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I came to Iraq as an idealistic volunteer and was nearly killed in my first week

Working in Kirkuk, I fell in love with the country and its people. But the West’s intervention brought devastation and destabilised the Middle East.

By Emma Sky

I came to Iraq as an idealistic volunteer and was nearly killed in my first week

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The bonfire of the Middle East

Jeremy Bowen’s personal history shows how hopes of peace failed and the region entered a new era of instability.

By Emma Sky

General James Mattis on wars that failed to offer a better tomorrow

The memoir of the four-star general and Trump’s former secretary of defence is, in essence, about leadership.

By Emma Sky

Blogging for peace: the reach of digital resistance in the Middle East

Naked Diplomacy: Power and Statecraft in the Digital Age by Tom Fletcher reviewed.

By Emma Sky

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