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OverviewHow is foreign policy made in Iraq? Based on dozens of interviews with senior officials and politicians, this book provides a clear analysis of the development of domestic Iraqi politics since 2003. Zana Gulmohamad explains how the federal government of Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have functioned and worked together since toppling Saddam to reveal in granular detail the complexity of their foreign policy making. The book shows that the ruling elites and political factions in Baghdad and in the capital of the Kurdistan Region, Erbil, create foreign policies according to their agendas. The formulation and implementation of the two governments’ foreign policies is to a great extent uncoordinated. Yet Zana Gulmohamad places this incoherent model of foreign policy making in the context of the country’s fragmented political and social context and explains how Iraq’s neighbouring countries - Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Syria before the civil war - have each influenced its internal affairs. The book is the first study dedicated to the contemporary dynamics of the Iraqi state - outside the usual focus on the “great powers” - and it explains exactly how Iraqi foreign policy is managed alongside the country’s economic and security interests. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Zana Gulmohamad (University of Sheffield, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris ISBN: 9780755637515ISBN 10: 0755637518 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 30 June 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Brief History Chapter One: Major domestic actors in foreign policy post-Saddam Chapter Two: The federal government’s core executive bodies in foreign policy making Chapter Three: The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) foreign relations and foreign policy Chapter Four: The federal government’s key foreign policy priorities Chapter Five: Regional interferences and influences on Iraq’s foreign policy post-Saddam Conclusion: The closing of Iraq’s foreign policies’ sagaReviewsA spirited and welcome book that contributes to our understanding of political dynamics in post-invasion Iraq. * Middle East Monitor * 'Dr Gulmohamad's book challenges the common tendency to treat Iraq as a passive battleground for foreign powers. The book provides the most comprehensive account of the complex mechanisms that shape Iraq's foreign policy-making and how rival factions and elites try to stir Iraq in their interests. The focus on neighbouring states and their role in affecting policy-making in Iraq at the expense of the usual focus on Western powers is particularly refreshing and insightful. The research upon which the book is based is thorough, and the primary sources are numerous. I strongly recommend the book to anyone who wishes to understand Iraq's place in international politics post-2003.' * Yaniv Voller, University of Kent, UK * A spirited and welcome book that contributes to our understanding of political dynamics in post-invasion Iraq. * Middle East Monitor * Author InformationZana K Gulmohamad is a Teaching Associate in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield where he completed his PhD and become a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has published on Iraq and radical armed groups and contributed to the US’s Strategic Multilayer Assessment. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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