Rentier economy of the Kurdish region in Iraq as a source of barriers for the regional security sector reform

• Authors: Piotr Sosnowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Despite the uncertainty about the Peshmerga’s status, western countries besides training and arming the Iraqi Kurds are working with them to reform Peshmerga forces. The aim of this article is to identify and explain some of the barriers for the Regional Security Sector Reform which comes from oil dependence. The author assumed that explaining the historical context of some of the barriers emerging could be helpful during the reform planning process.

Keywords

EN

Rentier State; Kurdistan Region; de facto state; Security Sector Reform; Iraq

• Publisher: Akademia Sztuki Wojennej
• Journal: Security and Defence Quarterly
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 144-157

Dates

published

2019-03-28

Contributors

author

Piotr Sosnowski

• University of Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.35467/sdq/105429