The Insurgency in Iraq

Bibliographic Data

ID12257982
AuthorsAHMED S HASHIM (corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume14
Issue3
Pages1-22
Publication date2003-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSmall Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09592310410001676880
OpenAlexW2132922890
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This article is an interim assessment of the current insurgency that has broken out in Iraq since the formal termination of hostilities. It is based on a policy brief completed for the Middle East Institute in Washington DC and on open source data collected between May and August 2003. Although the security situation in Iraq deteriorated dramatically between January and April 2004, the study examines the origins of the insurgency and the various type of insurgent groups and their ideologies. It argues that it began as a localized insurgency in the disgruntled Sunni Arab areas and was bound to remain localized unless the Shi'i Arabs joined it. The US-led coalition needs to develop effective counter-insurgency strategies that combine political, socioeconomic, military measures to deal with the insurgency

Development economics · Economics · Ideology · Insurgency · Interim · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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