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The U.S.-Iraqi Relationship Can Still Be Salvaged

The Trump administration should mend relations with Baghdad and retain a vital troop presence in Iraq.

Meghan L. O'Sullivan

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The U.S.-Iraqi Relationship Can Still Be Salvaged

The Trump administration should mend relations with Baghdad and retain a vital troop presence in Iraq.

Meghan L. O'Sullivan

Iraq Jan 6, 2020 Snapshot

Silence Falls on Iran’s Protest Movement

The soundtrack of the 2019 uprisings has been the sound of silence.

Nahid Siamdoust

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The Death of the U.S.-Iraqi Relationship

The assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani might claim another casualty as well: the U.S.-Iraqi relationship.

Emma Sky

A member of Iraqi security forces walks past the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, January 2020

Strategy & Conflict Jan 3, 2020 Snapshot

Will Iran’s Response to the Soleimani Strike Lead to War?

The desire for revenge in Iran, and the political momentum that desire is already beginning to generate, may inevitably draw the United States and Iran into a major...

Ilan Goldenberg

Iraq Nov 20, 2019 Snapshot

Iraq’s New Republic of Fear

A young, leaderless, and revolutionary protest movement in Iraq has rattled the political elite. The coalescence of Iraq’s typically fragmented political class, and...

Renad Mansour

Iraqi security forces stand in front of demonstrators in Baghdad, Iraq in October 2019

Middle East Nov 1, 2019 Snapshot

The Coming Emergency in Iraq

Neglected Prison Camps Are Incubating a New Extremist Threat

Thanassis Cambanis

War & Military Strategy November/December 2019 Review Essay

How a Caliphate Ends

Anne Barnard reviews a book by a journalist embedded with Iraqi soldiers during the government's reconquest of Mosul.

Reviewed by Anne Barnard

Trump Administration Sep 30, 2019 Snapshot

The Long Game in Iraq

Iran knows how to play the long game in Iraq. To be successful, the United States must learn to play it, too.

Robert S. Ford and Randa Slim

Shiite militiamen south of Baghdad, July 2014

Trump Administration September/October 2019 Essay

Winning the Peace in Iraq

The only way the United States can achieve its goals in Iraq is by working through and with Baghdad.

Linda Robinson

Rescue mission: Mike Pompeo in Baghdad, January 2019

Iran Jun 25, 2019 Snapshot

Stuck in the Middle With Iran

U.S. policies should not leave Iraq with no better option than becoming Iran’s accomplice.

Alex Vatanka

Iraq's President Barham Salih walks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a welcome ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, March 2019

War & Military Strategy July/August 2019 Review Essay

The Last War—and the Next?

The U.S. Army’s official history of the Iraq war erodes the tenuous consensus on what went wrong in Iraq and thus makes another damaging conflict—this time with Iran...

Reviewed by Jon Finer

Trump Administration Feb 14, 2019 Snapshot

Trump’s Iraq Strategy Is Foolish

U.S. troops are on their way out of Syria. In Afghanistan, a similar drawdown, perhaps even a permanent exit, is in the offing as peace talks with the Taliban continue...

Michael Wahid Hanna and Thanassis Cambanis

A U.S. soldier at a military base north of Mosul, February 2017.

Civil Society March/April 2019 Essay

The Kurdish Awakening

The United States’ actions in the Middle East have helped promote a new Kurdish nationalism.

Henri J. Barkey

This land is our land: Kurdish peshmerga forces in Makhmur, Iraq, August 2014.

Corruption Oct 17, 2018 Snapshot

Is There Hope for Reform in Post-Election Iraq?

Iraq has a new president and prime minister, but the way they gained power strongly suggests that their appointments were the result of

Toby Dodge

Iraqi protesters at an anti-government protest in Basra, September 2018

Middle East Sep 13, 2018 Snapshot

Iraq’s Next War

Another conflict may be coming in Iraq. This time, it will be between the powerful, resource-rich, and battle-hardened Shiite rival factions that dominate the...

Ranj Alaaldin

An Iraqi protester gestures in front of the burnt Iranian Consulate in Basra, Iraq on September 7, 2018

Post-Conflict Reconstruction May 18, 2018 Snapshot

The End of the Iran Deal Could Destabilize Iraq

The real question now facing Iraq is how Iran will choose to respond to Trump’s withdrawal from the JCPOA.

James Fromson and Steven Simon

A member of the Iraqi army outside of Mosul, November 2016.

Middle East Apr 5, 2018 Snapshot

New Hope for Iraq?

On May 12, Iraqis will head to the polls for parliamentary elections. These elections are coming at a pivotal moment

Emma Sky

Workers cleaning the streets of Mosul, March 2018

Arms Control & Disarmament Jan 31, 2018 Snapshot

The Long Shadow of A.Q. Khan

The Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan illegally proliferated nuclear weapons technology to Iran, Libya, and North Korea over the course of decades. What lessons...

Catherine Collins and Douglas Frantz

Supporters of the Muslim League-N party hold portraits of A.Q. Khan in Islamabad, May 2008.

ISIS Jan 18, 2018 Snapshot

How ISIS’ Strategy Is Evolving

U.S. policy needs to change quickly to meet the evolving threat, both in terms of its operations in the region and of its counterterrorism priorities at home.

Michael P. Dempsey

An Afghan security force inspects bullet holes at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, December 2017.

From the Archives Dec 15, 2017 Snapshot

ISIS Could Rise Again

The victory over ISIS is incomplete: the group could resurrect its caliphate where it was born, in Iraq and Syria.

Benjamin Bahney and Patrick B. Johnston

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The Death of the U.S.-Iraqi Relationship

Will Iran’s Response to the Soleimani Strike Lead to War?

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Is There Hope for Reform in Post-Election Iraq?

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