Tobias Dietrich

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Tobias Dietrich is Head of Security & Intelligence at FOREUS Intelligence and Head of the Iraq & Syria Research Team at the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research. He specialises in armed groups, political violence, and open-source investigations, with a regional focus on Iraq and the Middle East. He is completing his master’s degree in Political Science at the University of Vienna, where his thesis examines the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in Iraq.

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Militias and the Politics of Survival: Lessons from Iraq

This November, Iraqis will once again head to the polls for parliamentary elections. Yet the outcome will be shaped less by formal parties than...

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Who Is Allowed to Coordinate in the Middle East Crisis

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Why Can Neither Washington Nor Tehran Talk Without Pakistan in the Room?

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