The KRG is powerless to lift a ban on international flights that Baghdad imposed in retaliation for the independence referendum.

Kurdistan's top diplomat spells out what the U.S. and other allies must offer for KRG leaders to consider postponing their impending independence referendum.

Beyond the political debates swirling around the KRG independence referendum is a fundamental logistical question: are the resources in place to hold the vote as scheduled?

The chairman of the General Board of Kurdistan Areas outside the Kurdistan Region Administration discusses efforts to hold the referendum in areas outside formal KRG control, and expectations of Iraqi security forces afterward.

Kurdistan's financial crisis has provided an impetus for government reform, including overlapping efforts to fight low-level corruption.