Kurdistan’s Man in Washington.

Qubad Talabany relaxes in his office next to a collection of works by Kurdish artists.

After ten years’ toil, Iraqi President Jalal Talabany’s 32-year-old son has become an unquestionably effective spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government’s cause in Washington. Sleek, suave, and Savile-Row-suited, with an easy manner and considerable persuasive powers, he delivers a powerful message about a rare U.S. success story in the Middle East: a mostly peaceful and prosperous region with little need for outside ground forces, and an emerging democracy where 80 percent of the voters turned out for the July 25 regional parliamentary elections.