SECURITY ISSUES IN IRAQ, BEFORE AND AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE US-LED MULTINATIONAL COALITION FORCES
SECURITY ISSUES IN IRAQ, BEFORE AND AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE US-LED MULTINATIONAL COALITION FORCES

Summary/Abstract: The brief study explores, from an Iraqi perspective, and based on open source data provided by Iraqi and Western authors, the key issues of security and stability in Iraq over the past few years. In the context of the Arab Spring, not only the government of Iraq but also other governments in the region are confronted with practically similar problems, such as the establishment or reform of institutions, the potential legitimacy of the institutions, and the inclusion of the population expectations in the political context. The author shows that although many mechanisms have been employed so that Iraq can become a democracy, the state reconstruction in Iraq has been hindered by the pre-existing conflicts as well as by the division between different Iraqi ethnic, political and religious groups and factions.

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