Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy

Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy

  • Home
  • About Us
    • About JMEPP
    • Staff
    • Contact Us
    • HKS Student Journals
  • Editions
    • 2022 Edition
    • 2021 Fall Edition
    • 2021 Edition
    • 2020 Edition
    • Past Editions
  • Content
    • Analysis
    • Opinion
    • Interviews
    • Event Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • Multimedia
  • Podcast
  • Submit
    • Apply to JMEPP
    • Submission Information
Home > Iraq

Iraq

Tunisia protests
Analysis 

Tunisia: “Unemployment has killed me”

May 15, 2017November 7, 2017 Arab Spring, Caid Essebsi, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Joseph Desire Som I, Libya, Syria, Tunisia, unemployment, violent extremism

Youth unemployment is a major driver of radicalization in Tunisia, which supplies more fighters to Syria and Iraq than any other country.

Read more
ISIL graffiti
Op-Ed 

ISIL may be losing on the battlefield. But it’s winning elsewhere.

April 4, 2017November 7, 2017 Assad, Donald Trump, grayzone, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Mosul, Syria

The terrorist group aims to shrink the “grayzone”: the plane of coexistence between Muslims in the West and their non-Muslim countrymen.

Read more
Middle East Weekly podcast
Podcast 

Podcast: Saudi ComicCon sparks uproar

March 22, 2017March 23, 2017 BDS, Iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia

We discuss an Israeli bill banning BDS supporters from the country, Saudi’s first comic convention, and the legacy of the Iran-Iraq War.

Read more
Op-Ed 

‘Saving Iraq’: The chains of liberation

March 20, 2017November 7, 2017 Iraq, ISIS, Mosul, Theo Wye

The dangerous assumption that Iraqis are unable to govern themselves must be challenged.

Read more
Middle East Weekly podcast
Podcast 

Podcast: Israel/Palestine’s one-state solution

February 28, 2017 Hodeidah, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Israel, Joseph Ataman, Middle East Weekly, Mohamad Saleh, Mosul, Nadim Houssain, Palestine, Sam Bollier, Yemen

In our seventh episode, Middle East Weekly looks at the prospects of a one-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, the

Read more
Aleppo Karm al Jabal neighborhood
Interviews 

Aleppo and Mosul: What’s next?

February 27, 2017 Aleppo, Gregory Aftandilian, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Mosul, Satgin Hamrah, Syria

JMEPP speaks with Gregory Aftandilian on the devastating battles for Aleppo and Mosul -and what’s next for Syria and Iraq.

Read more
Middle East Weekly podcast
Podcast 

Podcast: The ‘Muslim ban’

February 20, 2017 Donald Trump, immigration, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Middle East Weekly, Refugees, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen

Middle East Weekly explores the human cost of the White House’s approach to immigration policy, and what it means for U.S. foreign policy.

Read more
  • ← Previous Stories
  • Next Stories →

Newest Edition

Recent Publications

  • Genocide and Hazara Persecution in Afghanistan
  • Chinese Strategy Toward the Middle East: China as a Possible Mediator to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
  • Jordanian Economy, Education, Democratization: A conversation with Dr. Omar Al-Razzaz
  • The Middle East as a Sphere for US-China Cooperation
  • 2022 Spring Edition: Civil Society and Political Transformations

Search

Tags

Aleppo Algeria Arab Awakenings Arab Spring Bahrain Donald Trump Economic Development Education Egypt Energy Erdogan Hezbollah Iran Iraq ISIL ISIS Israel JMEPP JMEPP Middle East Weekly Roundup JMEPP Weekly Roundup Jordan Lebanon Libya MENA Middle East Weekly Morocco Mosul Muslim Brotherhood North Africa oil Palestine podcast Qatar Refugees Russia Sam Bollier Satgin Hamrah Saudi Arabia Syria Syrian refugees Tunisia Turkey US Foreign Policy Weekly Roundup Yemen

Subscribe to our Blog

Harvard Kennedy School’s Student-Run Journals

  • Africa Policy Journal
  • Asian American Policy Review
  • The Citizen
  • Human Rights Policy Journal
  • Journal of African American Public Policy
  • Journal of Hispanic Policy
  • Kennedy School Review
  • Latin America Policy Journal
  • LGBTQ Journal
  • Singapore Policy Journal

The Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy (JMEPP) is a student publication at Harvard Kennedy School. All views expressed in the journal are those of the authors or interviewees only and do not represent the views of Harvard University, the Harvard Kennedy School, and the staff of JMEPP or any of its affiliates. Copyright 2017 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise specified, no article or portion herein is to be reproduced or adapted to other works without the expressed written consent of the editors of JMEPP.

Copyright © 2023 Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy. All rights reserved.