In this Crown Conversation, former and current Crown fellows Killian Clarke, Candace Lukasik, and Kerem Uşşaklı discuss how de-Baʿathification still shapes Iraq’s political order and the everyday lives of its citizens.
Prof. Shai Feldman and Dr. Khalil Shikaki assess the newly brokered Gaza ceasefire agreement and discuss the key questions that will shape the next phases, including whether this moment can lead to a lasting political settlement.
Join us the day after Iraq’s parliamentary elections for a Crown Seminar with Alissa Walter, author of “Contested City: Citizen Advocacy and Survival in Modern Baghdad,” and Prof. Marsin Alshamary.
Shai Feldman argues that recent protests in Israel, possibly the largest in the country’s history, were the culmination of more than two years of growing polarization, driven by crises that are likely to intensify in the months ahead.
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On November 11, Iraqis will head to the polls in parliamentary elections. Twenty years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, many now speak of “a thousand Saddams”—a system defined by fragmented authority, entrenched patronage, and deep mistrust of the state. In our latest Crown Conversation, former and current Crown fellows—Killian Clarke, assistant professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University; Candace Lukasik, assistant professor of religion and faculty affiliate in anthropology and Middle Eastern cultures at Mississippi State University; and Kerem Uşşaklı, junior research fellow—discuss how de-Baʿathification still shapes Iraq’s political order and the everyday lives of its citizens, including Kurds and Christians.
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