THREAD: Our experts have more commentary coming on the U.S. killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani via airstrike in Iraq yesterday. This thread will highlight a few relevant items of previous research and commentary from our scholars. (1)
Earlier yesterday, we published short takes from 11 experts on the Dec. 29 US airstrikes in Iraq, the fallout, and what it means for US-Iraq relations, Iran’s influence in Iraq, Iraqis’ attitudes towards the United States and Iran, and more: brookings.edu/blog/order-fro… (2)
.@S_R_Anders considered the legality and policy implications of the Dec. 29 airstrikes for @lawfareblog on Jan. 1: lawfareblog.com/law-and-conseq… (3)
@S_R_Anders @lawfareblog Going back further, our experts considered the many ways in which Iran’s 1979 revolution is still felt today: brookings.edu/series/irans-r… (4)
@S_R_Anders @lawfareblog Also last January, we published a discussion among our experts of new geopolitical alignments in the Middle East and the future of U.S. policy in the region: brookings.edu/research/the-n… (5)
@S_R_Anders @lawfareblog And the Jan/Feb 2019 issue of @ForeignAffairs featured Mara Karlin and @tcwittes’s article “America’s Middle East Purgatory: The Case for Doing Less”: foreignaffairs.com/articles/middl… (6)
@S_R_Anders @lawfareblog @ForeignAffairs @tcwittes In June, we published a report by @VFelbabBrown on Iraq’s paramilitary groups and the challenges they pose to the Iraqi state and society: brookings.edu/research/pitfa… (7)
@S_R_Anders @lawfareblog @ForeignAffairs @tcwittes @VFelbabBrown In October, @RanjAlaaldin wrote about Iraq’s massive protests in @nytimes and argued for a concerted effort to improve governance and work for the economic regeneration of the country: nytimes.com/2019/10/08/opi… (8)
@S_R_Anders @lawfareblog @ForeignAffairs @tcwittes @VFelbabBrown @RanjAlaaldin @nytimes .@dbyman also wrote about the Iraq protests, describing them as “among the most serious crises for the Iraqi political system since the United States helped establish it after the 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein”: brookings.edu/blog/order-fro… (9)
@S_R_Anders @lawfareblog @ForeignAffairs @tcwittes @VFelbabBrown @RanjAlaaldin @nytimes @dbyman In November, as protests broke out in Iran, @MaloneySuzanne described “the fury and desperation of the Iranians on the streets” as “strik[ing] at the heart of the legitimacy of the revolutionary system”” brookings.edu/blog/order-fro… (10)
@S_R_Anders @lawfareblog @ForeignAffairs @tcwittes @VFelbabBrown @RanjAlaaldin @nytimes @dbyman @MaloneySuzanne .@AFathollahNejad wrote about the socio-economic drivers of Iran’s protests and the parallels and differences with the 2017-2018 upheavals in the country: brookings.edu/blog/order-fro… (11)
@S_R_Anders @lawfareblog @ForeignAffairs @tcwittes @VFelbabBrown @RanjAlaaldin @nytimes @dbyman @MaloneySuzanne @AFathollahNejad On Dec. 18, @MaloneySuzanne, @maziarbahari, and @IgnatiusPost discussed Iran’s protests @BrookingsInst . Watch here: brookings.edu/events/upheava… (12)
@S_R_Anders @lawfareblog @ForeignAffairs @tcwittes @VFelbabBrown @RanjAlaaldin @nytimes @dbyman @MaloneySuzanne @AFathollahNejad @maziarbahari @IgnatiusPost @BrookingsInst For more, check out our topic pages for Iran brookings.edu/topic/iran/ and Iraq brookings.edu/topic/iraq/ (13)
