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Dec 22, 2023 · The centrality of violent contention politics in the form of civil war, insurgency, and terrorism is reflected in the literature produced over the last 20 years that has disregarded other dynamics, themes, locations, and level of analysis in treating Iraq.
- Trapped in The Green Zone
- ‘Why Are You Here?’
- Dialogue of The Deaf
- The Lessons from The 2003 War
After years away, my family started going back to Iraq. Over time, a new reality began to emerge, one far different from the rosy picture of life without Saddam that had been presented in exile. The US did not seem to have a coherent plan for the day after, for when it became the occupier. It allied with the exiled politicians, themselves rendered ...
Family visits to Iraq deepened my interest in studying the country. I eventually completed a doctoral dissertation and then worked for several policy research institutes, Iraqi and international. Some of my work has been academic, such as trying to understand the nature of the state or the mechanics of conflict economies. More of it has been policy...
Over the last two decades, Iraqis have grown accustomed to the idea of a national dialogue that brings together political leaders across the ethnic and sectarian spectrums. In any given year, multiple versions of national dialogues occur, each championed by a different foreign sponsor spending tens of millions of dollars and bringing together a sim...
The biggest headlines of the 2003 Iraq War were about ‘regime change’. The reality was something different, and more nuanced. The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), working with the new ruling elite, not only removed the former regime, they also fundamentally restructured the foundations of the Iraqi state. The most infamous instance of this ca...
Before the Americans managed to kill him, a brutal Sunni extremist from Jordan, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, targeted attacks to turn the insurgency against the occupation into a sectarian...
Aug 20, 2008 · Insurgents fall into two basic categories: secular nationalists who want to return to the style of governance from which they benefited for more than eighty years, joined by "bitter-enders" with no particular vision for Iraq; and religious extremists who want to make Iraq into an Islamic state.
Apr 25, 2019 · ABSTRACT. This study examines the US experience during the Iraq war, from the planning phase that began in 2001 to the withdrawal of US forces in 2011. It reveals a dearth of planning and intelligence leading up to the invasion; reluctance by conventional coalition military forces to conduct reconstruction, political and security capacity ...
- Jeanne Godfroy, Liam Collins
- 2019
Mar 19, 2023 · Lack of trust in the new local authorities, combined with the effects of de-Ba’athification, propelled the growing insurgency. Munthir Nalu was an Iraqi expatriate who fled Iraq in 1991 and...
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May 28, 2010 · ARTICLES. The Insurgencies in Iraq, 2003–2009: Origins, Developments and Prospects. Geraint Hughes. Pages 152-176 | Published online: 28 May 2010. Cite this article. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702430903497783. Full Article. Figures & data. Citations. Metrics. Reprints & Permissions. Read this article. Click to increase image size. Notes.
