Insight Turkey
Insight Turkey
Challenging ideas
On Turkish politics and International affairs

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Ranj Alaaldin

Visiting Scholar, Columbia University; PhD Candidate, London School of Economics and Political Science
Ranj Alaaldin
Elections in Iraq: What Does the Future Hold?
April 1, 2014
Iraq held parliamentary elections in April, the country’s first vote since the withdrawal of U.S. troops in December 2011. Although turnout was impressive and a democratic culture has settled in Iraq, outstanding challenges, including terrorism, sectarian divisions and regional conflict, are unlikely to be rectified by the elections. The status quo will continue and Iraq, at best, can only attempt to contain domestic and regional problems.

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