Sulaimani, Iraq – September 20, 2025 – The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) and Johns Hopkins University have begun...Read more
The Institute of Regional and International Studies (IRIS) is partnering with the Johns Hopkins University and launches a new research...Read more
Partnering with the Arab Reform Initiative (ARI), the Institute of Regional and International Studies (IRIS) has launched the Just Environmental...Read more
The Strengthening Collective Climate and Environment Action in Iraq project promotes evidence-based approaches to environmental problems through: (a) building the...Read more
Climate change and environmental degradation pose complex short-term and long-term challenges for Iraq and the Kurdish region, yet a sustained...Read more
This research project is the first to explore the political economy of Iraq's water crisis. Most researchers on Iraq’s climate...Read more
Iraq has had the highest number of COVID-19 cases and the most deaths from the coronavirus in the Arab world...Read more
This research project investigates efforts to influence the behavior of armed actors toward civilians in war zones. Militaries and non-state...Read more
Amidst the backdrop of civil unrest, the Iraq’s New Government during a time of Popular Revolt project interrogates the political...Read more
The mass demonstrations between October 2019 and the present and the violent response of the Iraqi government have placed Iraq's...Read more
IRIS is partnering with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) on a research project to promote sound economic policy, knowledge,...Read more
As part of UNAMI's reconciliation work to ensure a stable and peaceful post-ISIL phase in Iraq, AUIS conducted a study...Read more
Since 2003, the rival powers of the Federal Government of Iraq (GOI) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have failed...Read more
Through the Security Assistance and Non-State Actors project, AUIS, the Global Public Policy institute (GPPi), and the Afghanistan Analysts Network...Read more
The post 2003 order has resulted in the consolidation of a patronage system across the areas under the control and/or...Read more
