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Iraq

Essay Feature 

Colonial Designs, Arab Dreams, and the Making of the Modern Middle East

February 23, 2022February 23, 2022 Diplomacy, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria

H.D. Wright provides an analysis of the European diplomatic engagements that pulled apart existing territories and forced them between the borders of new states, sealing a nearly inevitable destiny of domestic strife.

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Analysis Feature Op-Ed 

Understanding the Kurdish Student Protests

December 30, 2021December 30, 2021 Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurdistan Regional Government, Protests

Sarkawt Shamsulddin provides his insights on the recent student protests in Kurdistan, what led to them, and what they mean for the region.

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Analysis Feature Interviews 

Persistent Impunity Raises Concerns Around Iraqi Elections & Democracy

October 10, 2021October 12, 2021 Elections, Iraq

Ghazi Ghazi sits down with Sally Bachori, one of the founding members of Ending Impunity in Iraq to learn more about the organization and their grassroots movement.

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KRG Independence Rally, Creative Commons
Event Review 

Event review: an ambassador without a country

January 22, 2019February 27, 2019 Baghdad, Barzani, Erbil, Iraq, KRG, Kurdish Referendum, Kurdistan Regional Government

Kurdistan Regional Government Rep. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman discusses Kurdish politics since the KRG’s 2017 independence referendum and the Erbil-Baghdad relationship at Harvard Law School.

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Analysis Op-Ed 

From deadlock to deadline: Iraq’s new government faces pressure to reform

October 25, 2018January 22, 2019 Baghdad, Economic Reform, Elections, Iraq, protest, unemployment

Newly minted President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi have one year to enact reform on pressing domestic issues, especially utility services and unemployment. If the government fails to implement changes, it may face another series of popular uprisings.

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Weekly Roundup 

Weekly Roundup: Irish prisoner released from jail in Egypt, a double attack in Iraq, and a new arms agreement between Qatar and Britain

September 19, 2017November 7, 2017 Egypt, Iraq, Weekly Roundup

A double attack at a restaurant and checkpoint in Iraq killed more than 80 people, Irishman Ibrahim Halawa was released from jail in Egypt, and Qatar signed an arms agreement with the UK.

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Asylum seekers in Greece
Op-Ed 

To address the refugee crisis, focus on dignity

June 22, 2017December 15, 2019 Afghanistan, Europe, Greece, Iraq, Lesvos, migrants, Mohamad Saleh, Refugees, Syria, Turkey

Millions of people in the Middle East and elsewhere were forced to flee their homes in recent years. What they need most now is dignity.

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