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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn Iraq, Iran and Turkey are the real winnersThe US is trying to create a Middle Eastern coalition to undermine Iran. They are sixteen years too late.
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia‘Post-sectarian Iraq’ between theory and practiceIt remains to be seen whether this so called ‘new Iraq’ is as post-sectarian as some academics and journalists claim.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy are there no women in Iraq’s football stadiums?Iraqis are suffocated by a rampant militarization and hypermasculinity.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe world may have moved on from ISIS, but Yezidi women haven’tIraq must take urgent and significant actions to provide better protection for the Yezidi women and girls and make...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAfter all, Iraq’s ethno-sectarian quota remainsSo long as the ethno-sectarian quota exists, a political class that serves foreign interests will continue to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCorruption corrodes Kurdish educationQuality education from the outset can eradicate corruption, guarantee peaceful coexistence, and bring about social...
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Published in: HomeA war of minds: beyond 2001-18The west's failure in Afghanistan and Iraq, says our columnist who predicted both, is above all one of understanding.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIs Iraq entering an era of post-sectarianism?In the absence of civil war, the people of Iraq have found an opportunity to demand that the political elite deliver...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIraq’s protest movement reveals the failure of the post-2003 regimeWhile Iraq is experiencing its fourth week of mass protests, it is essential to understand not only their direct...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe outcomes of Iraq’s 2018 electionsThe ramifications from Iraq’s elections do not mean we will witness a better Iraq, but it will certainly differ from...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHeritage peacebuilding in IraqAfter years of funding being pumped to Iraq’s NGO sector based on US military needs, local civil society is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAfghan interpreters: belonging on the battlefield, exclusion from the nation?The recent Windrush migration scandal poignantly illustrated the tensions between people’s sense of belonging to a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIraq and Syria: of memory and mapsThe interests of outsiders, not those of the battered, bloodied and belittled peoples of Iraq and Syria, drive this...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe crisis of the state in the Arab region and the rise of the Islamic StateIslamic radical groups, such as the Islamic State, seem to have become the substitute for a failed regional order...
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Published in: HomeGassing and selective applications of a ‘Red Line’: lest we forgetThe gassing of people is considered exceptionally inhumane, officially a categorical “red line” dividing good from...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow the 2003 US-led invasion changed Iraq foreverFifteen years after the US and its allies invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003, the country is still entrenched in a cycle...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCounter-terrorism: new UK strategy must learn obvious lessonsSince 2001, Britain has compromised its passion for the rights of people in the name of counter-terrorism, thereby...
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Published in: 50.50Prosecuting ISIS crimes against women and LGBTIQ people would set a crucial precedentA potentially precedent-setting petition at the International Criminal Court could help human rights advocates and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWill Iraq’s PM embrace a Trump-inspired Saudi-sponsored drive to curb Iranian influence?Trump-MBS strategy has not made significant headway. Will they succeed in escalating anti-Shia confrontation against...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe return of authoritarianism is priming the Middle East for more conflictHow is the Saudi-Iranian rivalry overwriting the Arab Spring’s key messages?
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