THE FOREIGN POLICY INSTITUTE

Abbas Kadhim

Fellow, The Foreign Policy Institute

Dr. Abbas Kadhim is an academic and author with research interests in Iraq, Iran, Persian Gulf, and Islam. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2006.  Between 2005 and 2013 Dr. Kadhim was an Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs/Middle East Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University. Prior to Joining SAIS, Dr. Kadhim held a Senior Government Affairs position at the Iraqi Embassy in Washington, DC.

He is the author of Reclaiming Iraq: the 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State, Austin: University of Texas Press, 2012; and "The Hawza under Siege: A Study in the Ba'th Party Archives", Boston University, 2013.

Other publications include:
- Handbook of Governance in the Middle East and North Africa, London: Routledge, 2013.
- "Efforts at Cross-Ethic Cooperation: the 1920 Revolution and Iraqi Sectarian Identities," International Journal of Contemporary Iraq Studies, vol. 4, issue 3, 2010.
- "Forging a Third Way: Sistani's Marja'iyya between Quietism and Wilāyat al-Faqīh, in Iraq, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World, edited by Ali Paya and John Esposito, Routledge, 2010.
- "Beyond the Oil Curse," Iraq's Wealthy State and Poor Society," in Bob Looney (ed.), Handbook of Oil Politics, London: Routledge, 2012.
- "Opting for the Lesser Evil: US Foreign Policy Toward Iraq, 1958-2008," in Bob Looney (ed.) Handbook of US Middle East Relations, London: Routledge, 2009.