Politicization of Kurdish Security in Iraq Since 2003

Hawre Hasan Hama

Jadavpur Journal of International Relations, 2015, vol. 19, issue 2, 137-158

Abstract: This article focuses on Kurdish security question in Iraq from 2003 to the present. Its central argument is that the security of the Kurdish region of Iraq has only constitutionally de-securitised since 2003. However, the Kurdish security demands in Iraq have been politicized by the different Iraqi governments since 2005, and therefore, security relations between the Iraqi state and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have been fraught with distrust, tensions, and chaos since that time. The concepts derived from the Copenhagen School (CS) provide the framework for discussing security relations and the inherent security struggles between the Iraqi state and the KRG.

Keywords: Kurdish security; Kurdistan Regional Government; the Iraqi state; de-securitization; politicization; securitization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/0973598416639414

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