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Inside the Middle East: Q&A Series with Maria Fantappie

In this installment of “Inside the Middle East: Q&A,” Maria Fantappie, Iraq analyst at the International Crisis Group, discusses the current situation in Iraq, ongoing sectarian conflict in the country, and prospects for Iraq's future. You can watch the interview, conducted by Jennifer Rowland, senior editor at the Harvard Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy and Master’s Candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School, here:


Maria Fantappie is an Iraq Analyst for the International Crisis Group.  She was previously a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, Lebanon, specializing in state building in the Middle East.

“Inside the Middle East: Q&A” is a co-production of the Harvard Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy and the Middle East Initiative. The Q&A video series brings together political scientists, policymakers, academics, politicians, historians and other social scientists for discussions of critical issues in the Middle East.