Effective Strategies for Expelling the United States from Iraq

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armin amini ¹ , Yadollah Mohammadi ² , mohammad mohammadi ³

1 - دانشیار گروه روابط بین الملل، واحد کرج، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، کرج، ایران
2 - International Relations Consultant
3 - کارشناس ارشد، روابط بین‌الملل، دانشکده حقوق و علوم سیاسی، واحد کرج، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، کرج، ایران

Received: 2020-10-01 Accepted : 2020-10-01 Published : 2020-08-22

Keywords: Iraq, the US, Nation-state building,

Abstract :

Eight years after the US invasion of Iraq, with the withdrawal of the last American combat brigade on 19 August, 2010, this war officially ended. However, the US continues to maintain parts of its forces in sensitive areas under various pretexts. This issue became more apparent after the assassinations of Qassem Soleimani and AbuMahdi al-Mohandes, and due to this incident, the study of the possibility of the US expulsion from Iraq became one of the most important issues in this country. But the main question is, what are the main prerequisites for the US withdrawal from Iraq and what are the interests of Iraq-US in this area? And what is the role of Iran? Due to the nature of this issue, the main element of this research method is meta-analysis. Therefore, for this article, a meta from various electronic and published sources is used to interpret the reasons for the US presence in Iraq from a neo-realist perspective. The findings of this study suggest that the various factors influencing the US withdrawal from Iraq are not strong enough to be expected in the short and even medium term for Iraqi officials to reach a unified strategy for the complete withdrawal of the US from Iraq. Despite all the problems and challenges, this study also examines measures that could eliminate the Iraq needs to foreign forces. Perhaps relying on these measures could increase the pressure on the US to withdraw from Iraq or at least minimize its presence in this country.