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Bilal Wahab
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Bilal Wahab is the Nathan and Esther K. Wagner fellow at The Washington Institute, where he focuses on governance in the Iraqi Kurdish region and in Iraq as a whole. He has taught at the American University of Iraq in Sulaimani, where he established the Center for Development and Natural Resources, a research program on oil and development. He earned his Ph.D. from George Mason University; his M.A. from American University, where he was among the first Iraqis awarded a Fulbright scholarship; and his B.A. from Salahaddin University in Erbil. Along with numerous scholarly articles, he has written extensively in the Arabic and Kurdish media.

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Ph.D., George Mason University; M.A., American University; B.A., Salahaddin University

Bilal Wahab
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Featured Publications

Iraq protestors 2019
Promoting Sovereignty and Accountability in Iraq:
Guidelines for the Biden Administration
The complexity of Iraq’s challenges might prompt some U.S. officials to balk, but a constructive policy can help advance both Iraqi and American interests in areas ranging from counterterrorism to economic development.
Jun 17, 2021
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  • Bilal Wahab
Maps & Graphics
Syrian Kurds as a U.S. Ally:
Cooperation and Complications
This collection of essays by Washington Institute experts explores how the United States can work with--or, in some cases, around--the
Nov 18, 2016
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  • Patrick Clawson
  • David Pollock
  • Soner Cagaptay
  • Andrew J. Tabler
  • Fabrice Balanche
  • Bilal Wahab
  • Anna Borshchevskaya

Recent Policy Analysis by Bilal Wahab

Brief Analysis
Twenty Years After Saddam: The Future of the U.S.-Iraq Relationship
A Conversation with David Petraeus
April 6, 2023, starting at 1:15 p.m. EDT (1715 GMT)
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  • David Petraeus
  • Bilal Wahab
  • Anna Borshchevskaya
  • Michael Knights
Photo of an oil facility in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Articles & Testimony
Tipping Point of the Iraq-KRG Energy Dispute
Feb 13, 2023
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  • Bilal Wahab
Leaders assemble for the France-sponsored Baghdad Conference in August 2021 - source: Government of Iraq
Brief Analysis
A Baghdad Summit in Amman: Implications for Regional Stability
Dec 19, 2022
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  • Louis Dugit-Gros
  • Ghaith al-Omari
  • Bilal Wahab
Articles & Testimony
The Paradox of Centralization and State Fracture in Iraq
Dec 9, 2022
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  • Bilal Wahab
Kurd/Palestine Flags
Brief Analysis
KRG and PA: Reprioritizing Governance over Symbolism
Dec 2, 2022
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  • Ghaith al-Omari
  • Bilal Wahab
Articles & Testimony
Saving Iraqi Sovereignty: Iran, Turkey and a Fractured Homeland
Nov 27, 2022
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  • Bilal Wahab
All Policy Analysis by Bilal Wahab
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