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On April 20th, Iraq will hold its third provincial elections since 2005. There are 447 open seats nationwide, and competition for them is fierce. Previous elections illustrate that winning provincial seats can reverberate on the national level.
Today, political and military power in Iraq is highly centralized in Prime Minister Maliki’s personal office. This will have important implications for the future of Iraq and the trajectory and durability of its democratic transition.
February 8th, 2013
ISW President Kimberly Kagan argues Iraq teeters on the brink of renewed insurgency and, potentially, civil war in the Washington Post.
2013 Iraq Weekly Update #4c: Iraq Moves Toward Civil War
January 26, 2013
By Marisa Sullivan
Mapping the Iraq Protests: Week 4
January 12 – January 17, 2013
By Sam Wyer
Protests heighten political crisis
By Sam Wyer and Marisa Sullivan
These maps depict the anti-government and pro-government protests in Iraq from December 21, 2012 - January 11, 2013.
These maps depict the anti-government and pro-government protests in Iraq from December 21, 2012 - January 11, 2013.
The apparent beginnings of a campaign to remove Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and the threat of a similar campaign against his most significant opponent suggest that Iraqi politics is entering a period of intense political jockeying.
Iraq Finance Minister Rafi al-Issawi, a Sunni politician and member of the secular-Sunni Iraqiyya coalition, called for a vote of no confidence against Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in an evening press conference on December 20, 2012.