
Dictatorship Without a Dictator: Iraq 20 Years After the Invasion
Two decades after the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s statues in Baghdad and the dawn of...

Iraq’s Depreciated Currency Holds Consequences at Home and Abroad
The steady devaluation of the Iraqi dinar against the U.S. dollar over the past three...

The Gulf in 2023 Expert Outlook
A Nuclear Arms Race Could Begin Dr. Daniel Serwer Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Gulf International Forum;...

Spinning Plates: Al-Sudani’s Foreign Policy Balancing Act
After more than a year of political deadlock, Mohammed al-Sudani finally succeeded in forming a...

Three Tests for the New Iraqi PM’s Reform Agenda
Though Iraq finally formed a government this October after more than a year of political...

Women, Peace, and Security: Gulf Perspectives on Integration, Inclusiveness...
Executive Summary In recent years, governments in the Gulf have mobilized their resources and political...

The Impact of Water Insecurity on GuIf Countries’ SociaI Contracts: A...
Executive Summary This report examines water management policies and the political ramifications of water scarcity...

Iraq’s Absent Political Opposition
As a general rule, most nations are stronger and more stable when they have a...

Why Iraq’s Current Crisis is So Intractable
The political deadlock preventing the formation of a new Iraqi government has been characterized by...

The Regional Contest Over Iraq’s Electricity
Iraq has remained a contested geopolitical arena since the 2003 invasion. As Iran’s primacy in...

The Egypt-Iraq-Jordan Partnership: Interests over Regional Rivalry
Over the past three years, a trilateral strategic partnership has emerged between Egypt, Jordan, and...

Iraq’s Perennial Electricity Problem and its Implications for Social Stab...
The growing social unrest we see in Iraq today can be directly linked to the...