As the conflict in the Middle East enters its third week, Iran continues to launch attacks against US allies in the Gulf. Iraq, which borders Iran, is being struck by both Iran and the United States b...

Iraq has long balanced between Washington and Tehran, but the coming weeks will test Iraq’s resolve and capability like never before.

If change is to occur in Iraq, outside actors must press for meaningful reforms through parliamentary opposition.

The parallels between Iraq and Syria offer a valuable opportunity for Syria to learn from its eastern neighbor.

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, President Donald Trump has said he’ll decide whether to join the war within two weeks. How entangled might the country become in a foreign war? A...

Iraq must recalibrate its relationship with a weakened Iran, in dialogue with the new Trump administration.

In the lead up to the October 2021 federal elections, the streets of Baghdad were lined with posters of female candidates. Some were familiar faces with clear political baggage and history, like Sara ...

Iraqi political elites exhibited a variety of responses to the 2019 October protests, the largest demonstrations in post-2003 Iraq.

The cycle of escalation in the Middle East since 7 October means Iraq has once again found itself a staging ground for Iranian-US conflict. But the relationship between Iraq and Iran is complex and…

Regional spillover from the war between Hamas and Israel may test Iraqis' newfound confidence in their political and national institutions.

Alongside the war in Gaza, Iran’s regional allies and U.S. forces have engaged in scores of attacks and retaliations. Both the U.S. and Iran say they want to avert a wider war, but the clashes’ in...