Can Kurdish leaders bridge the Iraqi political gap? - analysis
Nechirvan Barzani is an important leader and often portrayed as affable, erudite and a good negotiator who prefers compromise and diplomacy to tensions.
Kurdish Peshmerga forces take part in their graduation ceremony at a military camp in Erbil, Iraq, August 21, 2019.(photo credit: REUTERS/AZAD LASHKARI)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN