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
Feature
Joost Hiltermann, Maria Fantappie
houthis
houthis

The Houthis Are Not Hezbollah
Argument
Joost Hiltermann, April Longley Alley
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kirkuk

The Perils of a Post-ISIS Iraq
Dispatch
Joost Hiltermann

Thank goodness for Iraq’s census disaster
The Middle East Channel
Joost Hiltermann
MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/Getty Images
MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/Getty Images

Thank Goodness for Iraq’s Census Disaster
Argument
Joost Hiltermann

Kurds no closer to taking Kirkuk after Iraqi elections
The Middle East Channel
Joost Hiltermann
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images

Iraq’s Real Deadline
Feature
Joost Hiltermann
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585830_090513_joost12.jpg

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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