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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Author: Iraqi Thoughts
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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