Analysis Iraq is no stranger to political instability or to general insecurity. But two developments bode particularly ill for the country: threats to the administration of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and the progress of anti-Islamic State operations, which could lead to bouts of sectarian violence. Protests have again erupted against al-Abadi, who has failed to implement the reforms — particularly the corruption reforms — he promised to enact when he came to power in 2014. In an attempt to honor those promises, the prime minister on June 7 dismissed the chief of intelligence, the director general of the commercial bank and the head of the Iraqi Media Network. Notably, the protests actually date back to February, though the most recent differ markedly in that they are led by […]