Ranj Alaaldin

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr shake hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Najaf, Iraq January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Muqtada al-Sadr’s alliance: An opportunity for Iraq, the US, and the region

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

A member of Al B'doul, a local Bedouin tribe during a foggy weather, seen inside the ancient city of Petra, one of Jordan's national treasures and its best-known tourist attraction. On Friday, February 9, 2019, in Petra, Ma'an Governorate, Jordan. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Climate change may devastate the Middle East. Here’s how governments should tackle it.

Monday, March 14, 2022

Saudi Arabia and Iraq: An evolving relationship

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST

Members of the Iraqi predominantly Shia Muslim Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) parade symbolic coffins at Baghdad's Tahrir Square during a rally organized to mark the second anniversary of the United States airstrikes that targeted weapons depots and command centres of the Iran-backed Hezbollah Brigades. The targeted paramilitary group, which constitutes part of the PMF, suffered dozens of casualties in the attacks that took place in Al-Qa'im, an Iraqi town located near the Syrian border. 12/29/2021, Ameer Al Mohammedaw/dpa

New vulnerabilities for Iraq’s resilient Popular Mobilization Forces

Ranj Alaaldin and Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr speaks after preliminary results of Iraq's parliamentary election were announced in Najaf, Iraq October 11, 2021. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Muqtada al-Sadr’s problematic victory and the future of Iraq

Thursday, October 28, 2021

The evolution of nonstate armed actors in the Middle East

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

A member of Taliban (C) stands outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Around the halls: The Taliban retakes Afghanistan

Madiha Afzal, Ranj Alaaldin, Daniel L. Byman, Giovanna De Maio, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Marvin Kalb, Suzanne Maloney, Patrick W. Quirk, Itamar Rabinovich, Douglas A. Rediker, Bruce Riedel, Federica Saini Fasanotti, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Shibley Telhami

Monday, August 16, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden SPEAKS with Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Treat Iraq’s Iran-aligned militias like ISIS

Friday, July 30, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden greets Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

What will US combat forces withdrawal mean for Iraq?

Ranj Alaaldin and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, July 29, 2021

United States President George H.W. Bush speaks by telephone to US Secretary of State James A. Baker, III after the Secretary's first meeting with Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz of Iraq at the White House in Washington, DC on January 9, 1991. Photo by Carol T. Powers / White House via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Imperfect allies and non-state actors: Lessons from the 1991 no-fly zone in Iraq

Friday, May 28, 2021