![A voter waits to cast his vote during the Iraqi parliamentary election at the Macidad Primary School in Mosul, Iraq on 12 May, 2018 [Stringer/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180512_2_30313675_33622469.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
A conversation with Shadi Hamid of Brookings Institution on the performance of Iraqi democracy was positive, and the elections on 12 May illustrated why. Hamid argued that democracy in...
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