عراق

کاهش هزینه‌ها در اقلیم کردستان عراق امری ضروری است هرچند به تعویق افتاده، اما بازیگران بین‌المللی باید نسبت به اصلاح و بهبود جنبه‌های سیاسی‌شده در قانون جدید جبران کسری بودجه اقدام کنند.

تهران قصد دارد از راه فروش تجهیزات نظامی و نسبتا ارزان خود به عراق، ارز خارجی کسب کند و اهرم‌های خود را در بغداد تنها با هزینه‌ای تقویت کند که بخش کوچکی از هزینه‌ای است که ایالات متحده در آنجا صرف می‌کند.

Libya, Iraq, and the Strait of Hormuz provide three test cases where greater assertiveness and transatlantic cooperation could go hand in hand, but only if European countries receive genuine U.S. support to step up their operational efforts and diplomatic engagement.

In addition to publicly condemning the violent repression of demonstrations, Washington should urge its Kurdish allies to stop stalling on economic reforms at home and budget negotiations with Baghdad.

History may be repeating itself as Tehran develops new, smaller, and more secure Iraqi cells reminiscent of the formation of KH itself.

In October 2019, the U.S. troop withdrawal and subsequent Turkish invasion of northern Syria upended Kurdish plans in the region. But a year later, the major Syrian Kurdish rivals—the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and Kurdish National Council (KNC)—are coming together after a lengthy estrangement. This past June, representatives from the

Although halting the escalation of militia attacks on American personnel is crucial, simply evacuating the Baghdad embassy and downscaling the bilateral relationship would allow Iran to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

As technocrats increasingly fill key government roles, U.S. officials need to help Baghdad withstand the inevitable counterpunch from political and militia factions used to dictating such appointments.

Moscow’s quietly growing influence will only prop up the country’s anti-American forces and worsen its struggles with corruption and ethnosectarian tension.