By Alex Vatanka for The Middle East Institute. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. How Iraq's vote will shape the next phase of US-Iran competition Washington is once again leaning hard on Baghdad to narrow the space for Iran's proxy networks, […]
By Robert S. Ford for The Middle East Institute. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq tries to assert state authority during crisis The Iraqi government has long navigated a path between maintaining political ties with its Iranian neighbor and Tehran's […]
By Winthrop Rodgers for The Middle East Institute. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. No real alternative: The failure of opposition parties in Iraq's Kurdistan Region Politics in Iraq's Kurdistan Region is centered on the ruling duopoly of the Kurdistan Democratic Party […]
By Omar Al-Nidawi for The Middle East Institute. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Taking stock of the first 100 days of Iraq's new government In its first 100 days in office, the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani has […]
By Haley Bobseine, for The Middle East Institute. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq: A crisis of elite, consensus-based politics turns deadly This article is the first in a three-part series on Iraq's political crisis. This piece analyzes the crisis […]
From The Middle East Institute. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Ten months on from last October's elections, Iraq still does not have a new government and faces a deepening political crisis. To understand the current situation's perils and what may […]
From The Middle East Institute. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Economic Diversification and Energy Transition in Iraq and the Gulf Iraq is in the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis as it grapples with a volatile post-election political environment and […]
By Yesar Al-Maleki, for The Middle East Institute. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq once again leaps into the void, but not before political elites secure funding For Iraqis, two key events last week will shape the rest of this […]
By Samuel Ramani, for The Middle East Institute. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. What does Russia's war in Ukraine mean for Iraq? Although Iraq has avoided taking sides in Russia's war with Ukraine, the conflict could exacerbate factional divisions and […]
By Banafsheh Keynoush, for The Middle East Institute. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Water scarcity could lead to the next major conflict between Iran and Iraq Iran and Iraq are frequently at odds over water issues. Iraq depends on the […]
By Robert S. Ford, Gönül Tol, Paul Salem, Marwa Maziad and Marvin G. Weinbaum, for The Middle East Institute. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Five of MEI's experts give their opinions of the changing relationship between the United States and […]
By Luay al-Khatteeb for The Middle East Institute. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq's long-running electricity dilemma is now a daily source of public misery. The struggle of the power generation and distribution system to keep up with relentless demand […]
