Assessing Iraqi Kurdistan's Stability: How Patronage Shapes Conflict
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) has generally lacked the security incidents common throughout the country since 2003. Yet, tension between the main political parties...
Iraq’s Political Marketplace at the Subnational Level: The Struggle for Power in Three Provinces
Since 2003, analysts have conceptualized Iraqi politics from the standpoint of the national scene in Baghdad. From this perspective, power dynamics in Iraq are understood...
The Failure of Reconstruction in Mosul: Root Causes from 2003 to the Post-ISIS Period
This report addresses the root causes of the failure of reconstruction in Mosul between 2003 and the present. Since the first days of the post-2003...
Why Iraq’s Protesters Won’t Go Home: 10 Voices from the Movement
**تتوفر ادناه نسخة من المقال باللغة العربية** Iraqi protesters’ resilience and commitment to their objectives have arguably been unmatched in Iraq’s modern history. To better...
The US Presence in Iraq: Emerging Positions of Iraqi Political Parties
**تتوفر ادناه نسخة من المقال باللغة العربية** Amidst the ongoing policy conversation about US-Iran escalations and the consequences for the American presence in the region,...
Mosul and Basra After the Protests: The Roots of Government Failure and Popular Discontent
Based on 50 interviews with key figures in Basra and Mosul’s government, private sector, and civil society (conducted by the authors during March–September 2019) as...
Basra's Protest Movement & Unemployment: Contesting Party Dominance of the Oil Sector
In Basra’s mass protests of 2018, unemployment was central to the rhetoric and mobilization strategies of all the key political actors – protesters, government officials,...
Basra's Political Marketplace: Understanding Government Failure After the Protests
To date, the policy discussion on Basra has revolved around whether or not the newly appointed central government under Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi’s leadership can...
Sulaimani Forum 2019
Below are links of the program, livestream video, and photos of the event: Access the program of the sixth annual Sulaimani Forum here. Access videos...
