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Borders Without a Nation: Syria, Outside Powers, and Open-Ended Instability

In Syria’s border regions, changes in demographics, economics, and security mean that an inter-Syrian peace process will require consensus among main regional powers that Syria must remain united, that no one side can be victorious, and that perennial instability threatens the region.

· September 10, 2024
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The Risks of Deepening Sectarianism in Iraq

Efforts to amend the 1959 Personal Status Law are another attempt to create a parallel authority to that of the state.

· August 28, 2024
commentary
Anti-Corruption Protests in Iraq’s Muthanna

Despite Baghdad’s expansionary spending, citizens in the country’s oil-rich south continue to protest. Government reforms need to recognize the interconnectedness of the country’s economic, climatic, and security conundrums.

  • Tamer Badawi
· August 13, 2024
commentary
A Genocide of Multiple Dimensions

In an interview, Lynn Zovighian describes how the Yezidi community continues to face profound uncertainty and insecurity. 

· August 6, 2024
commentary
Defending Israel, but not Kurdistan?

When U.S. Patriots shot down an Iranian missile over Erbil on April 15, Kurds wondered why such defenses weren’t activated when they were attacked.

  • Wladimir van Wilgenburg
· April 25, 2024
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Humanizing, Not Sanitizing, Saddam

In an interview, author Steve Coll discusses his latest book on the quarter-century minuet between the United States and the late Iraqi leader.

· April 16, 2024