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A House Divided: How Internal Power Struggles Shape Iraq’s Foreign Policy

Iraq’s foreign policy is being shaped by its own internal battles—fractured elites, competing militias, and a state struggling to speak with one voice. The article asks: How do these divisions affect Iraq’s ability to balance between the U.S. and Iran? Can Baghdad use its “good neighbor” approach to reduce regional tensions? And what will it take for Iraq to turn regional investments into real stability at home? It explores potential solutions, including strengthening state institutions, curbing rogue militias, improving governance, and using regional partnerships to address core economic and security weaknesses so Iraq can finally build a unified and sustainable foreign policy.

Mike Fleet

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The Role of E-commerce in Empowering Women in Saudi Arabia: Assessing the Policy Potential

Hannan Hussain

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A War Fueled by Hate Speech: Sudan’s Fall into Fragmentation

Samar Sulaiman

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Disarming Palestinian Factions in Lebanon: Can a Security Experiment Evolve into Sovereign Policy?

Souhayb Jawhar

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Kuwait’s Bureaucracy at a Crossroads: Why Government Innovation Stalls and How Analytics Can Reignite Reform

Dalal A. Marafie

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Sana'a: The Crisis of Chaotic Street Naming and Absent Urban Planning

Sarah Al-Kbat

About Sada

Sada is an online journal rooted in Carnegie’s Middle East Program that seeks to foster and enrich debate about key political, economic, and social issues in the Arab world and provides a venue for new and established voices to deliver reflective analysis on these issues.

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Sada Documentaries

Sada’s annual documentary series features young filmmakers telling stories from their homes across the Middle East and North Africa, each year focused on different themes including climate change and internal displacement.

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Iraq's Political Displacement Crisis

This film in the Sada documentary series tells the stories of two young people displaced from Iraq and the political turmoil that pushed them to migration. It also presents the interventions of the head of the Soraya Organization, an NGO that works to improve the conditions and futures of the displaced.

Documentary about Libya's internally displaced persons communities and the hardships they face in navigating displacement.

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Internal Shadows: The Unseen Plights of Libya's IDPs

Ten years after the launch of Operation Dignity, the Eastern Province in Libya continues to host a significant number of internally displaced persons (IDP) communities. This film in the Sada documentary series presents the hardships of Libya's displaced populations in acquiring identification papers and facing displacement-related bias.

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War in Sudan: The Pain of Displacement

The war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces has forced thousands to flee to displacement camps where they face severe shortages of shelter, medical care, and food. In this documentary, the displaced recount painful stories of their long journeys and their suffering under harsh security and living conditions.