Blogs
Histories of Political Imagining - Reidar Visser
Iraq and Gulf Analysis -Reidar Visser
The Ground Truth in Iraq - EPIC
Organizations
Insurgent Iraq - Project on Defense Alternatives
Iraq Reports - Institute for Policy Studies
Middle East Program - Carnegie Endowment
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
Iraq - McClatchy
Iraq::Articles
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The Middle East Channel - July, 2010
Coming on the heels of the massive bombing strikes of the 1991 Gulf War, the sanctions had a catastrophic humanitarian impact, preventing Iraq from rebuilding or even maintaining its infrastructure. Electricity production, agriculture, water treatment, telecommunications, transportation, health care, and education were all crippled. A UN envoy described the situation in 1991 as "near apocalyptic."
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Intl Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - July, 2010
The results for cancer show some alarming rates in the 5-year period. Relative Risk based on the Egypt and Jordan cancer rates are significantly higher for all malignancy, leukemia, lymphoma, brain tumors and female breast cancer.
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International Crisis Group - February, 2010
As a rule, Iraq's post-Saddam elections have tended to magnify pre-existing negative trends. The parliamentary polls to be held on 7 March are no exception. The focus on electoral politics is good, no doubt, but the run-up has highlighted deep-seated problems that threaten the fragile recovery: recurring election-related violence; ethnic tensions over Kirkuk; the re-emergence of sectarianism; and blatant political manipulation of state institutions.
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Carnegie Endowment - February, 2010
Because of the deep divisions among the likely winners in the elections, the Shi'i parties, the March 7 elections will just be the first step in determining the distribution of power in the Iraqi political system in the next phase. The post-election period, in which alliances and parties within them will have to reconsider their options and regroup in view of voting results that will not be decisive, is likely to become as important as the elections themselves for the future of Iraq.
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Foreign Affairs - February, 2010
What the United States must provide, then, is not an overhaul of Iraq's political system but a sign of hope and attention for all those who have been intimidated by Lami and his commission. But this message must not reproduce the kind of divisive logic favored by Iran but transcend it -- in other words, the Obama administration must create a break from Iraq's post-2003 system of government.
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Carnegie Endowment - January, 2010
Details remain murky, but the decision by the Shia-controlled JAC, the successor to the de-Baathification Commission, affects several of Iraq's top Sunni figures and parties, sealing the increasingly sectarian character of the elections. It also makes it more likely that Sunni parties and candidates, who are already highly divided, will fare poorly in the elections, further complicating the already difficult process of reconciliation.
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Carnegie Endowment - December, 2009
As the second election for the Council of Representatives approaches, Sunna appear as uncertain about what strategy to pursue and as divided among themselves as they were in 2004 and 2005.
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New York Review of Books - October, 2009
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Carnegie Endowment - October, 2009
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MERIP Middle East Report - October, 2009
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International Crisis Group - September, 2009
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MERIP Middle East Report - September, 2009
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historiae.org - August, 2009
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Rand Corporation - August, 2009
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historiae.org - July, 2009
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Middle East Policy Council - July, 2009
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International Crisis Group - July, 2009
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historiae.org - July, 2009
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historiae.org - May, 2009
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Foreign Policy in Focus - May, 2009
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Center for Strategic and International Studies - April, 2009
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MERIP Middle East Report - April, 2009
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The National - April, 2009
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Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) - March, 2009
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Century Foundation - March, 2009
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Salon - March, 2009
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Carnegie Endowment - February, 2009
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MERIP - Middle East Report - January, 2009
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International Crisis Group - January, 2009
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historiae.org - January, 2009
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Foreign Policy - January, 2009
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The Washington Quarterly - January, 2009
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US Institute of Peace - December, 2008
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historiae.org - December, 2008
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Human Rights Watch - December, 2008
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London Review of Books - December, 2008
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USIP - December, 2008
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Mother Jones - December, 2008
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Brookings - November, 2008
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historiae.org - November, 2008
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MERIP - Middle East Report - November, 2008
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New York Review of Books - November, 2008
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International Crisis Group - November, 2008
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- October, 2008
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AFSC - October, 2008
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The Nation - October, 2008
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International Security - October, 2008
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Foreign Affairs - October, 2008
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Open Democracy - October, 2008
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Council on Foreign Relations - October, 2008
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New York Review of Books - October, 2008
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historiae.org - September, 2008
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Los Angeles Times - September, 2008
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US Institute of Peace - September, 2008
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US Institute of Peace - September, 2008
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New York Times - September, 2008
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Center for American Progress - September, 2008
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Arab Reform Bulletin, Carnegie Endowment - September, 2008
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AFSC - September, 2008
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Foreign Affairs - August, 2008
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Foreign Policy Magazine - August, 2008
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New York Review of Books - August, 2008
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Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science - July, 2008
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Political Science Quarterly - July, 2008
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Center for Strategic and International Studies - July, 2008
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World Politics Review - July, 2008
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New York Review of Books - July, 2008
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Foreign Affairs - June, 2008
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International Crisis Group - April, 2008
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International Crisis Group - April, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - April, 2008
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- April, 2008
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National Defense University - April, 2008
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Foreign Affairs - April, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - April, 2008
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MIddle East Policy - April, 2008
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US Institute of Peace - April, 2008
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Middle East Institute - April, 2008
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Salon - April, 2008
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Los Angeles Times - March, 2008
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- March, 2008
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Center for a New American Security - March, 2008
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- March, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - March, 2008
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International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - March, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - March, 2008
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MERIP - Middle East Research and Information Project - March, 2008
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Rolling Stone - February, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - February, 2008
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Editor and Publisher - February, 2008
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International Crisis Group - February, 2008
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US Institute for Peace - January, 2008
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Open Democracy - January, 2008
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International Center for Transitional Justice - January, 2008
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Asia Times - January, 2008
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Arab Media and Society - January, 2008
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World Health Organization - January, 2008
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New York Review of Books - January, 2008
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Washington Post - December, 2007
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The Nation - December, 2007
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US Dept of Defense - December, 2007
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US Institute of Peace - December, 2007
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Open Democracy - December, 2007
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Mother Jones - December, 2007
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Los Angeles Times - December, 2007
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Salon - December, 2007
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The New Yorker - November, 2007
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International Crisis Group - November, 2007
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Abu Aardvark Blog - November, 2007
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Center for American Progress - October, 2007
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Council on Foreign Relations - October, 2007
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New Yorker - October, 2007
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Institute for War and Peace Reporting - October, 2007
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Boston Globe - September, 2007
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Council on Foreign Relations - September, 2007
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- September, 2007
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Political Concepts - September, 2007
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Boston Review - September, 2007
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Brookings Institute - September, 2007
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Department of Defense - September, 2007
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Foreign Policy Magazine - September, 2007
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CSIS - September, 2007
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The American Prospect - September, 2007
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Open Democracy - September, 2007
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BBC, ABC News and NHK - September, 2007
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US Institute of Peace - September, 2007
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New Yorker - September, 2007
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Alternet - September, 2007
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Carnegie Endowment - September, 2007
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US Institute of Peace - September, 2007
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MERIP Middle East Report - September, 2007
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Center for Strategic and International Studies - September, 2007
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US General Accounting Office (GAO) - September, 2007
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The Washington Monthly - September, 2007
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Foreign Policy in Focus - July, 2007
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Center for Strategic and International Studies - July, 2007
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Brookings Policy Brief - June, 2007
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International Crisis Group - June, 2007
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MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies - May, 2007
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Indiana University - June, 2005
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