As anti-government protests in Baghdad and across southern Iraq escalate, Senior Fellow Vanda Felbab-Brown, who was recently in Iraq, provides necessary context for understanding the situation. Felbab-Brown explains the protesters' demands, the Iraqi government's response, and the likelihood protests will spread to other regions of the country.

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