2013 marks the ten year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by US and UK forces, the swift and catastrophic collapse of Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist regime, and the beginning of a period of occupation and radical societal change. On 16th October 2003, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1511 un…
Falah Mustafa Bakir (Kurdistan Regional Government, Department of Foreign Relations): Key Motivators of the KRG's Diplomacy Louise Fawcett (University of Oxford): Beyond the Iraq War: Some Regional and International Repercussions Toby Dodge (LSE): Building a New Model Army or Recreating the Past? The Reconstruction of Iraq's Security Forces after 2003
Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman (Kurdistan Regional Government High Rep to the UK): KRG Business Relations with the UK Hassan Dahan (Bain al-Nahrain): Capital Market "A Path to Economic Evolution" Mark Dempsey (Brehon Advisory): Institution Building in a Post-Conflict Environment - Lessons to be Learnt from the Central Bank of Iraq Experience Rodney Wilson (Durham): The Challenges of Economic Diversification for Oil Exporting Countries: Lessons for Iraq
Haider Abadi (Iraqi MP): Challenges in Iraqi Governance Hanaa Edwar (Al-Amal Organisation): Civil Society Development in Iraq Sadiq Rikabi (Iraqi MP): State-Building and Power Sharing in Iraq Faleh Jabar (Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies): The Citizen in Post-Conflict Iraq
Fanar Haddad (University of Singapore): The current State of Sectarianism in Irag Hayder al-Koei (Chatham House): The Construction of Ethno-Sectarian Politics in post-2003 Iraq Dhia Mohsin al-Hakim (Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq): Role of the ISCI in Iraq