![]() ![]() Alternatively, negotiations over natural resources occur in a dialogue process as part of a political settlement that risks fragmenting natural resources management policies across distributive policy objectives which do not necessarily reflect current or future national interest. Yet, negotiations over natural resources are deferred to latent stages of a peace process leaving their management to mere technical policies that often lack strategic peacebuilding dimensions. Secondly, Iraq’s postcombat period will be analyzed, using the previously mentioned theories, after which a conclusion will be drawn that answers this paper’s research question.Ĭountries emerging from conflict cannot afford to squander natural resources due to the opportunity these resources present for post conflict development and reconstruction, including economic growth, job opportunities and social welfare. First, a theoretical analysis will be made of the theories regarding state-building and democratic peace-building. ![]() In order to do this, this paper will be divided into two sections of analysis. To be more precise, this paper will try to answer the research question: ‘to what extent has democratic peace-building been successful in the case of Iraq?’. In this paper, however, the post-combat period of this war will be taken into concideration, while concentrating on state-building policies implemented in Iraq and their implications. ![]() Most of this literature has focused either on what led to the Iraq war and whether the war can be justified, or on the war strategies and the involvement of each country in this war (McGoldrick 2004, Copson 2003, Nikolaev and Hakanen 2006, Lewis 2006, Harvey 2012, Cordesman 2003). The second American Gulf War, which started in 2003, gave rise to much debate and a large amount of academic literature. ![]()
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