PrintRend al-Rahim
Senior Fellow, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program September 1, 2008 – August 30, 2009
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Issue Areas: Post-Conflict Activities
Countries: Iraq
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Former representative of Iraq to the United States and founder and executive director of the Iraq Foundation Rend al Rahim’s project focuses on creating and managing an Iraqi Forum for National Dialogue (IFND). This forum will serve as a neutral space inside Iraq to sustain and expand the national dialogue initiated by the International Institute for Sustained Dialogue (IISD) and the Helsinki process. In addition to her work for the Iraq Foundation, al Rahim teaches at the American University of Beirut. Previously she has worked for the American Investment Company, Banque Arabe et Internationale d’Investissement in Bahrain and Chemical Bank in Beirut and London. Al Rahim holds a B.A. from Cambridge University and a Maitrise en Lettres from the Sorbonne.
Publications:
- Iraq: Politics Unfrozen, Direction Still Unclear
USIPeace Briefing, January 2008 - Political Progress in Iraq During the Surge
Special Report, December 2007 - The Arab Shi’a: The Forgotten Muslims, with Graham E. Fuller (St. Martin’s Press, 1999).
- "The Iraqi Opposition and the Sanctions Debate," Middle East Report(March–April 1995).
Available on usip.org:
- Iraq's Political Situation
Congressional Testimony, January 25, 2007
Resources & Tools
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How will the recent Sunni "Awakenings" against Al Qaeda translate in Iraq’s broader political milieu? Already under the siege of an insurrection, can the current Iraqi government address the pitfalls of the coming year? |
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Rend Al-Rahim Francke concludes that the military surge has bettered the security situation in Baghdad. However, political progress has faltered and not matched these improvements. |
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Rend al-Rahim Francke testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Shi'ia-Sunni relations in Iraq. |
Events
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October 3, 2008
Countries: Iraq
| Issue Areas: Economics and Development, Identity, Ethnicity, and Culture, Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict Activities, Security and Strategy, Terrorism and Political Extremism
| Programs: Additional Fellowship Opportunities
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July 25, 2008
Programs: Grants & Fellowships
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February 21, 2008
Countries: Iraq
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Governance, Political Systems and International Relations, Rule of Law, Terrorism and Political Extremism
| Programs: Grants & Fellowships
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October 25, 2007
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