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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 15: A young Iraqi protestor lauches rocks with a slingshot at Iraqi security forces near Al-Senak bridge on Nov. 15, 2019 in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Senak bridge has been a contested area where protestors have continued to advance their movements pushing northwest as Iraqi security forces aim to maintain their position. Since Oct. 1, thousands of demonstrators have occupied various parts of Baghdad including its main bridges and Tahrir Square calling for government and policy reform. For many, Tahrir Square, which protesters are calling

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The Logic of Intra-Shia Violence in Iraq

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Shia Power Comes of Age: The Transformation of Islamist Politics in Iraq, 2003–2023

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 15: A young Iraqi protestor lauches rocks with a slingshot at Iraqi security forces near Al-Senak bridge on Nov. 15, 2019 in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Senak bridge has been a contested area where protestors have continued to advance their movements pushing northwest as Iraqi security forces aim to maintain their position. Since Oct. 1, thousands of demonstrators have occupied various parts of Baghdad including its main bridges and Tahrir Square calling for government and policy reform. For many, Tahrir Square, which protesters are calling

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The Logic of Intra-Shia Violence in Iraq

TALL AFAR, IRAQ - SEPTEMBER 14: Iraqi soldiers detain suspected insurgents in the al-Qadisiyah neighborhood after house-to-house searches September 14, 2005 in Tall Afar, Iraq. Tall Afar is located approximately 93 miles east of the Syrian border and about 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Akram Saleh/Getty Images)

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Roundtable: Generation Iraq: The Iraq War’s Legacy of Harm

NINEVEH, IRAQ - JUNE 20: Iraqi PMF fighters on June 20, 2017 on the Iraq-Syria border in Nineveh, Iraq. The Popular Mobilisation Front (PMF) forces, composed of majority Shi'ite militia, part of the Iraqi forces, have pushed Islamic State militants from the north-western Iraq border strip back into Syria. The PMF now hold the border, crucial to the fall of Islamic State in Mosul, blocking the Islamic State supply route for militants from Syria to Mosul. (Martyn Aim/Getty Images).

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Look at the State, Not the Hybrid Actors

BENGHAZI, LIBYA - MARCH 01: A rebel recruit tears up during his first day of military training at a rebel militia center on March 1, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. Supporters of the Libyan opposition, which controls Benghazi and most of eastern Libya, have been eager to join militia groups, which have been fighting the forces of President Muammar Gaddafi to the west near the capitol Tripoli. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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Roundtable: The Age of Armed Groups

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 05: People hold posters showing the portrait of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Major General Qassem Soleimani and chant slogans during a protest outside the U.S. Consulate on January 05, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey. Major General Qassem Soleimani, was killed by a U.S. drone strike outside the Baghdad Airport on January 3. Since the incident, tensions have risen across the Middle East. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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Moving America Closer to War?

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TCF World Podcast: A Better Explanation for Powerful Armed Groups: Hybridity

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Hybrid Actors: Armed Groups and State Fragmentation in the Middle East