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The Future of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces

In recent years, the Popular Mobilization Forces have emerged as the fastest-growing and most politically influential security entity in Iraq, with a reputation burnished by the role they played in defeating the Islamic State. More recently, however, the picture has changed: some PMF units were tarnished by their role in domestic repression, operational chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was killed this January by a U.S. drone strike, and April saw Shia "shrine units" moved out of the PMF. The force's future is one of the most sensitive matters facing Iraq's new prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi. Washington Institute Senior Fellow, Michael Knights, and co-authors Hamdi Malik, and Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, discuss their recent publication "Honored, Not Contained: The Future of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces" and their research into how the PMF could play in Iraq'a future.