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Iraqi politics can tolerate significant insecurity
Multiple reported explosive attacks this week constitute business as usual
IraqIraq’s converging crises will set back fiscal reform
Persistent governance failures and the difficulty of enacting security sector reform set back budget-balancing efforts
IraqIraq’s US troop withdrawal agreement is over-hyped
Baghdad, Tehran and pro-Iran militias have a common interest in aggrandising a deal that mostly reaffirms the status quo
IraqIran-backed Iraqi groups will deepen anti-US pressure
Ahead of a strategic dialogue with Washington, armed vigilantes in black masks held a Baghdad parade
IraqIraqi law advances polls but hikes sectarian tension
A controversial article mandating clerical oversight has been acrimoniously dropped
IraqIraq’s government will fail to curb militia abuses
Iran-linked Shia militias' targeting of activists' vulnerable family members has caused anger
IraqIraq’s disputed Sinjar will be a long-term flashpoint
Islamic State persecution of Yazidis and the abortive Kurdish independence referendum left a complex security legacy
IraqIraq’s papal visit could heighten Sunni-Shia tensions
The very success of the pontiff’s trip is encouraging various actors to seek advantage
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