Description: "Regionalism" and "federalism" are terms of increasing significance in southern Iraq. This website provides historical background analysis on the decentralisation debate currently unfolding in areas between Basra and Baghdad
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NEW: Iraq 2014 parliament elections special: General overview article written for Foreign Affairs (with an unduly optimistic headline), an article on Iranian influences in the Iraqi elections written for BBC Persian with English original available here , and a piece on US policy issues in the Iraqi election written for the Middle East Institute. For further articles and continuing coverage of the results of the 2014 Iraq parliament elections, visit my WordPress blog .
19 March 2013: To Hell with Iraq: 10 Years of Ignorance, Incompetence & Bureaucratic Madness
6 March 2013: IHEC Publishes the Candidate List for Iraq’s Local Elections