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Strategic U.S. Ally in a Tough Neighborhood
Friday, July 28, 2017

David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peacebuilding and Rights, contributed to a special report prepared by The Washington Times Advocacy Department titled The Kurdistan Region: Strategic U.S. Ally in a Tough Neighborhood.

David's contribution titled Don’t blame the Kurds for Iraq’s unraveling can be accessed here.

By David L. Phillips
Monday, July 17, 2017

David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights, examines theories of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan knowledge or orchestration or the failed 2016 Turkish coup in the Huffington Post.

By David L. Phillips
Friday, June 16, 2017

Following the announcement of a September 25. 2017 referendum on Kurdish independence in Iraq, David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights, lays out a possible path to Iraqi Kurdish statehood in the Huffington Post.

By David L. Phillips
Monday, June 5, 2017

David L. Phillips writes in the Huffington Post that the United States should pursue a strategy aimed at promoting moderation and undermining the appeal of extremism in the Western Balkans.

Thursday, May 18, 2017

The Program on Peace-building and Human Rights convened a panel on “Human Slavery and Trafficking in Conflict Zones” on May 10, 2017.