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On Monday 19th December MERI welcomed a group of delegates from Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

“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”

What happens in Iraq and the wider region affects Germany more than countries such as the US, underlined Nils Wörmer

Participants were in agreement that it would be more constructive for the KRI leaders to avoid dwelling on the past and instead seek forward-looking solutions that help unify the Kurdish stance

Reconciliation in post-IS Mosul and beyond was the key focus of discussion during a closed meeting at MERI.

During her visit to MERI on Monday, 31 October, 2016, Barbara Lochbihler, MEP discussed the latest developments vis-à-vis Iraqi politics, Mosul operations and MERI’s work on minorities in the Nineveh Plains.

‘How can we change the entire system to incorporate human rights in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq?’

On 28 September 2016, MERI hosted a roundtable discussion to debate “The Future of Mosul: Before, During, and After the Liberation”.

A delegation of the Middle East Research Institute (MERI) researchers visited Washington D.C. from September 5th to the 9th

‘We are all here to support this region against ISIS and promote good governance, democracy and economic prosperity’, stated Janet Alberda, the new Consul General of the Netherlands during her visit to MERI.