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Ali Allawi

Then-Prince Faisal stands with his delegation at the Versailles peace conference after World War I in France. Faisal went on to become king of Iraq.

Could a king be the thing to unify a crumbling Iraq?

Conflict

When Iraq first gained independence back in the 1920s, it did so as a monarchy. And though it lasted just a few decades, there are some who think a modern monarchy has the greatest potential for uniting the currently warring Iraqi factions.

Iraq’s Clouded Future

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