Erbil-Baghdad relations: Twenty years since the regime change
March 20th, 2023 by MERI
Since 2003, outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil have gone through various phases & taken different forms, with critical milestones characterising and shaping an uneasy relationship.
Twenty years of Iraq-US engagement: Where do we go now?
March 15th, 2023 by MERI
The US led ‘coalition of the willing’ invaded Iraq in 2003, ending the most oppressive regime. The two countries started a tumultuous mutual engagement, which is likely to become more amicable, predictable and mutually rewarding in the future.
Iraq Forum 2023
March 11th, 2023 by MERI
The Iraq Forum is a new Baghdad-based platform for policy debates; organised by MERI in partnership with Iraq Institute for Dialogue and Al-Nahrain Centre for Strategic Studies
The US is Here to Stay
February 12th, 2023 by MERI
The special policy debate was dedicated to discussing US policy in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, following a visit by a high-level US delegation to Baghdad and Erbil.
Reforming Iraq’s Financial System: The Role of the Government and the Private Sector
February 12th, 2023 by MERI
This session (at MERI Forum 2022), experts debated the reform of the Iraqi financial sector and the role of the government and the private sector in it. Ava Nader, from the Iraqi Communications and Media Commission
The Challenge of Governance and Reform in Iraq and the KRI
February 10th, 2023 by MERI
Qubad Talabani and Jeanine Plasschaert debated the challenge of governance and reform in both Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.
State-Building in Iraq: Tackling Iraq’s fragility and regaining its sovereignty
February 10th, 2023 by MERI
Experts & policy makers addressed the fragility of the Iraqi state by identifying structural gaps and proposing practical policy solutions.
The KRG Looking Forward: Strategies, Challenges and Opportunities
February 1st, 2023 by MERI
This dialogue with PM Masrour Barzani focused on the KRG’s strategy on a number of complex issues, including engagement with Baghdad, institutional reform and governance.
Yezidis and Christians – Let us not Fail Them
February 1st, 2023 by MERI
A frank, objective and practical debate on guaranteeing the rights of Yezidis, Christians and other ethno-religious minorities in Iraq.
Making Iraq Work for All
February 1st, 2023 by MERI
A debate on the challenges of ‘making Iraq work for all’, from the perspective of the President of Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani