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On December 1, 2022, Shamiran Mako<\/a>, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University\u2019s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, participated in a webinar<\/a> hosted by the Arab Center Washington D.C. on the challenges facing Iraq’s<\/a> new government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Mako joined a panel of fellow regional experts, which featured Zeidon Alkinani, a Non-Resident Fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC; Marsin Alshamary, Research Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Middle East Initiative; Rend Al-Rahim, former Iraqi Ambassador to the United States; and Muhanad Seloom, Assistant Professor in Critical Security Studies at\u00a0Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.<\/p>\n The webinar, titled “Iraq at a Crossroads: Challenges and Prospects Facing the New Government<\/a>,” explored the future of the new Iraqi government, the challenges facing the country, and the impact of Prime Minister Al-Sudani’s government on regional and international relations. In her remarks, Mako detailed the significance of foreign intervention<\/a> by diverse actors for Iraqi sovereignty. She focused on the Turkish and Iranian military intervention and the 2003 U.S. invasion and subsequent military interventions, which she argued led to fragmentation on multiple levels. In discussing the future role of the U.S. in Iraq, Mako argues “there needs to be this kind of collective shift in what the US prioritizes, in the way in which it starts to rethink social capacity building, economic reforms, and bolstering national unity as important mechanisms for strengthening long-term strategic outcomes because these things inherently mean that they will also strengthen Iraq\u2019s domestic stability and sovereign control.\u201d<\/p>\n A recording of the event can be viewed below or on the Arab Center Washinton D.C. website<\/a>.<\/p>\n