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تشكيل الحكومة العراقية الجديدة: تحولات استراتيجية وتغييرات تكتيكية
  • Commentary
  • تشكيل الحكومة العراقية الجديدة: تحولات استراتيجية وتغييرات تكتيكية

    أحدثت انتخابات 10 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2021 ثلاث تحولات استراتيجية رئيسية في العملية السياسية العراقية، والتي على الرغم من أنها لم تسفر بعد عن تغييرات جوهرية في عملية تشكيل الحكومة الحالية، إلا أنها تتمتع بإمكانية هائلة لإحداث المزيد من التغييرات الجوهرية في المستقبل. أولاً، تعرضت الفصائل الموالية لإيران عبر القوائم والأحزاب السياسية العراقية، سواء داخل الكتل الكردية أو السنية أو الشيعية، لخسارة ثقيلة. ثانيًا، فازت الأحزاب التي انبثقت عن الاحتجاجات الشعبية في أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2019، “امتداد وإشراقات كانون”، بتسعة مقاعد وستة مقاعد على التوالي في منافستها الانتخابية الأولى.

    December 7, 2021

    How to End Israel’s Digital Occupation
    Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images
  • Commentary
  • How to End Israel’s Digital Occupation

    The 4.8 million residents of the occupied Palestinian territories live in two simultaneous and vastly different realities. In the physical world, Palestinians are captives, crammed into Gaza or West Bank enclaves and blockaded by Israeli military checkpoints. But on the internet, the checkpoints disappear.

    December 6, 2021

    Simmering frustration and a demand for change: Public service protests in the Kurdistan Region
  • Analysis
  • Simmering frustration and a demand for change: Public service protests in the Kurdistan Region

    Despite its reputation for relative political stability and economic prosperity compared with its neighbors, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) frequently experiences protests, driven by popular anger over the government’s unreliable provision of public services, especially water, electricity, and roads. These protests point to simmering dissatisfaction with governance in the KRI across broad swathes of the population. Although uncoordinated and localized at present, these protests have the potential to develop into a potent political force if they become better organized.

    November 10, 2021

    محاولة اغتيال رئيس الوزراء العراقي تتجاوز خطًا أحمر رئيسيًا
  • Commentary
  • محاولة اغتيال رئيس الوزراء العراقي تتجاوز خطًا أحمر رئيسيًا

    في بلد أخذ نصيبه العادل من العنف، نرى أن ما وقع في السابع من نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني، من محاولة لاغتيال لرئيس الوزراء مصطفى الكاظمي، والتي يعتقد المسؤولون الأمنيون العراقيون الآن أنها من صنع الميليشيات العراقية المدعومة من إيران، قد تجاوزت خطًا أحمر رئيسيًا. جاء هذا الهجوم بعد يومين من توجيه قادة مليشيات عصائب أهل الحق وكتائب حزب الله وقنواتهم الإعلامية المختلفة تهديدات ضد رئيس الوزراء ومسؤولين أمنيين آخرين.

    November 10, 2021

    While Iraq’s next government may be “business as usual,” the election has planted the seeds for change
    Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images
  • Analysis
  • While Iraq’s next government may be “business as usual,” the election has planted the seeds for change

    Iraq’s Oct. 10 election may be more consequential than its immediate results suggest. Some of the subtle facts and dynamics surrounding the election point to interesting trends and possibilities, more so than the headline-grabbing expansion of Muqtada al-Sadr’s power in the Iraqi legislature, or the losses suffered by candidates representing Iran-backed militias.

    November 1, 2021

    Saudi-Iran Talks
    Middle East Institute
  • Podcast
  • Saudi-Iran Talks

    Mohammed Alsulami and Kasra Aarabi join Banafsheh Keynoush to discuss the latest talks between long-time regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran. Several rounds of talks between Riyadh and Tehran been held in Baghdad since April. They are taking place amid a broader regional trend toward deconfliction and as negotiations in Vienna over the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal appear to have bogged down.

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    October 29, 2021

    Has Israel’s campaign between the wars reached an impasse?
     Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images
  • Analysis
  • Has Israel’s campaign between the wars reached an impasse?

    In recent years, Israel has waged a campaign against the military buildup of its enemies, mainly Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah. This ongoing effort is called “the campaign between the wars,” or the Mabam Campaign. Several events in recent weeks have given rise to questions about the effectiveness of this campaign, however, and have underscored the need to rethink its future.

    October 26, 2021

    The US competes to be the “partner of choice” in the Gulf
    Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images
  • Analysis
  • The US competes to be the “partner of choice” in the Gulf

    Even as the United States continues the strategic pivot to the Pacific inaugurated by the Obama administration, the competition for security and control of maritime space in the Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean is intensifying.

    October 25, 2021