Legacy of Iraq

Benjamin Isakhan is Associate Professor of Politics and Policy Studies and Director of the Middle East Studies Forum in the Alfred Deakin Institute at Deakin University, Australia. He is also Adjunct Senior Research Associate, Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa and an Associate of the Sydney Democracy Network at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Democracy in Iraq: History, Politics and Discourse (Ashgate, 2012) and the editor of 6 books including The Edinburgh Companion to the History of Democracy (Edinburgh University Press, 2015 [2012]). Ben’s current research includes a 3-year funded project entitled ‘Measuring Heritage Destruction in Iraq and Syria’.

• Part I: The Aftermath of War: Strategic Decisions and Catastrophic Mistakes1.The De-Baathification of post-2003 Iraq: Purging the Past for Political PowerBenjamin Isakhan2. The Contested Politics of Iraq’s Oil WealthPhilippe Le Billon3. Torture at Abu Ghraib: Non-disclosure and ImpunityAloysia BrooksPart II: Iraqi Politics since Saddam4.Shattering the Shia: A Maliki Political Strategy in Post-Saddam IraqBenjamin Isakhan5. The Dangerous Legacy of a Flawed Constitution: Resolving Iraq’s Kurdish ‘Problem’Liam Anderson6. Between ‘Aqalliya’ and ‘Mukawin’: Understanding Sunni Political Attitudes in Post-Saddam IraqRonen Zeidel7. Post-Withdrawal Prospects for Iraq’s ‘Ultra-Minorities’Nicholas Al-JelooPart III: The Plight of Iraqi Culture and Civil Society8. Doing Democracy in Difficult Times: Oil Unions and the Maliki GovernmentBenjamin Isakhan9. ‘If you are female, you risk being attacked’: Digital Selves, Warblogs and Women’s Rights in post-Invasion IraqPerri Campbell and Luke Howie10. The Impact of Coalition Military Operations on Archaeological Sites in IraqDiane C. SiebrandtPart IV: Regional and International Consequences of the Iraq War11. Ethnic Cleansing in Iraq: Internal and External DisplacementHoward Adelman12. The Shia Ascendency in Iraq and the Sectarian Polarisation of the Middle EastRanj Alaaldin13. Humanitarian Intervention after Iraq: The Politics of Protection and RescueBinoy Kampmark14. Iraq, the Illusion of Security and the Limits to PowerJoseph A. CamilleriConclusion: The Iraq Legacies and the Roots of the ‘Islamic State’Benjamin IsakhanIndex