The internal and external roles of Iraqi popular mobilization forces
| Autor: | Ayman El-Dessouki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Political radicalism
Corporate governance Sectarianism media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0507 social and economic geography Islam Sectarian violence 050701 cultural studies 050601 international relations 0506 political science State (polity) Law Political economy Political science General Earth and Planetary Sciences Social conflict Interventionism (politics) General Environmental Science media_common |
| Zdroj: | African Journal of Political Science and International Relations. 11:274-283 |
| ISSN: | 1996-0832 |
| DOI: | 10.5897/ajpsir2017.1042 |
| Popis: | This paper empirically examines the internal and external roles of the popular mobilization forces (PMF) or al-Hashd al-Shaabi. First, the paper examines the PMF’s role in the fight against the Islamic State/Daesh and governance in Iraq. Second, it highlights the PMF’s external links with Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. The question of whether the PMF is a tool of expanding Iran’s influence and interventionism across the region is thoroughly scrutinized. The paper examines the role of the PMF in increasing the level of sectarianism and paves the way for protracted social conflict in the region. Rising sectarianism offers a fertile breeding ground for Sunni extremism and radicalism, and lethal anti-Shiaism; feeding into a vicious cycle of sectarian violence. These conditions may shape the genesis of protracted regional social conflict between the two main branches of Islam. Key words: Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Islam, conflict. |
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