My comments on Iraq’s Development Road project & regional relations included in this article by Sara Fayyad for BBC News عربي.

By me. With valuable insights and commentary from Hamzeh Hadad | حمزة حداد Bilgay Duman🐞 Safaa Khalaf Abdulkhaleq Abdulla

The war in #Gaza has deepened the #MiddleEast ’s fault lines. Read Hamzeh Hadad | حمزة حداد's policy brief on the #Iraq - #Iran relationship, and how Western actors can help prevent #Iraq from descending into new conflict 👇 ecfr.eu/publication/pr…

'Carving out Iraqi autonomy and sovereignty after four decades of turbulence and instability is no easy feat. But Europeans can help ensure Iraqis have opportunity to pursue this goal'. Read Hamzeh Hadad | حمزة حداد's policy brief here buff.ly/4d3Xrqw

Great point here by Hafsa Halawa, which I wrote about in the latest POMEPS series: pomeps.org/how-the-war-in…

Honoured and privileged to have met Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani at his home near the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf. His Eminence prayed for Iraq and all Iraqis.

Today on #worldbookday I find myself strolling through of the greatest intellectual streets in the world; Al Mutannabi in Baghdad.

It’s path adorned with curated libraries and century old treasures makes for a book lovers paradise.

My contribution to Rome MED Dialogues this week:

My piece for The New Region on the outcomes and expectations of Turkish President Erdoğan’s visit to Iraq.

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Don't miss Hamzeh Hadad’s new piece on How the war in Gaza shattered Iraqi civil society’s trust in Western institutions, published in Studies 51: The War on Gaza and Middle East Political Science! Read it here:
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For any European policy to be successful in #Iraq , it must be designed within a broader framework of ending the war in Gaza & resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict – without which escalation across the Middle East may continue, writes Hamzeh Hadad | حمزة حداد 👇 buff.ly/441tvXQ

Una guerra regionale più estesa sarebbe disastrosa per l' #Iraq .
Leggi l'analisi di Hamzeh Hadad | حمزة حداد su come gli #europei possono contribuire a garantire che l' #Iraq non venga coinvolto in un conflitto #USA -Iran, nonché regionale, sempre più grave ecfr.eu/publication/pr…

Una guerra regional más amplia sería desastrosa para #Iraq .

Lea el análisis de Hamzeh Hadad | حمزة حداد sobre cómo los #europeos pueden ayudar a garantizar que #Iraq no se vea envuelto en una escalada del conflicto #EEUU - #Irán , o incluso en una escalada regional buff.ly/3Jq809O

ICYMI last week, my policy paper on Iraq & Iran relations for ECFR/ECFR MENA.

Last week, I was honored to join many esteemed colleagues in a roundtable discussion with Iraqi Prime Minister محمد شياع السوداني. I was pleased to hear his vision for the future of the US-Iraq partnership. And kudos to Dr. Abbas Kadhim, who expertly moderated! youtube.com/watch?v=D4XBws…

“Today, it is glaringly obvious that it was wrong for the United States to assume that it could ignore Arab public opinion about the treatment of Palestinians. Arabs have not, in fact, lost interest in the issue.” - Marc Lynch

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Europeans are faced with a choice: they can either play into #Iran ’s hands by adopting a punitive & distant stance from #Iraq or they can promote Iraqi efforts at carving out its autonomy, states Hamzeh Hadad | حمزة حداد in his policy brief for ECFR 👇 buff.ly/441tvXQ

My comments included on the Development Road project in light of President Erdogan’s visit to Iraq today. aa.com.tr/tr/dunya/irakl…