NDI released new public opinion research, which reveals a clear path forward for Iraq’s road to reconciliation. The research, which is the result of 22 in-depth interviews with Iraqi leaders and a nationwide survey of 2,200 citizens conducted between December 12, 2015 and January 8, 2016, points to the need for Iraq’s politicians and governing institutions to work together to forge a shared vision for the country.

The House Democracy Partnership (HDP), together with its partner, the National Democratic Institute (NDI), traveled to Myanmar/Burma in mid-February to meet with parliamentarians and political observers, and to see the new parliament in action in Naypyitaw. After decades of military rule, the National League for Democracy (NLD), headed by former political prisoner and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, is now in the process of forming a new government.