Legalising PMF in Iraq: Why it's not all bad news (Ranj Alaaldin, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/11/legalising-pmf-iraq-bad-news-161129140729509.html

Why the Turkey-KRG alliance works, for now (Ranj Alaaldin, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-the-turkey-krg-alliance-works-for-now/

Victory in the Mosul offensive will not solve Iraq’s problems (Ranj Alaaldin, The Guardian, Brookings)

After years of training and preparation, the operation to liberate Mosul, the last remaining stronghold of Isis in Iraq, has begun. Over the coming weeks, if not months, the western-led coalition both on the ground and in the skies will almost certainly signal the end of Isis’s control of territory in Iraq and will be the death knell of the so-called caliphate.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/17/victory-isis-iraq-offensive-mosul?CMP=share_btn_tw