Iraq’s Increasingly Fragile Shiite-Dominated State
The ongoing nationwide protests that erupted in Iraq on October 1 are causing an uproar in Baghdad and in the region.
Geneive Abdo is a prominent Middle East analyst and a specialist on Iraq, Iran and the geopolitics of the Shia-Sunni conflict. Abdo lectures at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. She is also the author of four books, including The New Sectarianism: The Arab Uprisings and the Rebirth of the Shi’a-Sunni Divide.