Iraq

  • Mar 5, 2021
  • 7 min read

US Iraq policy will aim at adaptive response to threat

Iraq straddles US priorities of re-engagement with Iran, rationalisation of overseas deployments and counterterrorism

Iraq
  • Mar 4, 2021
  • 2 min read

Iraq’s papal visit may magnify security limitations

The government is tidying up streets and political loose ends ahead of Pope Francis’s long-awaited trip

Iraq
  • Feb 26, 2021
  • 7 min read

Iraqi Kurdistan could see oil and gas advances

Higher international prices and the outcome of federal talks will be more important than output to fiscal security

Iraq
  • Feb 26, 2021
  • 2 min read

US Syria strikes on Iraqi militias aim to deter Iran

President Biden’s first military strikes are carefully calibrated

Syria
  • Feb 18, 2021
  • 2 min read

Iraqi Kurdish media verdict risks Washington pushback

The sentencing of journalists and others to prison over reporting has provoked an outcry

Iraq
  • Feb 17, 2021
  • 2 min read

US allies will push Iraqi security, pressuring Iran

The killing of a US contractor in a rocket attack in northern Iraq has raised the regional stakes

Iraq
  • Feb 11, 2021
  • 2 min read

Sadrists will flex their muscles ahead of Iraqi polls

Followers of a firebrand cleric have invaded the streets with heavy weapons, amid threats of possible electoral fraud

Iraq
  • Feb 3, 2021
  • 2 min read

Iraq's fiscal impasse will worsen deep divisions

The draft 2021 budget is struggling to gain legislative approval

Iraq