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The Iraq Initiative provides transatlantic and regional policy makers with unique perspectives and analysis on the ongoing challenges and opportunities facing Iraq as the country tries to build an inclusive political system, attract economic investment, and encourage a vibrant civil society.

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In the News

Apr 3, 2017

Mardini Quoted by Reuters on Armed Groups in Iraq and ISIS

By Ramzy Mardini

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MENASource

Mar 29, 2017

ISIS Drags out the Battle for Mosul

By Feras Hanoush

The battle to liberate Mosul in northern Iraq from the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh) has gone on for four months, reflecting the organization’s stamina and the fact that it has a sophisticated plan for arming, supplying, and defending itself. A combination of Iraqi army and security forces, Shia Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Kurdish […]

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MENASource

Mar 28, 2017

The Shifting Strategies of ISIS

By Mona Alami

The battle for Mosul — the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) bastion in Iraq — is entering its sixth month with Iraqi forces backed by a US-led coalition controlling about three quarters of the city. While fighting is focused on capturing the symbolic Nuri mosque in the Old City, where the organization leader Abu Bakr […]

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In the News

Mar 23, 2017

Alami in the New Arab: As Mosul Falls, a New Threat to Peace Looms

By Mona Alami

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In the News

Mar 22, 2017

Mardini Quoted by Reuters on Aid Deliveries to Mosul

By Ramzy Mardini

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In the News

Mar 17, 2017

Stein in the Cipher Brief: A Very Long and Nasty Fight

By Aaron Stein

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MENASource

Mar 15, 2017

While All Eyes On Mosul, Extremists Return To Other Iraqi Provinces

By Mustafa Habib

In the town of Baiji in central-northern Iraq, a senior police commander has been recording attacks by extremists – almost every day. “Before, extremist attacks were more rare,” the police chief, Saad al-Azzawi, told NIQASH. “But over the past few weeks, the numbers have increased in a very frightening way.

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Defense Industrialist

Feb 28, 2017

The 75 percent solution

By James Hasik

The Marine Corps should move towards a mix of attack aircraft tailored for two classes of enemy, in wars small and large. In the short term, that means buying fixed-wing gunships. In the mid-term, it means buying tilt-rotor gunships, including drones. Both aircraft types are better suited for the small wars in which the Marine Corps has been engaged for most of the post-Cold War era. For now, that might seem to destroy Marine Aviation, but to save it in the long term for the big wars.

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In the News

Feb 26, 2017

Gold Quoted by the New York Times on ISIS in Iraq and Syria

By Zack Gold

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Future of Iraq Taskforce

Feb 25, 2017

Younis Quoted by Politico on the Iraqi Reaction to President Trump’s Executive Order on Border Control

By Nussaibah Younis

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