ABSTRACT

This article argues that ethno-sectarian exclusion undermined the post-invasion attempts at security sector reform (SSR) in Iraq by the US and successive local governments. While corruption, poor management, improper training, and lack of equipment contributed to the collapse of the Iraqi military in the face of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria invasion in 2014, this article primarily examines how the exclusion of Arab and Turkmen Sunnis from the new security sector resulted in this failure. This event led to the rise of militias in Iraq, complicating SSR, but emerging as a de-facto strategy in maintaining domestic security.

中文翻译：

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复员减去解除武装和重返社会：伊拉克安全部门从美国入侵到 Covid-19 大流行

摘要

本文认为，民族-宗派排斥破坏了美国和历届地方政府在伊拉克安全部门改革 (SSR) 的入侵后尝试。虽然腐败、管理不善、训练不当和缺乏装备导致伊拉克军队在 2014 年面对伊拉克和叙利亚伊斯兰国入侵时崩溃，但本文主要探讨如何将阿拉伯和土库曼逊尼派排除在外。新的安全部门导致了这一失败。这一事件导致伊拉克民兵的崛起，使 SSR 复杂化，但成为维护国内安全的事实上的战略。