: Bush’s Islamic Republic

Iraq: The Bungled Transition

How to Get Out of Iraq