Author(s)

Murad A. Abbas, Radhi S. Jassam

Department of Political Thought, International Studies, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.

This paper is an objective opinion of Iraqi professors, specialized in political science. It is concerning the application of federalism in Iraq. It deals with the problems created by the adoption of the federal system in Iraq after the year 2003. Iraqis are not yet prepared to work through such system, which has not developed through their own needs. After they will be finished with the ISIS, they will have to expand the application of the federal system throughout Iraq. Such an act will create many problems. If the new federal regions formed on a sectarian principle, this would cause higher instability in Iraq. In order to avoid having such problems, we need to strengthen the federal government through granted it more powers and authorities, so that, it could absorb peacefully the problems of the formation of new federal regions.

State, Federal System, Federalism, Federal Government, Administrative Federalism, Kurdistan Federal Region, Democracy

Abbas, M. and Jassam, R. (2016) Dangers of Forming New Federal Regions in Iraq on Ethnic-Sectarian Bases. Open Journal of Political Science, 6, 316-322. doi: 10.4236/ojps.2016.63028.