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
القطاع العسكري والتعليمي والطبي في الميزانية الاتحادية
Nov 22nd, 2023في اروقة السياسة، كثيرا ما يسمع المرء المحللين يتذمرون من أن العنف والصراع الذي ميز معظم السنوات في العراق منذ عام 2003 يعني أن الميزانيات الاتحادية أعطت الأولوية للمخصصات لقطاع الأمن قبل كل شيء.Read more
Swords, Pens, and Stethoscopes in the Federal Budget
Oct 31st, 2023In policy circles, one often hears analysts lament that the violence and conflict that marked most years in Iraq since...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
Iraq Economic Review: The Business of Education
Feb 8th, 2022One goal of the Iraq Economic Review is to move beyond general commentary about the growth potential of a given...Read more
Expanding Access to Banks in Iraq: Challenges & Pathways to Reform
Sep 1st, 2021One of the major obstacles to the development of the private sector in Iraq is the lack of access to...Read more
Relations Between Citizens and Security Actors in Five Iraqi Provinces
Jul 27th, 2021Based on interviews and focus groups in five provinces (Baghdad, Basrah, Thi Qar, Ninewa, Kirkuk), this study examines the diverse...Read more
The Baghdad-Erbil Budget Divide
May 24th, 2021The annual debate over the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)’s share of the federal budget in return for its contribution in...Read more
Displacement and Iraq's Political Marketplace
Feb 24th, 2021At the peak of the fighting between Iraqi forces and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2017,...Read more
The National Budget: Short and Medium-Term Prospects
Feb 14th, 2021There is a growing sense among the Iraqi populace that the economy is irreparably broken. Over the past five years,...Read more
Why Did Protests Erupt in Iraqi Kurdistan?
Dec 22nd, 2020In comparison to previous demonstrations in the KRI, the rhetoric of the December 2020 protests was more absolutist and its...Read more
Iraqi Women in Civil Society
Dec 17th, 2020This report argues that throughout Iraq’s continued attempts to transition to democracy, women’s rights actors have faced significant challenges to...Read more