by Kevin Cregan | Mar 26, 2022 | University of Georgia
War, destruction, suppression, and revolution at the crossroads of the Old World; a vicious cycle of instability that has crushed Middle Eastern hopes for truly democratic institutions. Time and time again, belligerent forces from within and without have made...
by Dylan Page | Mar 7, 2022 | Ohio State University
On March 20th, 2003, President George W. Bush announced that United States forces would begin military exercises within Iraq. Among the coalition partners, it was clear the United States and NATO allies were going to remove the Hussein regime from power. No matter why...
by Jehred Reyes | May 7, 2021 | George Washington University
COVID-19 is not the only killer lurking about the shifting battlefield of a post-Saddam Iraq. Former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi proclaimed that the war against the Islamic State was over in 2017, but perhaps, like former President George W. Bush in 2003, he...
by Joseph Ozmer | Oct 14, 2020 | University of Georgia
October marks the one-year anniversary of Iraq’s anti-government protests. These protests have shaken Iraq while it still recovers from the devastating war with ISIS. Iraqis are furious with the Iranian interference, ineffectual governance, violent militia impunity,...
by Nicholas Haller | Feb 12, 2020 | Boston University
by Nick Haller The Persian Gulf has been a region of intense western scrutiny over the past half century. With the once Westernized cultures of populations in Iraq reverting to landscapes closely following things like dictatorships and Sharia Law, there has never been...
