CCAS Newsmagazine

A look at the work of the CCAS community to better understand the lasting impacts of the American war in Iraq.

A few highlights of the spring 2023 public events program…

MAAS student Shano Mohammed reflects on growing up in Kurdistan, the deep and personal toll of war, and her own approach to becoming an agent of change.

A poem by MAAS student Shano Mohammed…

MAAS alum Paul McKinney calls for a more critical examination of the long-term impact of America's state-building policies in Iraq.

Besan Jaber describes a project she and other MAAS students worked on that honors the memories of slain Iraqi scholars.

MAAS alum Motasem Abuzaid shares insights from a CCAS conference that examined the twenty-year impact of the Iraq War…

Professor Joseph Sassoon discusses the durability of authoritarianism and the decline of American predominance in the years following the Iraq War.

CCAS Professor Rochelle Davis discusses her book research on the role the U.S. military’s conception of culture played in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Visiting Scholar Salma Al-Shami discusses the findings of a five-year study of 3,600 displaced Iraqi households conducted to better understand displacement and its solutions.