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Experts from the U.S. Institute of Peace provide the latest analysis and perspective on the world’s critical hot spots, U.S. and global security and issues involved in violent conflict, based on the Institute’s work on the ground and with key individuals, governments and organizations. They give interviews and background briefings to journalists and write for news outlets around the world.
Biden Takes Two Paths to Wind Down Iraq and Afghan Wars - The New York Times
When it comes to winding down America’s wars, the contrast between President Biden’s handling of Iraq and Afghanistan is growing sharper. At the White House on Monday, Mr. Biden promised Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi of Iraq that the United States would...
Biden says U.S. will end its combat mission in Iraq as its prime minister visits the White House. - The New York Times
President Biden said on Monday that the United States would end its combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year, shifting fully to an advisory and training role as America dials down its involvement in long-term conflicts in the Middle East. “We’re not going to...
Iraq’s Youth Want To Break From Iran - Fox News Radio
Sunday marked one year since anti-government protests in Iraq turned bloody kicking off a new wave of demonstrations demanding political reform. Those demonstrating are being met with tear gas and water cannons while calling for new elections, more economic...
Iraq Political Update - Covid 19 - Voice of America
Randa Slim, Director of Conflict Resolution at the Middle East Institute, and Sarhang Hamasaeed, Director of Middle East Programs at the US Institute of Peace, tell host Carol Castiel that...
Iraq Christians fear future holds ‘total extinction,’ ISIS resurgence - Al Arabiya
When ISIS took over the Nineveh plains in northern Iraq in 2014, terrorized Christian residents fled in fear of their lives. Six years later, despite liberation from ISIS, many...
Pompeo dismisses Iraqi request to work on plan to withdraw US troops - CNN
State Department officials on Friday made clear that the United States does not intend to withdraw troops from Iraq, despite requests from that country's leadership to establish a mechanism to do so. The statements are the latest in the back and forth between...
New US-Iran Tensions Boon for IS, Other Extremist Groups - Voice of America
The Islamic State group (IS) could be the major beneficiary of the conflict between the United States and Iran as tensions reach a new level between the two countries over the U.S. killing of Iran’s most powerful commander, Qassem Soleimani, experts...
Iraq’s Quiet Kingmaker Brings Down a Prime Minister - National Interest
Iraq’s parliament accepted Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi’s resignation on Sunday, finally bringing down a veteran political survivor. Youth-led protests have rocked Iraq for...
Protests Are Major Test for Iraq After Islamic State - Voice of America
The ongoing protests and violence in Iraq have already transformed the political landscape of the country in a major shakeup that the nation has not witnessed since the rise of the Islamic State (IS) in 2014, Iraqi politicians and experts say. The recent unrest in Iraq began...
US experts unsure where Iraqi election would lead if Iranian influence endures - Arab Weekly
The Trump administration called for early elections in Iraq amid protests in the country but the vote, if it took place, may not play out in Washington’s favour, US experts said. Influential Iraqi Shia leader Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called November 15 for a new election law that...