The next stage in Iraq's political transition, the drafting and adoption of a permanent constitution, will be critical to the country's long-term stability.
Iran’s influence in Iraq has been one of the most talked about but least understood aspects of the post-war situation.
In northern Iraq, largely unnoticed, a conflict is brewing that, if allowed to boil over, could precipitate civil war, break-up of the country and in a worst-case scenario Turkish intervention.
In Iraq, the U.S. is engaged in a war it already may have lost while losing sight of a struggle in which it still may have time to prevail.
With much territory beyond the Interim Government's control, sectarian and ethnic forces threatening to pull the country apart, and national elections likely to be postponed or held in parts of the country only, the best - perhaps only - way to hold Iraq together is to concentrate on local governance.
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