Iraq
Iran-Backed Armed Groups Long Have Used Religious Narratives to Recast Coercion as Duty, Sacrifice, and Defense of Religion
If Washington Misinterprets Al-Sadr, It May Lend Support to Political Arrangements That Reinforce Militia-Linked Governance
This Is Not the Ceding of Iran’s ‘Deep State’ Within the Iraqi System, but Rather Its Adjustment and Consolidation
The Kurdistan Region No Longer Can Treat National Security Policy as Ad Hoc and Personality Driven
An Envoy Could Provide Washington with Facts on the Ground to Calibrate Policy to Reality
For Years, the Ibrahim Khalil Border Crossing Between Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey Was a Testament to the Region’s Strategic Importance
Baghdad Struggles with Rising Demand, Limited Domestic Generation, and Heavy Dependence on Iran for Fuel Supplies
A Government That Begins Without Defense and Interior Ministers Cannot Credibly Offer Washington Major Security Commitments
Supporting an Assyrian Region Would Bring Justice and Could Offer Washington a Dependable Partner in Iraq
Ali Al-Zaidi’s Remarks Suggest That He Will Subordinate Iraqi Sovereignty to Iranian Interests
Restarting Production Requires More than Reopening Valves, Likely Taking Weeks Rather than Days
Washington Is Again Being Sold an Illusion—That Iraq’s Future Can Be Entrusted to a Single ‘Indispensable’ Insider
Did Washington Just Hand Iraq to Qais al-Khazali?
Why Does the State Department Accept that the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government Imprisons Journalists?
Since 2018, No Prime Ministerial Candidate Has Moved Forward Without His Consultation, Approval, or Intervention
Iraq’s Continued Subordination to Iran Is a Direct Threat to Gulf Cooperation Council Security and to U.S. Interests
Most Iraqis Were Born After Saddam’s Ouster and Value Clean Governance and Normalcy over Sectarianism
The Iranian-Backed Militias Sudani Defends Are Parasites Upon the Iraqi Economy and the Country’s Sovereignty
Barzani’s Language of Refusal No Longer Carries the Coercive Weight It Once Did in Baghdad, or Even in Kurdistan
If the Parliament Nominates an Official Known for Corruption, the Entire System Could Collapse