Baghdad's Centralization Push: Two Court Rulings Undercut Kurdish Autonomy and Washington's Role in Iraq

Two recent rulings from Iraq’s supreme court would dismantle Kurdistan’s ability to elect minorities and even pay its own employees. Baghdad’s aggressive push toward centralization has not gone unnoticed and a less autonomous Kurdistan is not in US interests.

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