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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2021 Iraqi Elections: Voters and Winners
(Sadrist delegation visit Erbil, June 2021. Photo: Rudaw) To understand the likely and unlikely...
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To Defeat Corruption, Iraq Needs E-Government
It has now been more than a year since Mustafa Al-Kadhimi assumed Iraq’s premiership. His rise...
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The Dangers of Authoritarian Nostalgia in Iraq
(Watch found on victim in mass grave. Photo: BBC/Getty Images) As Raghad Hussein, daughter of...
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The Pope Goes to Najaf: The Person and the Institution of Sistani
(Photo: Khalid Al-Mousily/Reuters) On March 6, Pope Francis will have paid a courtesy visit to...
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Does Iraq Have a Strategy for Acquiring COVID-19 Vaccines?
(Photo: Hadi Mizban/AP) Iraq’s first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Baghdad on March 2...
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New Political Parties Emerge Inspired by October Protest Movement
(Photo: Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters) The Iraqi government has decided to push back parliamentary...
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