Soran Tarkhani Author

Soran Tarkhani is Assistant Professor of Political Science and History at Hampton University. His research examines ethnic politics, party competition, and conflict in the Middle East, with particular attention to Kurdish movements and regional alliances. His peer-reviewed articles appear in Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, and Kurdish Studies Journal (forthcoming 2025). His first monograph, Divided Loyalties: Electoral Rules, Societal Cleavages, and Intra-Kurdish Party Competition in Iraqi Kurdistan (Routledge, 2025), offers a comparative framework linking electoral design, sub-ethnic cleavages, and regional alliances to patterns of cooperation and rivalry among Kurdish parties.