The Conflict Research Programme – Iraq’s research trip to Baghdad and Ramadi, December 2018

At the start of December 2018, the Conflict Research Programme–Iraq carried out an extended research trip to Baghdad and Ramadi. Toby Dodge and Zeynep Kaya from LSE and Renad Manour, Mac Skelton and Christine van den Toorn from the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, all took part in the trip. The trip coincided with debates within the Iraqi parliament surrounding the ongoing government formation process, the partial opening of the Green Zone and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence.