Joost R Hiltermann

Joost R Hiltermann is deputy middle-east programme director at the International Crisis Group, based in Istanbul.

Iraq’s elections: winners, losers, and what’s next

The Iraqi local elections were held on 31 January 2009, with 440 seats being contested in fourteen of the country's eighteen provinces. The results, most of which were

By Joost R Hiltermann

/ 10 Feb 2009

Iraq, Iran and the United States: problems and prospects

The restoration of a semblance of normalcy in key parts of Iraq, the Nouri al-Maliki government's new assertiveness and a growing clamour for a timetable for the withdrawal

By Joost R Hiltermann

/ 30 Jul 2008

Halabja: the politics of memory

This year marks the twentieth anniversary of horrifying events that are known to few, denied by some, and exploited for political gain by others. Twenty years ago, on 16 March

By Joost R Hiltermann

/ 14 Mar 2008