Iraq

In the past few months, confronting Al-Sadr and preventing Kadhimi to stay at the office were two factors that unified the Coordination Framework for a while. However, now Sadr temporarily is somehow not there and Khadhimi is not the PM anymore

While the new Iraqi government is less than a month old, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani's visit to Baghdad might be considered normal. Barzani could have made this visit to confirm his support for the new PM

Nearly a month ago, the Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani government won parliamentary trust. However, he has yet to be effective in comparison to his agenda

Recently in Iraq, the Federal Court in Baghdad rejected an amendment to the Personal Status Law of the Kurdistan Region, Law No. 18 of 15 of 2008. The KRG amendment allows wives of men who have married twice in a row the right to separate

Sunni Arabs' domination over the Iraqi state lasted more than eighty years (from 1920 to 2003) and survived several military coups. Excluding the other two large communities (the Shiites and the Kurds) that make up three-quarters of the population, the Iraqi state was thus in perpetual warfare with its society when it was not with neighbouring countries (Iran, Kuwait)

Although Iraq's revenues have exceeded $90 billion this year, the government could not set a budget for 2022, the same as in 2020. However, the Iraqi government is now preparing the 2023 budget. Due to the central bank's reserves and oil prices, the 2023 budget is expected to be the most significant proposed budget for Parliament in the modern history of Iraq.

Shia has now entered a phase of implementation and decision-making. The complete form of government has yet to be formulated due to internal conflicts within the Shiite coordination framework

The Iraqi dinar, the Iranian Rial, and the Turkish and Syrian Lira are not the only ones declining against the dollar, but most of the US competitor's currencies have fallen this year. According to official data, in 2022, most other currencies, such as the Japanese yen, the Chinese Yuan, the British Pound, and the Euro, have lost value by -14% to -6% against the dollar

At the domestic level, the Shiites' most significant challenge is the provincial elections at the end of 2023 and the ongoing monitoring of Muqtada al-Sadr's plans and activities, which are a cause for concern.

The article explains the financial commitments of the Kurdistan Region according to the federal budget for 2004 and 2022, as well as the financial debts that the KRG owes to the oil companies.

Before the announcement of the court's ruling, the Elysee Palace played host to officials from both Baghdad and Erbil

The United States has been working for years to eliminate gas flaring in Iraq, with the US Ambassador to Iraq frequently highlighting the issue. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken also emphasized the importance of reducing gas flaring during his discussions with Iraqi Foreign Minister

Global warming is a worldwide concern and also a national emergency for the fifth-most vulnerable country to climate breakdown, Iraq. Water shortage, among others, is a source of local and international migration affecting a precarious local balance. General causes of climate change, like natural resources’ exploitation, are boosted by local factors including geopolitics and economics. To address this issue, the government, assisted by various international institutions, has an ambitious agenda whose impact is impeded by the same local or regional specificities. Other solutions, without a holistic approach, could rose from the national and international private sector, especially through the development of tailored-made renewable energies’ projects. To be efficient, these actions could benefit from the coordination and assistance of the Iraqi institutions if only they can provide foreign companies, including Europeans, with a safe frame to develop.

In a report published on the 9th of February 2023, the UN affirms that the threat of Daesh remains high. According to senior UN officials, the terrorist group continues to exploit the local fragility and the inter-communitarian tensions in the Middle-East and in Africa. Virginie Sauner analyses the Iraqi current perspectives of this global threat who still remains “particularly worrying.”

Twenty years ago, the United States declared war on Iraq. A war that would turn into a military quagmire and a resounding political failure. Adel Bakawan, director of the French Research Centre on Iraq, looks back at the events that led to the American invasion and its consequences for the Iraqi political system. Since then, the country has been struggling to maintain its territorial, societal and state unity, as demonstrated by the recent elections and the new political alliances.

Climate change acts as a multiplier of threats when correlated with other factors related to political instability. Insecurity, lack of economic opportunities, and environmental degradation are among the reasons that drive individuals to leave their native region. The resulting humanitarian crises pose many challenges, particularly when displacements are motivated by climate-related hazards.

On these days, we commemorate the 20th anniversary of the previous dictatorial regime’s fall, full of woes and tragedies, but also full of the hope for liberation from oppression, injustice and the move towards independence and prosperity.

On October 1st 2019, a protest, unprecedented in its nature and its magnitude, shook Iraq. The ruling elite, in a state of generalized panic, adopted a strategy of repression, just as unprecedented, at least since 2003.

This article proposes a deep analysis of this historical agreement made between the government and TotalEnergies for the GGIP project, underlining the major impact on Iraq's economy and its significant implications for the global energy industry.

This article aims to review the American occupation of Iraq (2003-2011) in light of the domination that the British had in this country in the aftermath of World War I. This article compares the strategy of the two powers to rebuild the Iraqi state and protect their interests, a process characterized by the same hegemonic aspiration and the same claim to build a state from above in a coercive context.

The autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan has many important oil and gas reserves, but the exploitation of these resources has been, for a long time, a source of tensions between Erbil and Baghdad. The new agreement, negotiated under the auspice o the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is considered to be an important step toward the reconciliation in Iraq and could bring a much needed long-term stability to the country.