Political prospects of the Kurds in the Middle East / David McDowall -- Are the Kurds a source of instability in the Middle East? / Carole A. O'Leary -- The political fallout of ethnic cleansing in Iraqi Kurdistan / Mohammed M.A. Ahmed -- Kurdish prospects in Post-Saddam Iraq / Michael M. Gunter -- Turkey and Kurdistan-Iraq relations: the consolidation of Iraqi Kurdish Nationalism: 2003-2004 / Robert Olson -- The Kurdish issue in Turkey following the 2003 Iraqi War / Hamit Bozarslan -- Implications of Turkey's constitutional reforms for the Kurds / Gulistan Gurbey -- Turkey's Kurdish-centered Iraqi policy / M. Hakan Yavuz -- The impact of the Iraq war on the future of the Kurds in Iran / Nader Entessar -- Obstacles hindering the Kurdish question in Iran / Farideh Koohi-Kamali -- Durable solution for the internally displaced Iraqi Kurds: legal and practical considerations / David Fisher -- The Kurdish community in Lebanon and their future prospects / Lokman I. Meho and Farah W. Kawtharani.