From zero-sum conflicts to federalism: Iraqis offer an international community a road forward

The future of federalism in Iraq is not only important to the peoples of that country who have struggled over so many decades for human rights and peace. It is an experiment of consequential interest to all of us, from North America to Europe, from Asia to the Middle East, to see if a society riddled by sectarian violence can reject the hideous alternatives of conquest, genocide, and partition in favor of a vertical political strategy and institution that accommodates self-determination with shared values and purpose