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The Strategic Use of Hard and Soft Power

Al-Shammari, Razan LU (2022) FKVK02 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract (Swedish)
This thesis will research the Iranian state influence on repression in Iraq. In particular, it is a case study that will explore the Iranian state influence, in the form of ideological and financial influence, on pro-government militias in Iraq between 2014 and 2020. The main pro-government militias to be studied are the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), who were formed after the emergence of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2014. The analysis will utilize Joseph Nye’s soft and hard power theoretical framework to explore how the ideological and financial power of Iran influences the pro-government militias, in order to measure how this, in turn, affects the escalation of repressive violence in Iraq. The findings, in... (More)
This thesis will research the Iranian state influence on repression in Iraq. In particular, it is a case study that will explore the Iranian state influence, in the form of ideological and financial influence, on pro-government militias in Iraq between 2014 and 2020. The main pro-government militias to be studied are the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), who were formed after the emergence of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2014. The analysis will utilize Joseph Nye’s soft and hard power theoretical framework to explore how the ideological and financial power of Iran influences the pro-government militias, in order to measure how this, in turn, affects the escalation of repressive violence in Iraq. The findings, in fact, suggest that there is a correlation between the extent of the Iranian influence on the PMF and how they become associated with higher repressive violence in Iraq throughout the years. (Less)
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author
Al-Shammari, Razan LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
An analytical case study of Iranian state influence on repression in Iraq
course
FKVK02 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Iranian state influence, Iran, pro-government militias (PGMs), Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Iraq, repression, repressive violence, soft power, hard power.
language
English
id
9080921
date added to LUP
2022-07-03 09:06:07
date last changed
2022-07-03 09:06:07
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  abstract     = {{This thesis will research the Iranian state influence on repression in Iraq. In particular, it is a case study that will explore the Iranian state influence, in the form of ideological and financial influence, on pro-government militias in Iraq between 2014 and 2020. The main pro-government militias to be studied are the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), who were formed after the emergence of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2014. The analysis will utilize Joseph Nye’s soft and hard power theoretical framework to explore how the ideological and financial power of Iran influences the pro-government militias, in order to measure how this, in turn, affects the escalation of repressive violence in Iraq. The findings, in fact, suggest that there is a correlation between the extent of the Iranian influence on the PMF and how they become associated with higher repressive violence in Iraq throughout the years.}},
  author       = {{Al-Shammari, Razan}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Strategic Use of Hard and Soft Power}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}