Jacqueline Parry is research director at the Institute of Regional and International Studies at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Ph.D. in international law from the Australian National University, examining post-conflict justice in Liberia and Afghanistan. From 2007 until 2017 she worked in programmatic and research roles for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, and the International Rescue Committee, in Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Malawi, and Afghanistan. She was recently in Beirut for a Carnegie roundtable on post-conflict reconstruction and sat with Diwan to discuss communal reconciliation and post-conflict justice processes in Iraq, particularly after the defeat of the Islamic State.
After the Islamic State?
Jacqueline Parry discusses post-conflict reconciliation in Iraq, and the possible reemergence of an Iraqi nationalism.
More work from Diwan
Syria’s Misunderstood Minority QuestionIn an interview, Peter Harling discusses the fate of religious communities in the Syrian transformation.
Political IslamSeveral years after the Arab uprisings, the diverse landscape of Islamist actors continues to shift in different directions, often tailored by and for the existing challenges.
Carnegie scholars explore the transformations that Islamist groups and parties in the region (across national, ethnic, sectarian, and doctrinal divides) are undergoing, by examining both the external factors that impact them, and their internal dynamics and tensions around questions of governance, ideology, and violence.
This project was made possible with the generous support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY).
Arms and the StateIn an interview, Marwan Muasher discusses why Arab governments should have a monopoly over weapons.
Washington’s Reckless AbandonmentRecent history illustrates why Lebanese officials are so wary of the United States.
