Iraq's New PM Taking Things Slow

2020-05-20 08:12:55

(MENAFN- Iraq Business News) By Renad Mansour, for Foreign Policy . Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News .

Iraq's New Prime Minister Is Taking Things Slow

After nearly 20 years of political chaos in Baghdad, Mustafa al-Kadhimi is trying incremental reform.

Despite this dire context, the new prime minister is neither a revolutionary who will overhaul the system nor a strongman who will centralize power.

Instead, he is seeking incremental reform, working within the existing system.

His vision is to navigate the impasse between citizens and elites-and the political fragmentation between elites themselves-by striking a new balance between reform and the status quo.

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