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Wed, Jan 6, 2021
Gone with the Muhasasa: Iraq’s static budget process, and the loss of financial control
A new Iraq Initiative report, authored by Ahmed Tabaqchali, chief investment officer at AFC Iraq Fund, outlines the inefficiencies inherent in Iraq’s current budget process and recommendations for a revamped, dynamic, and transparent budget mechanism.
In-Depth Research & Reports by Ahmed Tabaqchali
Wed, Dec 23, 2020
Kadhim joins PBS News Hour to discuss the impact of the Blackwater pardons
In the News
Mon, Dec 14, 2020
Iraq’s energy security strategy: A path to diversity and energy independence
A paper co-authored by Dr. Abbas Kadhim, director of the Iraq Initiative at the Atlantic Council, and Dr. Sara Vakhshouri, founder and president of SVB Energy International, outlines immediate and medium-term practical measures to tackle Iraq’s most pressing issues, in its quest to attain energy independence.
In-Depth Research & Reports by Abbas Kadhim and Sara Vakhshouri
Wed, Dec 9, 2020
How the agri-food sector can turn Iraq’s economy around
Amidst Iraq’s economic meltdown, agri-food can play a pivotal role in turning the economy around and putting it back on a sustainable growth track.
MENASource by Hadi Fathallah and Timothy Robertson
Tue, Dec 8, 2020
To move forward, US policy on Iraq requires balancing confrontation with Iran
If Washington wants to shape Iranian behavior relative to Iraq—or anywhere for that matter—it has to give Tehran alternatives it can accept.
MENASource by C. Anthony Pfaff
Mon, Nov 9, 2020
Kadhim quoted in Al Jazeera on what a Biden administration means for the US-Iraq relations
In the News
Mon, Nov 2, 2020
Kadhim in the Arab Center DC: Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s Iraq: Challenges and Prospects
In the News
Mon, Nov 2, 2020
The irrefutable logic of numbers and the inevitability of reform in Iraq
While, on the surface, the White Paper might appear to be yet another economic reform package in response to a fiscal crisis brought about by falling oil revenues, the lofty goals are likely to be forgotten as soon as rising oil prices rescue the state from its current quagmire.
MENASource by Ahmed Tabaqchali
Thu, Oct 29, 2020
Iraq’s economic White Paper misses a key issue for the energy sector
On October 10, the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi issued a White Paper to reform Iraq’s economy. The energy sector’s future has taken considerable space in the blueprint alongside the country’s increasing demand for electricity.
MENASource by Harry Istepanian
Mon, Oct 26, 2020
Kadhim quoted in The National on Iraq’s view of the US presidential election
In the News