11. Iraq's Evolving Insurgency and the Risk of Civil War
- Author:
- Anthony H. Cordesman
- Publication Date:
- 04-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Abstract:
- The rising insurgency in Iraq has become a “war after the war” that threatens to divide Iraq and thrust it into full-scale civil war. It dominates the struggle to reshape Iraq as a modern state, has become a growing threat to the Gulf Region, and has become linked to the broader struggle between Sunni and Shi'ite Islamist extremism and moderation and reform throughout the Islamic world.
- Topic:
- Conflict Prevention, Islam, and Insurgency
- Political Geography:
- Iraq, Middle East, and North Africa