Rebuilding the Iraqi State: Stabilisation, Governance, and Reconciliation

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Series Details February 2018
Publication Date February 2018
ISBN 978-92-846-2553-6
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Please note: Each EPRS Study is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.The victory over the so-called Islamic State’s territorial rule presents a chance for the Government of Iraq to rebuild its state institutions and re-assert its authority. In this transition, will the Iraqi leadership move past cycles of failure and address the structural problems that perpetuate state weakness and facilitate the emergence of groups like ISIS?

To answer this question, this paper analysed the challenges of short-term stabilisation programming with longer-term governance reform at the local and national levels. It argued that, without establishing representative and responsive state institutions, the processes of reconciliation and integration would be unsuccessful.

To conclude, this paper offered policy recommendations on how the EU could support the upcoming state-rebuilding process.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://dx.publications.europa.eu/10.2861/254922
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European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, February 2018: Rebuilding the Iraqi State: Stabilisation, Governance, and Reconciliation http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2017/603859/EXPO_STU(2017)603859_EN.pdf
ECFR: Policy Brief, January 2017: After ISIS: How to Win the Peace in Iraq and Libya http://www.europeansources.info/record/after-isis-how-to-win-the-peace-in-iraq-and-libya/
UK: Parliament: House of Commons: Library: Briefing Paper, No.8337 (12.06.18): Iraq and the 2018 election http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8337/CBP-8337.pdf
Al Jazeera: Tag: Iraq https://www.aljazeera.com/topics/country/iraq.html
Chatham House: Expert Comment, 10.04.18: Iraq’s Western Allies Need to Support Institutions, Not Individuals https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/iraq-s-western-allies-need-support-institutions-not-individuals

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