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Iraq: the Main Battle is Yet to Come

Since Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr won Iraq’s widely boycotted elections last October, there has been a steady stream of news reports, forecasts and analyses claiming that this could be the beginning of the end of Iranian interference in Iraqi affairs. While such estimates are certainly optimistic, they are perhaps somewhat naive and misguided. Iran remains the most...

Viktor Mikhin

Washington is Caught Up in the Middle East

Even though the US has been seeking to withdraw from the Middle East to relocate its sources to the Indo-Pacific region to tackle China’s growing influence in Southeast Asia, extricating itself from a region the US has been dominating since the end of the Second World War has proved to be a lot harder than the US policy makers might have expected when they decided to revive...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Iraq: the Elections are Over, but the Struggle Continues

The daring assassination attempt on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at his residence in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone came as no great surprise, according to many observers. As al-Kadhimi himself said a few hours later, the perpetrators are known and will be punished. The fact is that, throughout the time since the early legislative election results...

Viktor Mikhin

Iraq: Elections are Over; What’s Next?

Viktor Mikhin

Iraq: What Will the Elections Show

Viktor Mikhin

Sincerity of the Pledge to Withdraw American Troops from Iraq Raises Doubts

Vladimir Danilov

Macron’s Visit to Iraq and Ankara’s Zealous Reaction

Vladimir Platov

Is it Really Time for Iraq to Say Goodbye to its American Conquerors?

Vladimir Danilov

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