With signs of fewer Iraqis prioritizing their national identity, Iraqis are likely to see another elections cycle shaped by subnational identities in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Since the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime, the Iraqi government has had a fraught relationship with many of its citizens, with distrust in governmental performance or the institution … Continue reading Iraqis Are Increasingly Positive on Governance, but Waning National Identity a Warning Sign
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How Iraqis View Life after the Fall of Saddam—Twenty Years Ago and Today
Two decades after the fall of Saddam Hussein, widespread frustration with the current state of Iraq is leading increasing numbers to express a negative view of life in the post-Saddam era in public opinion polling. ike all Iraqis at this time twenty years ago, I was completing my family’s final preparations to face the oncoming … Continue reading How Iraqis View Life after the Fall of Saddam—Twenty Years Ago and Today
Munqith dagher’s interview with Richard N. Haass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCUjBAEJkAA Richard Nathan Haass is an American diplomat. He has been president of the Council on Foreign Relations since July 2003, prior to which he was Director of Policy Planning for the United States Department of State and a close advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell in the George W. Bush administration. Dr. Munqith … Continue reading Munqith dagher’s interview with Richard N. Haass
How Will a Revival of theJCPOA Affect RegionalPolitics and IranianMilitias?
Forming a New Government in Iraq: Possible Scenarios
on October 13, Iraqis woke to the sound of nine Katyusha rockets falling on the Green Zone before the special session of parliament that was to be held to select the new Iraqi president. But these rockets were no celebratory shots marking a breakthrough one year after the last Iraqi elections. Although security forces blockedall … Continue reading Forming a New Government in Iraq: Possible Scenarios
Will the Sadrists Succeed in Effecting Regime Change in Iraq?
New polling reveals how the Iraqi public views Baghdad’s ongoing political crisis. August 24 was a pivotal day in the conflict between Sayyid al-Sadr and his Coordination Framework rivals for the future of the Iraqi government. Sadrists took an unexpected step in surrounding the Supreme Judicial Council building, which led to the suspension of the … Continue reading Will the Sadrists Succeed in Effecting Regime Change in Iraq?
Manufacturing Extremism in Iraq: ISIS, the Sarkhi Movement, and Popular Discontent
Munqith Dagher over the course of two years, I conducted a study in Iraq focusing on extremism and why young Iraqis join ISIS. Along with four American scholars specialized in the psychology of terrorism, political science, and social networks, we based our work (to be published later this year) on interviews with fifty ISIS members … Continue reading Manufacturing Extremism in Iraq: ISIS, the Sarkhi Movement, and Popular Discontent
Iraq’s Purple Coup: A Truly Iraqi Electoral Surprise, Par Excellence
Munqith Dagher Upending all sorts of expectations, the elections in Iraq last Sunday were truly Iraqi elections: the Iraqi electorate punished candidates whose loyalties clearly might not lie solely with Iraq. Just as I and other Iraqis know that it is Iraqis—and young Iraqis in particular—who must demand change, I also know that change will … Continue reading Iraq’s Purple Coup: A Truly Iraqi Electoral Surprise, Par Excellence
The Holy Shrine Units’ Announcement Will Change the Rules of the Game in Iraq
Munqith Dagher For years, the Supreme Marja’iyya of Najaf has been attempting to distance itself from politics amid the sense of failure and frustration that has afflicted the Iraqi people in general, and its followers in particular, due to the disastrous political process it “sponsored” immediately after 2003. Now, however, it looks to be reassuming … Continue reading The Holy Shrine Units’ Announcement Will Change the Rules of the Game in Iraq
Seeing Is Disbelieving: The Depths and Limits of Factual Misinformation in War
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