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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benedict Robin-D'Cruz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The results of Iraq’s 2025 national elections have crystallised several long-term trends. The withering of ideological politics has accelerated, while employment patronage has consolidated as the main vehicle for political mobilisation. However, for those excluded from the benefits of this state largesse, trust in political leadership continues to wane. Turnout was notably lowest amongst Iraq’s Shia majority in Baghdad and the southern provinces, while over 700,000 ballots were spoiled. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Understanding Iraq’s Muqtada al-Sadr: Inside Baghdad’s Sadr City</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[After supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr storm the Iraqi parliament, a Chatham House survey of residents in Baghdad&#8217;s Sadr City gives a rare insight into the actions and motivations of the populist cleric. You can read the full article here]]></description>
		
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		<title>Iraq’s populist leader quit parliament. What happens now?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benedict Robin-D'Cruz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 12:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Analysis by Renad Mansour and Benedict Robin-D&#8217;Cruz on The Washington Post]]></description>
		
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