ABSTRACT — FORENSIC IMMERSION I. The Structural Detonation: Why Maliki’s Nomination Shocked Its Own Architects The nomination of Nouri al-Maliki by the Coordination Framework on January 24, 2026 did not emerge from popular mandate, legislative coalition-building, or transparent post-election deliberation. It emerged from the same pathological process that has governed every Iraqi government-formation cycle since … Leggi tutto THE BAGHDAD SOVEREIGNTY VORTEX: Trump’s Coercive Intervention in Iraq’s 2026 Government Formation, the Maliki Nomination Crisis and the Cascading Collapse of U.S.-Iraq Strategic Architecture