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Iraq’s Pivotal Vote: Power, Iran, and the Future of the U.S. Presence
Iraqis will vote for a new parliament on November 11, which is important for Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and reflects the views of...
Iraq’s Youth Take On Sectarian Rule: A New Generation Fights for Political Change
As Iraq prepares for its November 11 parliamentary elections, a growing number of young Iraqis are stepping into the political arena, determined to challenge...
Iraq in Talks to Revise OPEC Oil Output Quota
Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest producer, is seeking to renegotiate its production quota to better reflect its full output capacity of 5.5 million barrels per day...
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...
Kurdish Disarmament Reshapes Dynamics in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran—but Uncertainty Remains
After more than forty years of armed struggle, a Kurdish-linked group, the PKK, in northern Iraq has begun disarming—a dramatic gesture that signals a...
Erasing Assyrians: The Kurdish Nationalist Project
The Assyrians, an indigenous people with over 6,775 years of history and one of the world’s earliest Christian communities, are vanishing from their ancestral...
Iraq on Edge: The Regional Fallout from Syria’s Unraveling
The abrupt collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has sent shockwaves across the region, placing Iraq on high alert. As Syria embarks on...
Fulfilling Broken Promises: Building a Semiautonomous Region in Sunni Iraq
Systemic Failures: Marginalization of Sunni Arabs in Iraq
Iraq's political, social, and economic failures of the last 21 years are deeply rooted in one stark...
Trump’s Second Term and the Middle East: A Forecast of Challenges and Opportunities
On November 6, 2024, Donald Trump secured victory in Wisconsin, surpassing the required 270 electoral votes, confirming him as the 47th president of the...
Recent Trends: Revolution in Military Affairs in PLA post-gulf war?
“A war that changed the world ultimately changed the war itself.” Unrestricted Warfare
The first Gulf War lasted only 42 days, with extensive aerial bombardment,...