GeoSpace Ep. 31 with Akeel Abbas: Iraqi militia disarmament in the era of Zaidi and Barrack In the latest episode of The New Region’s GeoSpace podcast, host Mohammed A. Salih spoke with Akeel Abbas, a nonresident senior fellow at the Iraq Initiative within the Atlantic Council’s Middle East programs, regarding the efforts of new Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi's government to bring militias under state control, the appointment of Tom Barrack as US Envoy to Iraq, and external actors that will i

GeoSpace Ep. 31 with Akeel Abbas: Iraqi militia disarmament in the era of Zaidi and Barrack In the latest episode of The New Region’s GeoSpace podcast, host Mohammed A. Salih spoke with Akeel Abbas, a nonresident senior fellow at the Iraq Initiative within the Atlantic Council’s Middle East programs, regarding the efforts of new Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi's government to bring militias under state control, the appointment of Tom Barrack as US Envoy to Iraq, and external actors that will influence Baghdad's drive for reform.