Gas fuels Kurdistan’s power politics

The Kurdistan region is emerging as a rare beacon of Iraqi stability and development – and while the most heralded reason for its success has been security, another key factor has been the creation of an electricity sector.The progress has been rapid. After the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraq's central government began sending between 150 and 200 megawatts of electricity from Kirkuk up to the Kurdish centers of Erbil and Sulaimaniya – enough to give residents just a few hours of power every...