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RupturedAtlas-500-707

Ruptured Atlas: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Spatial Storytelling for Survivors of Genocide (The Case for Yazidis in Iraq)

Sana Murrani, Kimbal Bumstead, Zoé Paris, Ghazi Murad Ismael, Jameela Barakat Rasho, and Omeed Khider Joqey, July 2025

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ShiftingLandscape-500-707

The Shifting Landscape of Iraq’s Judiciary: Increased Judicial Activism, Centralisation and Politicisation after 2017

Iraq Watch Group, February 2025

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BigBadWolf-500-707

Big Bad Wolf, or Is It? Iran’s Economic Footprint in Iraq in Context

Ahmed Tabaqchali, January 2025

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InsecureLeaders-500-707

Insecure Leaders: How Elite Infighting May Facilitate the End of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region

Zmkan Ali Saleem, December 2024

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Afro-Iraqis-500-707

Afro-Iraqis and the Politics of Non-Memory

Taif Alkhudary, October 2024

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SuppressingDissentinPostTishreenIraq-500-707

Suppressing Dissent in Post-Tishreen Iraq

Iraq Watch Group, September 2024

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TheUNHumanitarianTransition-500-707

The UN’s Humanitarian Transition from Emergency Assistance to Development Funding in Iraq: The Politics of Delivering Aid in a Country of Protracted Post-Conflict Displacement

Alannah Travers, May 2024

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AFistfulofDinars-500-707

A Fistful of Dinars: Demystifying Iraq’s Dollar Auction

Ahmed Tabaqchali, April 2024

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CompetitionforControlinSinjar-500-707

The Competition for Control in Sinjar: How External Actors and Local Interests Inhibit the Sinjar Agreement

Zmkan Ali Saleem, January 2024

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MappingtheUnseen-500-707

Mapping the Unseen: Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge through Participatory Mapping to Address Displacement and Housing Challenges in Post-Invasion Iraq

Sana Murrani, December 2023

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CorruptionLifebloodPolitics-500-707

Corruption is the Lifeblood of Politics in Iraq

Sajad Jiyad, November 2023

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TheTroubleWithHalbousi-500-707

The Trouble with Halbousi: The Rise of, and Resistance to, Iraq's Sunni Strongman

Simona Foltyn, October 2023

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HigherEducationinIraq-500-707

Higher Education in Iraq After 2003: Ongoing Challenges

Ilham Makki, October 2023

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Towards-Hydro-transparency-500-707

Towards Hydro-Transparency on the Euphrates-Tigris Basin: Mapping Surface Water Changes in Iraq, 1984–2015

Michael Mason, Zeynep Akıncı, Arda Bilgen, Noori Nasir and Azhar Al-Rubaie, October 2023

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ProtectorsoftheState-500-707

Protectors of the State? The Popular Mobilisation Forces During the 2022 Post-election Crisis

Simona Foltyn, April 2023

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ChangingtheSystemfromWithin-500-707

Changing the System from Within? The Role of Opposition Parties in Consolidating Democracy in Iraq Post-2019

Taif Alkhudary, March 2023

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GBVinIraq-500-707

Challenging Narratives of ‘Fate and Divine Will’: Access to Justice for Gender-Based Violence in Iraq

Taif Alkhudary, Marwa Abdul Ridah, Anfal Abed & Amal Kabashi, December 2021

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DisinformationinIraqiMedia-500-707

Disinformation in Iraqi Media

Aida Al-Kaisy, October 2021

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UndemocraticParties-500-707

Undemocratic Parties in a 'Democratic' System: The Formation and Operation of Political Parties in Post-2003 Iraq

Omar al-Jaffal, October 2021

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BasraisBurning-500-707

‘Basra is Burning’: The Protests in Basra Governorate, 2018–20

Omar al-Jaffal & Safaa Khalaf, October 2021

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SocialLogicsofProtestViolence-500-707

The Social Logics of Protest Violence in Iraq: Explaining Divergent Dynamics in the Southeast

Benedict Robin-D'Cruz, August 2021

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FailingFlows-500-707

Failing Flows: Water Management in Southern Iraq

Azhar Al-Rubaie, Michael Mason and Zainab Mehdi, July 2021

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LocalPolicinginIraq-500-707

Local Policing in Iraq Post-ISIL: Carving Out an Arena for Community Service?

Jessica Watkins, Falah Mubarak Bardan, Abdulkareem al-Jarba, Thaer Shaker Mahmoud, Mahdi al-Delaimi, Abdulazez Abbas al-Jassem, Moataz Ismail Khalaf & Dhair Faysal Bidewi, July 2021

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BasraLocalityinCrisis-500-707

Basra Governorate: A Locality in Crisis – Local Government Crisis and Conflict with the Federal Government

Omar al-Jaffal & Safaa Khalaf, May 2021

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ProtestVote-500-707

Protest Vote: Why Iraq’s Next Elections are Unlikely to be Game-Changers

Sajad Jiyad, April 2021

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crp-report-500-707

Conflict Research Programme Iraq: A Summary of Research

March 2021

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Destructive-Creations-500-707

Destructive Creations: Social-Spatial Transformations in Contemporary Baghdad

Omar Sirri, February 2021

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ConfusionandContention-500-707

Confusion and Contention: Understanding the Failings of Decentralisation in Iraq

Ali Al-Mawlawi & Sajad Jiyad, January 2021

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IsDemographyDestiny-500-707

Is Demography Destiny? The Economic Implications of Iraq's Demography

Alexander Hamilton, November 2020

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AssessingIraqiKurdistansStability-500-707

Assessing Iraqi Kurdistan's Stability: How Patronage Shapes Conflict

Zmkan Ali Saleem & Mac Skelton, July 2020

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IraninIraq-500-707

Iran in Iraq: The Limits of ‘Smart Power’ Amidst Public Protest

Jessica Watkins, July 2020

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BusinessofRecyclingWarScrap-500-707

The Business of Recycling War Scrap: The Hashd al-Shaʿabi’s Role in Mosul’s Post-Conflict Economy

Isadora Gotts, May 2020

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PoliticalEconomyofEconomicPolicyinIraq-500-707

The Political Economy of Economic Policy in Iraq

Alexander Hamilton, March 2020

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Iraqs-Yazidis-and-ISIS-500-707

Iraq's Yazidis and ISIS: The Causes and Consequences of Sexual Violence in Conflict

Zeynep Kaya, November 2019

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IraqsPMF-500-707

Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces: The Possibilities for Disarmament, Demobilisation & Reintegration

Hayder Al-Khafaji, November 2019

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PublicPayrollExpansion-500-707

Public Payroll Expansion in Iraq: Causes and Consequences

Ali Al-Mawlawi, October 2019

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SGBVinIraq-500-733

Response to and Reparations for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Iraq: The Case of Shiʿa Turkmen Survivors in Tel Afar

Güley Bor, October 2019

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AFragmentedLandscape-500-707

A Fragmented Landscape: Barriers to Independent Media in Iraq

Aida Al-Kaisy, June 2019

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Satellite-Sectarianisation-500-707

Satellite Sectarianisation or Plain Old Partisanship? Inciting Violence in the Arab Mainstream Media

Jessica Watkins, April 2019

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DIBsReport-500-707

Iraq's Disputed Internal Boundaries after ISIS: Heterogeneous Actors Vying for Influence

Mac Skelton & Zmkan Ali Saleem, February 2019

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iraqs-2018-government-formation-500-707

Iraq's 2018 Government Formation: Unpacking the Friction Between Reform and the Status Quo

Renad Mansour, February 2019

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iraq-synthesis-paper-500-707

Iraq Synthesis Paper: Understanding the Drivers of Conflict in Iraq 

Toby Dodge, Zeynep Kaya, Kyra N. Luchtenberg, Sarah Mathieu-Comtois, Bahra Saleh, Christine van den Toorn, Andrea Turpin-King & Jessica Watkins, October 2018

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iraqi-federal-elections-500x707

The 2018 Iraqi Federal Elections: A Population in Transition? 

Renad Mansour & Christine van den Toorn, July 2018

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