Iraq’s 2025 Election : A Recalibration of Power, Not a Rupture of the Status Quo

The air in Iraq is thick these days with political anticipation. On Nov. 11, 2025, Iraqis will head to the polls — for the seventh time since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 — to elect a new 329-seat parliament from among a crowded field of 37 alliances, 38 parties, and nearly 80 candidates (…)