Report: Iraq: Implementing a way forward

With support from DT Institute and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, The Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for Middle East Studies, recently released a new report, Iraq: Implementing a Way Forward, authored by Atlantic Council staff and fellows C. Anthony Pfaff, Ben Connable, and Masoud Mostajabi. The report lays out findings and recommendations to assist the Iraqi government and its international partners in improving political, social, economic, and security conditions to enhance national stability, stabilize Iraq’s democratic processes, and promote broad-based, Iraqi-generated economic growth. It draws on two years of engagement with experts from Iraq, the United States, and Europe through a US-Europe-Iraq Track II Dialogue convened from March 2020 through December 2021.

Convened by the Atlantic Council’s Iraq Initiative and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung with support from DT Institute, the Dialogue consisted of a series of workshops to identify policies to help address Iraq’s political, socioeconomic, and security challenges. Dialogue participants included former and current high-level officials and experts, all of whom are committed to a better future for Iraq.

The report covers areas including:

• Fostering legitimacy
• Economic reform and equitable distribution of resources
• Strengthening national identity
• Mobilizing youth
• Establishing monopoly on use of force
• Optimizing international assistance

To read: Iraq: Implementing a way forward, visit: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Iraq-Implementing-a-way-forward.pdf