This article explores the connections between various forms of organized political violence and ostensibly private, non-political violence in post-invasion Iraq, focusing on gender-based violence and the links between militias and organized crime. We argue that, as in other civil wars, much of...

This article adopts Complexity Theory to improve understanding of Iraq's future patterns of democratic stabilization and consolidation. It emphasizes the importance of soft technologies, as well as hard technologies for making better public policy choices. The article also sheds light on Iraq's...

Purpose Iraqi society has suffered from loss or fragility of human security since 2003. The developmental policies, programs and plans of the successive Iraqi Governments throughout the transitional period have not been able to achieve human security, despite the availability of different...