Joost Hiltermann

Joost Hiltermann is program director for the Middle East and North Africa at the International Crisis Group.
Articles by Joost Hiltermann
Supporters wave flags as they wait for Masoud Barzani’s arrival during a rally in Erbil, Iraq, on Sept. 22, 2017, for the independence referendum later that month. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Supporters wave flags as they wait for Masoud Barzani’s arrival during a rally in Erbil, Iraq, on Sept. 22, 2017, for the independence referendum later that month. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Twilight of the Kurds

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Joost Hiltermann, Maria Fantappie
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The Houthis Are Not Hezbollah

Argument
Joost Hiltermann, April Longley Alley
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The Perils of a Post-ISIS Iraq

Dispatch
Joost Hiltermann
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Thank goodness for Iraq’s census disaster

The Middle East Channel
Joost Hiltermann
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Thank Goodness for Iraq’s Census Disaster

Argument
Joost Hiltermann
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Kurds no closer to taking Kirkuk after Iraqi elections

The Middle East Channel
Joost Hiltermann
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Iraq’s Real Deadline

Feature
Joost Hiltermann
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Kurdish crude bails out Baghdad

The Argument
Joost Hiltermann
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Bravo Iraqi elections, but now comes the hard part

The Argument
Joost Hiltermann
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