by Ali Al-Mawlawi
The illusive nature of long-term stability in the Middle East necessitates a strong commitment by Iraq’s political leaders to develop a sustainable economic and fiscal regime that can absorb future shocks to the system. In 2014, after a third of the country fell under the control of the Islamic State (IS), the Iraqi government was faced with […]
by Kyra Luchtenberg
In July 2018 Iraq’s southern cities witnessed public demonstrations against government corruption, unemployment and the lack of basic services. The grievances driving these demonstrations also appear to be rooted in the structural disinvestment of Baghdad in the southern oil-rich peripheries. Yet, the popular discontent is dismissed as annually recurring frustrations over the electricity failure and water shortages amidst […]
by Raad Alkadiri
July has always been a politically feverish month in Iraq. Nevertheless, the violent protests that have swept southern Iraq over the past two weeks have been unprecedented both in scale and focus. Ports blocked; airports closed; provincial government offices sieged; and, most telling of all, local headquarters of Islamist Shi’a parties and allied militias attacked. Latest reports […]
by Benedict Robin-D’Cruz
Chaos across the south
Over the weekend, as protests and violence proliferated across Iraq’s southern provinces, the country’s internet and phone lines went down. The government implausibly claimed there were technical issues with the fibre optic network. In reality, this was a desperate measure taken by an alarmed political elite as provincial governorate buildings were stormed, and the offices […]
by Darya Najim and Krekar Mustafa
The so-called Islamic State is ‘defeated’ and Iraq has held its first elections after the organisation’s rise and fall. While rescue teams are still finding human remains in the rubble of destroyed buildings in Mosul’s old city, political parties are accusing one another of electoral fraud. Iraq’s twenty-first century is nothing but war and the remnants […]
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