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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The Baghdad Conference: Wasteful Political Theatre
(Photo: PMO Media Office) The Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership is set to take...
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The Dangerous Trope of a Helpless Iraq and How to Reverse It
(House of Saddam miniseries. Photo: BBC) Not long ago I wrote a graduate paper for a course taught...
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Iraq’s Centennial: Why State-Building Needs Peacebuilding
(Photo: Public mural of Nobel Peace Laureate Nadia Murad in Baghdad) August 23, 1921 is the date...
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The Battle for Jalal Talabani’s Successorship
(Photo: PUK Media) The Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s second largest political party, the Patriotic...
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Unpacking Kadhimi-PMF Optics
(From left to right: Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Chief of Staff of the Popular Mobilization...
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