Iraq’s Water Crisis: Climate Adaptation in Conflict Settings
Nov 18th, 2024Iraq faces an escalating water crisis driven by unprecedented droughts, transboundary water disputes, and decades of environmental degradation. This report,...Read more
Iraq Economy Review: Tenth Issue
Nov 3rd, 2024Can Iraq’s economy withstand the mounting pressures of infrastructure challenges, political divisions, and environmental crises? The latest Iraq Economic Review...Read more
Broken Roads: The Politics of Transport Infrastructure in Iraqi Kurdistan
Sep 16th, 2024کورتەیەک بە زمانی کوردی Introduction Every day truck drivers set off from Erbil carrying goods and commodities destined for Sulaymaniyah,...Read more
Beyond the Rainy Season: Iraq’s Environmental Policy & Economic Implications
Aug 13th, 2024العربية Starting in the spring months of 2024, images of overflowing dams and flooded rivers dominated Iraqi TV channels and...Read more
Addressing Challenges in Water & Environmental Governance: The Role of Iraqi Youth in Fostering Accountability
May 2nd, 2024Climate change will create new risks and increasingly test the resilience of countries across the Middle East region, and Iraq...Read more
Addressing Gaps in Environmental Governance: Can Iraq's Youth Foster Accountability?
Apr 8th, 2024Youth and civil society actors campaigning to enhance accountability in addressing Iraq’s water and environmental crises face various challenges, from...Read more
Youth Activism & Environmental Governance in Iraq
Mar 14th, 2024Climate change will increasingly pose a threat to water access across the Middle East, and Iraq may witness these impacts...Read more
Iraq and the Gaza War: Between Elite Control and Popular Solidarity
Feb 28th, 2024On October 27, an emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for a durable and...Read more
Climate Adaption Key to Iraq’s Stability and Economic Development
Nov 29th, 2023Iraq is projected to be among the five countries hardest hit by the impact of climate change. The country is...Read more
انتخابات مجالس المحافظات في العراق: الديناميكيات الانتخابية والتداعيات السياسية
Nov 26th, 2023مقدمة حيث كانت هناك لوحات إعلانية وملصقات تروج لعلامات تجارية للعطور ومواد التجميل، استيقظ سكان حي الكرادة ببغداد في 3...Read more
Iraq’s Provincial Elections: Electoral Dynamics & Political Implications
Nov 26th, 2023Where there were once billboards and posters promoting fragrance brands and cosmetics, residents of Baghdad’s Karrada neighborhood woke up on...Read more
قەیرانی کارەبا لە هەرێمی کوردستانی عێراق: ئاستەنگەکان و چارەسەرە ژینگە دۆستەکان
Oct 23rd, 2023لە کاتی گەورە بوونم لەسەرەتای ساڵانی (٢٠٠٠)ەکان لە گوندێکی هەرێمی کوردستانی عێراق بچڕانی کارەبا و وتارە درێژەکانی سەدام حوسەین زۆر بێزاریان دەکردم چونکە هەردووکیان ١٥ .Read more
أزمة الكهرباء في كردستان العراق: تحديات وحلول مستدامة
Oct 11th, 2023مع نشوئي في قريةٍ ريفية ضمن إقليم كردستان العراق أوائل الألفية الحالية، فقد بغضتُ الانقطاعات المتكررة للكهرباء بنفس قدر بغضي للخطب السياسية المطولة التي يلقيها صدام حسين على التلفازRead more
نشرة العراق الاقتصادية: الاقتصاد في عصر التغير المناخي
Oct 8th, 2023.أعلن معهد الدراسات الإقليمية والدولية (آيرس) في الجامعة الأمريكية في العراق، السليمانية، عن صدور العدد التاسع من نشرة العراق الاقتصاديةRead more
Iraqi Kurdistan’s Electricity Crisis: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions
Oct 3rd, 2023Introduction Growing up in a rural village in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in the early 2000s, I detested the...Read more
الجانب المظلم من "الازدهار الاقتصادي" في العراق
Oct 1st, 2023المقدمة افتُتحت (قرية دجلة) في بغداد صيف عام ٢٠٢٢، وهي مجمع مترامي الأطراف يمتد على مساحة ٦٠٠٠ متر مربع ويضم...Read more
Iraq Economic Review: The Economy in an Era of Climate Change
Sep 27th, 2023Can Iraq’s economy adapt to the accelerating pressures of climate change?Read more
The Underbelly of Iraq’s ‘Economic Boom’
Sep 19th, 2023The Underbelly of Iraq’s ‘Economic Boom’ By Hayder Al-ShakeriRead more
هل حان الوقت لتوسيع نطاق تحول قطاع الطاقة في العراق؟
Sep 11th, 2023المقدمة تمنح الحكومة المحلية في البصرة سنوياً لموظفي القطاع العام "عطلة ارتفاع درجات الحرارة" عندما تصل درجات الحرارة أو تتخطى...Read more
New publications on Iraq's environment
Sep 7th, 2023IRIS scholars Maha Yassin and Mac Skelton have published new research on Iraq’s environmental challenges as part of the Century...Read more
Scaling Up Iraq’s Energy Transition: Is Now the Right Time?
Sep 6th, 2023Introduction Every year, the local government in Basra gives public sector employees a “heat holiday” when temperatures hit or exceed...Read more
تداعيات حكم غرفة التجارة الدولية على قطاع النفط في العراق وإقليم كوردستان
Jul 24th, 2023مقدمة في 23 آذار/مارس [1] ، ادلت غرفة التجارة الدولية بحكمها في قضية تحكيم استمرّت تسع سنوات بين العراق وتركيا...Read more
Energy, Power & Politics: Assessing the Baghdad-Erbil Oil Deal
Jun 12th, 2023The Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s nine years of independent oil exports – and by extension Iraq’s two separate oil production...Read more
New research on war & healthcare in Iraq
May 9th, 2023A group of patients waiting in line at the Anbar Specialized Center for Oncology. July 19, 2022 (Copyright: Anbar Cancer...Read more
The Dinar & Al-Sudani’s Agenda
Feb 20th, 2023In the February 2023 edition of the Iraq Economic Review (IER), researchers address the causes and consequences of the instability...Read more
Healthcare Policy in Iraq: Lessons from the Pandemic
Dec 7th, 2022The newly installed administration under Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is attempting to convince the public and allies of its pro-reform intentions,...Read more
Competing over the Tigris: The Politics of Water Governance in Iraq
Nov 18th, 2022Recent local struggles over water in Iraq have fed into ominous warnings about the coming age of “water wars” within...Read more
Iraq Economic Review: Real Estate | Housing | KRG Oil Sector
Oct 19th, 2022The October 2022 issue of the Iraq Economic Review features analysis from Ahmed Tabaqchali detailing the challenges facing the KRG...Read more
Dust Storms and Climate Change: A Crisis for the Iraqi Economy and the Need for Multilateral Solutions
Jun 30th, 2022This paper highlights the relationship between drought and SDSs, the impact of these storms on Iraq’s rentier economy, and the...Read more
Iraq Economic Review: Iraq’s Industrial Sector | Green Building | Ukraine war
Jun 15th, 2022The June 2022 issue of the Iraq Economic Review includes an exclusive one-on-one interview with Iraqi green tech entrepreneur Basima...Read more