Iraq today: on the way to stability or new political crises?

The article focuses on socio-economic and political situation in Iraq in recent years. The authors consider the internal and external factors determining the political and socio-economic situation in the country, including the change of leadership, mass protests, high unemployment, especially among the young people, ethno-confessional conflicts, the terrorist threat, external influences.

The situation in the country was significantly aggravated by the collapse of world energy prices. The authors note a number of serious problems and difficulties that the Iraqi society have faced recently - distancing of the Iraqi Sunnis from the authorities, the destructive acts of the «Islamic State»( ISIS) on a part of the national territory, difficulties in the relationship between the central authorities and the Kurdish autonomy.

The prospects for relations between Baghdad and the United States and Iran are considered in separate contexts, but in a coherent logical relationship. Particular attention is paid to the activities of the Iraqi political elite which determine the fate of the country - either achieving national harmony and stability, or political chaos and the threat of collapse of the state. The starting stage of the activities of the newly elected Iraqi Prime Minister M. al-Kazemi is assessed. On the whole experts positively assess his activities, but they never tire of warning - his cabinet will have to deal with so many diverse and powerful challenges, including those that little depend on Iraq itself.

Keywords

Iraq, socio-economic situation, oil, crisis, conflicts, mass protests, stability

Publication date

22.10.2020

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GOST	Aleksandrov S., Savicheva E. Iraq today: on the way to stability or new political crises? // Asia and Africa Today – 2020. – Issue 10 C. 22-28 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://asaf-today.ru/S032150750011107-9-1 (circulation date: 17.09.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S032150750011107-9
MLA	Aleksandrov, Sergey, Savicheva, Elena "Iraq today: on the way to stability or new political crises?." Asia and Africa Today 10 (2020):22-28. DOI: 10.31857/S032150750011107-9
APA	Aleksandrov S., Savicheva E. (2020). Iraq today: on the way to stability or new political crises?. Asia and Africa Today (10), pp.22-28 DOI: 10.31857/S032150750011107-9

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