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Following Iraq’s provincial council elections on January 31, 2009, the political parties that captured seats in the provinces of the mainly Shia south scrambled to form ruling alliances.
On April 19th, 2009, Iraq’s Council of Representatives successfully elected Ayad al-Samaraie as its new speaker of parliament.
On January 31, 2009, fourteen of Iraq’s eighteen provinces will hold provincial elections. This fact sheet provides information on the upcoming Provincial Elections.
This paper evaluates how the two groups, Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Special Groups are affiliated by testing four hypotheses about the relationship between the two organizations.
In the Shia dominated south of Iraq, a conflict is developing over political dominance in the upcoming provincial elections.
A backgrounder on the ongoing and often contentious SOFA negotiations.
Maliki's use of military force in Diyala Province to achieve his national political agenda.
Frederick W. Kagan provides his analysis of the fighting in August '08 and the geopolitical changes in its wake. The updates examine Russia’s relations with CIS members and Eastern Europe.
This backgrounder details the status of the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) three years on.
