THE COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY DAYS

Selling War ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 13-34
Keyword(s):  
Coalition Provisional Authority

The corruption of political elites in Iraq – an economic analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haithem Kareem Sawaan
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
First Order ◽  
The World ◽  
Coalition Provisional Authority ◽  
Oil Revenues

This article examines the corruption of political elites in Iraq in the wake of the 2003 American occupation – a phenomenon that has had disastrous consequences for the country as well as astronomical fiscal costs. The corruption that has now become endemic has served not only to undermine reform and reconstruction efforts – while simultaneously accomplishing the embezzlement of billions of dollars – but also has left the Iraqi people exposed to a wide array of harms from contaminated wheat imports to an infrastructure in complete disarray to foreign machinations, including those of international food conglomerates. Through the acquiescence of corrupt Iraqi elites, the country has been laid open to external interests and foreign initiatives as well as those of the World Trade Organization (WTO) through means such as the 100 ‘orders’ signed by US ‘Ambassador’ Paul Bremer III under the auspices of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). Graft and kickback schemes of every stripe are rife throughout the country, and monies donated in the form of international assistances have served to line the pockets of the corrupt, never reaching the intended recipients among the average Iraqi population in many instances. The vicious cycle is further perpetuated also through a corrupt judiciary that militates against any sort of meaningful transparency or oversight. Corruption, and that of the powerful elites in particular, has not only squandered genuine development opportunities that might have benefited the country at large and done much good to facilitate reconstruction efforts, but also it has – for the foreseeable future – thrown the issues of Iraqi oil revenues and food security as well as that of national sovereignty into a peril of the first order.

The Trade Union Movement of Iraq after 2003

2016 ◽  
pp. 253-277
Author(s):  
Thomas Erich Jakob
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Trade Union Movement ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Union Movement ◽  
Critical Junctures ◽  
Counter Narrative ◽  
Religious Networks ◽  
Coalition Provisional Authority

This chapter argues that transition after critical junctures is heavily linked to the narratives which prevail the discourse of the respective country. Different political actors try to legitimize retroactively current claims to power. In such “zero hour” the extent of ability to organize, mobilize, set incentives, and protect followers is of the essence. This chapter uses the example of Iraq after 2003 where the split between Kurds, Shi'i Muslims, and Sunni Muslims, became the driving force behind political action and loyalty. An established counter-narrative deconstructs the claim that an eternal Shi'i – Sunni split determined all outcomes of Iraqi history, stating that religion was historically a rather subordinate identity. Then crucial contributions to the deepening of the sectarian cleavage by religious networks, the Iraqi constitution, and the policies of the Coalition Provisional Authority, (CPA) are shown and exemplified using the Iraqi trade union movement after 2003.

Interview with Andrew Bearpark

2006 ◽  
Vol 88 (863) ◽  
pp. 449-457
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Private Security ◽  
Trade Association ◽  
Director General ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Rules And Principles ◽  
Coalition Provisional Authority ◽  
Minority Return ◽  
The Uk

AbstractAndrew Bearpark is the Director General of the British Association of Private Security Companies (BAPSC), an independent trade association representing the leading companies in the specialist private security and risk management sector in the United Kingdom. The association aims to raise the standards of its members and the emergent industry as a whole and ensure compliance with the rules and principles of international humanitarian law and human rights. Prior to taking up his position, Mr. Bearpark served as Director of Operations and Infrastructure for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. From 1998 to 2003, he was Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General in charge of the European Union Pillar of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and was previously Deputy High Representative based in Sarajevo and responsible for the Reconstruction and Return Task Force, a grouping of international organizations facilitating minority return in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Before taking up his positions in Bosnia and Kosovo, Mr. Bearpark held a series of senior positions in the UK, such as Head of the Information and Emergency Aid Departments of the Overseas Development Administration (ODA) and Private Secretary to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

American Misconceptions about Iraq and the 2003 Invasion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Helfont
Keyword(s):  
Popular Support ◽  
Coalition Provisional Authority ◽  
Religious Landscape ◽  
Invasion Of Iraq ◽  
The Way

This chapter discusses the invasion of Iraq in 2003. It argues that the war plans included assumptions about the strength of the Iraqi regime/state and the amount of control that the regime exerted over the religious landscape, which turned out to be false. The regime had shaped and demarcated the Shi‘i religious landscape in accordance with its political goals. The regime was much more robust and exerted much more control than planners of the literature on Iraq suggested. The chapter also discusses the reasons for the misperceptions. The regime hid its control over the religious landscape in attempt to show that it enjoyed un-coerced popular support. These misperceptions led the Coalition Provisional Authority, led by L. Paul Bremer, to enact policies that paved the way for the emergence of religious insurgents.

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