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May 16, 2024 · We are, so to speak, witnessing an Iraq on the rise,” she said. However, she acknowledged challenges such as corruption, factionalism, impunity and armed actors remain significant...
May 16, 2024 · Today we are, so to speak, witnessing an Iraq on the rise. True, past decades of turmoil still impact the present. And yes, the challenges are manifold, with state institutions still fragile. But...
May 17, 2024 · “We are, so to speak, witnessing an Iraq on the rise,” she said, noting that corruption, factionalism, impunity, undue interference in State functions and armed actors operating outside State control remain.
- Asharq Al Awsat
May 18, 2023 · 18 May 2023 Peace and Security. Iraq’s stability and hard-won gains require robust support amid concerns of shrinking civic space, postponed elections, and an unfolding climate emergency, the...
- A Fragile, Oil-Dependent Economy
- The Changing Face of Armed Violence
- Identity Politics and Worsening State-Society Relations
- Climate Change Vulnerability and Environmental Challenges
- The Kurdistan Region in Federal Iraq
- Relations Withiran and The USA
- The Situation For Iraq’s Minorities
Crude oil exports accounted for an estimated 95 per cent of federal revenues in 2020. Successive governments have done little to wean Iraq off this heavy dependency on oil rents and diversify the economy. This has led to a bloated public sectorcharacterized by patronage and to a shortage of jobs for new graduates—especially those without the necess...
Today, Islamic State is thought to be unable to recruit more members in Iraq and only an estimated 500 fighters are still active in the country. Major military operations against Islamic State have thus ended. In 2020, the US began reducing its military footprint in Iraq—which had risen sharply in response to the rise of Islamic State—and only arou...
The United States and other members of the coalition that invaded Iraq in 2003 and supported its transition to post-Ba’athist democracy lacked a long-term vision. They often failed to anticipate the consequences of major decisions, such as the disbanding of the Iraqi Army in 2003 or several initiatives put forward by the transitional authorities. O...
Governance failures have also left Iraq increasingly vulnerable to climate change and water scarcity and an array of related challenges. The number of days with temperatures over 50°C is increasing, and droughts are becoming longer and more intense. Northern Iraq has traditionally been the breadbasket for the rest of the country, in particular prov...
The Kurdistan Regional Government has a peaceful, if occasionally fraught, relationship with the federal government in Baghdad. The KRG enjoys a high level of autonomy, which includes maintaining its own military forces, the Peshmerga. Early on in the transition process after 2003, Kurdistan was recognized as Iraq’s most stable region, and its lead...
In the field of diplomacy, Iraq’s strongest relationships and ties are with Iran and the USA. Nevertheless, Iraq has sought to diversify its diplomatic and economic relationsin recent years, including with Arab Gulf states as well as Egypt and Jordan. Iran is Iraq’s largest trading partner, although Iraq’s imports from Iran—worth around $9 billion ...
State failure to protect Iraq’s many ethno-religious minorities is a long-standing problem. Since 2003, many minorities have been displaced due to insecurity, often migrating to the KRI—which was seen as calmer, safer and more tolerant—and in many cases out of Iraq altogether. The Islamic State group targeted minorities, particularly those of non-A...
Sep 7, 2022 · 7 Sep 2022. It looked to many Iraqis like the beginning of a civil war, but the fighting that broke out last week was over almost as quickly as it started. But there’s a difference between stable...
31 July 2022 Peace and Security. Secretary-General António Guterres is “following with concern” ongoing protests in Iraq that have injured many people, according to his deputy spokesperson,...
