Iraq
13.08.2014
Iraq at the crossroads: what’s next?
At first glance, it seems there's a political lull in Iraq; however, this situation is ready to explode at any…
04.08.2014
Caliphate: Forward into the Past
A flow of responses swept across the Middle East after the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the…
03.08.2014
ISIS, Mosul: Christianity and its Christian Victims
Politicians in most countries present themselves as people of faith. Many genuinely are, but they present themselves as such not…
31.07.2014
Iraq has finally found a president
After parliamentary elections in March 2014, Iraq has, for the longest time, failed in attempts to form a legislative and…
25.07.2014
Kurds have intitated the separation process in Iraq
On July 3 the President of Iraqi Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani proposed the local parliament to hold a referendum on…
20.07.2014
Iraq: Blowback Blackwater-Style
When we think about the term "blowback," we think of the rogues gallery of foreign mercenary forces the United States…
17.07.2014
Iraq: a Bloody Fate and the Future
Special Russian Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikhail Bogdanov has recently stated, “Moscow…
13.07.2014
On Iraq Crisis: The Plan to Re-make the Middle East
On June 15, 2014, former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, denied the accusation that the attack on Iraq in 2003…
11.07.2014
Ahmad Chalabi: The Return Of The “Bad Penny”
An English expression refers to a "bad penny" as someone who keeps turning up and causing trouble no matter how…
10.07.2014
Iraqi Kurdistan on a difficult road towards independence
Set against the backdrop of complex geopolitical processes that are now taking place in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq,…
08.07.2014
Iraq: Is it a Sunni-Shiite clash or a political conflict?
There are some political scientists and analysts who continue to view the current armed conflict in Iraq as a clash…
07.07.2014
Iraq: American “democracy” and Bedouin democracy
The latest events in Iraq have shined a spotlight on the unseemly role that Washington played when it threw all…
