Book Review: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: The Saudi Struggle for Iraq
(Photo: Hurst Publishers) A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: The Saudi Struggle for Iraq by Dr. Katherine...
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Swimming With Sharks: An Insider’s Account of Politics in Iraq’s Parliament
On September 3, 2018, I was sworn in as the youngest member of the Iraqi Council of...
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2022: Iraq’s Challenges Ahead
(Photo: Hadi Mizban/AP) Iraq begins 2022 with one of the most challenging hurdles in its political...
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Iraq Needs a Full Manual Recount to Overcome Election Impasse
(Photo: EPA) Three weeks since Iraq’s electoral commission (IHEC) announced the final results of...
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Journalism Under Threat in the Kurdistan Region
(Photo: Anadolu Agency) The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is not only dangerous for journalists and...
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Why the West is Complicit in the Latest Migrant Crisis
(Photo: Leonid Scheglov/Reuters) The most recent mass migration of Iraqi Kurds is not driven by...
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Kadhimi’s Corruption Scheme Risks Western Support
(Photo: PMO Media Office) Iraqis never elected Mustafa Al-Kadhimi to be their prime minister. He...
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Iraqi Voters Send Political Elite Strong Message
(Photo: Ivor Prickett/NYT) On October 10, over nine million Iraqis voted in the hope of electing a...
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Is America Repeating its Afghanistan Mistakes in Iraq?
(Photo: AFP) On June 25, 2021, President Joe Biden stood beside his “old friend” and Afghan...
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Assessing the Baghdad Conference
(Photo: PMO Media Office) Even the most timid of observers cannot say that the Baghdad Conference...
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