Biography
Megan Connelly is a Non-Resident Fellow at IRIS. She was also a fellow of the Jaeckle Center for Law, Democracy, and Governance at University at Buffalo. Her current research focuses on the legal history of local governments in the Kurdistan Region and their place within Iraq’s federal framework. Megan has previously published articles on Kurdistan Region law and political institutions for Sada and the Middle East Institute. She holds a Juris Doctor from SUNY University at Buffalo.
Publications
- Games without Frontiers: Renegotiating the Boundaries of Power in Iraqi Kurdistan. Middle East Institute. June 2021.
- Living Apart Together: Decentralized Governance in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. November 2020.
- Decentralization in Kurdistan: Partition or Posturing? Kurdistan Times. May 2020.
- Breaking Each Other’s Fingers: Kurdish parties nervously watch Baghdad — and one another. Middle East Institute. November 2019.
- Kurdistan’s Executive Offices in Transition. Sada Middle East Analysis. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. December 2018.
- Is Barzani Stepping Down or Stepping Up? Sada Middle East Analysis. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. November 2017.
- Not All Kurds are on Board with the Referendum. Middle East Institute. September 2017.
- لامەركەزیەت لە كوردستاندا: دابەشبون یان لەخشتەبردن؟
