Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow
Iraqi politics and security; U.S. policy in Iraq; democracy and protest movements in the Arab world.
This week's Arab League Summit in Baghdad presents questions about the organization's role in a changed Middle East, the durability of Assad's regime in Syria, and Iraq's security and regional ties, says CFR's Ned Parker.
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Nine years after U.S. troops toppled Saddam Hussein and just a few months after the last U.S. soldier left Iraq, the country has become something close to a failed state.
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As the last U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq this month, an emerging political battle among the country's top leaders has raised concerns over its stability. It underscores the difficult road ahead for the fragile democracy and potential for greater violence, says CFR's Ned Parker.
The pullout of U.S. troops by year's end points to the troubling rift in Iraqi politics and big questions about the country's stability, writes CFR's Ned Parker.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, U.S. Strategy and Politics
In this article, Ned Parker describes the ruling style of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and the implications for the future of democracy in Iraq.
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Ned Parker participated in a Century Foundation-sponsored panel discussion with Ambassador James Dobbins, director of the RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center, and Colonel Gian Gentile, director of the American History Program at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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