2021
DOI: 10.1111/dome.12240
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Kurdish–Iraqi state conflict (de‐)escalation following the independence referendum

Abstract: Moral hazard theory assumes that the responsibility to protect (R2P) raises expectations of third‐party intervention, thus creating a perverse motivation for vulnerable groups to act aggressively and incite a situation where foreign intervention becomes necessary to preserve their own safety. The promise of external intervention encourages vulnerable groups to rebel against their parent states under the assumption that intervention increases the likelihood of success and lowers the expected cost. Alan Kuperman… Show more

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“…It is evident that Iran, Turkey, and Iraq were strongly opposed to holding the referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan. Turkey and Iran saw the poll as a security threat to their respective states whereas Iraq views the poll as a threat to the territorial integrity and unity of the Iraqi state (Hama 2021; Karakoç 2020).…”
Section: The Post‐cold War Period: the Creation Of The Iraqi Kurdista...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is evident that Iran, Turkey, and Iraq were strongly opposed to holding the referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan. Turkey and Iran saw the poll as a security threat to their respective states whereas Iraq views the poll as a threat to the territorial integrity and unity of the Iraqi state (Hama 2021; Karakoç 2020).…”
Section: The Post‐cold War Period: the Creation Of The Iraqi Kurdista...mentioning
confidence: 99%