Commentary: Iraq and the US, after years of conflict, still need each other

After months of being run by a caretaker government, Iraq’s parliament has finally approved a new prime minister, the former intelligence chief Mustafa Kadhimi. To succeed, Kadhimi will need to make progress on two policy fronts: finding a way, with Washington, to sustain the U.S. military partnership, and developing a plan for economic reform and renewal. Iraq’s problems are even more …