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By John Lee. The Iraqi President, Abdul Latif Rashid, has addressed the UN's Water Conference in New York, calling on Turkey to increase cooperation on water management. He also called for a permanent committee to establish regional, basin-wide agreements, with a practical enforcement mechanism under the auspices of the United Nations, to ensure an adequate […]
By Steven A. Cook, for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Twenty Years After the War to Oust Saddam, Iraq Is a Shaky Democracy On the two-decade anniversary of the U.S. invasion, Iraq is weakly […]
By Scott Neuman and Larry Kaplow, for NPR. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. 3 takeaways 20 years after the invasion of Iraq Ryan Crocker, Peter Mansoor and Marsin Alshamary recently shared their thoughts with NPR on lessons learned from one […]
By Frank Sobchak and Matthew Zais, for Time Magazine. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. How Iran Won the Iraq War The U.S. must militarily deter Iran so that it retracts rather than expands its regional aggression. Read the full article […]
From Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW). Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq to Contain the Kurdish Opposition and Pay Its Debts to Iran in Emirati Dirhams Iraq will begin paying for its debts and imports from Iran in Emirati […]
From the MIT Center for International Studies. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Reprinted with permission of MIT News. 3 Questions: The Iraq invasion, 20 years later This week marks the 20th anniversary of the United States-led invasion of Iraq. Code-named […]
From Chatham House. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq 20 years on: Insider reflections on the war and its aftermath This Chatham House essay collection, published to mark 20 years since the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, brings together the observations […]
By John Lee. Gallup has produced a summary of its surveys on Iraq, showing how public opinion has evolved over the years. Access the analysis here. (Source: Gallup)
By Crispin Smith and Michael Knights for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Remaking Iraq: How Iranian-Backed Militias Captured the Country The slow-rolling regime change focused on capturing U.S.-supported institutions and turning them against U.S. […]
From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Deep Dive: Iran inks security accord with Iraq as regional diplomacy revved up The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has capped off a busy month of dialogue with Arab states […]
By Adam Lucente for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iran, Iraq sign security deal boosting border cooperation The deal follows the Islamic Republic escalating its attacks on Kurdish groups in Iraq amid the ongoing protests in Iran. Click […]
By John Lee. An advisor to the Iraqi Prime Minister has said that the Kurdistan Regional Government's oil revenues will now be placed in an account controlled by the federal government in Baghdad. Husham Hamad added that the agreement was reached through what he called the "high understanding and keenness of the federal government and […]
