GeoSpace Ep. 18 with Victoria J. Taylor: Elections, militias, foreign influence in Iraq

In the latest episode of The New Region’s Geospace recorded December 17, host Mohammad A. Salih spoke with Victoria J. Taylor, director of the Iraq Initiative in the Atlantic Council’s Middle East program, about the future of power in Iraq following the recent elections, Washington’s continued push to curb Iranian influence, and the issue of armed factions in the country.

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GeoSpace Ep. 17 with Dr. Shwan Jamal Azeez: Can Kurdistan realize its energy ambitions?

In this episode of The New Region’s GeoSpace podcast, host Mohammed A. Salih speaks with Dr. Shwan Jamal Azeez, an associate professor at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, about the uncertain future of the Kurdistan Region’s energy sector amid mounting security threats, legal battles, and contested federalism in Iraq.

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GeoSpace Ep. 16 with Hayder al-Shakeri: The aftermath of Iraq's parliamentary elections

In the latest episode of The New Region's GeoSpace podcast, Mohammed A. Salih hosted Hayder al-Shakeri, a leading Iraq analyst and Chatham House research fellow, to discuss the aftermath of Iraq's recent parliamentary elections and their geopolitical implications for the region

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GeoSpace Ep. 15 with Omar al-Nidawi: Iraq’s post-election future

In the latest episode of The New Region's GeoSpace podcast, Mohammed A. Salih hosted Omar al-Nidawi, Director of Programs at the Enabling Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC), discussing Iraq's parliamentary elections and their ramifications for the country's political future.

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GeoSpace Ep. 14 with Robin Yassin-Kassab: Syria’s challenging transition

In The New Region’s GeoSpace, Robin Yassin-Kassab discusses post-Assad Syria: initial euphoria fading into disillusion. He urges decentralization and “gentle democratization” to build a democratic, multicultural Syria driven by Syrians, not foreign powers.

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GeoSpace Ep.12 with Renad Mansour: US-Iraqi relations amid regional turmoil

In this episode of The New Region’s GeoSpace, host Mohammed A. Salih talks with Renad Mansour, a senior research fellow at Chatham House, about Iraqi-US relations amidst stark regional tensions, discussing how Iraqi affairs have slid out of the limelight in Washington and how the passage of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) bill could disturb the present calm.

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GeoSpace Ep.11 with Myles Caggins: Iraq amid the US troops withdrawal, Erbil-Baghdad tensions

In this episode of The New Region’s GeoSpace, host Mohammed A. Salih talks with Myles B. Caggins III on the US troop withdrawal from Iraq and ongoing oil disputes between Erbil and Baghdad.

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GeoSpace Ep.10 with Meghan Bodette: The future of northeast Syria

In this episode of GeoSpace, host Mohammed A. Salih and guest Meghan Bodette, Director of Research at the Kurdish Peace Institute, discuss the situation in northeast Syria amid the current SDF-Damascus tensions, the broader minority question in the country, and the regional and international forces shaping the future of Syria.

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GeoSpace Ep. 9 with Joshua Landis: Minorities and centralization in post-Suwayda Syria

The ninth episode of The New Region's GeoSpace podcast series sees host Mohammed A. Salih discuss the trajectory of the new Syrian government under President Ahmed al-Sharaa with academic and Syria expert Joshua Landis

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