From Praetorian Exclusionary State to Exogenous SectarianDemocratization

Required Readings

• Ariel I. Ahram, “Republic of Iraq,” in Mark Gasiorowski and Sean L. Yom (eds.), The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (Boulder, Co: Westview, 2017: pp. 235-269. WILL ATTACH PAGES

Recommended Reading

• Toby Dodge, “Iraq: The Contradictions of Exogenous State-Building in Historical Perspective,” Third World Quarterly 27 (February 2006): pp. 187-200.
• Emma Sky, “Iraq, From Surge to Sovereignty – Winding down the War in Iraq,” Foreign Affairs (March/April, 2011).
• International Crisis Group, “Fight or Flight: The Desperate Plight of Iraq’s ‘Generation 2000′,Middle East & North Africa Report 169 August 8, 2016: pp.1-31.
• Write a one-page paper summarizing the readings, articles or report. Students should analyze by answering one or more of the following questions:

• How significant is the question?
• How convincing or persuasive is the argument?
• Is there a different methodology the author could have used?
• How logical are the causes and outcomes behind the argument?
• Is the empirical evidence and methodology sound, why or why not? Are there alternative explanations the author could have considered?
• What solutions does the reading propose to solve a specific issue and do you agree with them and have others to propose?

MAKE SURE TO ANALYZE THE READING !!!!!!!!!