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The importance of think tanks in terms of their impact and success in influencing policy-and decision-making process is to a large degree determined by the value which a society attributes to research and academic methodologies.

The government has the focus on crisis management and needs to make this a national project, away from the political in-fight.

The Institute welcomes contributions that aim to analyse contemporary and historical dynamics and developments in the sphere of politics, economy and society.

The recently liberated town of “Sinjar can serve as a model for post-war reconstruction”.

“We are already living in the post-Islamic State (IS) stage” stated Nineveh Governor, Nofal Hammadi, during a roundtable organised by MERI on 18 April 2017.

“European countries could condition their assistance to demands of nation-building, democratisation and confidence-building between parties here”.

“Kurdistan Region inherited a system from the previous regime that is incompatible with the current and future aspirations of its people. The crises we face offer opportunities, which we have yet not benefited from.”

The delegation highlighted the Institute’s projects which were designed to contribute to peace, stability, nation building, human rights and democratisation in the region, and provide political briefings regarding Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.

“Women in the Kurdistan Region became warriors in the fight against ISIS, they are combatants, activists and builders of peace, reconciliation and recovery”.