Intensive war-fighting in Iraq lasted only twenty one days, but these twenty one days have redesigned and changed the format and nature of the armed conflict. The transition from fighting to reconstruction of the state is in progress, however it is not an easy tasks and a secure nation-state will not be established as soon as many U.S. officials would hope so. Conflicts between groups of Iraqis and coalition forces, external authorities and NGOs, ethnic groups and individual authorities certainly do not make the process any easier. In addition, integration of the US-trained Iraqi military with the coalition forces revealed an enormous difference of capabilities between the two, which, along with other structural, technical and social obstacles discussed further in this study, creates a huge ground of dissimilarities making it extremely hard to bring peace and stability to the region. The essay will critically evaluate the securitization process conducted by the coalition forces led by the United States. First part of the research will be devoted to present historical background of the conflict providing information about colonial legacy and cruel doctrine of Saddam Hussein as well as his cooperation with the U.S. government. Next, the study will focus on series of situations that led to losing peace, deepening the war and destabilizing situation in the country. Based on number of evidence and studies the essay will argue that the securitizing actor (coalition forces led by US) is not in a position to make the securitizing move, proving that the situation in Iraq has not yet been securitized enough. Taking into consideration fragmented population, weak political institutions, Sunni/Shi’ite divide, Kurds and tendency for rule by violence, the research will prove that establishing political stability and peace in Iraq is extremely difficult.Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Securitization of Iraq
Intensive war-fighting in Iraq lasted only twenty one days, but these twenty one days have redesigned and changed the format and nature of the armed conflict. The transition from fighting to reconstruction of the state is in progress, however it is not an easy tasks and a secure nation-state will not be established as soon as many U.S. officials would hope so. Conflicts between groups of Iraqis and coalition forces, external authorities and NGOs, ethnic groups and individual authorities certainly do not make the process any easier. In addition, integration of the US-trained Iraqi military with the coalition forces revealed an enormous difference of capabilities between the two, which, along with other structural, technical and social obstacles discussed further in this study, creates a huge ground of dissimilarities making it extremely hard to bring peace and stability to the region. The essay will critically evaluate the securitization process conducted by the coalition forces led by the United States. First part of the research will be devoted to present historical background of the conflict providing information about colonial legacy and cruel doctrine of Saddam Hussein as well as his cooperation with the U.S. government. Next, the study will focus on series of situations that led to losing peace, deepening the war and destabilizing situation in the country. Based on number of evidence and studies the essay will argue that the securitizing actor (coalition forces led by US) is not in a position to make the securitizing move, proving that the situation in Iraq has not yet been securitized enough. Taking into consideration fragmented population, weak political institutions, Sunni/Shi’ite divide, Kurds and tendency for rule by violence, the research will prove that establishing political stability and peace in Iraq is extremely difficult.
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