Although opposed on many issues, the U.S. and Iran have tacit tactical cooperation in Iraq these days, and neither would support a Shia-Kurd conflict.

Organized by MERI, speakers at the conference were divided on whether the current crisis provides an opportunity, or an obstacle, in the slow process of unifying and reforming the Peshmerga.

MERI’s Draft Amendment Law on Combating Domestic Violence introduces new measures aimed at better protection of women’s and children’s rights.

In an interview with the Kurdistan Review, Professor Dlawer Ala’Aldeen explains the areas of focus that will guide MERI’s research in the coming year and the Institute’s role in supporting reform in the Kurdistan Region.

As oil prices continue to drop and competition multiplies, many doubt OPEC’s ability to further control prices and ensure market stability, and openly question its very existence.

Low oil prices and the conflict with IS have caused a dramatic fall in growth, requiring a new urgency to economic reform

MERI and the Istanbul-based Al-Sharq Forum organized a conference in Iraq’s Irbil on Monday with the attendance of several Iraqi-Kurdish and Turkish academics, bureaucrats and journalists.

“ISIS is still well-entrenched in the areas it controls and still has access to human and other resources”

The process for a solution and relations with the Regional Administration of Northern Iraq were discussed in a panel that was organised by the Middle East Research Institute and Al Sharq Forum in Erbil

MERI hosts workshop addressing violence against women