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2024 issues:

February, 2024. MERI Workshop, Summary Reports & Panel Videos: Decentralisation, Accountability and Institutional Reform.
February, 2024. Summary Reports & Panel Videos: Nineveh and Sinjar: People’s Needs, Aspirations and Perceptions.
February, 2024. Summary Reports & Panel Videos: The Political System and State-Building in Iraq: Policy Debates with Policy Makers.
January, 2024. Summary Reports & Panel Videos: Iraq and International Partners: New strategies for further mutual engagement.
January, 2024. MERI Policy Paper: Education and Employment: Critical for Securing Peace for Gypsies.
January, 2024. MERI Workshop: MERI-Chatham House Joint Workshop Unaccountability:The Challenge of Pursuing Reform in Iraq.
January, 2024. MERI Policy Brief: Expelling US forces from Iraq will be bad for all stakeholders – including Iran.

2023 issues:

September, 2023. MERI Policy paper: Congregations turned to Actors: The Case of Christian Local Reconstruction Committees in Nineveh.
August, 2023. MERI Forum 2023 Announcement: 10-11 October.
June, 2023. Policy Reports & Session Videos: Time for Action: Save Iraq’s Multiculturalism & Environment, and Reform its Security.
June, 2023. Policy Reports & Session Videos: State-building in the Eyes of Iraq’s Political Leaders: Ammar Al-Hakim, Khamis Khanjar & Qais Al-Khaz’ali.
June, 2023. Policy Reports & Session Videos: Al-Sudani Government: Agendas, Challenges & Engagement with Neighbours & International Partners.
June, 2023. Policy Reports & Session Videos :Investment, Diversification & Reforming the Energy & Financial Sectors.
June, 2023. A Debate with President Nechirvan Barzani & US Assistant Secretary Barbara Leaf: The Kurdistan Region of Iraq: A Substate Actor on the National and International Stage & The United States Strategies in Iraq and the Wider Region: A Policy Debate with the US Assistant Secretary Barbara Leaf.
June, 2023. A Debate with Prime Minister Al-Sudani: Iraq’s Immediate Policy Priorities and the Challenges Ahead.
April, 2023. Iraq Forum: For Stability and Prosperity.
March, 2023. MERI Policy Brief: Twenty years of Iraq-US engagement: Where do we go now?.
February, 2023. Iraq Forum: For Stability and Prosperity.
February, 2023. Policy Reports & Session Videos: Iraq for All Arabic, Kurdish.
January, 2023. Summary Reports & Panel Videos: Iraq’s Regional & Global Partners: Priorities for Strategies for Cooperation Arabic, Kurdish.
January, 2023. MERI Policy Report: Iraq’s Immediate Priorities: Policy Recommendations from an International Workshop.

2022 issues:

October, 2022. MERI Policy Report: Violent Extremism in Mosul & the Kurdistan Region: Context, Drivers, and Public Perception.
October, 2022. MERI Forum 2022: Iraq For All.
September, 2022. MERI Policy Brief: The Intra-Shiite Battle of Wills at Its Peak: Ways forward.
August, 2022. MERI Forum 2022: Iraq For All.
August, 2022. MERI Policy Brief: The Sadrists’ Gamble: A Milestone Even if It Fails.
July, 2022. MERI Inter-Community Dialogue: The Kurdish-Shiite Dialogue in Najaf:
For Peaceful Coexistence & Prosperous Iraq.
June, 2022. MERI Policy Debate: The EU-Iraq security partnership.
May, 2022. MERI Policy Debate: The US strategies in Iraq: A policy debate with Ambassador Matthew Tueller.
February, 2022. MERI Policy Debate: The Federal Court Decree & the KRI’s Options.
February, 2022. MERI Policy Debate: Italy’s strategies & engagements in Iraq: A policy debate with Ambassador Greganti.
January, 2022. MERI Policy Brief: KDP and PUK in Sadir’s Chess Game.

2021 issues:

December, 2021. MERI Forum 2021Summary Reports & Panel Videos: A Stable Iraq for a Stable Middle East: Forum Reports & Panel Videos.
November, 2021. MERI Policy Debate: The US Policy in Iraq and the wider Middle East.
October, 2021. MERI NEWSLETTER: Iraq’s National Strategy to Counter Violent Extremism.
October, 2021. MERI NEWSLATTER: Preventing Violent Extremism in the Balkans and the MENA.
September, 2021. MERI NEWSLATTER: MERI Hosts ‘Iraq Open Data’: A collection of 397 datasets on gender & policy issues in Iraq & KRI.
25-27 October. MERI Forum 2021: MERI Forum 2021 Announcement (25-27 October).
July, 2021. MERI Policy Report: State-Building in Iraq: The Structural and Functional Gaps in the Governing System.
June 2021. MERI Newsletter: MERI Forum 2021: Arabic, Kurdish, English .
June, 2021. MERI Policy Debate: Berlin’s strategic priorities in Iraq.
June, 2021. MERI Policy Paper: Sectarianism and Sectarianisation in Iraq: Ambassadorial Appointments as an exemplar.
April, 2021. MERI Policy Debate: The UK strategic priorities in Iraq & Kurdistan Region.
January, 2021. MERI Ranked as Iraq’s Leading & Among the Top 5% in MENA.

2020 issues:

December, 2020. Video: US Policy in the Middle East, Biden vs Trump.
December, 2020. MERI Policy Debate: The US Policy in the Middle East: Biden vs Trump.
July, 2020. MERI Policy Briefs.
May, 2020. Policy Report: Decentralisation in Iraq: Process, Progress and a New Tailor-Made Model.
May, 2020. Policy Report: Ninewa Barriers to Return and Community Resilience.
March, 2020. Policy Briefs: How a Fragile Iraq is Facing the Covid-19 Challenge.
February, 2020. Policy Debate: Peace and Stability in Iraq: MERI Policy Debate.
January, 2020.MERI News: MERI Ranked as Iraq’s Leading Think Tank for The 5th Year Running.
January, 2020. Policy Briefs.

2019 issues:

December, 2019. Policy Report: An Opportunity for the Development of a National Policy on Displacement
August, 2019. Policy Report: Durable Solutions for Syrian Refugees in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
July, 2019. Policy Brief: Institutionalisation of the Peshmerga: tipping the balance of Iraq’s stability
July, 2019. MERI Newsletter (English, Kurdish & Arabic)
June, 2019. Policy Brief: Enhancing chemical security in Kurdistan Region
May, 2019. Policy Brief: Iran-US tension and the Ghost of War
May, 2019. MERI Policy Brief: Breaking the Cycle of Shame in Iraq. (English, Arabic, Kurdish)
May, 2019. MERI Policy Brief: The Denial of Identity Cards to Islamic State Affiliates: a Recipe for Renewed Radicalisation? (English, Arabic, Kurdish)
April, 2019. MERI Newsletter (Arabic & English)
March, 2019. MERI Newsletter (English, Kurdish)
January, 2019. MERI News (English, Kurdish, Arabic)

2018 issues:

2017 issues:

2016 Issues:

December, 2016, MERI Newsletter
November, 2016 II, MERI Newsletter
November, 2016: MERI Forum 2016 VIdeos
October, 2016 II
October 6, 2016 I
September, 2016 IV
September, 2016 III Kurdish ( بە زمانی کوردی)
September, 2016 II
September, 2016 I
August, 2016
July, 2016
June, 2016 II
June, 2016 I
May, 2016 (MERI Economic Forum in Focus)
April, 2016
March, 2016
February 2016
January 2016 II
January 2016 I (Economy in Focus)

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