Iraqis Unite for Better Services
(Demonstrations outside of local government in Basra. AFP) The waves of protests that have rocked...
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How Southern Iraq’s Protests can be Catalysts for Change
The current demonstrations were likely and certainly warranted. In the sweltering heat of Basra...
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1001 Iraqi Thoughts Interview: Kenneth Pollack on Iraqi Politics
Kenneth M. Pollack is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington,...
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A Year Later: Lessons from Mosul’s Liberation
July 10, 2018 marked a year of Mosul being free from the oppressive rule of Da’ish, three years...
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How Da’ish Exploits Political Differences
(Baghdad-Kirkuk street sign in Erbil. Adam Jones/Flickr) Recently, Da’ish terrorists managed...
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Is Iraq a Day Away from a Constitutional Crisis?
The 2018 general election in Iraq was held on May 12 and has resulted in several negative...
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Assessing Post-Election Turbulence in Iraq
(Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission. Khalid al-Mousily/Reuters) Iraq’s May 12 general...
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The U.S. Administration and its Regional Positions: Where does Iraq Stand?
One can say with certainty that President Donald Trump’s approach to the region is different from...
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The Protest Movement, the Politicians and the Elections
A reading into the demographic sustainability of the protest movement in light of the election’s...
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How long will it take to form the next Iraqi government?
(An official carries a ballot box, after a fire on June 10 at storage site housing boxes from...
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