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تقييم جغرافي لستراتيجية الامن القومي العراقي للعام 2007 - 2010 == A Geographical Evaluation Of The Iraqi National Security Strategy For The Years 2007 - 2010
Author name:
جواد صالح مهدي النعماني
Supervisor name:
عبد العباس فضيخ
General topic:
Geography
Specific topic:
Human Geography
Degree:
Master
University:
University of Kerbala - College Of Education For Human Sciences - Department Of Geography
Language:
Arabic
University location:
Karbala
First pages:
10T1612 - p.pdf
Abstract:
The current study, which is entitled (A Geographical Evaluation of the Iraqi National Security strategy for the Years 2007 - 2010) aims at evaluating the security strategy put for Iraq for the years 2007 - 2010 and measuring it by the scale of Geo - political geography principles that have contributed , and still do, in drawing the features of internal and external strategic milieu for Iraq. The study presents a major problem that can be summed up in a question about the extent to which markers of security strategy for the requirements of geo - political geography and external variables depend as fundamental basis in this level of strategic planning. The study started from the hypothesis that the Iraqi national security strategy (2007 - 2010) had not taken those variables and requirements into consideration; besides, the geo - political principles of strength and weakness had not been considered, which resulted in the weakness of this strategy and the limitation of its chances of success. The study aims at evaluating one of the most recent, comprehensive, and significant experiences in Iraq pertaining strategic and security planning through highlighting the natural and humane basis on which this type of strategic planning depends, so as to reveal the points of strength as well as weakness to help elevate the level of strategic awareness to fulfill the tasks of homeland security and defence in the future. For achieving this aim, the researcher has relied on the analytical approach and the morphological approach (to a lesser extent) for the state power. The research plan included an introduction and four chapters. Chapter one investigated the conceptual frames of national security strategy. Chapter two tackled the elements of Iraqi natural geography and its influence on Iraqi national security and the extent of relying on it in building a security strategy. Chapter three discussed the elements of Iraqi human geography and their influence on Iraqi national security and the extent of relying on them in building the security strategy. While the last chapter shed light on the external variables within the strategic environment surrounding Iraq and the balance of international and regional forces and their impact on Iraqi regional and national security and whether they were taken into consideration during formulating Iraqi security strategy. The salient conclusion of the study is that Iraqi national security strategy is not up to the level of a comprehensive security strategy, rather, it can be considered as a spontaneous tactic or a political maneuver for a limited time; as it lacks the most important basis of comprehensive security strategic planning represented by the geo - political requirements of the state. Moreover, it showed an obvious deficiency in comprehensive strategic planning due to the absence of a strategic vision that relies on a realistic geo - political perception of points of strength that can be employed to achieve and foster external as well as internal Iraqi security, or points of weakness that have been contributing in the collapse of the Iraqi security system, in addition to the absence of a clear strategic vision in drawing features of Iraqi foreign policy according to a geo - political perception of the balance of regional and international forces, in a way that contributes in achieving regional and national security of Iraq, granting the country a decent regional and international position. This had resulted in the weakness and deficiency of it.
