Maria Fantappie is a senior advisor at the International Crisis Group’s Middle East and North Africa Program. Between January and August 2018, she served as senior strategic advisor on security sector reform coordination to the EU mission in Iraq.
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)
