On Mosul’s front lines: Advances in battle but dangers abound
After 3 months of fighting the battle to retake Mosul has entered a new chapter, but ISIS’ vast arsenal of car bombs and suicide vests is far from spent and most of the city's residents remain trapped.
Iraq's government should be re-organized as a modified semi-presidential system with parliament and cabinet, similar to that of Finland, and a committee-style legislature like the one in Switzerland. The Iraqi government should carry out basic constitutional reform to implement these systems and install a model of democracy that adheres to the idea of One World under One Set of Laws, with a constitution in step with the times. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.