The reconstruction of the country cannot be accomplished without addressing Iraqis’ needs on the societal level.


Seth Kaplan, an expert on fragile states, transitions, and governance, is a professorial lecturer in the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and the managing editor of the Fragile States Forum (www.fragilestates.org)
The reconstruction of the country cannot be accomplished without addressing Iraqis’ needs on the societal level.

Egyptians need to negotiate with each other for a new social covenant of mutual acceptance and cohesion.
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