What to Expect from the New Iraqi Government
The Lawfare Podcast
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🗓️ 21 November 2018
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Earlier this year, just as the United States was preparing to kick-off its national elections, the country of Iraq was finalizing the results of its own and finally installing a new government after months of debate. It was the fourth parliamentary election under the Iraqi Constitution that the United States helped to put in place, and the first since the Iraqi government declared victory in the conflict with ISIS that has dominated the country’s attention since 2014.
To understand what this new government may mean for Iraq and its relationship to the United States, Scott R. Anderson spoke with Jared Levy, the Director of Research Services for the Iraq Oil Report, a premier resource for Iraq-watchers everywhere; and Rasha al-Aqeedi, a native of Mosul, Iraq, and the Robert A. Fox Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and the Managing Editor of Raise Your Voice, a digital platform that focuses on Iraqi society post-ISIS.
They discussed the politics behind Iraq’s recent elections, what to expect of the main figures in the new Iraqi government, and how they might try and navigate the growing tensions between the United States and Iran that are increasingly evident in the region.
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| 0:25.6 | no bull and the aftermath. |
| 0:34.0 | To tackle corruption in a meaningful way where Iraq moved up a real tens of spots on the |
| 0:41.0 | transparency international index or something like that would be an absolutely consuming |
| 0:45.9 | job, probably a dangerous job for somebody to take on. |
| 0:50.2 | So I'm sure that will be a focus, but doing something that's more than window dressing |
| 0:55.8 | will be very difficult. |
| 0:57.4 | That being said, I think there are several other key points of focus. |
| 1:02.1 | One is addressing the grievances of protesters in Batherin, particular but elsewhere in |
| 1:08.5 | Iraq who have certainly a very legitimate gripe that there have been these building issues |
| 1:14.1 | that just simply haven't been adequately addressed, potable water, poor electricity, to |
| 1:20.5 | name a couple. |
| 1:21.6 | I'm Scott Ari Anderson and this is the LawFair podcast for November 20th 2018. |
| 1:27.4 | Earlier this year, just as the United States was preparing to kick off its national elections, |
| 1:31.8 | the country of Iraq was finalizing the results of its own and finally is stalling a new government |
| 1:36.4 | after months of debate. |
| 1:38.4 | It was the fourth parliamentary election under the Iraqi Constitution that the United States |
| 1:41.7 | helped to put in place and the first since the Iraqi government declared victory in the |
| 1:45.3 | conflict with ISIS that has dominated the country's attention since 2014. |
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