Videos

Michael Rubin talked about U.S. efforts to defeat ISIL,* as well as the latest developments in Iraq and Syria. Topics included executions in Saudi Arabia that day. Video clips were shown …

Michael Rubin talked about U.S. policy options in response to escalating violence in Iraq. In June 2014, the militant group ISIS* had seized several cities in northern and western Iraq. He r…

Panelists from the Obama and George W. Bush administrations talked about Iraqi politics and the regional influence of Iran and Syria. Topics included Iraq’s parliamentary elections, the poss…

A panel spoke on the topic “What Does it Mean to be Iraqi?: The Politics of Identity in Iraq.” Among the topics they addressed were security and sectarian violence in Iraq, historic ethnic …

Lieutenant General Nasier Abadi, deputy chief of staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces, joined a discussion on the condition of the Iraqi armed forces. Topics included establishment of democratic …