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Indian Consul Delegation at MERI
April 16th, 2017 by MERI
“The only thing that can really bring change in a country is education”, remarked Mr Deepak Miglani, Consul General of India in Erbil, during his visit to the Middle East Research Institute (MERI) on 16 April 2017.
Prof. Jean-Pierre Filiu visits MERI
April 5th, 2017 by MERI
“Internationalisation is not the key to stabilisation in Syria”, stated Prof. Jean- Pierre Filiu during his meeting with researchers at the Middle East Research Institute (MERI) on 3 April 2017.
The Emerging US Policies Towards Iraq & Kurdistan Region
April 3rd, 2017 by MERI
On Thursday 30th March, senior diplomats, analysts and high-ranking KRG officials convened at MERI to discuss their expectations surrounding the new US administration’s foreign policy towards the Middle East, with a particular focus on Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI).
Iranian Kurdish Opposition Leaders Debate the Future
March 1st, 2017 by MERI
MERI hosted a roundtable for the leaders of Iran’s Kurdish opposition parties to discuss recent changes in Middle East power dynamics and their implications
New Research Grant: Studying Onward Migration From the KRI
March 1st, 2017 by MERI
MERI has been awarded a new research grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) to conduct a study on “Drivers for onward migration: the case of Iraqi Internally Displaced People (IDP) in the Kurdistan Region leaving the country”.
DİTAM Roundtable at MERI
February 9th, 2017 by MERI
‘The Kurdish issue is a complex matter that requires internal and external efforts and if stability is not achieved it would be difficult for it to be resolved’ said Mehmet Kaya, President of DİTAM, in a roundtable meeting organised by MERI on 6 February 2017.
MERI Ranked as Iraq’s Leading Think Tank for The 2nd Time
January 26th, 2017 by MERI
The Middle East Research Institute (MERI) has once again been named the top think tank in Iraq and has gone up 12 places from last year to 46th in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) Region
Belgian, Dutch, and Luxembourgian Foreign Ministers at MERI
December 19th, 2016 by MERI
On Monday 19th December MERI welcomed a group of delegates from Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Britain’s All- Party Parliamentarian Group on Kurdistan Visits MERI
November 21st, 2016 by MERI
“We would like to understand the plans in place for the governance of post-Islamic State (IS) Nineveh and whether or not a governance structure based on political pluralism is more beneficial to the area than the type of decentralisation that MERI suggests”
Fact-finding German Delegation visits MERI
November 17th, 2016 by MERI
What happens in Iraq and the wider region affects Germany more than countries such as the US, underlined Nils Wörmer