Sunni Politicians Barred from Candidacy
January 29, 2010This backgrounder documents the recent attempt to bar Sunni candidates from the upcoming parliamentary elections.
This backgrounder documents the recent attempt to bar Sunni candidates from the upcoming parliamentary elections.
This backgrounder provides an assessment of the shifting political environment in Iraq as elections draw near.
This paper describes the structure of the KRG’s political bodies and offices, the major parties, and the mechanics of the July 25th election.
Following Iraq’s provincial council elections on January 31, 2009, the political parties that captured seats in the provinces of the mainly Shia south scrambled to form ruling alliances.
On April 19th, 2009, Iraq’s Council of Representatives successfully elected Ayad al-Samaraie as its new speaker of parliament.
On January 31, 2009, fourteen of Iraq’s eighteen provinces will hold provincial elections. This fact sheet provides information on the upcoming Provincial Elections.
This paper evaluates how the two groups, Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Special Groups are affiliated by testing four hypotheses about the relationship between the two organizations.
In the Shia dominated south of Iraq, a conflict is developing over political dominance in the upcoming provincial elections.
A backgrounder on the ongoing and often contentious SOFA negotiations.