Research Fellow @ChathamHouse @CH_MENAP. Cautiously optimistic 🇮🇶 @AUB_Lebanon @SOAS. All views are my own.
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#SPOTLIGHT: #Baghdad is pushing #Iran-backed armed groups toward state integration, but @HayderSH of @CH_MENAP says real test is who controls the guns arab.news/wgsbc
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#SPOTLIGHT: #Iraq faces a difficult balancing act between #US pressure, domestic politics & powerful #Iran-backed factions, says @LahibHigel of @CrisisGroup arab.news/wgsbc
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#SPOTLIGHT: Can #Iraq dismantle the “state within a state”? Why #Iran-backed militia disarmament remains one of #Baghdad’s toughest challenges arab.news/wgsbc
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Hayder حيدر retweeted
Jun 11
As the new Iraqi govt under PM Ali al-Zaidi begins its term, there seems, on the surface, to be a rare opening to rein in armed groups. But any effort will face pushback and, even if "successful", may do little to shift real power to the govt. My latest:
Jun 10
The Trump administration has become increasingly impatient with Baghdad, demanding action against Iran-aligned groups operating within Iraq.
Read @renadmansour's (@CH_MENAP) latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️
chathamhouse.org/2026/06/can…
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Jun 9
Iraq foreign minister is even more pessimistic than me
He said the country may be unable to pay public salaries next month if Hormuz remains shut (link)
I didn't think that would happen until late July or August (video below)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
May 13
Amid the current oil crisis, @ZiadMDaoud tells @geoffpyatt there are two main obligations that Iraq must meet now:
Maintain the currency peg to the US dollar at its current level and sustain public sector salaries, wages, and pensions.
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Jun 8
📢 UPCOMING WEBINAR | Is the Middle East splitting into rival blocs?
Speakers discuss how the Iran war is reshaping rivalries across the Middle East.
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Jun 8
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Jun 8
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Jun 5
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Jun 5
Key themes include:
▪️The new government's priorities & policy agenda
▪️Sovereignty & security amidst regional conflict
▪️Economic and energy sector reform in a volatile global environment
▪️State–society relations under pressure
▪️Relations with Iran, the US & external actors
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Jun 5
📣 Announcing the 8th annual #IraqInitiative Conference!
On 11 November, we’ll convene policymakers, experts, business leaders & civil society representatives to examine whether Iraq’s new government and the political system can respond to converging regional & domestic pressures.
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Have always been fascinated by #Iraq's Fayli community; not fully fitting inside the Kurdish "frame" by being Shia, and neither fully within the "Shia Arab" tent by being Kurds.
Smart piece by @arranwalshe on travails of Fayli political representation:
amwaj.media/en/article/fayli…
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Jun 4
📢 Opportunity to join the MENA Programme team!
Are you curious about career opportunities in a policy institute? @ChathamHouse is recruiting the next cohort of interns for the Molchanov Sustainability Internship Programme.
⏰Deadline: 10 June
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May 17
'The EU should use its financial leverage to pressure the Egyptian government to revise the 2024 Asylum Law and strengthen protections for migrants and asylum seekers,' writes Isabel Rosenbaum. kalam.chathamhouse.org/artic…
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May 10
My "theory of everything" paper is out with Harvard @BelferCenter @MiddleEast_HKS
Don’t split the Mideast into resource-rich Gulf & population-rich states elsewhere: they all run on rents
The real divide: the form of rent & whether it's enough
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My latest piece regarding Iraq's PM-designate @AliFalihAlzaidy Can he truly strike a balance between Washington and Tehran while tackling the issue of "uncontrolled arms" that the U.S. wants gone?
alhurra.com/en/19492
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Apr 29
NEW from me for @CH_MENAP: Relations between KDP and PUK are effectively non-functional and no one is coming to sort them out this time. Old assumptions about how the Kurdistan Region operates are dissolving, but new frameworks are not yet in place.
chathamhouse.org/2026/04/pol…
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CORRECTION: #Iraq’s crude flows currently stand between 200,000-250,000 b/d, AT BEST, sources told/updated @ArgusMedia.
#oott
REMINDER 🇮🇶🛢️: A “dual blockade” on the Strait of #Hormuz would again effectively halt #Iraq’s southern crude exports, cutting flows to ~325,000 b/d via the northern pipeline and Kurdistan, ONLY.
The 50,000 b/d Iraqi crude trucked to #Syria’s Baniyas remains questionable.
That implies the loss of ~90pc of Iraq’s oil revenues, the country’s heavily dependent on. #oott
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Apr 10
We did something a little different yesterday - a screening of The President’s Cake, an Oscar-shortlisted film about life in sanctioned Iraq (with a lot of relevance today)
The discussion with director Hasan Hadi and @MonaChalabi was powerful. Highly recommend watching it.
Apr 10
Yesterday, we were delighted to host a screening of 'The President’s Cake' at @ChathamHouse, followed by a rich and engaging discussion with the film's director, Hasan Hadi, award-winning writer @MonaChalabi, and the Iraq Initiative's director, @RenadMansour.
The event brought together a full room of participants and sparked thoughtful conversation on the film’s powerful themes and their wider relevance to the region. Thank you to our speakers and audience for joining us!
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Regional powers are trying to open communication channels between the United States and Israel with Iran, @HayderSH, a research fellow with the MENA programme at Chatham House, said in an interview with @RudawEnglish.
He emphasized that there should be both “direct and indirect” communication channels.
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أغدق علينا @ChathamHouse هذا المساء بعرض فيلم «كعكة الرئيس» ومحاورة مخرجه حسن هادي، الذي بدا كأنه يستعيد التسعينات من تحت الركام، لا من أرشيف الصور. حسن لم يصنع فيلماً، بل استخرج من تلك الحقبة التي كان يرزح فيها العراقيون تحت وطأة طوق الحصار الأعمى مقطعاً حيّاً، نابضاً، كأن الزمن نفسه وافق على أن يُعاد تمثيله. لم يستعن بممثلين محترفين، بل بأناس عاديين، كأنما أراد أن يترك الحياة تمثّل نفسها، وأن يترك العفوية تتكفّل بما تعجز عنه المدارس السينمائية. لذلك بدا الأداء المتقن قوةً دافعة لا تُرى، لكنها تُحسّ في كل لقطة.
هذا فيلم حسن هادي وحده، فيلم يمتلك سحراً لا يُشبه إلا نفسه. لم يخضع لرقابة حكومية ولا املاءات دعائية، ولا لابتزاز حزبي اعتاد أن يدمّر الذاكرة العراقية قسرا كلما تعلق الأمر بما قبل احتلال #العراق عام 2003. حسن خارج الوسط الفني العراقي، وهذا ما منحه الحرية التي لا تُشترى: حرية أن يرسم المشهد كما يراه قلبه بينما هو يتحدث عن زمن طفولته اذا لم يتجاوز عمرة آنذاك السنوات العشر. ولو تسنّى للراحلين صناع السينما العراقية كاميران حسني، كامل العزاوي، محمد شكري جميل، وفيصل الياسري أن يشاهدوا هذا الفيلم، لما اكتفوا برفع القبعة لحسن هادي؛ بل لربتوا على كتفه طويلا.
شكرا للصديقين @HayderSH و @renadmansour من تشاتام هاوس على هذا الخيار السينمائي والحوار مع المخرج حسن هادي
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