In early November, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Baghdad to meet with Iraqi officials. It was a notable stop on a tour meant to identify a way to de-escalate the situation in Gaza, one that necessarily entails coordinating with regional stakeholders to prevent spillover violence and keep Iran-aligned proxies at bay. But […]
Iraq’s Balancing Act Over Gaza
The threat of spillover violence is real, as is Baghdad’s need not to isolate Iran or the U.S.
