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Ahmed Ali

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Ahmed Ali is a program officer at the National Endowment for Democracy. Previously, he served as Iraq team leader at the Institute for the Study of War and director of the Iraq Security and Humanitarian Monitor at the Education for Peace in Iraq Center, among other posts. He has extensive field experience inside Iraq, including numerous interviews with senior stakeholders and decisionmakers.

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Recent Policy Analysis by Ahmed Ali

Brief Analysis
New Data on Iraqi Political Trends:
Parsing the Regional Implications
Nov 8, 2018
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  • Munqith Dagher
  • Ahmed Ali
  • David Pollock
Brief Analysis
Iranian Influence in Iraq: Between Balancing and Hezbollahzation?
Jun 1, 2015
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  • Michael Knights
  • Phillip Smyth
  • Ahmed Ali
Brief Analysis
Asad's Iraqi Lifeline: Naming, Shaming, and Maiming It
Sep 8, 2011
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  • David Pollock
  • Ahmed Ali
Articles & Testimony
The White Seagulls Fly High in Baghdad
Aug 16, 2011
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  • Ahmed Ali
Brief Analysis
Deadlock Delays Vote on New U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement
Jun 29, 2011
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  • Ahmed Ali
Brief Analysis
Iran's Influence in Iraq
May 6, 2011
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  • Ahmed Ali
  • Michael Knights
  • Michael Eisenstadt
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