1001 Iraqi Thoughts

Prime Minister Sudani Risks Iraqi Sovereignty With Turkey Appeasement

Prime Minister Sudani Risks Iraqi Sovereignty With Turkey Appeasement - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts Prime Minister Sudani Risks Iraqi Sovereignty With Turkey Appeasement Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Jul 26, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Security | 0 Turkish forces continue their month-long offensive across the northern fringe of Iraqi Kurdistan. As of July 15, 2024, Turkish jets and drones have carried...

Kleptocratic Rule in Iraqi Kurdistan

Kleptocratic Rule in Iraqi Kurdistan - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts Kleptocratic Rule in Iraqi Kurdistan Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Jul 11, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Security | 0 (Photo: Barzani Press Office/Social Media) The form of governance in the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan is one of kleptocracy, where political leaders use their political power....

A Decade on From the Fall of Mosul

A Decade on From the Fall of Mosul - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts A Decade on From the Fall of Mosul Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Jun 10, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Security | 0 Of the many wars and crises that Iraq has faced since its modern inception, it was the fall of Mosul to ISIS, ten years ago today, that provoked the existential question of whether the Iraqi...

A Framework for Evaluating Iraq’s National Strategies

A Framework for Evaluating Iraq’s National Strategies - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts A Framework for Evaluating Iraq’s National Strategies Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | May 6, 2024 | Economy, Featured, Politics | 0 National strategic plans serve as crucial roadmaps for guiding the vision and implementation of a country’s policies and long-term developmental objectives. Addressing I...

Is Iraqi Federalism Under Threat?

Is Iraqi Federalism Under Threat? - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts Is Iraqi Federalism Under Threat? Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Mar 14, 2024 | Featured, Politics | 0 (Photo: Giorgio Montersino) The Federal Supreme Court (FSC) has issued multiple rulings that impact the nature of the relationship between the federal government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous regi...

The Faw Grand Port and Regional Implications

The Faw Grand Port and Regional Implications - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts The Faw Grand Port and Regional Implications Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Mar 8, 2024 | Economy, Featured, Politics | 0 (Photo: Iraqi News Agency) The Faw Grand Port in southern Iraq will be the largest port in the Persian Gulf and one of the largest ports in the world. The port is being built by the....

Seeking Synergy With Policy on Countering Extremism and Combating Terrorism

Seeking Synergy With Policy on Countering Extremism and Combating Terrorism - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts Seeking Synergy With Policy on Countering Extremism and Combating Terrorism Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Mar 8, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Security | 0 (Photo: Mahdi Al-Saadawi/UNDP Iraq) An estimated 48,000 people are still detained in the Syrian Al-Hol camp for displaced Da’ish supporters and fami...

Water Stress Threatens National Security in Iraq

Water Stress Threatens National Security in Iraq - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts Water Stress Threatens National Security in Iraq Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Mar 8, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Security | 0 The Water Stress Index predicts that Iraq will be without rivers by 2040, as a result of climate change and poor management of water. In addition, the policies of upstream count...

The Saudi-Iranian Reconciliation and Its Impact on Iraq’s Future

The Saudi-Iranian Reconciliation and Its Impact on Iraq’s Future - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts The Saudi-Iranian Reconciliation and Its Impact on Iraq’s Future Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Mar 8, 2024 | Featured, Politics | 0 Being caught in the middle of the Saudi-Iranian rivalry is one of the reasons Iraq has struggled to achieve stability after 2003. Sectarian violence was the result of th...

The Dangers of Social Media Addiction and Rising Divorce Rates in Iraq

The Dangers of Social Media Addiction and Rising Divorce Rates in Iraq - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts The Dangers of Social Media Addiction and Rising Divorce Rates in Iraq Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Mar 8, 2024 | Featured, Society | 0 In a country where life revolves around family, like Iraq, rising divorce rates are a concerning development. One of the causes behind divorce in Iraq, and the region...

The Challenges Iraqis Face With the Study Abroad Programme

The Challenges Iraqis Face With the Study Abroad Programme - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts The Challenges Iraqis Face With the Study Abroad Programme Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Mar 8, 2024 | Featured, Society | 0 In 2009, the Iraqi government sent a few thousand students to study abroad. Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani’s administration is restarting the programme, as the Ministry of H...

Navigating Challenges and Prospects: Women in Iraqi Politics

Navigating Challenges and Prospects: Women in Iraqi Politics - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts Navigating Challenges and Prospects: Women in Iraqi Politics Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Mar 8, 2024 | Featured, Politics | 0 The fall of Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist regime in 2003 marked a turning point for Iraq, igniting a wave of transformative change. As the nation embarked on the challenging ...

How the Development Road Project can help Diversify the Iraqi Economy

How the Development Road Project can help Diversify the Iraqi Economy - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts How the Development Road Project can help Diversify the Iraqi Economy Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Mar 8, 2024 | Economy, Featured, Politics | 0 A 1,200 kilometer transport route that will connect the Persian Gulf to Turkey via Iraq through road, rail, and ports is being described by Turkish President...

Empowering Change in Iraq: Policy Recommendations for a New Era

Empowering Change in Iraq: Policy Recommendations for a New Era - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts Empowering Change in Iraq: Policy Recommendations for a New Era Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Mar 8, 2024 | Economy, Featured, Politics, Security, Society | 0 One of the critical aspects of Iraq’s future development is effective policy planning, which requires an ability to analyse and evaluate polic...

Could U.S. Military Support for Iraqi Kurdistan End?

Could U.S. Military Support for Iraqi Kurdistan End? - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts Could U.S. Military Support for Iraqi Kurdistan End? Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Feb 15, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Security | 0 (Photo: Iraqi Kurdistan Presidency) On February 9, 2024, President Joe Biden issued a Presidential Memorandum to condition U.S. military aid on respect for international pr...

The Lingering Question of American Troops in Iraq

The Lingering Question of American Troops in Iraq - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts The Lingering Question of American Troops in Iraq Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Jan 16, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Security | 0 The fate of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Iraq was first questioned in March 2018, just three months after former Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi announced that ISIS w...

Reviewing Iraq’s Challenges in 2023

Reviewing Iraq’s Challenges in 2023 - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts Reviewing Iraq’s Challenges in 2023 Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Jan 10, 2024 | Economy, Featured, Politics | 0 2023 marked Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani’s first year in office. While facing the same long-term challenges as his predecessors, Sudani steadied the ship, only to be thrown off cour...

Ushering in a New Era of the Talabani Dynasty

Ushering in a New Era of the Talabani Dynasty - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts Ushering in a New Era of the Talabani Dynasty Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, Politics | 0 (Photo: KurdSat English) The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) held its fifth congress last month. The party, founded in 1975, has long been heralded for its pluralism and inclusivity, but...

What Does Grand Ayatollah Sistani Owe Iraq?

What Does Grand Ayatollah Sistani Owe Iraq? - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts What Does Grand Ayatollah Sistani Owe Iraq? Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Sep 11, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Society | 0 (Photo: Khalid Mohammed/AP) I recently delved into David Patel’s book, Order out of Chaos: Islam, Information, and the Rise and Fall of Social Orders in Iraq. The book, although pu...

The High Cost of Short-Term Solutions: The Inadequate Response to Yazidis’ Displacement

The High Cost of Short-Term Solutions: The Inadequate Response to Yazidis’ Displacement - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts The High Cost of Short-Term Solutions: The Inadequate Response to Yazidis’ Displacement Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Aug 3, 2023 | Featured, Politics | 0 (Photo: Andrea DiCenzo/NPR) Fires have become tragically common in displacement camps housing Iraqi Yazidis who fled ISIS genocide in 2014. On Jul...

Elections in Iraqi Kurdistan Delayed Again

Elections in Iraqi Kurdistan Delayed Again - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts Elections in Iraqi Kurdistan Delayed Again Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Jul 14, 2023 | Featured, Politics | 0 (Photo: ANF News) Since Iraqi Kurdistan gained autonomy from the tyrant Saddam Hussein in 1991, there have been five regional parliamentary elections, but they have all been delayed. This is t...

Trauma and Stigma: The Mental Health Crisis 20 Years On

Trauma and Stigma: The Mental Health Crisis 20 Years On - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts Trauma and Stigma: The Mental Health Crisis 20 Years On Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Jul 2, 2023 | Featured, Society | 0 (Photo: Medical City in Baghdad. Mohammed Huzam/Wikimedia) Whenever war is mentioned, Iraq is mentioned as well. Iraq is the country that has had the lion’s share of blood, ruin, ...

We are not ‘Iraq’s Minorities’: Assyrians 20 Years Post-Invasion

We are not ‘Iraq’s Minorities’: Assyrians 20 Years Post-Invasion - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts We are not ‘Iraq’s Minorities’: Assyrians 20 Years Post-Invasion Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Jun 25, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Society | 0 Much has been written about Iraq since the 2003 invasion, occupation, and ensuing turbulent transition to democracy. Twenty years later, analysts, academic...

The Art of Archiving Crises: Displacement in Iraq

The Art of Archiving Crises: Displacement in Iraq - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts The Art of Archiving Crises: Displacement in Iraq Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Jun 19, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Society | 0 (Sketch by Mariam Hassoun: The illustration is meant to express how aid to IDPs was so fickle: they usually were met with a closed fist from the government and, over time, from...

Iraq’s Development Road Project: A New Suez Canal or Political Mirage?

Iraq’s Development Road Project: A New Suez Canal or Political Mirage? - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts Iraq’s Development Road Project: A New Suez Canal or Political Mirage? Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Jun 9, 2023 | Economy, Featured, Politics | 0 Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani has unveiled the “Development Road” project, estimated to cost 17 billion USD. It holds significant promise for the ...

The Ongoing Politicization of the Iraqi Artist

The Ongoing Politicization of the Iraqi Artist - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts The Ongoing Politicization of the Iraqi Artist Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | Jun 4, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Society, Uncategorized | 0 (Photo: Joumana Altallal) Mortada Gzar, an Iraqi writer and artist living in Seattle is interviewed on a local television channel, and instead of asking about his re...

The Enduring Challenges of Women’s Economic Participation in Iraq

The Enduring Challenges of Women’s Economic Participation in Iraq - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts The Enduring Challenges of Women’s Economic Participation in Iraq Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | May 28, 2023 | Economy, Featured, Politics, Society | 0 The U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the supposedly democratic system it brought forth, did not deliver on its promise of women’s economic empowe...

Commentary: Iraq v Turkey International Chamber of Commerce Final Award (13 February 2023)

Commentary: Iraq v Turkey International Chamber of Commerce Final Award (13 February 2023) - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts Commentary: Iraq v Turkey International Chamber of Commerce Final Award (13 February 2023) Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | May 24, 2023 | Economy, Featured, Politics | 0 On 23 May 2014, the Republic of Iraq (“Iraq”) commenced arbitral proceedings against the Republic of Turkey (“Turkey”). Those p...

The Gender Dimensions of the Climate Crisis in Iraq

The Gender Dimensions of the Climate Crisis in Iraq - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts The Gender Dimensions of the Climate Crisis in Iraq Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | May 21, 2023 | Economy, Featured, Politics, Society | 0 (Local selling their produce on the roadside despite a raging sandstorm in Chibayish. Photo: Ali Khadi/1001 Iraqi Thoughts) Climate change and environmental degradat...

In Search of a Madani State in Iraq

In Search of a Madani State in Iraq - 1001 Iraqi Thoughts In Search of a Madani State in Iraq Posted by Iraqi Thoughts | May 7, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Society | 0 Over the course of my fieldwork in Iraq, I have noticed a shift in public political discourse, especially on religion and state relations. Certain phrases have appeared in the daily vernacula...