Should The Kurds's Role In Aiding The Iraqi Constitution?
The Kurds played a vital role in drafting the Iraqi constitution in 2003, as the United States forces invaded Iraq and Saddam Hussain was ousted. The new constitution acknowledged the autonomous region of the Kurdistan Regional Government within the federal system of Iraq.
The Kurdish Regional Government bypassed the Iraqi central government by directly exporting energy in 2013, it raised concerns among Baghdad and Washington that the oil revenue may allow the KRG to establish independence. The Iraqi central government responded by blocking the seventeen percent share of federal earnings, this led to a financial crisis in the Kurdish region. An agreement signed by the KRG and Baghdad restored the initial process of selling oil through Iraq’s …show more content…
Taking into account what ideologies the Kurdish political parties desire concerning the system of rule, we can state that there are four main discourses: single state independence, confederalism, autonomy and a pan-Kurdish state. The first two ideologies, independence and confederalism, are the most relevant for this thesis due to the fact that the two key actors in this thesis, the KRG and Fedkom, have a preference to discourses. These two particular discourses will be first be presented in this chapter. However, because the autonomy and a pan-Kurdish state are also relevant ideologies amongst the Kurds, the relevance of those two discourses will briefly be presented as well. This will also help the reader to understand the reasons why an independent state, concluded by the four Kurdish Regions in Iraq, and confederalism on the other hand are more relevant to the main research question. Independence
As mentioned before, this thesis aims to research the role of Fedkom in aiding the KRG to achieve independence through diaspora transnationalism. Therefore it is important to discuss the explanatory arguments are to use the concept of independence, particularly looking at the Kurdish Regions of Iraq, within this research. The following section will present the arguments why, in this specific region, an independent state is needed and what arguments support the establishment of the new
The Kurdish Regional Government bypassed the Iraqi central government by directly exporting energy in 2013, it raised concerns among Baghdad and Washington that the oil revenue may allow the KRG to establish independence. The Iraqi central government responded by blocking the seventeen percent share of federal earnings, this led to a financial crisis in the Kurdish region. An agreement signed by the KRG and Baghdad restored the initial process of selling oil through Iraq’s …show more content…
Taking into account what ideologies the Kurdish political parties desire concerning the system of rule, we can state that there are four main discourses: single state independence, confederalism, autonomy and a pan-Kurdish state. The first two ideologies, independence and confederalism, are the most relevant for this thesis due to the fact that the two key actors in this thesis, the KRG and Fedkom, have a preference to discourses. These two particular discourses will be first be presented in this chapter. However, because the autonomy and a pan-Kurdish state are also relevant ideologies amongst the Kurds, the relevance of those two discourses will briefly be presented as well. This will also help the reader to understand the reasons why an independent state, concluded by the four Kurdish Regions in Iraq, and confederalism on the other hand are more relevant to the main research question. Independence
As mentioned before, this thesis aims to research the role of Fedkom in aiding the KRG to achieve independence through diaspora transnationalism. Therefore it is important to discuss the explanatory arguments are to use the concept of independence, particularly looking at the Kurdish Regions of Iraq, within this research. The following section will present the arguments why, in this specific region, an independent state is needed and what arguments support the establishment of the new