Iraq Is Open for Business—and Influence

On July 3, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates reached an agreement with Iraq to invest $3 billion each in the country, signaling an expansion of investments by the Gulf states at a time when Iraq continues to seek financing for postwar reconstruction and development of its infrastructure. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani said in June that, having “regained it

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U.S. Bans 14 Iraqi Banks in Crackdown on Iran Dollar Trade; Treasury Department, Federal Reserve Bank of New York bar the lenders from conducting dollar transactions

WASHINGTON-The U.S. has barred 14 Iraqi banks from conducting dollar transactions, U.S. officials said, part of a sweeping crackdown on the siphoning of U.S. currency to Iran and other sanctioned Middle East countries. The ban, which was imposed Wednesday by the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, is likely to provoke new tensions between Baghdad an

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The Deep Roots of Iraq’s Climate Crisis. By Zaineb Shuker *

The Deep Roots of Iraq’s Climate Crisis. By Zaineb Shuker *   This report is the first in “Living the Climate Emergency: Lessons from Iraq,” a new Century International project exploring how policymakers and researchers can draw on the case of Iraq and its neighbors to translate into action the growing consensus that the climate crisis is already here. Century’s Climate Eme

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Epic Report: Water Diplomacy in the Land of Two Rivers: Safeguarding Iraq’s Water Security amid the Climate Crisis *

Abstract In recent years, Iraq has been afflicted by severe water shortages. With climate change and upstream water management practices as major factors, these shortages are further complicated by geopolitical realities. Iraq is a weak state dependent on upstream countries – namely Türkiye, Iran, and Syria – that have been damming or redirecting the paths of shared rivers t

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The Behavioral Economics Guide

Bridging the gap between behavioral theory and practice   The Behavioral Economics Guide is the leading annual publication dedicated to behavioral economics and behavioral insights. Each edition features contributions from renowned scholars in the behavioral sciences and practitioners from around the globe. Additional resources include a behavioral science encycloped

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