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Six months into his premiership, what has Mustafa al-Kadhimi done for Iraq?

Marsin Alshamary

Friday, November 13, 2020

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Order from Chaos

How to demilitarize America’s presence in the Middle East

Bruce Riedel and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, November 6, 2020

Future Development

What will it take to bring back growth in Iraq?

Bledi Celiku and Wael Mansour

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

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Iraq Index

Sam Gollob and Michael E. O’Hanlon

August 2020

Iraq

Pitfalls of the paramilitary paradigm: The Iraqi state, geopolitics, and Al-Hashd al-Shaabi

Vanda Felbab-Brown

June 2019

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Do social protection programs improve life satisfaction?

Talajeh Livani and Carol Graham

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

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Sectarianism, governance, and Iraq’s future

Ranj Alaaldin

Monday, November 26, 2018

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces members guard near the building belonging to a Popular Mobilization Forces in Basra, Iraq September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani

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Containment and engagement: The rise of armed non-state actors

Ranj Alaaldin

Thursday, October 4, 2018

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Order from Chaos

How the Iran-Iraq war will shape the region for decades to come

Ranj Alaaldin

Friday, October 9, 2020

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi speaks during a news conference in Basra, Iraq, July 15, 2020. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/Pool via REUTERS

Order from Chaos

Iraq’s best hope is developing stronger ties to the Gulf — with US help

Ranj Alaaldin

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

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30 years after our ‘endless wars’ in the Middle East began, still no end in sight

Bruce Riedel

Monday, July 27, 2020

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A demonstrator holds the picture of Qassem Soleimani during a protest against the assassination of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who were killed in an air strike in Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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How will Iran respond to US assassination of Soleimani?

Suzanne Maloney and Adrianna Pita

Friday, January 3, 2020

Iraq

What’s driving anti-government protests in Iraq?

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Adrianna Pita

Monday, October 7, 2019

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Terrorists next door? Experts discuss how to respond when communities are overtaken by terrorist groups

Bradley S. Porter

Thursday, October 25, 2018

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Protests rock Iraq: What next?

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