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Apr 5, 2024 | tcf.org | Sajad Jiyad |Ben Robin-D’Cruz |Fanar Haddad |Zeinab F. Shuker

Iraqi prime minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani will make his first official state visit to Washington, D.C. on April 15. The visit, long in the making, comes at a moment when the two countries are renegotiating their relationship. Iraqi factions have attacked U.S. bases on a regular basis, and the fragile ceasefire that holds could be broken at any moment.

Oct 23, 2023 | tcf.org | Ben Robin-D’Cruz |Marsin Alshamary |Fanar Haddad |Renad Mansour

Ali Al-Mawlawi is an analyst and consultant with a specialist interest in Iraqi politics, political economy and governance.

Oct 10, 2023 | tcf.org | Thanassis Cambanis |Fanar Haddad |Taif Alkhudary |Ali Al-Mawlawi

Taif Alkhudary is a research officer at the London School of Economics Middle East Centre. She previously worked for various nongovernmental organizations, where she conducted research on women’s and girls’ rights and strategic litigation on violations of civil and political rights in the Gulf and Iraq.

Oct 4, 2023 | tcf.org | Marsin Alshamary |Fanar Haddad |Renad Mansour |Thanassis Cambanis

Sajad Jiyad is a fellow at Century International and director of the Shia Politics Working Group. An Iraqi political analyst based in Baghdad, he is the managing director of Bridge, an Iraqi nongovernmental organization and consultancy focused on development projects for young people.

Oct 1, 2023 | tcf.org | Marsin Alshamary |Thanassis Cambanis |Fanar Haddad |Sajad Jiyad

On this episode of the Order From Ashes podcast, Marsin Alshamary explains why, despite some setbacks, Shia clerics in Iraq still wield a great deal of authority. Protest movements have rejected religion in politics, while corrupt politicians have sullied the reputations of religious factions. But clerics and their institutions remain powerful players in Iraqi society even as their roles change.