More than two decades after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, and three years after the United States formally ended its combat mission there, the American military has still not left. The 2,500 U.S. troops in Iraq are a small fraction of the 160,000 stationed there at the height of the American occupation, but even now, Washington operates with minimal coordination with Iraqi authorities.
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Table of Contents
- A Better U.S. Mission in Iraq: Fight ISIS, Invest in the State 1
- SAJAD JIYAD 1
- America’s Intransigence 2
- Untenable Status Quo 3
- CAMP FOR DISPLACED PEOPLE IN HASANSHAM, NORTHERN IRAQ IN MARCH 2017. THE CAMP WAS OPENED BY THE UN REFUGEE AGENCY (UNHCR) IN NOVEMBER 2016 TO HELP ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE DISPLACED FROM MOSUL SINCE THE START OF THE OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE IRAQ’S SECOND CITY FROM ISIS THE PREVIOUS MONTH. SOURCE: UN PHOTO/SARMAD AL-SAFY, USED WITH A CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE. 4
- Beyond a Military Focus 4
- A New Iraq–U.S. Relationship 6
- What America Really Needs 7
- HEADER IMAGE: PRESIDENT BIDEN AND IRAQI PRIME MINISTER MOHAMMED SHIA AL-SUDANI SHAKE HANDS IN THE OVAL OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE ON APRIL 15, 2024 IN WASHINGTON, DC. SOURCE: ANNA MONEYMAKER/GETTY IMAGES 8
- Notes 8
- Sajad Jiyad, Fellow 9
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- Israel Is Seizing a Record Amount of Palestinian Land in the West Bank. The Implications for Peace Are Dire. 9
- The Gaza War Has Irreversibly Strengthened the “Axis of Resistance” 10
- Here’s What Progressive Foreign Policy in the Middle East Should Look Like 11
- A Blueprint for a Progressive U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East 11
- Palestinians Want Liberation, Not Recognition 12
- “Change” Politicians Flopped in Iraq’s Last Elections. They Could Still Be a Force for Reform. 12
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