Annex 1: Bibliography

Oral sources, including anonymous sources

Haley Bobseine, interview 28-29 October 2024 and email correspondence to EUAA, 13 July 2025. Bobseine is a senior Iraq researcher and analyst specialising on tribal affairs with experience across UN agencies, think tanks, NGOs, development firms, and private companies. Her areas of expertise include geopolitics, conflict and political risk analysis, the effects of climate change, energy, and related policy issues.

UNHCR representatives, email correspondence with EUAA, 6 August 2025

Winthrop Rodgers, Interview, 28-29 October 2024 and email correspondence, 4 July 2025. Rodgers is a journalist and researcher expert on Iraq. He is an associate fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House. His work focuses on politics, human rights, political economy, press freedom, diplomacy, labour and the environment in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. His past work has appeared in international publications like Foreign Policy, the Index on Censorship, New Lines Magazine, Al-Monitor and The Dial and local independent outlets in the Kurdistan Region.