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IRAQ: Premier’s pragmatism faces constraints
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES280266
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Tensions have risen over the past year between the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), due to disagreements over the electoral law…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280955
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IRAQ: Law advances polls but hikes sectarian tension
The support of two-thirds of the 329 MPs is needed to back a new government. However, neither of the two main factions can garner this level of support individually, resulting in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270009
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Sadr has demonstrated that forming a new government is unlikely to be possible without his tacit approval, and that such approval will not be forthcoming until after the systemic…