Borders

Kadhimi’s Rolling Reshuffle (Part 2): Protecting Iraq’s Economic Institutions and Borders

2020-09-24

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.

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Foreign ministry summons Turkish and Iranian ambassadors and submits letters of protest

2020-06-21

The ministry of foreign affairs in Baghdad protested on the heavy bombing launched by Turkey and Iran targeting zones of northern Iraq where members of the ...

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China’s “Peaceful Rise” Vanishes in Thin Air

2020-06-20

With the worlds attention focused on the pandemic, Chinese troops have been establishing fixed positions in areas that even it considers to be on the Indian side of the disputed

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State Atrophy and the Reconfiguration of Borderlands in Syria and Iraq: Post-2011 Dynamics

2020-06-16

Since 2011, borderlands in the MENA region transformed into considerable sites of contested power by a plethora of actors.

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Much More Than a Border

2019-09-16

Albukamal and Qaim lie on a Syrian-Iraqi boundary that has had regional implications for decades.

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The Fight for the Northern Iraq-Syria Border

2017-06-29

At the symbolic level, Iran and its proxies are achieving great success in planting their flags along this contested frontier, but real control will entail the much tougher task of establishing permanent bases and logistical arrangements

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A World Without Borders

2017-03-04

Richer, Fairer, and More Free

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