Ahmed Rushdie
President of the House of Iraqi Expertise Foundation and former foreign policy advisor in the Iraqi parliament, offering on-the-ground perspectives from Baghdad.
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Feb 27, 2026 • 25min
Why is the US pressuring Nouri al-Maliki to withdraw his prime ministerial bid?
Kenneth Katzman, a US-focused security analyst; Ahmed Rushdie, an Iraqi politics insider; and Muhanad Saloum, a Middle East scholar, debate Nouri al-Maliki's controversial bid. They unpack his past record, US pressure and diplomacy, Iran and militia influence, troop deployments, and possible alternative candidates. Short, sharp conversations on regional power dynamics and Iraqi political fault lines.
