The Interaction of National-Regional Conflicts on Incomplete Nation-Building in Iraq

Document Type : Original Article from Result of Thesis

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1 PhD Student of International Relations Dep., Karaj Branch,. Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

2 Assistant Prof. at International Relations Dep., Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

3 Assistant Prof. at Political Science Dep., Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

Abstract

State-nation-building is a process that makes sense through the accumulation of power based on territorial saturation, political-economic stability, and social solidarity. But this trend in the Middle East was accompanied by shortcomings which the long-running conflicts resulted from it, and its symmetry with new global developments have put this region of the world at risk of divergence and even disintegration of nation-states. Iraq, as one of the countries in the region at the beginning of the third millennium, is surrounded by national-regional conflicts, despite the transition from a dictatorial system to a democratic one. This article is a descriptive-analytical method explaining the different process of state-nation building in Iraq and examining the types of wide-ranging conflicts that have prevented the emergence of an efficient government and a cohesive nation in this country, looking for an answer to this question What do national-regional conflicts and the process of nation-state building in Iraq have to do with each other? The results of studies show that there is a two-way and inverse relationship between the two in the sense that the incomplete process of state-nation-building has created numerous conflicts that have led to the continuation of this flawed process and ultimately to the intensification and expansion of national-regional conflicts.

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