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ARTICLE: The Only Way to Solve Iraq’s Political Crisis
May 10, 2016
THE NEW YORK TIMES: With the Islamic State still in control of large parts of the country and oil prices depressed, Iraq is on the verge of a meltdown. But instead of working to solve the country’s problems, Iraq’s political class has been consumed by …
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QUOTE: Shia protesters storm Baghdad’s Green Zone, occupy parliament
May 10, 2016
AFP: Dr Abadi’s efforts to change the system have been opposed by powerful political parties that rely on control of ministries for patronage and funds. “The parliament and the government are simply not capable of reforming. They will always defend pr …
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ARTICLE: Will Yemen’s latest round of negotiations reflect learning from past failures?
April 19, 2016
THE WASHINGTON POST: Negotiations to end the war in Yemen slated to begin Monday in Kuwait havebeen delayed. Will the third time be a charm or yet another flop? The first two attempts failed abysmally, because none of the parties involved were willing …
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QUOTE: Iraq: what happens next?
April 12, 2016
THE FINANCIAL TIMES: The government needs to convince people that things will be better,” says Zaid al-Ali, author of The Struggle for Iraq’s Future. “If they maintain the same systems then all this effort is purposeless and Isis, or some newer versio …
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UPCOMING EVENT: The Failure of Arab Constitutional Tradition
March 21, 2016
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Please join us for a LAPA Seminar with Zaid Al-Ali, Senior Adviser on Constitution-Building for the Arab Region at International IDEA, to discuss, “The Failure of Arab Constitutional Tradition: On the Absence of Social Solidarity …
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UPCOMING EVENT: ISIS in Iraq – Causes, Consequences and Prospects
February 23, 2016
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: On February 23, a lecture by Zaid Al-Ali, Visiting Research Scholar, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Program in Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Attendees must be ready to be seated …
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QUOTE: Saudi-Iran Feud Poses Threat to Iraq’s Effort to Combat ISIS
January 6, 2016
THE NEW YORK TIMES: At the same time, Zaid al-Ali, a lecturer and fellow at Princeton University and the author of “The Struggle for Iraq’s Future,” said the specifics of the Saudi-Iran split would have relatively little effect on Iraqis. Iraqi history …
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INTERVIEW: Life Under IS In Ramadi
January 2, 2016
BBC WORLD SERVICE: Iraqi law enforcement bribery; life on Death Row; Lars Ulrich on Lemmy; and President Xi’s rap debut. Zaid’s interview begins at minute 7.
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QUOTE: Real battle for Iraq’s future lies in Baghdad, not Ramadi
January 2, 2016
Sydney Morning Herald: Even if Iraqi forces were to reoccupy all of the areas now controlled by IS and the Syrian city of Raqqa – now its unofficial capital – was liberated, without serious reform a group like the IS and all the chaos it causes will ju …
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INTERVIEW: Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi Politician Who Advocated For U.S. Invasion, Dies
November 9, 2015
NPR: NPR’s Kelly McEvers speaks to Zaid Al-Ali, a visiting research scholar at Princeton University and author of The Struggle for Iraq’s Future, about Chalabi, who helped convince the U.S. to invade Iraq.
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