Ramzy Mardini
Ramzy Mardini is an adjunct fellow at the Beirut-based Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies. He previously was a researcher on Iraq at the Institute for the Study of War and on Iranian politics at the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan – Amman. Mr. Mardini has also served at the Office of Vice President Joseph Biden and within the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the State Department. He is the editor of two books published by the Jamestown Foundation, Volatile Landscape: Iraq and its Insurgent Movements and The Battle for Yemen: Al-Qaeda and the Struggle for Stability, and holds degrees in international relations from the Ohio State University and the University of Chicago.
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Ramzy Mardini quoted by Times of Israel and Associated Press
Ramzy Mardini was quoted in an article titled "Civil war leaves Syrian minorities with no clear options" by Times of Israel and by Associated Press.
Op-ed by Jamestown’s Ramzy Mardini published by New York Times
An op-ed by Jamestown's Ramzy Mardini entitled "After Assad, Chaos?" was published by The New York Times.
Insurgents Intensify Attacks in Iraq as U.S. Prepares Military Withdrawal
Three mortars were fired at an American base in eastern Baghdad on June 6, killing five U.S. soldiers. The incident represented the single most deadly attack on U.S. forces since...
The Insurgent Rationale in Iraq
The string of high-profile bombings that followed the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraqi cities on June 30, 2009 exposed not only Iraqi security shortcomings, but also the continued...
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Operations Suggest Rising Confidence Ahead of U.S. Military Withdrawal
On August 19, coordinated explosions rocked downtown Baghdad, resulting in over 120 deaths. Similarly, in the midst of heightened security measures, twin bombings on October 25 killed over 155 people...
Challenges to U.S. Proposal to Pacify Northern Iraq May Lead to Extended American Military Presence
As the U.S. military prepares for rapid disengagement from Iraq following parliamentary elections to be held early next year, growing Arab-Kurdish tensions in northern Iraq over the ownership of “disputed...
Iraqi Insurgents Take the Offensive as Parliamentary Elections Approach
Multiple bombings targeting Iraq’s governmental ministries just outside central Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone on August 19 left 95 people killed and over 600 others wounded, marking the single deadliest day...
Rising Arab-Kurdish Tensions over Kirkuk Will Complicate U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq
Kurdish suspicions of Iraq's central government have reignited after a January 22 decision by Baghdad to deploy the army's 12th Division north towards the disputed oil-rich city of Kirkuk. This...
Iraqi Military Operation in Diyala Province Risks Renewal of Kurdish-Arab Conflict
As tensions rise between Iraqi Kurds, Arab Sunnis, and Arab Shiites in ethnically mixed Diyala Province during a massive and ongoing military operation by the Iraqi Army, a bombing in...
Moqtada al-Sadr’s Religious Strategy Complicates Jaysh al-Mahdi Ceasefire
As smoke billows from Baghdad’s U.S.-controlled “Green Zone” following a series of rocket and mortar attacks thought to have been carried out by members of Moqtada al-Sadr’s Jaysh al-Mahdi (JaM)...
Uncertainty Facing Iraq’s Awakening Movement Puts U.S. Strategy at Risk
As Iraq’s security situation deteriorates in the midst of resurgent violence, an increase in internal and external pressures facing the Awakening (Sahwa) Movement may jeopardize the prospects and goals set...
Implications of the New Kurdish-Sunni Alliance for Security in Iraq’s Ninawa Governorate
As the U.S. military “surge” and the activities of Iraq’s Awakening Councils drive al-Qaeda and other insurgent groups into northern Iraq, a new and largely overlooked accord between Kurds and...
Kurdish-Sunni Accord Gives Kirkuk a Chance at Reconciliation
An agreement reached on December 2 in Kirkuk between Kurdish and Arab councilmen will end a year-long political boycott by Sunni Arabs in favor of greater power-sharing in the governorate....