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Maria Luisa Fantappie
@MariaFantappie
Social scientist 📚 | Head of Mediterranean, Middle East & Africa Program at Istituto Affari Internazionali @IAIonline | PhD @KingsCollegeLon @Sciencespo
Dec 23, 2022 • 15 tweets • 8 min read
How to evaluate the Baghdad II Summit in Amman?

Has this second Summit helped defusing tensions & strengthening cooperation as #Russia-#Ukraine conflict increasingly impacts this MENA region?

A THREAD 🧵 1/13 Image 1/13 Let’s start with positive points. In continuity with Baghdad I Summit (August 2021), the conference built on a solid policy line:

Iraq & regional stability are interdependent: reg. tensions play out in Iraq. Iraq’s instability can spill over & fuel regional tensions.
Sep 1, 2022 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
How to understand the outbreak of violence in Baghdad?

A THREAD1/9 #academicthread 1. Iraq’s informal politics and its shortcomings. Much of the rules of gov. formation in Iraq are INFORMAL, the outcome of intra-elite deals—including the choice of the prime minister, usually selected among Shiite parties by consensus. @ProfTobyDodge eprints.lse.ac.uk/106532/2/Dodge…
Mar 13, 2022 • 12 tweets • 10 min read
War in #Ukraine and a halt in negotiations on the #JCPOA due to #Russia’s demands are game changers that also risk endangering #Iran-#SaudiArabia talks. A THREAD 1/11🧵 : google.it/amp/s/www.alja… 2/11 After a new round of #KSA-#Iran talks was announced yesterday, rumors suggested #Iran wished to suspend talks. Meanwhile Iran’s IRGC launched an attack on US installations in Erbil. This is worrying: reuters.com/world/middle-e…
Oct 11, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Mixed feelings around the Sinjar deal. Hope that it puts an end to the impasse over Sinjar. Fear that it— once again— places the destiny of Sinjar in the hands of external players. 1/4
news.un.org/en/story/2020/… 2/4 For decades, Sinjar was ruled through external co-optation of local elites which empowered single Yazidi individuals but left the community divided and as a bargaining chip of regional politics. Rule through proxies is what paved the way to the 2014 genocide. 2/4