Rosneft in the Kurdish Region: Moscow's Balancing Act
A version of this article with references is available on request as a PDF. Please email: iraqincontext@gmail.com Between February 2017...
Musings on Baghdad and Erbil: An Interview with Joel Wing.
As part of a series of articles on the Kurdish referendum crisis, we invited Joel Wing to discuss the aftermath of the vote. Joel has...
After the referendum: What next for the Kurdish Region?
The days surrounding the Kurdish independence referendum have been filled with feverish commentary, speculation and in some cases,...
The Iraqi Military After Mosul: A time for consolidation
The liberation of Mosul represents a watershed moment; it is the greatest military victory that the Iraqi military has enjoyed since 2003...
Debating a National Settlement in Iraq
Writing in Haaretz recently, David Rosenberg recently noted that an independent Kurdistan would resemble Zimbabwe, rather than Dubai--...
Political Primacy, Strategic Risks, and ISIL after the Caliphate
One of the differences between states and non-state actors is a sense of permanence. Germany and Japan were completely defeated after...
Inclusivity and Counterinsurgency
Many of us who follow events in Iraq closely have been particularly vocal in praising the victory of the Iraqi government in Mosul....
Iraq’s foreign relations: testing democratic peace theory?
It has passed some observers by that Iraq is rigorously pursuing a multilateral foreign policy, based on building bridges in the region....
